Side projects or not, just having a local "hack buddy" to "hang out & hack" / session with every once in a while is a real boon (going by my late-teens/early-tw

Side projects or not, just having a local "hack buddy" to "hang out & hack" / session with every once in a while is a real boon (going by my late-teens/early-twens memories ie. 15-25 years back). Outside of school/uni, there's no more "social networking" for this "our tribe" in the hinterlands. If not the-big-city, I guess it'll have to be some digital-nomads expats-heavy destination. Ironically, for the techiest audience of all, any technical solution attempts at this feel alienating and not to be sought/tried out. =) One thing I learned from my fluke impulse to move "into a calmer, greener, cleaner environment" (provincial) is: you're either in hicksville or in hax0rville. (On the plus side, it made for laidback, non-dystopian pandemic years.) Statistically, my most pessimistic estimate is that 1/100 is in the very same spot and scene as you and me, broadly. That's technically tiny-village size (so technically there is no "hicksville", it just feels like it). Might pass each other once a week and never know for decades, though. Welcome to the 21st century =) ultimately, I guess we all make do with our niche tech Discords / IRCs, HN, plus whatever family/colleagues (remote or not).