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dev.to > mohamed_elhamdi_af5b450cc > how-i-built-a-browser-based-pdf-toolkit-focused-on-speed-and-simplicity-59f5

How I Built a Browser-Based PDF Toolkit Focused on Speed and Simplicity

29+ min ago   (22+ words) Building a PDF tool sounds simple until you start thinking about the actual user experience. I’ve... Tagged with webdev, javascript, productivity, showdev....

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dev.to > dzakh > standard-json-schema-vs-json-schema-54fc

Standard JSON Schema vs JSON Schema

5+ min ago   (660+ words) Describing JSON with JSON - what can be better? This is what JSON Schema is: Hey, everybody knows this! Tell us about Standard JSON Schema instead!!! Even if you don't know JSON Schema or have never written it yourself, it's a…...

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dev.to > babycat > chat-file-consent-needs-a-request-snapshot-not-a-sticky-include-checkbox-4n4h

Chat File Consent Needs a Request Snapshot, Not a Sticky Include Checkbox

33+ min ago   (1027+ words) I tabbed onto Retry after a sluggish timeout, and VoiceOver still described the composer as empty. The Network panel told a much less comforting story about that same impatient retry click I made. The retry had posted my unsaved buffer,…...

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dev.to > cevheri > designing-a-plugin-architecture-for-third-party-database-providers-in-a-typescript-application-348h

Designing a plugin architecture for third-party database providers in a TypeScript application

29+ min ago   (154+ words) I've been working on the architecture of LibreDB Studio, a TypeScript-based database IDE that supports multiple SQL/NoSQL databases While working on the provider layer, I ended up designing a fairly strict provider architecture to make adding new databases safer…...

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dev.to > webprims > 5-small-projects-that-can-make-you-better-at-javascript-4cia

5 Small Projects That Can Make You Better at JavaScript

33+ min ago   (21+ words) A lot of beginners learn JavaScript by going topic by topic: variables, loops, arrays, objects,... Tagged with javascript, webdev, beginners, programming....

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dev.to > codlook > why-we-built-look-a-single-binary-programming-language-designed-for-the-modern-web-4pk5

Why We Built LOOK: A Single-Binary Programming Language Designed for the Modern Web

20+ min ago   (1470+ words) A simple REST API endpoint can require a programming language, a web framework, a package manager, database drivers, authentication libraries, caching systems, queue systems, a web server, and multiple configuration layers before the actual application logic even begins. This raises…...

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dev.to > antonioprosperi2svg > inside-beeladybug-a-deep-dive-into-visual-debugging-obb-collision-tracking-and-f2-overlay-14fk

Inside BeeLadybug 🐞: A deep dive into visual debugging, OBB collision tracking, and F2 overlay architecture for the CodePen Challenge! Check out the full Mermaid flowchart and let me know your thoughts 🚀

1+ hour, 10+ min ago   (15+ words) Inside BeeLadybug: Visual Logic & Collision Debugging (CodePen Challenge)... Tagged with devchallenge, frontend, javascript....

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dev.to > anton_brilliantov > the-env-catalog-is-a-repository-artifact-42ca

The Env Catalog Is a Repository Artifact

2+ hour, 32+ min ago   (901+ words) One service reads 59 environment variables. None of them are documented by hand: a generator writes the catalog, CI runs the same generator with --check, and any drift between the file and the code fails the build. Tagged with go, devops,…...

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dev.to > anton_brilliantov > the-manifest-is-the-only-declaration-32cn

The Manifest Is the Only Declaration

2+ hour, 32+ min ago   (884+ words) Daemons, resources, migrations and schedules are declared once in the service manifest. Everything the environment knows about the service - down to the name of every environment variable - follows from that one declaration. What isn't declared doesn't exist. Tagged with go,…...

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dev.to > oani > a-z-of-how-the-web-works-1-introduction-1ghb

A-Z of how the web works: #1 Introduction

2+ hour, 36+ min ago   (1546+ words) Two simple words. You probably don't think twice before saying them. In fact, there's a good chance you are online right now. But what does "online" actually mean? Being online has become so normal that we've stopped noticing how remarkable…...