We recently spoke with Ido Shamun, Co-founder of daily.dev, the platform that helps developers stay up-to-date with the programming news that matters. Ido shared how Brand.dev became an essential part of their internal enrichment system for verifying company information.
What is daily.dev?
daily.dev is a professional network for developers that aggregates the best programming news from across the web. With millions of developers using the platform, daily.dev helps engineers discover relevant content, stay current with technology trends, and connect with the developer community. The platform processes vast amounts of data about companies, publications, and content sources to deliver personalized experiences to its users.
The Challenge: Maintaining Accurate Company Information at Scale
As daily.dev grew, so did their need to verify and enrich company data within their internal systems. With thousands of companies referenced across their platform—from content publishers to advertisers to potential partners—maintaining accurate, up-to-date company information became increasingly important.
"We use Brand.dev for our internal enrichment system to verify companies."
The team needed a reliable way to validate company information without adding manual overhead or building custom scraping infrastructure that would require ongoing maintenance.
Finding Brand.dev: A Set-It-and-Forget-It Solution
What stood out to Ido about Brand.dev was the simplicity of integration and the reliability of the service once deployed.
"The integration was straightforward. We set it up once and never had to touch it again. It just works."
For a platform like daily.dev, where engineering resources are focused on building features that directly impact developers, having infrastructure that operates invisibly is invaluable.
Seamless API Integration
The integration process itself was remarkably quick. The daily.dev team was able to get Brand.dev running in production within a single day.
"Integration was quick. The documentation was clear and the API behaves exactly as expected. We had it running in production within a day."
The well-documented API and predictable behavior meant the team could confidently deploy to production without extensive testing cycles or unexpected edge cases.
The Results: Reliable Data with Zero Maintenance
Brand.dev now powers daily.dev's company verification system, running continuously in the background without requiring any attention from the engineering team.
Consistent Data Quality
"The API is reliable and the data quality is solid. It runs quietly in the background without adding any maintenance burden to our team."
For a system that handles millions of developer interactions, data consistency is critical. Brand.dev delivers reliable company information that daily.dev can trust to be accurate and current.
Automated Company Verification
"Brand.dev powers our company verification system. It helps us maintain accurate, up-to-date company information without any manual work on our end."
What previously would have required either manual verification or building and maintaining custom scraping infrastructure now happens automatically. The team can focus on building features for their developer community rather than maintaining data infrastructure.
Key Benefits Achieved
- Zero maintenance overhead: Set up once and never touched again
- Reliable API: Consistent, predictable behavior in production
- High data quality: Accurate company information they can trust
- Fast integration: From documentation to production in a single day
- Automated verification: No manual work required to maintain data accuracy
- Silent operation: Runs in the background without demanding attention
The Power of Infrastructure That Just Works
Ido's experience with Brand.dev exemplifies what modern developer infrastructure should be: easy to integrate, reliable in operation, and completely invisible once deployed. For teams like daily.dev that are focused on serving millions of users, every minute spent on maintenance is a minute not spent on product innovation.
Brand.dev eliminated the complexity of company data enrichment entirely, providing daily.dev with a solution that delivers consistent results without the ongoing burden of maintenance. It's the kind of infrastructure that engineering teams dream about—set it up, trust it works, and move on to building what matters.
Looking Forward
With Brand.dev handling company verification, daily.dev can continue to focus on their mission: helping developers stay up-to-date with the programming world. The reliable foundation provided by Brand.dev means they can scale their enrichment needs alongside their growing platform without worrying about data infrastructure.
"It just works."
Sometimes the highest praise for a piece of infrastructure is that you never have to think about it. For daily.dev, Brand.dev has become exactly that—a reliable, invisible layer in their stack that simply does what it's supposed to do.
P.S. If you're a developer looking to stay current with the latest programming news, tutorials, and discussions, check out daily.dev. Their platform aggregates the best content from across the developer ecosystem and delivers it in a personalized feed. It's become an essential tool for developers who want to keep their finger on the pulse of the tech world.