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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!