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🗓️ Monthly Dev Report: August 2026

Includes creative Git tips and community shoutouts

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!

 


✨ Dev.to Posts Highlights! ✨

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

Talked about getting good at Git using Hollow Knight references to Git Gud.

 

 

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

@sylwia-lask To Git Gud even more lol

 

@anchildress1 A post about what your doing while AI is coding. I just stare at the screen for a long time...

 

@heyitsjem What the title says. Congrats to Jem! :D

 


Monthly Discovery 🔍

Videos on talking about bugs and AI

 


Accomplishments 🏆

  • ✅ Working from home. :D
  • ✅ Joined Habitica.
  • ✅ Continued interacting with the Dev.to community.

 


Still working on... 🔨

  • 🔨 Clean up my portfolio and publishing it on Dev.to for Review. Holding it off for now...again
  • 🔨 Full send on studying and getting the Salesforce Certification. Holding it off for now. Not require for the role just yet. Due date is June 2027.

Goals for Next Month 🎯

  • 📝 Publishing my Portfolio on Dev.to for Review.
  • 📝 Continue interacting with the Dev.to community.

 


Feedback 💬

  • What else should I do for September?
  • Any questions/comments/advice or tips for the Monthly Report? Leave a comment below! I would love to hear from you!

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Jem

Thanks @francistrdev :)

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FrancisTRᴅᴇᴠ (っ◔◡◔)っ

Anytime Jem. U have discord by chance?

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Jem

No, not that I regularly use. Maybe I should though!

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FrancisTRᴅᴇᴠ (っ◔◡◔)っ

Would be huge. Though I am fine via email. I was thinking of doing a 30min zoom icebreaker with ya since you seem active on DEV, though I am not sure about your availability since I know yall are busy. What do you think? (Also just to prove to you I am real lol).

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Sylwia Laskowska

Thanks for the mention, Francis! Yesss, our two articles are perfectly complementary!!! 😊🚀

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FrancisTRᴅᴇᴠ (っ◔◡◔)っ

Indeed!

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Kane Lim

Nice progress this month, Francis! I like that you’re treating the monthly reports as a running record rather than just a list of things you completed. Looking back across the 8 parts should make the progress pretty interesting to see.

The Git CLI goal is definitely worth sticking with too. Once the common commands become muscle memory, it makes a lot of everyday Git work feel much faster.

And good luck with the portfolio getting it published for review is probably more valuable than waiting until it feels “finished.” Real feedback usually reveals things you wouldn’t notice yourself.

For September, I’d add one small goal around building or shipping something practical, even if it’s tiny. It gives you something concrete to look back on alongside the learning and community activity.

Keep the reports going. Consistency over a year is where these kinds of dev journals really start becoming useful.

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FrancisTRᴅᴇᴠ (っ◔◡◔)っ

Thanks Kane! Appreciate the feedback :D

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐳𝐲 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥

🔍 Unrelated Tech stuff?

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FrancisTRᴅᴇᴠ (っ◔◡◔)っ

Not today. Though just for you, Avengers Encore exists sooo

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐳𝐲 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥

Thanks so much!! Now I'm gonna have so much fun video editing!

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Elmar Chavez

Hey @francistrdev, such great accomplishments this month especially since you are now working from home too. Woohoo! 🥳 Excited to see your refactored and updated portfolio.

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FrancisTRᴅᴇᴠ (っ◔◡◔)っ

Thanks Elmar :D