--- title: Best The Next Web posts — October 2020 | daily.dev description: The most upvoted The Next Web posts from October 2020, curated by the daily.dev community. canonical: https://daily.dev/sources/tnw/best-of/2020/10 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:url: https://daily.dev/sources/tnw/best-of/2020/10 og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Best The Next Web posts — October 2020 | daily.dev og:description: The most upvoted The Next Web posts from October 2020, 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 The Next Web — October 2020 1. 1 [](https://daily.dev/posts/github-took-down-popular-youtube-downloader-so-devs-made-more-copies-rijqhrkw4 "GitHub took down popular YouTube downloader — so devs made more copies") Article The Next Web · 6y GitHub took down popular YouTube downloader — so devs made more copies GitHub took down the popular YouTube video downloader tool “YouTube-dl’ after the Recording Industry Association of America, Inc. issued a DCMA takedown notice. RIAA argued that the YouTube-dl repository used technology violated section 1201 of copyright laws to obtain licensed content illegally. Developers and activists said the tool was meant to download videos from the government and other resources. 16 1 2. 2 [](https://daily.dev/posts/why-software-developers-might-be-obsolete-by-2030-z6d-aeku1 "Why software developers might be obsolete by 2030") Article The Next Web · 6y Why software developers might be obsolete by 2030 As more and more processes are automated, most jobs are obsolete at some point. According to one estimate, 45 percent of all jobs could be automated using current technology. Many developers have gone from building logic to building minds. While a machine might be unable to marvel at the cuteness of a cat, it might be able to categorize what it’s working at. 10 3. 3 [](https://daily.dev/posts/here-are-the-best-chrome-extensions-for-web-developers-in-2020-s4db7ve2v "Here are the best Chrome extensions for web developers in 2020") Article The Next Web · 6y Here are the best Chrome extensions for web developers in 2020 Extensions can make our lives easier, as is the case with the ones I listed today. Wappalyzer uncovers more than a thousand technologies in dozens of categories such as programming languages, marketing tools, payment processors, CRM, CDN, and others. This article was originally published on Live Code Stream. 10 [See all The Next Web archives](/sources/tnw/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/tnw/best-of/2020/10#page","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/tnw/best-of/2020/10","name":"Best The Next Web Posts — October 2020","description":"The most upvoted The Next Web posts from October 2020, curated by the daily.dev community.","isPartOf":{"@type":"WebSite","url":"https://daily.dev"}},{"@type":"ItemList","@id":"https://daily.dev/sources/tnw/best-of/2020/10#items","numberOfItems":3,"itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/github-took-down-popular-youtube-downloader-so-devs-made-more-copies-rijqhrkw4","name":"GitHub took down popular YouTube downloader — so devs made more copies"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/why-software-developers-might-be-obsolete-by-2030-z6d-aeku1","name":"Why software developers might be obsolete by 2030"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/here-are-the-best-chrome-extensions-for-web-developers-in-2020-s4db7ve2v","name":"Here are the best Chrome extensions for web developers in 2020"}]},{"@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":"The Next Web","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/tnw"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Best of","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/tnw/best-of"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"name":"October 2020"}]}]} ```