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dev.to > starnikov > a-telegram-job-alert-bot-in-60-lines-of-python-on-live-ats-data-k9a

A Telegram job alert bot in 60 lines of Python, on live ATS data

24+ min ago   (456+ words) Job boards go stale fast. By the time a weekly digest reaches you, the interesting roles have been open for a month. So let's build the smallest thing that fixes that: a Telegram bot that wakes up, asks one API…...

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dev.to > urbanmixo > the-illusion-of-stringlength-how-to-safely-count-unicode-emojis-and-words-in-js-166m

The Illusion of String.length: How to safely count Unicode, Emojis, and Words in JS

52+ min ago   (173+ words) If you are building a text input that restricts users to a specific character limit (like a tweet, an SMS gateway, or an SEO meta tag), your first instinct is probably to use String.prototype.length. If you are doing…...

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dev.to > monteluke_68ee9b83/78/76551 > make-fully-customizable-qr-codes-actually-3cik

Make Fully Customizable QR Codes (Actually)

47+ min ago   (28+ words) Tired of usual bland QR codes that don't show off your brand? I made a simple API to create fully... Tagged with python, api, backend, tools....

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dev.to > gouranga-das-khulna > distributed-locks-4148

Distributed Locks

1+ hour, 18+ min ago   (110+ words) One-liner: A distributed lock ensures that only one node in a cluster can perform a critical operation at a time — preventing race conditions across services. In a single-server world, a mutex or semaphore handles concurrency. But in distributed systems: Classic…...

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dev.to > yanwang > three-things-that-bit-us-moving-a-document-scanner-fully-into-the-browser-15cc

Three things that bit us moving a document scanner fully into the browser

1+ hour, 22+ min ago   (596+ words) I work on LensUp, which does exactly that — the whole pipeline runs in the tab, and files are never uploaded. Disclosure up front: it's our tool, and this post is about the parts that were harder than the pipeline itself....

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dev.to > octacorrr > ecualizador-de-aud-9p4

Ecualizador de Audio online

1+ hour, 18+ min ago   (20+ words) Hola buen día me gustaría compartir este pequeño proyecto con todos la verdad es que no soy... Tagged with webdev....

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dev.to > yash_sonawane25 > your-first-aws-production-architecture-from-a-simple-application-to-a-scalable-system-3738

Your First AWS Production Architecture: From a Simple Application to a Scalable System

1+ hour, 32+ min ago   (1081+ words) Most people learn AWS by studying individual services. RDS is a database. But that's not how AWS is used in the real world. In a real project, these services work together to solve one problem: How do we run an…...

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dev.to > jjoyneriv > gh-api-paginate-slurp-jq-length-counts-pages-not-issues-1i1b

gh api --paginate --slurp --jq 'length' Counts Pages, Not Issues

1+ hour, 30+ min ago   (415+ words) gh api --paginate --slurp --jq 'length' is the command everyone reaches for to count issues in a repository. It does not count issues. It counts pages. I found this while writing pagination recipes for a toolkit, and then found the…...

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dev.to > jjoyneriv > someone-force-pushed-over-main-here-is-the-reflog-nobody-knows-they-have-1d6d

Someone Force-Pushed Over main. Here Is the Reflog Nobody Knows They Have.

1+ hour, 30+ min ago   (423+ words) A colleague pushed a fix to main. Ten minutes later you amended a commit message and ran git push --force. Their commit is no longer reachable from any branch on the server. This is the one Git command that can…...

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dev.to > rafagross > ec2-instance-unreachable-via-ssm-session-manager-1fe9

EC2 Instance Unreachable via SSM Session Manager

1+ hour, 58+ min ago   (595+ words) This runbook resolves the situation where an EC2 instance is running and visible in the console but either does not appear in the Systems Manager Fleet Manager inventory, or returns a connection error when you attempt to start a Session Manager…...