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1. jorge    

   CEO at Escuela de Formación Técnica Chile SPA | almost 4 years ago
   It is a nice mini-blog, it's for free and such but

   As a mini-blog, it is a nice alternative for Medium to publish and share information about programming.

   However, the community and the organization are biased toward social justice (and they are open to it). You can read its Code of Conduct, it is so vague and politically leads (I prefer a term of service because it defines fair rules for everybody). So it alienates developers that we don't care about politics in pro of people that want to talk about any other topic such as sexuality, how women are unprivileged, and such. It even mandates to use inclusive language. Good grief.

   My main complaint is the quality of the community. It is not StackOverflow (so we don't want to ask for an answer here), and most of the top topics are clickbait, such as "how to become a rockstar developer in ... days", "100 tips to become a better programmer" (and it doesn't even talk about programming).

   Technically this "mini blog" site allows us to use markdown, and it is okay. However, the whole experience is really basic. Even the template is ugly.

   🏁 Competitors: Medium

   👍 Pros:    Free

   👎 Cons:    Social justice|Basic features|Quality of content

Ghost Reviews

DEV.to mentions (371)

• Web Development Tools and Resources

  Dev.to (Visit Site) - A community of developers sharing knowledge and resources, Dev.to is a platform where programmers can stay updated on the latest trends, learn new skills, and connect with others. - Source: dev.to / 3 days ago

• Gameplanning the SGE Apocalypse

  I haven't looked at their media kit lately, but I imagine that dev.to has monthly site visits in the tens of millions.  Some of that obviously comes from search, but they also have a prodigious amount of direct navigation. - Source: dev.to / 16 days ago

• 7 ways to step up your API performance.

  REST (Representational State Transfer): This is a style of API that uses HTTP methods (such as GET, POST, PUT, DELETE) to perform operations on resources identified by URLs. REST APIs are based on the principle of statelessness, meaning that each request contains all the information necessary to process it, and the server does not store any client state. REST APIs are widely used for web applications, mobile... - Source: dev.to / 14 days ago

• A list of SaaS, PaaS and IaaS offerings that have free tiers of interest to devops and infradev

  Dev.to - Where programmers share ideas and help each other grow. - Source: dev.to / 22 days ago

• Dive into the Mind of Lead Power Platform Developer, David Wyatt

  You can stay updated with more of David Wyatt's insightful and inspiring articles by following him on Dev.to. You can connect him in LinkedIn too, David Wyatt's LinkedIn profile. - Source: dev.to / about 2 months ago

Ghost mentions (171)

• Faster Blogging: A Developer's Dream Setup

  Glee our dev friendly blogging setup has been undergoing a huge transformation for the last few weeks. For those who don't know, glee is a simple open source CLI tool that converts markdown posts into ghost blog posts. Check out the glee demo video when you have a moment! Glee: Dev-friendly Blogging Setup. - Source: dev.to / 6 days ago

• Deploy Ghost with MySQL DB replication using helm chart

  Ghost is used by creators to run their own website to publish private content. - Source: dev.to / about 1 month ago

• Japan's Comfort Food: The Onigiri

  Not the OP but it looks to be https://ghost.org/ I use it as well for a small development blog and it's been an enjoyable experience. - Source: Hacker News / about 1 month ago

• Self-hosting Ghost with Docker and PlanetScale

  PlanetScale and Ghost were previously incompatible due to differences in their support for foreign key constraints. With PlanetScale now supporting foreign key constraints, a seamless collaboration between the two is achievable. Nonetheless, there remain minor incompatibilities that require resolution. - Source: dev.to / about 1 month ago

• Nx - Highlights of 2023

  Ghost - Are you into blogging? You might want to look at Ghost. They were using Lerna in the past and migrated to a fully Nx-powered workspace. - Source: dev.to / 2 months ago