Is it worth to switch from Medium to Dev.to?
Vladislav Guleaev

Vladislav Guleaev @vguleaev

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Is it worth to switch from Medium to Dev.to?

Publish Date: Jun 10 '19
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I want to continue make posts about programming. More like tutorials. Medium was ok for that, but there is Dev.to. I want to ask you about advantages of this platform and how popular is it nowdays?

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  • Vladislav Guleaev
    Vladislav GuleaevJun 10, 2019

    Any opinions? :)

  • rhymes
    rhymesJun 10, 2019

    Hi Vladislav, you should read this and decide:

    My answer would be yes :-)

  • Dan Mordechay
    Dan MordechayJun 17, 2019

    Medium now charges money and thats sux
    The only thing is that in dev.to you cant open a publication and have writers publish through your publication
    Im not sure if im using the right terms here but i think you understand what i mean...

  • Karl N. Redman
    Karl N. RedmanJun 29, 2019

    I'd say it's worth it if you're really trying to share knowledge. The paywall on Medium is a threat to sharing knowledge but not a threat to social media however.

    I think Medium is perfectly fine for those who will opt in to the service. Medium is a larger company and has a wider consumer base. And that woks for them.

    Dev.to, on the other hand, offers a forum specifically for developers of all kinds with no paywall.

    Additionally, if I'm looking for information about topic x (like your excellent Dockerize a Node.js app connected to MongoDb article recently), I'm likely to find it anyway by doing a google search whether it's hosted on medium or dev.to.

    my 2 cents :D

  • Haseeb Burki
    Haseeb BurkiSep 5, 2019

    I don't see the harm in posting on both 😄

  • Ravikant Vijayvargiya
    Ravikant VijayvargiyaAug 1, 2024

    I have a query. I am moving my articles from medium to here. But is it worth it?

    Medium has a paywall. I not looking for money, I want to engage with fellow developers and learn.

    Edit: What is your experience after so many years?

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