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The excluded-plugin setting that Playwright ignored — fixing browser-mode updates and false residual warnings

The symptom In browser-mode maintenance (Playwright, no SSH), plugins marked as "excluded from update checks" were still being updated.

  • Playwright's excluded-plugin setting ignored ignored plugins during browser-mode updates
  • Two changes implemented: per-checkbox evaluation and adjusted residual check
  • New functions normalize and compare ignored plugins for accurate maintenance

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Deploying Multiple Python Bots to a Single Railway Container

A tutorial for running two or more python bots on Railway inside one container and one service, with independent crash recovery for each.

  • Deploy multiple Python bots in a single Railway container to save costs.
  • Bots communicate through main.py entry point using StayPresent library.
  • Each bot runs as a separate subprocess with independent crash recovery.

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How to Stop Your Discord Bot From Sleeping on Render's Free Tier

A step-by-step tutorial to stop a discord bot from sleeping on Render's free tier — the real cause, the fix, and a working code example.

  • Discord bots on Render's free tier may stop functioning due to health checks.
  • Install staypresent library to keep Python applications running.
  • Configure main.py with staypresent.web.json() and set Render start command to python main.py.

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SK hynix Turns to Optical Links to Break AI’s Data Bottleneck

As the computing performance of AI accelerators grows roughly threefold every two years, bandwidth between chips has increased by only about 1.4 times, making the so-called bandwidth wall an…

  • SK hynix uses optical interconnects to overcome AI data bottlenecks
  • Co-packaged optics (CPO) integrates optical transceivers with processors
  • Targets include 100Tbps bandwidth, 1 pJ/bit energy consumption, and 10ns latency

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FG Unveils National Digital Cloud Policy to Boost Infrastructure

Oghenevwede Ohwovoriole The federal government has unveiled a national digital cloud policy that will establish a comprehensive national framework to enhance governance and internalisation of Nigeria…

  • Nigerian government unveils national digital cloud policy.
  • Policy aims to boost infrastructure and digital economy.
  • Four priorities: investment, regional exports, government transformation, sovereignty.

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4G Market Penetration Slides as Telcos Move to Boost 5G Utilisation

Emma Okonji After maintaining market penetration lead with high subscriber utilisation across networks for close to four years, the market penetration of 4G suddenly dropped to 54.30 per cent in

  • Nigeria's 4G market penetration declined to 54.30% in May 2026.
  • 4G held a steady lead for nearly four years post 5G introduction in 2022.
  • Telcos Airtel and MTN intensified efforts to boost 5G utilisation.
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