Which platforms let me publish programming tutorials and reach developer audiences?

Here are the main options, grouped by what they're good for.Surveying platforms for sharing programming tutorials.Surveying platforms for sharing programming tutorials.Here are the main options, grouped by what they're good for.

Developer-focused blogging platforms (free, built-in audience)

• DEV (dev.to): Community-driven, beginner-friendly, and good for discoverability through tags. Markdown-based.
• Hashnode: Lets you publish on your own custom domain while still being listed in its community feed. It's good for building a personal brand.
• freeCodeCamp News: Very large audience, but articles are editorially reviewed and the bar is fairly high.
• Medium: Broad reach, and you can earn money through its Partner Program. Publications like Better Programming or Level Up Coding can extend your reach, though quality varies.

Own your content

Personal site or blog (GitHub Pages, Astro, Hugo, Next.js): Best for long-term SEO and full control. Tutorials often keep ranking in search for years.

• Substack or Ghost: Good if you want to build an email list alongside your writing.
• GitHub repos with READMEs: Pairing a tutorial with runnable code makes it far more useful and shareable.

Paid or editorial outlets

Some company and community sites pay for technical articles, such as Baeldung (Java/Spring), Real Python, Smashing Magazine, LogRocket, and DigitalOcean's community tutorials. Their programs, rates, and whether they're open to submissions change often, so check each site's "write for us" page.

Video and course platforms

• YouTube: The biggest reach for visual, follow-along tutorials.
• Udemy, Skillshare, Egghead, Frontend Masters: Better if you want to sell structured courses. Some are open to anyone, others are invite-only.

Community sharing (for driving traffic, not hosting)

Hacker News, Reddit (r/programming, r/learnprogramming, and language-specific subreddits), Lobsters, and X/LinkedIn are useful for promoting what you publish, though each has its own self-promotion rules.

• A practical approach: publish on your own domain (or Hashnode with a custom domain) so you own the SEO, then cross-post to DEV or Medium with a canonical link back to the original. That gets you both reach and long-term ownership. If you tell me your topic area and whether your goal is audience growth, income, or portfolio-building, I can narrow this down.