We still need developer communities

Ryan welcomes Mike Swift, co-founder and CEO of Major League Hacking, to the show to chat about the never-ending need for software developer communities and entry points into programming; MLH’s recent acquisition of DEV and how they’re creating a place for shared knowledge, building, and publishing; and why now is the best time to be both an artisan and a builder in a world with AI software development tools.
Episode notes:
Major League Hacking (mlh.io) is a 500k+ global member community that hosts hackathons and open-source fellowships for the next generation of developers. They recently acquired DEV (dev.to), an online community for 3M+ developers to learn and share together.
Connect with Mike on LinkedIn (linkedin.com/in/theycallmeswift) or email him at swift@mlh.io.
Congrats to Stellar Answer badge winner Antony Hatchkins (stackoverflow.com/users/237105) for getting over a hundred saves on their answer to Git replacing LF with CRLF (stackoverflow.com/questions/1967370/git-replac…).
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