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Episodes(40 episodes)

Why 70% of Developers Don’t Trust Plugins—and How I Built a Fix
This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/why-70percent-of-developers-dont-trust-pluginsand-how-i-built-a-fix.
Do you suffer from 'Dependency Anxiety'? 60% of Laravel developers spend up to 30 minutes just vetting a single package.
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Do you suffer from 'Dependency Anxiety'? 60% of Laravel developers...
Published: Jan 23, 2026Duration: 3:50

Your First Interactive Plot in Python: A Hands-On Plotly Guide
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Plotly is a Python toolbox that lets you create interactive charts.
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Plotly is a Python toolbox that lets you create interactive charts. The magic of Plotly lies in...
Published: Jan 23, 2026Duration: 8:12

Tracing Personal Data Through APIs
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Learn how to identify privacy-relevant API methods using dependency analysis and GDPR-aligned labels to improve software privacy reviews.
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This article outlines a dependency-aware approach to identifying privacy-relevant API...
Published: Jan 22, 2026Duration: 3:59

4 Surprising Ways Your API Gateway Can Handle Generative AI
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Companies are leaping on this AI-driven opportunity using tools like chatbots and AI agents to innovate and work smarter.
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Companies are leaping on this AI-driven opportunity using tools...
Published: Jan 22, 2026Duration: 6:37

AWS Serverless is the Boring Choice that Keeps Working
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Modern engineering is about results, not hype. Explore why AWS Serverless is the "boring" choice that wins on scalability, cost, and operational focus.
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While "boring" tech doesn't...
Published: Jan 21, 2026Duration: 25:28

How to Build a Status Monitoring Service in Go
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Build a Go-based monitoring app that probes services, opens/closes incidents, sends Teams/Slack alerts, and exports Prometheus metrics in Docker.
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This tutorial walks through building StatusD, a...
Published: Jan 21, 2026Duration: 8:43

How to Access Your YubiKey in Go on Windows
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Learn how to access a YubiKey in Go on Windows, read PIV certificates, and sign data securely using piv-go and native WinSCard APIs.
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Programmatic access lets you integrate...
Published: Jan 20, 2026Duration: 1:33

When Improving Processes Makes System Worse
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Why delivery failures rarely happen suddenly, and how small, reasonable decisions slowly create fragile systems long before incidents appear.
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Most delivery failures do not happen suddenly.
They emerge...
Published: Jan 20, 2026Duration: 5:40

Container-aware GOMAXPROCS: What it is and Why It's Important
This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/container-aware-gomaxprocs-what-it-is-and-why-its-important.
In this post, we will dive into how Go schedules goroutines, how that scheduling interacts with container-level CPU controls, and how Go can perform better.
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Go 1.25 includes new...
Published: Jan 19, 2026Duration: 9:57

How to Turn On File History in Windows 11 Using Control Panel, PowerShell, or Group Policy
This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/how-to-turn-on-file-history-in-windows-11-using-control-panel-powershell-or-group-policy.
Learn how to enable File History on Windows 11 to back up files locally using Control Panel, PowerShell, or Group Policy—no cloud required.
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Fi...
Published: Jan 19, 2026Duration: 7:22

AI Coding Tip 003 - Force Read-Only Planning
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Set your AI code assistant to read-only state before it touches your files.
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Set your AI code assistant to read-only state before it touches your files.
Published: Jan 18, 2026Duration: 5:36

How Browsers Turn Web Requests Into Pixels on Your Screen
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A deep dive into how browsers render web pages—from DNS and HTML parsing to layout, painting, and GPU compositing.
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What the web browsers do when a user re...
Published: Jan 17, 2026Duration: 13:23

Laravel 12 Prompts Guide: Prompt Types, Validation, and an Interactive Seeder Generator Example
This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/laravel-12-prompts-guide-prompt-types-validation-and-an-interactive-seeder-generator-example.
Laravel Prompts brings beautiful, zero-dependency interactive CLI prompts to Laravel 12—types, validation, and a seeder generator example included.
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Laravel Prompts is a lightweight, zero-dependency toolkit for bu...
Published: Jan 17, 2026Duration: 29:16

A Sustainable Code Review Process for Busy Teams (PERFECT)
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A clear, practical guide to code review: why it matters, the PERFECT principles, and how to build an effective review process.
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A clear, practical guide to code review...
Published: Jan 16, 2026Duration: 14:51

HARmageddon is cancelled: how we taught Playwright to replay HAR with dynamic parameters
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We taught Playwright to find the correct HAR entry even when query/body values change and prevented reusing entities with dynamic identifiers.
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Playwright is a tool...
Published: Jan 16, 2026Duration: 15:53

From RxJS to Signals: The Future of State Management in Angular
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Angular 19+ makes Signals the default for local state. This guide shows how to balance Signals, RxJS, and NgRx and refactor legacy patterns safely.
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Angular Signals are not...
Published: Jan 14, 2026Duration: 10:56

The Long Now of the Web: Inside the Internet Archive’s Fight Against Forgetting
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A deep dive into the Internet Archive's custom tech stack.
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A deep dive into the Internet Archive's custom tech stack.
Published: Jan 14, 2026Duration: 40:19

Premium vs Non-Premium Domains: What You’re Really Paying For
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Premium vs non-premium domains explained. Learn what you’re actually paying for, from pricing models to long-term technical and product tradeoffs.
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A premium domain is not just a do...
Published: Jan 13, 2026Duration: 6:24

Go: The Testing/Synctest Package Explained
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In Go 1.25, the testing/synctest package has graduated from experiment to general availability.
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Go 1.25 introduces the `testing/synctest` package. This package can significantly simplify writing tests for concurrent...
Published: Jan 12, 2026Duration: 24:23

Rust's WASI Targets: What's Changing?
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In this post we'll discuss the introduction of the new targets, the motivation behind it, and what that means for existing WASI targets.
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Rust 1.78 will introduce new `wasm32...
Published: Jan 11, 2026Duration: 7:13