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Dev.to · Alan West
2w ago
I Haven't Opened the npm Website in Months. Here's How.
There's a special kind of friction that comes from typing `npm publish`, getting a 2FA prompt, fumbling for your phone, missing the 30-second window,
Dev.to · Alan West
3w ago
How to Run a 400B Parameter LLM on a Phone (Yes, Really)
A 400B LLM ran on an iPhone 17 Pro. Here's how flash offloading and aggressive quantization make the impossible possible.
Dev.to · Alan West
3w ago
Why Your Loop Runs Forever (and How to Actually Debug It)
Walk through the most common causes of infinite loops, from off-by-one errors to floating point traps, with step-by-step debugging techniques and prevention pat
Dev.to · Alan West
3w ago
Recreating Windows XP in React: Why Devs Keep Building OS Clones
A deep dive into building Windows XP in React — why OS clone projects teach you more about frontend development than most tutorials ever will.
Dev.to · Alan West
3w ago
Grafeo: An Embeddable Graph Database in Rust That Actually Makes Sense
Grafeo is a new embeddable graph database built in Rust. Here's what it does well, where it falls short, and whether you should use it yet.
Dev.to · Alan West
3w ago
How to Store 2 Bytes of Data in Your USB Mouse (Yes, Really)
Learn how USB HID feature reports let you write and persist 2 bytes of data in your mouse's onboard memory using Python and hidapi.
Dev.to · Alan West
3w ago
TapMap Finally Lands on Linux and Docker — Here's Why That Matters
TapMap now supports Linux and Docker. Here's how to set it up, where it fits in your stack, and what to watch out for.
Dev.to · Alan West
3w ago
Flash-KMeans Dropped and It Makes sklearn Look Slow
Flash-KMeans brings Flash Attention-style optimizations to K-Means clustering — 5-16x faster with less memory. Here's what it means for your ML pipelines.
Dev.to · Alan West
3w ago
Why Your Autonomous Research Pipeline Keeps Failing Mid-Run
Debug and fix the most common failures in autonomous LLM research pipelines: context drift, API timeouts, and incoherent output across stages.
Dev.to · Alan West
3w ago
Why ShadowDOM Matters More Than You Think
A deep dive into ShadowDOM — CSS isolation, design systems, embeddable widgets, and performance considerations with practical code examples.
Dev.to · Alan West
3w ago
5 Authentication Patterns Every Web Developer Should Know in 2026
A practical comparison of session-based auth, JWT, OAuth, passkeys, and Web3 wallet authentication — with code examples and trade-offs for each.
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