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How I'm using ASTs and Gemini to solve the "Codebase Onboarding" problem 🧠

tworrell5d ago • 3 min read

How I'm using ASTs and Gemini to solve the "Codebase Onboarding" problem 🧠

Hi everyone! 👋 I’m Tara, a Senior Software Engineer and Consultant. Over the years, I've jumped...

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Why I Picked Rust for a Production-Ready Micro SaaS

Hauke J.5d ago • 5 min read

Why I Picked Rust for a Production-Ready Micro SaaS

A lot of people hear "micro SaaS" and immediately reach for the usual stack. Use JavaScript. Ship.....

#rust#saas#webdev

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Jonas Scholz2d ago • 6 min read

How We Built Our Own DNS Server

We wrote a production DNS server in ~1000 lines of Go, migrated thousands of records off Hetzner DNS...

#cloud#devops#docker#webdev

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Building a Privacy-First Voice-Controlled AI Agent with Local LLMs 🎙️->🤖

Deep Bartaria6d ago • 4 min read

Building a Privacy-First Voice-Controlled AI Agent with Local LLMs 🎙️->🤖

The era of shipping all your personal data to cloud APIs just to turn down the thermostat or write a...

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Programming with Shahan2d ago • 15 min read

learn these 12 git commands and forget

🌱 Introduction Most devs think they can vibe code with a few Git commands. They run git...

#webdev#beginners#git#programming

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🚀 I’m Building “SafeMap” – A Tinder-Style Travel App That Prioritizes Safety (Brutal Feedback Needed)

Nishkarsh Pandey6d ago • 2 min read

🚀 I’m Building “SafeMap” – A Tinder-Style Travel App That Prioritizes Safety (Brutal Feedback Needed)

Imagine this: You land in Rio at 11PM, solo, tired, and slightly paranoid. Instead of opening 10.....

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From Software Engineer to Developer Advocate: The Silent Transition I've Been Making for Years Without Knowing It

Christian Hitchcock6d ago • 2 min read

From Software Engineer to Developer Advocate: The Silent Transition I've Been Making for Years Without Knowing It

I was having a conversation with a friend, sharing how I have achieved so much in tech but still...

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I Had No Weekend Plans… So I Let Earth Tell Its Story 🌍

Hadil Ben Abdallah1d ago • 3 min read

I Had No Weekend Plans… So I Let Earth Tell Its Story 🌍

This is a submission for Weekend Challenge: Earth Day Edition “I’m not asking for much. Just… stop...

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Every climate chatbot is amnesiac. So I built Aura — a stateful climate coach on Backboard + Gemini

Dev Rajput1d ago • 6 min read

Every climate chatbot is amnesiac. So I built Aura — a stateful climate coach on Backboard + Gemini

Every climate chatbot is amnesiac. So I built Aura — a stateful climate coach on Backboard +...

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I Shrunk My Docker Image From 1.58GB to 186MB. Then I Had to Explain What I Actually Broke.

Arbythecoder5d ago • 8 min read

I Shrunk My Docker Image From 1.58GB to 186MB. Then I Had to Explain What I Actually Broke.

Most Docker tutorials end at the win. "Look, smaller image! Ship it!" And then you're left alone at...

#docker#webdev#programming#devops

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Marko Smiljanic4d ago • 3 min read

Beyond Marker Clustering

Learn about a better way to manage thousands of map markers by using priority-based ranking instead ...

#webdev#javascript#maps#performance

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How I Ran a Live Production Upgrade in 24 Minutes Without Taking the Site Down

rokcso5d ago • 7 min read

How I Ran a Live Production Upgrade in 24 Minutes Without Taking the Site Down

I upgraded Shipstry's production data model for comments and payments, backfilled historical orders,...

#database#devops#webdev#ai

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Why I Built tat: A Tiny API Test Tool for Real Integration Work and fits With AI Workflows

joehom sum6d ago • 6 min read

Why I Built tat: A Tiny API Test Tool for Real Integration Work and fits With AI Workflows

This project started when a friend got a freelance job. He was handling the mobile app, and he asked...

#ai#testing#testdev#webdev

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How to Build Canva-Like Collaboration with Velt AI Plugin & Fabric.js

Astrodevil5d ago • 9 min read

How to Build Canva-Like Collaboration with Velt AI Plugin & Fabric.js

Introduction Design tools make collaboration hard in a specific way. Every action is about...

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I'm Rebuilding My Old Invoice App and This Time I Actually Know What I'm Doing

Sidharth Sangelia21h ago • 4 min read

I'm Rebuilding My Old Invoice App and This Time I Actually Know What I'm Doing

So I have this old project called Invoicepedia. Built it like 6 months ago when I was just starting....

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Why I Ditched GA4 for a Custom Next.js + Supabase Analytics Stack

Zenovay5d ago • 2 min read

Why I Ditched GA4 for a Custom Next.js + Supabase Analytics Stack

GA4 is overkill for Micro-SaaS. Here is how I built a leaner alternative using Next.js and Supabase.

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Why I Killed My 4th Claude Code Instance — Lessons from Multi-Agent Indie Dev

kanta13jp13d ago • 3 min read

Why I Killed My 4th Claude Code Instance — Lessons from Multi-Agent Indie Dev

Why I Killed My 4th Claude Code Instance The Setup I'm building a Flutter Web +...

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Show Dev: Your Face Is Now a Music Generator

Jean Michael Mayer20h ago • 3 min read

Show Dev: Your Face Is Now a Music Generator

The Dumbest Idea I've Shipped This Month I built a thing called The Mood Ring Playlist. It...

#showdev#ai#webdev#sideprojects

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How to Create a Sparkly-Spoiler Effect like the one in Threads Mobile App

Erik1d ago • 17 min read

How to Create a Sparkly-Spoiler Effect like the one in Threads Mobile App

If you use Meta’s Threads app on a mobile device, you may have noticed an interesting effect: the...

#webdev#css#javascript#tutorial

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How I Built state-in-url: My Journey Turning the URL Bar into Real React State

AlexApr 13, 2026 • 4 min read

How I Built state-in-url: My Journey Turning the URL Bar into Real React State

I'm the developer behind state-in-url. The library lets you put real JavaScript values - numbers,...

#webdev#statemanagement#react#nextjs

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Confessions of a Dev #1:I Went Blank When Asked "What's an API?"

Stephen Jarso5d ago • 3 min read

Confessions of a Dev #1:I Went Blank When Asked "What's an API?"

Last week, a friend asked me something so basic, so fundamental that i should have been able to...

#webdev#programming#googleaichallenge#javascript

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context.txt — llms.txt tells AI where to look, this tells it what it's looking at

Andreas Eckhoff3d ago • 4 min read

context.txt — llms.txt tells AI where to look, this tells it what it's looking at

You have probably heard of llms.txt. A growing number of sites — Anthropic, Stripe, Cloudflare,...

#ai#webdev#opensource#discuss

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How I built Footy Kits Battle with Next.js, Supabase, and Gemini image-to-image (as a 16-year-old)

Footykitsbattle Team1d ago • 4 min read

How I built Footy Kits Battle with Next.js, Supabase, and Gemini image-to-image (as a 16-year-old)

I spent the last three months building footykitsbattle.com — a World Cup 2026 kit voting site that's...

#nextjs#supabase#webdev#showdev

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Building a Monte Carlo Stock Simulator on a Restricted School Chromebook

22243dsw4d ago • 1 min read

Building a Monte Carlo Stock Simulator on a Restricted School Chromebook

Constraints create creativity. I am a 13-year-old student (7th grade) with a dream: getting into...

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