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Jess Lee Subscriber Community Curator for The DEV Team

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What was your win this week!?

Diverse weekly achievements shared by readers

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Looking back on your week -- what was something you're proud of?
All wins count -- big or small πŸŽ‰

Examples of 'wins' include:

  • Getting a promotion!
  • Starting a new project
  • Fixing a tricky bug
  • Cooking a meal without checking the recipe once πŸ‘©β€πŸ³

Happy Friday!

A person wearing a chef's hat and apron slams the lid of an overflowing pot with a ladle, shouting,

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meow.hair •

Thank you so much for all😁
πŸŽ‰ My Achievement Today

I Built a Complete Philosophical Web Page

Today I created a fully functional web page titled "What Nice Clothes Hide" β€” a bilingual (English & Finnish) philosophical article exploring the "Trust Box" model in European villages versus the "Surveillance and Exploitation" model of giant corporations.

What Makes It a Real Achievement?

Aspect Detail
Content 8 real-world examples from Finland, Germany, Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Scotland, and Estonia
Core Idea A bold philosophical question to CEOs: "Why don't you trust your workers?"
Languages English + Finnish, with a voice listen button for each card
Technology 765 lines, only 51 KB, with zero tracking or cookies
Accessibility WCAG 2.1 AA, screen reader ready, high contrast support
Features Live clock, auto date, copy-quote button, toast notification
Print Custom print styles that reveal link URLs
Privacy No cookies, no tracking, no logs, no ads

The One-Sentence Summary

"Today I built a page that defends trust and honor in an age of surveillance and exploitation β€” in two languages, under 51 kilobytes, and with zero tracking."

😁 And Tell Them This Too

"Even now, I don't know if this page will succeed… but I know it's honest."

πŸͺ‘ And One More Thing…

"Some companies force their employees to stand all day and ban chairs. I built this page instead of arguing with them β€” because real trust needs no surveillance, and real dignity needs no permission."

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Eusebiu Balan •

Mine came out of a comment thread here. I'd said an exemption list in a check slowly turns into the place things hide, and later that day the other person came back: it had just happened to them, almost word for word, and they'd fixed it.

Not something I shipped, but I'll take it πŸ˜…

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Sanskar Kharya •

Crazy week though~

  • Experienced my first onsite interview
  • Participated in an aws hackathon
  • got selected in national hackathon :)
  • trying to host an event in bengalore and the boring classes as usual lol
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member_84ee1a66 •

Get in that pot

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