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SUNDEBT: I Made My Phone Charge Me Rent in Sunlight

SUNDEBT ☀️ — Earn Your Screen Time This is a submission for the Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 1: Touch Grass . What I Built I open my phone to check one notification, and somehow, thirty minutes disappear. I didn't want to build another app that shames me for scrolling or simply locks me out. I wanted to flip the idea: what if I had to earn my screen time by spending time outside?…

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Native or Cross-Platform? A Practical Way to Choose for Your First Mobile App

"Should we go native or cross-platform?" is the first question on almost every mobile project, and the answer is rarely about which framework is best.

  • Native development uses separate codebases for iOS and Android.
  • Cross-platform uses a single codebase for both platforms.
  • Cross-platform is cost-effective for business apps with shared backend components.

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Give Your API Agent a Definition of Done

An agent calls createProject, gets a valid response, and announces that the project is ready. Then the next request cannot find it. The tool call succeeded. The workflow did not.

  • Define a clear "Definition of Done" for API agents with create-read-check process
  • Implement four-step workflow: create project, read project, compare details, clean up
  • Use OpenAPI document as basis for AI-assisted API work and debugging

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CVE-2026-107715: CVE-2026-107715: Information Disclosure and Credential Leakage in Ruby Mechanize via Cross-Origin Redirections

CVE-2026-107715: Information Disclosure and Credential Leakage in Ruby Mechanize via Cross-Origin Redirections Vulnerability ID: CVE-2026-107715 CVSS Score: 6.8 Published: 2026-10-08 Ruby Mechanize…

  • CVE-2026-107715 affects Ruby Mechanize library versions prior to 2.14.1
  • Information disclosure and credential leakage via cross-origin HTTP redirects
  • Upgrading to Mechanize 2.14.1 patches the vulnerability

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