This is true... However as a ~20year IRC alumni, my experience with developer-channels on IRC are a bit ho-hum. The specific channels on freenode related to spe

This is true... However as a ~20year IRC alumni, my experience with developer-channels on IRC are a bit ho-hum. The specific channels on freenode related to specific libraries or applications are fine. But just general programming chat has a tendency to just blow up in troutslaps and other cabbage...