DEV.to Articles Monitor

Track new articles + edits across DEV.to per-tag feeds. Maps to "developer community / content discovery / dev brand mention monitoring" briefs. Complements Substack monitor (#26) — Substack = paid newsletters; DEV.to = open community publishing.

Built 2026-05-03 as Demo #29.

Run

. ~/freelance/.venv/bin/activate
cd ~/freelance/portfolio_demos/devto_articles_monitor
python monitor.py --reset
python monitor.py --once

Result

• 36 articles tracked across 3 tags (ai + python + javascript) ✅
• Idempotent re-run, 4 simulated description-length deltas detected ✅
• Use cases: dev-tool brand monitoring, content competitive intel, community-post lead-gen ✅