DEV.to Reviews

1. jorge

   · CEO at Escuela de Formación Técnica Chile SPA · over 6 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

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DEV.to mentions (652)

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• How to Pass AI Costs to Customers Without Losing Them

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e.foundation /e/ mentions (24)

• F-Droid and Google's Developer Registration Decree

  Yes and it has already been done: https://e.foundation/. - Source: Hacker News / 10 months ago

• MagiskSSH – SSH server on Android without Termux

  You might also check out /e/OS - https://e.foundation/ It's less hardened than Graphene, but more user-friendly (IMHO) and similarly avoids Google spyware. - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• Debloat non-rooted Android devices

  > ...like LineageOS. But installing it is so difficult that only 1% of people have the technical know how to even attempt it... Aside: there is also /e/OS (or MurenaOS - their naming is inconsistent). It is basically LineageOS that someone else installs for you so you get everything in a package [0]. They sell many phones, but it also runs nicely on Fairphones if you want a phone that you can repair (there is of... - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago

• Even Google CEO Sundar Pichai doesn't understand Google's privacy controls

  Easy solution --- don't use Android. I haven't in years. I use e/OS instead. https://e.foundation/. - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago

• Ask HN: Open-Source Mobile Phones

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