Old Kyiv IT hub seems frozen in time. Where did the devs go? Option 2: A "Question/Help" Post (r/techsupport or r/ukraine) Title: Is codec.kiev.ua still active? Need advice on their old forum archives.
Their front page looked like it was built in 1999 (and probably was), but their meetups were legendary. Free pizza, terrible coffee, and surprisingly high-level talks about PostgreSQL, Golang, and network architecture. codec.kiev.ua reddit
It was purely grassroots. No corporate sponsorship filters. You'd get senior engineers from Rozetka, MacPaw, or Grammarly giving raw, unfiltered talks. Their job board was surprisingly good for 2015-2019. Old Kyiv IT hub seems frozen in time
Looks like the domain is still up but the event calendar has been dead since 2022. Does anyone know if the community moved to a Telegram channel or Discord? I miss the chaotic energy of showing up to a random office on Podil and listening to a guy rant about microservices for 2 hours. Need advice on their old forum archives