Andy Zhao (he/him) articles - 65 total
Changelog: Updated Mod Tooling
Over the past few months, we've been working especially hard on improving our community moderation...
New Feature: Response Templates!
I'm excited to announce a new feature we've been working on: response templates! This feature was fi...
What's your audio player?
When I switched from Windows to Mac to learn code, I missed using the audio player I had. It was a sm...
Changelog: Hidden Comments
About a month ago, we released blocking tools for user safety. That functionality was part of an ongo...
Changelog: Block Tools For User Safety
As part of our ongoing commitment to community safety, we've rolled out the ability to block other co...
Ruby IRB with Syntax Highlighting (and more!) in Ruby 2.7
Very excited to find out that Ruby 2.7 will introduce improvements to irb, Ruby's native REPL console...
How do you keep good posture while sitting?
I tend to slouch a lot when I sit for long periods at a time. There are several reasons for this, but...
Installing a New Node Version and Migrating npm Global Packages
So I recently had to install a new Node version because we (dev.to) upgraded it. Or at least I think...
Why do programmers like the winter?
Because it's code!
dev.to Repo Recap from the Past Week
A weekly post recapping what's happened in the dev.to repo.
dev.to Repo Recap from the Past Week
A weekly post recapping what's happened in the dev.to repo.
dev.to Repo Recap from the Past Week
A weekly post recapping what's happened in the dev.to repo.
Removing a Database Index from Rails Console
If you're familiar with Rails, you might be reading this and wondering, "Why would I ever need to rem...
Rails to Introduce View Components
While I'm waiting for tests to pass on my latest PR, I decided to catch up on my inbox. I subscribe t...
What's the quickest path into game development for a curious webdev?
Personally, I've always been into game development. I'm pretty happy with where I am now, but have so...
New Project: Repo Recap!
As you may know, I've been writing periodic "Repo Recaps" for the work getting put into DEV by our te...
Changelog: Join Multiple Organizations
You'll now be able to join and belong to multiple organizations! You can check out your settings page...
dev.to Repo Recap from the Past Week
A weekly post recapping what's happened in our repo.
dev.to Repo Recap from the Past Two Weeks
A weekly post recapping what's happened in our repo.
How I do solve this impossible SQL query?
So I'm trying to gather some data from dev.to's database. Unfortunately, SQL is not my strong suit...
dev.to Repo Recap from the Past Three Weeks
A weekly post recapping what's happened in our repo.
dev.to Repo Recap from the Past Three Weeks
A weekly post recapping what's happened in our repo.
dev.to Repo Recap from the Past Week
A weekly post recapping what's happened in our repo.
New Feature: Milestone Notifications!
You'll now receive notifications when you hit the big numbers!
New Feature: Organization Notifications!
Organizations now receive notifications for new comments, reactions, and followers!
dev.to Repo Recap from the Past Week
A weekly post recapping what's happened in our repo.
Challenge: Get Closest Number in an Array
Given an array of numbers and a given number, get the closest number.
dev.to Repo Recap from the Past Week
A weekly post recapping what's happened in our repo.
dev.to Repo Recap from the Past Two Weeks
A weekly post recapping what's happened in our repo.
dev.to Repo Recap from the Past Week
A weekly post recapping what's happened in our repo.