Arkansas River Valley · Colorado
A mountain-town community of technologists
From Salida to Buena Vista, the valley's developers, designers, and tinkerers gather here — to swap knowledge, build things together, and help our corner of Colorado thrive.
What we're about
Meet. Share. Build.
Meet the neighbors
A friendly Slack full of valley developers, designers, sysadmins, and the tech-curious — trading advice, gear recommendations, job leads, and trail beta.
Share what you know
Field notes and write-ups on the blog, questions answered in channel, and the occasional show-and-tell when somebody ships something neat.
Build for the valley
Community projects big and small — from duck-race ticket validators to the site you're reading right now. Built by locals, for locals.
Fresh tracks
Latest from the blog
June 12, 2026 · 2 min read
Welcome to the new arkvalley.net
A fresh coat of paint, a real blog, and comments on the way — here's what changed and how to get involved.
June 10, 2026 · 2 min read
How this site is built
SvelteKit, Tailwind, mdsvex, and a couple of AWS pieces — a quick tour of the stack behind arkvalley.net.
June 8, 2026 · 1 min read
Writing your first post
Blog posts are just markdown files in the repo — here's the five-minute guide to publishing one.
Rooted in the Upper Ark
From the headwaters to the high country
We're scattered along the river and up the side canyons. If you write code, run cable, design pixels, wrangle data, or just love this stuff — you belong here.