right now, our primary discussion space is held on discord, though we may create other spaces in the future.

Due to data privacy concerns about Discord, it would be nice to have a @matrix@mastodon.matrix.org space, like it's used in many other software projects...

we'll keep that in mind when looking into future Sharkey spaces.

if I may suggest #xmpp is a better option instead of matrix

Yeah, I'm using XMPP long before Matrix entered the stage and it's good. But for more advanced work, Matrix is providing features, that XMPP dosn't have, like formatting code and text markdown like or organizations for multiple rooms and so on....