Top 7 Featured DEV Posts of the Week

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Welcome to this week's Top 7, where the DEV editorial team handpicks their favorite posts from the previous week.

Congrats to all the authors that made it onto the list 👏

What we can learn from the #CrowdStrike meltdown.

CodeWithCaen ・ Jul 19

#news #weeklyretro #learning #discuss

A short reflection on the #CrowdStrike meltdown that caused havoc around the world.

Leaving Uber in 2022 was the best thing I did for myself 🚶💼

Jayant Bhawal for Middleware ・ Jul 18

#productivity #learning #career #startup

Jayant reflects on the challenges and rewards of leaving Uber, highlighting the importance of personal and professional growth.

How I build simple Mac apps using Go

Jeff Lindsay ・ Jul 15

#go #showdev #mac #ios

Jeff tells us why they started DarwinKit (Native Mac APIs for Go), where the project currently stands, and what the future holds.

Updates to the Node course: PostgreSQL, Prisma and more!

01zulfi for The Odin Project ・ Jul 18

The Odin Project, an open source online web development curriculum, announces updates to their Node course, including new content on PostgreSQL and Prisma.

Recreating History: Building a Windows 98 Disk Defrag Simulator with Modern Web Tech

Dennis Morello ・ Jul 14

#webdev #react #nextjs #tailwindcss

Dennis shares their faithful recreation of the Windows 98 Disk Defragmenter, built entirely for the web.

Viewport height and width units in modern CSS

Dimitris Kiriakakis ・ Jul 17

#webdev #css #frontend #responsive

Dimitris shares less popular but more modern viewport height and width options to be aware of when writing CSS.

How to start with React Native as ReactJS developer?

Neha Sharma ・ Jul 19

#react #reactnative #webdev #javascript

Neha share five ReactJS concepts that developers can apply to React Native.

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