--- title: Best developer posts — May 2024 | daily.dev description: The most upvoted daily.dev posts from May 2024, curated by the daily.dev community. canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/best-of/2024/05 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/best-of/2024/05 og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Best developer posts — May 2024 | daily.dev og:description: The most upvoted daily.dev posts from May 2024, 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 — May 2024 1. 1 [](https://daily.dev/posts/api-design-101-from-basics-to-best-practices-gybjn53cd "API Design 101: From Basics to Best Practices") Article Community Picks · 2y API Design 101: From Basics to Best Practices This post provides an in-depth explanation of API design, focusing on the basics and best practices. It covers topics such as CRUD operations, communication protocols, REST, GraphQL, and more. 4.1K 130 2. 2 [](https://daily.dev/posts/37-tips-from-a-senior-frontend-developer-79uhcv1bd "37 Tips from a Senior Frontend Developer") Article DEV · 2y 37 Tips from a Senior Frontend Developer Tips for frontend developers include mastering the fundamentals, understanding how the web works, learning data structures and algorithms, practicing rather than just reading or watching tutorials, asking for help when stuck, not blindly copying code, evaluating online advice, assuming good intent, and focusing on delivering value. It's important to communicate, take breaks, work from strengths, diversify problem-solving, find mentors, commit to a JavaScript framework, prioritize user experience, and continuously invest in skills. 3.5K 157 3. 3 [](https://daily.dev/posts/20-essential-browser-extensions-for-web-developers-mxgmsrlwz "20 Essential Browser Extensions For Web Developers") Article Community Picks · 2y 20 Essential Browser Extensions For Web Developers Discover 20 essential browser extensions for web developers in 2024, including ColorZilla, WhatFont, Wappalyzer, and more. Explore extensions for getting information from other websites, developing and testing projects, and improving productivity. 3.4K 111 4. 4 [](https://daily.dev/posts/17-best-developer-productivity-tools-to-try-b423p8xg4 "17 Best Developer Productivity Tools to Try") Article Community Picks · 2y 17 Best Developer Productivity Tools to Try Explore the top developer productivity tools in 2024, including IDEs, code editors, project management tools, collaboration tools, and more. 2.9K 74 5. 5 [](https://daily.dev/posts/ssl-in-localhost-takes-5-seconds-now--zhuzgvwxh "SSL in localhost takes 5 seconds now.") Article DEV · 2y SSL in localhost takes 5 seconds now. Setting up SSL for localhost traditionally requires tedious manual configurations and repetitive steps. However, Ophiuchi simplifies the process by automatically generating certificates, updating the hosts file, providing an integrated web server, and ensuring instant trust. It saves time and allows developers to focus on building great software. 2.4K 123 6. 6 [](https://daily.dev/posts/make-naked-websites-look-great-with-matcha-css--1aemgfj0a "Make naked websites look great with matcha.css!") Article DEV · 2y Make naked websites look great with matcha.css! matcha.css is a drop-in semantic styling library in pure CSS that can make naked websites look great without any build steps, JavaScript, configuration, or refactoring. It provides additional modern styles out-of-the-box and is easily customizable and reversible. 2.3K 102 7. 7 [](https://daily.dev/posts/chatgpt---prompts-for-developers-fk1uibccv "ChatGPT - Prompts for developers") Article Community Picks · 2y ChatGPT - Prompts for developers ChatGPT is an AI chatbot that helps developers in various ways such as writing code, refactoring code, code review and debugging, optimizing code, explaining code, creating unit tests, adding code comments, creating boilerplate code, and writing regular expressions. 1.9K 75 8. 8 [](https://daily.dev/posts/7-modern-html-features-you-should-know-yzcc3vhsu "7 Modern HTML Features You Should Know") Video Awesome · 2y 7 Modern HTML Features You Should Know Stay up to date with modern HTML features that you might not be familiar with. Learn about dialogues, the data list element, color picker, HTML capture attribute, and more. 1.9K 80 9. 9 [](https://daily.dev/posts/solid---the-simple-way-to-understand-cjqu7bint "SOLID - The Simple Way To Understand") Article DEV · 2y SOLID - The Simple Way To Understand This post explains the SOLID principles in a simple way using Typescript examples. It covers the Single Responsibility Principle, Open-Closed Principle, Liskov Substitution Principle, Interface Segregation Principle, and Dependency Inversion Principle. 1.7K 43 10. 10 [](https://daily.dev/posts/free-ai-courses-from-nvidia-for-all-levels-3q8wznvec "Free AI Courses from NVIDIA: For All Levels") Article KDnuggets · 2y Free AI Courses from NVIDIA: For All Levels Free AI courses from NVIDIA are available to help you learn and build AI applications. Topics include Generative AI, building a neural network, augmenting LLMs using Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG), and building RAG Agents with LLMs. 1.5K 50 11. 11 [](https://daily.dev/posts/50-coding-laws-that-would-make-you-a-decent-programmer--iet07bdfc "50 Coding Laws That Would Make You A Decent Programmer.") Article Community Picks · 2y 50 Coding Laws That Would Make You A Decent Programmer. Learn 50 coding laws that can help you become a better programmer. These laws cover various aspects of coding such as avoiding comments, naming variables and functions, writing clean code, and following best practices. 1K 51 12. 12 [](https://daily.dev/posts/frontend-resources--j6qhjcy5k "Frontend resources! 🚀") Article Community Picks · 2y Frontend resources! 🚀 A collection of frontend resources for UI creation, performance optimization, and more. 975 35 13. 13 [](https://daily.dev/posts/6-steps-to-getting-started-in-indie-game-development-5d1mhybl8 "6 Steps to Getting Started in Indie Game Development") Article Atomic Spin · 2y 6 Steps to Getting Started in Indie Game Development Learn the steps to getting started in indie game development, including picking a small idea, choosing an engine or framework, creating a prototype, finding assets, turning it into a complete game, and starting something new! 910 33 14. 14 [](https://daily.dev/posts/learn-things-that-don-t-change-lcltuo9mg "Learn things that don't change") Article Tech World With Milan · 2y Learn things that don't change Learn why it is important to focus on fundamentals rather than frameworks in software development. Discover a list of recommended books for software engineers in 2024. 883 36 15. 15 [](https://daily.dev/posts/reading-streaks-are-here--mtr8yyoxu "Reading streaks are here!") Article daily.dev Changelog · 2y Reading streaks are here! Reading streaks are a feature that gives readers an extra motivation to maintain their reading habit. Milestones are celebrated and displayed, and readers can opt out of them if desired. The feature includes a widget to track past streaks, including the longest streak and total reading days. Weekends are excluded from the streak, but reading during weekends can still contribute to it. 865 214 16. 16 [](https://daily.dev/posts/what-is-clean-architecture--mthvg6ykf "What is Clean Architecture?") Article Tech World With Milan · 2y What is Clean Architecture? Clean Architecture promotes the idea of modular, testable, and maintainable code. It emphasizes separating concerns and defining clear boundaries between system components. Clean Architecture is suitable for complex or long-lived applications, projects with a central domain model, and teams that prioritize clean code practices. 850 9 17. 17 [](https://daily.dev/posts/why-is-gpt-4o-free-openai-s-master-plan-jk52vtsgs "Why is GPT-4o Free? OpenAI’s Master Plan") Article AI in Plain English · 2y Why is GPT-4o Free? OpenAI’s Master Plan OpenAI has launched GPT-4o for free with the aim of achieving mass adoption, competing with other models, collecting more data for training future models, countering the scorched earth theory, and driving network effects. They may also have even better products coming soon. 800 80 18. 18 [](https://daily.dev/posts/javascript-security-simple-practices-to-secure-your-frontend-kcrzt8eef "JavaScript Security: Simple Practices to Secure Your Frontend") Article Community Picks · 2y JavaScript Security: Simple Practices to Secure Your Frontend Learn simple practices to secure your frontend JavaScript code, including keeping dependencies up-to-date, using security headers, and sanitizing user input. 767 31 19. 19 [](https://daily.dev/posts/dynamic-github-profile-with-bun-and-typescript-ofbo8n6zl "Dynamic Github profile with Bun and Typescript") Article Community Picks · 2y Dynamic Github profile with Bun and Typescript Learn how to enhance your GitHub profile using Bun and TypeScript. 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