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I created parse to solve the problem of messy cli outputs

I create parse to solve the problem of messy and non-understandable outputs. Parse make the outputs of the currently supported commands into easily understandable and format. It is single go binary and standard library only. We can use it like parse COMMAND or COMMAND | parse . You can install it by go install github.com/atif-1402/parse@latest Would love to hear peoples feedback on this project -…

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I Pulled X's 10 Most-Viewed Videos. Nine Were Posted by Accounts You Already Follow.

I Pulled X's 10 Most-Viewed Videos. Nine Were Posted by Accounts You Already Follow. X doesn't hand you a "most viewed videos" leaderboard the way YouTube does, so I pulled public video posts on the…

  • Nine of X's 10 most-viewed videos on Oct 7, 2026, were from accounts users already followed.
  • No celebrities or personal accounts appeared in the top 10 video list.
  • Videos ranked by view count featured exclusive content, familiar context, and existing audiences.

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Zero-Downtime Schema Changes in PostgreSQL: Adding Columns and Indexes to a 200M-Row Table

You have a PostgreSQL table with 200 million rows . It's serving live traffic. Now you need to add a column or an index. Run the wrong command and every INSERT , UPDATE , and DELETE hangs until it…

  • Add nullable column with no default value to change catalog metadata
  • Backfill old rows in batches for NOT NULL columns
  • Use CREATE INDEX CONCURRENTLY to avoid table-level locks

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India slams Elon Musk after Starlink claim

India defends its regulatory framework against Elon Musk’s claims of oligarchs blocking Starlink’s entry, emphasising fairness and ongoing security assessments for satellite communication services.

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Splitting a dinner bill by who ate what, with the whole bill in the URL

A table of three splits a $96 dinner equally. One of them skipped the cocktails and still pays $32. I wanted a way to split one dinner by who ate what, shared plates included, and to send the result…

  • Three friends used Dollopify to split a $96 dinner bill fairly
  • One friend paid $32 after skipping cocktails, others paid equally
  • Bill was shared via a single HTML file with minified JSON

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Fetching Instagram profiles concurrently in Go with HikerAPI

HikerAPI has official clients for Python and Node, but not for Go. I wanted to pull public Instagram profile data (followers, post count, bio) from a Go program, so I wrote a small client using only…

  • HikerAPI lacks a Go client for Instagram profiles.
  • CLI fetches profiles concurrently with worker pool.
  • Access key required for API endpoint GET request.

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