--- title: Best Community posts of 2021 | daily.dev description: The most upvoted Community posts of 2021, curated by the daily.dev community. canonical: https://daily.dev/tags/community/best-of/2021 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:url: https://daily.dev/tags/community/best-of/2021 og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Best Community posts of 2021 | daily.dev og:description: The most upvoted Community posts of 2021, 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 Community — 2021 1. 1 [](/posts/13-best-tech-documentaries-for-developers-q58-sts-i "13 Best Tech Documentaries For Developers") Article Honeypot · 5y 13 Best Tech Documentaries For Developers There are hardly any documentaries out there about developers or software development. All you need is this personally curated list of ‘developer’ documentaries (I’m most excited about the last one!). Let’s jump in. Vue.js: The Documentary: The origins of the Progressive JavaScript Framework. GraphQL: The documentary traces the rise and rise of GraphQL from initial success. 236 11 2. 2 [](/posts/thank-you-angular-twupxii7f "Thank you, Angular") Article Angular · 5y Thank you, Angular Igor Minar is leaving Google to take up a role with Uber Tech Lead Jeremy Elbourn. He will be transitioning to the role of Lead Tech Lead (TL) for the project. Minar has been working on the project since 2009, when he first met Miško Hevery. He says the project has grown to become much bigger and more influential than he ever imagined. 83 3 3. 3 [](/posts/how-to-use-the-github-repository-ohp3vukie "How to Use the .github Repository") Article freeCodeCamp · 5y How to Use the .github Repository GitHub has many special repositories, like the README in your profile. The .github repository acts as a fallback for repositories that don't have these types of community health files. The first file I will add is a bug report issue form. I am also going to create a feature request form. 79 12 4. 4 [](/posts/flutter-vs-react-native-the-battle-of-the-cross-platform-arena-ivoaeglaa "Flutter vs React Native: The Battle of the Cross-platform Arena") Article Honeypot · 5y Flutter vs React Native: The Battle of the Cross-platform Arena Flutter is a cross-platform software development kit (SDK) used to build natively compiled applications. React Native was introduced back in 2015 by facebook to develop native Android and iOS applications. Flutter ships with native components by default and compiles to X86 and ARM out of the box. 67 7 5. 5 [](/posts/the-best-web3-resources-blockchain-cryptocurrency-nfts-daos-and-the-metaverse-7n4mzopgi "The Best Web3 Resources—Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, NFTs, DAOs, and the Metaverse") Article Hashnode · 5y The Best Web3 Resources—Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, NFTs, DAOs, and the Metaverse Web3 could have paradigm-shifting implications for how we build the next generation of the internet. The moonshot dream of the web3 community is to build a decentralized alternative to the current internet infrastructure that we rely on. The rise of the so-called "creator economy" in web3 has led to an explosion of innovation across many creative industries. 56 1 6. 6 [](/posts/how-relevant-is-still-typescript-in-2021--zoa2-kf-i "How Relevant is Still TypeScript in 2021?") Article asayer · 5y How Relevant is Still TypeScript in 2021? 47 3 7. 7 [](/posts/open-source-postgresql-studio---powerful-postgresql-tool-is-now-open-source-for-self-hosting-evcnc-cpm "Open Source PostgreSQL Studio - Powerful PostgreSQL tool is now open source for self-hosting") Article Product Hunt · 5y Open Source PostgreSQL Studio - Powerful PostgreSQL tool is now open source for self-hosting 43 2 8. 8 [](/posts/the-new-life-of-php-the-php-foundation-ryovqaat6 "The New Life of PHP – The PHP Foundation") Article JetBrains · 5y The New Life of PHP – The PHP Foundation Nikita Popov is leaving JetBrains as of December 1 and will spend significantly less time on PHP. The PHP Foundation will be a non-profit organization whose mission is to ensure the long life and prosperity of the PHP language. The Foundation’s rules and rules bylaws can be found at: opencollective.com/phpfoundation. 40 9. 9 [](/posts/jobs-in-web3---how-i-landed-a-job-in-4-months-nexfyqqd0 "Jobs in Web3 - How I landed a job in 4 months") Article Hashnode · 5y Jobs in Web3 - How I landed a job in 4 months The author is a developer and technical writer for web3\. He says there is a lack of opportunities for junior developers in the web3 space. The fastest way to learn web3 is to join a web3 developer group, he says. For more information on how to get a job in web3, visit ETH Global. 35 4 10. 10 [](/posts/level-up-with-deploy-5pjwhezcg "Level up with deploy") Article DigitalOcean · 5y Level up with deploy DigitalOcean has spent the last ten years simplifying cloud computing so that builders around the world can participate and thrive in this software community. This week, we learned from experts in the field who shared how their scrappy teams continue to keep cloud computing simple while still growing and scaling their businesses. 34 1 11. 11 [](/posts/next-js-is-turning-5-join-the-celebration--dqtx9lcae "Next.js is turning 5. Join the celebration!") Article daily.dev · 5y Next.js is turning 5\. Join the celebration! Next.js Conf is a day dedicated to celebrating what we've accomplished as a community. Next.js was born and paved the way for a faster, more intuitive, and more freeing way to build for the web. Here are three reasons you won't want to miss the event on October 26. 31 12. 12 [](/posts/building-the-next-phase-of-github-together-aec7deask "Building the next phase of GitHub, together") Article GitHub Blog · 5y Building the next phase of GitHub, together GitHub CEO Nat Geo Wojcicki is stepping down on November 15th. Wozniacki started coding in the late 1980s on a Robotron KC 87 and then on a Commodore 64\. GitHub will retain its developer-first values, distinctive spirit, and open extensibility. We will always support developers in their choice of any language, license, tool, platform or cloud. 27 1 13. 13 [](/posts/learn-flutter-for-free-with-flutter-apprentice--tvpw7uhuk "Learn Flutter for free with Flutter Apprentice!") Article Flutter · 5y Learn Flutter for free with Flutter Apprentice! Learn Flutter for free with Flutter Apprentice. The book normally costs $60 to purchase, but you’ll have free access to it from today, October 6, 2021 through January 6, 2022\. Join us each Wednesday at 12pm EST / 9am PST on the Flutter Community YouTube channel for summaries and discussions. 26 14. 14 [](/posts/introducing-github-global-campus-4znaatdzx "Introducing GitHub Global Campus") Article GitHub Blog · 5y Introducing GitHub Global Campus 26 15. 15 [](/posts/jamstack-developers-favorite-frameworks-of-2021-3pdx8woyy "Jamstack Developers’ Favorite Frameworks of 2021") Article CSS-Tricks · 5y Jamstack Developers’ Favorite Frameworks of 2021 Jamstack has gone mainstream and the ecosystem is thriving. More than 60% of survey respondents use Figma and are happier with it than the users of any other design tool. For 55% of developers, JavaScript is their primary language, but TypeScript is coming from behind with a growing share. 24 16. 16 [](/posts/remix-run-remix-build-better-websites-hkhf-opj5 "remix-run/remix: Build better websites") Article Changelog · 5y remix-run/remix: Build better websites Remix is a framework for building better websites using modern web standards and best practices. This repo is a work in progress, so we appreciate your patience as we figure things out. Please see our code of conduct for any questions about the kind of community we are trying to build here. 23 2 17. 17 [](/posts/how-to-become-a-certified-ethical-hacker-85qqudh4h "How to Become a Certified Ethical Hacker") Article Honeypot · 5y How to Become a Certified Ethical Hacker Cybersecurity and hacking certifications will be important if you are pursuing a career in the infosec industry. I’ll go through the top five cybersecurity certifications and explain a little about what you can expect and who they're for. There are two main categories that differentiate ethical hacking jobs. We have Red Teaming which is the offensive side of hacking, and Blue Teaming. 22 18. 18 [](/posts/docker-captain-take-5-francesco-ciulla-6rrkkxpmd "Docker Captain Take 5 – Francesco Ciulla") Article Docker · 5y Docker Captain Take 5 – Francesco Ciulla “Docker Captains Take 5” is a regular blog series where we get a closer look at our Captains and ask them the same broad set of questions. Today, we’re interviewing Francesco Ciulla who joined the Docker Captains program last month. He is a DevOps consultant and is based in Rome. 19 10 19. 19 [](/posts/10-trending-projects-on-github-for-web-developers---27th-august-2021-2wblpolho "🚀10 Trending projects on GitHub for web developers - 27th August 2021") Article DEV · 5y 🚀10 Trending projects on GitHub for web developers - 27th August 2021 PWL is a community built around reading, discussing and learning more about academic computer science papers. This repository serves as a directory of some of the best papers the community can find. You can also discuss PWL events, the content in this repository, and/or anything related to PWL on our Slack, after signing-up to join it. 16 20. 20 [](/posts/react-native-in-h2-2021-react-native-rx1b-aaha "React Native in H2 2021 · React Native") Article React Native · 5y React Native in H2 2021 · React Native React Native has had a great year, and we're excited to share our plans for H2 2021\. Our areas of focus include nurturing the community, beginning to roll out the new architecture to open source, and pushing the technology forward. We are also focused on improving React Native’s release process. 13 1 21. 21 [](/posts/vercel-and-svelte-a-perfect-match-for-web-developers-the-new-stack-6c-ya5yt2 "Vercel and Svelte: A Perfect Match for Web Developers – The New Stack") Article The New Stack · 5y Vercel and Svelte: A Perfect Match for Web Developers – The New Stack Rich Harris, creator of the popular Svelte frontend compiler for building fast web applications, has joined Vercel. Vercel is the provider of a popular development platform for frontend frameworks and static sites. Harris said they decided they “are not going to let the demands of any one commercial entity dictate” what is a consensus-driven project. 12 1 22. 22 [](/posts/react-native-apis-turned-into-react-hooks-for-use-in-functional-react-components-n31lfbvkd "React Native APIs turned into React Hooks for use in functional React components") Article React Native Example · 5y React Native APIs turned into React Hooks for use in functional React components React Native APIs turned into React Hooks allowing you to access asynchronous APIs directly in your functional components. You must use React Native >= 0.59.0 to use the Hooks. The Hooks API will change between one of ‘active’, ‘background’ or (iOS) ‘in active’ when the app is closed or put into the background. 12 23. 23 [](/posts/developer-advocate-daily-dev-needs-you-9m-am5vo7 "Developer Advocate? 🥑 daily.dev needs you") Article daily.dev · 5y Developer Advocate? 🥑 daily.dev needs you daily.dev is looking to expand its team. We're running daily.dev as 3 people in a full-time job for over a year now. We managed to triple our user base in a year, and it's a perfect time to expand our team. If you love what we do, this is a great chance to join on board and make an impact. 11 3 24. 24 [](/posts/the-new-leaders-of-remote-work-event-august-11-2021-pkzsrvgytk "The New Leaders of Remote Work Event August 11, 2021") Article DZone · 5y The New Leaders of Remote Work Event August 11, 2021 The New Leaders of Remote Work - by engineering leaders, for engineering leaders - is all about. Join us from 9am-10am PST on August 11th for another great panel discussion. Darren Murph Head of Remote at GitLab & Guinness World Record Holder as the most prolific blogger ever. Lawrence Mandel Director of Engineering at Shopify & Hockey Enthusiast. Shweta Saraf Senior Director of engineering at Equinix & Plato Mentor. Dan Lines, COO of LinearB, moderating a discussion on how the current workplace is changing. 11 10 25. 25 [](/posts/announcing-the-improved-next-js-discord-community-zebcph6ck "Announcing the Improved Next.js Discord Community") Article Next.js · 5y Announcing the Improved Next.js Discord Community The Next.js Discord has 30,000+ developers and growing more every day. New features include a new member onboarding flow to make it easier to navigate the Discord. A revised channel structure with new channels like #releases , #jobs , and #resources. A custom Discord bot for spam detection and moderation. 10 [See all Community archives](/tags/community/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/tags/community/best-of/2021#page","url":"https://daily.dev/tags/community/best-of/2021","name":"Best Community Posts of 2021","description":"The most upvoted Community posts of 2021, curated by the daily.dev community.","isPartOf":{"@type":"WebSite","url":"https://daily.dev"}},{"@type":"ItemList","@id":"https://daily.dev/tags/community/best-of/2021#items","numberOfItems":25,"itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/13-best-tech-documentaries-for-developers-q58-sts-i","name":"13 Best Tech Documentaries For Developers"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/thank-you-angular-twupxii7f","name":"Thank you, Angular"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-use-the-github-repository-ohp3vukie","name":"How to Use the .github Repository"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/flutter-vs-react-native-the-battle-of-the-cross-platform-arena-ivoaeglaa","name":"Flutter vs React Native: The Battle of the Cross-platform Arena"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-best-web3-resources-blockchain-cryptocurrency-nfts-daos-and-the-metaverse-7n4mzopgi","name":"The Best Web3 Resources—Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, NFTs, DAOs, and the Metaverse"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":6,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-relevant-is-still-typescript-in-2021--zoa2-kf-i","name":"How Relevant is Still TypeScript in 2021?"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":7,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/open-source-postgresql-studio---powerful-postgresql-tool-is-now-open-source-for-self-hosting-evcnc-cpm","name":"Open Source PostgreSQL Studio - Powerful PostgreSQL tool is now open source for self-hosting"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":8,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-new-life-of-php-the-php-foundation-ryovqaat6","name":"The New Life of PHP – The PHP Foundation"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":9,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/jobs-in-web3---how-i-landed-a-job-in-4-months-nexfyqqd0","name":"Jobs in Web3 - How I landed a job in 4 months"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":10,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/level-up-with-deploy-5pjwhezcg","name":"Level up with deploy"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":11,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/next-js-is-turning-5-join-the-celebration--dqtx9lcae","name":"Next.js is turning 5. Join the celebration!"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":12,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/building-the-next-phase-of-github-together-aec7deask","name":"Building the next phase of GitHub, together"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":13,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/learn-flutter-for-free-with-flutter-apprentice--tvpw7uhuk","name":"Learn Flutter for free with Flutter Apprentice!"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":14,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/introducing-github-global-campus-4znaatdzx","name":"Introducing GitHub Global Campus"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":15,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/jamstack-developers-favorite-frameworks-of-2021-3pdx8woyy","name":"Jamstack Developers’ Favorite Frameworks of 2021"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":16,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/remix-run-remix-build-better-websites-hkhf-opj5","name":"remix-run/remix: Build better websites"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":17,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-become-a-certified-ethical-hacker-85qqudh4h","name":"How to Become a Certified Ethical Hacker"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":18,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/docker-captain-take-5-francesco-ciulla-6rrkkxpmd","name":"Docker Captain Take 5 – Francesco Ciulla"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":19,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/10-trending-projects-on-github-for-web-developers---27th-august-2021-2wblpolho","name":"🚀10 Trending projects on GitHub for web developers - 27th August 2021"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":20,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/react-native-in-h2-2021-react-native-rx1b-aaha","name":"React Native in H2 2021 · React Native"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":21,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/vercel-and-svelte-a-perfect-match-for-web-developers-the-new-stack-6c-ya5yt2","name":"Vercel and Svelte: A Perfect Match for Web Developers – The New Stack"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":22,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/react-native-apis-turned-into-react-hooks-for-use-in-functional-react-components-n31lfbvkd","name":"React Native APIs turned into React Hooks for use in functional React components"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":23,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/developer-advocate-daily-dev-needs-you-9m-am5vo7","name":"Developer Advocate? 🥑 daily.dev needs you"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":24,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-new-leaders-of-remote-work-event-august-11-2021-pkzsrvgytk","name":"The New Leaders of Remote Work Event August 11, 2021"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":25,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-the-improved-next-js-discord-community-zebcph6ck","name":"Announcing the Improved Next.js Discord Community"}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Tags","item":"https://daily.dev/tags"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Community","item":"https://daily.dev/tags/community"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Best of","item":"https://daily.dev/tags/community/best-of"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"name":"2021"}]}]} ```