/dev/null started as a stream, live from the JetBrains office. On October 15, 2026, Nuno Maduro, Brent Roose, Matthieu Napoli, and Pauline Vos opened an empty repository and built a full social network for developers in 48 hours, in the open. GitHub is the only way in, posts are commits, and the timeline is a log.
Everything was written from scratch with PHP, Laravel, Inertia, React, and Laravel Cloud, in JetBrains PhpStorm and JetBrains Air.
Anyone could open a pull request, and hundreds did. This is how the first days went.
Before
The ideamilestone
“A full social network. Built in PHP. In 48 hours. Live from the JetBrains office.” Nuno Maduro announces two days of streaming with Brent Roose and Matthieu Napoli.
Day one
Thursday, October 15, 2026
Four people started it, live, from the JetBrains office.
- An empty repository in the morning, live in production by lunch.
- Sign in with GitHub, commits, the log, follows, and replies.
- Moderation, stars, link previews, and commits from the terminal.
- 155 commits from 20 contributors, and 39 open pull requests by the end of the stream.
Day two
Friday, October 16, 2026
- Quotes, polls, long commits, and the public read API.
- AI moderation, so automod approves commits.
- @world, achievements, and pastéis mode.
- 221 commits, and a social network 48 hours after the first one.
After
Then the stream ended, and the developers kept coming.
Taylor Otwell joinsjoined
The creator of Laravel shows up mid-stream.
Taylor Otwell@taylorotwell4b973c0What’s up everyone! Laravel forever. 🔥384stars78replies
Viral on Hacker Newspress
“/dev/null: social network for developers” ends up with 176 points and 167 comments.
1,000 developersmilestone
“ok, we getting viral, help.”
2,000 developersmilestone
Two days after the first commit.
Guillermo Rauch joinsjoined
The CEO of Vercel, a minute after signing in.
Guillermo Rauch@rauchg373748cThis is really well done85stars11replies
3,000 developersmilestone
And more than 300 pull requests sent to the repository.
Márk Magyar joins the core teamjoined
More commits than anyone, from polls and the public API to Remotes.
Contributors
Everyone who has a commit on production. Thank you.
@xHeaven177 commits
@nunomaduro142 commits
@mnapoli54 commits
@brendt29 commits
@MrPunyapal14 commits
@paulinevos8 commits
@sadiqk28 commits
@simonhamp7 commits
@hbenabdallah5 commits
@vtlxx5 commits
@camilleislasse5 commits
@robelsust4 commits
@fernandofreamunde3 commits
@mathiasonea3 commits
@MaximeGoncalves3 commits
@HelgeSverre3 commits
@mon4ssi2 commits
@hbenjacquet2 commits
@ahosker2 commits
@BENNIEV-ZA2 commits
@Chemaclass2 commits
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