u/Maxsonic200

I'm putting together a small group of people who genuinely enjoy learning, building, exploring, and talking about technology.

There isn't a strict agenda. The idea is simply to have a place where we can:

• Share our tech journeys, interests, opinions, and lessons learned
• Discover what's growing in tech — both popular areas and weird/niche stuff
• Share interesting repos, tools, papers, projects, and things worth tinkering with
• Discuss ideas deeply, challenge each other's thinking, and learn from one another
• Maybe build a group project together just for the fun of it
• Or just have random, unnecessarily deep nerdy conversations at 2 AM

You don't need to be an expert or have an impressive background. If you're learning something, building something, curious about something, or simply enjoy being around people who are, you're welcome.

No particular stack, career level, or specialization required. Developers, students, researchers, hackers, AI nerds, infra nerds, systems people, frontend people, curious beginners — anyone who's bringing or chasing knowledge is welcome.

If this sounds like your kind of crowd, comment below or DM me and I'll add you to the group.

Let's try to build something that doesn't slowly turn into another dead group. :)

Hey everyone!

I’ve been wanting to get into open source for a long time, but honestly, I keep getting stuck at the starting line — choosing a repo, understanding the codebase, figuring out what issues are actually beginner-friendly, etc.

So I’m looking for someone who’s also getting started with open source, or someone who has a bit of experience and wouldn’t mind having a learning partner.

The idea is pretty simple:

• Pick a small/medium repo
• Understand it together
• Make our first few PRs
• Learn how real-world projects are structured
• Keep each other accountable

I’m primarily interested in backend / systems / infra / developer tooling, but I’m open to exploring other areas too.

I’m not looking for someone to teach me everything — just someone to figure things out with and actually start contributing instead of endlessly preparing.

If anyone’s in a similar boat, feel free to comment or DM me. :)

I’ve been trying to get into open source for a while now, but I keep overthinking it lol.

I’ll find a repo → spend hours looking at it → wonder if it’s too difficult → find another repo → repeat.

So I figured I’ll just ask here.

Looking for someone who’s also trying to get started with open source, or someone who already contributes and doesn’t mind showing me how they got started.

Would be cool to pick a repo together, understand the codebase, find some issues, make PRs and basically figure things out along the way.

I’m mostly interested in backend / infra / systems / dev tools stuff, but honestly I’m open to anything interesting.

Not really looking for a formal mentor or anything. Just someone to build/contribute with and keep each other accountable.

If anyone’s in the same situation, hit me up :)

Hey everyone!

I’ve been wanting to get into open source for a long time, but honestly, I keep getting stuck at the starting line — choosing a repo, understanding the codebase, figuring out what issues are actually beginner-friendly, etc.

So I’m looking for someone who’s also getting started with open source, or someone who has a bit of experience and wouldn’t mind having a learning partner.

The idea is pretty simple:

• Pick a small/medium repo
• Understand it together
• Make our first few PRs
• Learn how real-world projects are structured
• Keep each other accountable

I’m primarily interested in backend / systems / infra / developer tooling, but I’m open to exploring other areas too.

I’m not looking for someone to teach me everything — just someone to figure things out with and actually start contributing instead of endlessly preparing.

If anyone’s in a similar boat, feel free to comment or DM me. :)

[Answering the common point]

"just contribute to projects you already use" — yeah, that's the eventual goal. 😅

The main thing I'm looking for right now is exposure to different projects and codebases. Looking at projects that I may never have reached as just a user. A lot of the software I use regularly has pretty large/mature codebases, and jumping straight into them feels like a massive knowledge gap.

So I'd rather start with smaller projects, learn how different codebases are put together, contribute to a few of them, and slowly work my way up to the bigger projects I actually want to contribute to.