Hey everyone! I bring you my development journey on what I have discovered, accomplishments for this month, and the goals for next month!

Additionally, I will share some posts highlights on what post I am proud of sharing to Dev.to and my top 3 posts that stood out to me this month!

 

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💫 SPECIAL Announcement (with request to the reader) 💫

I am proud to announce our DEVengers website! More information coming soon on the release date. Will coordinate with other members in the DEVengers team with more information!

💫 Find our website here: https://the-devengers-tower.github.io/ 💫

Follow our DEVengers org to meet selected dev.to users who made a change on the platform!

{% embed https://dev.to/devengers %}

 

Request from the Reader

With that said, I asked all of you to submit your favorite article in the comments that is from you or from another author and tell us why you chose that article!

 

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✨ Dev.to Posts Highlights! ✨

Here is one of the posts I am proud of for this month!

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Talked about networking and how it is something we all know that is helpful for our career, but is hard to do for many reasons.

 

 

Here is the top 3 posts that I have discovered that stood out to me!

{% embed https://dev.to/codingwithjiro/the-slow-and-quiet-cognitive-atrophy-of-a-modern-software-engineer-3lbh %}

@codingwithjiro The importance about maintaining a developer mindset in the age of AI. Also, talking about challenging yourself, asking questions, and maintaining discipline whenever you are using AI tools or not.

 

{% embed https://dev.to/dj29/we-all-have-a-serious-work-ai-and-a-just-vibing-ai-when-did-that-happen-5fl2 %}

@dj29 Opening a discussion about which AI do you use for specific use cases such as using one AI to do essays or another AI to do code work.

 

{% embed https://dev.to/annavi11arrea1/sharing-dev-followers-count-on-github-profile-bj3 %}

@annavi11arrea1 GitHub Action that shows your dev.to follower that you can put on your README.MD :)

 

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Monthly Discovery 🔍

Videos on talking about bugs and AI

• 🔍 Jev lol

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• 🔍 An Open Source Internet...

{% embed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vbl5FL-nsI %}

• 🔍 Nothing new, but AI is hacking Governments I guess

{% embed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZMa55wHES8 %}

 

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Accomplishments 🏆

• ✅ Became a Community Curator!
• ✅ Got the 8 Gem Badge!
• ✅ Met @heyitsjem on a video call with @codingwithjiro! Talked about DEV related, AI, and other fun stuff!
• ✅ Continued interacting with the Dev.to community.

 

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Still working on... 🔨

• 🔨 Clean up my portfolio and publishing it on Dev.to for Review. Holding it off for now...again...again. @itsugo jinx it lol

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Goals for Next Month 🎯

• 📝 Publishing my Portfolio on Dev.to for Review.
• 📝 Participate in Hacktober fest.
• 📝 Continue interacting with the Dev.to community.

 

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Feedback 💬

• What else should I do for October?
• Any questions/comments/advice or tips for the Monthly Report? Leave a comment below! I would love to hear from you!

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