r/ProgrammingBuddies

Looking for a companion to learn programming together for fun

Hi! I've been away from programming for a while and want to find my way back into it.

I'd like to rediscover programming as something fun to explore, not optimize around getting a job.

I'm not looking for career preparation. I'd rather find someone who is curious about things and enjoys going beyond the basics.

I have some background in C/C++ and JS/TS, and I'm currently getting into Python.

You don't need to be experienced. I'm more interested in the willingness to experiment and to figure things out together.

No particular project or stack in mind. We can pick something interesting and see where it goes.

If that sounds like your kind of thing, feel free to DM me.

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u/ocamicher — 7 hours ago
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Offering Free Classes

I'll introduce myself, I am guy who's about to complete his degree. I know C, C++, Python, Rust, And ML, and stuff. So Recently i have been thinking about improving my communication to the next level. Tbh, I am not bad, People can understand my english really well, but having said that i feel i need to improve to the level of a native english speaking guy. So that is my motive, no string attached. I am GMT +5:30, Anyone native english speaking person or near native english speaking person can DM me if you need help with any topic. It's completely free of cost, but if you are willing to pay me, then I would accept it happily :) . Other things we can discuss in DM. PS: I have a digital pen and also I absolutely love to teach.

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u/Real-Huckleberry-934 — 22 hours ago

Need some intermediate - experienced devs that are willing to guide a group of beginner - intermediate programmers!

I’m working on starting an open‑source project where the first goal is to build a platform that supports a beginner‑friendly programming group that is pretty new/in the making - tools, dashboards, and features that help newer devs learn and collaborate.

We already have beginners involved, so I’m specifically looking for intermediate or advanced developers (frontend, backend, or full‑stack) who want to help shape the architecture and guide the early build.

If you enjoy mentoring, structuring projects, or helping newer devs grow, this could be a solid long‑term project. Let me know your main stack if you’re interested. Already have some beginners but everybody is welcome! DM if you are interested!

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u/CoondaGoon — 20 hours ago

Safe space to learn and grow for beginner - expert programmers?

Who else is wanting a safe space to collab, create, code, build and learn with other like minded programmers? Forget a language, stack, or goals. Just an all around safe space to do all the above with no expectations? If your looking for this I'm looking for you! Let's start something majestic! I'm 3 years in self taught Python mostly learning heavy Backend Logic.

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u/CoondaGoon — 23 hours ago

Looking for an accountability partner for placement prep!

Hey! I’m 21, a 3rd-year engineering undergrad, and I’m currently getting serious about placement prep.

I’m looking for someone who’s also preparing for placements/internships and wants an accountability partner. Ideally, we can:

- Check in daily about what we studied

- Share goals for the day and whether we actually completed them

-Share proof of work by the end of the day

- Keep each other motivated when one of us inevitably procrastinates

- Talk about DSA, projects, CS fundamentals, resumes, interviews, etc.

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u/Spirited-Seat-9697 — 1 day ago

Offering a free accesses,didn't get users, so I'm giving free access instead

I built a tool that helps make code easier to understand through step-by-step visualization. You can see the execution as a cinematic animation, generate flowcharts, and understand the flow and logic of your code.

Honestly, I haven't been able to get users for it yet, while I have been paying for the infrastructure myself. I don't want all that work and money to just go to waste, so I rather give a few people free access and hopefully let the tool help someone.

I'm not trying to promote or sell anything here. If you would genuinely like to try it, send me your email through DM and I will manually provide access.

Just trying to make something useful out of what might otherwise be a failed SaaS attempt

EDIT : I have given access to everyone who reached out. Thank you so much for the support! Once you’ve had a chance to try it, I’d genuinely love to hear your feedback. It means a lot to me ❤️

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u/New_Interaction4011 — 2 days ago
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Anyone wanna join international online Hackathon with me

Hey programmer,

If you are a developer, vibe coder or just interested in building stuff I have one opportunity for you I am joining one hackathon, and just need one good team so we can build together if you are interested just let me know in comments or DM

- I need a vibe coder, frontend, and builder

- form India specific or if other countries dm me time zone

- No experience of it's your first that's ok just need independent thinker and good at programming with AI

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u/Chill-Soul — 2 days ago

Looking for curious tech nerds to build a learning community

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. :)

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u/Maxsonic200 — 1 day ago

Looking for Coding Study Buddies to Learn and Grow Together

Hi everyone,

I'm looking to connect with people who are also learning web development, programming, or tech skills. I'm currently learning JavaScript and I believe learning with others can make the journey more enjoyable and productive.

If you're a beginner or someone who is actively learning and practicing, I'd love to connect. We can:

  • Share learning resources
  • Discuss concepts and projects
  • Help each other stay motivated
  • Practice coding together
  • Track our progress and grow as a group

If you're interested, feel free to comment below or send me a message. Let's learn, improve, and achieve our goals together!

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u/CauliflowerOk2671 — 2 days ago
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Guidance regarding full stack development

Hi i am in 2nd yr of engineering rn and really want to learn full stack development so that i can start making some good level projects but i really dont know weather choosing mern stack would be okay or java full stack development would be better cause i really dont know what is the need of hour rn . Someone who can help kindly guide and people who are also going to start with full stack developement may connect . People who are really enthusiastic regarding building may connect as i really want to learn n grow .

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u/Orion_11111 — 2 days ago

Getting back into coding: .NET/C# preferred, but open to learning something new

I’m getting back into programming after taking a few years off, and I’m looking for one programming buddy to build stuff with.

I’m in EST and mostly interested in .NET / C# right now, but I’m definitely not limited to that. I’d be happy to learn another language or technology if we come up with a project that sounds fun. I’ve also been interested in learning C on FreeBSD, but I haven’t started yet.

I’ve been having fun vibe coding random stuff quickly, but I’d actually prefer to build something mostly or entirely without AI this time. I’m fine with using AI for questions, getting unstuck, or pointing us toward documentation, but I don’t want it writing the whole project for us. I’d rather actually understand what we’re building.

What I can offer:

  • Strong intermediate C# / .NET experience
  • Backend development, APIs, databases, and related stuff
  • Mentoring if you’re newer to C# or .NET
  • Helping you take a project idea and turn it into something real
  • Plenty of project ideas if you don’t already have one

I’ve been programming as a hobby on and off for 20+ years, and I’ve also spent a few years working professionally as a .NET developer.

What I’m looking for:

  • A programming buddy who wants to build something together and keep each other motivated
  • If you’re mid-level or above and currently working with .NET professionally, I’d love to learn from you too, especially what day-to-day .NET development looks like now and how AI has changed the way teams actually work
  • A volunteer opportunity where I could contribute as a developer and get some more recent real-world experience
  • An open-source project that could use another contributor, especially something involving .NET, backend work, networking, tooling, or infrastructure

You definitely don’t need to be at the same experience level as me. If you’re newer and want someone to work through things with, that’s fine. Likewise, if you know something I don’t, I’m happy to learn from you.

I’m open to small apps, tools, web stuff, APIs, desktop projects, weird experiments, or whatever else seems interesting.

I’m not really looking to voice chat, but I’m happy to use text chat, IRC, or another self-hosted/FOSS chat option.

Mostly I’m just looking for one chill person who wants to code, bounce ideas around, share progress, learn from each other, and keep it casual.

If that sounds like you, hit me up.

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u/Mister_God_On_Steam — 2 days ago
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Needed a single consistent study buddy for DS Algo

One to one acccountability (no crowd)

Things I study :

  1. Leetcode Question + Contest

  2. CSES Problems

  3. CodeForces Contests (Not so much into pure cp questions)

  4. Atcoder Contests

And also i expect good consistency.

Timezone -> IST
My Stack -> Python Fullstack + Applied AI
Exp -> College CS student

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u/Sad_Tutor_6486 — 2 days ago

Curious about why?

We as programmers what is the most thing we struggle when we are doing self study
Me first I didn’t like study alone because I feel like I am lack of updates and at that time I was jumping around alot of different things
It take me long to focus one thing only
So that is why I used to need buddy or someone who guides me
I was lack of roadmap and the internet was so wide
So what is your pain ? Why

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u/Kindly_Profession_90 — 3 days ago

22M Developer Looking for Ambitious People to Build Something Together

M22 a Software Developer with 1.5 years of experience. I want to build some products or service and I think I can build anything I just need some time to learn if things will be new but the problem is i don't know what to build and I need some aspirational people too. To work on something because working alone is so boring.

Or someone who has something interesting in their mind we can work on that together.

I need people with a goal.

Please reach out to me if you are one of them.

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u/standLike_DogBalls — 3 days ago

Looking for a coding buddy (frontend)

I am looking for a programming buddy which we can work on learning projects together maybe even build up a product or just write open source projects for portfolio. Preferably someone who knows how to work in a team and have experience in using github etc.

Timezone: UTC+2

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u/NeonWestt — 3 days ago

Looking for a few people to learn game dev with

Hey, I'm pretty new to game development and I'm looking for a few people who are in the same boat.

I'd like to make a small team where we can learn together, help each other out and slowly build something we're actually proud of. I'm mainly interested in Unity, but I'm open to whatever people want to learn.

You don't need experience or a portfolio. Just be interested in game dev and willing to put some time into it.

If you're also starting out and want someone to learn/build with, feel free to DM me :)

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u/bumbleb33h — 3 days ago

Looking for developers interested in contributing to TWIB — an open-source AI project

Hey everyone!

I'm currently building TWIB, an open-source AI project, and I'm looking for developers who would be interested in contributing and helping turn it into a genuinely useful, production-quality project.

TWIB is still actively being developed, and I'm at the stage where I want to move beyond building everything myself and start working with other developers who are interested in AI, software engineering, and open-source development.

What I'm looking for

I'm especially interested in developers who enjoy working with:

  • Python / Backend development
  • AI/ML and LLM integration
  • Frontend / UI development
  • APIs and agent systems
  • Local AI / open-source models
  • Testing and code quality
  • DevOps / deployment
  • Documentation

You don't need to be an expert. If you're a student or junior developer who wants to gain experience contributing to a real project, you're absolutely welcome.

What I'm trying to achieve

I don't want TWIB to be another project with a nice-looking README and a bunch of mocked or hardcoded features.

The goal is to build something actually functional, maintainable and useful, with real integrations, proper architecture, testing, documentation, and a codebase that other developers can understand and contribute to.

I'm also actively removing fake/hardcoded functionality and replacing it with real implementations as the project develops.

Why contribute?

You'd get the opportunity to:

  • Work on a real open-source AI project
  • Collaborate with other developers
  • Learn about AI/LLM-based systems
  • Make actual contributions that can go into your GitHub profile
  • Help shape the architecture and direction of the project

I'm not expecting anyone to work on this full-time. Even small contributions, ideas, bug fixes, reviews, or improvements are valuable.

Interested?

GitHub: https://github.com/Dusi-81wb

If the project looks interesting to you, feel free to comment below or DM me.

I'd especially love to hear what you'd be interested in working on, rather than just having people join without knowing what they want to contribute.

Thanks! 🚀

u/Sam4Game — 4 days ago

Looking for people to build with

Hey everyone,

I’m looking to put together a small team of people interested in frontend development and actually want to build something together.

I’ll be honest — I’m not a hardcore developer. I’m more of a vibe coder, learning and building as I go. 😅

I’m looking for people who are in a similar situation, or just want to experiment, learn, and ship something instead of endlessly watching tutorials.

I’m also open to sharing the GitHub repo publicly, so we can work together, review each other’s code, and build something we’re actually proud of.

You don’t need to be an expert. If you’re into frontend, willing to contribute, and want to build with a small group of people, feel free to comment or DM me.

Let’s see what we can build together.

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u/ExperienceQuiet3757 — 4 days ago

Looking for 4–7 people to build something unusual from zero

I’m looking for a small group of programmers, builders, researchers, and curious people who might be interested in creating something unusual together from scratch.

To be completely transparent:

There is no team yet. It’s literally just me.

This isn’t a job offer.

There is no salary, company, funding, or established organization behind this.

And I’m not trying to create another large online community where everyone talks and nobody actually builds anything.

I’m looking for around 4–7 people who enjoy experimenting, researching, and building things — especially people who aren’t afraid of ambitious, unconventional, or even weird ideas.

I’m personally more of a builder/vibe coder than someone coming from a traditional academic background. I’m particularly interested in experimental AI and alternative approaches to intelligent systems, but I don’t want this group to be limited to AI or even programming.

Different backgrounds are actually something I’m looking for.

Programming, AI, engineering, research, mathematics, economics, entrepreneurship, OSINT, design — whatever you do, if you like understanding difficult problems and actually creating things, I’m interested.

The bigger experiment is this:
Could a small group of independent people eventually build an organization around a self-sustaining cycle?
Research → Technology → Products → Companies → Capital → More Research
Research could become technology.

Technology could become products.

Products could become companies.

Companies could eventually finance independent research.
Research could uncover new problems.

Those problems could generate new technologies.

And over time, maybe that cycle could grow into something much larger than a programming group or a startup.

There is also a deeper question behind the idea:
Can you build an institution capable of challenging concentrations of power while preventing power from simply becoming concentrated inside the institution itself?

I don’t know.

That’s one of the reasons I want to experiment with it.

But I’m not interested in writing a giant manifesto and pretending seven strangers are going to change the world overnight.

The beginning should be much simpler.

Phase 1
Get 4–7 interesting people together.

Choose one genuinely difficult problem.
Research it.

Build something around it.
Finish it.

Then decide what comes next based on what we actually accomplished.

If the group works, we continue.

If an idea fails, we document why and try something else.

If something unexpectedly works, we push it further.

I’m also deliberately not looking for people who agree with me about everything.

If you can demonstrate that one of my ideas is wrong, that’s more valuable to me than someone who automatically agrees with me.

Experience level isn’t particularly important either.

You don’t need 10 years in the industry, a CS degree, or an impressive résumé.

I’m much more interested in:
What do you build?
What do you research?
What kind of problems obsess you?
What’s something unusual you’ve tried creating?
What are you unusually good at?
What would you want to explore if you had several other capable people helping you?
And failed projects absolutely count.

Right now I’m not looking for employees or followers. I’m looking for the first people who might help shape what this becomes.

If this sounds like your kind of experiment, comment here or send me a Reddit DM.

Tell me a little about yourself, what you’ve built/researched/tried, and what part of this idea caught your attention.
Disagreement is welcome. Blind loyalty isn’t.

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u/PowerNone — 4 days ago