Invite-only operator network
Private chat for FDEs
FDETalk is a Campfire-style network for Forward Deployed Engineers and aligned/adjacent real people. No SPAM. No theater. No drama.
Device agnostic
Invite-only
Vendor-neutral
Real deployments
Pay it forward
What belongs here
- Private, trust-first conversations for people deploying real systems with real constraints.
- Vendor-neutral exchange: no spam, no pitch decks, no performative theater.
- Give and get: patterns, field notes, architecture reviews, postmortems, and hard-won tactics. (Sanitized, of course.)
Self-managed
Not on Slack, Discord, Reddit, WhatsApp, or Teams. Private and self-run, built on FOSS.
Mobile + desktop
On mobile, add to homescreen for PWA. On desktop, use FDETalk.com.
Rooms stay useful
Make rooms, search threads, and star the conversations worth keeping close.