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Dev.to · Alex Spinov
3w ago
Unpopular Opinion: You Don't Need a Database for Most Side Projects
Hear Me Out Every side project tutorial starts with "set up PostgreSQL" or "configure...
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3w ago
10 APIs That Give You Data Most People Pay For (All Free)
Free Data That Costs Others $50-500/Month Most developers don't realize how much valuable...
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3w ago
Open-Meteo API: Free Weather Data for Any Location (No Key, No Limits, No BS)
Why I Stopped Paying for Weather APIs I was paying $40/month for a weather API. Then I...
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3w ago
DuckDB Just Made SQLite Look Slow — Run Analytics on CSVs Without a Database
The Problem with Data Analysis in 2026 You download a CSV. You open Python. You write...
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3w ago
I Built a Research Paper Finder That Searches 5 APIs at Once (Python, 100 Lines)
The Problem Every time I research a topic, I open 5 tabs: Google Scholar, arXiv, Semantic...
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3w ago
5 Free Academic APIs You Should Know (250M+ Papers, No Scraping Needed)
Stop Scraping Google Scholar If you're scraping Google Scholar, you're doing it wrong....
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3w ago
Crossref API: Search 140M+ Academic Papers by DOI, Author, or Journal (Free, No Key)
The Hidden Giant of Academic APIs Everyone talks about Google Scholar, but Crossref...
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3w ago
SQLite Just Got Vector Search — Here's How to Use It for AI (No Database Server Needed)
SQLite + Vectors = Game Changer SQLite just became a serious option for AI applications....
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3w ago
OpenAlex API: Search 250M+ Academic Papers for Free (No Key, No Limits)
Why OpenAlex? Most developers know about Google Scholar, but few know about OpenAlex — a...
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3w ago
The Fastest Way to Parse JSON in Every Language (Benchmark)
I benchmarked JSON parsing across 5 languages JSON parsing is something every developer...
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3w ago
I Built 77 Web Scrapers — Here Are the 10 Patterns That Actually Work
After building 77 scrapers, every problem is a variation of the same 10 patterns I've...
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3w ago
The Docker Compose Template I Start Every Project With
I've written 50+ docker-compose files. This is what they all converge to. Every new...
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3w ago
requests vs httpx vs aiohttp — I Benchmarked All 3 (Results Surprised Me)
I test HTTP libraries for a living I maintain 77 web scrapers. Each one makes thousands of...
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3w ago
5 Python Mistakes That Cost Me Real Money (Don't Repeat Them)
Mistake #1: Not handling rate limits The cost: $340 in API overage charges I was scraping...
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3w ago
I Replaced a 3-Person Data Entry Team With 200 Lines of Python
Before you get angry — they all got promoted Let me explain. A logistics company was...
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3w ago
What's the One Script You Wrote That You Still Use Every Day?
I'll go first. Three years ago I wrote a 20-line Python script that watches a folder for new CSV...
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3w ago
I Built a Price Monitoring Bot That Saved My Client $12,000
The phone call that started everything Last year, a small e-commerce owner called me in a...
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3w ago
Notion Has a Free API — Create Pages, Query Databases, and Automate Your Workspace
Notion is where I manage everything — notes, projects, clients, content calendar. But I was doing...
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3w ago
Build a Weather CLI Tool in 20 Lines of Python (Using a Free API)
I wanted a weather check in my terminal. No browser, no app, just type weather Berlin and get the...
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3w ago
Spotify Has a Free API — Search Tracks, Get Audio Features, and Build Playlists Programmatically
Spotify has over 100 million tracks. And their API is free, well-documented, and surprisingly...
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3w ago
How I Monitor 77 Web Scrapers Without Going Crazy (My Exact Setup)
When you have 1 scraper, monitoring is easy. Check if it runs. Done. When you have 77 scrapers...
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3w ago
I Automated My Entire Job Search With Python — Here Is Exactly How
Last year I spent 3 months job hunting. Applied to 200+ positions manually. Got 4 interviews....
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3w ago
The Web Scraping Checklist I Wish I Had When I Started (21 Steps)
After building 77 scrapers for production use, I realized I follow the same 21 steps every time. This...
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3w ago
Why I Store All My Scraped Data in SQLite (Not JSON, Not CSV)
For 2 years I saved scraped data as JSON files. One file per run. Sometimes CSV. Then my projects...
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