[HN Gopher] We are teen hackers from around the world who code t...
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       We are teen hackers from around the world who code together
        
       Author : mooreds
       Score  : 118 points
       Date   : 2025-01-06 15:21 UTC (3 days ago)
        
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       | cranberryturkey wrote:
       | wish there was one for us old guys 50+
        
         | gus_massa wrote:
         | Go to a tech conference of your prefered language?
        
           | cranberryturkey wrote:
           | they are too far away and too expensive
        
             | gus_massa wrote:
             | Contribute to an open source project?
        
             | Gys wrote:
             | Fosdem in Brussels is free. But that might still be far
             | away for you?
        
             | ghaff wrote:
             | There are a ton of open source things to participate in and
             | contribute to. Obviously anything that involves travel
             | costs money.
        
         | skrebbel wrote:
         | present day demoparties (as in, demoscene events) are pretty
         | much that these days
        
         | spacecadet wrote:
         | 2 years ago I created a private slack and invited a bunch of
         | old colleagues (in both senses), we now meet weekly to hack on
         | side projects, participate in CTFs, all low expectations.
         | Sometimes we just catchup and bitch about work.
        
         | pomian wrote:
         | I assume you know about 2600? Its a very fun and global hacker
         | community, with monthly meetings, yearly conferences, a radio
         | show, and great magazine. 2600.com
        
         | susam wrote:
         | > wish there was one for us old guys 50+
         | 
         | I don't know about 50+ who code together. But if you're
         | interested in a community for old folks who enjoy reading
         | computing stuff together, there is a small and cozy reading
         | lounge on IRC (and Matrix) here: https://bitwise.codeberg.page/
        
         | idiotsecant wrote:
         | I think they call that GitHub.
        
       | cschep wrote:
       | this is so cool. hats off to the creators. I bet it's a ton of
       | logistics to manage. I surfed around the site but couldn't find
       | any information re: volunteering with them? I wonder if they need
       | them and what kind of commitment it would be? I'd be interested!
        
       | replwoacause wrote:
       | This is awesome. Love the site too.
        
       | coding123 wrote:
       | I was in TPU when I was a teen: teenage programmers unite. Not
       | sure if they still exist but maybe all us old members can start a
       | construction company together!
       | 
       | Ahh: http://www.tpu.org/
        
       | taylorbuley wrote:
       | Love to see these youths reclaim the word "hacker."
        
       | internetter wrote:
       | Hackclub is currently running a program for high schoolers until
       | January 31st where time spent working on hobby projects is
       | rewarded with prizes. By my understanding the pay rate is about
       | $2-5 dollars per hour, so no replacement for a full time job but
       | if you have kids that code for fun something is better than
       | nothing!
        
       | rodneyg_ wrote:
       | Keep going!
        
       | nikisweeting wrote:
       | ArchiveBox uses HackClub Bank, their FSP platform (like Open
       | Collective but better) and we love it. I enjoy using it more than
       | any other billing/invoicing system I've used, and I'm constantly
       | amazed at the quality of software they're able to put out with a
       | team of teenagers!
        
       | malted wrote:
       | Hey! I work here. Happy to answer any questions!
        
       | jamietanna wrote:
       | Changelog did a great interview with Akon from Hack Club
       | recently: https://changelog.com/podcast/620
        
       | hackgician wrote:
       | Big fan of Hack Club and everything you guys are doing! Such a
       | phenomenal initiative
        
       | cobertos wrote:
       | Does this exist for adults/non-teens? And not in the
       | professional, career sense but a chiller, more human sense.
        
         | nicoburns wrote:
         | Yes, depending on where you live. There are many such events on
         | meetup.com. Although the pandemic shut down a lot of this
         | stuff. The open source world also has a lot of this spirit,
         | although the "hacking together" is often virtual rather than
         | in-person (although conferences provide a good venue for in-
         | person meetups for people who are geographically distributed).
        
       | peterburkimsher wrote:
       | There's a Japanese-language club if that's of interest to
       | anybody: https://onecodeclub.io/
        
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