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nasir shahbazAug 23, 2026 • 1 min read
I built a free open-source app that adds mechanical keyboard sounds system-wide on Windows
Hey DEV community! 👋 I just released MonkeySounds a free, open-source Windows app that...
#windows#opensource#cpp#showdev
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MilkyWay0082d ago • 3 min read
LM Studio silently broke my model load after a runtime auto-update — the NTSTATUS exit code decode
If you run local LLMs on Windows with an NVIDIA GPU, you've probably seen LM Studio's "runtime...
#ai#llm#windows#tutorial
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KL3FT3Z6d ago • 6 min read
Sam The Butcher: Extracting Locked Windows Credentials via Raw Disk Access
A deep dive into bypassing file locks, EDR filters, and Windows access controls by reading NTFS...
#cybersecurity#redteam#windows#sam
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Eliseo Fernandez SuarezAug 23, 2026 • 5 min read
wmic is gone and your Node process tree is silently wrong on Windows 11
The last post I wrote here ended on a line I had to go and check: killing a shell does not kill what...
#windows#node#javascript#devtools
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Eliseo Fernandez SuarezAug 23, 2026 • 7 min read
Isolation, file ownership and cleanup: the boring half of running coding agents in parallel on Windows
Someone left a comment on my last post that was a better outline than the post was: Parallel agent...
#windows#git#ai#devtools
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MilkyWay0086d ago • 4 min read
Your AI coding tool broke after an auto-update? On Windows, check the self-lock first
I've been collecting these reports for a while now, and there's a pattern. Your AI coding assistant....
#ai#devops#windows#tutorial
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MilkyWay0085d ago • 2 min read
Windows Smart App Control Is Blocking Your Python CLIs (os error 4551) — What To Do
If you've seen this error on Windows 11, you probably assumed your install was broken. Easy to think...
#windows#tutorial#ai
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Renan Zapata6d ago • 3 min read
El síndrome del aire acondicionado Split que infectó a la informática ❄️💻
Imagínate esto: vas a comprar un aire acondicionado. Un equipo de ventana cuesta $200. Cumple su.....
#windows#linux#productivity#discuss
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MilkyWay0084d ago • 4 min read
Windows freezes and shuts down after an update? Here's the 5-step fix
Windows freezes and shuts down after an update? Here's the 5-step fix Every few months the...
#windows#tutorial#ai
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wangwang huangAug 24, 2026 • 4 min read
A Windows Desktop App Is “Not Responding”: Diagnose the Wait Before Reinstalling
A frozen desktop window is a state, not a diagnosis. Windows adds Not Responding when the UI thread....
#windows#debugging#tutorial#software
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Frank Zhang4d ago • 8 min read
Why a Windows 11 VM Shows Nearly 100% Memory Usage in Proxmox VE
A Windows 11 VM in Proxmox VE was showing nearly 100% memory usage in monitoring. Inside Windows...
#proxmox#windows#virtualization#monitoring
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Ethan Walker4d ago • 19 min read
Windows 11 Privacy Guide: Disable Telemetry, Remove Bloatware, and Block Microsoft Tracking
Microsoft has spent years turning Windows from a traditional desktop operating system into a deeply....
#cybersecurity#windows#tutorial#beginners
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Ivan Li5d ago • 3 min read
A safer Windows slowdown triage: 30 minutes before you reinstall
When a Windows machine becomes slow, reinstalling the operating system is often treated as the first...
#windows#devops#beginners#productivity
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nasir shahbaz3d ago • 6 min read
I Built a Native Windows App That Writes Your Git Commit Messages With AI Here's How
AI Commit Generator: A Native Windows Desktop App That Writes Your Git Commits With AI You...
#windows#ai#git#cpp
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She11 QA6d ago • 1 min read
Fixing PowerShell Script Execution Policy Issue When Activating Python venv
When setting up a Python virtual environment on Windows, running .\venv\Scripts\activate in...
#python#powershell#windows#developers
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LeoAug 24, 2026 • 2 min read
Windows 11 arm64 with VS2026 goes GA on GitHub-hosted runners
GitHub Actions promoted its Windows 11 arm64 image with Visual Studio 2026 to general availability o...
#githubactions#runners#windows#arm64
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![[In Development] Editing a 48GB File and Saving Mid-Way: EmEditor vs UwEditor Pro](https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=1000,height=420,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fuvp.y42u.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F08%2Fuvp-uep-emeditor-48gb-edit-comparison-en.jpeg)
y4u3d ago • 8 min read
[In Development] Editing a 48GB File and Saving Mid-Way: EmEditor vs UwEditor Pro
This is a test log for a product still in development. UwEditor Pro is not for sale yet, and there.....
#showdev#performance#productivity#windows
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DarksselAug 24, 2026 • 6 min read
How to Free Up Disk Space on Windows Without Deleting Important Files
You open File Explorer. You see a red bar on your C: drive. You hover over it: "15.2 GB free of.....
#windows#performance#tutorial#sysadmin
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Diego Diaz4d ago • 2 min read
Next.js Patches Critical AVIF and Windows Path Traversal Flaws Enabling Unauthenticated RCE
Next.js releases patches for two critical unauthenticated RCE flaws: a Windows path traversal (CVE-2...
#nextjs#rce#avif#windows
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Syed Masood Shah5d ago • 2 min read
A year of meetings, and my minutes are plain text files on my own disk
Why I keep every meeting's minutes as local markdown I can grep — no vendor database, no lock-in.
#productivity#ai#localllm#windows
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Darkssel2d ago • 5 min read
How to Check If Someone Has Been Accessing Your Windows PC Without Your Permission
You leave your PC for a few minutes. When you come back, the mouse is in a different position. A.....
#windows#security#privacy#monitoring
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Atlas WhoffAug 23, 2026 • 3 min read
Windows Task Scheduler Won't Wake Your Machine Just Because Your Power Plan Says It Can
We run our ops on a Windows machine with a stack of scheduled tasks: a 07:30 morning brief, sprints....
#windows#automation#postmortem#ai
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Andrew Avery6d ago • 9 min read
OpenAI's Codex plugin told me my session transfer failed. It hadn't.
A false-negative bug in openai/codex-plugin-cc traced to Windows extended-length path prefixes — and...
#claudecode#openai#windows#debugging
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Mykola Melnyk6d ago • 3 min read
I Built a Windows App That Actually Removes PII From PDFs (Not Just Covers It)
Redacting a PDF sounds simple until you actually have to do it properly. Drawing a black rectangle.....
#windows#privacy#ai#productivity
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