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Welcome Thread - v371

Sloan the DEV Moderator on April 01, 2026

Leave a comment below to introduce yourself! You can talk about what brought you here, what you're learning, or just a fun fact about yourself. Re...
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Ben Halpern The DEV Team

Welcome welcome welcome.

If you're not sure what to do, we recommend finding 2 or 3 posts you appreciate or found helpful and leave a friendly comment or question for the author!

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Elen Chen • Edited

Hello from the Cloud!
I’m Elen Chen, and I’m thrilled to finally join the dev.to community.

I’m a Cloud Architect with a deep love for distributed systems and high-performance code. Most of my days are spent navigating the worlds of Rust and Kubernetes, trying to turn complex infrastructure into something elegant and scalable.

Why I’m here:

  • To share deep-dives into backend architecture.
  • To connect with fellow women in STEM and DevOps.
  • To learn from all the incredible perspectives in this community.

When I’m not debugging microservices, you can usually find me hunting for the perfect cup of coffee or tinkering with open-source projects.

Excited to learn and grow with you all! Let’s build something cool.

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Ben Halpern The DEV Team

Hey Elen!

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Chris Jarvis

Welcome to DEV Elen!

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Valentin Monteiro

Welcome Elen! Really curious to read your deep-dives on backend architecture, that's exactly the kind of content I dig here. How did you end up going all-in on cloud architecture? I'd love to hear that story. Let's connect!

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Sri

welcome!

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Yacham Duniya (CRAN3)

Welcome to dev.to Elen!!! Excited to have you!

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Himanshu Iwanati

Hi, I am new I just came across this platform and to be honest the breakout and discussion of implementing newer technologies is super sick! I am very much interested in learning and moving forward

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Chris Jarvis

Welcome to DEV.

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Himanshu Iwanati

@jarvisscript hi, can you please help me explore how could I get the most out of this platform ?

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Himanshu Iwanati

Thanks !

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Rachit Misra

Welcome to the community Himanshu, I am also new here, will be fun learning and growing together

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Rachit Misra

If you got time than do read my post, I have written it based on my personal experience

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entrenchedosx

I built a programming language at 15 — and it’s already fully usable (check my profile).

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Chris Jarvis

Welcome to DEV!

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entrenchedosx

Thanks 😁

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Samuel Vieira

Hi everyone!

I’m a 2nd-period Systems Development student and I finally decided to create an account here. I’ve been looking for a place where I can surround myself with people who are as passionate about tech as I am, and DEV seems like the perfect spot.

Right now, I’m diving deep into:

🐍 Python development

🛡️ Cybersecurity fundamentals

I’m here to learn, document my progress, and meet people in the industry. Feel free to connect or drop some tips for a beginner!

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Rachit Misra

Hey everyone,

I’m a backend engineer focused on distributed systems and real-world scaling problems.

Most of my learning hasn’t come from textbooks — it’s come from systems breaking:
→ Kafka replays corrupting state

→ cache inconsistencies under load

→ thundering herd during traffic spikes

I like to break things, understand why they broke, and then write about it so others don’t have to learn the hard way.

I’ll be sharing deep dives on:
→ system design (HLD + LLD)

→ distributed systems failures

→ real trade-offs behind “scalable” architectures

If you’re into backend engineering beyond theory — we’ll get along well.

Looking forward to learning and building with this community

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Edouard Pierre

Hello, everyone!

I’ve been learning full-stack development since last August as part of a career change.
I signed up to stay updated on the latest in development, and I can tell the community seems really cool and close-knit!

I’m really looking forward to starting my new life in web development!

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Yash Nagi

Hey everyone! 👋
Excited to be part of this amazing community!
A little about me — I’m passionate about tech, especially working with C#, APIs, and cloud services. I enjoy building things, solving problems, and constantly learning new skills.
Looking forward to connecting with you all, sharing ideas, and learning from your experiences
Feel free to reach out. I would love to collaborate and grow together! 🙂

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Axonn Echysttas • Edited

Hello from Stockholm, Sweden :). Been a lurker all my life, benefiting from help from forums, Experts Exchange, Stack Overflow and now AI (built on all the stuff before). I joined because I have something to give :). Will post soon. (April 1st is a notoriously bad day for posting news, maybe people won't believe me hahaha).

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fuad

Hey everyone,
I’m fuad , a cybersecurity enthusiast and . Happy to be part of this community! Looking forward to learning, sharing, and connecting with you all.
Let’s build something great ....

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Rachit Misra

Welcome!!

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Jared Campbell

Bon-jour.

Been making things for myself for some time, finally posted something felt the world would also like.

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Sohail Sharif

Just joined!!!

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OohSleep

hello