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The only way to really filter this stuff is through self-hosted blogs. These can also be connected, but in a decentralised way e.g. https://indieweb.org is a good intro to some of the protocols in use.
It's worth noting that it's a shadowbanned domain on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=dev.to
I think this will always be the case with these adtech platforms. There is a conflict of interest at play. In the end, the ad revenue always wins. The only way to really filter this stuff is through self-hosted blogs. These can also be connected, but in a decentralised way e.g. https://indieweb.org is a good intro to some of the protocols in use.
I too agree with lack of quality content. There are other platforms like Hashnode that you can definitely give a spin.
These days I primarily follow InfoQ, Habr, a few select individual bloggers, few larger company blogs and my feed has substantially improved.
The problem with dev.to, and pretty much every blogging platform like it, is that it encourages the mindset that the articles about problems you have yourself are the best articles to learn from, and that things that aren't directly applicable to other people won't get promoted. That leads people to think they should write boring, generic things about language fundamentals in order to become 'famous'. People end up r…
Do you have a list of those articles? And which sites do you visit to find those articles?
The problem with dev.to, and pretty much every blogging platform like it, is that it encourages the mindset that the articles about problems you have yourself are the best articles to learn from, and that things that aren't directly applicable to other people won't get promoted. That leads people to think they should write boring, generic things about language fundamentals in order to become 'famous'. People end up r…
> The reality is that most interesting dev articles are about relatively unusual problems that a dev solved in an innovative way Do you have a list of those articles? And which sites do you visit to find those articles?
Why not prioritize everyone’s safety over anyone’s comfort?
And the bit about “reverse -isms” is wholly ambiguous.
It screams to never invest one second of effort in the site.