How we support, contribute to, and reward open source development in our community

☀️ Open source

Discover how the Dwarves community fosters a culture of continuous learning and knowledge sharing. With a monthly reward pool of up to 2500 ICY, contributors are recognized for sharing valuable insights, especially in areas like AI/LLM, Golang, and more. Get involved and grow with us.

Record and reward sharing at Dwarves

How we blend software consulting with an open learning community where tech enthusiasts share knowledge, collaborate, and grow together.

As a community

Dwarves as a community

This year’s Echelon X in Singapore was a bustling hub of innovation, bringing together around 10,000 participants. Along with visiting SPGroup, our team also attended Echelon X to have a better understanding of how the tech and startup ecosystem is heading.

Echelon X Singapore 2024: Where Innovations Meet Inspiration

Design less, present more with Deckset

Level Up Your Markdown Memos: Avoiding Common Pitfalls

Our Discord isn't just another company server; it's a place for both our team and the wider developer community. This guide explains how it works and where you fit in.

Discord

Dwarves Network Discord

Taking screenshots of them shouldn’t be that challenging. In this article, I’ll take you through my screenshot workflow with a handful of simple tools and techniques and grab screenshots with negligible effort.

How To Take Better Screenshots On Mac

Duyen Tran shares her experience as a contributor to Techie Story, a Dwarves community initiative that highlights the journeys of tech professionals around the world

Duyen Tran

#28 Duyen Tran on Techie project

Tai Pham shares his experience as a Backend Engineer at Dwarves, highlighting the welcoming community culture and active knowledge sharing both internally and with the wider tech community

Tai Pham

#24 Tai Pham on community spirit

Quick recap about $icy progress and what's next in 2024.

$icy in 2024

Nguyen Hoai Khang shares his experience as a Dwarves community member, participating in their well-organized Frontend Course and appreciating the knowledge shared by the company

Hoai Khang

#20 Nguyen Hoai Khang on community experience

Toan Ho shares his pride in Dwarves Foundation's community-building spirit, open-source contributions, and supportive work environment

Toan Ho

#12 Toan Ho on community building

Dinh Nam reflects on his growth as a frontend engineer at Dwarves, from intensive internship training to participating in and benefiting from community-focused technical courses

Dinh Nam

#11 Dinh Nam on community learning

Bounties reward community members with $ICY for contributing work that helps developers expand their skills beyond their usual focus.

Earn

Earning with sidegig

Working On A Project Interview Assessment At Dwarves

Our tech radar helps us assess and adopt new technologies, inspired by ThoughtWorks. Learn about its structure and how we use it.

Radar

Tech Radar

Sharing knowledge and skills is core to our culture. Learn why it's vital for growth, how it improves communication, and see guidelines for effective sharing.

Sharing knowledge

Our weekly internal demo event where teams share their latest projects and insights. Learn about our culture of sharing, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Showcase

Last month, the team kicked off structured OGIF demos, launched GitHub Agent and MCP DB to support internal automation, finalized the ICY-BTC swap, and rolled out UI and handbook updates on memo.d.foundation. We also set a more consistent office rhythm with meme culture picking up, while the BD team tuned into regional AI and Web3 events to stay close to what's happening next.

What's New in March 2025

Each month, we roll out a recap of our team and community's strides forward. February's recap covers the hybrid mode shift, ICY-to-BTC swap testing, updated use cases with AI and trading solutions, skip-level meetings, and the New Year gathering kickoff.

What's New in February 2025

Tết break came to an end, and the Dwarves team reunited to share stories, reconnect, and kick off the Year of the Snake in style. We brought it all back to Discord, along with a little SOL & ICY drop to start the year right.

#15 New year gathering

Weekly Digest #15: New year Gathering: Sharing Tết, starting strong

In November, we sharpened our focus with advancements in platform engineering, introduced streamlined service packages, elevated ICY rewards for impactful contributions, and embraced key insights from market shifts, all building momentum as we gear up for our Penang retreat.

What's New in November 2024

Each month, we roll out a recap of our team and community's progress. October's updates spotlight our open source initiative, boosted rewards for sharing knowledge, navigating market shifts, weekly tech insights, and a warm celebration of Vietnamese Women's Day.

What's New in October 2024

Each month, we roll out a recap of our team and community's strides forward. September's updates spotlight the AI Club launch, rewards for our sharing culture, hybrid work check-ins, reporting tech trends in forward engineering, and our Mid-Autumn celebration.

What's New in September 2024

Each month, we release a recap highlighting key updates and progress within our team and community. August updates highlight AI tools, enhanced community discussions, the sum command upgrade, Go enterprise MOC insights, and earning dfg tokens through contributions.

What's New in August 2024

Each month, we release a recap highlighting key updates and progress within our team and community. July covers AI advancements, community contributions, insights from Vietnam's tech scene, new memo commands, OGIF automation, and the introduction of our hourly billing model

What's New in July 2024

In June, we expanded our knowledge base on software design, LLMs, and blockchain, while actively encouraging knowledge-sharing through increased ICY rewards. Our Vietnam Tech Scene report highlighted key industry players, and weekly OGIF talks fostered discussions on diverse tech topics like design patterns, data modalities, and blockchain architecture

What's New in June 2024

The past six months have been packed with many improvements to our Discord server from new standards and automation to engaging activities and rewards. Take a moment to reflect on our journey so far, and let's get excited about what we'll accomplish together before the year ends.

State of Dwarves: 2024 Semi-annual Review

Things are always cooking on our Discord. So grab a virtual seat at our table, pour yourself a cup of something tasty, and read the digest. If you're reading this, why not pop into the woodland and say hello? We'd love to meet you.

#11 Come grow with us

Weekly Digest #11: Come grow with us

Double digits, I can't believe we've reached our 10th digest! It's been quite a journey putting together each edition and a blast creating these for you. When we talk about memo, we're highlighting an essential part of our learning culture. We’ve just noted a few updates for the cycle ahead. Now, let's dive into this round-up.

#10 From lean to learner

Weekly Digest #10: From lean to learner

May was our month for meetups, upgrading our monthly learning pool, launching NFT roles for our team members, onboarding new collaboration, recapping the SP Group visit & Echelon X 2024, and hosting an OGIF office hour.

What's New in May 2024

At the end of May, we had the pleasure of hosting our second community meet-up. Over 50 folks, including notable community members, joined us.

Dwarves' 2nd community offline meet-up

How quickly the first half of the year speeds up before it slows down. It’s really the second half of 2024 already. Time flies when you're having a blast. Get ready to rewind and relive some of the awesome highlights from the last week, get pumped for the epic things we'll do together before this year is over.

#9 A little more speed for summer

Weekly Digest #9: A little more speed for summer

Here's to hoping for a brighter and better month on this last day of May. We’re in the heat of a community offline meet-up today, gathering to discuss the month’s progress. Everyone's a bit busy arranging their travel to Saigon, a wild place we all call home. So, let’s dive into what we’ve been up to.

#8 Then came the last days of May

Weekly Digest #8: Then came the last days of May

The sun peeks over the horizon, Saturday vibes and good news – the perfect combo. We're about to spice up your weekend with a recap of all the awesome things we whipped up this week.

#7 A journey through time

Weekly Digest #7: A journey through time

In this April, we're focused on memo upgrading, reward system, OGIF, internal tooling, community meetup and market report.

What's New in April 2024

Hi, it’s @innno again. Summer is almost here. But don't worry, this update is all about making your day more comfortable. Now, onto this week’s updates.

#6 Come for the conversation, stay for the culture

Weekly Digest #6: Come for the conversation, stay for the culture

Happy Monday, I’m here again, bringing you a lot of updates. There are big and small things brewing at Dwarves network. As we keep on crafting a better community day by day with you.

#5 Endure the hardship, delay the gratification

Weekly Digest #5: Endure the hardship, delay the gratification

Welcome back to the #4 weekly digest after a long holiday. Those Discord channels are still buzzing with active messages. Without further ado, let’s see what I’ve got to share.

#4 Finding your authentic tribe

Weekly Digest #4: Finding your authentic tribe

Huge news is on the horizon. You absolutely will not guess what we’re about to share. Excitement building, we remember last week like it was yesterday, but what truly counts is that you're here with us.

#3 We all start somewhere

Weekly Digest #3: We all start somewhere

There are so many amazingly fun and wonderfully weird things happening on Discord, both last week and of course, today. So let’s dive in with a freshly-brewed “cà phê sữa,” of course.

#2 Walk around learn around

Weekly Digest #2: Walk around learn around

Our Discord crew is buzzing with energy after our last Friday community call, with folks sharing snapshots of their workspaces, Anna shared the movie quote and catch-up with peeps at lobby, random channels.

#1 What do you stand for?

Weekly Digest #1: What do you stand for?

In this March, we're eyeing on what's brewing in the tech market, ICY updates in 2024, the first offline meetup and product demo.

What's New in March 2024

In this first month of 2024, we kept tap of what's brewing in the tech market, while reviewing what we went through in 2023.

What's New in January 2024

A collection of both our internal and external events, including the things we do with the Labs team, Consulting team, Operations, team, and the community.

Digest

Each month, we release a recap noting all the significant changes with our company and our team. October is our month for open-source and reflections.

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