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Bootcamp Grad Dives Into Google vs OpenAI API Pricing
Dev.to · bolddeck 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
Bootcamp Grad Dives Into Google vs OpenAI API Pricing
Honestly, bootcamp Grad Dives Into Google vs OpenAI API Pricing When I finished my coding bootcamp...
Building a Chrome Extension to Make AI Use More Intentional
Dev.to · Julien Avezou 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
Building a Chrome Extension to Make AI Use More Intentional
After posting several articles about the impact of AI on developers and sharing resources to help...
I Will Adopt New AI Tools When They Fit My Work. Fable 5 Was Shut Down Before I Could Test It
Dev.to · Adam McClarin 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
I Will Adopt New AI Tools When They Fit My Work. Fable 5 Was Shut Down Before I Could Test It
When a model gets pulled by the White House after four days, adopting it was never the real option...
I Tested OpenAI and Anthropic Pricing Side by Side — Here's the Truth
Dev.to · gentleforge 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
I Tested OpenAI and Anthropic Pricing Side by Side — Here's the Truth
So here's what happened: i Tested OpenAI and Anthropic Pricing Side by Side — Here's the Truth Last...
Your Telegram bot replies twice? It's timing, not a logic bug
Dev.to · Boris Kl 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
Your Telegram bot replies twice? It's timing, not a logic bug
A Telegram bot replies to the same message twice. An n8n flow processes an order, then processes it...
Meet Kent 2.0 - Your Coding Accomplice
Dev.to · Nek.12 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
Meet Kent 2.0 - Your Coding Accomplice
Released Kent 2.0 - formerly Builder, now Kent with a new site at kent.sh. This release includes: system prompt customization, new subagents with config example
The AI Tool Scorecard Is Dying, and the Case Study Is Taking Over
Dev.to · ninghonggang 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
The AI Tool Scorecard Is Dying, and the Case Study Is Taking Over
I went down a rabbit hole this morning reading the December 2025 Juejin roundups back to back, and...
I Built an AI Tools Directory: Looking for Feedback and Feature Suggestions!
Dev.to · Rana Arslan 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
I Built an AI Tools Directory: Looking for Feedback and Feature Suggestions!
Hey developers! I have been working on a side project to help people discover the best AI tools in...
Building a Marine Chart Parser in TypeScript: Parsing Binary Formats, Topology, and IHO Symbology
Dev.to · Vladislav Popov 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
Building a Marine Chart Parser in TypeScript: Parsing Binary Formats, Topology, and IHO Symbology
Every commercial vessel on the planet uses electronic navigation charts (ENC) in S-57 format. Despite...
How AI Products Lose Revenue Without Realizing It
Dev.to · Ciroandrea 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
How AI Products Lose Revenue Without Realizing It
Your pricing model can be perfect. Your subscription plans can be perfectly designed. Your checkout...
I built 60+ free image and PDF tools that run entirely in your browser - here's why and how
Dev.to · AI PixFix 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
I built 60+ free image and PDF tools that run entirely in your browser - here's why and how
Every time I needed to compress a PNG, convert a HEIC photo from my iPhone, or merge a couple of bank...
How I Optimized Next.js Image Delivery for an AI Generation Tool
Dev.to · Aon infotech 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
How I Optimized Next.js Image Delivery for an AI Generation Tool
When I launched unlimited AI image generator free to the public, the first performance problem wasn't...
I built a WordPress AI chatbot where the free tier isn't a trial. Here's the design story.
Dev.to · Rapls 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
I built a WordPress AI chatbot where the free tier isn't a trial. Here's the design story.
This is a design story about a plugin I built, not a review of it. I want to be upfront about that,...
When Regex Fails: My Journey to AI-Powered Data Extraction
Dev.to · zhongqiyue 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
When Regex Fails: My Journey to AI-Powered Data Extraction
I spent three hours the other day staring at a regular expression that was supposed to extract phone...
500 portadas distintas de un solo modelo de $0.04: arte de portada con IA, consistente con la marca, en un generador económico
Dev.to · Franchesco Romero 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
500 portadas distintas de un solo modelo de $0.04: arte de portada con IA, consistente con la marca, en un generador económico
La lección de cabecera: en un modelo económico, la calidad no la consigues escribiendo un mejor...
I put one proxy in front of every AI tool my team uses 85% cache hits, 75% lower cost
Dev.to · Anil Prasad 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
I put one proxy in front of every AI tool my team uses 85% cache hits, 75% lower cost
TL;DR — Your team's AI tools (Claude Code, Copilot, ChatGPT, Gemini, your own agents) each call the...
6 ATS failures I found after submitting 20 resumes (free checklist)
Dev.to · 3vo-ai team 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
6 ATS failures I found after submitting 20 resumes (free checklist)
Applied to 20 roles last month. Silence. Not even rejections. I spent a weekend going through every...
Talkis - an opensource alternative to wispr flow
Dev.to · David Perov 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
Talkis - an opensource alternative to wispr flow
I wrote a free transcription app ⚡️ Talkis. I created it for myself as an open-source alternative...
Why deemed-export law breaks frontier model APIs
Dev.to · ToxSec 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
Why deemed-export law breaks frontier model APIs
So you built your stack on a hosted frontier model. Good throughput, clean API, your foreign-national...
The Developer's Guide to AI Translation Without Going Broke
Dev.to · gentlenode 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
The Developer's Guide to AI Translation Without Going Broke
Look, the Developer's Guide to AI Translation Without Going Broke I still remember the first time I...
Cutting AI Text-to-Speech API Costs: My 2026 Analysis
Dev.to · RileyKim 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
Cutting AI Text-to-Speech API Costs: My 2026 Analysis
Honestly, cutting AI Text-to-Speech API Costs: My 2026 Analysis I spent the last six months...
A Resume Bullet Improver in 40 Lines of Regex (No AI Needed)
Dev.to · Devanshu Biswas 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
A Resume Bullet Improver in 40 Lines of Regex (No AI Needed)
Most resume bullets fail for two reasons: weak openers and no numbers. Here's a rule-based rewriter that enforces the Verb · What · Impact formula.
The Cost of Being Worth Using
Dev.to · Janne Lammi 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
The Cost of Being Worth Using
AI helped 100,000 developers ship 30% more software. The number of people using it didn't move. Building got cheap. Being worth using didn't.
MVP Development With AI Tools: Ship in Weeks, Not Months
Dev.to · AdamVibe 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
MVP Development With AI Tools: Ship in Weeks, Not Months
Most founders treat MVP development like it's still 2019 — six months of engineering, a big launch,...
I built a free Python AI platform for Indian developers. Here's everything inside.
Dev.to · Rohith 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
I built a free Python AI platform for Indian developers. Here's everything inside.
6 months ago I was a final year CS student with no real projects and no clear path into tech. So I...
OpenAI-Compatible Base URL Troubleshooting: 7 Checks Before You Blame the SDK
Dev.to · alice kelly 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
OpenAI-Compatible Base URL Troubleshooting: 7 Checks Before You Blame the SDK
An OpenAI-compatible base URL is supposed to make model switching boring: change the endpoint, keep...
BonSplit™
Dev.to · Martin Prer 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
BonSplit™
bonSplit is an AI-powered receipt and expense app for couples, families and shared households. It...
AI For Debugging Production Issues
Dev.to · Nazar Boyko 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
AI For Debugging Production Issues
It's 2:47am. The pager has just gone off for the third time in twenty minutes. Checkout latency is...
Simon Willison's Blog 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
Publishing WASM wheels to PyPI for use with Pyodide
The Pyodide 314.0 release announcement (via Hacker News ) includes news I've been looking forward to for a long time: You can now publish Python packages built
Terraform MCP Server, WebMCP Standard, and Pinecone OneLake Boost AI Dev Tools
Dev.to · soy 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
Terraform MCP Server, WebMCP Standard, and Pinecone OneLake Boost AI Dev Tools
Terraform MCP Server, WebMCP Standard, and Pinecone OneLake Boost AI Dev Tools ...
Why Wallet Identity Needs Recovery Context
Dev.to · Ciforus 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
Why Wallet Identity Needs Recovery Context
Wallet identity is becoming a familiar pattern in crypto-native products. It is easy to understand why. A wallet can prove ownership, start a session, receive
Orbital mechanics with Python, from circular orbits to Hohmann transfers
Dev.to · I Want To Learn Programming 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
Orbital mechanics with Python, from circular orbits to Hohmann transfers
Orbital mechanics is more approachable than it looks. With a little Python you can compute orbital velocity, periods, and the classic Hohmann transfer between o
AltiVerse — Fork a decision. Watch the worlds it creates. 🌱
Dev.to · LeoTheAIDev 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
AltiVerse — Fork a decision. Watch the worlds it creates. 🌱
AltiVerse — Fork a decision. Watch the worlds it creates. 🌱 Every big decision has a hidden second...
BHS lanza AuditorIA: IA para compliance financiero en 2026 - Ecosistema Startup
Dev.to · Jose Francisco Bustamante Ocampo 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
BHS lanza AuditorIA: IA para compliance financiero en 2026 - Ecosistema Startup
BHS lanza AuditorIA: IA para compliance financiero en 2026 - Ecosistema Startup TL;DR: Breaking news news from Google News CO - Regtech. What Happen...
Magento AI Brand Visibility: Does ChatGPT Recommend Your Store?
Dev.to · Ievgenii Gryshkun 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
Magento AI Brand Visibility: Does ChatGPT Recommend Your Store?
See if ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini and Groq recommend your Magento store — a free module that scores your AI brand visibility 0–100.
Building Dhrishti - Part 3: Testing on a Production Grade System
Dev.to · Ishaan Mavinkurve 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
Building Dhrishti - Part 3: Testing on a Production Grade System
I was now done with the basic setup. However, during my time working at my startup, I have learnt to...
I built a "what do I need on my final" calculator with AI auto-fill (Next.js 16 + Gemini)
Dev.to · yashmitb 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
I built a "what do I need on my final" calculator with AI auto-fill (Next.js 16 + Gemini)
Every finals season I'd end up doing the same algebra on a notes app: "I have a 91% in homework...
How to Detect MEV in Your Trades 2026: A Practical Guide
Dev.to · FRB Research 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
How to Detect MEV in Your Trades 2026: A Practical Guide
Answer first — To detect MEV against your own trades in 2026, follow a four-step forensic process:...
Nexa - platform to understand any codebase
Dev.to · Arish singh 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
Nexa - platform to understand any codebase
An AI platform that turns any GitHub repository into an interactive visual map so you can understand...
Merge multiple docs into one in Google Docs
Dev.to · bulldo.gs 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
Merge multiple docs into one in Google Docs
How to use Apps Script to copy content from multiple Google Docs into a single destination document, handling paragraphs, tables, and list items witho
Save Gmail attachments to a Drive folder in Gmail
Dev.to · bulldo.gs 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
Save Gmail attachments to a Drive folder in Gmail
A Google Apps Script that saves Gmail attachments to a specific Drive folder, with filters to skip inline images, signature logos, and calendar invite
The unprofitable part of freelancing is a workflow problem (so I encoded the workflow as Claude Code skills)
Dev.to · projectnomad 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
The unprofitable part of freelancing is a workflow problem (so I encoded the workflow as Claude Code skills)
Disclosure up front: this article and the tools in it were written by Claude, operating as an...
I tested 50 AI tools in May - the 7 I kept
Dev.to · eternalsix 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
I tested 50 AI tools in May - the 7 I kept
I Tested 50 AI Tools in May. Here Are the 7 I Actually Kept. By day 18 of May I had 34...
Hospital Management System with AI – Live Demo Available
Dev.to · Gesner Deslandes 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
Hospital Management System with AI – Live Demo Available
I Built a Hospital Management System with AI – Live Demo Available Tags: python, streamlit,...
I Built a Tesla Wrap Design Tool with Claude Code. Three Weeks Later, It Reached $400 and 100 DAU
Dev.to · Louis 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
I Built a Tesla Wrap Design Tool with Claude Code. Three Weeks Later, It Reached $400 and 100 DAU
I will skip the “tech stack first” opening. Here is what happened: I built Tesla Wrap Designer, a...
🚀 Introducing DevAssist AI: The Future of Developer Productivity
Dev.to · Galla Dileep sai 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
🚀 Introducing DevAssist AI: The Future of Developer Productivity
🚀 DevAssist AI is an AI-powered developer workspace built with React, FastAPI, and Spring Boot...
Introducing NobleLex — AI for Legal Understanding ⚖️
Dev.to · Manas Sahu 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
Introducing NobleLex — AI for Legal Understanding ⚖️
NobleLex is an AI-powered legal assistant built to make legal documents easier to read, understand,...
I'm building an AI quote generator for tradespeople — is this actually a problem worth solving?
Dev.to · MorskiKupus123 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
I'm building an AI quote generator for tradespeople — is this actually a problem worth solving?
Hey dev.to! 👋 I'm Martin, a 2nd year Computer Engineering student from Croatia (FERIT...