# Announcements **URL:** https://forum.devtalk.com/c/announcements/5.md [Latest](https://forum.devtalk.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.devtalk.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.devtalk.com/tags.md) --- ## [WIN prizes with our 2026 Giveaways!](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/win-prizes-with-our-2026-giveaways/185157)
**Author:** [@Devtalk](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/Devtalk)\ **Replies:** 221\ **Last updated:** [21 October 2026 23:00 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/win-prizes-with-our-2026-giveaways/185157 "2026-10-21T23:00:02Z")
We’ve teamed up with our friends to bring you some awesome giveaways! This thread will be used to alert you to bonus days which will enable you to obtain an additional entry into the competition - just follow the entry … --- ## [Devtalk 2026 Update!](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/devtalk-2026-update/232466)
**Author:** [@Devtalk](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/Devtalk)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [28 February 2026 11:05 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/devtalk-2026-update/232466 "2026-02-28T11:05:55Z")
Sorry we’re a bit later than usual - it’s the Elixir Forum’s tenth birthday this month so we waited a while to post our updates. Welcome to another update everyone! Let’s have a quick review of the year before we share … --- ## [Some fairly big updates to Devtalk (June 2025)](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/some-fairly-big-updates-to-devtalk-june-2025/202049)
**Author:** [@Devtalk](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/Devtalk)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [10 June 2025 20:16 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/some-fairly-big-updates-to-devtalk-june-2025/202049 "2025-06-10T20:16:11Z")
Hi Everyone :039: Some of you may have noticed we’ve been working on some cool Devtalk updates these past few months, well, these are now complete :048: In Short: We’ve updated the Devtalk homepage and front-end syst… --- ## [Devtalk 2025 Update!](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/devtalk-2025-update/185156)
**Author:** [@Devtalk](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/Devtalk)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [1 May 2025 01:37 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/devtalk-2025-update/185156 "2025-05-01T01:37:03Z")
Welcome to our annual update everyone :icon\_biggrin: In last year’s update we mentioned how 2023 was easily the year of AI, where it pretty much dominated most chatter in the dev world - so naturally we’re all wondering… --- ## [Our giveaways are back up!](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/our-giveaways-are-back-up/188722)
**Author:** [@Devtalk](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/Devtalk)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [23 February 2025 17:41 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/our-giveaways-are-back-up/188722 "2025-02-23T17:41:06Z")
Hey Everyone, Our giveaways are back up :048: What changed? We’re glad you asked! We’d been thinking about switching things up for a little while, but it was actually all of your lovely comments in our last update tha… --- ## [Some updates to our homepage!](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/some-updates-to-our-homepage/174777)
**Author:** [@Devtalk](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/Devtalk)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [22 October 2024 16:49 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/some-updates-to-our-homepage/174777 "2024-10-22T16:49:20Z")
Hey everyone! Just a quick update to say now that we’re over 3 years old (gosh where has the time gone!?) we have updated our tending lists to include hottest threads “over 3 years”. So now we have: Hottest threads th… --- ## [Devtalk 2024 Update!](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/devtalk-2024-update/139873)
**Author:** [@Devtalk](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/Devtalk)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [30 August 2024 13:19 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/devtalk-2024-update/139873 "2024-08-30T13:19:11Z")
Welcome to our annual update everyone :icon\_biggrin: 2023 can arguably be seen as the year of AI (perhaps in particular, ChatGPT) and that has certainly been reflected here on Devtalk with the number of AI and ChatGPT r… --- ## [We’re on the new server!](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/we-re-on-the-new-server/160678)
**Author:** [@Devtalk](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/Devtalk)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [3 July 2024 00:10 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/we-re-on-the-new-server/160678 "2024-07-03T00:10:59Z")
Hi everyone :039: If you can see this, you’ve made it to the new server! Our homepage, portals and book portals should all also be back up :023: Next on the list are the Devtalk giveaways, followed by the Elixir and E… --- ## [Devtalk homepage is currently down](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/devtalk-homepage-is-currently-down/160650)
**Author:** [@Devtalk](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/Devtalk)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [1 July 2024 00:29 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/devtalk-homepage-is-currently-down/160650 "2024-07-01T00:29:17Z")
Just a quick note to say we’re aware the homepage is currently down… hopefully we’ll be back up tonight :023: --- ## [We'll be moving to a new server (we're now on the new server)](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/well-be-moving-to-a-new-server-were-now-on-the-new-server/135750)
**Author:** [@AstonJ](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/AstonJ)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [24 December 2023 09:25 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/well-be-moving-to-a-new-server-were-now-on-the-new-server/135750 "2023-12-24T09:25:53Z")
Hi all, Just a quick note to say we’ll be moving to a new server within the next month or so. There will be two separate instances of downtime, the first will be when we move the forum to the new server, and the second… --- ## [Devtalk Peace Symbol](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/devtalk-peace-symbol/44973)
**Author:** [@Devtalk](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/Devtalk)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [14 March 2022 22:37 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/devtalk-peace-symbol/44973 "2022-03-14T22:37:34Z")
Hi everyone, we have created a binary version of a peace symbol with the Devtalk colours and are going to feature it permanently on our homepage (bottom right). We are also including a wiki post (below) where anyone can … --- ## [Saying goodbye to one Dave at PragProg, and welcoming back another!](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/saying-goodbye-to-one-dave-at-pragprog-and-welcoming-back-another/127126)
**Author:** [@Devtalk](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/Devtalk)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [4 October 2023 23:09 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/saying-goodbye-to-one-dave-at-pragprog-and-welcoming-back-another/127126 "2023-10-04T23:09:16Z")
Hey everyone, As many of you know Dave Rankin took over from Andy Hunt as PragProg’s CEO when Andy retired a few years ago. In that time Dave’s been a huge supporter of Devtalk and many of the PragProg-Devtalk initiativ… --- ## [Devtalk 2023 Update!](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/devtalk-2023-update/93572)
**Author:** [@Devtalk](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/Devtalk)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [22 February 2023 07:29 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/devtalk-2023-update/93572 "2023-02-22T07:29:45Z")
Hello everyone, welcome to our 2023 update! :039: Apologies for the delay, it’s been manic! Can you believe another year has past!? And what a year it’s been - a lot has happened in the dev world this past 12 months, p… --- ## [Info For Bloggers!](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/info-for-bloggers/80457)
**Author:** [@Devtalk](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/Devtalk)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [29 October 2022 16:08 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/info-for-bloggers/80457 "2022-10-29T16:08:55Z")
Are you a self-hosted blogger? If so you’re going to love this! :003: Devtalk is a great place to come and tell the world you’ve posted a new blog post - not only do we tweet a link to your thread on Twitter (including … --- ## [Devtalk 2022 Update!](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/devtalk-2022-update/36830)
**Author:** [@Devtalk](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/Devtalk)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [8 February 2022 17:31 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/devtalk-2022-update/36830 "2022-02-08T17:31:39Z")
Welcome to our 2022 update! :039: Can you believe how quickly the year has past!? Time has flown by and covid certainly sped things along. The good thing is we’ve got a lot done over the last 12 months - we ported the D… --- ## [Fan of Erlang? Check out the new Erlang Forums!](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/fan-of-erlang-check-out-the-new-erlang-forums/27380)
**Author:** [@Devtalk](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/Devtalk)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [1 November 2021 01:04 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/fan-of-erlang-check-out-the-new-erlang-forums/27380 "2021-11-01T01:04:11Z")
Hi all! Many of you will have spotted our thread asking for volunteers to help test a new Erlang related project, well that project was the brand new Erlang Forums - which has recently gone live :048: If you’ve been th… --- ## [Devtalk's first birthday update!](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/devtalks-first-birthday-update/10748)
**Author:** [@Devtalk](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/Devtalk)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [12 September 2021 01:42 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/devtalks-first-birthday-update/10748 "2021-09-12T01:42:29Z")
Can you believe it’s been a year since we went live!? Time certainly has flown by but what an incredible year it’s been: in the last 12 months we’ve served over a whopping 4M pages and have also managed to implement seve… --- ## [Devtalk 2021 Update!](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/devtalk-2021-update/5915)
**Author:** [@Devtalk](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/Devtalk)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [28 June 2021 06:26 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/devtalk-2021-update/5915 "2021-06-28T06:26:55Z")
Hi everyone - it’s time for our first annual update! :nerd\_face: In these updates we reflect on the past year (although we’ve only been live 6 months!) and we talk about our plans for the year ahead. Let’s start by refl… --- ## [Devtalk Updates Thread](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/devtalk-updates-thread/905)
**Author:** [@Devtalk](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/Devtalk)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [6 May 2021 18:22 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/devtalk-updates-thread/905 "2021-05-06T18:22:19Z")
Thought it would be nice to have a thread for small updates :smiley: --- ## [Thanking @PragmaticAndy for years of service and congratulations to @PragProg’s newly appointed CEO, @DaveRankin!](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/thanking-pragmaticandy-for-years-of-service-and-congratulations-to-pragprog-s-newly-appointed-ceo-daverankin/6313)
**Author:** [@Devtalk](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/Devtalk)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [29 April 2021 12:32 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/thanking-pragmaticandy-for-years-of-service-and-congratulations-to-pragprog-s-newly-appointed-ceo-daverankin/6313 "2021-04-29T12:32:45Z")
As he transitions to the Board of Directors, we’d like to thank @Andy not just for being a friend and supporter of Devtalk and some of our other projects over the years, but for everything he and his company has done for… --- ## [Core Teams and Portal Stewards now live! (Plus an update!)](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/core-teams-and-portal-stewards-now-live-plus-an-update/2734)
**Author:** [@Devtalk](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/Devtalk)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [1 October 2020 02:07 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/core-teams-and-portal-stewards-now-live-plus-an-update/2734 "2020-10-01T02:07:23Z")
We’ve just pushed the update where we can now add Core Team members and Stewards for language and framework portals :nerd\_face: If you are a Core Team member of any language or framework that we have a portal for, ple… --- ## [Automated News Threads Info](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/automated-news-threads-info/2085)
**Author:** [@Devtalk](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/Devtalk)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [12 September 2020 18:17 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/automated-news-threads-info/2085 "2020-09-12T18:17:43Z")
We’ve just launched the initial version of our automated and semi-automated news systems - helping keep you up to date on what’s going on in the dev world. Official language and framework news (automated) This is for o… --- ## [How we select mods and portal stewards](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/how-we-select-mods-and-portal-stewards/2049)
**Author:** [@Devtalk](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/Devtalk)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [11 September 2020 02:17 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/how-we-select-mods-and-portal-stewards/2049 "2020-09-11T02:17:52Z")
We would love as many of you as possible to join our mod and portal steward teams so we’ve put together some info for those who might be interested in giving it a go :blush: Moderators There are generally three things w… --- ## [Devtalk Roadmap Update](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/devtalk-roadmap-update/1316)
**Author:** [@Devtalk](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/Devtalk)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [14 August 2020 21:56 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/devtalk-roadmap-update/1316 "2020-08-14T21:56:35Z")
Hi everyone, Time for a little update :nerd\_face: It’s now been two months since we launched and we’re pleased to report that we served another 300K pages, bringing us to 600K for the last two months. Just to put this … --- ## [Welcome to Devtalk!](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/welcome-to-devtalk/139)
**Author:** [@Devtalk](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/Devtalk)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [10 July 2020 19:26 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/welcome-to-devtalk/139 "2020-07-10T19:26:58Z")
Welcome to Devtalk - the brand new discussion and content discovery platform for developers! If you’ve been searching for an exciting new community to be a part of then you may have found the perfect one! With a focus o… --- ## [How To Suggest Edits](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/how-to-suggest-edits/716)
**Author:** [@Devtalk](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/Devtalk)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [9 June 2020 00:27 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/how-to-suggest-edits/716 "2020-06-09T00:27:17Z")
Our portals are a work in progress - but you can help :blush: If you spot a mistake, or think something can be categorised or described better, please start a new thread in the Help/Feedback section to let us know! Than… --- ## [Core Team Members Info](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/core-team-members-info/710)
**Author:** [@Devtalk](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/Devtalk)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [8 June 2020 18:43 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/core-team-members-info/710 "2020-06-08T18:43:30Z")
Are you the creator or a core team member of a language, framework or tool that we have an existing portal for? If so please let us know and we’ll add you to that portal’s core team list. Please follow the instructions … --- ## [Portal Stewards Info](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/portal-stewards-info/711)
**Author:** [@Devtalk](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/Devtalk)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [8 June 2020 18:54 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/portal-stewards-info/711 "2020-06-08T18:54:30Z")
Are you an exemplary member of a language or framework (or other tool) community? Would you like to set a great example and help guide users towards that community’s ethos and spirit? Would you like to help keep an eye o… --- ## [User Titles Info](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/user-titles-info/177)
**Author:** [@Devtalk](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/Devtalk)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [8 March 2020 22:27 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/user-titles-info/177 "2020-03-08T22:27:20Z")
Ever been deep in conversation about a topic and have been completely oblivious to the fact that the person you were speaking to might be an authority on the topic or created the language or tool you were talking about? … --- ## [Members of the Month!](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/members-of-the-month/145)
**Author:** [@Devtalk](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/Devtalk)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [29 February 2020 20:47 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/members-of-the-month/145 "2020-02-29T20:47:08Z")
Welcome to our Members of the Month scheme! Over the course of a year we will be awarding 25 of our most helpful members with this very special accolade, but not only that, we will also be giving them a PragProg or… [Next page](https://forum.devtalk.com/c/announcements/5.md?page=1)