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Building A React Guitar Scale Visualizer With TypeScript

Top 7 picks from last week: React guitar scale visualizer, Raku's .assuming method reimagined, RubyLLM AI library, Meteor 3 migration story, Blazor reflections & more!

Top 7 Software Engineering & Web Dev Articles Of The Week

Top 7 picks from last week's blog posts: upgrading home servers, COBOL date handling, Go 1.24 Swiss Tables, Agentic AI, project milestones, CLI music players in Rust & RAG-powered chatbots

Top 7 Software Engineering & Web Dev Insights

DEV's Top 7: AI fundamentals with interactive demo, custom CAPTCHA implementation on Linux, voice-based coding, Neovim setup, non-technical skills for software engineers & optimizing DB queries with PostgreSQL indexing.

Top 7 Software Engineering & Web Dev Articles Of The Week

Top 7 picks from last week: DeepSeek vs ChatGPT on privacy concerns, migrating Laravel to AWS serverless, exploring Ollama's user privacy, working with SVGs, responsible AI innovation, PHP performance optimization & a DevRel mom's conference story

Software Engineering Web Development Challenge Winners Announced

We're excited to announce the winners of the Agent.ai Challenge! Congratulations to Full-Stack Agent, Productivity-Pro, Assembly of Agents & Honorable Mentions for their innovative submissions! Prizes include $5k-$101 USD, DEV++ Membership & more!

Top 7: AI Models Face Off In Chess Challenge

Top 7 picks from last week: Deepseek R1 vs OpenAI o1 chess challenge, scaling Laravel app, productivity tips, single HTML star rating component, git reset --hard explained & more!

Agent.ai Challenge: Build AI Agents For Productivity & Fun

Join our Agent.ai Challenge & build AI-powered workflows! Win from $10,000 prize pool. 3 prompts: Full-Stack Agent, Productivity-Pro Agent, Assembly of Agents. Submit by Jan 26th. Good luck!

Top 7 Software Engineering & Web Development Articles Of The Week

Top 7 posts from last week: Lua as favorite programming language, downloading same file multiple times, building Ollama-Powered GitHub Copilot Extension & more! Read now on DEV!

Frontend Challenge Winners Announced: December Edition

Congratulations to @aslanreza & @wantu on winning the Frontend Challenge: December Edition! Their CSS Art & landing page mark up submissions impressed with creativity & technical skill.

Top 7 Software Engineering & Web Development Posts Of The Week

Top 7 posts from last week: PyTorch simulations, improved testing with fixtures, Astro framework review, AI agents security concerns, metaframeworks, WebShield cybersecurity tool, and algorithm mastery journey.

DevCycle Feature Flag Challenge Winners Announced

Congratulations to @ansellmaximilian, @iabdsam, and @jacksonkasi for winning the DevCycle Feature Flag Challenge with innovative projects that showcased feature flag capabilities!

Top 7: Quick Wins, AI Limitations, And CSS Inheritance

Top 7 picks: 'I hate "Quick Wins"' argues against quick fixes in software dev, while 'Why AI Can't Replace Developers' explores AI limitations & 'Understanding CSS Inheritance' provides a comprehensive guide to consistent styling.

Top 7 Software Engineering & Web Development Insights

Top 7 posts from last week: AI skeptic becomes believer with LLM, true alphanumeric sorting in MySQL, LEGO dataset analysis with PromptQL, diversity in tech, engineering career progression, Microsoft AutoGen fragmentation & WebAssembly intro

React Native New Architecture: Impact On Performance & Flexibility

Top 7 posts from last week: React Native new architecture, web designers learning JavaScript or CSS, functional programming guide, and more! Read about performance, flexibility, modularization, and coding best practices on DEV.

Top 7 Software Engineering & Web Development Posts Of The Week

Top 7 posts from last week: unit testing misconceptions, AI agents for dev productivity, inspiring hackathon story, open-source heroes, welcoming girls to CS, rethinking microservices & frontend debugging techniques.

Software Engineering Challenge With Timescale And Open Source AI Tools

Join our Open Source AI Challenge with pgai & Ollama, running till Nov 10. Build an AI app using Postgres & win prizes up to $1,500 + DEV++ Membership & more!

Hacktoberfest Writing Challenge: Share Your Open-Source Journey

Hacktoberfest is in full swing! Contribute to open-source projects, learn & grow with the community. Share your Hacktoberfest experience & win prizes like 6-month DEV++ Membership & Exclusive DEV Badge.

Reactivity In React: Mutable Vs Immutable Approaches

Top 7 posts from last week: mutable derivations in Reactivity, qualities of a good Cloud Architect, local-first frameworks, updating multiple Rails models simultaneously, Express-Go in 19 hours & more!

KonNiche Wins Wix Studio Challenge: Community Edition

@schemetastic wins Wix Studio Challenge with KonNiche: skill-based feedback platform for creators & entrepreneurs. Receives $3,000, 6-month DEV++ Membership & more!

Top 7 Software Engineering & Web Dev Articles Of The Week

Top 7 picks from last week: Rust enums in TypeScript, GraphQL myths debunked, Redux replaced with React Query, non-deterministic software testing, Angular job market insights & more!

Top 7 Software Engineering & Web Dev Posts Of The Week

Top 7 posts from last week: Hacktoberfest projects, working from office tips, AI critique, giving tech talks, balancing pregnancy & dev relations, learning Ruby & CSS scoping.

Top 7 Software Engineering & Web Dev Articles Of The Week

Top 7 posts from last week: Vim for beginners, new CSS features, knowledge debt management, job rejection strategies, stacked PRs, HTML tags explained, and IndexNow protocol for rapid web page indexing.

Web Game Challenge: Build & Explain With Andrzej Mazur As Guest Judge

Web Game Challenge starts Sept 18, ends Sept 29. Build a web game with Aliens theme or submit a One Byte Explainer (256 chars) on a web dev concept. Winners get DEV++ Membership & more!

How To Use AI For Coding Effectively With Jason Leow

Top 7 posts from last week: AI for coding, ultra-fast typo correction, CSS-in-JS, web accessibility, Git workflow, DevOps engineer challenges & productivity tips.

A Compelling Case For The Comma Operator In JavaScript And C

Top 7 posts from last week: Comma Operator simplifies logic, cleaning up JS ecosystem, building on AWS, Meta's monorepo, kids-friendly chatbot project, secrets security at DEF CON, and getting window size with pure CSS.

Closing The Designer-Developer Gap: Top 7 Insights From The Community

Top 7 posts from last week: closing designer-developer gap, batch-editing 175 conference videos, good vs bad refactoring, playing long game in frontend dev, line numbers for textarea using SVG, and more!

Build Ultimate Open Source Starter Kit With Postgres On Neon Challenge

Build ultimate open source starter kit using Postgres on Neon, document usage & win $1,000, DEV Badge & more. Submit by Sept 01, judged on Clarity, Experience & Usability.

Nylas Challenge Deadline Extended To September 1

Nylas Challenge deadline extended to September 1, giving devs an extra 2 weeks to work on projects. $3,000 in prizes for innovative AI & communications solutions. Join now and showcase your skills!