I feel like there's not a good place to ask. Even with a territory, that could get clogged up. Some sort of chat (like Discord/Replit) would come in handy - unless SN eventually adds something of the sort.

As far as general questions about SE, absolutely I would use SN for that.

kytt

I don't have the time available to commit (no pun intended) to being anyone's mentor. However, I do like to chime in to the occasional technical discussion here and there. If you start asking questions about software engineering here on SN, I think there are many people like me that would chime in to provide support.