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Spicing Up the Web: Building "Angaar", an Immersive Indian Comfort Food Experience

This is a submission for Frontend Challenge - Comfort Food Edition, Perfect Landing What I Built I built Angaar (अंगार) — an immersive, cinematic landing page for a fictional high-end Indian comfort…

  • Angaar is an immersive landing page for a fictional high-end Indian comfort food restaurant.
  • Design draws from South and North Indian temple architecture motifs, eschewing Mughal aesthetics.

·dev.to

Building a Voice-First Learning Companion — My 10 Days of Voice Agents Journey

Over the last ten days, I took part in 10 Days of Voice Agents — VoiceForBharat Edition, building a voice agent from scratch using Murf Falcon, the fastest TTS API.

  • Murf Falcon-powered voice agent handles questions verbally, escalating to human when needed
  • System features Indian voice, code-mixed language support, and call analytics dashboard

·dev.to

Getting a Flutter app through App Review

Most App Review rejections are not surprises. They come from a small, stable set of guidelines, and nearly all of them are decided by choices you make weeks before you submit — how you gate the…

  • Payment process must use Apple's StoreKit, not external providers
  • Users must complete actions within app, not via external links
  • Clear account deletion path required, not just deactivation

·dev.to

What Building Typing Games Taught Me About Designing Better Web Interactions

I am a digital marketer rather than a professional developer, so I didn't expect a project about children's typing practice to teach me much about frontend interaction.

  • Keyboard input is primary in typing games, unlike typical websites where clicks are primary.
  • Prompt feedback is crucial in typing games, especially for children learning to type.

·dev.to

macOS Screen Sharing CVE-2026-65400: Authentication Bypass Leads to Root Access and Monero Miner Installation

macOS Screen Sharing CVE-2026-65400: Authentication Bypass Leads to Root Access and Monero Miner Installation 1. Basic Information Severity: Critical Title: Hackers exploit macOS Screen Sharing flaw…

  • Authentication bypass vulnerability in macOS Screen Sharing exploited
  • Hackers gain root access and install Monero miner
  • Update macOS, disable Screen Sharing to mitigate risk

·dev.to

AmnesiaStealer: macOS Infostealer that Hijacks In-Browser Sessions via ClickFix

AmnesiaStealer: macOS Infostealer that Hijacks In-Browser Sessions via ClickFix 1. Basic Information Severity: High Article Title: AmnesiaStealer: a multi-stage Rust-based macOS infostealer that…

  • AmnesiaStealer is macOS-specific infostealer targeting Chromium browsers
  • Distributed via fake GitHub ClickFix page tricking users into executing shell script
  • Steals login passwords, Keychain data, documents, browser info using CDP control

·dev.to

SAP Commerce Cloud CVE-2026-58231: Active Exploit Attempts for Unauthenticated RCE

SAP Commerce Cloud CVE-2026-58231: Active Exploit Attempts for Unauthenticated RCE 1. Basic Information Severity: Critical Article Title: Max severity SAP Commerce Cloud flaw now targeted in attacks…

  • Critical flaw CVE-2026-58231 allows unauthenticated RCE in SAP Commerce Cloud.
  • Active exploit attempts confirmed three days after security patch release.
  • Potential risk of compromised systems due to numerous associated IP addresses.

·dev.to

Day 14: AWS Compute — Managed & Serverless

We started the compute layer on Day 13 with EC2, ELB, and Auto Scaling — where you launch and manage everything yourself.

  • AWS Elastic Beanstalk simplifies deployment by managing EC2 instances and load balancing.
  • Amazon Lightsail offers pre-configured virtual servers with fixed pricing for common applications.

·dev.to

The other Sean Byrne doesn't exist

  • Sean Byrne denies connection to Mac Aviation case.
  • Apple denies access to App Store Connect due to restricted-party list match.
  • Issue resolved after providing additional identification.

·conic.al

Delivery Exception Detection — Node.js Metrics API Queries Feeding Lambda Webhooks

Short answer: for a small Node.js notification service, poll one delivery-failure metric from a separate scheduled function, evaluate a versioned rule, and send a deduplicated webhook; move to a full…

  • Node.js notification service monitors delivery failures via metric
  • Observer queries metric, evaluates versioned rule, sends deduplicated webhook
  • Solution used while alert surface small, detection latency acceptable

·dev.to

"Image Optimization: The Complete 2026 Checklist for Faster Websites"

Images are the single biggest performance lever on almost every website. They average over 1MB of every 2MB page — and cutting them down is the fastest way to improve Core Web Vitals and SEO rankings.

  • Resize images to largest display size for biggest performance win
  • Use WebP/AVIF for photos, PNG/WebP lossless for screenshots, SVG for logos
  • Strip metadata and use lazy loading to prevent layout shift and CLS

·dev.to

Container Image Signing & SLSA Provenance Verification with Sigstore Cosign

Container Image Signing & SLSA Provenance Verification with Sigstore Cosign Supply chain security guide on signing OCI container images keylessly and verifying SLSA build provenance using Sigstore…

  • Sigstore Cosign signs container images in CI/CD pipelines without managing private keys.
  • Cosign records signed images in public Rekor transparency log for immutable provenance verification.
  • Kyverno policies enforce use of signed images in Kubernetes clusters for supply chain security.

·dev.to

Why We Parse Industrial Code Instead of Embedding It

Most of the industrial AI you have seen is a retrieval pipeline with a chat box on it. Chunk the manuals, embed them, stuff the top matches into a context window, let the model talk. It demos well.

  • Nexus system prioritizes language model as core component
  • Parses ladder logic, structured text, AOIs, UDTs, tag databases, device configs
  • Benchmarks show zero errors with independent controls engineers

·dev.to

What I Learned Stealing Ideas from Matt Pocock’s `.agents` Directory

What I Learned Stealing Ideas from Matt Pocock’s .agents Directory If you’ve spent more than ten minutes on TypeScript Twitter, you know Matt Pocock.

  • Matt Pocock's .agents directory teaches importance of context and guardrails for AI agents
  • Explicit "do not" lists prevent unwanted changes and break team conventions
  • Repository structure includes role definitions, explicit rules, and context injection patterns

·dev.to

Robots That Walk and Talk Are Coming To Car Factories

An anonymous reader quotes a report from The New York Times: At a BMW factory in South Carolina, a human-shaped robot with a screen for a face recently stepped from a charging station toward a stack…

  • BMW unveils humanoid robot at Spartanburg factory
  • Robot demonstrates sluggish, human-like movements
  • Humanoid robots aim to revolutionize U.S. manufacturing

·hardware.slashdot.org

Stop Wasting Free Model Calls on Trivial Diffs: A Three-Tier Escalation Ladder

A merge request changes one README line. The pipeline still calls a model. It costs tokens. It adds latency. It tells you almost nothing. Sound familiar?

  • Implement three-tier escalation ladder to decide model calls
  • Tier 0 for trivial diffs (≤50 lines, docs/config files) with lint checks only
  • Tier 1 for changes up to 400 lines in code/test files, no sensitive paths

·dev.to

Terraform: The Future of Cloud Infrastructure Automation ☁️🚀

"Stop clicking. Start automating." Cloud infrastructure has transformed the way we build applications. But imagine creating dozens of servers, databases, load balancers, and networking components…

  • Terraform automates cloud infrastructure provisioning.
  • Supports hundreds of cloud providers and platforms.
  • Enables version control and collaboration for infrastructure.

·dev.to

MCP cacheScope: Stop Private Results Leaking Across Users

MCP cacheScope addresses a subtle problem: a response can be fresh and still be unsafe for another user. The stable 2026-07-28 MCP specification defines caching hints for reusable results.

  • MCP cacheScope prevents private results from leaking across users.
  • Private results restricted to same authorization context.
  • Separate cache partitions required for multiple principals.

·dev.to

Goish: A full Go runtime in no_std Rust

📅 เขียนเมื่อ: สิงหาคม 2026 | Goish (goish.cogentica.ai) ⚠️ โปรเจกต์เพิ่งเปิดตัว — รายละเอียด/เวอร์ชันอาจเปลี่ยนแปลง ตรวจสอบจาก GitHub ก่อนใช้งาน ถ้าคุณเขียน Go มาสักพัก…

·dev.to

Supplier Invoice Speech-to-Text: EU Startup Validation Beyond Per-Minute Pricing

Short answer: the cheapest speech-to-text API for an EU startup is the candidate that passes your invoice-field accuracy gate at the lowest normalized cost for your actual audio.

  • Evaluate APIs based on cost per accepted invoice, not just per-minute pricing
  • Test representative voice notes containing invoice details with each candidate API
  • Separate invoice extraction and validation from the transcription response

·dev.to

🛴 Urban Lab Goes Open Source: Smart Scooters, Monero Escrow & Open Hardware"

🛴 Urban Lab Goes Open Source: Smart Scooters, Monero Escrow & Open Hardware What started as an idea for a smart electric scooter is becoming something much bigger. Urban Lab is going open source.

  • Urban Lab transforms smart scooters into open source mobility infrastructure.
  • Hardware, firmware, AI services, and escrow experiments are open source.
  • Payment architecture uses Monero-based 2-of-3 multisig escrow workflow.

·dev.to

Implementing Node.js Support Triage — Summarize PDF Pages with Embeddings

Short answer: for B2B support triage, split PDF retrieval from answer generation, rerank a small evidence set, and let the final summary assign a queue only when the cited pages support that decision.

  • Implement three-step process for B2B support triage using Node.js semantic search
  • Define separate ports for vector search, reranking, and structured generation
  • Retain document IDs, page numbers, and metadata to preserve citation integrity

·dev.to

Your Phone Number Can Be Stolen Without Anyone Touching Your Phone

What’s actually happening SIM swap fraud works by targeting the weakest link in the chain, which usually isn’t your phone at all. It’s your mobile carrier.

  • SIM swap fraud targets mobile carriers, not phones.
  • Attackers use personal info from breaches or social media.
  • Victims lose service after successful SIM swap.

·dev.to

CAP Theorem

One-liner: In a distributed system, you can only guarantee two of three properties — Consistency, Availability, and Partition Tolerance — at the same time.

·dev.to

How to Handle Audio Transcription API 404/501 — available=false Speech-to-Text in 2026

Short answer: route production supplier-invoice audio to an external speech-to-text provider whenever the model catalog does not advertise an available ASR model, and record that routing decision…

  • 404, 501, or available=false status indicates unavailable ASR model
  • External speech-to-text provider recommended for production invoices
  • System implements ASR port with catalog check and tenant usage ledger

·dev.to

How to Build a Cybersecurity Metric Data Dictionary That Executives Can Actually Trust

Cybersecurity Metric Data Dictionary: Make Every Dashboard Number Reproducible Audience: security program managers, GRC leads, control owners, audit coordinators, and consultants A dashboard can look…

  • Define a stable metric ID and capture necessary fields before a metric enters a recurring report
  • Follow a four-step quality gate process before publishing the metric

·dev.to

I couldn't find a tool that lets agents verify what they're buying. So I built it.

I built ScrapeCheck because as someone who has been in the crypto industry for over 9 years, I know how important it is for information to be public, like the blockchain.

  • Fieldmode LLC creates ScrapeCheck tool for agent data verification
  • Tool independently fetches webpages, compares to agent-provided data
  • ScrapeCheck marks unverifiable data with "unverifiable" verdict

·dev.to

Migrating Off Nordigen: A Field Guide for Indie Builders (2026)

What happened The short version: the era of free bank data for side projects is over at the big aggregators. Nordigen — the Latvian open-banking startup that ran a genuinely free account-information…

  • GoCardless acquires Nordigen, ending free API tier for indie developers
  • Three migration paths: direct PSD2 integration, aggregator-based solutions, full broker aggregator
  • 90-day re-authentication window required for each migration

·dev.to

Going Dark: Why Law Enforcement Hacking Is the New Surveillance Frontier

Going Dark: Why Law Enforcement Hacking Is the New Surveillance Frontier A provocative essay by cryptography engineer Matthew Green titled "Going Dark, and the era of law enforcement hacking" reached…

  • Essay "Going Dark" fuels debate on law enforcement hacking as new surveillance frontier.
  • Encryption debate resolved through hacking endpoints like phones, laptops, tablets.
  • Policy gap exists for government hacking with no legal framework or data handling rules.

·dev.to

After Supper: Rewinding a Family Dinner Through Memory

This is a submission for Frontend Challenge - Comfort Food Edition, Perfect Landing What I Built I built AFTER SUPPER, an interactive landing page about comfort food, memory, and the people around the…

  • "AFTER SUPPER" explores comfort food, memory, and dinner table dynamics
  • Users move backward through the dinner timeline, reconstructing the meal
  • Project emphasizes comfort food's connection to people and memories

·dev.to

89 nos and not a single line of code

For three years I thought building software worked like this: I get an idea, I build it, I ship it, and let's see what it catches. Eight projects, none of them finished, zero users.

  • Author learned software building isn't simple after eight failed projects
  • Spent 50 visits to veterinary clinics to understand customers' pain points
  • Rejected 89 times before identifying the right niche to focus on

·dev.to

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  • Users granted non-exclusive license for CNBC+ services
  • Content subjectivity and quality not guaranteed
  • Prohibited actions include recording and commercial redistribution

·cnbc.com

Stablecoins Move Into Global Payroll as Mercuryo Off-Ramp Share Reaches 57%

Stablecoins are moving beyond cryptocurrency trading and into the infrastructure of global employment, as freelancers, contractors and remote workers increasingly receive income in digital dollars…

  • USD Coin (USDC) and Tether's USDT make up 57% of off-ramp transactions in global payroll
  • Stablecoin off-ramp transactions on Mercuryo's platform surged by 446% YoY
  • Stablecoins develop into intermediate settlement layer for payroll in remote work economies

·koreaittimes.com

Talks to sell PayPal to Stripe and Advent are heating up

PayPal is still reportedly negotiating a potential sale to Stripe and private equity firm Advent, as the fintech firm's new CEO attempts to turn the company around.

  • Talks to sell PayPal intensify between Stripe and Advent
  • PayPal rejected initial $60.50 per share offer in July
  • Negotiations ongoing, potential deal near future

·techcrunch.com

How to Enable Entire

How to Enable Entire in Your Repository Entire captures the context behind AI-assisted code changes and connects it to your Git history.

  • Entire records AI-assisted code changes with Git history.
  • Enable Entire via command 'entire enable -y' for all agents.
  • Checkpoints stored under Git refs or dedicated 'entire/checkpoints/v1' branch.

·dev.to

Engineer-to-Engineer: Building a Typing Test That Doesn't Lie to You

If you've ever shipped a "typing speed" feature into a developer tool, an educational dashboard, or a hiring pipeline, you've probably noticed that the simplest-looking metric in computing — words per…

  • Define two word meanings: classic 5-character vs. linguistically grounded
  • Naive implementation flawed by idle gaps, cold-start padding, and backspace handling
  • Use net WPM with warm-up prompt, idle timeout, and backspace handling for accurate measurement

·dev.to