/dev/null
a social network for devs
/dev/null launched on October 19, 2026 with 429 votes, #8 of 3,079 launches that month and more than 99% of that year's launches.
In plain words
/dev/null is a social network designed for developers. Built live in 48 hours by Nuno Maduro, Brent Roose, Matthieu Napoli, and Pauline Vos, it allows users to sign in with GitHub, follow other developers, share code snippets, and interact through likes and replies. The platform features a shared text log where developers can commit contributions. It combines social networking with development-focused tools, created collaboratively with input from the open-source community.
written from the facts on this page · October 2026
From the sources
/dev/null started as a live stream from the JetBrains office. On Oct 15, 2026, Nuno Maduro, Brent Roose, Matthieu Napoli, and Pauline Vos built a social network for web developers from scratch in 48 hours, in the open. Sign in with GitHub, share code snippets, like, reply, etc, etc! Hundreds of you sent PRs. Laravel’s Taylor Otwell stopped by mid-stream (“Laravel forever”), and Vercel’s Guillermo Rauch called it “really well done.” Thank you for watching, sharing, and roasting us.
A social network for developers. Sign in with GitHub, follow people who write code, and commit plain text to a shared log.
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