[Chennaipy] Open Source projects mentoring via IRC

[Shrinivasan T]

In the programming world, if you say as ‘ I prefer watching videos, than
reading docs’ it means you are a programmer already or you won’t become a
programmer.

Do you feel that you are struggling to be a good programmer, even after
watching 100s of hours of videos?

Let me share one secret. It is the fear of reading and writing PlainText.
The more you go away from reading and writing, programming will go away
from you.

Programming is all about dealing with the code, error messages, log files,
documentation. All in PlainText. We have emails, tickets, docs, reports to
If you love terminal and PlainText tools, you are already into reading and
writing. The more you read and write, the more you can get clarity in
thinking, which is the essential part of programming.

To embrace the simplicity and powers of PlainText, few friends started to
discuss in IRC. yes, the same 40+ years old Internet Relay Chat, an chat
system which built the internet itself via chat.

Thanks to Indian Linux Users Group, Chennai, KanchiLUG, Kaniyam Foundation
friends for joining the chat.

write my post on why I like IRC here
https://goinggnu.wordpress.com/2020/04/14/why-i-like-irc-internet-relay-chat-even-in-2020/

Here is small video in Tamil by my friend Muthuramalingam of Payilagam –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGurYNb0BM8

>From today, 7-8 IST evenings, we can discuss at #kaniyam
<https://goinggnu.wordpress.com/tag/kaniyam/> channel at irc.libera.chat

I suggest a terminal based chat client “weechat”

But, for a quick connection, use this link to join and discuss.
https://web.libera.chat/gamja/#kaniyam

Start Date – 21 Oct 2024 ( Monday to Friday )
Time – 7-8 pm IST
server – irc.libera.chat
channel – #kaniyam <https://goinggnu.wordpress.com/tag/kaniyam/>

read the chat logs here – https://ircbot.comm-central.org:8080/kaniyam

join and say something about you.

   - feel like a hacker by chatting with people in your linux terminal
   - get mentored on hactoberfest
   - ask any questions on linux/python/programming/devops
   - share your daily progress on learning and programming
   - practice reading and writing PlainText
   - learn slowly and strongly

See you at IRC.

If you are interested in mentoring students for open source projects,
please join and start the discussions.


-- 
Regards,
T.Shrinivasan


My Life with GNU/Linux : http://goinggnu.wordpress.com
Free E-Magazine on Free Open Source Software in Tamil : http://kaniyam.com

Get Free Tamil Ebooks for Android, iOS, Kindle, Computer :
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-- 
Regards,
T.Shrinivasan


My Life with GNU/Linux : http://goinggnu.wordpress.com
Free E-Magazine on Free Open Source Software in Tamil : http://kaniyam.com

Get Free Tamil Ebooks for Android, iOS, Kindle, Computer :
http://FreeTamilEbooks.com
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