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This article explains how to split a video into equal-length segments using FFmpeg's segment muxer, detailing key flags like `-segment_time`, `-reset_timestamps`, and `-c copy` for fast, keyframe-aligned cuts. It also co…
The article describes the development of an AI-powered VS Code extension created for the Finish Up-A-Thon, which integrates a React-based chat interface directly into the editor sidebar to boost developer productivity. T…
The article describes a Polish recycling assistant built using Google's Gemma 4 large language model. This application demonstrates the model's ability to move beyond simple chatbots by providing real-world decision supp…
The article describes six free, browser-based developer tools created by the author to solve common friction points, including an AI prompt cost calculator, a cron expression generator, a self-hosted software alternative…
This article describes the development of an algorithmic inflation tracking system for the Blox Fruits Value Calculator, a web utility app for the Roblox game. The system addresses the problem of static data lags by usin…
The article argues that effective learning does not require mastering each concept sequentially before moving to the next. Instead, it advocates for a "practical" approach of exposing oneself to the entire scope of a pro…
The article compares five leading AI security and guardrails tools for 2026: LLM Guard, NeMo Guardrails, Guardrails AI, Vigil, and Rebuff. It explains that these tools protect autonomous AI agents from threats like promp…
This article provides a guide for building a self-hosted AI code review tool in Python using Ollama and a locally-run language model like CodeLlama or DeepSeek-Coder. The tool reads a git diff, sends it to the local mode…
After running a React SPA admin panel for three years, a team migrated over 200 production deployments to HTMX over six months, finding that React's complexity was unnecessary for their primarily CRUD-based workload of f…
This article is a tutorial from a "Docker Zero to Hero" series that guides readers through deploying an Nginx web server inside a Docker container. It demonstrates how to run a container in seconds, customize the HTML pa…
The article describes how the author built Pilates, a pure TypeScript flex layout engine for terminal UIs, which outperforms WASM Yoga (the engine used by Ink) across all nine benchmark scenarios. The performance gains w…
readmegen is an open-source Python tool that generates professional README.md files for GitHub projects using an interactive wizard and 12 templates. Users can run it with zero configuration by answering a few questions …
The article explains that static websites, such as those hosted on GitHub Pages or Netlify, lack a server to process contact form submissions, requiring a separate form backend solution. It reviews several options for 20…
The article describes the development of FindMyFuel, a cross-platform fuel finder app built by a solo developer using React, Supabase, OpenStreetMap, and Capacitor. The app allows users to locate nearby fuel stations, lo…
SchemaDraw is a free, client-side web application that allows developers to visually design relational database schemas by drawing tables and connecting columns on an interactive canvas. The tool instantly generates clea…
ScribeSVG is a tool that generates customizable typing animation SVGs for GitHub README profiles, offering features like 14+ developer fonts, neon glows, linear gradients, and custom layouts such as a macOS Terminal fram…
At the Apache Iceberg Summit, Google Cloud announced a preview of a serverless Iceberg REST catalog for BigQuery, enabling teams to create, update, and query the same Iceberg tables across engines like Spark, Flink, and …
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…
The article claims that BambuStudio has been violating the AGPL license of PrusaSlicer since forking the software, as it incorporates a proprietary networking binary. It argues that Chinese laws enacted between 2017 and …
The article argues that the future of AI will favor small, locally-run models over large, cloud-based ones due to their superior user experience. It claims that instant, private interactions with a local model eliminate …