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On this siteSeptember 21, 20262 min read

Introducing Levelrail

Levelrail is a self-hosted deployment platform: push to git, get a running app with TLS, logs, metrics, and rollback.

DevOpsSelf-HostedOpen SourcePaaS

On this siteSeptember 21, 20262 min read

Kavachos Is Now theauth

Kavachos has been rebranded to theauth. Here's what changed, what didn't, and how to migrate.

AuthTypeScriptAIMCP

On this siteSeptember 16, 20264 min read

theSVG Passed 7,400 Icons: Auth Badges, Cleaner Categories, and Icon Feedback

theSVG crossed 7,400 brand and cloud SVG icons six months after launch. What is inside the library, what shipped along the way, and how to use it from npm, the CDN, the CLI, or an MCP server.

Open SourceSVGtheSVGDeveloper Tools

Dev.toJuly 20, 20267 min read

Streaming LLM responses in TypeScript: SSE, ReadableStream, and the React 19 useChat hook.

Streaming LLM responses in TypeScript: SSE, ReadableStream, and the React 19 useChat...

aitypescriptreacttutorial

Dev.toJuly 15, 20268 min read

Type-safe LLM outputs with Zod: stop guessing what the model returns.

Type-safe LLM outputs with Zod: stop guessing what the model returns. I shipped a...

typescriptaitutorialwebdev

Dev.toJuly 13, 20267 min read

Building a production AI agent in TypeScript with Mastra: a 2026 step-by-step.

Building a production AI agent in TypeScript with Mastra: a 2026 step-by-step. I spent an...

aitypescripttutorialwebdev

Dev.toJune 14, 20267 min read

OpenAI Codex now finishes 85% of scoped tasks. Here is the /goal workflow that gets you there.

OpenAI Codex now finishes 85% of scoped tasks. Here is the /goal workflow that gets you...

aiproductivitytutorialjavascript

Dev.toJune 9, 20267 min read

Building a production TypeScript CLI in 2026: oclif vs commander vs custom.

Building a production TypeScript CLI in 2026: oclif vs commander vs custom. I shipped my...

typescriptnodetutorialwebdev

Dev.toJune 8, 20267 min read

RAG with Postgres pgvector in 2026: the full TypeScript pipeline.

RAG with Postgres pgvector in 2026: the full TypeScript pipeline. I spent a week...

aipostgrestypescripttutorial

Dev.toMay 29, 20268 min read

TanStack shipped a postmortem for the 42-package npm compromise. Here is what every project should change this week.

TanStack shipped a postmortem for the 42-package npm compromise. Here is what every project...

securityjavascriptwebdevtutorial

Dev.toMay 27, 20267 min read

Google's Gemini 3.5 Flash is 4x faster than other frontier models. Here is how to call it from TypeScript.

Google's Gemini 3.5 Flash is 4x faster than other frontier models. Here is how to call it...

aitypescripttutorialwebdev

Dev.toMay 26, 20266 min read

Build your first MCP server in TypeScript: the 2026 setup that takes 30 minutes.

Build your first MCP server in TypeScript: the 2026 setup that takes 30 minutes. I had...

aitypescripttutorialwebdev

Dev.toMay 26, 20266 min read

Cursor 3 ships parallel AI agents. Here is the multi-agent workflow that actually works.

Cursor 3 ships parallel AI agents. Here is the multi-agent workflow that actually...

aiproductivitytutorialwebdev

Dev.toMay 23, 20267 min read

Microsoft tried to kill the printer driver. Healthcare said no.

Microsoft tried to kill the printer driver. 90% of US healthcare said no. In late 2025,...

webdevproductivityopensourcebeginners

Dev.toMay 22, 20266 min read

Google redesigned 13 Workspace icons last week. Here is where to grab the new SVGs.

On May 18 Google started rolling out new gradient icons for thirteen of its Workspace apps. Gmail,...

designwebdevopensourcejavascript

Dev.toMay 21, 20268 min read

I shipped a working landing page in 14 KB. Here is every byte.

I shipped a working landing page in 14 KB. Here is every byte. In May 2026 a coder who...

webdevperformancetutorialjavascript

Dev.toMay 19, 20267 min read

The portfolio math. When 30 small apps beat 1 big one.

The portfolio math. When 30 small apps beat 1 big one. For a decade the indie hacker...

webdevindiehackersstartupproductivity

Dev.toMay 17, 20269 min read

How to read any legacy codebase. The archaeology playbook.

How to read any legacy codebase. The archaeology playbook. Somewhere on a hard drive sits...

webdevprogrammingtutorialproductivity

Dev.toMay 14, 20268 min read

Your bundle is 4000x bigger than Quake. The 9-step audit that fixes it.

In February 2026 a developer named daivuk shipped a playable Quake-like first person shooter in a 64...

webdevperformancejavascripttutorial

Dev.toMay 13, 20266 min read

I asked Cursor to rename a function. It sent 8,400 tokens. I checked.

The afternoon I learned what my AI subscription was actually doing, and the 200 lines that took my...

aicursorclaudeproductivity

Dev.toMay 12, 202610 min read

AWS Lambda Is Dead. The $0.20 Was Never the Price

Last quarter we migrated 47 Lambda functions off AWS. The monthly bill dropped from $8,362 to $1,790....

awsserverlesscloudflarewebdev

Dev.toMay 10, 20265 min read

The first time you watch an AI agent buy something, you will feel something you cannot name.

A 91 second experiment, an $11.78 charge, and a moment of hesitation that surprised me more than the...

aiagentscloudflarestripe

Dev.toMay 9, 20266 min read

Anthropic hit B ARR in 16 months. I went looking for where the money is actually coming from.

A revenue chart that goes vertical does not tell you who pays. It tells you who gets charged. A...

anthropicaistartupeconomics

Dev.toMay 7, 20266 min read

Anthropic just rented Elon Musk's data center. The price of a Claude token is about to make sense.

A 300 megawatt deal, a $180 a month decision, and the strange feeling of having a vendor solve your...

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