I love the idea of doing like, a group read of code, or a refactoring brainstorm session. The only caveat that I'd want to make sure of is that the maintainers are aware and have okayed the code for that level of group scrutiny. I know I would be mortified if people looked through my github graveyard and did a code review.
Or, inspired by this idea of site-wide group discussion, a maybe we could do a Papers We Love style discussion of a whitepaper or a conference talk every month or so. That might be a fun way to do deep dives into more advanced material.
The main hurdle I foresee with this style of expansion is what you mention - new tags, mods, increased overhead for the staff.
I'm also really fond of "boosting" good stuff on DEV, in the form of referencing other posts or comments for a different audience or another look and a new discussion.
I love this idea of boosting other people's posts in a best of tag. I was under the impression, based on usage, that the bestof tag was unofficially reserved for staff wrap up posts. I'll keep that in mind. Thanks!
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I love the idea of doing like, a group read of code, or a refactoring brainstorm session. The only caveat that I'd want to make sure of is that the maintainers are aware and have okayed the code for that level of group scrutiny. I know I would be mortified if people looked through my github graveyard and did a code review.
Or, inspired by this idea of site-wide group discussion, a maybe we could do a Papers We Love style discussion of a whitepaper or a conference talk every month or so. That might be a fun way to do deep dives into more advanced material.
The main hurdle I foresee with this style of expansion is what you mention - new tags, mods, increased overhead for the staff.
Big +1 to a Papers We Love or Conference Talk discussion!
Yeah! All that stuff is great!
I'm also really fond of "boosting" good stuff on DEV, in the form of referencing other posts or comments for a different audience or another look and a new discussion.
Basically like this:
Turns out language creators are pretty good at their language
Ben Halpern
We're currently featuring #bestofdev on the main sidebar if anyone wants to add posts like this to that tag.
I love this idea of boosting other people's posts in a best of tag. I was under the impression, based on usage, that the bestof tag was unofficially reserved for staff wrap up posts. I'll keep that in mind. Thanks!