CodeNearby 2.0

@subhh Voted for CodeNearby. Fun concept, but matching-style products need the first email to build trust fast, curious how that's handled.

The AI matching is interesting, but I still want to browse profiles myself before reaching out. However, how accurate is the AI when it comes to matches ?

fun idea but the "Tinder for developers" framing makes me wonder about the actual filtering. matching on shared languages/interests is the easy part, the hard part is that half of building something together is figuring out if the other person actually finishes things or ghosts after week one. is there anything in the matching that surfaces track record, like completed projects or a rating from past collabs, or is it purely profile-based for now?

Interesting angle, but its the same dating psychology applies here when it comes to matching, in dating the intrinsic motivation is driven by something more primal, a need for a companion. That driver is too strong which makes the tinder match kind of format works, can that apply to dev where that force (i am strugling with words here) is not exactly that strong so have someone look for fellow coders in the format. just a opinion. curious to know what your finding with any real trials or thoughts on this matter.

Running a dev community, the recurring pain is turning "I need someone who knows X" into an actual intro, so AI-Connect matching from a plain-English ask via GitHub is the piece I would lean on. The thing I would test first: does the match weigh real signal like recent repo activity and languages, or mostly the profile bio and self-declared skills? Getting matched to someone who lists Rust vs someone actually shipping Rust this month is a very different intro.

this is rad. is everyone i see in search actually on the platform?

Can the developer also match with product manager or other roles? That would be cool

Matched with a Python dev two streets over and we ended up pair-programming for three hours. Wild that this actually works offline-style.

The local focus makes this much more interesting. Skills help you find the right person, but proximity and shared interests probably make it far more likely that something actually comes out of the connection.

Finally tried matching with developers in my area and actually chatted with someone working on a similar side project. The swipe format feels a little tinder-ish but it's a clever way to cut through the noise of generic dev forums.

Love the concept of matching devs by proximity and interests. One thing that would really help is adding skill tags and project repos to profiles so you can see what stack someone works in before matching. Right now it's hard to tell if a potential partner actually complements your skill set or if you're going to end up with five frontend devs in a row.

Hey Product Hunt! 👋

We're back, **CodeNearby** is relaunching with a fresh UI and a bunch of new features. If you tried us before, this isn't the same app. If you haven't, now's the time. You won't be disappointed.

**What's new & what it does:**
- 🎨 Rebuilt UI, cleaner, faster, way less clunky
- 🔍 Search devs by skill, interest, location
- 🤖 AI-Connect, describe who you need in plain English, get matched via GitHub
- 💬 Real-time chat to actually talk to them
- 📢 Developer feed for sharing updates/snippets
- 🎭 Virtual gatherings, polls, events, discussions
- 🐙 GitHub-synced profiles, zero manual setup

It's fully **open-source**, self-host it, contribute, or just poke around: github.com/subh05sus/codenearby

Go have a look and find your dev partner. Feedback, bugs, roasts, all welcome. 🙏