Posted on Apr 28

🗓️ Monthly Dev Report: April 2026

#discuss #devjournal #programming #community

WPM challenge winners and a Kpop-themed cover

Post Cover is "Soda Pop" from Kpop Demon Hunters featuring @javz, @embernoglow, @konark_13, @nickytonline and @meg_gutshall!

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!

Winners of the WPM Challenge 🖥️

Before we get into that, thank you everyone who participated in the "What's your WPM" challenge! Here are the winners for the month!

Winner of the 1-minute Challenge! 🏅

Jatin Sharma

Turning Web Dreams into Reality, Just Like Tony Stark's Vision

@j471n With a 121 WPM with 98% accuracy!

Winner of the 5-minute Challenge! 🏆

Jon Gottfried

Co-founder of Major League Hacking

@jonmarkgo With a 114 WPM with 98% accuracy!

Congratulations! Stay tuned for the next WPM Challenge next week! Now on to the program :)

✨ Dev.to Posts Highlights! ✨

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

FrancisTRᴅᴇᴠ (っ◔◡◔)っ for Virtual Coffee

Apr 27

Your Developer Journey: Progress or Plateau?

#discuss #community #learning #beginners

4 min read

Made a post under the Virtual Coffee Organization for the first time! This post talks about things to look for if you are still learning as a developer!

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

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Giorgi Kobaidze

Apr 26

15 Essential Sections Every README Needs: Give Your Project What It Deserves

#documentation #opensource #tutorial #development

11 min read

@georgekobaidze A guide on making your project stand out by having these essentials for your README!

Art rated below gameplay despite high effort

EmberNoGlow

Apr 22

I created my first game and decided to leave GameDev

#discuss #gamedev #godot #productivity

2 min read

@embernoglow Talked about his first game jam experience and things he has learned about Game Development!

April Fools Challenge Submission ☕️🤡

Konark Sharma

Apr 11

I Couldn’t Afford Earth, So I Built Something Better

#showdev #devchallenge #418challenge #ai

3 min read

@konark_13 A kind of broke boi created a Real Estate application, for the April Fools challenge, where you can buy planets (Great job if anything regardless).

Monthly Discovery 🔍

🔍 Claude Mythos = Ultron?

🔍 Pewdiepie's AI beats ChatGPT.

🔍 A fun one! Destroying a Pay-to-Win Minecraft Server with HTML code.

Accomplishments 🏆

✅ One PR got merged onto Forem!
✅ Created the "Open Sourcerer" series!

Overcoming environment setup for a first PR

FrancisTRᴅᴇᴠ (っ◔◡◔)っ

Apr 13

The Open Sourcerer of Forem: Beyond the UI

#discuss #community #forem #opensource

4 min read

✅ Made Dev Logs on my Full Stack Application!
- https://dev.to/francistrdev/series/38450
✅ Got the "#howtodevto Hero" Exclusive Badge for this post!

FrancisTRᴅᴇᴠ (っ◔◡◔)っ

Mar 20

Get Started on Dev.to! A Beginner's Guide to Engage with the Community! 💡

#discuss #community #beginners #howtodevto

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6 min read

✅ Now a Full Member of Virtual Coffee!
✅ Continued interacting with the Dev.to community.

Still working on... 🔨

🔨 The last Dev Log for the EasyPollVote App for now. Should be release this week!

Goals for Next Month 🎯

📝 Continue Forem Contribution.

Note: Due to the surges of Pull Request recently, I might have to hold it off due to the unusual amount of Pull Requests on Forem. I heard something about AI Agents causing this, but that is just a theory.