Nuno Maduro and two PHP developers built /dev/null in 48 hours

The October 15th-16th sprint produced /dev/null, a GitHub-login social feed for developers that its creators kept tuning in public.

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Why it matters

The build tests whether GitHub identity, short posts and a chronological feed can make a social network feel native to programmers. Its next test is whether people keep using it after the launch audience moves on.

Nuno Maduro and two PHP developers build a social network in 48 hours — The October 15th-16th public sprint produced /dev/null, a GitHub-backed chronological feed the team is still tuning in public.

Nuno Maduro (@enunomaduro), Matthieu Napoli and Brent Roose built /dev/null, a social network for developers, during a public 48-hour PHP sprint on October 15th-16th. Users sign in with GitHub, follow developers and post plain text of up to 280 characters to a shared log. The open-source repository is on GitHub.…

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