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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

The Information mentions (17)

• What’s wrong with being in it for the money?

  Like reading theinformation.com, watching youtube, and finding new opportunities to build businesses. Like with inside tiktok etc. Source: 5 months ago

• Got grilled at thanksgiving dinner for working remotely?

  If you look at any trend report like theinformation.com or explodingideas.co etc you'll see this stuff is everywhere. Source: 5 months ago

• Turning 30 and want to be a millionaire by 40.

  I just started building businesses on the side at my corporate job. I watched a bunch of YT videos and read explodingideas.co and theinformation.com religiously just looking for ideas. Source: 5 months ago

• Hit a wall with programming content creation, where to go from here?

  Id use market research tools like google trends, theinformation.com, explodingideas.co, ahrefs etc. To do research on things that are emerging and then capitalize on them basically via your content. Source: 10 months ago

• Why is there no room for a positive narrative in mainstream media where AI becomes sentient and uses all its potential to make the world a better place for both humans and all life on earth?

  Typically for the positive narrative and more opportunity driven narratives you would need to go with theinformation.com or explodingideas.co or something like that. Source: 10 months 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 / about 13 hours 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 / 1 day 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 / 3 days ago

• Personas - an Ai Assistant

  Many Thanks to Cloudflare and dev.to for giving us this opportunity. - Source: dev.to / 11 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 / 11 days ago