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Pannonico 0.6: how a personal side project is becoming a professional tool

A few weeks ago I wrote about Pannonico, the static site generator I've been building in Go. At that point I mostly focused on its architecture and performance: Pannonico handles pages, templates and…

  • Pannonico 0.6.0 released with improved editor tooling and language server.
  • Pannonico syntax respected, not interpreted as template in CommonMark code blocks.
  • Pannonico startup time around 22-33 ms, faster than Hugo and Eleventy.

Making POST Requests Safe to Retry with Idempotency Keys

A practical guide to duplicate execution, request fingerprints, concurrency, and safe retries. A request timeout does not mean the operation failed.

  • Idempotency keys ensure one logical operation results in one effective side effect.
  • System checks idempotency key on request arrival, replays stored response if key exists.

Browser video background removal held up on a talking head and fell apart in a street crowd

![ ]( https://dev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/bSwapping the background on a video in a browser tab, with the video never leaving your machine, is the kind of thing I try the…

  • Compatible model used for testing with three public domain clips
  • Issues with fast-moving hands and overlapping figures in street performance
  • Gradient background visible through lower half of people in front

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