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The 7 Most Popular DEV Posts from the Past Week

Every Monday we round up the previous week's top posts based on traffic, engagement, and a hint of editorial curation. The typical week starts on Monday and ends on Sunday, but don't worry, we take into account posts that are published later in the week. ❤️

1. Don't Give Up

Rich shares their response to Tom MacWright's article, "Second-guessing the Modern Web." In this post, we discuss the current state of the web, areas for improvement, and why we shouldn't give up.

2. Not a get-rich-quick scheme!

Kyle discusses the basics of starting to freelance the right way. We learn about the mindset shift, determining your market, pricing, and more!

3. Any Machine Will Do

Jayesh shows us how to turn an old laptop into your own personal server in six steps, along with some cool things you can do with it.

4. No More Baggage

Marko argues against Google Analytics and suggests a privacy-friendly alternatives.

5. Climb On Up

Rina shares eight things to avoid if you care about expanding your horizons and opportunities while you climb that career ladder.

6. New Ecosystem

Aral walks us through the most used services with Node, and what their Deno alternatives are (if any).

7. Define & Compare

Milu shares an in-depth comparison between the following commands: revert, checkout, reset, merge, and rebase.

That's it for our weekly wrap up! Keep an eye on dev.to this week for daily content and discussions...and if you miss anything, we'll be sure to recap it next Monday!

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