August 16th, 2024 × #Developer Community#Platforms#Funding
Daily Dev is a platform that helps developers stay up-to-date by providing a personalized feed. It was created by 3 developers and launched on Product Hunt, gaining its first users. It has since raised $11M in funding and grown to 30 team members and over 500,000 users.
Wes Bos Host
Scott Tolinski Host
In this episode of Syntax, Scott and Wes talk with Daily.dev’s Francesco Ciulla about the platform's history, community features, and significant growth. They dive into the core ideas behind daily.dev, including its personalized feed for developers, new features like squads, community contributions, and tech stack. Francesco also shares his passion for Rust, and highlights the importance of content creation in the ever-evolving tech landscape.
Show Notes
- 00:00 Welcome to Syntax!
- 00:36 Brought to you by Sentry.io
- 01:24 Overview and features of daily.dev
- 07:05 daily.dev's origin story
- 10:06 How Product Hunt fueled initial growth
- 12:21 Monetization and business model
- 13:53 Content and user experience
- 22:21 Written content vs video content
- 24:29 Tech stack
- 25:37 Building a positive community
- 30:32 Moderation and tagging
- 35:03 Francesco's favorite place to publish right now
- 36:56 Quadrupling down on Rust
- 39:38 Francesco's favorite Rust framework
- 41:18 Sick Picks & Shameless Plugs
Sick Picks
- Francesco: daily. dev
Shameless Plugs
- Francesco: Francesco's YouTube Channel
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