A casual weekly virtual chat mostly focused on web and software development.
Weekly Dev Chat is a place to ask questions, hear different viewpoints, and get to know your fellow developers. Every week there is an initial topic posted to get the discussion started. Sometimes we discuss the initial topic the entire chat, and other times the topic changes several times through the natural flow of the conversation.
Everyone and anyone are welcome to join as long as you are kind, supportive, and respectful of others.
The first Weekly Dev Chat IRL (in-real-life) event of the 2026/2027 season is trivia! How well do you know your programming languages, security, history, and other software development topics? We will find out in this fun and friendly competition.
September 24th, doors open at 6:45pm with the event starting at 7:00pm. More details and registration:
Everyone and anyone are welcome to join as long as you are kind, supportive, and respectful of others.
The initial topic for today's (2026-09-22) chat is: What tool(s) have you stopped using over the past year or two? An IDE, language, tech stack, 3rd party SaaS, something else? Why did you stop using it? Was it a conscious decision? What, if anything, replaced the tool?
Inspired by me evaluating the tools used by Weekly Dev Chat and if we should keep them, switch, or something else. Asking the question: "If I started fresh today, would I still choose this tool?"
Everyone and anyone is welcome to join as long as you are kind, supportive, and respectful of others.
P.S. Image created by ChatGPT. Really likes green, which I assume it got from our website theme.
What's a problem that's been on your mind lately, one you think might actually have a solution, even a partial one? Not "solve world peace" scale, necessarily. Think smaller and more concrete: something in your industry, your city, your daily routine, or your codebase that bugs you, that you've caught yourself sketching solutions for even if only in your head.
Is technology part of the fix? Could better tooling, automation, or a clever bit of software chip away at it? Or is technology part of the problem in the first place, something that got broken or complicated in the name of progress? Maybe it's both: a problem tech created that only more (or different) tech can untangle.
Come share the problem that's stuck in your head, and whatever half-baked solution you've been kicking around. We're not expecting anyone to have it all figured out — that's what the discussion is for.
Everyone and anyone is welcome to join as long as you are kind, supportive, and respectful of others. Zoom link will be posted at 12pm MDT.
