TL;DR
Today marks 5 years of me being on dev.to. In general, I gotta say that I like the community (I just got this nice badge, so what's not to like 🙂), and wish to be on the platform 5 years from now too.
Stats
I like stats (and working towards improving them), so I'll share my stats from these 5 years:
- Posts:
92 - Total post reactions:
847 - Total post views:
273,102 - Followers:
2895 - Following users:
36
Top 5 most viewed blog posts
- Making AJAX calls in pure JavaScript, the old way - 93k views
- How to make a native Android app that can block phone calls - 24k views
- Git branching done right with Gitflow & improving code quality with code reviews - 19k views
- JWT authentication in an Angular application with a Go backend - 16k views
- How to get started with Ionic framework 3 on Mac and Windows - 12k views
Personal favorites that, IMHO, could use a bit more view-love
- Learn Git fast as if your job depends on it - 12k views
- How to 'make it' as a remote developer? - 273 views
- Too many books, not enough time - 237 views
Daily-Thought Series
Recently, I started a new daily-thought series where I post a tweet-like tiny blog post entry every day. The post that got the most exposure in that series was Knowing != Doing. Please feel free to check out the rest and chime in on the discussion.
Learnings
I shared a bunch of learnings from when I published my 300th blog post on my blog.
One thing that still holds to this day is the consistency. What you're consistent with, you will improve.
Top comments (12)
Wow, congrats! The platform isn't much older than that.
I think this place is just hitting an inflection point and a capacity to really deliver on what we want to be. Really hope to see what you think in 5 more years time.
Thanks and keep up the great work! 💪
Congratulation!!!
Thank you!
Congratulations @nikola ! What an incredible journey !
Thank you!
Awesome! Congrats on being a member for five years!
Thanks Nick!
Congratulations! I'll be joining the 5 year club in October. :)
Thank you! Great - looking forward to your overview post (in case you decide to write it) 👍
Mate, article with using git defo needs some more love. It might be a bit scary as there's a lot of text, but worth it!
Thank you! And yeah, I felt like I 'nailed it' by adding a dose of humor; but, these days I guess it's hard(er) to figure out what's gonna go viral. So, spread the love 🙂
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