X (formerly Twitter) is a real-time social network owned by X Corp. It ranks #10 among developer community platforms at roughly 17.1% usage share. A huge share of framework announcements, AI research news, and product launches break here first — often hours before an official blog post — which is why it remains a default check-in for developers who want to be early on anything new.
Two conventions carry most technical signal: threads (a numbered chain of posts) for explaining a build or a bug in depth, and quote-tweeting an official release announcement to add your own take or benchmark. #buildinpublic is the standard tag for indie developers sharing progress; niche tech hashtags matter far less here than following the right accounts directly.
// build-in-public post pattern
"Day 14 of building my side project 🚀
Shipped: real-time collab cursors with WebSockets.
Next: conflict resolution for offline edits.
#buildinpublic #indiehackers"
// quote-tweeting a release to add technical commentary
QT @reactjs: "Ran this against our prod bundle -- 18% smaller,
no code changes needed. Migration notes in the reply 🧵"Create a free account, then build your feed deliberately by following the maintainers and official accounts of the frameworks/tools you use daily — the algorithmic "For You" tab is far less useful for developers than a curated "Following" feed.
# search pattern for a topic, most-recent first
x.com/search?q=webassembly&f=live