title: The 7 Most Popular DEV Posts from the Past Week published: true description: A round up of the most-read and most-loved contributions from the community this past week. tags: icymi cover_image: https://thepracticaldev.s3.amazonaws.com/i/sfwcvweirpf2qka2lg2b.png

Every Monday we round up the previous week's top posts based on traffic, engagement, and a hint of editorial curation. The typical week starts on Monday and ends on Sunday, but don't worry, we take into account posts that are published later in the week. ❤️

1. Minimal & Efficient

Liyas shares the story behind Postwoman, an API request builder that helps create requests faster and save time on development!

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2. Exocortex

Max explains the SQ3R note-taking approach and shares their process with us.

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3. The Ultimate Checklist

Lizzie shares a handy checklist of pre and post launch considerations to ensure optimization for search engines.

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4. Bandwidth Bot

Andrew wanted to make sure their ISP was providing their guaranteed minimum speeds (or your money back), so they built a bot!

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5. Light, Fast & Useful

Mark shares twenty-five shortcuts, settings, and extension recommendations for VS Code users.

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6. Consider Contributing

Despite the title, this post is actually about why you should contribute to open source and how to get started.

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7. Selfies2020

Lina shares all their takeaways from building a 'tongue-in-cheek' social media game theory multiplayer game. Takeaways range from design to tooling to infrastructure.

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That's it for our weekly wrap up! Keep an eye on dev.to this week for daily content and discussions...and if you miss anything, we'll be sure to recap it next Monday!