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      <title>Ship a post without five dashboards</title>
      <dc:creator>Ahmed Naoum</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 22:33:08 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://dev.to/ahmednaoumdev/ship-a-post-without-five-dashboards-4hjl</link>
      <guid>https://dev.to/ahmednaoumdev/ship-a-post-without-five-dashboards-4hjl</guid>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;You do not need five dashboards to ship a post.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  The loop
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Write the manuscript&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Flip the proof&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Send it to the presses that are actually connected&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  A small example
&lt;/h2&gt;



&lt;div class="highlight js-code-highlight"&gt;
&lt;pre class="highlight javascript"&gt;&lt;code&gt;&lt;span class="kd"&gt;const&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="nx"&gt;presses&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="o"&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="p"&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="dl"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="s2"&gt;blog&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="dl"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="dl"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="s2"&gt;devto&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="dl"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="dl"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="s2"&gt;wordpress&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="dl"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;];&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="nx"&gt;console&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="nf"&gt;log&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="nx"&gt;presses&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="nf"&gt;join&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="dl"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="s2"&gt; · &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="dl"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;));&lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fimages.unsplash.com%2Fphoto-1461749280684-dccba630e2f6%3Fauto%3Dformat%26fit%3Dcrop%26w%3D1400%26q%3D80" class="article-body-image-wrapper"&gt;&lt;img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fimages.unsplash.com%2Fphoto-1461749280684-dccba630e2f6%3Fauto%3Dformat%26fit%3Dcrop%26w%3D1400%26q%3D80" alt="Code on paper" width="1400" height="935"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  What we refuse
&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Localhost is not a canonical URL. A pasted file is not a cover Dev.to can fetch.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If a press needs a public URL, we omit the field instead of sending garbage.&lt;/p&gt;

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      <category>javascript</category>
      <category>webdev</category>
      <category>writing</category>
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      <title>Ink still has a job</title>
      <dc:creator>Ahmed Naoum</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 22:30:37 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://dev.to/ahmednaoumdev/ink-still-has-a-job-5g1f</link>
      <guid>https://dev.to/ahmednaoumdev/ink-still-has-a-job-5g1f</guid>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Ink still has a job.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A manuscript is not a social post. It is a piece you can hold, proof, and send to more than one press without rewriting it.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  What the desk actually holds
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The draft, in one place&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;A proof that looks like the destination&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The numbers after the piece is live&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The press does not invent the article. It only inks the page.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fimages.unsplash.com%2Fphoto-1524995997946-a1c2e315a42f%3Fauto%3Dformat%26fit%3Dcrop%26w%3D1400%26q%3D80" class="article-body-image-wrapper"&gt;&lt;img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fimages.unsplash.com%2Fphoto-1524995997946-a1c2e315a42f%3Fauto%3Dformat%26fit%3Dcrop%26w%3D1400%26q%3D80" alt="A desk with paper" width="1400" height="934"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If the proof is a lie, the writer finds out on the live site. That is the whole product.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Read &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letterpress_printing" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;letterpress&lt;/a&gt; if you want the older version of this shop.&lt;/p&gt;

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      <category>essay</category>
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