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The excluded-plugin setting that Playwright ignored — fixing browser-mode updates and false residual warnings

The symptom In browser-mode maintenance (Playwright, no SSH), plugins marked as "excluded from update checks" were still being updated.

• Playwright's excluded-plugin setting ignored ignored plugins during browser-mode updates
• Two changes implemented: per-checkbox evaluation and adjusted residual check
• New functions normalize and compare ignored plugins for accurate maintenance

4h ago ·dev.to

Deploying Multiple Python Bots to a Single Railway Container

A tutorial for running two or more python bots on Railway inside one container and one service, with independent crash recovery for each.

• Deploy multiple Python bots in a single Railway container to save costs.
• Bots communicate through main.py entry point using StayPresent library.
• Each bot runs as a separate subprocess with independent crash recovery.

4h ago ·dev.to

How to Stop Your Discord Bot From Sleeping on Render's Free Tier

A step-by-step tutorial to stop a discord bot from sleeping on Render's free tier — the real cause, the fix, and a working code example.

• Discord bots on Render's free tier may stop functioning due to health checks.
• Install staypresent library to keep Python applications running.
• Configure main.py with staypresent.web.json() and set Render start command to python main.py.

4h ago ·dev.to

Whistleblower Arturo Bejar Leads Testimony In Landmark Trial Against Meta

An anonymous reader quotes a report from NPR: Meta was infused with a culture in which employees obsessed over user numbers and consistently pushed safety to the side, according to Arturo Bejar, a…

4h ago ·tech.slashdot.org