Okay, understood. I think the reason this is confusing to people is that it's as if you went to Google and asked their support "hey, what would you recommend for a search engine? I heard Yahoo is good!" It's a bit of a strange question to ask given that this is exactly what the site is about in the first place.
Moving on, you asked for 3 things:
1. Regular check-ins with fellow developers
2. A community that helps maintain momentum on projects
3. A supportive environment for sharing progress and challenges
And here's the features on WIP that solve for what you're asking for:
Your feed on WIP is full of regular checkins. There's a streak system and occasional hangouts (see hangouts tab for live video - believe this happens on a monthly cadence) to help keep you motivated to push more updates.
There's a community here with people asking questions/commenting on posts. There's also a WIP Telegram group so you can chat live.
The "milestones" feature when you go to create a new post is for sharing progress and challenges.
If you think something is missing to the point where you're considering other sites, why not submit some specific feedback on what you would want to see?
Okay, so I just tested the Milestone feature. I guess I could use the Milestone feature to post when I have achieved a pre-defined milestone in my project.
And I just visited the Telegram page. Interestingly, I noticed a conversation in there just now which was not too dissimilar to my post.
I guess on reflection it is probably about item 1 (Regular check-ins with fellow developers - in a systematic scheduled way). It looks like on this site, a lot of it is around people posting what they are doing rather than say, having weekly catch up meetings with other members on Zoom etc.
I still have not figured out how the "Streak" system works, although my gut instinct is that the streak is simply how many times a person has posted on the site. Is that correct?
From reading a conversation in the Telegram WIP earlier today I think one of the big benefits of WIP is that there is a bit of camaraderie around building something in the world alongside seeing other people building things at the same time, as well as picking up ideas from other developers that can improve one's skills as a developer.
I will keep persevering with WIP, but I still think for me personally I need to also join a platform that has more of a systematic scheduled face to face online catch up (eg. weekly) with developers.
I think if I had been a software developer for 20 years and built 50+ applications WIP on its own would probably suffice, but as I am pretty new to software development I think I need that extra component to a platform, as well as WIP (hence, the reason for my original post).
To answer your question about the streak: It's not how many times overall, but it's a measure of daily check-ins. If you miss a day, you lose your streak. If you post multiple times in one day, you only get counted once for that day.
If you're looking for feedback or friendly support/questions, there's a place for that here as well. I've asked the most basic, ridiculous questions here, and I was always met with kindness and patience.
If you're looking to LEARN software dev, check out something like Skillshare, Udemy, or Coursera. (I personally really love Skillshare -- and not just because I'm an affiliate, but because they typically have project-based courses so it helps you learn faster.)
@cat Many thanks for clarifying that point about how streaks work in that a person needs to post something at least once per day to keep their streak going. Point also noted about asking general Q&A questions, much appreciated on that as well. For the learning, recommendations noted.
Okay, understood. I think the reason this is confusing to people is that it's as if you went to Google and asked their support "hey, what would you recommend for a search engine? I heard Yahoo is good!" It's a bit of a strange question to ask given that this is exactly what the site is about in the first place.
Moving on, you asked for 3 things:
1. Regular check-ins with fellow developers
2. A community that helps maintain momentum on projects
3. A supportive environment for sharing progress and challenges
And here's the features on WIP that solve for what you're asking for:
Your feed on WIP is full of regular checkins. There's a streak system and occasional hangouts (see hangouts tab for live video - believe this happens on a monthly cadence) to help keep you motivated to push more updates.
There's a community here with people asking questions/commenting on posts. There's also a WIP Telegram group so you can chat live.
The "milestones" feature when you go to create a new post is for sharing progress and challenges.
If you think something is missing to the point where you're considering other sites, why not submit some specific feedback on what you would want to see?
Hi Ben,
Thanks for the reply, much appreciated.
Okay, so I just tested the Milestone feature. I guess I could use the Milestone feature to post when I have achieved a pre-defined milestone in my project.
And I just visited the Telegram page. Interestingly, I noticed a conversation in there just now which was not too dissimilar to my post.
I guess on reflection it is probably about item 1 (Regular check-ins with fellow developers - in a systematic scheduled way). It looks like on this site, a lot of it is around people posting what they are doing rather than say, having weekly catch up meetings with other members on Zoom etc.
I still have not figured out how the "Streak" system works, although my gut instinct is that the streak is simply how many times a person has posted on the site. Is that correct?
From reading a conversation in the Telegram WIP earlier today I think one of the big benefits of WIP is that there is a bit of camaraderie around building something in the world alongside seeing other people building things at the same time, as well as picking up ideas from other developers that can improve one's skills as a developer.
I will keep persevering with WIP, but I still think for me personally I need to also join a platform that has more of a systematic scheduled face to face online catch up (eg. weekly) with developers.
I think if I had been a software developer for 20 years and built 50+ applications WIP on its own would probably suffice, but as I am pretty new to software development I think I need that extra component to a platform, as well as WIP (hence, the reason for my original post).
Kind Regards,
Gary
To answer your question about the streak: It's not how many times overall, but it's a measure of daily check-ins. If you miss a day, you lose your streak. If you post multiple times in one day, you only get counted once for that day.
If you're looking for feedback or friendly support/questions, there's a place for that here as well. I've asked the most basic, ridiculous questions here, and I was always met with kindness and patience.
If you're looking to LEARN software dev, check out something like Skillshare, Udemy, or Coursera. (I personally really love Skillshare -- and not just because I'm an affiliate, but because they typically have project-based courses so it helps you learn faster.)
@cat Many thanks for clarifying that point about how streaks work in that a person needs to post something at least once per day to keep their streak going. Point also noted about asking general Q&A questions, much appreciated on that as well. For the learning, recommendations noted.