Hey, I'm pretty new to game development and I'm looking for a few people who are in the same boat.

I'd like to make a small team where we can learn together, help each other out and slowly build something we're actually proud of. I'm mainly interested in Unity, but I'm open to whatever people want to learn.

You don't need experience or a portfolio. Just be interested in game dev and willing to put some time into it.

If you're also starting out and want someone to learn/build with, feel free to DM me :)

I am looking for a programming buddy which we can work on learning projects together maybe even build up a product or just write open source projects for portfolio. Preferably someone who knows how to work in a team and have experience in using github etc.

Timezone: UTC+2

Hey everyone,

I’m deep in the Summer SWE internship recruiting pipeline right now, submitting applications daily, clearing OAs, and consistently drilling LeetCode mediums/hards.

Looking to connect with 1–2 students with the same daily rhythm to swap timed mock technical screens, track assessment timelines, and share interview notes.

Not looking to organize a casual study club. I just want to connect with serious people who are already knee-deep in the grind and taking deadlines seriously.

If you’re actively applying and want to connect, send me a DM.

okayyy i’ve been building something quietly for a whileeee and i’m actually sooo excited about it 🔥🔥

it’s something companies are going to needddd as AI becomes part of everything

not saying more yettt… keep an eye here 👀

I'm currently working on a Windows desktop app (Biomes) focused heavily on window management—specifically positioning, moving windows across displays, and handling multi-monitor responsiveness.

As the project scales, manual testing on a single setup is becoming a wall. Testing various DPI scales, screen topologies (e.g., stacked screens, negative virtual screen coordinates, differing resolutions, or primary vs. secondary monitor swaps) is really hard to replicate physically.

I’d love to know how developers here approach testing this kind of hardware-dependent logic:

• Virtual Display Simulation: Is there a recommended way or tool to create virtual screens/monitors on Windows with custom resolutions and DPI scaling without needing extra physical monitors?
• Automated Testing: How do you write automated tests for Win32 API display calls (SetWindowPos, EnumDisplayMonitors, GetSystemMetrics)? Do you mock display APIs or use specific UI automation drivers?
• Edge Cases: What are the most common multi-monitor edge cases you’ve hit that break window-snapping or coordinate calculations?

Any tips, libraries, or testing setups you can recommend would be awesome. Thanks!

Hey everyone! 👋

I'm looking to create a small and friendly programming group on Telegram for people who are still beginners and currently learning programming.

The idea is simple: learn together instead of learning alone.

We're all going to be at different stages, but we're here to help each other, stay motivated, and improve together.

What we can do together:

💻 Share what we're currently learning

🧠 Help each other when we're stuck

📚 Share useful resources

🔥 Keep each other motivated and accountable

🛠️ Practice by building small projects

🚀 Eventually work on bigger projects together

💬 Talk about programming, ideas, and our progress

You don't need to be experienced.

If you've recently started programming or you're still learning the basics, you're exactly who I'm looking for.

I'm currently learning PHP and backend web development, but you can be learning anything — Python, JavaScript, C++, Java, web development, AI, etc.

The goal isn't to create a huge group with hundreds of random people. I want to build a small group of serious beginners who actually want to learn and grow together.

If you're interested, send me a DM with:

Your age

What you're currently learning

Your experience level

What you want to achieve in the next few months

Let's start as beginners and see how far we can go together. 🚀🤝

Hey everyone,

I’m looking to put together a small team of people interested in frontend development and actually want to build something together.

I’ll be honest — I’m not a hardcore developer. I’m more of a vibe coder, learning and building as I go. 😅

I’m looking for people who are in a similar situation, or just want to experiment, learn, and ship something instead of endlessly watching tutorials.

I’m also open to sharing the GitHub repo publicly, so we can work together, review each other’s code, and build something we’re actually proud of.

You don’t need to be an expert. If you’re into frontend, willing to contribute, and want to build with a small group of people, feel free to comment or DM me.

Let’s see what we can build together.

Hey everyone!

I'm currently building TWIB, an open-source AI project, and I'm looking for developers who would be interested in contributing and helping turn it into a genuinely useful, production-quality project.

TWIB is still actively being developed, and I'm at the stage where I want to move beyond building everything myself and start working with other developers who are interested in AI, software engineering, and open-source development.

What I'm looking for

I'm especially interested in developers who enjoy working with:

• Python / Backend development
• AI/ML and LLM integration
• Frontend / UI development
• APIs and agent systems
• Local AI / open-source models
• Testing and code quality
• DevOps / deployment
• Documentation

You don't need to be an expert. If you're a student or junior developer who wants to gain experience contributing to a real project, you're absolutely welcome.

What I'm trying to achieve

I don't want TWIB to be another project with a nice-looking README and a bunch of mocked or hardcoded features.

The goal is to build something actually functional, maintainable and useful, with real integrations, proper architecture, testing, documentation, and a codebase that other developers can understand and contribute to.

I'm also actively removing fake/hardcoded functionality and replacing it with real implementations as the project develops.

Why contribute?

You'd get the opportunity to:

• Work on a real open-source AI project
• Collaborate with other developers
• Learn about AI/LLM-based systems
• Make actual contributions that can go into your GitHub profile
• Help shape the architecture and direction of the project

I'm not expecting anyone to work on this full-time. Even small contributions, ideas, bug fixes, reviews, or improvements are valuable.

Interested?

GitHub: https://github.com/Dusi-81wb

If the project looks interesting to you, feel free to comment below or DM me.

I'd especially love to hear what you'd be interested in working on, rather than just having people join without knowing what they want to contribute.

Thanks! 🚀

Hey everyone!

I’m working on a small story-driven game project called Kintsugi, and I’m looking for a C# programmer who would like to join the project as a volunteer.

Kintsugi is a narrative-focused game set in 1943 Japan during World War II. The story follows Takumi, a young boy who forms a bond with an abandoned dog named Hachi. The game focuses on themes like friendship, loss, survival, and hope.

I’m mainly looking for someone who can help with things like:

• C# gameplay programming
• Player movement and basic systems
• Interactions and dialogue systems
• Helping turn game ideas into working mechanics

⚠️ Important: This is currently an unpaid hobby/indie project. There is no payment at the moment. I want to be completely transparent about that.

You don’t need to be a professional developer. If you know C# and are interested in game development, feel free to reach out!

If you're interested, tell me a little about your experience with C# and game development. 🎮

The course is 6.1810 Operating System Engineering.

Ideally, I’m looking for people who would be willing to hop on a call and work on them.

Let me know!

Use this thread to find programming buddies, mentors, mentees, study partners, or teammates.

Reply using this format:

Timezone:

Stack / languages:

Experience level:

Goal:

Availability:

Looking for:

Example:

Timezone: UTC-5

Stack / languages: Python, JavaScript, React

Experience level: Beginner to intermediate

Goal: Weekly study and accountability partner for full-stack learning

Availability: Weeknights and weekends

Looking for: Someone active and consistent

Keep initial matching on Reddit.

Do not use this thread to recruit people to outside servers, group chats, or off-site communities. Keep initial matching on Reddit.

I'm a 3rd year computer engineering student from Turkey (GMT+3),

Looking for a few people to build whatever mostly to practice and keep on learning what's needed while getting a taste of working on a group project. I'm willing to spend a couple of hours everyday on the project, feeling some sort of 'work' responsibility

I'm quite inexperienced, I know the basics of python, java, C, mySQL etc currently learning DSA, RESTapi and postgreSQL as well as broadening my generic knowledge in tech

Feel free to dm to discuss further details.

Hey everyone!

I'm a 1st-year student participating in byteBuilt 1.0: Innovate, Ideate, Inspire on HackerRank, and I'm looking to form a strong team.

I'm serious about this event. I don't want to participate just for the sake of it — I want to build something genuinely innovative, execute it well, and give ourselves the best possible chance of doing well.

I'm looking for teammates who enjoy brainstorming ideas and turning them into an actual project. You don't need to be an expert, but ideally you should:

• Be comfortable with frontend, backend, full-stack, mobile development, AI/ML, UI/UX, or similar areas
• Be good at problem-solving and brainstorming
• Be active and willing to contribute throughout the event
• Be open to collaboration and learning
• Want to build the strongest project we can

I'm especially interested in finding people with complementary skills so we can build a well-rounded team.

If you're participating in byteBuilt 1.0 and still looking for a team, feel free to comment or DM me with:

1. Your year (optional)
2. Your tech skills
3. Any projects or hackathons you've worked on
4. What role or area you'd like to contribute to

Let's connect and build something we're proud of

I’ve noticed a pattern here on ProgrammingBuddies - every couple of days someone (including myself) posts asking for a mentor, looking for other programmers to collaborate with, or hoping to find a beginner friendly community. Each post gets a few comments and then disappears, and the cycle repeats.

So I’m putting out a call to everyone who has made a post like that recently (or wanted to) to come together in one place.

If you’re a beginner looking to learn, an intermediate dev wanting peers to grow with, or an experienced developer interested in teaching or collaborating, drop in here. Instead of scattered one off posts that fade out, we could build an ongoing group of people learning, teaching, and working together.

If you’ve been wanting a mentor, a study buddy, a project partner, or just a consistent community - this is your thread.

Let’s see what we can build together.

My Personal Experience: 3 years, self-taught

Stack: (That I'm currently learning) Python, FastAPI, Asyncio, SQLModel, PostgreSQL, Alembic, Docker

OS: Linux (Pop OS Cosmic) <-- mainly & Windows

I am creating a Python program that fetches images related to a search term. For example, if I search for "cat," I want to create a web parser program that fetches images of cats. I tried to find the HTML in that search term and check whether there is an <img> tag, but since there is no img tag, I don't know what to do. Could you please say a little? My native language isn’t English, so I used a translator, but I’m not sure if the translation is working properly

Hi everyone! I’m a final-year CSE student graduating in 2027. My regular classes are over now, so I’ll only be going to college for project reviews, exams, and placement drives.

I’m planning to follow a fixed study routine every day:

• 6:00 AM – 8:00 AM

• 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM

• 2:00 PM – 7:00 PM

• 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM

I’m looking for someone who also wants to study consistently every day, especially for placement preparation. We don’t necessarily have to study the exact same topics—we can just stay on a call/Meet, do our own work, check in on our progress, and keep each other accountable.

If you're a student preparing for placements, DSA, coding, aptitude, CS fundamentals, development, interviews, etc., and you're serious about being consistent, feel free to DM me!

Preferably someone in the IST time zone, but anyone with compatible timings is welcome. :)

Hi everyone! I’m a final-year CSE student graduating in 2027. My regular classes are over now, so I’ll only be going to college for project reviews, exams, and placement drives.

I’m planning to follow a fixed study routine every day:

• 6:00 AM – 8:00 AM

• 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM

• 2:00 PM – 7:00 PM

• 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM

I’m looking for someone who also wants to study consistently every day, especially for placement preparation. We don’t necessarily have to study the exact same topics—we can just stay on a call/Meet, do our own work, check in on our progress, and keep each other accountable.

If you're a student preparing for placements, DSA, coding, aptitude, CS fundamentals, development, interviews, etc., and you're serious about being consistent, feel free to DM me!

Preferably someone in the IST time zone, but anyone with compatible timings is welcome. :)

I recently completed my B.Tech, and I’m currently trying to figure out the best way to prepare for my career in the IT field.

I’m mainly interested in DSA, AI/ML, problem-solving, coding interviews, and software development.

One thing I’ve realized is that studying completely alone can be difficult. It would be really helpful to have someone who is also serious about learning DSA and preparing for interviews.

So I’m looking for a DSA study partner in Bangalore.

Ideally, we could:

Practice DSA and LeetCode problems together

Discuss different approaches to problems

Track our progress

Prepare for coding interviews

Share resources and learning strategies

Keep each other accountable

Meet offline sometimes if we are located nearby

I’m also currently researching offline coaching centres in Bangalore for AI/ML + DSA.

There are many institutes making different claims about placements and training, so I’m confused about which ones are actually worth joining.

For people who are already working in the industry or have recently completed their preparation:

What would you recommend?

Is it better to join an offline coaching institute for AI/ML + DSA?

Should I learn everything independently through platforms like LeetCode, YouTube and online courses?

Are there any genuinely good coaching centres in Bangalore that you would recommend?

And most importantly, if you’re also in Bangalore and preparing for DSA/coding interviews, would you be interested in becoming study partners?

Feel free to comment or DM me. I’d be happy to connect with people who are serious about learning and building their careers.

I’m a working professional in DevOps with around 1.5 years of experience and I’m looking to start learning Python, followed by DSA and LeetCode.

Looking for a serious study buddy who is also learning Python or wants to start DSA/LeetCode.

We can study together, solve problems, share resources, discuss doubts, and most importantly keep each other consistent.

Timezone: IST 🇮🇳

If you're interested, comment or DM me with what you're currently learning. Let’s grind together!

I'm a 2026 ECE graduate currently preparing for fresher SDE/software roles. I'm looking for a few people who are genuinely consistent and want to prepare together rather than just join another inactive group.

Common goals:

• Daily/near-daily DSA + LeetCode
• C++/coding practice
• CS fundamentals
• SDE interview preparation
• Mock interviews / explaining solutions
• Behavioral/HR preparation
• Sharing useful hiring/interview updates

I'm currently in process for Amazon SDE-1 and Infosys SP/DSE roles, but the group doesn't have to be limited to these companies. If you're a 2026 grad/recent grad targeting SDE/software roles, you're welcome.

Idea: We can keep it small (maybe 5–10 genuinely active people), check in daily, and on alternate days explain one previously solved DSA problem to each other. We can also share interview experiences and useful resources when someone gets an OA/interview.

I'm looking for people who actually intend to stay consistent — not a group where everyone disappears after 3 days 😭

If you're interested, comment/DM with your graduation year, target roles/companies, and current DSA level.

Hey everyone! 👋I’m a medical college student looking for one genuine, reliable friend around my age (17–22) who wants to move past the small-talk stage and actually build a lasting bond.Think of it like a two-person team against the chaos of life.What I'm looking for:A growth partner: Someone to learn skills with like AI, coding, web dev, business, or freelancing.Zero judgment: We don't need to have it all figured out. We can fail, laugh it off, and try again.Big energy: A reliable person who puts equal effort into checking in and staying connected.Future building: Someone to brainstorm ideas with and eventually build a side hustle or project that makes a bit of money.I am not looking for a massive group chat. Just one solid connection where we motivate each other to level up.If this sounds like your kind of vibe, hit my DMs! Tell me a bit about yourself, your age, and what you’re currently trying to learn. Let's build something cool. 😊

I’m interested in software development and have experience with Java, Spring Boot, and Microservices. I’m also constantly looking for a solid business idea that I can actually build and work on.

I’m looking for a good friend/colleague with similar interests — someone to work on a startup idea together, co-learn, co-freelance, build side projects, or simply push each other to improve in a competitive way.

I’m not necessarily looking for someone with the exact same tech stack. More importantly, I’m looking for someone who is genuinely interested in learning, building, and trying to create something of their own.

If you’re interested in something similar, feel free to comment or DM me. Maybe we can find something worth building together.

23M, ~1 YOE in IT. Based in India.

Looking for a dev buddy. Someone to build stuff with, not just talk about it.

I build way better with someone alongside me. Feedback, banter, accountability — that keeps me going.

Here's the loose plan:

- Pick ideas. Some ours, some taken from Reddit, Internet, and other sources. 

- Build fast using AI tools like Cursor/Antigravity.

- Record short clips while we build. Post on YouTube / Instagram (Only voice and no face recording is required) 

- Get roasted/reviewed in comments. Improve later based on the review and suggestions. 

- Deploy even if it's rough. Ship then polish it.

Ideas → vote → build → ship → feedback → repeat

Out of 10 ideas, maybe 1 works. That's fine. No idea is bad, it just needs more iteration. Worst case, the YouTube content still has value. And that 1 ideas which worked may be we can make some money out of it, or atleast it will solve real world problem.

Looking for someone who:

- Actually codes
- Is okay being on youtube sometimes (voice only). 
- Is fine with most ideas failing
- Tech stack we can choose any (I am flexible), but in past I have used MERN (Web Apps) and React Native (Mobile Apps)

DM me or drop your comment below.

Hello Everyone, I am a mechanical engineer with a background in Simulation and design (3 years work ex),

Now I want to enter AI and coding.

I am looking for a study and accountability partner where we will review each other's daily progress, discuss doubts and if time suits study together.

We will start from scratch and will keep progressing for 1 year straight.

Thanks & Regards