Est. 2009
About WebGeek
The Filipino tech community that was here before "tech community" was a thing in the Philippines.
Where it started
Back in 2009, we started because Filipino geeks had nowhere to land. No central hub for events, no community that crossed tech stacks, no place where a web designer, a developer, a student, and a startup founder could actually talk to each other. So we built one.
We ran meetups when "meetup" still meant finding a cafe with WiFi and hoping the router did not die. We threw hackathons when they were about shipping code in 48 hours, not collecting company stickers and updating your LinkedIn with a participation badge. We covered the PH tech scene when "content" meant blog posts you wrote in Sublime Text and shipped through WordPress.
The three things we built around then are the same three things we build around now: Community, Collaboration, and Content.
Where we went
WebGeek went quiet. The internet moved on, platforms shifted, and the community scattered across Facebook groups, Slack channels, and Discord servers. The site collected dust.
Meanwhile, Filipino developers kept shipping. The startup scene grew. AI happened. Agents became a thing. GCash passed 100 million users. Cebu became a serious tech hub. Filipino engineers started landing jobs at Google, Meta, and remote-first companies across the globe.
We were not here for any of it. That was a mistake worth fixing.
What we are doing now
WebGeek is back as a media and community platform for the Philippine tech ecosystem. We cover news that matters to Filipino developers and builders — not press releases, not hype, not "the Uber for X" pitches. Real signal from the people building things.
We publish guides on the PH tech landscape: fintech, digital banks, AI startups, ecommerce, venture capital, developer careers. We list events worth attending, jobs worth applying for, and companies worth knowing about.
We are also thinking about DevCup. Ten years since the last one. The tools are different. The builders are different. The problems are different. But the idea — Filipino developers building something real under a deadline, in public, for keeps — still holds.
Community
Show up, share what you know, help the person next to you. No gatekeeping. No VC-bro posturing.
Collaboration
Cross-pollinate across stacks. Do not silo yourself in one language, framework, or industry vertical.
Content
Share real signal, not hype. Back then it meant blog posts and event coverage. Now it means guides, threads, and build logs.
DevCup
From 2012 to 2016, WebGeek ran DevCup — the Philippines' most prestigious developer hackathon. Over 700 participants. 180+ apps built. Five years, five themes, one weekend each. Filipino developers competing, shipping, and proving what was possible.
DevCup is on hiatus. But the spirit is not.
View DevCup ArchiveAs seen in
WebGeek and DevCup were covered by regional and international tech media in our early years.
Get in touch
For news tips, partnership inquiries, job listings, directory submissions, or anything else:
hello@webgeek.ph