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dev.to > sergeisolod > my-fdcservers-vps-was-online-disk-reads-were-taking-187-seconds-4796

My FDCServers VPS Was Online. Disk Reads Were Taking 18.7 Seconds

42+ min ago   (1599+ words) I actually liked FDCServers. That is probably the strangest way to start an article about a VPS that eventually became unusable enough for me to cancel it. For quite a while, the server worked normally. It handled real production traffic....

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dev.to > ctfdojo > picoctf-wireshark-doo-dooo-writeup-extract-a-flag-from-an-http-capture-3f8k

PicoCTF Wireshark Doo Dooo Writeup — Extract a Flag from an HTTP Capture

41+ min ago   (359+ words) A.pcap file is provided. Filtering on the HTTP protocol and following the TCP stream (Follow → TCP Stream) of the relevant request, the flag appears in plaintext in the response body. The challenge provides a single capture.pcap file, with no…...

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dev.to > fuyuki0 > your-ai-agent-has-no-colleagues-514b

Your AI Agent Has No Colleagues

15+ min ago   (632+ words) "The coordination of the builders is not direct. It is the work already done that directs and triggers the work that follows." — Pierre-Paul Grassé, describing termites, 1959 You have seen this. Every agent framework does it:) Three attempts. Three identical failures....

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dev.to > dmitriusan > code-dictator-vs-wispr-flow-vs-claude-code-vs-copilot-cli-free-voice-dictation-for-ai-coding-in-vs-a8m

Code Dictator vs Wispr Flow vs Claude Code vs Copilot CLI: Free Voice Dictation for AI Coding in VS Code

25+ min ago   (447+ words) Voice input for AI coding assistants got crowded fast in 2026. If you're picking a tool, here's a direct, feature-level comparison — including where the tools we didn't build genuinely win. The honest limitation: it's VS Code-only, and it depends on a…...

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dev.to > hadijja_musekwa_3ba940a91 > using-loops-in-python-52oa

Using loops in python

15+ min ago   (26+ words) I recently learnt how to work with loops in Python, and it unlocked a level of comfort and ease while... Tagged with beginners, learning, python, tutorial....

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dev.to > aiio_6471 > when-free-inference-should-not-own-the-retry-loop-2in3

When Free Inference Should Not Own the Retry Loop

34+ min ago   (667+ words) A retry loop that consults free inference before it fires again is not resilience. It is a second outage, delayed by a model call that can stall, drift, or disagree with itself. Status codes, idempotency keys, and a hard budget…...

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dev.to > sepideh_jafari > crawl-budget-is-often-an-architecture-problem-pa

Crawl Budget Is Often an Architecture Problem

24+ min ago   (295+ words) Crawl budget sounds like a Google problem. Sometimes it's actually a website problem. When crawlers spend time on thousands of low-value URLs, the immediate instinct is often: How do we make Google crawl differently? A better first question may be:…...

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dev.to > xdherick > construindo-um-pipeline-de-processamento-de-pedidos-com-o-padrao-chain-of-responsibility-em-java-510g

Construindo um Pipeline de Processamento de Pedidos com o Padrão Chain of Responsibility em Java

13+ min ago   (466+ words) Sistemas que processam uma entrada por múltiplas etapas sequenciais — validação, transformação, enriquecimento, persistência — costumam cair em uma armadilha comum: todas as etapas ficam concentradas em um único método gigante, cheio de if/else aninhados, cada um responsável por uma verificação…...

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dev.to > apppro_5726 > holdout-ledgers-keep-agent-scores-honest-3bfo

Holdout Ledgers Keep Agent Scores Honest

27+ min ago   (1654+ words) A headline agent percentage is not a measurement until the task ledger, metrics, and controls can be re-run by a stranger. Teams that skip that freeze often publish marketing numbers dressed as evaluation, then discover they cannot reproduce the run....

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dev.to > idehweb > how-we-built-webruno-a-website-ecommerce-crm-platform-with-nextjs-react-nodejs-and-mongodb-4adn

How We Built Webruno: A Website, Ecommerce & CRM Platform with Next.js, React, Node.js, and MongoDB

15+ min ago   (973+ words) Building software for businesses is rarely about solving just one problem. A business may need a website, an online store, product management, customer management, forms, payments, SEO, and automation. Traditionally, these capabilities are handled by several different products. We built…...