Martin Scorsese Says His ‘Cleopatra’ Movie With Angelina Jolie Was ‘Ruined’ by Seth Rogen and the Sony Hack: ‘It Was Gonna Be Really Wild’

The Simplest Transactional Email API Explained in 3 Trade-offs (for Small SaaS)

For a small SaaS sending a password-reset email, the least complex choice is a direct transactional-email API with one send operation and a preconfigured template.

• Small SaaS can use Infrai for simple transactional emails with one key and one bill.
• Consider SES, SendGrid, Mailgun, or Postmark for regional controls and delivery workflow needs.

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BlockWall: A Tiny Script That Blocks Ad Blockers

If your website is funded by ads, you've probably wondered how many visitors never see them. I wanted a simple, friendly way to ask those visitors to support a site, so I built BlockWall .

• BlockWall is a free JavaScript script to block ad blockers
• Users must disable ad blocker to view content after message
• Customizable appearance and functionality with CSS styling

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A reader found the flaw in my code-graph test

I published a result that said my tool scored 34.5% and another scored 5%. A reader on Reddit asked two questions about how I counted.

• Reader discovered flaw in author's code-graph testing
• EngramGraph and code-review-graph performed similarly after fixes
• EngramGraph accuracy at 35%, code-review-graph at 51% with retries

2h ago ·dev.to

LocalBusiness Schema: What Service Businesses Should Mark Up

Most LocalBusiness schema examples assume a coffee shop: one address, a storefront, a menu and opening hours on the door. That's fine if you run a coffee shop.

• LocalBusiness Schema enhances search visibility for service businesses without fixed locations.
• Plumbers and cleaning companies use specific LocalBusiness types like Plumber or CleaningBusiness.

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Addendum: I corrected my own instrument and the number went down from 807 to 612

About: The $6.3B hack wasn't a code bug (Dev.to, id 4949662, published 30-Oct-2026 21:58:55Z). Footprint: HUELLA-ADDENDUM-CORRECCION-MOTOR-20261030 The article states that 807 of the observations from…

• 612 observations made of ten repositories after correction
• Two domain errors corrected, not two thresholds
• Total count reduced from 807 to 612 after fixes

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Sources: Baseten is raising ~$2B in two tranches, one valuing it at $26B and the other at $30B; Baseten was valued at $13B in June after raising $1.5B (Bloomberg)

Artificial intelligence startup Baseten is set to raise new funding that would more than double its valuation to about $30 billion, according to people familiar with the efforts.

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