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Welcome Thread - v215

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Welcome to DEV!

  1. Leave a comment below to introduce yourself! You can talk about what brought you here, what you're learning, or just a fun fact about yourself.

  2. Reply to someone's comment, either with a question or just a hello. 👋

Great to have you in the community!

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krlz • Edited

Hey everyone! How's it going? My name is Carlos and I'm from La Paz, Bolivia. I'm currently out and about, traveling whenever I can, but always with my trusty laptop by my side.

Now, I know what you're thinking - "Carlos, what do you do for work?" Well, I'm a programmer and I love to work with a language called Scala. But don't worry, I'm not here to bore you with technical jargon.

In fact, speaking of programming languages, have you guys heard of functional programming? It's like regular programming, but you spend half your time writing the code and two times more to understand it a few months later. (Just kidding, functional programming is actually pretty cool.)

Anyway, it's great to be here with you all and I'm looking forward to getting to know everyone a bit better. Let's have some fun and learn some new things together!

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Devarshi Shimpi

Hey!! Welcome to DEV!!

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krlz

Thanks so much Devarshi

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Chris Jarvis

Welcome to DEV!

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krlz

Thanks Chris!

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Ali Sina Yousofi

Welcome Bro

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Masashi

First of all, welcome to Dev, secondly, functional programming seems interesting, though I always backed out at Monads and understanding "pure-ness".
Nice to meet you Carlos. 😁

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krlz

Thanks Masashi 😄 , well functional programming is like following a recipe. You put in all the ingredients, follow the steps, and get the same result every time. But mutability is like cooking with your grandma - you never know what you're going to get, and sometimes it's just because she put a little extra love in the process and love is hard to measure haha, have a nice day

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Anthony Fung

Hi Carlos.

I've started to lean more towards functional programming, though my languages are C# and Javascript, rather than Scala. I never understood my functional programming lecturers, but lately I appreciate pure functions for their portability, debugability, and testability.

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krlz

Hi Anthony, learning functional programming in a classroom can be tough – it's like trying to learn to dance the tango in a small room filled with chairs. It requires a different way of thinking and its syntax can seem like a foreign language. Scala is a good starting point, it's a hybrid language that combines functional programming with imperative and object-oriented programming, making it more accessible for those used to writing imperative code. I really like Alvin Alexander, is an author I truly will suggest you to also take a look if you are interested in some of the good practices alvinalexander.com/scala/learn-fun...

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Felipe BadarÃŗ

Welcome to DEV!! :)

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krlz

thanks Felipe!

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Almir

So freaking cool, i dream of having a work like yours when i am done with the study:)

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krlz

Hi Almir for sure you will!, hope to see you sharing some work too

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Gonzalo Seriche Vega

Welcome to Dev sudamerican power! haha

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krlz

Hi Gonzalo!, thanks

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Vinicius Maboni

Welcome Carlos!

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krlz

Thanks Vinicius 🙏

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cybersecvikk

hello Carlos

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krlz

hi cyber! hope you are having a good time, thanks for passing by!

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cybersecvikk

yes,how are you today?

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Thomas Bnt ☕

Hello and welcome to news members on DEV đŸ”Ĩ😎

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krlz

Hey thanks !

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Slava Rozhnev • Edited

HI all! My name is Slava Rozhnev. I'm backend developer and DBA. Also I work for my pet projects PHPize.online & SQLize.online In few words this is online fiddles for PHP and SQL together. You can read about in my articles here on DEV.to

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Timothy Justice

My name is Timothy. I am a Nigerian and I live in Nigeria. I love the software world an dthe mystery behind. Two months ago I enrolled for a Software Engineering program. Things started out fine and looked good, until I came in contact with C programing. At the moment I am lost at Sea(C). I have come here in search of guidance and tutoring cos there's no going back on this. I must thrive in it. I am looking forward to getting all the help I can and have a victory story to tell. Thank you.

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Wesley

Hi Timothy. That is a clever pun! I like.

You know what they say: ascii silly question, get a silly ansi 😁 (another joke!)

I recently bought a copy of The C Programming Language (2E), it's a good read that teaches C syntax and standard library, through complete example programs. Perhaps you already have it, but is worth mentioning any way. It can be difficult to find a copy, so consider second hand copies, or the ebook version, if you have trouble finding it.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_C_Prog...

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Timothy Justice

Thank you, Wes.

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Christie H.Kristensen

Hello DEV Community 👋
I head DevRel at Mastercard and looking to educate, inspire, enable and bring developers together around our APIs across fraud, open banking, cryptocurrency, data intelligence and other services. We love connecting with developers, hear about the API stories and share knowleadge across the community. Stay connected with all new API stuff on our blog on Mastercard Developers or follow me here on Dev.to.
Thanks,
Christie

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gpisano97

Hello guys ! My name is Girolamo and i'm an Italian web developer. I'm so excited to be part of this large community. Just like @krlz i'm a big fan of functional programming, i use it in React and also in PHP! I spend all my free-time developing a small (but fast and easy to use) PHP framework for build API Rest, his name is Micron. So, Micron is based on functional programming, i think this is the future! I hope to become one of the greatest innovator in web developing world... but this goal seems too far! Have a nice day to everyone!

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krlz

welcome Girolamo, hope to see your work and articles on what you are working on! have a great day!

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gpisano97

Thank you @krlz !

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cybersecvikk

Hello Techies!
my name is vik, am from Nairobi Kenya. I'm new to software development and am currently learning frontend technologies. I joined this platform because I love writing and publishing staff online,readers are writers so being here and reading your posts is insightful and fun to me.
Oh! am also an IT student, balancing personal growth and school is kind of rough but I'll manage, am happy to be here and hope I'll make friends!

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Zeeshan 🎖

We welcome you with open arms 🙋đŸģ‍♂ī¸. Shoot me a message anytime you want to collaborate on any project or if you are stuck in any kind of work

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cybersecvikk

Thanks, friends?

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Zeeshan 🎖

Would love to be 😀

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Ben Halpern

Great to have you! If you see any posts you find valuable, you should follow the author! It’s the best way to make the most of DEV 🙂

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Sidra Maqbool

Hello everyone, my name is Sidra, and I'm a frontend developer with expertise in frontend technologies. In mid-February, I came across a post on dev.to that caught my attention. I noticed that people were writing about various topics and thought it would be great to participate and share my knowledge.

I decided to write posts about HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and React JS to help those who were struggling to learn these concepts. To my surprise, I received fantastic feedback from my readers, and within just one week, I had gained over 1,000 readers.

It feels great to have been able to help others and receive positive feedback for my efforts. I'm looking forward to sharing more of my knowledge with the dev.to community in the future.

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SinhueHerrera90 • Edited

Hello everyone!

My name is Sinhue, I live in Chicago, I'm 32 years old

I just started an apprenticeship to learn how to code, I don't have any previous experience on programming but I am pretty excited about starting this new phase in my life, I love learning new things and I am a firm believer in adult learning

I always had an interest on creating programs and learning how to code, however it was something that was in the back of my mind until an opportunity to join an apprenticeship program at DPI was presented to myself

Right now I am working on basics like html and CSS, and I have started watching videos and doing some Ruby on rails, I can't tell you how happy I feel when I see something works ha ha

Even though I have no previous experience, I don't really feel overwhelmed or discouraged when I don't grasp concepts the first time, of course, I'd like to understand more terminology but I know this will come with time and practice, so instead of feeling discouraged or overwhelmed, I feel encouraged to continue learning and developing my skills in this new field, so to all the adult learners who might be new to programming: don't feel discouraged, it is possible and we are all together in this, let's learn together!

Thank you!!

Sinhue

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Alexander

Hi!
Hell yeah, I know this awesome feeling of working code :)
Welcome!

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Btara

Hey guys! My name is Blaise I like to program with Python and make games with Unity. I'm not that good at programming and I am hoping to get better in the feature. when I am not programming I am usually building random stuff with microcontrollers or watching anime. The only reason I found this site is because some AI told me to, but this seems like a pretty cool site and I can't wait to learn more!

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cybersecvikk

welcome Blaise

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Btara

Thanks!

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Damilola Babatunde

Hello everyone,
My name is Damilola, a frontend developer and a technical writer based in Lagos, Nigeria. I am new here and I'm glad to be here.
I joined the community to learn from amazing developers here and also to post my articles for others to benefit from.
I look forward to connecting with other developers and I am also open to collaborations.
Kindly watch out for my first post.
Thank you.

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Taiao

Hey folks, it's great to meet you! My name is Taiao and I'm currently in the process of pivoting from freelance videography to web development. I have an interest in cybersecurity as a potential career prospect, and my current goal is to become a full-stack developer by the end of my studies this year.

In my free time, I'm a huge Warhammer nerd and enjoy reading the books despite not playing the tabletop game. I'm also into music production and gaming.

I'm thrilled to be joining the dev.to community and can't wait to expand my knowledge and skills alongside other like-minded developers. Here's to broadening our horizons together!

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Jpy

Hello dev world !

My name is Julien Paris, I'm a self-taught developper but also one of the co-founders of the tech cooperative multi (Paris, France).

As a developper I'm a late bloomer : I studied architecture first, then I worked and led a research in the field of cultural industries in several countries, but coding is the thing I finally found the most fulfilling to make a bit of everything, everywhere, all at once :)

It's been some years I'm working professionally as a developper now, and from the start I always open sourced all of my work. I still do.

My appeal goes to #dataviz #opendata #opensource #python and #vuejs

With 4 friends we recently created a small tech cooperative (meaning it's owned by the workers) called multi, 'cos "multi" sounded like what digital projects are for us : multi-disciplinary and always open to new ideas. All the software we produce is under open source licences, we mainly work for public institutions and non-profit organisations, thus trying to make our part to the open data movement.

Happy to be here ! I believe there's a world to discover here and I hope we'll have great chats here

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OnePingtoRuleThemAll

Hi everyone!
My name is Jessica and I just started a bootcamp for full stack development that I'm both nervous and excited about as this is a quite a career change for me, but I'm really looking forward to learning and developing a new skill and starting on a new path.

My main reasoning other than my income being considerably better is that I want desperately to be able to travel the world and be able to work from anywhere on the planet. The lifestyle change is something I'm very much looking forward to. I'm currently a Lubbock, Texas resident and I truly can't wait to get out there and explore while working and honing my skills at the same time.

I look forward to speaking and working with some of you, I can honestly say that I'm about as green as they come when it comes to this new computational language I'm about to learn, so bear with me. I'm anxiously awaiting my "aha" moment in this world. It's going to be magnificent.

Anyways, hope everyone has an amazing week and I'll chat you up later. Let's go learn some stuff!