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Dev.to · member_ce2645ea
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2w ago
Why I Stopped Proofreading Manually and Built a Grammar Checker Instead
I was that person who would write a single email, read it eight times, still hit send, and...

Dev.to · sunshey
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2w ago
How I Split PDFs in the Browser with Vue 3 and pdf-lib
Splitting a PDF is one of those features that sounds trivial until you try to build it. Users expect...

Dev.to · Javid Jamae
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2w ago
How to Post 100 Videos a Week Without Editing Software
Originally published at ffmpeg-micro.com You run a one-person operation. You know you should be...

Dev.to · 이령
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2w ago
I tested whether "just paste the leak into your AI to fix it" actually works. It depends on the model — here's what broke.
The gap I wanted to fill A secret scanner can tell you "you leaked an API key here." The usual next...

Dev.to · The Dev Signal
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2w ago
Multi-page OCR and agent orchestration: what's actually worth shipping this week
Two themes dominated AI tooling this week: document parsing finally getting serious about production...

Dev.to · Kamran
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2w ago
How to Build a Crypto Trading Bot in Python — Step-by-Step Guide with Source Code
Complete guide to building a production-ready crypto trading bot in Python with Binance API, modular strategies, backtesting, paper trading, and Docker deployme

Dev.to · Vivek Kumar
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2w ago
AI SQL Assistants: What to Actually Look For Before You Commit
Not all AI SQL tools are equal. Here's the framework developers use to evaluate schema awareness, join accuracy, hallucination rates, and workflow fit before ch

Dev.to · Mohammed Ali Chherawalla
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2w ago
Connector Support in Off Grid AI Desktop: Private, Approval-Gated Integrations
Connect Notion, Linear, Jira, and any MCP tool locally. The on-device model reasons over the data; every action goes through an approval queue.

Dev.to · xu xu
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2w ago
The Ecosystem Anchor Trap: Why Your 'Free' AI Image Tool Costs More Than You Think
Your GPU cluster is maxed out. Not because you're running inference at scale — because that "simple"...

Dev.to · Davut Akça
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2w ago
Translating Windows system audio in real time — driverless, with no virtual cable
I build Voxis, an open-source Windows app that translates whatever your system is playing — a video,...

Dev.to · plasma
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2w ago
OpenAI-Compatible APIs Are Great Until Streaming Breaks: What I Check Before Switching Providers
Swapping an AI provider looks easy on paper. Change the baseURL, keep the OpenAI SDK, point your app...

Dev.to · zhongqiyue
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2w ago
I Spent Hours Parsing Logs Until I Tried This AI Approach
Let me set the scene: I had just inherited a massive collection of log files from a dozen...

Dev.to · 박준희
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2w ago
Vertex AI 'Resource exhausted' (429) API Rate Limit on a Single VM
Running a full AI product on a single small VM presents unique challenges, especially when external APIs start throwing rate limit errors. This postmortem detai

Dev.to · Qasim
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2w ago
Sync a mailbox into your own database with Nylas
A real use case: keep a local copy of a mailbox for search and analytics. Backfill the history, then stay current with webhooks, using the Nylas Email API and C

Dev.to · Jacob Gargaro
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2w ago
Velra vs Lovable: Which AI Builder Ships Stripe?
Velra vs Lovable: which AI builder actually ships Stripe? Compare subscriptions, code ownership, and the path to a paid SaaS faster.

Dev.to · MORINAGA
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2w ago
Three GPU affiliate programs I wired into an AI tool directory
RunPod, Vast.ai, and Hetzner Cloud as contextual affiliate links on model pages — how I implemented them, which ones are actually clickable, and what converts.

Dev.to · Thandv
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2w ago
I got nervous about installing MCP servers, so I built a scanner for them
Every few days there's a new MCP server or Claude Code skill worth trying. And almost all of them you...

Dev.to · Divyansh
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2w ago
How I Built a Carbon Footprint Tracker with Django + NVIDIA NIM
I wanted to build something that mattered. Climate change is one of those topics where awareness is...

Dev.to · Izhan
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2w ago
I Built an AI Presentation Platform That Generates Real PowerPoint Files
A few weeks ago I started building a project that became ExDeck. The original idea was simple: Why...

Dev.to · Gissur Runarsson
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2w ago
ChatGPT and Claude flatly disagree about which developer tools to recommend. I have the receipts.
ChatGPT and Claude flatly disagree about which developer tools to recommend. Real scan receipts across Convex, Trigger.dev, Windmill, Zuplo, Infisical and Novu.

Dev.to · Arpit Gupta
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2w ago
We Had 6 Features. 2 Were Eating Our Budget
Twelve months ago we were burning $4,200/month on AI infrastructure and could not tell you which...

Dev.to · Neural CoreTech
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2w ago
AI Automation Platforms in 2026: Lessons Learned After Comparing Zapier, Make, n8n, UiPath and Power Automate
Developers love comparing AI models. But in production, AI models rarely fail because they're not...

Dev.to · Elena Dev
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2w ago
I Built a Free Passport Photo Tool. Then the US Banned the AI It Relied On.
Why I added a warning to my own free passport photo tool, and what it taught me about building products people trust.

Dev.to · azena.ai
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2w ago
Die Forschungszulage: wie der deutsche Staat eure KI- und Software-Entwicklung mitfinanziert (2026)
Es gibt in Deutschland eine Förderung für Softwareentwicklung, die erstaunlich viele Teams übersehen...

Dev.to · Zhouxia Qian
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2w ago
How to Access DeepSeek API from Outside China (2026 Guide)
A practical guide for overseas developers trying to use DeepSeek V4, DeepSeek-Coder, and other DeepSeek models via API — without a Chinese phone number or Alipa

Dev.to · David Flores Flores
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2w ago
How I Built a Free ACS Citation Generator for Chemistry Papers
If you have ever cleaned up references for a chemistry paper, you know the tiny formatting problems...

Dev.to · Bassem Shahin
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2w ago
Migrating reCAPTCHA solving off 2Captcha: the one-line swap (and what changes at volume)
If your reCAPTCHA solving already speaks the 2Captcha API, moving to a compatible provider is mostly a base-URL change. Here's the actual diff, what stays ident

Dev.to · Momin Saad Ahemar
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2w ago
How to Integrate Zerodha Kite Connect with MCP Servers
Artificial Intelligence is transforming the way traders and developers interact with financial data....

Dev.to · Furiosa Studio
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2w ago
Eclipse mechanics for programmers: turning ephemeris data into a "next eclipse from here" countdown
"When's the next eclipse visible from here?" sounds like a lookup. It's actually two hard problems...

Dev.to · MI Srabon
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2w ago
I Built a Python Bot That Applies to LinkedIn Jobs While I Sleep
Last month I was applying to jobs manually. Copy-paste the job title. Upload CV. Answer the same 5...

Dev.to · Srashti
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2w ago
MetaMask, Wallets, and Why Ownership Actually Matters
Up until this post, my entire DApp lived in a terminal. Tests passed. Contract compiled. Everything...

Dev.to · Jakub
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2w ago
10 Best Free AI Tools With No Signup Required in 2026
TL;DR: We tested dozens of free AI tools that work without creating an account. No email, no...
Simon Willison's Blog
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2w ago
OPFS + Pyodide test harness
Tool: OPFS + Pyodide test harness I've been pondering if Datasette Lite - the Python Datasette application run entirely in the browser using Pyodide and WebAsse

Dev.to · NTCTech
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2w ago
GPU Scarcity Isn't the Problem Anymore. GPU Allocation Governance Is.
GPU allocation governance is becoming the defining AI infrastructure challenge of 2026 — not because...

Dev.to · James Joyner
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2w ago
Humanizing Artificial Intelligence for Platform Engineering: Helping Internal Developer Platforms Become Easier to Use
The Developer Who Just Wanted to Ship a Service A backend developer on my team pinged me...

Dev.to · Rotifer Protocol
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2w ago
Rotifer v0.9.0: Open Mesh — your first P2P gene node
v0.9.0 gives the rotifer CLI an embedded libp2p node. Two machines on the same LAN can now exchange...

Dev.to · Jenuel Oras Ganawed
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2w ago
Claude Is Powerful, but Outages and Limits Are Part of the Deal
A practical reflection on Claude's current reliability problem: fast-draining limits, server-side 500 errors, and why developers need backup workflows when AI t

Dev.to · Fabio Sarmento
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2w ago
AI in Testing: The Future is Here
Why not leverage AI to optimize testing? It can help identify edge cases and reduce manual efforts....

Dev.to · Hani Amro
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2w ago
Arabic OCR with an API: Make Scanned Arabic PDFs Searchable (Python)
If you've ever tried to extract text from a scanned Arabic document, you already know the pain. Most...

Dev.to · Iurii Rogulia
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2w ago
How to Add AI to an Existing Product Without Rewriting It
Add AI to an existing product without a rebuild. Three integration patterns, how to pick the right one, and what production-ready AI actually demands.

Dev.to · Moon sehwan
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2w ago
AINAScan v1.1.1 — Web UI Live, 48 Patterns, Auto-fix (Thank You for the Traffic)
We've been absolutely blown away by the real-world usage over the last 48 hours. Watching developers...

Dev.to · Marinnov Nikola
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2w ago
An AI Built My WordPress Theme. Then I Found the Performance Bugs It Left Behind.
I’m what you’d call a “wannabe developer.” My main focus is SEO, but I like trying new things and...

Dev.to · Sendcopy
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2w ago
How We Built Safe LinkedIn Automation at Scale — Technical Breakdown
LinkedIn automation has a trust problem. Not with users — with LinkedIn itself. Most automation tools...

Dev.to · Omobolaji Adeyan
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2w ago
SPF, DKIM, and DMARC in Phishing Detection: Useful Signals, Not Magic Answers
How PhishGuard AI treats email authentication failures as explainable evidence without turning them into automatic phishing verdicts.

Dev.to · vicente san silvestre chacon
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2w ago
The Ultimate Guide to AI-Powered Resume Building: Create Your Standout Resume Today
Unlock the secrets of effective resume building with our comprehensive guide on AI-powered tools. Create ATS-optimized resumes in minutes.

Dev.to · MORINAGA
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2w ago
Five overlooked packages running my AI directory stack
A curated look at tsx, Pagefind, Crawlee, eemeli/yaml, and @libsql/client — the unsexy dependencies doing most of the actual work.

Dev.to · MORINAGA
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2w ago
Five things that caught my attention this week in AI tools and open-source models
Claude Code Agent View, ZAYA1-8B on AMD hardware, Harness productivity data, ServiceNow in every IDE, and a personal lesson from removing MCP servers.

Dev.to · Russell Jones
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2w ago
AI slop and the content treadmill every developer is on
Why I automated my own content pipeline, what it costs, and how developers can share their work without adding to the AI slop.
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