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The CS Engineer
The CS Engineer
Forget JSON — The Future of Fast APIs Is Already Here

Forget JSON — The Future of Fast APIs Is Already Here

JSON is killing throughput and your developer…

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AlgoWing
AlgoWing
I Rewrote a Java Microservice in Rust — and Lost My Job

I Rewrote a Java Microservice in Rust — and Lost My Job

It started as a weekend experiment.  It ended with a…

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Noah Byteforge
Noah Byteforge
Rust vs C++: Performance Benchmarks That Surprised Me

Rust vs C++: Performance Benchmarks That Surprised Me

After two years of writing production code in both…

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Rob Manson
Rob Manson
What is a ‘Latent Model’?

What is a ‘Latent Model’?

LLMs can create convincing plans or personas — until…

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laurentmn
laurentmn
⭐ Symfony Runtime: The Component Nobody Talks About But Everyone Uses

⭐ Symfony Runtime: The Component Nobody Talks About But Everyone Uses

Your Symfony index.php just got 80% smaller. Discover…

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Software JournalinThe Software Journal
Use Git Like a Senior Engineer

Use Git Like a Senior Engineer

Master version control with strategies, workflows, and…

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Marius Schröder
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JSON vs TOON — A new era of structured input?

JSON vs TOON — A new era of structured input?

Why structure matters more than ever

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Somendradev
SomendradevinStackademic
10 Niche Developer Tools You Didn’t Know Existed

10 Niche Developer Tools You Didn’t Know Existed

Let’s be real — the developer world moves fast. Every…

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Vinod Pal
Vinod Pal
7 Architecture Mistakes Even Senior Engineers Make (And How to Fix Them)

7 Architecture Mistakes Even Senior Engineers Make (And How to Fix Them)

These mistakes cost me time, trust, and tech debt. Let…

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Noah Byteforge
Noah Byteforge
He Built It in Zig — Nobody Could Maintain It

He Built It in Zig — Nobody Could Maintain It

The benchmarks were incredible. The production…

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Brian Jenney
Brian Jenney
I Used to Suck at Coding Interviews. Then I Quadrupled My Salary.

I Used to Suck at Coding Interviews. Then I Quadrupled My Salary.

Five years ago, during an interview for a senior dev…

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The Atomic Architect
The Atomic Architect
I Replaced Half My Coding Time With AI Agents. Here’s The Exact Workflow I Use In 2025

I Replaced Half My Coding Time With AI Agents. Here’s The Exact Workflow I Use…

There was a night when I almost shut down my editor…

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Code Coup
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OpenSpec: A Spec-Driven Workflow for AI Coding Assistants (No API Keys Needed)

OpenSpec: A Spec-Driven Workflow for AI Coding Assistants (No API Keys Needed)

I’ve been using AI coding tools for a while — Claude…

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