Talk With Other Programmers

http://www.killerstartups.com/Web20/tagmask-com-talk-with-other-programmers

by bmxwheel • 15 years ago

8 6 15 years ago

swombat3• 15 years ago

Lol, what? Wait a minute? "the notion that programmers have few online spots for conversing and exchanging tips and hints"?

Does anyone entertain such an absurd notion? If anyone has online spots to "talk about how to code, program and develop just any old application or tool", it must be programmers. From the ancient age of Usenet to the more modern era of StackOverflow and, dare I say it, Hacker News, programmers have always had many spots to connect with other programmers online.

So how did this story get 6 points?

pankratiev2• 15 years ago

I built Tagmask. Actually, I don't like what is written on Killerstartups. The main feature of Tagmask is tag-based approach to filtering posts, some people find it useful. But I never told that Tagmask is a revolutionary community for programmers. And I am very upset and frustrated about Killerstartups article.

Btw, I sent an email to you about Tagmask, did you miss it?

swombat3• 15 years ago

Btw, I sent an email to you about Tagmask, did you miss it?

Sure seems so! Try daniel at tenner dot org.

wccrawford• 15 years ago

I've seen lots of sites like Reddit, StackExchange and Hacker news where programmers can share code, links, and questions, but never anywhere that they can socialize. At least, without a LOT of trolling.

Not that TagMask is going to provide that, either, but at least they identified a need. A local friend of mine is actually working on a local business to fulfill that need locally, but that doesn't help online much. (There's quite a bit more to it than that, but I don't feel comfortable talking about his business plan in more than general terms.)

Edit: Okay, apparently someone else identified that need and tried to label TagMask with it. Still, my point stands.

pankratiev2• 15 years ago

In addition, here is an article about Tagmask by TheNextWeb: http://thenextweb.com/dd/2011/05/05/tagmask-aims-to-curb-inf...

swombat3• 15 years ago

That sounds way more interesting than the KillerStartups article.

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