DEV.to Reviews

1. jorge

   · CEO at Escuela de Formación Técnica Chile SPA · about 5 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

daily.dev Reviews

DEV.to mentions (515)

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• Personal Branding for Devs: How I Got Clients Without a Portfolio

  Wrote short tutorials on Dev.to like "How I Used ChatGPT to Optimize My React Code". - Source: dev.to / 7 days ago

• 🏳️‍🌈 Pride RS: LGBTQ+ Flag Component for Rust Frontends

  So I came across the Frontend Challenge: June Celebrations (CSS Art) on dev.to, and I thought: "Hey, what if I build a handy dandy crate for our gay friends that they can slap onto their rusty websites?" This way, I learn a bit more about CSS, make something useful, and give Ferris the crab 🦀 a chance to finally come out of the shell. - Source: dev.to / 10 days ago

• [01] Understanding the Fundamentals of Web Development

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• What is LLM?

  Since 2022, source-available models have been gaining popularity, especially at first with BLOOM and LLaMA, though both have restrictions on the field of use. Mistral AI's models Mistral 7B and Mixtral 8x7b have the more permissive Apache License. In January 2025, DeepSeek released DeepSeek R1, a 671-billion-parameter open-weight model that performs comparably to OpenAI o1 but at a much lower cost. Since 2023,... - Source: dev.to / 22 days ago

daily.dev mentions (66)

• Fake VS Code Extension on NPM Spreads Multi-Stage Malware

  There's a nice new site called https://daily.dev, but they keep bugging me to install a browser extension. The idea a website needs access to somewhere I make financial transactions is horrifying. - Source: Hacker News / 4 months ago

• [Rails] How We Reduced API Response Rendering Time by 30%

  By chance, while browsing a site called daily.dev, I searched for Jbuilder alternatives and found an article about a gem called props_template. This gem will be the focus today. - Source: dev.to / 5 months ago

• Not So Hacktoberfest...!

  To address this, I made it a priority to up-skill myself in new areas. Joining developer communities was one of the most impactful steps I took over the past few months. Apart from dev.to, I recently started using the Chrome extension daily.dev, as well as engaging with developer communities on Twitter and LinkedIn. These communities have helped me stay current with trending open-source projects and introduced me... - Source: dev.to / 8 months ago

• Advice for starting developers

  After years gathering technical experience, I am childishly finding it hard to accept the fact that finding a solution is a simple google search away, or reading one of the daily articles on daily.dev and dev.to. It is not that I found anything wrong with the article. I just thought it was a great tutorial on how to use a paid service. Instead of explaining patterns and methodologies that will help you gain... - Source: dev.to / 9 months ago

• Where MonDev tools comes from

  Daily.dev: A browser extension that presents you with a homepage of articles for developers every time you open a new tab: you can also find various tools here, generally aimed at the languages and preferences you choose. - Source: dev.to / about 1 year ago