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LinkedIn’s new anti-slop button is coming to every platform

LinkedIn knows it has a slop problem. It has a button for that. The button, which debuted the week of July 27 , allows users to flag content on LinkedIn that they believe may be “ AI slop.” The option appears in a three-dot menu in the top right of any post, and shows a diamond with an exclamation point, followed by the phrase, “Seems…

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Fast... But Wrong? Meet Cache Invalidation

This is Part 7 of my "From One User to One Million" series, where we'll build an understanding of System Design by following a simple application as it grows from a single user to millions. Instead of memorising technologies, we'll learn why they exist by solving real problems as they appear.

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New HTTP QUERY Method (RFC 10008) Explained | Stop Using POST for Search

Introduction In June 2026, the IETF published RFC 10008 - the first new general-purpose HTTP method since PATCH was introduced in 2010. The method is called QUERY . In simple terms: QUERY = Safety of GET + Body of POST You can now send complex search/filter queries in the request body, while the server knows the operation is safe and…

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