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Dev.to · Alex Spinov
3w ago
Regex Cheatsheet That Actually Makes Sense (With Real Examples)
I've been writing regex for 8 years. I still google basic patterns. The problem isn't regex itself —...
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3w ago
Your npm/pip Install Just Ran Arbitrary Code — And You Didn't Notice
Every time you run npm install or pip install, you're executing code written by strangers on your...
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3w ago
Your Docker Compose File Is Probably Wrong — 7 Mistakes I See in Every Project
I've reviewed over 200 Docker Compose files. Most of them have the same problems. Not bugs — they...
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3w ago
Async Python Is Not Faster — Here's When to Actually Use It
I see this mistake every week on Stack Overflow: "I rewrote my script with async and it got SLOWER....
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3w ago
Build a CLI Tool in Python That People Actually Want to Use
I've built 30+ CLI tools. Most of them sucked. Not because the code was bad — because the UX was...
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3w ago
I Built a Production Web Scraping Pipeline for $0 — Here's the Architecture
Last month, a marketing agency asked me to scrape 50,000 product listings daily. Their budget? Zero...
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3w ago
MCP Explained in 5 Minutes — The Protocol That Makes AI Agents Actually Useful
MCP (Model Context Protocol) is everywhere right now. Claude Code uses it. Cursor supports it. Every...
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3w ago
I Tested 5 AI Agent Frameworks — Here's Which One Actually Works
AI agents are the hottest thing in tech right now. Every framework promises autonomous AI that can...
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3w ago
How I Audit 200+ Dependencies in 5 Minutes (Free Tools Only)
After the LiteLLM PyPI compromise, I built a 5-minute dependency audit workflow. It uses only free...
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3w ago
The Real Cost of Running an LLM in Production (I Did the Math)
Everyone talks about AI capabilities. Nobody talks about the bill. I calculated the actual cost of...
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3w ago
How to Check If Your Dependencies Are Vulnerable (30 Lines of Python)
Last week a critical vulnerability was found in a popular npm package. It had been there for 3...
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3w ago
DNS Over HTTPS Is Free — Here's How to Use It as an API (Python)
Most DNS tools are command-line only (dig, nslookup). But Cloudflare and Google offer DNS over HTTPS...
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3w ago
6 Free Threat Intelligence APIs You Can Use Right Now (No Budget Needed)
Security tools are expensive. Threat intel platforms charge $10K+/year. But these 6 free APIs give...
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3w ago
I Automated My Entire Research Workflow With 10 Free APIs
Two weeks ago, I started a research project that required: Academic papers from multiple...
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3w ago
5 Free Security APIs Every Developer Should Bookmark (With Python Examples)
Last year, a friend's startup got hacked through a dependency with a known vulnerability. The fix...
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3w ago
I Built a Tool to Track What Big Pharma Is Testing (Using Free Data)
Last month, a friend working in biotech asked me: "How can I quickly see what trials Pfizer is...
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3w ago
I Built 10 Open Source Toolkits for Academic APIs — Here's What I Learned
Over the past month, I built Python toolkits for 10 different academic APIs. Combined, they give you...
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3w ago
How to Find Free PDFs of Research Papers (Legally) With One API Call
You find a paper you need. It costs $35. You check another journal. $49. But here's the thing: most...
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3w ago
I Built a CLI to Search 800M+ Academic Papers From Your Terminal
I got tired of switching between 6 different academic databases. OpenAlex for bibliometrics, Crossref...
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3w ago
Semantic Scholar Has a Free API — It Gives You AI Summaries of Research Papers
Most academic search tools give you a title, abstract, and a DOI. Semantic Scholar gives you...
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3w ago
I Built a Research Paper Finder That Actually Works (OpenAlex + Python)
I was tired of Google Scholar. No API. No export. No way to filter by citation count. And half the...
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3w ago
YouTube Has a Hidden API — Here's How to Use It (No Key, No Quotas)
Most developers use the YouTube Data API v3. It requires an API key, has strict quotas (10,000...
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3w ago
5 Free Academic APIs Every Developer Should Know (No Key Required)
Last week I shared 5 Free APIs That Changed How I Build Side Projects. It got way more attention than...
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3w ago
Crossref Has a Free API — Search 150M+ Scholarly Articles (No Key Required)
I was building a research tool and needed article metadata — titles, authors, citations, DOIs. I...
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