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This article provides a step-by-step guide on building a CI/CD pipeline for a Dockerized Node.js application using Jenkins. It explains the transition from a manual deployment process, where a Jenkins job must be trigger…

This article explains how to stream live forex rates into Google Sheets by connecting a market data provider through Google Apps Script or a WebSocket bridge, overcoming the limitations of the built-in GOOGLEFINANCE func…

The author created an Ubuntu 22.04 server on AWS EC2 in May 2026 to gain hands-on experience with a real Linux environment, building and automating five production-style Bash scripts for server health monitoring, disk al…

Typly is a lightweight Chrome extension that allows users to customize typography on any website by adjusting font size, line spacing, and contrast per HTML tag in real-time without breaking page layouts. Unlike standard…

The article is a personal account from an experienced software engineer who specializes in building production-ready AI systems, contrasting his work with superficial demos. He focuses on developing robust Retrieval-Augm…

The author canceled their $20 Claude Cowork subscription after switching to OpenWork, an open-source, free AI coding tool that handled real tasks without requiring configuration. OpenWork impressed them by offering five …

The article provides a tutorial for building a client-side image cropper using vanilla HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript, leveraging the Cropper.js library for image manipulation. It emphasizes processing images entirely in th…

The article announces the launch of PolySweeper, a macOS disk cleaner designed for developers to locate and safely remove large, unnecessary files such as node_modules, Unity caches, and Xcode artifacts. It notes that th…

Based on the article, the author built an autonomous AI agent called OpenClaw that runs 24/7 on a Raspberry Pi and manages tasks like research, coding, and document editing. To optimize costs and performance, the author …

This Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) outlines how teams should use Codex, OpenSpec, and Superpowers for tasks ranging from product planning to troubleshooting, applying to roles beyond software engineering such as pro…

The article argues that becoming a programmer requires more than watching tutorials or collecting certificates; it demands the ability to solve problems by thinking in code, which is built through long, focused practice.…

The article describes a project by Muhammad Yasir Awan, developed during an internship at NEXE.AGENT, which builds a production-style AI automation assistant using Python, Flask, React, and Google Gemini AI. Unlike tradi…

The Caretaker Sandbox is an offline-first developer playground and template engine submitted for the Gemma 4 Challenge, designed for creating visual web blocks like forms and layouts without heavy frameworks. It uses a t…

The article describes an experiment using Python and HikerAPI to build an Instagram OSINT project on Linux, noting that direct scraping is unreliable due to Instagram's aggressive automation blocks. The author found Hike…

The article argues that AI accelerates coding but cannot replace the critical thinking, discipline, and experience of senior developers. It emphasizes that true productivity comes from writing minimal, maintainable code,…

This article provides a security baseline configuration for the JavaScript package managers npm, pnpm, and bun, designed to mitigate supply-chain risks. It specifies minimum version requirements and recommends settings s…

The article introduces OpenKap, a screen recording tool created as a faster, simpler alternative to Loom for small, async-first teams. It emphasizes speed over features, allowing users to record and share a link in under…

Google's Gemma 4 is a new family of open-weight AI models that brings advanced capabilities—including multimodal input, a 128K context window, and a dedicated Reasoning Mode—to local machines, narrowing the gap between p…

The article describes how Aqarmap, Egypt's largest property platform, built an offline-first CRM for real estate agents managing over 100,000 leads monthly. The architecture ensures the app remains fully functional witho…

The article describes how the author tested their own AI-powered idea validation tool, Pro Validate (built into MonetScope), by submitting their product for evaluation. The tool returned a "PIVOT" verdict with 68% confid…