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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

Medium mentions (2188)

• Jeff Geerling: Corporate Open Source Is Dead

  The declining share price and profits is exactly what made it possible for IBM to buy Hashicorp - $6 billion is a snip compared to the $14 billion IPO valuation. Fintan Ryan has a nice write-up here: https://medium.com/@fintanr/on-ibm-acquiring-hashicorp-c9c73a40d20c. - Source: Hacker News / about 19 hours ago

• Cool Continuum – Make Your Mark in the Arts

  Redirect is slow tonight, so here is the original URL: https://medium.com/@coolcontinuum/the-composer-continuum-35396e5d09bc. - Source: Hacker News / 3 days ago

• Setting up PostgreSQL for running integration tests

  In .NET we have TestContainers and Respawn. https://medium.com/@kova98/easy-test-database-reset-in-net-with-respawn-d5a59f995e9d. - Source: Hacker News / 7 days ago

• El Prado Museum in Unprecedented Detail with New 360º Gigapixel Virtual Tour

  Https://medium.com/@heyulei/capture-images-for-gaussian-splatting-81d081bbc826 Feels a lot better when there is a simple Ui to cycle through the views, keyboard and mouse navigation locked on the y axis, and gaussians just look better. Pretty heavy though if the space is large. - Source: Hacker News / 8 days ago

• Implementing 2FA in JavaScript [Gist]

  I'm building a portfolio, out of nowhere I wanted to know how 2FA works and I figured a simple way: implementing 2FA with JavaScript and testing it with authenticator apps! It's all about beefing up online security, one line of code at a time. Check out my Medium article https://medium.com/@nechiii28/javascript-2-factor-authentication-but-one-timepass-word-number-18a6ed433908 for a quick dive into how it's done. - Source: Hacker News / 8 days ago

DEV.to mentions (384)

• Earth Day Frontend Challenge

  Thank you DEV.to for hosting this challenge! I'm looking forward to participating in upcoming challenges and continuing to grow my skills in front-end development. These challenges not only push my creative boundaries but also allow me to connect with a community of like-minded developers. See you at the next one! - Source: dev.to / 2 days ago

• How to build Dev.to In-App Notification System in 20 minutes

  I'll guide you on how to swiftly build an In-App Notification system for your next app using Novu and the Dev.to API. While it might not exactly resemble the system mentioned above, it'll have many similarities. - Source: dev.to / 3 days ago

• 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 / 5 days ago

• Personas - an Ai Assistant

  Many Thanks to Cloudflare and dev.to for giving us this opportunity. - Source: dev.to / 12 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 / 13 days ago