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DEV Community • 2026-04-18 19:44

I built a tool that shows developers what their backend costs the planet

I built a tool that shows developers what their backend costs the planet This is a submission for Weekend Challenge: Earth Day Edition What I Built carbondebt is a cloud emissions dashboard for backend developers. Put in your cloud provider, region, and monthly compute hours. It calculates your CO2e footprint, breaks it down by service, and uses Google Gemini to return ranked actio...

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DEV Community • 2026-04-18 19:44

How Chrome Extensions Inject Dual Subtitles into Netflix (And Why It’s Harder Than It Looks)

Dual subtitles on Netflix are not a built-in feature. Chrome extensions do not magically “add” a second subtitle track either. In practice, they observe subtitle data, normalize it, render a second overlay on top of the player, and keep everything synced while dealing with Netflix’s SPA behavior, player changes, and timing issues. This post breaks down the core engineering ideas behind that experi...

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DEV Community • 2026-04-18 19:40

Towards Automated Deep Learning: Efficient Joint Neural Architecture andHyperparameter Search

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DEV Community • 2026-04-18 19:38

Protecting people from harmful manipulation

I've conducted an in-depth review of the technical aspects related to protecting individuals from harmful manipulation, as outlined in the blog post by DeepMind. Here's my analysis: Threat Model The primary concern is the potential for manipulation by malicious actors, including state-sponsored entities, through the use of advanced technologies like AI-generated content, social engineering, and p...

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DEV Community • 2026-04-18 19:38

Building AI Prompts for High-Stakes Documentation: A Healthcare Case Study

As a developer working with healthcare clients, I've learned that documentation isn't just about recording facts—it's about legal survival. A single poorly worded incident report can end a medical career, regardless of actual competence. This creates a fascinating technical challenge: how do you build AI prompts that consistently generate legally defensible documentation while remaining easy to us...

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DEV Community • 2026-04-18 19:37

I built a free tool to generate AWS architecture diagrams from Terraform — no signup, no credentials needed

When someone asks "can you show me the architecture?", most DevOps engineers groan internally. Not because the architecture is complicated — because drawing it is. You open draw.io, spend 45 minutes dragging boxes, and by the time you share it, someone has already changed the infrastructure. Existing automated tools like Cloudcraft want $49/month and read access to your AWS account. That's ...

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DEV Community • 2026-04-18 19:37

AI Strategy in Practice: The Gap Between Governance and Adoption

You Don’t Have an AI Strategy—You Have Shadow AI Most organizations believe they are implementing AI. Leadership discussions focus on governance frameworks, approved tools, and risk mitigation. On paper, it looks like progress.But beneath the surface, something else is happening. AI adoption has already occurred—just not through official channels. Engineers, analysts, and technical teams are us...

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Configuring observability for your Qiskit runs with QObserva

DEV Community • 2026-04-18 19:36

Configuring observability for your Qiskit runs with QObserva

If you’re working with Qiskit, you’ve probably noticed something pretty quickly: Running circuits is straightforward. Understanding what changed between runs… is not. As experiments grow, context gets scattered—across notebooks, logs, and memory. That’s where QObserva fits in. This post walks through a focused, Qiskit-only setup so you can start capturing structured telemetry from your runs wit...

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DEV Community • 2026-04-18 19:32

How to setup Azure Virtual Machine

This Blog is about how to setup your Azure virtual Machine on Azure, connect to the virtual Machine via SSH (Secure Shell Host), install Apache 2 (as web server) and access the VM (virtual machine) IP via a browser. Virtual Machines are cloud based computers where most servers in the world are hosted due to its cost effectiveness and easy scalability. This is a simple setup on how to setup a vi...

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DEV Community • 2026-04-18 19:27

NgRx - Custom SignalStore Feature

If you’ve been working with NgRx SignalStore for a while, you’ve probably noticed a pattern: you keep writing the same pieces of code over and over again. Logging state changes. Resetting the store to its initial state. Managing filters and exposing update methods. None of these are complex, but they show up in almost every store you create. At first, it doesn’t feel like a problem. Copy, paste,...

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Building EcoSnap: An AI-Powered Plant Companion for a Greener Planet

DEV Community • 2026-04-18 19:23

Building EcoSnap: An AI-Powered Plant Companion for a Greener Planet

This is a submission for the Weekend Challenge: Earth Day Edition 🌱 What I Built I built EcoSnap — an AI-powered plant identifier and eco-garden advisor that helps anyone discover, care for, and garden with native plants to support local biodiversity.[reference:0] The goal was to create something free, private, and actionable—a tool that not only identifies plants but also empowers...

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DEV Community • 2026-04-18 19:22

Mentor — making a difference

🚀 I started my career in a small company(now people call it a startup 😄). I feel blessed 😇 because of my mentors and the opportunities they gave me. It is the place where I had learnt most of the tech stack, JavaScript, Database, HTML, CSS, and the list goes on. Mentors/coaches play an important role in the mentee’s life. Become a Medium member Few years back, as I was watching Sindhu’s badmin...

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DEV Community • 2026-04-18 19:21

Running a Midnight Node: Complete Setup, Sync & Monitoring Guide

Running a Midnight Node: Complete Setup, Sync & Monitoring Guide Tier 3 Bounty Tutorial — Contributor Hub Issue #323 Platform: Dev.to | Tags: #MidnightforDevs Author: Community Contributor Table of Contents What is a Midnight Node? Prerequisites & System Requirements Installing the Midnight Node Configuration Starting Your Node Initial Sync Process Block Height...

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DEV Community • 2026-04-18 19:20

The Suite and the Code Came From the Same Prompt

If you're using Claude Code or Cursor with Playwright MCP, your test suite and your feature code are coming out of the same agent session. Sometimes literally the same context window. Your dashboard says everything passes. That's probably true. It's also not what you think it is. The Structural Problem Here's the thing a passing suite actually tells you, when the agent wrote both sides: The a...

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Hacker News: Front Page • 2026-04-18 19:19

Young sons of legendary U.S. marshal ride horseback from Oklahoma to New York

Article URL: https://texascooppower.com/the-astonishing-ride-of-the-abernathy-boys/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47818704 Points: 3 # Comments: 0

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DEV Community • 2026-04-18 19:19

Most SaaS churn isn’t real churn (it’s failed payments)

Hey everyone 👋 I’ve been working on subscription systems recently, and something stood out pretty quickly: Most SaaS “churn” isn’t actually churn. It’s failed payments. What really happens A typical subscription flow looks solid on paper: user subscribes billing runs monthly revenue grows But in reality: cards expire banks decline valid transactions payments fail silen...

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Hacker News: Front Page • 2026-04-18 19:19

Thoughts and feelings around Claude Design

Article URL: https://samhenri.gold/blog/20260418-claude-design/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47818700 Points: 8 # Comments: 1

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The $40 Architecture: Processing 1 Billion API Requests with 99.99% Uptime

DEV Community • 2026-04-18 19:16

The $40 Architecture: Processing 1 Billion API Requests with 99.99% Uptime

In the world of cloud computing, there is a "Managed Service Tax." Standard API gateways often charge $1.00 per million requests. At a billion requests, that is a $1,000 bill. However, by optimizing the underlying architecture, that same volume can be handled for $0.00004 per request. Here is the deep dive into the strategy that balances microscopic costs with "four nines" reliability. ...

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DEV Community • 2026-04-18 19:11

Vibe Coding: A Workflow Guide (From Zero to SaaS)

A few months ago, I had zero coding skills and zero dollars from my own online project. Today, I've crossed the $1,000 mark with my side project protooltrack.com — and I owe almost all of it to vibe coding. If you haven't heard the term yet, vibe coding is the practice of building software by describing what you want in plain English to an AI assistant, iterating on the output, and shipping fast ...

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DEV Community • 2026-04-18 19:09

Most webhook security guides protect the wrong side. The scary part is delivery.

Everyone secures webhook ingestion. Almost nobody talks about SSRF via the delivery worker. I've been staring at webhook architectures for years, and the security conversation is almost always backwards. We obsess over verifying inbound payloads while leaving the outbound side wide open. Why Your HMAC Doesn't Save You Here HMAC verification only protects ingestion, not outbound delive...

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