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Your DEV posts have a beautiful new share card ✨

Jess Lee on October 27, 2026

The image that shows up when you share a DEV post just got a brand-new look! I got to work on forem/forem#24071 last week and I'm so excited to se...
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FrancisTRᴅᴇᴠ •

So pretty card displays!

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Giorgi Kobaidze •

I love this! Great job, team!

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Varshith V Hegde •

Nice one . Love this !!!

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Thomas Bonnet •

oooh that super fresh, awesome!

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nyaomaru •

This is such a nice improvement! 😸✨

The new share card looks much cleaner, and showing the opening lines instead of repeating the title makes a lot of sense.

I really like this update! 😸

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐳𝐲 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥 •

Awesome 🥰

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leob •

Well done, great improvement!

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Jess Lee The DEV Team •

😀😀😀😀😀😀

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Jess Lee The DEV Team • • Edited

😐😐😐😐😐😐

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Peter Vivo •

I really like this!

Do these new cards also work when I use a video instead of a cover image for an article? Because currently, the video appears as a blank space when shared elsewhere.

Also, I'm not sure where to suggest this, but I think it would be great if we could provide both an image and a video for an article. That way, external shares could display the image instead of a blank video placeholder.

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Earl Grey •

Seeing these cards out in the wild, example X, has been awesome. They look so, so good! #swagger

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Shubhra Pokhariya •

Love this, Jess! Showing the opening lines instead of repeating the title is such a nice touch. And the extra space so X’s label doesn’t cover the author’s name and details is a thoughtful detail too. Great work! 😊

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Earl Grey •

Thanks so much!

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Ntombizakhona Mabaso •

i would love a cool one for sharing to Instagram and Facebook stories & highlights. 🥺

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Klaudia Grzondziel •

I just noticed the change while sharing a post with a colleague, and now I found this article 😄 Very cool improvement, thank you for your work! 🚀

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Sheraz Manzoor •

Cool update.

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Maame Afua A. P. Fordjour •

This looks amazing!

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Alex Shev •

This is a small visual change with a real distribution effect. Consistent share cards make a post legible before anyone reads it; it would be interesting to see an accessible fallback checklist too, especially for titles that become dense at social-preview sizes.

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Stefan •

73% of posts had no cover image? That's a lot of authors getting a better preview without having to design anything. Skipping blockquotes is a thoughtful detail too. Someone else's words could look very different with my name underneath them.

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Alex Shev •

Nice improvement. Share cards are part of a post’s distribution surface, so it would be helpful to know how title length, code blocks, and non-Latin text are handled. Those edge cases decide whether the new design stays polished outside the happy path.

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Bogdan •

These look incredibly sharp! The custom brand colors feature is a huge plus for creators trying to build a consistent identity while sharing snippets. DEV is really setting the standard for what a modern developer community should look like. Great update, team!

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Emily Woods •

The quote selection rules are the part I'd keep beside the visual examples. An intro that starts with inline code or a link would make an interesting fixture: I'd want the card to read naturally after formatting disappears, while still attributing only my own words. Could the editor eventually show the selected excerpt before I share? That would make awkward cuts easier to catch.

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Jessica Doering •

Awesome!

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v🐸 •

looks cool

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llzzz •

Great work!

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Odinaka Robert Nnamani •

Quoting the opening line instead of repeating the title is a nice touch. The byline getting covered was an odd bug to ship with.

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Elmar Chavez •

Oh this is quite cool. Correct me if I'm wrong, if the post already has a banner image, the image will be shown instead of the quote? Love the design btw.

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Logan Jenkins •

The new share cards look clean — the type scale got much better.

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Petra •

Thanks

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KC •

Mind blowing

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Timothy Thomas •

This is sick

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FuriLabs •

I really like this! Cool update.

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G-type •

So great. I love this new design and well, it looks amazing in my emails and messages.

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Jesse Gamble •

Do you expect the opening-line quote to change which posts get clicked, or is it mainly a cleaner presentation?