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- Contributions to our code is welcome. - Contributions to our code is welcome.
- Found a bug, got an improvement in mind? Let us know. - Found a bug, got an improvement in mind? Let us know.
- We would love to know if any of our project is being useful to you. - We would love to know if any of our projects is being useful to you.
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# Raison d'être # Raison d'être
Computer science and software development has evolved dramatically crucial in the last decades Computer science and software development has evolved dramatically the last decades,
for technological advancement and scientific research, consistently posing consistently posing new challenges. Overcoming such challenges opened new
new challenges and offering new possibilities to us all. possibilities that had an enormous impact over our everyday lives.
Facing such challenges and opening new applicative fields had an enormous impact Still, computer science is seen by most users as some sort of black magic,
over our lives as we can testify every day. that is better avoided than understood.
Despite the abundance of application fields, research institutes and commercial On the other side of the field, despite the abundance interesting topics,
investments, oftentimes, topics and development practices are heavily institutes and commercial investments, oftentimes, research is heavily
conditioned by external factors -- such as commercial interest, conditioned by external factors -- such as commercial interest,
nation-wide infrastructures, bureaucracy, budget choices, academic interest, nation-wide infrastructures, bureaucracy, budget choices, academic interest,
knowledge availability. Similar constraints apply to development time -- knowledge availability. Similar constraints apply to development time --
often seen as expensive by commercial entities and unnecessary to research often seen as expensive by commercial entities and unnecessary by research
institutes, to the point of settling for quick prototypes that slowly but institutes, to the point of settling for quick prototypes that slowly but
surely become the definitive implementation. surely become the definitive implementation.
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pesky and forgettable detail by researchers. pesky and forgettable detail by researchers.
The DoubleFourteen Code Forge is an attempt to provide an international The DoubleFourteen Code Forge is an attempt to provide an international
and diverse community to hoist and support any individual or group in their and diverse community, to hoist and support any individual or group in their
own research or development interest, providing an ecosystem where such own research or development interest, providing an ecosystem where such
limitations are absent or minimal. limitations are absent or minimal.
We strive to enact an alternative setup where researchers and developers We strive to enact an alternative setup where researchers and developers
may directly communicate with each other and understand the value of may directly communicate with each other and understand the value of
taking into proper consideration every aspect and every challenge of the taking into proper consideration every aspect and every challenge in
computer science, creating premises for new innovative techniques. computer science, creating premises for new innovative techniques.
Where the only constraints are imposed by skill, motivation, imagination and Where the only constraints are imposed by skill, motivation, imagination and
perseverance in reaching our goals and improving ourselves. perseverance in reaching our goals and improving ourselves.