Ask HN: Boston (free) hacking spaces?

3 points by intellegacy 13y ago ↗ HN

Hi HN Boston, I'm a learning web dev who's passed intro CS courses but still feels the need for guidance at times. I also want to get out of the house.

I think a hacking space would be great for me to meet others and work together at times. But I'm not interested in a coworking space.

Is there a (free) area where devs congregate and where I can meet people?

Thanks.

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duggieawesome 13y ago ↗

We organize an OpenHack out here in Boston. It's language agnostic and we have pizza. Happens once a month.

http://openhack.github.io/boston/

https://guestlistapp.com/events/162957

intellegacy 13y ago ↗

Shoot, I can't make this month's OpenHack. it looks cool though; I will try for June. Thanks a bunch!

rst 13y ago ↗

The Boston Ruby Group (bostonrb.org) and the Python Meetup (meetup.com/bostonpython) both have project nights which are designed for this sort of thing. The Ruby group is regularly on the first Tuesday of the month; the Python project nights aren't quite so regular, but still roughly monthly.

You might also look on meetup.com and bugc.org for local meetups and presentations on topics of interest. I'm not aware of any Javascript project nights, for instance, but the local Javascript and JQuery meetups are well worth being aware of.

And of course, there's also openhack!

intellegacy 13y ago ↗

Thanks. These meet pretty infrequently though.

I guess I'll have to make my own connections somehow. Maybe join a hacker house in Cambridge.