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Word Scrambling as a Learning Mechanic: Tools, Theory, and Classroom Applications
Word scrambling is a deceptively simple mechanic. Rearrange the letters of a word, ask someone to restore the original — that's the entire game loop. …
Why I Built ToolNudge: A Privacy-First Collection of Browser-Based Utilities
Over the years, I've found myself repeatedly searching for small utility tools. JSON formatters. JWT decoders. Regex testers. QR code generators. Text…
Best HTML to PDF API Tools for Developers in 2026
Key takeaways HTML2PDF.app is built as a browser based HTML to PDF API that focuses on real SaaS workloads, like invoices, receipts, reports, and expo…
Microsoft's Intelligent Terminal brings AI agents to the command line with familiar experience
Microsoft’s Intelligent Terminal for Windows 11 lands with a clear promise: bring GitHub Copilot–class AI assistance directly into the developer’s com…
I’m building GOT — a smarter companion for Git (and no, it’s not a replacement)
I’ve spent years loving Git and simultaneously wanting to throw my laptop out the window because of it. We all know the feeling: $ git status # panic …
I Built 135 Free Browser Tools — No Ads, No Sign-Up, No Tracking
I'm not a startup. I don't have a team. I'm just a developer who got tired of landing on tool websites that shove ads in your face, demand an account …
One CVE, four ignore files: unifying Trivy, Grype, Snyk and osv-scanner
You triaged the CVE. A scanner flagged CVE-2023-45853 in zlib, you read the advisory, confirmed the vulnerable code path isn’t reachable from your ima…
Stop shipping a stale .env.example
A .env.example is the one file in your repo that nobody runs, nobody tests, and everybody trusts. It’s the contract a new teammate reads on day one to…
I made an article on why I switched from using Windows and VS Code to using Linux and the terminal (no IDE)! Come and check it out!
Why Terminal-Based Development Is Best For Me Tyler N Tyler N Tyler N Follow Jun 11 Why Terminal-Based Development Is Best For Me # discuss # linux # …
The Claude Code hook that ended --no-verify commits forever
Here's a small thing that drove me up the wall using Claude Code on a real codebase. I have a pre-commit hook. It runs the linter and the type-checker…
OCG Configuration Tool for Aligning PDF Display and Print Output
The content of a PDF can sometimes differ between what you see on screen and what gets printed. One common cause is OCG (Optional Content Groups) , wh…
My experience moving from GitLens to a simpler inline git blame tool.
Working heavily with Node.js, Vue, and TypeScript, my editor is usually doing enough heavy lifting as it is[cite: 1]. I'm pretty obsessive about keepi…
I built a persistent memory layer for AI coding agents
CLAUDE.md told me the rules. But it never remembered the story. When I switched from Claude Code to Antigravity and Codex CLI, I had to re-explain eve…
Best AI Client for Mac (2026): Elvean vs Jan vs Msty vs LM Studio
If you use AI on your Mac, you've probably noticed there are suddenly a lot of apps that claim to do the same thing — run models locally, connect to c…
What is utility-first software? (And why most tools ignore it)
There's a tool I used every day for two years. It did invoicing, project management, time tracking, client portals, proposals, contracts, team collabo…
As the developer of the Screenshot Bro, I approve :)
We’ve built a local-first App Store screenshot native Mac tool where the project file is a plain JSON Andrew Ivaniv Andrew Ivaniv Andrew Ivaniv Follow…
I built 50+ developer tools that run entirely in your browser — here's why privacy matters and how I did it
Every week I open a new browser tab and search for something like "json formatter online" or "jwt decoder" or "regex tester". And every week I land on…
Introducing TokenCap — Context Engineering for Modern Codebases
One of the biggest challenges in AI-assisted development isn't choosing the right model. It's providing the right context. As codebases grow, importan…
SQL Explorer: Run Full SQL on CSV, Parquet & JSONL Files in Your Browser
Query large local files with industry-grade SQL — without uploading anything. Utilora SQL Explorer brings the power of DuckDB directly into your brows…
I Built a Free File Conversion Platform That Runs Entirely in Your Browser — No Uploads, No Tracking, No Login
I Built Free Browser-Based File Tools That Run Without Uploading Your Files Why I Built File Convert Factory Most online file converters require you t…
A second brain for Claude – my Outline wiki with MCP
Anyone working with several projects and an AI assistant knows the problem: in every repo you explain anew how you name things, what the layer archite…
How to Recover Postman Collections After Being Locked Out
TL;DR If Postman’s 2026 Q1 free plan change blocked access to shared collections, your data may still be recoverable. Start with your Postman desktop …
stubgen-pyx: The stubs mypy can't generate
NVIDIA's cuda-python , the official Python bindings for the CUDA toolkit, recently added automatically-generated .pyi stub files using stubgen-pyx . T…
Top 10 Free Online Tools Every Developer Should Bookmark
Top 10 Free Online Tools Every Developer Should Bookmark Disclosure: I built these tools after repeatedly running into the same development tasks over…
I wanted to query Instagram data inside my AI coding assistant, so I wired up an MCP server for it
Been doing a lot of competitive research for clients lately — checking hashtag volumes, tracking top posts in a niche, that kind of thing. Kept switch…
5 awesome OSS products launched on Product Hunt in 2026
Let's shine a spotlight on the open-source ecosystem. What are the best OSS products launched this year from your perspective? Dropping here are some …
The Coordination Cost: What Nobody Measures When They Add Another Tool
Every tool your team uses has a price tag. Most of it doesn't appear on any invoice. I've spent a lot of time in the last few years helping organizati…
Top 5 Vulnerability Scanners in 2026: Beyond CVE Matching and False Positives
The vulnerability management landscape has changed dramatically in recent years. For a long time, vulnerability scanners focused on discovering servic…
Postman now limits its free tier to 1 user. Here's what I switched to.
If you opened Postman recently and hit a wall sharing a collection with a teammate, you're not imagining it — as of March 2026, Postman's free tier is…