Code of Conduct

DevHub is a place for developers to learn, build, and collaborate. To keep it that way, useful and welcoming for everyone, we need a shared understanding of how we treat each other. This is that document.

The Simple Version

Treat people like people. Engage honestly and constructively. Don't make this place worse for others. That covers 95% of it.

What This Community Is Built On

DevHub is open to developers regardless of experience level, background, identity, or what tools they use. That's not a PR statement, it's what makes the community actually useful. Experts learn from helping beginners. Beginners learn from watching experts disagree. That only works if everyone feels like they can show up.

What We Expect

• Treat people with basic respect, even when you disagree strongly.
• Critique ideas and code, not people.
• Accept feedback gracefully. Giving it well doesn't automatically make it easy to receive.
• Be patient with people who know less than you. Everyone was there once.
• Acknowledge when you're wrong. It's not a weakness.
• Use channels and tools as intended.

What We Don't Tolerate

• Harassment, bullying, or personal attacks, in public or in DMs.
• Discrimination based on gender, race, nationality, age, experience level, disability or religion.
• Doxxing, sharing someone's personal information without consent.
• Hate speech or content that dehumanizes people.
• Spam, unsolicited self-promotion, or flooding channels.
• Malicious links, malware, or phishing, inside the server or in DMs.
• Sexual or explicit content in any form.
• Attempting to evade moderation through alt accounts or loopholes.

Healthy Disagreement

Tech people argue about things constantly, tabs vs spaces, which framework is best, whether dark mode is a personality. That's fine and often fun. What's not fine is when disagreement becomes contemptuous, personal, or designed to make someone feel unwelcome. You can be direct without being cruel.

Enforcement

Violations are handled by the mod team on a case-by-case basis. Depending on severity, responses range from a quiet word to a temporary mute to a permanent ban. Bans can be appealed, see the Moderation Guide.

Good Faith

These rules aren't designed to be weaponized against people for minor things. Mods use judgment. If you make an honest mistake and handle it well, that matters. If you're actively trying to work around the rules, we'll notice that too.