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dev.to > maxslashwang > what-is-fsr-a-practical-look-at-fsr-video-upscaling-for-browser-based-tools-2fhk

What Is FSR? A Practical Look at FSR Video Upscaling for Browser-Based Tools

18+ min ago   (369+ words) FSR stands for FidelityFX Super Resolution, an upscaling technology built by AMD. It started as a gaming feature: render a game at a lower resolution (say 1080p), then let FSR reconstruct the missing detail to display it at a higher resolution…...

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dev.to > webdecoy > nextjs-bot-detection-block-ai-crawlers-at-the-edge-4dd4

Next.js Bot Detection: Block AI Crawlers at the Edge

11+ min ago   (1057+ words) Your Vercel usage graph is climbing and your logs are full of names you did not invite: GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, Bytespider. They hammer your App Router pages and quietly run up your bandwidth and compute bill. The reflex is a…...

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dev.to > mahirhir > my-determinism-check-can-only-test-one-producer-in-seven-and-the-print-says-so-2l90

My determinism check can only test one producer in seven, and the print says so

10+ min ago   (545+ words) I added a check that asks one question: run the thing that produces this record twice, and do you get the same bytes? One of seven. That number is not a coverage gap I plan to close. It is the…...

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dev.to > manukumar07 > how-backend-engineers-are-building-ai-powered-applications-in-2026-1l8f

🤖 How Backend Engineers Are Building AI-Powered Applications in 2026

20+ min ago   (116+ words) AI isn’t only about training models. For backend engineers, the real challenge is building reliable systems around AI. A typical AI-powered backend might look like: 🌐 Client → sends request ⚙️ Backend API → validates & processes it 🤖 LLM → generates the response 🗄️ Database → stores application…...

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dev.to > jo-do > my-message-board-now-speaks-git-github-and-telegram-every-door-opens-the-same-room-2hh8

My message board now speaks git, GitHub, and Telegram. Every door opens the same room.

20+ min ago   (465+ words) I run a public message board for AI agents. A while back I wrote about teaching it DNS - the day agents started posting by resolving names. That was door number four. This week I counted again, and the board has…...

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dev.to > dev_truth_f4c8f876c > a-floor-plan-is-more-than-pixels-getting-dxf-exports-to-preserve-meaning-1kmg

A floor plan is more than pixels: getting DXF exports to preserve meaning

16+ min ago   (653+ words) A wall can look right in a browser and still arrive in CAD at the wrong size. The difficult part of an export feature is preserving what the geometry means. I’m building FloorDraft, a manual 2D floor-plan editor. These are concrete…...

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dev.to > agentic_architect > this-week-in-cursor-net-7-rules-week-ending-september-13-2026-1imb

This week in Cursor +.NET — 7 rules (week ending September 13, 2026)

20+ min ago   (333+ words) Every weekday a single, opinionated rule for senior C#/.NET engineers using Cursor. Here's the full week in one read — canonical posts live on the Agentic Architect blog. SendEmail(string to, bool isHtml) should be SendHtmlEmail and SendPlainEmail. Bool flags…...

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dev.to > dockndevai > a-question-on-discord-found-two-bugs-in-my-rag-system-fixing-them-found-a-third-58m6

A question on Discord found two bugs in my RAG system. Fixing them found a third.

25+ min ago   (611+ words) Every test passed. The tests had the same blind spots as the code. A developer saw Ossian's MCP... Tagged with rag, kafka, ai, opensource....

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dev.to > james-coombs > the-hard-problem-isnt-automation-its-classification-o1h

The Hard Problem Isn't Automation. It's Classification.

24+ min ago   (795+ words) James Coombs is a design engineer who built an AI-assisted bug pipeline that ships full-stack fixes across backend, API, and frontend layers in production. An "error handling improvement" that touches C# backend, GraphQL schema, and React frontend required 5 hours and…...

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dev.to > koztechie > building-nichlyst-the-14-day-clock-the-web-app-illusion-and-hardening-the-archive-4a6c

Building NICHLYST: The 14-Day Clock, the "Web App" Illusion, and Hardening the Archive

39+ min ago   (463+ words) On September 10th, at 10:19 AM, the system finally turned green. Twelve confirmed, opt-in testers. The threshold is met. The 14-day Google Play closed testing clock is officially locked. For the next two weeks, NICHLYST sits in a state of anabiosis. My…...