Category: Software
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During my (admittedly short) time learning JS, recursion was the first concept that really blew my mind. Up until that point, I’d been trying so hard to avoid creating loops without clear iteration points, and suddenly the idea that a block of code could… call itself?? Terrifying and exciting at the same time. But in…
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When you plug in a controller, you mash buttons, move the sticks, pull the triggers… and as a developer, you see none of it. The browser’s picking it up, sure, but unless you’re logging numbers in the console, it’s invisible. That’s the headache with the Gamepad API. It’s been around for years, and it’s actually…
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Olawale Bashiru ・ Nov 12 #frontend #javascript #css #opensource Source: DEV Community.
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Everything Wrong With Thunderbolts (The New Avengers) In 20 Minutes Or Less dives into every nitpick and plot hole CinemaSins could find—yet secretly wonders if the movie’s kinda great. Alongside the video, they plug their main site, YouTube channels, a “sinful poll,” and a Patreon link for fans who want to support the mayhem. The…
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When people think of artificial intelligence, they imagine complex models, data centers, and cloud servers. What most don’t realize is that the real engine behind this AI revolution started in a place few expected: inside the humble gaming PC. The same graphics cards once built to render smooth 3D visuals are now powering chatbots, image…
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Picture this: you’re sitting in a café with your laptop open, phone on the table, smartwatch buzzing every few minutes, and Bluetooth earbuds playing music. From your perspective, life is peaceful. From your phone’s perspective, it’s juggling a ridiculous number of tiny Bluetooth packets all the time. Every time your watch syncs your steps, every…
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If your phone were a person, it would probably be that overachieving friend who cannot sit still. The kind who insists they are relaxing while secretly running errands, replying to messages, and checking the weather at the same time. Inside your Android device, something very similar is happening every moment. One second the processor is…
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Large language models are powerful, but they can also be unpredictable. They might generate long explanations when you expect a short summary, skip fields in a JSON output, or change the format completely from one request to another. When you’re building an AI application that depends on structured responses, these small errors can cause big…
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Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins continue their countdown of the 21st century’s top 25 films by spotlighting Greta Gerwig’s Lady Bird at number five, celebrating its raw, authentic coming-of-age vibes and its iconic millennial flavor. They dig into the film’s painfully real mother–daughter relationship and why it nails that awkward teenage sweet spot. They also…
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In October, we experienced four incidents that resulted in degraded performance across GitHub services. October 09 14:45 UTC (lasting 1 hour and 55 minutes) On October 9, 2025, between 14:35 UTC and 15:21 UTC, a network device in maintenance mode that was undergoing repairs was brought back into production before repairs were fully completed. Network…