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Hey folks! We wanted to let you know about our new subforem called Future. This is a dedicated space for talking about cutting-edge technologies that influence our careers, our day-to-day lives, culture, and everything of that nature. What is Future? Future is part of the core app behind DEV. Your DEV account will securely log you into Future, as well as any other subforems we create. Because Forem is open source, other self-hosted Forems can also use this subforem functionality — though we’re not prioritizing support self-hosting right now due to limited bandwidth. We hope to be more able to support this later this year. The goal with Future is to give space for perspectives that aren't organically covered on DEV but are still very much topics our community has expertise and interest in. Discussion doesn’t have to be strictly developer-focused (though it certainly can be). It’s a separate feed with its own ranking system, giving folks an alternative environment for more niche or visionary topics. To help make Future useful from the start, we’ve seeded the feed with some news bots that post about key topics in emerging tech. However, we really want the community to shape Future over time. As it grows more active, the focus will shift naturally toward community-driven discussions and content. How It Fits Into DEV We’ve enabled forem.com to act as a feed that includes posts from all the subforems we host. This is part of the ongoing evolution of the platform. Each post you write goes to one subforem, but you can “boost” posts across Forems from the post actions area. This means you can write on Future with the most dedicated audience for emerging tech conversations and then share your post to DEV (or another subforem) if you wish. This setup should let Future exist alongside DEV without disrupting what makes DEV special. Our hope is to carve out more dedicated spaces for emerging tech discussions while keeping DEV centered on development, software engineering, and career growth. We’ve tried a few approaches to “multi-forem” dynamics in the past, and this setup feels like the simplest and most user-friendly way forward. Looking Ahead Future is still in beta, but we’re excited to expand the concept to more subforems. We’ll likely stick to technology at first, but we’re open to moving beyond those boundaries if there’s enough interest. If you’re curious about Future or just want to say hello, check out the Future Welcome Thread. This is a great opportunity to start writing about emerging tech topics, and we can’t wait to see where the discussion goes! Final Notes: Authentication between subforems is still beta, and does not work as reliably on Safari, or may be subject to other edge cases. But your account will ultimately work across dev.to and forem.com subdomains when signed in. Your future.forem.com profile will only exist if you post there, otherwise it redirects to DEV. Your forem.com profile exists now and encompasses all your activity. Happy future

Jan 31, 2025 - 16:28

Hey folks! We wanted to let you know about our new subforem called Future. This is a dedicated space for talking about cutting-edge technologies that influence our careers, our day-to-day lives, culture, and everything of that nature.

What is Future?

Future is part of the core app behind DEV. Your DEV account will securely log you into Future, as well as any other subforems we create. Because Forem is open source, other self-hosted Forems can also use this subforem functionality — though we’re not prioritizing support self-hosting right now due to limited bandwidth. We hope to be more able to support this later this year.

The goal with Future is to give space for perspectives that aren't organically covered on DEV but are still very much topics our community has expertise and interest in. Discussion doesn’t have to be strictly developer-focused (though it certainly can be). It’s a separate feed with its own ranking system, giving folks an alternative environment for more niche or visionary topics.

To help make Future useful from the start, we’ve seeded the feed with some news bots that post about key topics in emerging tech. However, we really want the community to shape Future over time. As it grows more active, the focus will shift naturally toward community-driven discussions and content.

How It Fits Into DEV

We’ve enabled forem.com to act as a feed that includes posts from all the subforems we host. This is part of the ongoing evolution of the platform.

Each post you write goes to one subforem, but you can “boost” posts across Forems from the post actions area. This means you can write on Future with the most dedicated audience for emerging tech conversations and then share your post to DEV (or another subforem) if you wish. This setup should let Future exist alongside DEV without disrupting what makes DEV special. Our hope is to carve out more dedicated spaces for emerging tech discussions while keeping DEV centered on development, software engineering, and career growth.

We’ve tried a few approaches to “multi-forem” dynamics in the past, and this setup feels like the simplest and most user-friendly way forward.

Looking Ahead

Future is still in beta, but we’re excited to expand the concept to more subforems. We’ll likely stick to technology at first, but we’re open to moving beyond those boundaries if there’s enough interest.

If you’re curious about Future or just want to say hello, check out the Future Welcome Thread. This is a great opportunity to start writing about emerging tech topics, and we can’t wait to see where the discussion goes!

Final Notes:

Authentication between subforems is still beta, and does not work as reliably on Safari, or may be subject to other edge cases. But your account will ultimately work across dev.to and forem.com subdomains when signed in.

Your future.forem.com profile will only exist if you post there, otherwise it redirects to DEV. Your forem.com profile exists now and encompasses all your activity.

Happy future