Platforms

Entries

  1. 01

    Hacker News

    Hacker News is a small but influential text-based community for founders, engineers, investors, and technology decision-makers.

  2. 02

    Stack Overflow

    Stack Overflow's role in developer Q&A, its decline since 2018, and the sharper change after ChatGPT launched in November 2022.

  3. 03

    Reddit

    Developer discussion on Reddit, including major subreddits, community-specific rules, useful participation, and platform risks.

  4. 04

    Developer publishing platforms

    Technical publishing platforms launched since 2016, including dev.to and Hashnode, with code-aware rendering and community discovery.

  5. 05

    YouTube for developers

    YouTube is one of the largest platforms for developer education and content discovery, from short explanations to complete courses.

  6. 06

    Twitch live coding

    Developer live coding on Twitch, including major streamers, company participation, sponsorships, and comparison with YouTube Live.

  7. 07

    Twitter / X

    How Twitter became a major public forum for developers, and what changed after 2022.

  8. 08

    Bluesky, Mastodon, and Threads

    Developer use of Bluesky, Mastodon, and Threads after activity moved away from Twitter/X.

  9. 09

    LinkedIn for developers

    How developers and DevRel teams use LinkedIn for professional distribution, newsletters, launches, and hiring.

  10. 10

    Discord and Slack

    A comparison of Discord and Slack for developer communities, including access, moderation, history, and cost.

  11. 11

    GitHub

    How DevRel teams use GitHub repositories, issues, discussions, sponsorships, integrations, and usage signals.

  12. 12

    Podcasts

    Developer podcasts, their distribution, sponsorship economics, and use by DevRel teams as guests or publishers.