Welcome to Valid8r Discussions!

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Welcome to Valid8r Discussions!

We're excited to have you here! This is the place for community discussion, questions, and sharing your projects built with Valid8r.

What Are Discussions For?

GitHub Discussions is our community forum for:

• Asking questions about how to use Valid8r
• Sharing ideas for new features or improvements
• Showing off projects you've built using Valid8r
• General discussion about input validation patterns
• Getting help from the community

When to Use Issues vs. Discussions

Use GitHub Issues for:

• Bug reports (something broken or not working as documented)
• Feature requests with detailed technical specifications
• Documentation errors or omissions
• Build/test/CI failures

Use GitHub Discussions for:

• "How do I...?" questions
• Design discussions and RFC-style proposals
• Sharing your Valid8r integration stories
• General questions about validation patterns
• Feature ideas (before writing a formal issue)

Discussion Categories

• Announcements - Updates and news from maintainers (read-only)
• Q&A - Ask questions, get help from the community
• Ideas - Suggest new features or improvements
• Show and tell - Share projects using Valid8r
• General - Everything else

Community Guidelines

1. Be respectful - We're all here to learn and build better software
2. Search first - Your question might already be answered
3. Be specific - Include code examples and error messages
4. Give back - Help others when you can
5. Stay on topic - Keep discussions relevant to Valid8r

Getting Started

• New to Valid8r? Check out the README
• Looking for examples? Browse the Show and Tell category
• Have a question? Start a new discussion in Q&A

Looking forward to hearing from you!