St Louis residents fight $3.1bn data centre planned in former department store

Your Free Tier Has a Concurrency Knee. Go Find It.

The free endpoint didn't fail me with a wrong answer. It failed me with a right answer, eleven seconds late, and that is a much harder bug to notice.

• MonkeyCode's free tier has a concurrency knee
• Delays in response occur after the knee
• Knee marks point where response shape changes

2h ago ·dev.to

The First Fifteen Minutes: One Preflight, One Fix

The thing that decides whether a new AI coding setup survives contact with a real repo is almost never the model — it is whether the first fifteen minutes end in something you can verify.

• First fifteen minutes crucial for AI coding setup's success
• Tracking time reveals friction points in setup process
• Preflight script fixes configuration issues before editor opens

2h ago ·dev.to

A school discount with no code, because the discount is the email domain

We used to give schools a discount code. A teacher asked for one, we minted it, and then we maintained the parts that follow from a code existing: an admin CRUD for the codes, a redemption table so…

• Schools receive discount based on email domain, not code.
• System checks email domain in registration database.
• Most specific domain takes precedence in multiple matches.

2h ago ·dev.to

How the data center industry courts kids amid a backlash: 11+ firms and groups hosting field trips since 2025, flag kits and cards for first graders, and more (Caroline Haskins/Wired)

Amid a wave of backlash, some industry-friendly groups are employing creative and time-tested strategies to woo the youth.

2h ago ·wired.com

Chip boom to continue through 2027, South Korea minister tells CNBC

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