When I joined DEV, I had a very simple goal.
Learn in public. Maybe improve as a developer. Hopefully become employable enough to get a decent job...
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Thanks for the mention Aryan and great work on 10k!
aaaannnnndddddd I am here lmao. But regardless, glad I am part of the journey with you on DEV.
It's funny to think about how your post shows up in my feed the first time I joined DEV. Honesty, the title and content was straightforward to me, so I thought I could share my experience and go from there.
Also, you were the second person I commented. The first comment I made on DEVwas to @sylwia-lask post, but you are still my first follower on DEV lol.
Can't wait to see what you will do! :D
Thanks so much, Francis! 😄♥️
It's honestly crazy to think you were one of the first people I interacted with here. Looking back, I definitely didn't expect this journey to turn into what it has. Really appreciate all the encouragement along the way. Looking forward to seeing where both of us end up next!
Yes, I miss Richard a lot too. He encouraged so many people with his heartwarming messages. I'd love to see him again soon.
I'm happy to keep learning together with you. Let's continue learning, having fun together! 😄
Thank you! 😄
Richard really did leave a lasting impression on so many people here. Hopefully we'll get to see him around again someday.
Looking forward to building and learning more together too! 🥂
He is on dev.to theoretically (with no account) since he did mentioned that he looked at my monthly dev reports. So basicially, he is watching us lol
That's... very nice to hear. And also so sweet of him😭
We should keep DEV.to a good place where Richard can always come back! 😊
Absolutely. 😄 I think that's one of the best ways we can thank people like Richard who helped shape this community. Whether he comes back tomorrow or years from now, it'd be nice if it still felt like home.
Let alone 10k developers... Try get 10k developers to agree on anything 😂 well 10k developers agree that your content is worth reading. That's a remarkable feat in it's own. Yeah I must say, after being here for a month and a bit, I'm getting cozy here, the community is friendly and having long conversations in comment sections are oddly satisfying and productive, as different experts just hint at what could be better, you try it, it works, you share results, they congratulate you and you explain the next phase and the loop continues. Past 2 days, I went from suggesting an author tries Kimi K 2.7 on their benchmark system, cuz cloudflare just released it in ai workers. He liked the idea, in the meantime, I had built a little agentic extension for vs code so I could test it for him, he beat me to it. But he hit a roadblock with Kimi, if you didnt explicitly tell it to focus on security, it neglects it. So I upgraded the extension to check for that, regardless of model. Fast forward to today, I built an entire agentic IDE from scratch, because every step I took, the next bottleneck was there, even just model loading, kv-cache, everything is too slow, so I optimized, because I enjoyed the conversation. Result is the fastest, lightest, safest IDE on the planet. Not because I can magically write 20m LOC in a day, but because it's unnecessary to do so. Stripped down, re-engineered from baremetal up, it defies all constraints, because everywhere where it's not hardware-level speed, I refactored till it was. Stripping JSON for a custom file system meant no more serialization, structuring the data deterministically meant the model wont hallucinate as much, a rust-based mcp server meant that tool calls happen in nanoseconds, redesigned kv-cache meant a 1% drop in latency, but with a 4x reduction in size rewriting a b1.58 model in my custom format bloated it by 27%, but optimized it to where it performs around 7.4x faster than what it was ever capable of. All because of this community, commenting on someone's post and the author being kind enough to engage in conversation.
I absolutely love stories like this.
What stood out to me wasn't even the technical part, it was how one conversation led to another, and eventually snowballed into building something much bigger than you originally planned. That's happened to me more times than I can count.
I think that's one of the most underrated parts of communities like DEV. Sometimes you don't gain something directly from a post, you gain the next idea that sends you down an entirely different rabbit hole.
Also... building an entire agentic IDE because every bottleneck annoyed you is peak engineer behavior. Looking forward to seeing where you take it next!
😂 At this point I'm convinced your development process is just "get annoyed enough and accidentally invent a new framework."
But I think there's actually a pattern there. The best tools usually come from people who feel the pain firsthand instead of trying to solve a hypothetical problem.
And I completely agree about the comment sections. Some of the most interesting ideas I've had recently came from long conversations like these rather than from the posts themselves. That's probably one of my favorite parts of DEV, you never know where a discussion is going to lead.
Right? I mean right now I'm busy turning NDA into a programming language of it's own, I already build the dual pipeline system, it actively learns from any code it writes/interprets and stores it in the merkel root, so essentially it never needs cache and it actively learns from coding. Currently building the translation layer, so it can interpret any language and convert it to NDA, so it can learn what makes each language specially fast and where they fail. Essentially, it'd be able to take pytorch and rewrite it using rust/llvm patterns to make it faster than ever and being NDA based, it's the same language as the literal model weights are now, so it's native understanding and execution, which means hallucination should be next to 0, because it always knows the exact state and fully comprehends it. So it's going somewhere very interesting...
It indeed is, looking forward to it!!!
Aryan, congrats on 10k 🎉
One thing I liked reading here was when you talked about coming back to DEV and being welcomed back by the community. I think that's what makes this place different from a lot of other platforms.
I've enjoyed following along with your posts, and it's been great seeing your journey over the last few months.
Well deserved, and here's to more weird little blogs 😄
Thank you so much, Hemapriya! 😄♥️
I completely agree. Coming back and realizing people actually noticed I was gone was something I never expected. That moment probably meant more to me than the follower count itself.
Here's to many more weird little blogs from both of us! 😄
Thank you so much for sharing that. ❤️
I'm really sorry to hear you've been going through such a difficult time, but it genuinely means a lot knowing the post resonated with you.
One thing I've realized this year is that almost everyone is figuring things out as they go—we're just at different points in the journey. If my weird little blogs can make someone feel a little less alone in that process, then they've already done more than I could've hoped for.
Wishing you all the best, and I'm looking forward to seeing you around here more. 😄
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This is so true, and i wish you all the best for all the cool things you want to archive !!
Thank you so much! 😄 I really appreciate it. Wishing you all the best on your journey as well!
❤️ broh!
I feel so honored that you mentioned me here @itsugo
Thank you so much for the shoutout.
I like what you wrote about the „Devengers“ like you called it.
dev.to is where I came to read stuff and ended up contributing myself.
Please keep posting , sharing and Learning.
Thank you so much, Ali! 😄♥️
I really meant every word. One of my favorite parts about DEV is seeing people come here just to read... and somehow ending up contributing themselves. I think that's one of the biggest strengths of this community.
Looking forward to reading more of your posts too!
10k from a goals-list that had nothing to do with 10k - that's the arc that actually works. congrats.
Thank you! 😄
I think that's probably why it still feels surreal. It wasn't something I was chasing directly, it just sort of happened while I was busy trying to learn in public. Definitely grateful for everyone who's been part of that journey.
learning in public as the method rather than the goal is exactly how those milestones tend to work - side effect of actually doing something. the people who aim at the number usually stop when they hit it.
Congrats on 10k! I love hearing about everyone's journey here. I started reading Dev.to's articles when one showed up across my Google news feed. Then another and then another. It's a great happy accident and I now cherish this space. Cheers to the next 10k!!
Thank you so much! 😄
It's funny how many people seem to have found DEV almost by accident. I definitely came here expecting "just another platform," but ended up finding a community instead.
Cheers to the next 10k, for both followers and interesting conversations! 🍻
Definitely!
I love this.
I'm new to dev.to but in the last couple weeks I've come to be amazingly grossed out by most other platforms especially linkedin... and really feel at home here.
I hope to find my tribe after a while too!
keep it up!
Thank you so much! 😄
That's honestly one of the things that surprised me most too. I came here expecting another platform where people just posted content, but I ended up finding conversations and people I genuinely look forward to interacting with.
I hope you find your tribe here too. Based on the discussions I've seen you having already, I think you're well on your way.
Awesome work Aryan! Congrats on the 10k milestone!
And thanks for the mention, I am glad my posts resonate with you :)
Keep it up! 20k next!
Thanks a lot, Julien! 😄
And thank you for all the fascinating projects you've shared over the past few months, they've definitely pushed me to think about software from different angles.
Haha, let's see about that 20k first. One weird little blog at a time. 🥂
much love man! keep it up!
and thanks for the kind words
10k and still writing about things you're genuinely figuring out rather than things you've already figured out. That's the rarest thing on the internet.
Congrats, and here's to more weird little blogs.
Thank you so much! 😄
That actually means a lot because that's something I want to keep doing. I think writing while I'm still figuring things out leads to much more interesting conversations than pretending I've already got everything figured out.
I am really happy for you 🫶🏾 introvert to introvert :)
I was looking for the same experience (learning in public) but somehow ended up on the other side of the spectrum, where people bullied me for my choice of words or opinions. I was learning to be clear in my communication but got cut-off. So I left it there.
For the moment I am shadowing nice and popular people like you (most of them are the ones you mentioned, small world eh!)
Lately recovering from that all. Thanks to one or two kind people I met along the way. I hope I will be inspired enough to start sharing again.
And cheers to your journey! Hope you keep rocking 😊
Thank you so much, Prakirth. ❤️
I'm really sorry you had that experience. Putting yourself out there is hard enough without feeling like you're being judged for the way you express yourself or the opinions you share.
One thing I've learned here is that the loudest interactions aren't always the ones that define a community. Some of the kindest people I've met on DEV started as complete strangers who simply took the time to leave a thoughtful comment. Those few positive interactions can outweigh a lot of negative ones.
I genuinely hope you start sharing again when you're ready. Your perspective will resonate with someone in the same way other people's posts have inspired you. And don't worry about getting everything "right", the people worth listening to care far more about an honest perspective than perfect wording.
Thank you for the kind wishes, and I hope I'll get to read one of your posts soon. 😊
Thanks a lot for the support and the advice! You are a very kindhearted person.
Lately I have been receiving positive and kind feedback on my comments. This is really helping my mind to get in the direction to start sharing again. And also as you said, someone somewhere might resonate with my posts. If not, I will just share for the sake of unburdening my cognitive load 😊
I really hope that I do start writing and sharing sometime soon. Hopefully this month! Thank you @itsugo 🫶🏾
What stands out most is that you never chased an audience you focused on sharing your journey honestly. That's exactly why people stayed. Authenticity will always outperform algorithms in the long run. Congratulations on 10K! 👏
Thank you! 😄
I think that's what made writing enjoyable for me in the first place. The moment it starts feeling like I'm writing for numbers instead of because I have something to say, I think I'd lose the part I enjoy most.
Impressive retrospect. Along the road, it's a great comfort to know that there are always people with us. Congrats on 10k👏👏
Thank you! 😄
Absolutely. Looking back, it's the people I met along the way that stand out far more than any milestone. That's probably the biggest surprise DEV gave me.
Thank you so much for the mention among the legends 😆. You are an awesome person who shares their learnings and provides a new perspective to look at the same ordinary thing. So, all your articles are worth a read and so much fun and engaging. Congrats on 10k. Well deserved and well counted.
Keep up the good work and keep shining more. Looking forward for your amazing articles and amazing insights.
Thank you again, Konark! 😄
One thing I always enjoy is taking something that seems ordinary and looking at it from a different angle, so I'm really happy that comes across in my writing.
Thanks for being part of the journey and for all the support. Looking forward to reading more of your posts too!
Thank you so much Aryan for mentioning me among the legands 😆 of dev.to. First of all, congrats on 10k. Really deserving and worth the wait. You are an awesome person who shares their journey and make it interesting as well. All your articles are worth a read and are a goldmine of insights to learn from. Thank you for sharing your journey, thank you for writing, thank you for being so awesome. ブログをありがとうございました。
Keep up the good work and keep writing such awesome content and sharing your experiences. Again congrats on 10k. Waiting for invitation to your grand party 😂. Looking forward for your new articles and adventures.
Konark! Thank you so much!
"Among the legends" might've been a slight exaggeration... or maybe not. 😆 You've definitely earned your place there.
It genuinely means a lot that you've been reading my posts and finding value in them. And thank you for the Japanese too! ブログを読んでくれてありがとうございます！😊
As for the grand party... first let me figure out how to reach 100k, then we'll plan something. 😂
Call your mama
Already did. 😄 She was one of the first people I told.
Good topic.
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Hi, Hosein! 😄 Welcome to DEV!
Hope you enjoy your time here. It's been an amazing community for me, and I hope it becomes one for you too. Looking forward to reading your posts. Welcome aboard!
Congratulations Aryan on 10k 🎉❤️
Thank you so much! ❤️😄
Really appreciate all the support. Hopefully there are many more weird little blogs ahead!
Nice, I hope you feel goooood :)
Hahaha, I really do. 😄 Still feels a bit surreal, honestly. Thank you!
Nice ❤
Cheers 🥂
Cheers! 🥂
Thanks for being part of the journey!
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