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The Internet Feels Simple Until the Pipes Start Leaking

Most people only notice infrastructure when it breaks. A checkout button spins for too long, a video call freezes, a payment gets marked as pending,…

Built a Blog App with Rails & PostgreSQL – Looking for Code Review!

Hey DEV community! 👋 I've been working on a Blog Application built with Ruby on Rails to practice backend architecture, clean code standards, and Ra…

vLLM vs Ollama: Production Serving 2026

Compare vLLM and Ollama for LLM serving in 2026 — architecture, verified performance under concurrency, and a decision framework for choosing or com…

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra review: The ultra foldable with an ultra price

Samsung didn't have to change much this year because its hardware is just that good.

7 AI Coding Mistakes Developers Keep Making

Why the smartest tool in your stack still needs a skeptical human behind it I review a lot of code that didn't start as code. It started as a prompt…

Backlink Gap Analysis with Python: Find High-Value Link Opportunities Faster

If you're investing time in SEO but struggling to earn quality backlinks, backlink gap analysis is one of the highest-impact strategies you can use.…

Review: Spider-Man: Brand New Day reminds us that superhero movies can be good

It's as much about grounded characters and well-timed emotional beats as CGI-filled action extravaganzas.

Review: Yes, we're still arguing about Nolan's The Odyssey

Christopher Nolan's impressionistic remix of Homer's epic poem finds the man behind the myth.

How I Crashed My TCS Prime Interview and Talked My Way Out of Hell Mode

Picture this, sitting in front of a panel of seasoned pros for a TCS Prime interview, your palms sweating, your brain rewinding every tutorial you e…

Best CDN for Live Streaming in 2026: A Developer’s Guide to Choosing the Right Provider

TL;DR A live streaming CDN improves video delivery by serving content from edge servers closer to viewers. The best CDN depends on your audience loc…

I Scored 62 SaaS Tools on Billing Dark Patterns: Here's What the Complaint Data Reveals

A few months ago I started building a Chrome extension to detect SaaS billing emails. As part of that, I needed to map the cancellation flows and bi…

Free All-in-One TikTok Downloader (Looking for Feedback)

Hey All! I wanted to share a tool I've been building called DdTik , a free web app for downloading TikTok content without watermarks, built with Nex…

How Upgrading Door Handles Can Transform Your Home's Style and Function

Most people don't think twice about a door handle. It's one of the most frequently used objects in any home, yet it rarely gets attention until it n…

The Best Way to Approach Code Reviews

For many software engineers, code reviews are simply the final checkpoint before merging code. For senior engineers, they're much more than that. A…

Backend Development Isn't Just CRUD. Abeg Make We Talk True.

I don lose count of how many times I don see this kind yarns online: "Backend development na just CRUD. Everything else na decoration." And honestly…

Best CMS in 2026: Sanity vs WordPress

Sanity and WordPress for Content Management When building a new website or app, picking a CMS can affect your site's current and future performance.…

Disconnected: A 24-Hour Stress Test for Humanity 🥸

This isn't a wish for the internet to stop — just a moment to imagine what it'd mean to breathe without it. Not everyone, but a huge percentage of t…

👋 Hi, I'm Abasiubong Esinwo — A Full Stack Developer from Nigeria

👋 Hi, I'm Abasiubong Esinwo Hello DEV Community! My name is Abasiubong Esinwo, and I'm a Full Stack Developer from Nigeria. I enjoy building modern…

Running a 120-site uptime monitor for $0/month on Cloudflare's free tier

I built a tool that answers one question: when a website won't load, is it your connection or the site? It runs two checks in parallel — measures yo…

Aesecnryption demo site

I rebuilt aesencryption.net so text AES (128/192/256) runs fully in the browser - the key and plaintext never leave the page. The hard part is stayi…

Is anyone using AWS CodePipeline for the complete CI/CD pipeline?

Review: Supergirl is not the disaster its low box office suggests

It’s a pretty good movie, but it needed to be a great movie to thrive in an oversaturated superhero market.

Top 10 UI Kits for Chrome Extensions in 2026 (Tested & Ranked) | ExtensionBooster

Top 10 UI Kits for Chrome Extensions in 2026 (Tested & Ranked) | ExtensionBooster UI design in Chrome extensions is where most developers strugg…

I Evaluated 6 Project Management Tools for My 200-Person Team — Here's What I Actually Picked

Why I Spent Three Months Testing PM Tools I have been a senior project manager for eight years. My team grew from 15 people to 200 across three time…

AI Won’t Replace You—Here’s What Will

Every other day, headlines come your way saying AI scalped yet another thousand heads in big tech. For an average IT person, the anxiety is understa…

I’m Building Rykon Digital to Help Small Businesses Get Better Websites, Systems, and Automation

A lot of small businesses do not need a massive agency. They do not need a six-month discovery phase. They do not need 40 pages of buzzwords, ten un…

Testing Management Tools Compared: Real-World Developer Examples

Choosing a test management tool is rarely just a QA decision. Developers feel the consequences every day: how hard it is to publish automated result…

Review: Widow's Bay is a boldly original take on comedic horror

An eminently binge-able series that honors classic horror tropes while reinventing them in surprising ways

Review: Spider-Noir recaptures the magic of a bygone era

Nicolas Cage was born to play 1930s PI Ben Reilly/The Spider: part Bogart, part Bugs Bunny, 100% Cage-y.

Review: The Boroughs is a smart, pitch-perfect creature feature

Top-notch ensemble cast, smart writing, and an engrossing supernatural mystery make for a winning combo.