Blogging Challenge

[BekahHW]

We'd love to have a collection of topics to have folks choose from for our November blogging challenge. If you have some ideas, please share the Type and the prompt.

Examples

• Testing - Getting Started with Cypress
• DevRel - How to plan for a year of DevRel
• Frontend - How to Migrate a React Project to TypeScript

[jdwilkin4]

Here are my ideas 😄

HTML and CSS topics

• 10 HTML tags you never heard of or used
• How to use the new @when and @else container queries in CSS
• What I learned from building a project with X CSS library or framework
• What I learned from taking X HTML or CSS course
• How to build X using HTML & CSS
• What are some good courses for HTML and CSS
• Introduction to X HTML or CSS library
• Good open source project to help you practice HTML & CSS

JavaScript

• Common JavaScript errors and how to solve them
• What I learned from building a project using X JavaScript library/framework
• How to build X using X JavaScript library/framework
• What I learned from taking X JavaScript course
• What are some good courses for JavaScript
• Introduction to X JavaScript library/framework
• Good open source project to help you practice JavaScript
• Good JS conferences or meetups to attend
• How to get started working with Node and Express
• Top X JavaScript books to read
• How to get started with Jest and React testing library
• Common TypeScript errors and how to fix them

Accessibility

• What I learned from doing an accessibility audit of my website
• Good courses to learn about accessibility
• X common accessibility mistakes made on websites

Hacktoberfest

• What I learned from participating in my first Hacktoberfest
• What I learned from maintaining a repository during Hacktoberfest
• What I learned from mentoring others during Hacktoberfest
• Good open source repositories I discovered during Hacktoberfest
• Overall review for Hacktoberfest 2022

Technical writing

• How to get started with technical writing
• Best platforms for tech blogs
• How to write good headlines for technical blogs
• Tips for promoting a technical blog

Testing

• Good online courses for testing

General

• How to get started with GitHub actions
• Beginner guide to getting started with Git
• Advanced Git commands and concepts
• How to get started with X database
• Best tech podcasts to listen to

Career

• How to land your first tech job
• How to use LinkedIn to connect with recruiters and hiring managers
• How to write a resume and cover letter without job experience
• How to network and build connections
• How to excel as a junior developer
• What I learned during my first 6 months on the job as a junior developer
• How to get promoted to mid level engineer
• How to become a senior developer
• What does a frontend engineer do?
• What does a backend engineer do?
• What does a DevOps engineer do?
• How to select a good bootcamp to start learning how to code
• Good online programs to learn how to code
• X common mistakes people make on their resumes
• What I learned from teaching myself how to code and landing a dev job
• Other higher paying tech jobs you might have not have heard of
• How to ace the tech interview
• How to ace the take home project
• How to deal with imposter syndrome as a developer
• What I have learned so far from X years working as a developer
• How to become an engineering manager
• How to negotiate for a better salary

That's all I got 😄

[Cerchie]

Apache Kafka Topics

• What Is Apache Kafka
• What Are Producers and Consumers in Apache Kafka
• What Are Apache Kafka Connectors and How To Use Them
• What Are The Differences Between Stream Processing and Batch Processing
• What Are The Types of Consumer Rebalancing
• How To Write A Producer And Consumer Using Kafka.js

DevRel

• What I Learned From X Years in DevRel
• How To Plan For Running a Workshop
• The Role of User Metrics In DevRel
• How To Prepare a Presentation
• How To Start Connecting With a New Community
• How To Maintain a Genuine Twitter Presence

JavaScript

• How To Pick A Web Dev Framework
• What Is Node.js, What Is Bun, and How Do I Pick Between Them
• What Learning a Second Programming Language Taught Me About JS
• How to Do Math-y Things in Python vs. JS
• How To Write an SDK In JS

[ClJarvis]

This is a resource for the blogging challenge.

Some tactics for writing in public

https://jvns.ca/blog/2023/08/07/tactics-for-writing-in-public/