--- title: Best Medium posts — April 2024 | daily.dev description: The most upvoted Medium posts from April 2024, curated by the daily.dev community. canonical: https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js/best-of/2024/04 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:url: https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js/best-of/2024/04 og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Best Medium posts — April 2024 | daily.dev og:description: The most upvoted Medium posts from April 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 Medium — April 2024 1. 1 [](https://daily.dev/posts/success-you-re-wrong-about-almost-everything-wm768imka "Success: You’re wrong about almost everything") Article Medium · 2y Success: You’re wrong about almost everything The post discusses the misconceptions about success as a software engineer and challenges the traditional notions of working long hours and being in the office. It highlights the benefits of remote working, the different ways to reach top positions, and the decline in productivity with longer working hours. 92 2. 2 [](https://daily.dev/posts/did-the-makers-of-devin-ai-lie-about-their-capabilities--xa4wyscgy "Did the makers of Devin AI lie about their capabilities?") Article Medium · 2y Did the makers of Devin AI lie about their capabilities? This post explores the deceptive practices used by Cognition Labs in their demo video of Devin AI, highlights the limitations of Devin's capabilities, and examines how Devin fixes bugs and errors in code. 83 9 3. 3 [](https://daily.dev/posts/javascript-engine-jit-compiler-stack-heap-memory-primitives-references-and-garbage-collection-agjl1ruoy "JavaScript Engine, JIT compiler, Stack, Heap, Memory, Primitives, References, and Garbage Collection") Article Medium · 2y JavaScript Engine, JIT compiler, Stack, Heap, Memory, Primitives, References, and Garbage Collection This post provides an in-depth exploration of the JavaScript engine, including topics such as compilation and interpretation, JIT compilers, memory management (stack and heap), primitives, references, and garbage collection. 78 2 4. 4 [](https://daily.dev/posts/5-ai-books-for-software-engineers-vlol4htbe "5 AI Books for Software Engineers") Article Medium · 2y 5 AI Books for Software Engineers This post provides a list of 5 AI books for software engineers with a good balance of theory and practice. It covers topics such as machine learning with PyTorch and Scikit-Learn, deep learning, and understanding deep learning. The post also includes links to additional resources and recommends taking a slow and thorough approach to learning. 65 1 5. 5 [](https://daily.dev/posts/laravel-11-x-10-x-crud-generator-ome5lxho2 "Laravel 11.x/10.x CRUD Generator") Article Medium · 2y Laravel 11.x/10.x CRUD Generator The updated version of the Laravel CRUD Generator v2.x package provides and generates Controller, Model (with eloquent relations), and Views in Bootstrap/Tailwind CSS for the development of your applications with a single command. 63 5 6. 6 [](https://daily.dev/posts/25-data-science-projects-to-boost-your-resume-iunyjtr4o "25+ Data Science Projects to Boost Your Resume") Article Medium · 2y 25+ Data Science Projects to Boost Your Resume Mention and work on projects that can show most of your skills in solving a Data Science problem. Always make sure you are working on a project based on a real-time business problem. 55 7. 7 [](https://daily.dev/posts/why-use-gofr-for-golang-backend--sutpl1b1s "Why use GoFr for Golang Backend?") Article Medium · 2y Why use GoFr for Golang Backend? GoFr is an opinionated Go Framework for accelerated microservice development. It provides features like REST API principles, logging, metrics and tracing, CORS configuration, dynamic log level, Kubernetes compatibility, database integration, and IoT integration. GoFr simplifies API design and allows for easy monitoring and observability of applications. 42 3 8. 8 [](https://daily.dev/posts/event-driven-architecture-in-go-golang--uxcsxbwlt "Event-Driven Architecture in Go (golang)") Article Medium · 2y Event-Driven Architecture in Go (golang) This post explains Event-Driven Architecture using RabbitMQ, Domain-Driven Design, and Clean Architecture. It covers the concepts of events, commands, and actors, and provides code examples in Go (golang) to create events, entities, publishers, DTOs, use cases, controllers, and more. It also demonstrates how to listen to events and execute commands based on them. 31 9. 9 [](https://daily.dev/posts/making-flutter-apps-look-more-native-part-1-tap-effects-exd9ezzqh "Making Flutter apps look more native. Part 1: tap effects") Article Medium · 2y Making Flutter apps look more native. Part 1: tap effects Learn how to make Flutter apps look more native by implementing tap effects. Understand the differences between InkWell and GestureDetector and why it is recommended to pass a padding directly to the TapArea widget. 24 10. 10 [](https://daily.dev/posts/a-deep-dive-into-high-performance-http-requests-for-python-engineers-aytz0wpey "A Deep Dive into High Performance HTTP Requests for Python Engineers") Article Medium · 2y A Deep Dive into High Performance HTTP Requests for Python Engineers This post explores different techniques for improving the performance of HTTP request code in Python, including using concurrency models like threading, multiprocessing, and asyncio. It also discusses the differences between concurrency and parallelism. 22 11. 11 [](https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-find-memory-leaks-in-flutter-apps--wirb7q9pk "How to Find Memory Leaks in Flutter Apps?") Article Medium · 2y How to Find Memory Leaks in Flutter Apps? This post discusses how to find and fix memory leaks in Flutter apps using DevTools. It explains the basics of memory management in Dart and provides guidance on using the Memory View in DevTools. The post also covers how to compare different time frames in DevTools and provides a common example of a memory leak in Flutter apps. 22 12. 12 [](https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-new-in-next-js-14-2-7gexukq6u "What’s new in Next.js 14.2") Article Medium · 2y What’s new in Next.js 14.2 Next.js 14.2 introduces enhancements to turbocharge development workflow, streamline production processes, optimize caching strategies, and improve developer experience. It includes Turbopack for near-instantaneous updates, efficient tree-shaking, enhanced CSS chunking, and improved caching mechanisms. 21 2 13. 13 [](https://daily.dev/posts/kotlin-coroutines-from-basics-to-advanced-techniques--ofvijbffs "Kotlin Coroutines: From Basics to Advanced Techniques 🛠️") Article Medium · 2y Kotlin Coroutines: From Basics to Advanced Techniques 🛠️ Learn about Kotlin coroutines, a concurrency design pattern that allows asynchronous programming. Discover how coroutines differ from threads, how they improve performance compared to traditional threading, and the main coroutine builders in Kotlin. 20 14. 14 [](https://daily.dev/posts/a-tc39-proposal-for-signals-cp5nhzadx "A TC39 Proposal for Signals") Article Medium · 2y A TC39 Proposal for Signals A proposal for signals in TC39 has been made, which introduces a data type that enables one-way data flow by modeling cells of state and computations derived from other state/computations. Signals have an acyclic graph structure and follow a 'push then pull' model. They provide advantages like automatic memoization, avoidance of unnecessary recomputations, and support for reacting to changes. The proposal is open for contributions and aims to create a standard for signals in JavaScript and the web. 20 1 15. 15 [](https://daily.dev/posts/enhancing-deployment-workflow-a-step-by-step-guide-to-dockerizing-laravel-mosvtsf9h "Enhancing Deployment Workflow: A Step-by-Step Guide to Dockerizing Laravel") Article Medium · 2y Enhancing Deployment Workflow: A Step-by-Step Guide to Dockerizing Laravel Learn how to Dockerize and optimize a Laravel project for a production environment using PHP-FPM, Nginx, Redis, and MySQL. Dockerizing your Laravel project offers a streamlined approach to deployment, simplifying the process and ensuring consistency across environments. 19 2 16. 16 [](https://daily.dev/posts/javascript-variables-xiwr6tksz "JavaScript Variables") Article Medium · 2y JavaScript Variables Variables are fundamental in programming languages like JavaScript. The 'var', 'let', and 'const' keywords are used to declare variables with different scopes and behaviors. Static and dynamic programming languages have different approaches to variable declaration. 19 17. 17 [](https://daily.dev/posts/setting-a-dockerized-python-environment-the-elegant-way-peevu4fnz "Setting A Dockerized Python Environment — The Elegant Way") Article Medium · 2y Setting A Dockerized Python Environment — The Elegant Way This post provides a guide for setting up a Python dockerized development environment with VScode and the Dev Containers extension. 18 1 18. 18 [](https://daily.dev/posts/exploring-middleware-updates-in-laravel-11-3qfxydkbw "Exploring Middleware Updates in Laravel 11") Article Medium · 2y Exploring Middleware Updates in Laravel 11 This post explores the significant changes introduced to middleware in Laravel 11, including the move of middleware registration to the bootstrap/app.php file. 16 19. 19 [](https://daily.dev/posts/i-built-the-same-app-with-flutter-react-native-and-ionic-x6bsdsred "I built the same app with Flutter, React Native, and Ionic") Article Medium · 2y I built the same app with Flutter, React Native, and Ionic The author compares Flutter, React Native, and Ionic in building a cross-platform mobile app. They discuss the code style and language differences between the frameworks and the considerations for choosing a framework. 16 1 20. 20 [](https://daily.dev/posts/creating-a-scalping-strategy-in-python-with-a-74-win-rate-tky43efzw "Creating a Scalping Strategy in Python with a 74% Win Rate") Article Medium · 2y Creating a Scalping Strategy in Python with a 74% Win Rate Learn about a scalping trading strategy implemented in Python with a 74% win rate. Explore the concept of scalping trading, the mechanics of the strategy, and how to backtest it using historical and intraday data. Evaluate the strategy's returns and compare them to the buy/hold strategy. 15 1 21. 21 [](https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-create-a-beautiful-interactive-dashboard-layout-in-python-with-plotly-dash-rchsrrygk "How to create a beautiful, interactive dashboard layout in Python with Plotly Dash") Article Medium · 2y How to create a beautiful, interactive dashboard layout in Python with Plotly Dash Learn how to create a beautiful and interactive dashboard layout in Python with Plotly Dash. This article covers the layout design process and provides step-by-step instructions and code examples. Discover how to build a dashboard grid and style basic layout elements such as containers, text blocks, buttons, dropdowns, images, and output forms. 14 22. 22 [](https://daily.dev/posts/monitoring-the-golang-app-with-prometheus-grafana-new-relic-and-sentry-frrauxule "Monitoring the Golang App with Prometheus, Grafana, New Relic and Sentry") Article Medium · 2y Monitoring the Golang App with Prometheus, Grafana, New Relic and Sentry Learn how to monitor a Golang app using Prometheus, Grafana, New Relic, and Sentry. Discover what New Relic and Sentry are and how they help with observability and error tracking. 14 23. 23 [](https://daily.dev/posts/usecase-red-flags-and-best-practices-in-clean-architecture-vsh2mdurg "UseCase Red Flags and Best Practices in Clean Architecture") Article Medium · 2y UseCase Red Flags and Best Practices in Clean Architecture Guidelines and best practices for Use Cases in Clean Architecture, including their responsibilities, naming conventions, thread safety, and red flags to watch out for. 13 24. 24 [](https://daily.dev/posts/my-million-dollar-saas-idea-sucked-here-s-how-i-fixed-it--vbyogygrq "My Million Dollar SaaS Idea SUCKED! Here’s how I fixed it.") Article Medium · 2y My Million Dollar SaaS Idea SUCKED! Here’s how I fixed it. 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