Welcome to this week's Top 7, where the DEV editorial team handpicks their favorite posts from the previous week.

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Mike McQuaid on 15 years of Homebrew

Allison ・ Jun 18

Allison shares an interview with Mike McQuaid, a project leader and longest tenured maintainer of Homebrew, a project utilized by tens of millions of developers.

Dealing with Unicode strings, done right and better.

Hyeseong Kim ・ Jun 16

#javascript #unicode #performance #webdev

Hyeseong created a library to handle Unicode grapheme clusters and documents the process of creating, optimizing, and testing a high-quality library.

Choosing between an index-level API, a query, an aggregation, or ES|QL in Elasticsearch

Jessica Garson ・ Jun 17

#elasticsearch #beginners

Jessica provides a comprehensive guide on selecting the appropriate method for data retrieval in Elasticsearch, comparing index-level API, queries, aggregations, and ESQL.

Are Sync Engines The Future of Web Applications?

Isaac Hagoel ・ Jun 17

#webdev #svelte #javascript #programming

Isaac explores the potential of sync engines as a foundational technology for the future of web applications.

How I grew my open-source project to 1k stars 🌟

Max Shen ・ Jun 16

#opensource #github #sideprojects #marketing

Max shares his journey and strategies for growing his open-source project to 1,000 stars on GitHub.

Some UX Design Principles Everyone Should Know 🥸

Dominic Magnifico ・ Jun 18

#webdev #ux #design

Dominic outlines essential UX design principles that are crucial for creating user-friendly and engaging digital products.

I made my own JSON Parser

Hetarth Shah ・ Jun 15

#javascript #webdev #beginners #tutorial

Hetarth shares his experience and process of building a custom JSON parser from scratch, highlighting key challenges and learnings.

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