It's the last Monday of the year, and we're going to celebrate it by shining a spotlight on our standout authors of 2023. These remarkable folks have consistently demonstrated excellence in their writing, earning the prestigious Top 7 badge multiple times. It's an honor to recognize their contributions to our community.

Without further ado, here are The Top 7's top authors and the articles that secured their well-deserved recognition again and again...and again. Quite an impressive body of work. Well done! 💪

Earned the Top 7 badge 7 times: @abbeyperini

8 Ways to Support Women Developers

Abbey Perini ・ Mar 8 '23

#wecoded #womenintech #programming #career

Dark Mode Toggle and prefers-color-scheme

Abbey Perini ・ Apr 21 '23

#javascript #react #css #webdev

From Idea to Design for Non-Designers

Abbey Perini ・ May 16 '23

#webdev #css #beginners #tutorial

Live Regions in React

Abbey Perini ・ Jun 26 '23

#webdev #a11y #react #javascript

Getting Started in a New Codebase

Abbey Perini ・ Aug 16 '23

#beginners #programming #webdev #softwaredevelopment

How I Got Feedback After Every Tech Interview

Abbey Perini ・ Sep 14 '23

#career #interview

Cognitive Load and Your Development Environment

Abbey Perini ・ Oct 17 '23

#mentalhealth #productivity #programming #webdev

Achieved the Top 7 badge 6 times: @pavanbelagatti

A Step-by-Step Guide to Continuous Integration for Your Node.js Application

Pavan Belagatti ・ Feb 2 '23

#javascript #devops #node #tutorial

Learn How to Setup a CI/CD Pipeline from Scratch

Pavan Belagatti ・ Mar 1 '23

#tutorial #devops #go #kubernetes

Kubernetes GitOps: A Beginner's Guide with a Hands-On Tutorial

Pavan Belagatti ・ Apr 8 '23

#gitops #tutorial #kubernetes #git

Microservices vs. Micro Frontends: What's the Difference?

Pavan Belagatti ・ Jul 25 '23

#microservices #tutorial #devops

A Beginner’s Guide to Building LLM-Powered Applications with LangChain!

Pavan Belagatti ・ Aug 30 '23

#datascience #dataengineering #llm #database

Introduction to SQL for Absolute Beginners!

Pavan Belagatti ・ Oct 3 '23

#sql #beginners #tutorial

Top 7 badge earned 5 times: @blackgirlbytes

How to speak at conferences when you’re scared of public speaking

Rizèl Scarlett ・ Jan 3 '23

#career #leadership #beginners #discuss

The Ultimate Guide to Writing Technical Blog Posts

Rizèl Scarlett ・ Jun 6 '23

#writing #careerdevelopment #leadership #contentwriting

How to make an impact as a developer advocate

Rizèl Scarlett ・ Aug 20 '23

#career #devrel #leadership #discuss

The Illusion of Data Ownership

Rizèl Scarlett for TBD ・ Oct 30 '23

#web5 #javascript #webdev #decentralization

Developer Relations is an all-company effort

Rizèl Scarlett ・ Dec 11 '23

#devrel #leadership #opensource #product

Top 7 badge recipient 5 times: @bytebodger

Optimizing Functional React Components

Adam Nathaniel Davis ・ Feb 9 '23

#react #javascript #typescript #tutorial

How to Get Your First Job as a Self-Taught Programmer

Adam Nathaniel Davis ・ Mar 17 '23

#beginners #programming #career #codenewbie

Most Managers Have No Clue What Programmers Actually Do

Adam Nathaniel Davis ・ May 9 '23

#webdev #programming #career

The Communication Shortcomings of Programmers

Adam Nathaniel Davis ・ Aug 31 '23

#webdev #programming #career

Use Cases for IIFEs

Adam Nathaniel Davis ・ Sep 13 '23

#javascript #typescript #webdev #tutorial

Secured the Top 7 badge 4 times: @cherryramatis

Complementing exceptions - Introducing monads for error handling in ruby

Cherry Ramatis ・ Aug 13 '23

#ruby #errors #monad #webdev

Linux filters - How to streamline text like a boss

Cherry Ramatis ・ Sep 11 '23

#ruby #beginners #linux #vim

Bringing more sweetness to Ruby with Sorbet types 🍦

Cherry Ramatis ・ Sep 18 '23

#ruby #sorbet #programming #tutorial

Pattern matching - Dealing with the if statement nightmare

Cherry Ramatis ・ Oct 2 '23

#ruby #elixir #beginners #programming

Holder of the Top 7 badge 4 times: @cassidoo

When useEffect runs

Cassidy Williams ・ Feb 10 '23

#react #preact #javascript #useeffect

The Productivity apps I use in 2023

Cassidy Williams ・ Apr 8 '23

#productivity #applications #todo #opensource

Open standards, trust, and Google

Cassidy Williams ・ Jun 21 '23

#opensource #openstandards

Jumblie Build Log

Cassidy Williams ・ Nov 28 '23

#showdev #gamedev #javascript

Top 7 badge achiever 4 times: @ingosteinke

Beyond Googling the Error Message

Ingo Steinke, web developer ・ Aug 23 '23

#programming #productivity #ai #webdev

StackOverflow alternatives for web developers

Ingo Steinke, web developer ・ Sep 27 '23

#webdev #productivity

Emotion-driven development

Ingo Steinke, web developer ・ Nov 3 '23

#webdev #productivity #mentalhealth

Relevant DEV posts - an updated reading list (no developer must read this)

Ingo Steinke, web developer ・ Dec 11 '23

Top 7 badge achiever 4 times: @srbhr

Creating a Game-Changer in Job Search: An Open Source ATS Resume Matcher

Saurabh Rai ・ Jul 21 '23

#javascript #opensource #python #machinelearning

Swirl: An open-source search engine with LLMs and ChatGPT to provide all the answers you need 🌌

Saurabh Rai ・ Sep 6 '23

#python #ai #opensource #machinelearning

Hacktoberfest 2023: The Complete Guide

Saurabh Rai ・ Sep 22 '23

#webdev #beginners #opensource #hacktoberfest23

[Alien Hunter Series Pt. 1] Mastering the COBOL Programming Language

Saurabh Rai for Gitroom ・ Nov 6 '23

#programming #beginners #parody #opensource

And there you have it. Wow. Congrats to this group and to ALL of our amazing Top 7 contributors. Thanks for what you do and what you bring to DEV. We'll see you all on the other side of the new year, folks. 🎉🥳 Stay safe out there, and Happy Coding!