Whether you’re debugging a stubborn production issue or architecting the next big feature, the right developer blog can be the difference between hours of frustration and an elegant solution. It can also be a good way to keep yourself updated on trending technologies and news.
But here’s the challenge: with thousands of dev blogs competing for your attention, which ones actually deliver value? Which ones consistently provide tried-and-true insights rather than just rehashing documentation?
It’s difficult to skip the fluff and find the good ones, which is why we at Lokalise curated a list of the top 23 dev blogs that consistently deliver practical tips, innovative solutions, and deep technical analysis — just for you.
- freeCodeCamp
- DEV Community
- DZone
- SD Times
- SCAND blog
- bol.com Techlab
- Phys.org
- net solutions
- TSH (The Software House)
- CodeIT
- The Daily WTF
- Toptal
- Docker blog
- Apiumhub
- web.dev
- SitePoint
- JavaScript Weekly
- Hacker Noon
- Hacker News
- GitHub Blog
- Coding Horror
- Julia Evans
- Pragmatic Engineer
1. freeCodeCamp
freeCodeCamp is a popular community blog striving to hone your coding skills by supplying loads of how-to guides and tips. This particular dev blog covers a broad range of timely programming-related topics. It’s admirably active, holding blogs posted by various contributing authors almost daily.
freeCodeCamp platform extends to an active forum with community discussions on subforums. Moreover, these subforums range from languages like Python, JavaScript, to generic subforums like “Project Feedback”, “Career Advice”.
Notably, freeCodeCamp even has a dedicated Chinese forum with its own server in Asia for faster access. And, guess what? the freeCodeCamp platform that provides all this is a 100% free donation-based platform!
2. DEV Community
As evident from the blog’s name itself, DEV Community is about gathering software developers around the world as one global community to share development-related posts.
Led by three developers, Ben Halpern (Co-CEO), Jess Lee (COO), and Peter Frank (Co-CEO), its blog acts as a “constructive and inclusive social network” featuring software development-related posts published by members of the community. Other members can react, comment and subscribe to this content — much like on social media platforms.
DEV Community members are also encouraged to host podcasts on the site. Thanks to its social media-like nature, DEV Community is one of the most active dev blogs, reaching close to a dozen blog posts per hour and close to 300 per day — so you’re basically getting real-time updates on what’s happening in the dev world.
3. DZone
If you’re planning to become a technology professional or you already are one, DZone is a blog you should surely keep in your arsenal of top dev blogs.
This blog lets you discover the “latest technology trends and learn about new technologies, methodologies, and best practices”. You’ll surely never run out of posts to read with DZone being a pretty active blog that posts about 10 to 20 posts per day.
The website hosts more or less a basic interface. Regardless, their posts barely leave anything to your imagination as they use code snippets, images, and videos to get their ideas across.
DZone blog’s most prominent attraction would arguably be their huge collection of cheat sheets—or, in their words, the “refcardz“—that would be a crime not to bookmark on your browser.
And what’s more, they only ask you to get a 100% free membership to access all these goodies.
4. SD Times
SD Times brings an active stream of fresh technology trends neatly packed in a news-like interface and averaging 15 to 20 weekly posts. It doesn’t fall under the category of dev blogs, per se, though.
Instead, it’s the latest news on software development published in SD Times magazine published by D2 Emerge presented to you in reverse chronological order, much like in a blog.
5. SCAND blog
A corporate dev blog that deserved a spot on our list simply due to the valuable and elaborate posts they publish; and speaking of which, they make sure to release once or twice each week.
SCAND blog is all about sharing their knowledge and experience in the custom software development industry, latest trends, and benchmarks. Their blog posts aren’t restricted to just one technology; instead, they cover areas like mobile/web development, technology trends, and much more in long posts accompanied by helpful infographics.
6. bol.com Techlab
An insider’s view of an e-commerce platform’s engineering challenges can be quite an eye-opener for developers. Well, guess what? bol.com Techlab blog and their podcast do exactly that!
They let us in on how bol.com developers overcome those challenges using various designs, architectures, technologies, etc. You could expect one or two quite long dev articles per month from these guys.
7. Phys.org
A UK-based science news aggregator Phys.org manages a technology-news/software branch that puts together the latest software-related news for the reader.
As can be expected from a news website, we couldn’t calculate a stable frequency of articles to its technology-news/software branch. Phys.org publishes about four posts per/week.
8. net solutions
Focusing on e-commerce-related particulars, netsolutions.com insights provide you with a detailed and up-to-date dev blog, an e-commerce-associated knowledge hub, and a collection of eBooks.
The blog has a nice and simple interface featuring pretty long posts and related images. net solution‘s dev blog is quite active, but be that as it may, there doesn’t seem to be a set schedule for the posts. On a happy week, you could find 5 or 6 blog posts, while some weeks might pass with just a single blog post.
9. TSH
In case you’re in search of dev blogs that are a bit more focused on software development practices, the blog from The Software House is your safe bet.
With a quite amusing theme with their posts filled with memes, the TSH blog features pretty long posts focusing on both back-end and front-end web technologies along with code snippets, images, and even GIFs.
You can expect TSH to post around one to two posts each week.
10. CodeIT
Explore this blog to get updates from the dev world, opinions, and to discover use cases in the field of mobile & web development.
Besides genuinely useful tips and tricks, the CodeIT blog features data analytics, technology reviews, and news updates on mobile and web development-related matters.
You can expect a blog or two every week from CodeIT, but having said that, don’t get surprised on the occasional “no posts” week.
11. The Daily WTF
Starting with the almost taboo website name, The Daily WTF is a pretty out-of-the-box dev blog that focuses on advising developers on what not to do.
The writers post instances where they encountered inexcusably bad code in their personal day-to-day lives, and how those negatively affected their programs and projects. The Daily WTF blog follows a schedule and posts content daily (except for the weekends) inside a simple but catchy interface.
12. Toptal
Toptal is an active dev blog posting content under loads of categories like “Back-end”, “Web Front-end”, “Engineering Management”, “Data Science and Databases”, “Project Management” just to name a few.
The blog mainly contains how-to guides, explanations, comparisons, and tips presented in a quite eye-candy interface. It stands out for its case studies and deep technical articles written by experienced freelance developers.
Toptal features particularly strong content around scalable architecture, distributed systems, and engineering best practices with lots of real-world examples.
13. Docker blog
What “top dev blogs” list would be complete without the quite trendy Docker? Docker’s official blog hosts different types of dev guides and the latest news from the coding world.
Being a corporate blog, let’s not expect blogs from them every day; but if you’re keen on connecting with the Docker community, make sure to keep tabs on the Docker blog to know when the next DockerCon is on!
14. Apiumhub
Apiumhub tech blog shares best practices and tips related to their specialization: software architecture, web development, and mobile app development. They provide long blog posts alongside the required code snippets and images.
Apiumhub is one of the rare dev blogs that seem to post according to a strict timetable, so mark the dates on your calendar! Because, apart from some additional blog posts published on another day, you can expect two posts from Apiumhub each week, exactly on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
15. web.dev
web.dev blog centers on… you guessed it — web development. This is a dev blog run by Google that posts blog content applicable to multiple web-related technologies, including the front and back end.
Also, web.dev provides you with learning materials, the latest web tech trends, and Google updates that may be useful for you as a web developer. There’s also the web.dev podcast, which shares insights, guides, and tips on web development by Google’s very own developers.
The blog doesn’t post according to a preset schedule; but you can expect weeks where they only publish a single post, but also weeks with close to ten blog posts. We have observed an average of about four posts/week.
16. SitePoint
SitePoint is a popular dev blog that’s been around since 1999. The authors explore a vast range of topics, from common ones like front-end and back-end development and design to trendy topics such as entrepreneurship and WordPress.
As a verbose platform, SitePoint has a pretty active community where you could become a member. If you sign up as a premium user, SitePoint will additionally offer its own collection of books, courses, and tech talks to the deal!
The blog posts are usually long and detailed with code snippets and images; plus, you can expect around four of them per week.
17. JavaScript Weekly
This is actually an email newsletter-focused dev blog published weekly on Fridays. JavaScript Weekly doesn’t publish its own blog posts; instead, it curates a list of JavaScript-related posts from various dev blogs and sends the newsletter to subscribers.
These curations share a common template–a top section containing the featured posts followed by some JavaScript tips and releases, a section displaying a few job ads, a few more “Articles, Opinions & Tutorials,” concluding with a “Code & Tools” section.
Noteworthily, their homepage displays a pretty catchy mobile-emulator-like interface to browse its curation.
18. Hacker Noon
Hacker Noon is a dev blog that covers stories on various tech-related content. Their posts fall under the main categories of “Tech”, “Software”, “Decentralization”, each with about a dozen tag-based subtopics.
Hacker Noon is quite active — it publishes two to three posts per hour in a catchy digital-like interface. They also have a podcast as well for us avid developers!
19. Hacker News
Hacker News offers community-curated news and stories, mostly focusing on technology, startups, and computer science. It’s user-driven, meaning that users can post stories that other users can vote and comment on.
This dev blog has one minimalistic ordered-list-like interface that’s kept active thanks to the users sharing one to two posts every hour. It’s influential in the tech and startup world and frequently visited by VCs, founders, and engineers.
20. GitHub Blog
We’re sure you’ve heard about this epicenter of open-source development! GitHub’s official blog brings you behind-the-scenes insights on its architecture, security features, and platform innovations.
With deep dives into engineering challenges, new feature announcements, and community spotlights, the GitHub Blog balances technical depth with practical applicability. Their security vulnerability posts and engineering case studies are particularly valuable for developers working at scale.
21. Coding Horror
Jeff Atwood’s legendary blog cuts through the noise with sharp, opinionated takes on software development culture, practices, and pitfalls.
While posting frequency has decreased since its peak years, each entry delivers timeless wisdom on everything from coding principles to developer psychology. Atwood’s engaging writing style and real-world examples make complex concepts accessible without sacrificing technical depth.
22. Julia Evans
Known for breaking down complex technical concepts through engaging comics and clear explanations, Julia Evans’ blog stands out for its practical approach to learning.
Her posts focus on Linux internals, networking, debugging, and performance optimization, often sharing hands-on techniques and command-line tools that developers can immediately put to use. The combination of visual learning and technical accuracy makes this blog especially valuable for both beginners and experienced developers.
23. Pragmatic Engineer
Gergely Orosz’s blog has quickly become a must-read for its detailed coverage of engineering practices at top tech companies, system design challenges, and engineering leadership.
Standing out for its thorough analysis of real-world engineering scenarios and insider perspectives on tech industry practices, the blog consistently delivers actionable insights on scaling engineering organizations and navigating technical decision-making.
Keep building your developer knowledge
The world of software development never stands still! And neither should your learning.
These technical and business blogs offer a lot of different perspectives, specialties, and approaches to solving complex development challenges. Whether you’re interested in system design deep dives, practical debugging tips, or community-driven discussions, there’s something here for every stage of your developer journey.
