It's time for a recap of my blog post journey of 2023. Writing this kind of article helps tracking progress over the years, share it with the community and hopefully inspire others when they see the positive outcome of getting into blog post writing.

What to expect from this article:1. Some statistics,2. Best articles of 2023,3. Price winning and featured article,4. Article with most readers,5. Price winning article,6. Best articles of all time

Read the recap of 2022

Best of 2022 - Recap of my blog posts

Julia 👩🏻‍💻 GDE ・ Dec 11 '22

#webdev#writing#motivation

Some statistics

Started with 9 articles in 2021 and 700 followers, wrote 69 articles and increased follower count to 3789 in 2022. I was far away of being that active in 2023, but still made some great progress.

In 2023, I

• wrote 18 articles
• have now 8104 followers (Stand: 16. January)
• no increase in the number of followers on Hashnode, as I am not active
• won 2 Hashnode Writeathons / Hackathons (DebuggingFeb,MindsDB x Hashnode Hackathon 2023)
• receivedHacktoberfest badges

Best articles of 2023 😎

I have selected the following articles according to the number of readers on dev.to and Hashnode, or whether they have won a badge or a prize.

Price winning and featured article

My best winning article 🏆 of 2023 wasHow debugging for accessibility helped me finally understand useRef, originally written for theHashnode DebuggingFeb Hackathon.

How debugging for accessibility helped me finally understand useRef

Julia 👩🏻‍💻 GDE ・ Mar 22 '23

#a11y#react#testing

It got almost 1300 views on Hashnode and 272 views on dev.to, and got featured on Hashnode, which led to a big win at the Hackathon I am proud of.

I loved writing it as it was about accessibility, which always comes with an ease.

Article with most readers

My best article with the most readers, over 13k wasHTML can do this? Part 1.

HTML can do this? Part 1

Julia 👩🏻‍💻 GDE ・ Dec 16 '23

#html#webdev#frontend#beginners

I am delighted that the article about the possibilities of HTML has been so well received. Hopefully many readers will implement some of these suggestions and make the web a little more accessible.

Price winning article

The most read article on Hashnode with 1400 readers, and runner-up 🏅 in theMindsDB x Hashnode Hackathon, wasDevelop Interview-Winning Portfolio Projects with MindsDB Predictions.

Develop Interview-Winning Portfolio Projects with MindsDB Predictions

MindsDB x Hashnode Hackathon 2023

yuridevat.hashnode.dev

I did not make any improvements to the project since then, but the idea is still cool, I believe.

Best articles of all time

Best article isHow To Create A Timer With React from 2022, with over 100k readers.

How To Create A Timer With React

Julia 👩🏻‍💻 GDE ・ Jul 27 '22

#react#tutorial#beginners

How To Create A Stunning GitHub Profile from 2021, is still in the Top 3, with 40k views on dev.to.

How to create a stunning GitHub Profile

Julia 👩🏻‍💻 GDE ・ Oct 24 '21

#career#github#productivity#codenewbie

Thank you so much for all the support you have given me since the beginning of my writing journey. I couldn't have done it without you!