Codetown
Codetown ::: a software developer's community
Tuesday, May 17, 2016
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OSCON
May 16, 2016 to May 19, 2016 – Austin Once considered a radical upstart, open source has moved from disruption to default. Its methods and culture commoditized the technologies that drove the Internet revolution and transformed the pra… Organized by Oreilly Media | Type: conference
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Welcome to Codetown!
Codetown is a social network. It's got blogs, forums, groups, personal pages and more! You might think of Codetown as a funky camper van with lots of compartments for your stuff and a great multimedia system, too! Best of all, Codetown has room for all of your friends.
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