Top 7 Featured DEV Posts of the Week
DEV Community · April 2026
Featured for "The Curated, Automated Open Source Portfolio: How It's Going".
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Highlighted: 2025 Hacktoberfest Writing Challenge Winners
DEV Community · November 2025
Winner in the Open Source Reflections category for "Beyond Hacktoberfest: Building a True Open Source Journey".
Top 7 Featured DEV Posts of the Week
DEV Community · October 2025
Featured for "How I Built a Curated, Automated Open Source Portfolio".
Top Open Source Contributors 2023
freeCodeCamp · November 2023
Listed among freeCodeCamp's top publication contributors of the year.
Quincy Larson's Weekly Email — Sep 22, 2023
freeCodeCamp · September 2023
Recommended in the newsletter for "How to Contribute to Open Source Projects – Non-Technical Things You Should Know".
Top Featured CodeNewbie Posts
CodeNewbie · August 2023
Featured for "How to Communicate Better in Open Source".
Top 7 Featured DEV Posts of the Week
DEV Community · September 2022
Featured for "Mini Portfolio: Bring Your GitHub Profile to the Next Level".
Top 7 Featured DEV Posts of the Week
DEV Community · November 2021
Featured for "Contributing to Open Source 101".
OSS Grant Badge Winners
Hashnode · November 2021
Placed 2nd for the OSS Documentarian badge and was recognized among the OSS Mentor badge winners, as part of Hashnode's Open Source October.
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