Top 7’s Top Authors of the Year

It’s the last Monday of the year, and we’re going to celebrate it by shining a spotlight on our standout authors of 2023. These remarkable folks have consistently demonstrated excellence in their writing, earning the prestigious Top 7 badge multiple times. It’s an honor to recognize their contributions to our community.

Without further ado, here are The Top 7’s top authors and the articles that secured their well-deserved recognition again and again…and again. Quite an impressive body of work. Well done! 💪

Earned the Top 7 badge 7 times: @abbeyperini

8 Ways to Support Women Developers

Abbey Perini ・ Mar 8

#wecoded
#womenintech
#programming
#career

Dark Mode Toggle and prefers-color-scheme

Abbey Perini ・ Apr 21

#javascript
#react
#css
#webdev

From Idea to Design for Non-Designers

Abbey Perini ・ May 16

#webdev
#css
#beginners
#tutorial

Live Regions in React

Abbey Perini ・ Jun 26

#webdev
#a11y
#react
#javascript

Getting Started in a New Codebase

Abbey Perini ・ Aug 16

#beginners
#programming
#webdev
#softwaredevelopment

How I Got Feedback After Every Tech Interview

Abbey Perini ・ Sep 14

#career
#interview

Cognitive Load and Your Development Environment

Abbey Perini ・ Oct 17

#mentalhealth
#productivity
#programming
#webdev

Achieved the Top 7 badge 6 times: @pavanbelagatti

A Step-by-Step Guide to Continuous Integration for Your Node.js Application

Pavan Belagatti ・ Feb 2

#javascript
#devops
#node
#tutorial

Learn How to Setup a CI/CD Pipeline from Scratch

Pavan Belagatti ・ Mar 1

#tutorial
#devops
#go
#kubernetes

Kubernetes GitOps: A Beginner’s Guide with a Hands-On Tutorial

Pavan Belagatti ・ Apr 8

#gitops
#tutorial
#kubernetes
#git

Microservices vs. Micro Frontends: What’s the Difference?

Pavan Belagatti ・ Jul 25

#microservices
#tutorial
#devops

A Beginner’s Guide to Building LLM-Powered Applications with LangChain!

Pavan Belagatti ・ Aug 30

#datascience
#dataengineering
#llm
#database

Introduction to SQL for Absolute Beginners!

Pavan Belagatti ・ Oct 3

#sql
#beginners
#tutorial

Top 7 badge earned 5 times: @blackgirlbytes

How to speak at conferences when you’re scared of public speaking

Rizèl Scarlett ・ Jan 3

#career
#leadership
#beginners
#discuss

The Ultimate Guide to Writing Technical Blog Posts

Rizèl Scarlett ・ Jun 6

#writing
#careerdevelopment
#leadership
#contentwriting

How to make an impact as a developer advocate

Rizèl Scarlett ・ Aug 20

#career
#devrel
#leadership
#discuss

The Illusion of Data Ownership

Rizèl Scarlett for TBD ・ Oct 30

#web5
#javascript
#webdev
#decentralization

Developer Relations is an all-company effort

Rizèl Scarlett ・ Dec 11

#devrel
#leadership
#opensource
#product

Top 7 badge recipient 5 times: @bytebodger

Optimizing Functional React Components

Adam Nathaniel Davis ・ Feb 9

#react
#javascript
#typescript
#tutorial

How to Get Your First Job as a Self-Taught Programmer

Adam Nathaniel Davis ・ Mar 17

#beginners
#programming
#career
#codenewbie

Most Managers Have No Clue What Programmers Actually Do

Adam Nathaniel Davis ・ May 9

#webdev
#programming
#career

The Communication Shortcomings of Programmers

Adam Nathaniel Davis ・ Aug 31

#webdev
#programming
#career

Use Cases for IIFEs

Adam Nathaniel Davis ・ Sep 13

#javascript
#typescript
#webdev
#tutorial

Secured the Top 7 badge 4 times: @cherryramatis

Complementing exceptions – Introducing monads for error handling in ruby

Cherry Ramatis ・ Aug 13

#ruby
#errors
#monad
#webdev

Linux filters – How to streamline text like a boss

Cherry Ramatis ・ Sep 11

#ruby
#beginners
#linux
#vim

Bringing more sweetness to Ruby with Sorbet types 🍦

Cherry Ramatis ・ Sep 18

#ruby
#sorbet
#programming
#tutorial

Pattern matching – Dealing with the if statement nightmare

Cherry Ramatis ・ Oct 2

#ruby
#elixir
#beginners
#programming

Holder of the Top 7 badge 4 times: @cassidoo

When useEffect runs

Cassidy Williams ・ Feb 10

#react
#preact
#javascript
#useeffect

The Productivity apps I use in 2023

Cassidy Williams ・ Apr 8

#productivity
#applications
#todo
#opensource

Open standards, trust, and Google

Cassidy Williams ・ Jun 21

#opensource
#openstandards

Jumblie Build Log

Cassidy Williams ・ Nov 28

#showdev
#gamedev
#javascript

Top 7 badge achiever 4 times: @ingosteinke

Beyond Googling the Error Message

Ingo Steinke ・ Aug 23

#programming
#productivity
#ai
#webdev

StackOverflow alternatives for web developers

Ingo Steinke ・ Sep 27

#webdev
#productivity

Emotion-driven development

Ingo Steinke ・ Nov 3

#webdev
#productivity
#mentalhealth

Relevant DEV posts – an updated reading list (no developer must read this)

Ingo Steinke ・ Dec 11

Top 7 badge achiever 4 times: @srbhr

Creating a Game-Changer in Job Search: An Open Source ATS Resume Matcher

Saurabh Rai ・ Jul 21

#javascript
#opensource
#python
#machinelearning

Swirl: An open-source search engine with LLMs and ChatGPT to provide all the answers you need 🌌

Saurabh Rai ・ Sep 6

#python
#ai
#opensource
#machinelearning

Hacktoberfest 2023: The Complete Guide

Saurabh Rai ・ Sep 22

#webdev
#beginners
#opensource
#hacktoberfest23

[Alien Hunter Series Pt. 1] Mastering the COBOL Programming Language

Saurabh Rai for Gitroom ・ Nov 6

#programming
#beginners
#parody
#opensource

And there you have it. Wow. Congrats to this group and to ALL of our amazing Top 7 contributors. Thanks for what you do and what you bring to DEV. We’ll see you all on the other side of the new year, folks. 🎉🥳 Stay safe out there, and Happy Coding!