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Duo Users Are Registering the Base of Their Index Finger as a Touch ID Coping Strategy

Some guy on Reddit (with an illustration video): Saw this online, tried it, and it works beautifully. Basically, I registered the lowest part of my right index finger. That part of the finger sits naturally when you go to swipe up at the phone. This resolves a major issue I had where I couldn’t easily just look at my phone to glance through notifications on the lock screen. Now, it’s never been…

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Clear JSON Errors in FastAPI: One Shape for Every Failure

Updated: October 26, 2026 A phone app calls an API and gets an error. The app wants to show a short, kind message. But the error comes back in a shape the app did not expect, so it shows "undefined" instead. This happens a lot. FastAPI is easy to work with. Its default errors just do not all look alike.

  • FastAPI generates two distinct JSON error shapes for the same HTTP status code.
  • Author introduces a single, uniform JSON error shape for all exceptions.
  • Consistent error shape simplifies client code handling and enhances API maintainability.

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