--- title: Best Startup posts of 2021 | daily.dev description: The most upvoted Startup posts of 2021, curated by the daily.dev community. canonical: https://daily.dev/tags/startup/best-of/2021 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:url: https://daily.dev/tags/startup/best-of/2021 og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Best Startup posts of 2021 | daily.dev og:description: The most upvoted Startup 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 Startup — 2021 1. 1 [](/posts/my-path-to-financial-independence-as-a-software-engineer-yjmmooyrd "My Path to Financial Independence as a Software Engineer") Article Hacker News · 5y My Path to Financial Independence as a Software Engineer After 12 years in the corporate world, I am ecstatic that I have finally attained my goal. This article is about the nuts and bolts of my journey in case anyone else finds it useful in charting their own course. There are many steps in my journey that would be hard or impossible for others to replicate. But there are others that you would find more useful and applicable in your own life. 93 5 2. 2 [](/posts/i-built-a-saas-startup-in-2-months-here-s-what-i-learned--aebkt9hb8 "I Built A SaaS Startup In 2 Months, Here's What I Learned.") Article Hashnode · 5y I Built A SaaS Startup In 2 Months, Here's What I Learned. Upsocial aims to be an all-in-one social media dashboard built for content creators. It uses social media API's to track and store your profile and content growth over time, and display that information in a simple dashboard. Upsocial uses all of my favourite technologies, and is 100% serverless. It takes advantage of some of the same technologies that Hashnode utilizes too! 76 3 3. 3 [](/posts/no-joke-you-can-buy-our-copy-paste-keyboard-right-now-leckfwbkb "No joke—you can buy our copy/paste keyboard right now") Article Stack Overflow Blog · 5y No joke—you can buy our copy/paste keyboard right now 51 3 4. 4 [](/posts/are-you-a-startup-15-web-app-ideas-to-excite-you-npaokquvi "Are You a Startup? 15+Web App Ideas to Excite You") Article The Startup · 5y Are You a Startup? 15+Web App Ideas to Excite You The U.S. holds the most extensive technology market worldwide. 60% of startups say that AI is the most promising industry for business growth. Fintech startups find client acquisition as the most arduous activity. 92% of enterprises trust websites and web apps for the business’s effective digital marketing strategy. 40 2 5. 5 [](/posts/ui-ux-design-guide-what-are-ui-designers-and-how-are-they-different-than-ux-designers--rry8s9f9x "UI/UX Design Guide: What Are UI Designers, and How Are They Different Than UX Designers?") Article freeCodeCamp · 5y UI/UX Design Guide: What Are UI Designers, and How Are They Different Than UX Designers? 35 1 6. 6 [](/posts/28-best-tools-for-freelancers-2021-keep-your-business-on-track-qydzzlbqp "28 Best Tools for Freelancers (2021): Keep Your Business on Track") Article Torque · 5y 28 Best Tools for Freelancers (2021): Keep Your Business on Track Some of the best tools for freelancers tackle several key categories. These include organization, time-tracking, communication, productivity, invoicing, and more. It’s really a matter of saving time in all aspects of business, not just when completing projects. If you can find tools that reduce the time spent on handling finances, scheduling meetings, and communicating with clients, you should probably jump at the opportunity. 35 2 7. 7 [](/posts/react-s-creator-leaves-facebook-ogeilyboz "React's creator leaves Facebook") Article React Status · 6y React's creator leaves Facebook React's original creator, Jordan Walke, has left Facebook. This comes after ten years with the company where he put an indelible stamp on both React and Reason. In announcing his departure he simply said he is “starting a new company” but also goes to say that he will also be investing in startups in the React/Reason ecosystems. 32 3 8. 8 [](/posts/a-one-person-startup-s-tech-stack-vamketsjr "A One Person Startup's Tech Stack") Article Quastor Daily · 5y A One Person Startup's Tech Stack We’ll be giving a (very) brief intro to the Theory of Computation below. An overview of the 3 areas: Complexity Theory, Computability Theory and Automata Theory. Plus, a couple awesome tech snippets on A guide on How to write unmaintainable code. Building a fast, concurrent database in Rust. 29 1 9. 9 [](/posts/50-acronyms-developers-use-gtmwxbzs7 "50 Acronyms Developers Use") Article Hashnode · 6y 50 Acronyms Developers Use KISS - Keep it simple stupid. DRY - Don't repeat yourself. MVP - Minimum Viable Product. MERN - Mongo DB, Express.js, Reactjs, Node.js. Wysiwyg - what you see is what you get. WTFIGOWMC - What The Fk Is Going On With My Code. 27 2 10. 10 [](/posts/pop-illustrations---awesome-web-illustrations-for-your-next-project-ou9yvep80 "PoP illustrations - Awesome web illustrations for your next project") Article Product Hunt · 5y PoP illustrations - Awesome web illustrations for your next project Build great looking products with these 300 modern illustrations made in outline style with overprint colors. This is the essential pack for startups, we also included 100 mind blowing Avatars. Part of our 8000+ illustrations bundle + Free updates. 30% Off for PH users Login to get promo code Embed Collect. 26 11. 11 [](/posts/startup-name-find-a-domain-for-your-startup-dxnjcxzam "Startup-Name — Find a domain for your startup") Article Product Hunt · 6y Startup-Name — Find a domain for your startup A tool to ease the search because the existing tools recommendations always felt bad to me. I manually curated 100+ trending name modifiers for SAAS names and classified the TLDs and that's it ; no AI, no bullshit. Find a domain for your project. Embed it. 23 1 12. 12 [](/posts/my-favorite-coding-and-entrepreneurship-books--go4uspwjv "My favorite coding and entrepreneurship books 📚") Article daily.dev · 6y My favorite coding and entrepreneurship books 📚 Some knowledge must be acquired by reading books. I have three professional pillars that I focus on improving: Engineering, entrepreneurship, and DevRel. So it only makes sense that I will read and recommend books in these domains. My most recommended books are laid out here together with my personal notes. 22 4 13. 13 [](/posts/uideck-2-0---landing-page-html-templates-and-ui-kits-8ch66-a3c "UIdeck 2.0 - Landing Page HTML Templates and UI Kits") Article Product Hunt · 5y UIdeck 2.0 - Landing Page HTML Templates and UI Kits Free and Premium HTML Landing Page Templates and UI Kits - Built with Bootstrap, Tailwind CSS and React. Create and Launch Complete Website and Landing Pages for Your Startup with Beautiful Design Without Coding From Scratch. 40% OFF - Auto Applied! Login to get promo code Embed Collect. 22 14. 14 [](/posts/how-to-use-side-projects-to-build-a-career-you-can-be-proud-of-qh4oxcw8l "How to Use Side Projects to Build a Career You Can Be Proud of") Article Honeypot · 5y How to Use Side Projects to Build a Career You Can Be Proud of The ideal side project should be something that helps you learn new skills. I don't think this is well enough defined in our field, especially when you look at the way job ads are written. A career is what people think of you long after you're dead. It's the thing you contribute to the world. 22 4 15. 15 [](/posts/the-best-free-nextjs-landing-page-templates-in-2021-q4qrybfkf "The Best Free NextJS Landing Page Templates In 2021") Article Hashnode · 6y The Best Free NextJS Landing Page Templates In 2021 The best free NextJS templates for your company or your project. Dribble Inspiration is a great place to browse for inspiration. NextJS Material Kit is the perfect choice if you want a professional look. Freebie Startup template is an excellent choice for anyone selling products/services online. 18 16. 16 [](/posts/what-s-new-in-flutter-2-8-qkbbnqlb3 "What’s New in Flutter 2.8") Article Flutter · 5y What’s New in Flutter 2.8 Flutter 2.8 is the final stable release of the year. It includes significant performance improvements in both the engine and in Flutter DevTools. There are also new Firebase features and improvements, WebView 3.0, a new batch of Flutter Favorite packages and a raft of updates to desktop. 16 17. 17 [](/posts/glassdoor-best-tech-companies-to-work-for-in-2021-b5dftpwro "Glassdoor: Best tech companies to work for in 2021") Article TechCrunch · 6y Glassdoor: Best tech companies to work for in 2021 Glassdoor just released its annual ranking of the best companies to work for in 2021\. We broke out the top 10 tech companies from the list of large businesses (1,000+ employees) as well as from the small to medium-sized business list. For the large business list, the rankings are based on employee feedback from companies with more than 1,000 employees. 16 18. 18 [](/posts/api-template---generate-images-and-pdfs-with-simple-api-87rucpwqz "API Template - Generate images and PDFs with simple API") Article Product Hunt · 5y API Template - Generate images and PDFs with simple API APITemplate.io is the newest API-based platform designed to give you two powerful APIs for your media content generation. Image and PDF Embed Collect is the platform's most popular feature. It lets you collect and share images and PDFs in one place. 14 19. 19 [](/posts/developers-use-side-projects-to-build-a-career-you-can-be-proud-of-1wfxo17q2 "Developers: Use side projects to build a career you can be proud of") Article The Next Web · 5y Developers: Use side projects to build a career you can be proud of Ted Bendixon says side projects can be a more larger, long-term practice. They can elevate your skills to such a degree that you may feel like you no longer fit in your current job. Oftentimes, bad software engineering practices become popular because they are convenient in the short term. 14 20. 20 [](/posts/how-to-manage-software-projects-4p9nrypwq "How to manage software projects") Article Flavio Copes · 5y How to manage software projects Managing projects is an art with many different interpretations, and you can spend a lot of time learning about it. There is no definitive answer on what makes a good project management strategy, but in this post I want to introduce you my take of how to manage a software project. 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The brand can position itself as engaging with users and artists in a way that a functional piracy-fighting platform would struggle to do. 13 22. 22 [](/posts/how-i-decided-to-create-a-new-projects-management-app-4eojmuqfu "How I decided to create a new projects management app") Article Flavio Copes · 6y How I decided to create a new projects management app In the last couple years I focused 100% on training developers to create Web applications, and this is where I found tremendous personal satisfaction. I have built dozens of applications in the past few years. Most of them had modest aspirations, but some were very promising and could become bigger than I thought. And over time I abandoned them all. 13 1 23. 23 [](/posts/workdo---bootstrap-5-components-website-builder-ieynzusvp "WorkDo - Bootstrap 5 components & website builder") Article Product Hunt · 5y WorkDo - Bootstrap 5 components & website builder 11 1 24. 24 [](/posts/jestor---no-code-internal-tool-builder-to-scale-startup-operations-x9z4cfefl "Jestor - No-code internal tool builder to scale startup operations") Article Product Hunt · 5y Jestor - No-code internal tool builder to scale startup operations Jestor is a no-code tool for COOs that need to scale their operations fast. Build your own App to manage people in the field. Create automations with a few clicks (Slack, Gmail and more) Connect all processes with powerful workflows. 11 25. 25 [](/posts/personal-finance-for-software-engineers-things-i-ve-learned-e5ymcupos "Personal Finance for Software Engineers: Things I've Learned") Article Hacker Noon · 5y Personal Finance for Software Engineers: Things I've Learned The average entry-level salary for a software engineer in the United States is $77,000 a year. Financial aid is definitely something to consider, and discipline is also important. 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