--- title: Best DEV posts — July 2025 | daily.dev description: The most upvoted DEV posts from July 2025, curated by the daily.dev community. canonical: https://daily.dev/sources/devto/best-of/2025/07 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:url: https://daily.dev/sources/devto/best-of/2025/07 og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Best DEV posts — July 2025 | daily.dev og:description: The most upvoted DEV posts from July 2025, 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 DEV — July 2025 1. 1 [](https://daily.dev/posts/drawing-a-koala-with-html-and-css-wflm0syby "Drawing a Koala with HTML and CSS") Article DEV · 1y Drawing a Koala with HTML and CSS A developer creates a koala drawing using only HTML and CSS, demonstrating advanced CSS techniques like gradients, shadows, positioning, pseudo-elements, masks, and clip-path. The project showcases creative use of CSS properties to achieve a 3D clay-like appearance, with the complete coding process recorded and shared on YouTube. 110 7 2. 2 [](https://daily.dev/posts/the-challenges-of-self-learning-programming-and-how-to-overcome-them--x3xnng4nk "The Challenges of Self-Learning Programming (and How to Overcome Them)") Article DEV · 1y The Challenges of Self-Learning Programming (and How to Overcome Them) Self-learning programming presents unique challenges including resource overwhelm, tutorial paralysis, lack of accountability, and imposter syndrome. Key strategies for success include focusing on one main learning resource with two backups, building projects immediately after learning concepts, joining online communities for accountability and support, seeking regular feedback on code, and embracing the learning process. The author emphasizes that consistent daily practice, even for 30 minutes, is more effective than sporadic long sessions, and that real learning happens through struggle and problem-solving rather than passive consumption of tutorials. 55 2 3. 3 [](https://daily.dev/posts/css-art-severance-office-ya8v3tcbw "CSS Art: Severance Office") Article DEV · 1y CSS Art: Severance Office A developer recreates the office desk arrangement from the TV show Severance using HTML and 3D CSS transforms. The project demonstrates advanced CSS techniques including custom properties for creating reusable cube components and 3D rotations. During development, the author discovered a Chrome-specific rendering bug where elements rotated exactly 180 degrees become invisible, which was resolved by using 179.999 degrees instead. The bug was reported to Chrome's issue tracker. 35 3 [See all DEV archives](/sources/devto/best-of) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/sources/devto/best-of/2025/07#page","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/devto/best-of/2025/07","name":"Best DEV Posts — July 2025","description":"The most upvoted DEV posts from July 2025, curated by the daily.dev community.","isPartOf":{"@type":"WebSite","url":"https://daily.dev"}},{"@type":"ItemList","@id":"https://daily.dev/sources/devto/best-of/2025/07#items","numberOfItems":3,"itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/drawing-a-koala-with-html-and-css-wflm0syby","name":"Drawing a Koala with HTML and CSS"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-challenges-of-self-learning-programming-and-how-to-overcome-them--x3xnng4nk","name":"The Challenges of Self-Learning Programming (and How to Overcome Them)"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/css-art-severance-office-ya8v3tcbw","name":"CSS Art: Severance Office"}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sources","item":"https://daily.dev/sources"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"DEV","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/devto"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Best of","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/devto/best-of"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"name":"July 2025"}]}]} ```