DHTech March Newsletter

by DHTech · calendar Mar 31, 2026  · newsletter

As we are heading out of March and into April, we want to share the latest updates from the DHTech community with you. And because it’s almost Easter (for those of you that celebrate it), here is an Easter Egg just for you!

New DHTech Meetup

Recently, the Code Review Working Group gave a workshop that went over the basics of Git and GitHub. The success of the workshop convinced us to pilote a new type of meetup. In these meetups, we will provide 1-hour tutorials on topics of interest. To plan these meetups, however, we need your input! What would you like to learn about? What would you find useful and interesting? Please let us know by filling out this Google form or get in touch with us via email or on Slack.

DHTech April Meetup - AI Workflow Demonstrations

At our last meetup in February we had a lively discussion about generative and agentic AI and the impact of these shifts in DH software development, with some attendees making the case for agentic AI as a “sea change” allowing DHers to focus more fully on the research, and others raising caution about the ethical and environmental risks.

As a follow up, our next meetup on April 30 at 10am ET/4pm CET will focus on sharing practical demonstrations of specific practitioners showing us how they use AI for their humanities research and software development work.

Register for the meetup and join us!

Contribute to the DHTech Education & Training Working Group

The DHTech Education and Training Working Group is looking for contributions! We specifically need:

  • Author(s) for a lesson on Project Management with GitHub.
  • Reviewers for a lesson on Open Source.

Have another idea? We’d love to hear it! All our lessons are peer-reviewed and receive a DOI, ensuring your contribution is recognized and citable. Connect with us on Slack or write to dhtech.community@gmail.com if you are interested in contributing!

Upcoming Deadline

Submit Code For Review! The next submission deadline for code review requests is coming up on March 31 (ish). A description of the process and what it takes to have your code reviewed can be found on the code review website.

Get Involved!

  • Tell us About Your Career Path: We believe that it is important to share the varied paths people have taken to the DH technical work we do now, in whatever capacity. We want to hear your story and share them on the DHTech website. Contact us in Slack or via dhtech.community@gmail.com if you’re willing to share what you do and how you got there.
  • Become a Code Review Facilitator: Do you want to get involved with DHTech’s community code review process, but are not yet ready to become a reviewer? Become a code review facilitator! It’s low effort but a really important job! You’ll be recognized as a facilitator on our website afterwards and will have everyone’s deep gratitude. You can sign up using our facilitator application form.
  • Contribute Lessons: The Education and Training Working Group is looking for contributors! If you have some time to spare, please consider volunteering to write or review a lesson. All of our lessons go through a review process and receive a DOI. If you want some ideas of what our lessons look like, read our author guidelines and existing lessons. Please connect with us on Slack or write to dhtech.community@gmail.com if you are interested in contributing!

Latest Publications

Organizing Your Project by David Ragnar Nelson – A new lesson published by the Education and Training Working Group

DHTech Job Board

If you have a job posting you think might be of interest to the DHTech community, consider submitting it using this form. We have added a new section to our website that lists current jobs. If you would be willing to help out with reviewing and adding job postings to the website, please get in touch on Slack or by emailing the Steering Committee.

DHTech Email Address

Email dhtech.community@gmail.com if you want to reach the DHTech Steering Committee.

Upcoming Newsletters

This is a bi-monthly newsletter. Do you have something to share with the DHTech community that you want included in the next newsletter? Please get in touch with us at dhtech.community@gmail.com or via Slack.

Yours truly,

The DHTech Steering Committee