Dev.to Writing: Milestones

#meta #writing #gratitude

Last week I hit two modest milestones in my writing. I thought I'd share as I'm interested in how others are succeeding.

Over the last 26 weeks I've written at least one article/post (I guess make that 27 now?). Totaling 34 (now 35) posts on DEV.

I've gotten over 10,000 views across them all (milestone #1) for an average of ~290 views per post. I also just crossed 200 followers (thanks everyone, milestone #2), so I've averaged ~125% views per follower... which is.. good, I guess?

My most reacted to article was my last one (check it out?):

The Night owls guide to 6am

Nathan Kallman ・ Oct 5 '20

#productivity #learning #remote

My most commented article is (unsurprisingly) my #challenge:

Unconditional Challenge: FizzBuzz without `if`

Nathan Kallman ・ Jun 15 '20

#challenge #computerscience #functional #oop

And my most viewed articles are both from my With Only CSS series:

Styling a radio button with only CSS

Nathan Kallman ・ Jun 22 '20

#css #tutorial #nojs

Styling a checkbox with only CSS

Nathan Kallman ・ Jun 8 '20

#css #tutorial #nojs

(at ~2600 and ~2400 views respectively; these two represent half of my total views... making up for all the less than 25 view posts I've made)

Which was surprising to me as I wrote this as I remember those articles not doing very well at all when they were first published.

I've also set up Web Monitization and a Buy Me a Coffee page. Which has gotten me a grand total of... wait for it: five cents!

Okay, obviously none of these numbers are amazing or gigantic; but I'm proud of what I've done over the last 26 weeks, and I think I'll continue writing for the < 25 people who read my regular work. Thanks! Peace