Blogging for Devs VS DEV.to

Blogging for Devs Reviews

DEV.to Reviews

1. jorge    

   CEO at Escuela de Formación Técnica Chile SPA | about 4 years ago
   It is a nice mini-blog, it's for free and such but

   As a mini-blog, it is a nice alternative for Medium to publish and share information about programming.

   However, the community and the organization are biased toward social justice (and they are open to it). You can read its Code of Conduct, it is so vague and politically leads (I prefer a term of service because it defines fair rules for everybody). So it alienates developers that we don't care about politics in pro of people that want to talk about any other topic such as sexuality, how women are unprivileged, and such. It even mandates to use inclusive language. Good grief.

   My main complaint is the quality of the community. It is not StackOverflow (so we don't want to ask for an answer here), and most of the top topics are clickbait, such as "how to become a rockstar developer in ... days", "100 tips to become a better programmer" (and it doesn't even talk about programming).

   Technically this "mini blog" site allows us to use markdown, and it is okay. However, the whole experience is really basic. Even the template is ugly.

   🏁 Competitors: Medium

   👍 Pros:    Free

   👎 Cons:    Social justice|Basic features|Quality of content

Blogging for Devs mentions (9)

• 5 Tools I add to every new web project for SEO and analytics

  My adoption of Google Search Console come from what I learned taking Monica Lent's Blogging for Devs course. - Source: dev.to / over 1 year ago

• 2021 in review: my second year of blogging

  I joined the Blogging for Devs community towards the end of 2020. Unfortunately I haven’t been too active in the last half-year, but I would highly recommend it for anyone with a blog, or for anyone looking to start a blog in 2022. I’ve picked up a lot of useful SEO tips that I’ve implemented on my site, and I’ve gotten into the habit of making SEO tweaks to older posts to boost their page views as well. - Source: dev.to / over 2 years ago

• Courses/Feedback for Technical Blog Posts?

  I’m a big fan of the Blogging for Devs newsletter: https://bloggingfordevs.com/. Source: over 2 years ago

• This survey among 60+ hiring managers reveals: Don't waste your time on a (React) portfolio website

  If you want to take a deep dive into blogging as a developer I can highly recommend this free course to get started. - Source: dev.to / over 2 years ago

• Developer Communities Every Developer should Join According to your niche.

  Blogging for Devs It is a private community for developers, freelancers and tech creators growing their audience through writing online. The only thing is that it's not free, you need to pay a fee to be a part of it. - Source: dev.to / over 2 years ago

DEV.to mentions (382)

• Finding Clients as a (Web Development) Freelancer

  You should publish posts on your own website, partly also because this again can enhance your SEO, But then you can additionally publish the posts on sites like dev.to, which can get you more readers and, If you add a link to the original post on your own site, more clicks on your website. - Source: dev.to / 1 day ago

• Personas - an Ai Assistant

  Many Thanks to Cloudflare and dev.to for giving us this opportunity. - Source: dev.to / 9 days ago

• Things you should do in your dev journey 🖥️👩‍💻

  Choose a Language and Stack: Research programming languages and technology stacks on platforms like Stack Overflow and GitHub. You can also explore articles on sites like TechCrunch and Dev.to discussing the latest trends and the pros and cons of different languages and frameworks. - Source: dev.to / 10 days ago

• 🔍 Searching the web

  By adding a site:https://dev.to to your search, this will only find results that come from the dev.to page! This can be super useful, e.g. When you want to look up documentation of a specific framework on their site, or want to specifically get stackoverflow articles. - Source: dev.to / 18 days ago

• How to Download All Your Published Articles from DEV.to in Markdown Format

  As a content creator on DEV.to, you may want to have a local backup of all your published articles in Markdown format. This can be useful for various reasons such as offline access, archiving, or editing outside the platform. - Source: dev.to / 19 days ago