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Email From a Google Sheet: Claim the Row Before You Send It

Every guide to sending email from a Google Sheet ends with the same safety rule: write SENT next to each row after you mail it, so a rerun skips what already went out. The rule is right, and on its own it does not stop a double send. It stops the next run from repeating the last one. It does nothing about two runs that are reading the sheet at the same time. That happens more easily than it…

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Website Redesign: 7 Signs Your Business Website Needs a Refresh

A website redesign is one of the best investments a growing business can make, but knowing when the time has come is not always easy.

  • Difficult to use on phone, requiring zooming and struggling with buttons
  • Pages take too long to load, frustrating visitors and harming SEO
  • Design no longer reflects current business, outdated brand representation

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From ClasseViva to Home Assistant: a dashboard architecture in practice / Da ClasseViva a Home Assistant: architettura di una dashboard in pratica

English Italiano The challenge ClasseViva presents school information across different screens. CVV Dashboard brings averages, grades, noticeboard messages, agenda events, teacher annotations…

  • ClasseViva displays school data across screens
  • CVV Dashboard creates integration and Lovelace card
  • Lovelace card auto-discovers entities, displays various data types

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React state has no type of its own. I gave it one, and it compiles away

In Vue, Solid, and Angular, state has a type of its own: Ref<T> , Accessor<T> , Signal<T> . In React, the count from useState is just a number .

  • React preprocessor introduces Reactive T for reactive state
  • Derived T represents computed state from Reactive T
  • Todo component demonstrates reactive state management

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