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Your CI checks your types. It doesn't check your translations.

Your pipeline lints your JavaScript. It typechecks your types. It runs your tests, checks...

Oscar GreenAug 22, 20269 min read

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I got tired of gluing routers, queues, cron, and auth together — so I built okengine (Bun/TS, MIT, self-hostable)

The problem: a backend isn't one thing, it's ~40 things wearing a trench coat When people...

Omq KhafiAug 22, 20267 min read

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Building a Community Plugin Marketplace for OWASP OWTF (GSoC 2026)

My Google Summer of Code 2026 project with OWASP OWTF. A marketplace where any user can upload a Python plugin that gets reviewed and then runs inside the framework.

Piyush GuptaAug 22, 20266 min read

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I Built a Kawaii Native GUI with Nim and SDL3

A Clay Board Style System v0.5.0 devlog about building an expressive kawaii desktop UI with typed styles, retained Canvas drawing, and no browser or WebView.

puffball1567Aug 22, 20264 min read

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PR#1: Make SurrealDB performance slightly better

At the first step, I picked up the SurrealDB project for contribution. I didn't know how I could help...

Hossein MobarakianAug 22, 20262 min read

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Checking whether an npm package "exists" stopped working

Every npm supply chain postmortem ends with the same advice: verify the package before you install...

TisankanAug 22, 20264 min read

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Just released frosted_ui_kit ❄️: A Flutter UI kit mixing Apple’s Liquid Glass with Telegram’s fluid design

 Hey everyone! 👋 I've been working on a highly-customizable design system and decided to...

AbdulRasol S. Al-HiloAug 22, 20261 min read

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Making AI Coding Agents Actually Good at Software Engineering

AI coding agents generate decent code. But decent ≠ production-ready. They miss the stuff...

Debabrata SahaAug 22, 20261 min read

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OpenWA: A Self-Hosted WhatsApp API Gateway Built for Production

OpenWA: A Self-Hosted WhatsApp API Gateway Built for Production WhatsApp's official API is...

Ganesh BoraAug 22, 20264 min read

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From 45 to 70 Free Tools — Toollium Just Got a Lot Bigger

A few weeks ago I shared Toollium here — 45 free browser-based tools with no sign-up, no watermarks,...

ToolliumAug 22, 20262 min read

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Mojo vs Python: What Qualcomm's Open Source Release Actually Changes for Developers

For three years, the biggest complaint about Mojo was not the syntax, the performance claims, or the...

jamilxtAug 22, 20268 min read

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I built a GitHub repository intelligence API — here's what I learned

Every open source maintainer I've talked to has the same problem. Their GitHub issues are a mess....

King DavidAug 22, 20263 min read

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The Exact Funnel I Use to Get Free CLI Tools Their First Users

Every open-source tool has the same brutal first 90 days: zero users, zero signal, no idea whether...

ke jiaAug 22, 20263 min read

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3 Months of Shipping Tiny Tools: What Actually Drove Downloads

I have spent the last few months shipping a string of small tools: a scaffolding CLI, a secret...

ke jiaAug 22, 20263 min read

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Week-6, 7, 8

Catching Up: Architecture, Security, and Concurrency in the Heka Auth Service Hey...

Darshit KhandelwalAug 22, 20264 min read