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What was your win this week?

Jess Lee on January 30, 2026

👋👋👋👋 Looking back on your week -- what was something you're proud of? All wins count -- big or small 🎉 Examples of 'wins' include: Getting a p...

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Pascal CESCATO • Jan 30

This week, I had some passionate and inspiring discussions with seasoned developers, and I picked up a few badges along the way. They’re not the goal, but they’re pleasant little milestones — a kind of participative acknowledgment.

What truly motivates me is writing and sharing what I learn. The feedback I receive is energizing and makes me look forward to contributing even more.

Pascal CESCATO • Jan 30

Hey Richard — there’s a good reason your article resonates so much: it’s engaging, thoughtful, and centered on human interaction — something we all hope stays positive and empathetic, especially in communities like dev.to.

Of course, humans being humans, it’s not always perfect… and I’m definitely part of that equation too.

👾 FrancisTRᴅᴇᴠ 👾 • Jan 30

I'm glad you made that post! Felt like I wasn't alone on this platform and was in tears seeing the comments I have read so far. Great accomplishments you made btw!

Aryan Choudhary • Jan 31

HUGE WINS THIS WEEK

Received 2 more job offers this week (that makes it 3 within one month - that's thrice the growth from the last month (o′┏▽┓｀o) )
Both of them required my tech skills + Japanese
One of them is at Accenture, the other is another edu. startup where I learned Japanese from.
Both of them came in time because this first job was getting unsustainable. (Might write a blog about that whole experience once things settle down)
CLEARED JLPT N3 (within a year of studying formally and skipping a level)
I'm happy 'cause all of them happened back to back in the last 3 days woohoo ヾ(≧▽≦*)o

Web Developer Hyper • Feb 2

It’s great that you have so many wins every week!👍

Aryan Choudhary • Feb 2

Thanks!! (≧︶≦))(￣▽￣ )ゞ

adriens • Jan 30

As part of GitHub Copilot CLI Challenge, I got my duckdb brew extension accepted and merged in community extensions :

It makes it very easy to report installed brew packages, opening endless and easy reporting opportunities (including Rmarkdown) :

... also it connects open communities :

Now, I have to work on the video and the article 🚀

Peter Vivo • Jan 30

Started making a cli markdown editor written in rust. Use basic vim motions and perform a minimal syntax highlight already. Compiled under 2s.
So I think that is a good start. Whole stuff already vibe coded.

Esteban Gallardo • Jan 31

Just a moments ago I finished a small open-source project about project organization so startup incubator programs can use it to help all the participants instead of only the winners.

I joined 3 weeks ago to a startup incubator program and in order to showcase what projects the people were applying to the program they used a basic forum. The forum became chaotic pretty fast. It was impossible to know what were the projects presented. It was chaos. It was shameful because it wasn't an small organization but an important online university with 25 years of experience. They have been doing that for years and I'm afraid they will keep doing that for more time. So out of frustration I did a project organizer that help the participants to polish their ideas and establish connections with similar projects.

I don't expect that university to use the solution, but I hope anyone out there can do a better job that this university than using a basic forum that would haven't even been seriously considered by any professional 20 years ago, let alone now.

Tahir yamin • Feb 1

My this week win is transforming from purely Mechanical Engineering to Tech, which was always my dream to become a better version of myself.

You can find my work at Github.com/tahir-yamin

Daniel • Feb 1

This week, I built a basic travel planning app using Google Antigravity (3.6 Pro) and setup a custom domain (Just launched it an hour ago) - travelplot.app

I love to plan trips and use a bunch of tools but really wanted something to show 'travel time' vs 'total trip time' so I could balance out the journey. It's basic, but I had fun playing around and working with Antigravity.

CtrlAltDeuter • Feb 3

Started learning coding seriously

Ava Bennet • Feb 4

This will be my win for next week!

Ali-Funk • Jan 31

In AWS I build an Image recognition application using AWS Lambda Functions and coded the function with phyton.
That was very satisfying.

Julian • Feb 2

Finished my new CV! I love trading and data, so I did a mix of both! Check it out here dev.to/julsr_mx/trading-cv-a-diffe...

However, I don't know if is a good idea to apply using this format or the usual way of a PDF, what do you think?

Rudy Banks • Feb 3

Rebooted my YouTube channel after a long break building projects. Feels great to be sharing knowledge and helping builders again.

Ola Prøis • Feb 3

Got on the Top 7 Featured DEV Posts of the Week list :)
Otherwise a slow week, i'm out of AI credits so not much development going on :P

Ben Halpern The DEV Team • Jan 30

Rolled out smarter DEV Digest

amananandrai • Jan 30

Last year I started a Youtube channel to keep my thoughts organised. This week it has reached 100 subscribers.

My channel currently has videos made using NotebookLM on Topics like Computer Science, Mythology and AI.

Dev.to community please suggest some tools for video editing, content generation, which are free to use. This year I would like to create content on my own.

Please show some love on the AI playlist - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Woq201ZlLX0&list=PLraNeBobBbBmI8SsohAiuWOjeqXxs854K

Aaron Rose • Jan 31

I just subscribed!

nice one, amananandrai! 💯✨

amananandrai • Jan 31

thanks a lot

Jesse Piaścik • Jan 30

2 Wins! I started building github issues integration for imdone-cli and a co-worker wrote a claude code command for imdone-cli enabled development workflow.

fmerian • Jan 30

launched Kilo Code on Product Hunt this week. ranked #1 Product of the Day, currently #1 Product of the Week. oss ftw!

EmberNoGlow • Jan 30

No wins, only losses. I don't remember what happened yesterday; I'm completely burned out on these computers. Rest only drains my brain, and the computer burns out every last bit of my memory. In short, I don't know what to do.

👾 FrancisTRᴅᴇᴠ 👾 • Jan 30 • Edited

Adding on to @richardpascoe post, decided to open up to my thoughts in the comments about the reason of joining Dev.to because of the reflection I have took. Received a lot of heartwarming comments.

Additionally, made my first Monthly report on this platform!

Pascal CESCATO • Jan 30

Thanks Richard, I really appreciate that.
I feel the same — DEV has been a great place for thoughtful exchanges, and it’s motivating to know that what I share can resonate with someone.

Pascal CESCATO • Jan 30

Thanks Richard — I really believe that too.
Even small interactions can shape the overall tone of a community, and DEV is one of the rare places where that positive momentum actually feels tangible.

Valeria • Jan 31

I have spoken in front of a hundred people about transitioning from an engineer to a leader and have been met with overwhelming positive response. And it might not seem like much, but I am an introvert and I chose this profession because working with code was easier than working with people. And now I get a chance to inspire people, support them and make an impact I never thought was possible.
Stated with articles here on Dev.to, by the way, so sharing the credit 🤗

bingkahu • Jan 30

Wrote this extremely long post....

Julien Avezou • Jan 30

This week felt great! I attended multiple in-person networking events for engineers around my city which I always love making connections at and being part of communities.
I wrote a post on the platform and have another post in the works, so I am on track with my resolution of writing more content.
I open sourced the first version of a Reflection Skills MCP for engineers to help think about how to code rather than just what to code.
Looking forward to the next week!

Adam • Feb 1

The weather is very nice; going out with family and working on projects while still able to do this.

Web Developer Hyper • Feb 2

I created a Gold Fountain and wrote a post on DEV.to. Please enjoy!🪙🪙🪙

🪙Let’s Become a Millionaire in a Second (Gold Fountain with React Three Fiber)🪙
dev.to/webdeveloperhyper/lets-beco...

Aryan Choudhary • Jan 31 • Edited

Hey Richard, it's amazing that the post received the interaction it deserved, as this is one aspect of DEV.to that I value. I'd also like to wish you the best of luck with your first certification project on freecodecamp – I'm looking forward to reading about how it goes!

Gábor Mészáros • Feb 1

I built an opensource tool that validates your CLAUDE Code instructions based on the AGENTS.md standard and the official Claude documentation (story is here)

Have fun ^^

(It's still in it's early days, updates are coming soon, feedbacks are more than welcomed)

EmberNoGlow • Jan 30

Thanks

Julien Avezou • Jan 30

Thanks Richard!

Fernando Fornieles • Feb 3

Nothing special but long awaited for me. I've setup a mini weather station using an old Raspberry Pi that was unused.

Now playing with Python for reading the measures of the sensors and also investigating waterproof boxes to place it in the balcony.

Funny week!

MMAR58 • Jan 31

My this week win is

I was brought into a project facing critical performance issues—API latency, auth hurdles, and frequent UI crashes. Instead of just "patching" it, I performed a deep-dive audit and found the real culprits:

Fixed a Database Bottleneck: The app was initializing a new PouchDB connection inside every single function. I refactored this into a Singleton instance, eliminating thousands of unnecessary "handshakes" and stabilizing the backend instantly.
Plugged a Massive Memory Leak: Found that getBlobUrl was being used without being revoked, combined with expensive fetch events triggering on every scroll. I implemented manual garbage collection and optimized the scroll logic.

Result? A super-performant app that no longer chokes under load. My takeaway: The problem usually isn't the tool; it's the logic architecture.

Web Developer Hyper • Feb 5

Thank you!😃

Aryan Choudhary • Jan 31

Thank you very much Richard! Nothing feels better than your effort finally reflecting into real progress ಥ_ಥ

ANIRUDDHA ADAK • Feb 2

Awesome!

Vicente G. Reyes • Jan 31

2 new gigs this week! I'm starting next week! waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Naing Oo • Feb 3

Submitted my entry in the Copilot Dev competition.

Disk Octopus: AI-Powered Terminal Storage Analytics Built with GitHub Copilot CLI

Disk Octopus

amananandrai • Jan 31

thanks will try to use some of these

Keertivaas S • Jan 31

Won 3rd prize in my company's Cloud Summit day event. Felt cool after a long time

Fernando Fornieles • Feb 4

mmmmmm.... Why not? I'm preparing a post about software entropy but, following your request, the next one will be dedicated to this personal project. Thanks for the idea Richard!!