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Top 7 Featured DEV Posts of the Week

It's Monday again! To ease ya into things, we've put together another kick-butt collection of posts pulled from DEV over the past week. These Top 7 articles cover a plethora of topics, providing guidance for becoming a backend dev, offering advice for using arrays in V8, and making us laugh with a humorous look at a purposefully bad list of AI-generated JS one-liners.

We got FIVE first-time Top 7 authors featured below, so there are lotsa new faces to congratulate. 🙌

Let's get rolling and take a look at some of the posts!


Looking for advice on becoming a backend developer? You’ve come to the right place. @codewithshahan offers a solid roadmap outlining the skills and tools needed to become a backend dev. Follow along with the syllabus to ensure that you’re prepped to go in just six months!


AI-generated and a listicle? Haha, stick with us now, this one is totally worthy of inclusion here! For fun, @darkwiiplayer directed ChatGPT to generate 20 JS one-liners that don’t actually work, then proceeded to critique each one, offering up humorous feedback and explaining why they fail.


@alirezaebrahimkhani pops the hood on V8, the JavaScript engine behind Google Chrome and Node.js, to explain arrays and “elements kinds” so that you can better understand how to optimize whenever writing performance-sensitive JavaScript code.


Had enough of Electron’s large file sizes? You’re not alone. Fed up with Electron, @dedsyn4ps3 went looking for an alternative solution and found one in Rust-powered Tauri.


@sabrinaesaquino shows us the magic of vector embeddings, explaining how social media sites use deep learning models to create ideal feeds for their members. Follow along to learn how to apply vector embeddings in a practical setting.


Creating a good portfolio means showcasing your best projects, keeping it professional, following various rules, making it joyful, and trying to not get too overwhelmed in the process. @anmolbaranwal has plenty of helpful advice and tool recommendations to get you rolling quickly!


Want some tips on how to be a better mentor? @codemom makes us more aware of our word choices as mentors so that we can build confidence and encourage those that we're teaching. Let’s collectively set up our mentees for success!


And that's a wrap on our Top 7 picks for this week! But the excitement doesn't fade here. If you're yearning for more riveting content and lively discussions, stay connected with the dev.to community. Your time to shine might be just around the corner!

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Michael Tharrington • Edited

Major congrats to our Top 7 authors of the week: @codewithshahan, @darkwiiplayer, @alirezaebrahimkhani, @dedsyn4ps3, @sabrinaesaquino, @anmolbaranwal, and @codemom! Y'all're baller. 🏀

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Anmol Baranwal

Thanks so much :D

I haven't had the chance to read other posts this week, but I think I'll make some time for them now. This week, it's mostly hard core tech posts. Awesome!

Congratulations to the other authors!

Write more, inspire more. 😁

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Manuel Sayago

Thanks for the posts!

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Michael Tharrington

Wooohoo! Really glad you're diggin'em. 🙌

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Nathan G Bornstein

Yooooo @darkwiiplayer !!!! 👏👏👏👏