How we scaled daily.dev from its first moments to hundreds of thousands of users. Technical decisions, hiring the first engineers and more.

daily.dev

daily.dev started as a side project and evolved into a company with over 20 people serving a user base in the hundreds of thousands. They used technologies like React, Node.js, PostgreSQL, and Google App Engine in their initial development. They generated revenue through ads, partnering with developers-oriented ad networks. They also launched a web app using Next.js. They hired an engineering team, migrated to Kubernetes, and embraced Pulumi for infrastructure management. They built their own analytics solution using Go, Google Pub/Sub, and BigQuery. The feed was personalized in real-time using Tinybird and ClickHouse. The content pipeline was later migrated to Temporal. The backend team primarily used Go as the standard language. Automation, documentation, and DevOps were emphasized for consistent developer experience.

Scaling a side project: The story of daily.dev

Migrating the content pipeline to Temporal

It’s impressive how daily.dev launched in less than a month!
The ‘Garage’ phase is a reminder of how important it is to make the most of limited time and resources in side projects. Choosing familiar technologies and keeping it simple can be a smart approach.

What an amazing journey, from a side project to a funded startup.
Are we gonna see some more good news or things by the end of this year?

Another title:
Side project to growing startup:The story of daily.dev
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Such a nice reminder for how things looked like when we first started