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dev.to > paohaijiao > xml-configuration-mode-decoupling-your-api-catalog-from-business-code-56nm

XML Configuration Mode: Decoupling Your API Catalog from Business Code

7+ hour, 22+ min ago   (227+ words) In this post you'll learn to: The XML file names each request and declares its return type. The factory binds those entries to interface methods by method name. Change the curl in XML → the running app changes behavior. No Java…...

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dev.to > jshelley > i-built-an-hourly-newspaper-for-e-ink-and-turned-the-pipeline-into-an-mcp-server-1ebg

I built an hourly newspaper for e-ink (and turned the pipeline into an MCP server)

7+ hour, 52+ min ago   (1124+ words) Every hour, a Lambda pulls about 120 items from ~100 RSS feeds, asks a small model to act as an editor, and typesets the result as a 480x800 one-bit page for the Xteink X4 e-ink reader on my desk. The same pipeline now produces…...

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dev.to > safiya_k > set-a-pause-to-over-engineering-why-aws-lambda-microvms-will-serve-indie-developers-in-2026-58nh

Set a Pause to Over-Engineering: Why AWS Lambda MicroVMs Will Serve Indie Developers in 2026

7+ hour, 43+ min ago   (373+ words) 1.True State Retention Without Complicated Databases Earlier, if you wanted your backend code to retain a simple piece of information from a past user action, you had to store that data in an external database, such as Amazon DynamoDB. For…...

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dev.to > natuworkguy > i-rewrote-one-function-in-squirrel-then-in-c-one-line-of-python-was-just-as-fast-3han

I Rewrote One Function in Squirrel, Then in C. One Line of Python Was Just as Fast.

8+ hour, 11+ min ago   (543+ words) I maintain a 2D game engine in Python called ABS Engine. Last week I decided it needed C. Not because anything was slow. That is the embarrassing part. I wanted to drop a.c file into a folder and call it from Python…...

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dev.to > dvlpr1996 > linux-common-commands-every-developer-should-know-4l2o

Linux common commands every developer should know

8+ hour, 36+ min ago   (159+ words) The command line is one of the most powerful and efficient ways to interact with Linux systems. For developers, knowing the commands can make tasks much faster and easier. This article provides a reference of useful Linux commands for developers....

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dev.to > adenolaadefemitech > building-learning-and-creating-my-journey-as-a-developer-3e1o

Building, Learning, and Creating — My Journey as a Developer 🚀

9+ hour, 25+ min ago   (147+ words) I’m excited to officially share a milestone in my developer journey: I’m a Developer at Limn Engine. For me, software development is more than writing code. It’s about turning ideas into useful products, solving problems, continuously learning, and building things…...

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dev.to > najeebullah > the-net-http-failure-nobody-sees-coming-najeeb-ullah-3g45

The.NET HTTP Failure Nobody Sees Coming -Najeeb Ullah

10+ hour, 15+ min ago   (1235+ words) Your CPU is fine. Your memory is fine. Your database is fine. So why did the application suddenly stop calling another service? There is a class of production failure that is particularly dangerous because your application metrics can look completely…...

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dev.to > bogdan_nechyporenko > why-we-moved-our-backstage-platform-from-yarn-to-pnpm-21ap

Why we moved our Backstage platform from Yarn to pnpm

11+ hour, 4+ min ago   (1339+ words) What Git worktrees, parallel coding agents, and a cache pointing at the wrong directory taught us... Tagged with backstage, npm, devops, productivity....

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dev.to > henk_van_hoek > how-i-built-an-agentless-self-hosting-orchestrator-with-100-tested-stacks-100-local-ai-1cbo

How I Built an Agentless Self-Hosting Orchestrator with 100+ Tested Stacks & 100% Local AI

11+ hour, 9+ min ago   (417+ words) For anyone passionate about digital sovereignty and homelabbing, setting up a private home server on a Single Board Computer (like a Raspberry Pi 5, Orange Pi) or a Proxmox home lab is one of the most rewarding engineering projects. However, anyone…...

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dev.to > jas_dev > day-0-of-a-linux-challenge-and-the-prompt-i-almost-got-wrong-2m36

Day 0 of a Linux Challenge and the Prompt I Almost Got Wrong

12+ hour, 2+ min ago   (550+ words) I signed up for the Black IT Academy Linux Upskill Challenge. Twenty lessons, one server, a cohort in Slack, and a rule that you keep a public journal of what you did every day. Day 0 was today. The only goal…...