Daily.dev for Firefox

Devs are known to be busy people, and like most busy people who are also passionate about their jobs, they always seek to stay at the top of their game by being well-informed. But actively seeking reliable and diverse news sources takes a lot of time, which can be frustrating if your main concern is, well, coding.

If you’re a developer who wants to always to be up-to-date while keeping distractions at a minimum, then you might enjoy this extension for Firefox called Daily.

Supposedly, Daily is made by developers for developers, with the clear purpose of keeping them au courant with all the latest news items. But believe it or not, devs are human too, which means that they don’t search only for news about JavaScript and Python; some may also be interested in entrepreneurship, while others may actively seek personal development tips.

So it’s great that, before you start using Daily, you must first select at least five topics of interest (in the form of tags), which range from #tech and #java to #career and #psychology. Naturally, you can change them later. After you’ve made your choices, simply open a new tab and enjoy Daily.

Since the news items are beautifully displayed in the browser window, it’s very easy to scroll and skim through the titles. The extension shows you the approximate amount of time necessary for reading each article, but also allows you to bookmark items for later.

The GUI is also customizable, as you’re able to switch between light and dark mode, but also change the feed’s layout. I’ve mentioned above that you can always choose other interest tags, but you can also add more news sources to your feed or remove the ones that you’re not satisfied with. Since it only opens in a new tab, you could assume that Daily won’t bother you too often while you work, instead inviting you to take a well-deserved reading break from time to time.