Errant thought - I kind of hope that the actual social network for developers of the not so distant future looks more like a bunch of us separately building bespoke applications to serve files to each other.
> Dave: "Bot, add a folder to my personal data store with the pictures I took this weekend and share it with everyone in my poker group"
> Sally: "I see that I've gotten an email from Dave with a magic link conveying access to something. Bot, use this link to negotiate a key exchange with whatever weird app Dave cobbled together (ask his bot if you need help) and then log into my VPS and add a tab to my personal webapp to display the content he has shared."
I have a petty complaint: if you name your social network after a core Unix concept, then why make your users login exclusively through a Microsoft subsidiary?
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stephenlf
I signed up for TextLog a few weeks ago. I love the text-only social network, but their European infra meant too much latency for my US-based browsing. Maybe this will scratch that itch!
ktosobcy
Seems to be down...
What does it use? masto or hand-crafted stuff?
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RonanSoleste
Y.a.t.c (yet another twitter clone). Except for theming it brings nothing new to the social media space.
I also dont think sending my tweets to a null device will do much for development.
Ill put my bets on Bsky or Mastodon here.
sp4cec0wb0y
Your posts have to be approved? Odd way to run a social network imo.
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hk1337
> Failed to open page
I'm guessing that wasn't expected result.
flanz_10
> Everyone here signed in with GitHub.
ugh.
deadbabe
/tmp/social would have been better I think. dev = device, doesn’t make sense.
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jchonphoenix
Wasn't this originally HN?
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muslimpeacepriz
Shouldn't that domain be dev-null.social instead of 'shell'? Dorks.
ersind
Looks good!
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antiloper
> Computah... build me a social network in PHP. Import the user's profile from GitHub, they shouldn't have to fill anything in. No likes, reposts or algorithms. Add a catchy slogan at the home page. Make no mistakes!
This is interesting: a. Developers on average are probably low on E trait in the Big Five b. Most users in the online developer communities (at least the ones who will be doing the "social" part, per the standard 1% rule of social platforms) loathe LinkedIn-style stuff, being asked to log in or provide PII. c. Most "social" services devs regularly use are for technical/utility stuff (GH, SO, subreddits) more than the social aspect.
If a, b and c are true, then this site is reinventing HN/proggit with forced GitHub login on top. NGMI.
cyanydeez
conceptually, just sounds like a place you go when you don't want anyone to hear, see or think about you.
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xyst
Using GH as the only way to associate identity is a bit evil
lenerdenator
Devs need to be around actual humans in-person more, not less.
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nailer
I can't see any of the content unless I sign in.
I don't know if I want to sign in, because I can't see any of the content.
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rvz
> No likes. No reposts. No algorithm. Everything else goes to /dev/null.
*Closes tab
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nailer
> follow people who write code, and commit plain text to a shared log.
Isn't that Twitter?
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t1234s
Why do all these guys have "Soy Face" when you take their pictures?
Errant thought - I kind of hope that the actual social network for developers of the not so distant future looks more like a bunch of us separately building bespoke applications to serve files to each other.
> Dave: "Bot, add a folder to my personal data store with the pictures I took this weekend and share it with everyone in my poker group"
> Sally: "I see that I've gotten an email from Dave with a magic link conveying access to something. Bot, use this link to negotiate a key exchange with whatever weird app Dave cobbled together (ask his bot if you need help) and then log into my VPS and add a tab to my personal webapp to display the content he has shared."
That might be overly optimistic, but it doesn't feel that far off. It's kind of what Tim Berners-Lee build https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid_project for right?
It would be nice if the website had more information about the platform before you create an account.
Thank you, but no. I'll stick with /dev/tty0 . It's federated.
Social media site for devs getting hug-of-death'd by HN... the irony!
https://dev-null.sh/sitemaps/users-1.xml
https://dev-null.sh/sitemaps/commits-1.xml
I have a petty complaint: if you name your social network after a core Unix concept, then why make your users login exclusively through a Microsoft subsidiary?
I signed up for TextLog a few weeks ago. I love the text-only social network, but their European infra meant too much latency for my US-based browsing. Maybe this will scratch that itch!
Seems to be down...
What does it use? masto or hand-crafted stuff?
Y.a.t.c (yet another twitter clone). Except for theming it brings nothing new to the social media space. I also dont think sending my tweets to a null device will do much for development. Ill put my bets on Bsky or Mastodon here.
Your posts have to be approved? Odd way to run a social network imo.
> Failed to open page
I'm guessing that wasn't expected result.
> Everyone here signed in with GitHub.
ugh.
/tmp/social would have been better I think. dev = device, doesn’t make sense.
Wasn't this originally HN?
Shouldn't that domain be dev-null.social instead of 'shell'? Dorks.
Looks good!
> Computah... build me a social network in PHP. Import the user's profile from GitHub, they shouldn't have to fill anything in. No likes, reposts or algorithms. Add a catchy slogan at the home page. Make no mistakes!
symlinked in.
it's fully open source (https://github.com/nunomaduro/dev-null.sh/pulls) and received over 200 PRs in less than 48 hours
Very good idea
This is interesting: a. Developers on average are probably low on E trait in the Big Five b. Most users in the online developer communities (at least the ones who will be doing the "social" part, per the standard 1% rule of social platforms) loathe LinkedIn-style stuff, being asked to log in or provide PII. c. Most "social" services devs regularly use are for technical/utility stuff (GH, SO, subreddits) more than the social aspect.
If a, b and c are true, then this site is reinventing HN/proggit with forced GitHub login on top. NGMI.
conceptually, just sounds like a place you go when you don't want anyone to hear, see or think about you.
Using GH as the only way to associate identity is a bit evil
Devs need to be around actual humans in-person more, not less.
I can't see any of the content unless I sign in.
I don't know if I want to sign in, because I can't see any of the content.
> No likes. No reposts. No algorithm. Everything else goes to /dev/null.
*Closes tab
> follow people who write code, and commit plain text to a shared log.
Isn't that Twitter?
Why do all these guys have "Soy Face" when you take their pictures?