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Today's (2026-07-21) Weekly Dev Chat topic is applying the types of fun to software development. The 4 types of fun are:
:large_green_circle: Type 1: Fun in the moment and when you remember it.
Example: Stroll in the park on a nice day with friends. Would do it again in a heartbeat.:large_yellow_circle: Type 2: Not fun during the moment but is fun in retrospect.
Example: Hike to the top of a mountain on a hot day with some great views at the top. Get a feeling of accomplishment.:red_circle: Type 3: Not fun during the moment or when you remember it but often makes the best stories.
Example: Getting lost at night during a hike and your headlamp isn't working. Holy crap, that was more dangerous than I thought.There is also a 4th type of fun that some people have added:
:black_circle: Type 4: Fun in the moment but regret it later.
Example: Eating and drinking too much. Often counter to your long-term goals such as staying in shape.What are some examples of the types of fun in software development? Inspired by me recently spending six days hiking to and around Mt. Assiniboine. It was definitely type 2 fun due to the long days of hiking, the mosquitoes, and crappy dehydrated food but great to remember.
Everyone and anyone is welcome to join as long as you are kind, supportive, and respectful of others.
Join here: https://weeklydevchat.com/join/
More on the fun scale: https://medium.com/@barkingdogx/the-fun-scale-the-origins-of-the-4-fun-types-ffd8508a6540
P.S. - Image created by ChatGPT.
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Today's (2026-07-21) Weekly Dev Chat topic is applying the types of fun to software development. The 4 types of fun are:
:large_green_circle: Type 1: Fun in the moment and when you remember it.
Example: Stroll in the park on a nice day with friends. Would do it again in a heartbeat.:large_yellow_circle: Type 2: Not fun during the moment but is fun in retrospect.
Example: Hike to the top of a mountain on a hot day with some great views at the top. Get a feeling of accomplishment.:red_circle: Type 3: Not fun during the moment or when you remember it but often makes the best stories.
Example: Getting lost at night during a hike and your headlamp isn't working. Holy crap, that was more dangerous than I thought.There is also a 4th type of fun that some people have added:
:black_circle: Type 4: Fun in the moment but regret it later.
Example: Eating and drinking too much. Often counter to your long-term goals such as staying in shape.What are some examples of the types of fun in software development? Inspired by me recently spending six days hiking to and around Mt. Assiniboine. It was definitely type 2 fun due to the long days of hiking, the mosquitoes, and crappy dehydrated food but great to remember.
Everyone and anyone is welcome to join as long as you are kind, supportive, and respectful of others.
Join here: https://weeklydevchat.com/join/
More on the fun scale: https://medium.com/@barkingdogx/the-fun-scale-the-origins-of-the-4-fun-types-ffd8508a6540
P.S. - Image created by ChatGPT.
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In honour of Amii's Upper Bound conference happening this week, the May 19th, 2026 chat will be about AI. Often we limit how much AI chatter is allowed, but not today! Anything AI related. Bring your AI hopes, worries, success stories, failures, etc.
Everyone and anyone are welcome to join as long as you are kind, supportive, and respectful of others:
https://weeklydevchat.com/join/
P.S. - The Weekly Dev Chat will be at the Upper Bound Mega Meetup (May 19th, 5pm to 8pm, downtown library). Swing by and say hi. An Upper Bound ticket is NOT required to attend the Mega Meetup.
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In honour of Amii's Upper Bound conference happening this week, the May 19th, 2026 chat will be about AI. Often we limit how much AI chatter is allowed, but not today! Anything AI related. Bring your AI hopes, worries, success stories, failures, etc.
Everyone and anyone are welcome to join as long as you are kind, supportive, and respectful of others:
https://weeklydevchat.com/join/
P.S. - The Weekly Dev Chat will be at the Upper Bound Mega Meetup (May 19th, 5pm to 8pm, downtown library). Swing by and say hi. An Upper Bound ticket is NOT required to attend the Mega Meetup.
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In today's (2026-04-07) chat we will attempt to run an LLM locally on my (Chris) machine with the help of attendees. Let's see how easy/hard it is and if my new desktop can handle it. Assuming we get something working, we can do experiments.
Everyone and anyone are welcome to join as long as you are kind, supportive, and respectful of others.
https://weeklydevchat.com/join/
*Image generated by Nano Banana*
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In today's (2026-04-07) chat we will attempt to run an LLM locally on my (Chris) machine with the help of attendees. Let's see how easy/hard it is and if my new desktop can handle it. Assuming we get something working, we can do experiments.
Everyone and anyone are welcome to join as long as you are kind, supportive, and respectful of others.
https://weeklydevchat.com/join/
*Image generated by Nano Banana*
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For those in the Edmonton (YEG) area, join the Weekly Dev Chat for a Whiteboard Practice Night. We’ll go through junior-friendly coding problems where the goal is communicating your thinking, not getting the perfect answer.
We’ll do easy warm-ups / LeetCode-style questions and practice talking through assumptions, approaches, and tradeoffs.
Bring your laptop and a desire to learn/help others.
Register here: https://luma.com/hcsxff11
#weeklydevchat #irl #yeg #leetcode #interviewprep #whiteboard
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The topic for today's (Dec 16, 2025) chat is self-hosting. More and more developers are exploring it, but what are the benefits? Does it really improve security? And is the effort justified for a personal project or a small team?
You can find information about joining at:
Everyone and anyone are welcome to join as long as you are kind, supportive, and respectful of others.
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The topic for today's (Dec 16, 2025) chat is self-hosting. More and more developers are exploring it, but what are the benefits? Does it really improve security? And is the effort justified for a personal project or a small team?
You can find information about joining at:
Everyone and anyone are welcome to join as long as you are kind, supportive, and respectful of others.
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The hosts of Weekly Dev Chat are pleased to announce we will be hosting Advent of Code/Cyber. Come join us in real life on December 18 at Strathcona Public Library. We'll be participating in Advent of Code and Advent of Cyber. Bring your laptop and come join the fun!
See below for more details and registration:
Everyone and anyone are welcome to join as long as you are kind, supportive, and respectful of others.
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Today's chat is about database migrations, inspired because I need to find a database migration fool for a client and can't use Entity Framework for various reasons.
Are you using a framework that provides database migrations like Ruby on Rails, Entity Framework, Laravel? A third-party tool like Redgate, Flyway, or Liquibase? Something else?
What do you like about the tool you are using? If you aren't using a tool how do you manage database changes? Do you have a DBA that manages the database or is done by developers?
Everyone is welcome to as long as you are kind, supportive, and respectful of others. Details at:
P.S. - As usual, AI generated the header image, this time with Claude.
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Today's chat is about database migrations, inspired because I need to find a database migration fool for a client and can't use Entity Framework for various reasons.
Are you using a framework that provides database migrations like Ruby on Rails, Entity Framework, Laravel? A third-party tool like Redgate, Flyway, or Liquibase? Something else?
What do you like about the tool you are using? If you aren't using a tool how do you manage database changes? Do you have a DBA that manages the database or is done by developers?
Everyone is welcome to as long as you are kind, supportive, and respectful of others. Details at:
P.S. - As usual, AI generated the header image, this time with Claude.
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In this Weekly Dev Chat (March 25/2025) we will experiment with GitHub Copilot Workspace. It's a feature that lets you create PRs using GitHub Copilot that will create new files, edit existing files, and the like. I'll share my screen, and we can do some pair programming, err I mean, pair telling the AI what to do.
https://github.blog/news-insights/product-news/github-copilot-workspace/
Everyone and anyone are welcome to join as long as you are kind, supportive, and respectful of others. Details on how to join can be found at our website: