--- title: Best developer posts — September 2023 | daily.dev description: The most upvoted daily.dev posts from September 2023, curated by the daily.dev community. canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/best-of/2023/09 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/best-of/2023/09 og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Best developer posts — September 2023 | daily.dev og:description: The most upvoted daily.dev posts from September 2023, curated by the daily.dev community. og:image: https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--VAY5ToZt--/f_auto/v1724209435/public/daily.dev%20-%20open%20graph --- # Best of daily.dev — September 2023 1. 1 [](https://daily.dev/posts/bun-1-0-xeb1bb2m9 "Bun 1.0") Article Community Picks · 3y Bun 1.0 Bun is a fast, all-in-one toolkit for running, building, testing, and debugging JavaScript and TypeScript. Bun's goal is to eliminate slowness and complexity without throwing away everything that's great about JavaScript. Bun is tested against test suites of the most popular Node.js packages on Node. 788 47 2. 2 [](https://daily.dev/posts/writing-clean-code-best-practices-and-principles-2iykukjhq "Writing Clean Code: Best Practices and Principles") Article DEV · 3y Writing Clean Code: Best Practices and Principles Clean code is code that is easy to read, easy to understand, and easy to modify. Clean code follows a set of conventions and best practices that make it more consistent, making it easier for multiple developers to work on the same project seamlessly. Code that is difficult to understand is more prone to errors during modifications or enhancements. 506 27 3. 3 [](https://daily.dev/posts/sessions-tokens-jwt-sso-and-oauth-in-one-diagram-b69pkqdbb "Sessions, Tokens, JWT, SSO, and OAuth in One Diagram") Article ByteByteGo · 3y Sessions, Tokens, JWT, SSO, and OAuth in One Diagram The article explains the concepts of sessions, tokens, JWT, SSO, and OAuth in one diagram and discusses the impact of web session management on web applications. It also provides information on the most used Linux commands and outlines the aspects of cloud-native adoption. Additionally, it compares the event sourcing system design with the normal CRUD system design. 498 12 4. 4 [](https://daily.dev/posts/my-solopreneur-story-zero-to-45k-mo-in-2-years-yqsrp0jul "My solopreneur story: zero to $45K/mo in 2 years") Article Hacker News · 3y My solopreneur story: zero to $45K/mo in 2 years Tony Dinh quit his job and became a full-time indie hacker in September 2021\. His total revenue across all products is about $45K/month at \~90% profit. His first software product was built with Visual Basic 6 in high school. He created a product with it and survived a drama that almost killed his business. 479 36 5. 5 [](https://daily.dev/posts/10-exceptional-developer-tools-launched-in-2023-4dcygvhn1 "10 Exceptional Developer Tools Launched in 2023") Article Permit.io · 3y 10 Exceptional Developer Tools Launched in 2023 The way developers like us use various tools to enhance our work seems to have shifted significantly in 2023\. Only about 20% of the tools we are using are related to LLM and AI. The more we embrace the cloud-native paradigm, the more we rely on mirrord to debug our services locally. 424 24 6. 6 [](https://daily.dev/posts/creating-dynamic-readme-md-file-xgbxakhcg "Creating Dynamic README.md File") Article DEV · 3y Creating Dynamic README.md File In this project, I'm using Github Action to automatically update the weather in the README.md file. The specific thing here is that the weather is updated every 6 hours automatically. In this article, I will walk you through how I did that. Let's get started! Let's take a look at what is Github Actions GitHub Actions. 404 24 7. 7 [](https://daily.dev/posts/advanced-typescript-fpy6arlmg "Advanced TypeScript") Article Community Picks · 3y Advanced TypeScript This is a constantly updated collection of articles you can find on this site. Each article stands on its own, as you see familiar concepts in a new light. You learn: - Union types and as types - Value types (or literal types) Symbol in JavaScript and TypeScript # Symbols are a very unique type in JavaScript. 403 12 8. 8 [](https://daily.dev/posts/i-bet-you-don-t-use-these-javascript-tricks-and-practices-4rfeklnkp "I Bet You Don’t Use These JavaScript Tricks and Practices") Article JavaScript in Plain English · 3y I Bet You Don’t Use These JavaScript Tricks and Practices I Bet You Don’t Use These JavaScript Tricks and Practices. Using FlatMap Flat Map in javascript is a great technique which you can learn here. Not using native Javascript classes enough Javascript comes pack with native javascript classes that can help you create/instantiate things like URL, Headers and Headers. 395 12 9. 9 [](https://daily.dev/posts/tldraw-tldraw-a-very-good-whiteboard-mwu8nspdh "tldraw/tldraw: a very good whiteboard") Article Pointer · 3y tldraw/tldraw: a very good whiteboard Tldraw is a collaborative digital whiteboard available at tldraw.com. Its editor, user interface, and other underlying libraries are open source and available in this repository. You can use it to create a drop-in whiteboard for your product or as the foundation on which to build your own infinite canvas applications. 385 22 10. 10 [](https://daily.dev/posts/next-nav-7zqwg9d3i "Next.Nav") Article Community Picks · 3y Next.Nav Nav by opening the command palette using (Ctrl+Shift+P in Windows/Linux) or (Command+Shift +P MacOS) and typing Next. Nav will work on any file structure but it is best used for the App Router to display server/client rendering correctly. We will also only display javascript, typescript, or css files and ignore all other files. 364 13 11. 11 [](https://daily.dev/posts/elysia---fast-and-friendly-bun-web-frameworks-f5gjxbzsr "Elysia - Fast, and friendly Bun web frameworks") Article Community Picks · 3y Elysia - Fast, and friendly Bun web frameworks Elysia - Fast, and friendly Bun web frameworks. Elysia is fast 18x faster than Express Supercharged by Bun runtime, Static Code Analysis, and various micro optimization. Elysia generates OpenAPI 3.0 specs automatically to integrate with various tools across multiple languages. 369 13 12. 12 [](https://daily.dev/posts/next-js-13-5-hxmtlfcg2 "Next.js 13.5") Article Next.js · 3y Next.js 13.5 Next.js is now growing 80% MoM when looking at the top 10 million origins crawled by the HTTP Archive. With 13.5, we've seen the following improvements on a new application: 22% faster local server startup - 29% faster HMR (Fast Refresh) - 40% less memory usage. 322 17 13. 13 [](https://daily.dev/posts/bun-vs-node-js-everything-you-need-to-know-70wxubj1e "Bun vs Node.js: Everything you need to know") Article builder.io · 3y Bun vs Node.js: Everything you need to know Bun v1.0 is a super fast all-in-one toolkit for JavaScript and TypeScript apps. The beauty of Bun lies in its ability to streamline the development process, making it smoother and more efficient than ever. Bun is designed as a faster, leaner, more modern replacement for Node.js. 317 17 14. 14 [](https://daily.dev/posts/the-design-system-guide-2sjdi2tde "The Design System Guide") Article Community Picks · 3y The Design System Guide The Design System Guide All the essential resources for setting up the design system. Find out the best ways to work together with your team. Metrics Explore useful ways to measure your design system's success. 314 12 15. 15 [](https://daily.dev/posts/one-thing-nobody-explained-to-you-about-typescript-owwrlk99n "One Thing Nobody Explained To You About TypeScript") Article Community Picks · 3y One Thing Nobody Explained To You About TypeScript Learn about the tsconfig.json file in TypeScript, how it configures the language, and its impact on modules and environments. Discover the importance of using multiple tsconfig.json files for different layers and intentions in your project. 305 12 16. 16 [](https://daily.dev/posts/node-js-20-6-0-say-goodbye-to-dotenv--frokm7y6q "Node.js 20.6.0: Say Goodbye to 'dotenv'") Article DEV · 3y Node.js 20.6.0: Say Goodbye to 'dotenv' Node.js 20.6.0: Say Goodbye to 'dotenv' - DEV Community Unveiling.0\. The new version has built-in support for.env files. This means you don't need to rely on third-party packages for importing and using.env variables in your code. 294 22 17. 17 [](https://daily.dev/posts/animation-toolbox-for-the-web-rkhyhur5c "animation toolbox for the web") Article Community Picks · 3y animation toolbox for the web Theatre.js is a javascript animation library with a professional motion design toolset. It helps you create any animation, from cinematic scenes in THREE.js, to delightful UI interactions. With official extensions, or tools of your own, it works with any stack. 289 7 18. 18 [](https://daily.dev/posts/some-simple-and-amazing-javascript-tricks-lhmoly7nc "Some simple and amazing JavaScript tricks") Article JavaScript in Plain English · 3y Some simple and amazing JavaScript tricks The spread syntax will copy all the properties of the object, but will only create a new object at the top level. For nested objects, the references of the inner objects will be copied and will not create new ones. You can simply do so by using the function in Array’s prototype. 288 18 19. 19 [](https://daily.dev/posts/the-complete-microservices-guide-gmr1myhht "The Complete Microservices Guide") Article Amplication · 3y The Complete Microservices Guide Microservices have emerged as a popular architectural approach for designing and building software systems for several compelling reasons and advantages. It is a design approach that involves dividing applications into multiple distinct and independent services called "microservices" Microservices are naturally distributed services as each service is isolated from the others and runs in its own instance. 284 6 20. 20 [](https://daily.dev/posts/what-i-learned-from-software-engineering-at-google-n0u0kn3qd "What I learned from Software Engineering at Google") Article Community Picks · 3y What I learned from Software Engineering at Google The difference between Software Engineering and Programming is at the core of this book. Software Engineering is programming over time and programming is about writing code. When you're big, anyone might touch your code. The whole thing fits in your head. The earlier you find a mistake, the easier it is to fix. 260 14 21. 21 [](https://daily.dev/posts/v0-dev-by-vercel-labs-nji2sd5en "v0.dev by Vercel Labs") Article Community Picks · 3y v0.dev by Vercel Labs v0.dev by Vercel Labs A Tweet UI 14 hours ago A cookie consent banner 19 hours ago a sleek pricing page for a SaaS. 18 hours ago. A table of financial invoices 1 hour ago A simple music player 15 hours ago. 253 18 22. 22 [](https://daily.dev/posts/discover-bun---a-faster-modern-javascript-runtime-eqlrg895h "Discover Bun - A Faster, Modern JavaScript Runtime") Article DEV · 3y Discover Bun - A Faster, Modern JavaScript Runtime The Javascript Space is completely different from 15 years ago when NodeJS was first released. The technology behind Bun Bun is a Javascript Runtime. It starts with an Engine - The Component of a runtime that runs the Javascript code. Bun comes with built-in testing support, and so it is much faster from the other ones. 251 27 23. 23 [](https://daily.dev/posts/vite---next-generation-frontend-tooling-k7cpmnx91 "Vite - Next Generation Frontend Tooling") Article Product Hunt · 3y Vite - Next Generation Frontend Tooling Vite is a build tool that aims to provide a faster and leaner development experience for modern web projects. A build command that bundles your code, pre-configured to output highly optimized static assets. A dev server that provides rich feature enhancements. 244 9 24. 24 [](https://daily.dev/posts/css-variables-101-taililocv "CSS Variables 101") Article Community Picks · 3y CSS Variables 101 CSS Variables 101 CSS variables (AKA custom properties) have been supported in web browsers for almost four years. With CSS variables, this can be made much better like so. 240 12 25. 25 [](https://daily.dev/posts/7-simple-habits-of-the-top-1-of-engineers-nhcxna1bs "7 simple habits of the top 1% of engineers") Article Community Picks · 3y 7 simple habits of the top 1% of engineers Google has open sourced some of their style guides for some of its open source code. Good code is predictable and predictable. Good automated testing allows teams to make changes to code without worrying about breaking something unseen. 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