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21 Aug 2026 edition
Rust GitHub

actix/actix-web: actix-web: v4.15.0

Add Error::add_response_mapper() to allow middleware to modify error-generated responses before they are sent. Remove the experimental experimental-io-uring crate feature.

Source: Actix Web Releases robjtede
Python AI Django

llm 0.32.1

Release: llm 0.32.1 Fresh installs of LLM stopped working the other day because the OpenAI Python library dropped its usage of httpx, and it turned out LLM depended on that library but only installed it via a transitive…

Source: Simon Willison's Weblog
Python AI Django

llm-openrouter 0.7

Release: llm-openrouter 0.7 Now that this plugin is compatible with LLM 0.32 it works much better with reasoning LLMs available through OpenRouter. Updated for compatibility with LLM 0.32. Models now use OpenRouter's…

Source: Simon Willison's Weblog
Python AI Django

Stop Making TUIs

Stop Making TUIs Thomas Ptacek advocates for building real native user interfaces for even the smallest of personal tools, because coding agents have reduced the cost of getting a usable-enough GUI up and running to…

Source: Simon Willison's Weblog
Python AI Django

Quoting Matt Webb

After I released version 1.0, I figured I would have to do the rotations myself. So I sat down with ChatGPT and I didn’t get it to write the code, but I got it to educate me. With a patient, interactive tutor, I was…

Source: Simon Willison's Weblog
Java GitHub

spring-projects/spring-framework: v7.0.9

⚠️ Attention Required In Spring Framework 7.0.9, ForwardedHeaderFilter (Spring MVC) and ForwardedHeaderTransformer (WebFlux) each provide a boolean constructor argument whether to use the standard "Forwarded" header or…

Source: Spring Framework Releases spring-builds
Vue.js GitHub JavaScript

vuejs/core: v3.6.0-rc.5

For stable releases, please refer to CHANGELOG.md for details. For pre-releases, please refer to CHANGELOG.md of the minor branch.

Source: Vue.js Releases github-actions[bot]
Java

Spring Boot Configuration Management Best Practices

Spring Boot provides comprehensive externalized application configuration support. It enables one application artifact to run in different environments by supplying values from various sources such as: In this article,…

Source: IntelliJ IDEA Blog Siva Katamreddy
Java GitHub

micronaut-projects/micronaut-core: Micronaut Core 5.1.12

What's Changed Dependency updates 🚀 Update groovy from 5.0.6 to 5.0.8. by @sdelamo in #12885 Other Changes 💡 Document piped stream limitations for streamed responses by @yawkat in #12514 Add Sec-Fetch-* HTTP Headers by…

Source: Micronaut Core Releases sdelamo
Django Python

DSF Membership Open Space at DjangoCon US

If you are at DjangoCon US this year, join us for 45 minutes to talk about the Django Software Foundation. What: Django Software Foundation Membership Open Space When: Wednesday, August 26th, 1:00 pm to 1:45 pm Where:…

Source: Django Weblog Jeff Triplett
JavaScript

How We Handle Client-Side CSV Merging Without Server Processing

When merging CSVs in the browser, handling mismatched columns and quoted cells changes everything. Here's how filetools does it. Last week we shipped CSV merge/split/transpose tools for filetools, and the most…

Source: DEV JavaScript feed Declan
JavaScript

How to Choose the Right Enterprise AI RAG System

🔍 Free AI Visibility Teardown: Want to know if ChatGPT & Perplexity cite your domain vs competitors? Request a Free Instant AI Search Teardown on AppWebSeo. What is an enterprise RAG system? An enterprise…

Source: DEV JavaScript feed Googleer
JavaScript

I Wrote a Sprite Packer Because TexturePacker Costs $40

Last month I was prototyping a 2D roguelike in Phaser. I had about 180 sprites — 16x16 tiles, a few 32x64 characters, UI buttons, particle effects. I loaded them individually because "I'll optimize later." Later came…

Source: DEV JavaScript feed Iven
Java

Spring AI 2.0.1 Available Now

On behalf of the Spring AI team and everyone who has contributed, I'm happy to announce that Spring AI 2.0.1 has been released and is now available from Maven Central! Release notes | Upgrade notes | Reference…

Source: Spring Blog tzolov
Rust

Enabling the next-generation trait solver on nightly

After nearly 4 years of active development, the next-generation trait solver is close to stabilization. We are enabling it by default on nightly to surface any remaining issues and plan to stabilize it in the next…

Source: Rust Blog lcnr
JavaScript

# Week 3 - Task 2: Understanding JavaScript Core Concepts

JavaScript Event Loop Explained: Call Stack, Web APIs, Queues, Promises and setTimeout If you've ever looked at JavaScript code like this: console.log("Start"); setTimeout(() => { console.log("Timeout"); }, 0);…

Source: DEV JavaScript feed koushikmaya
JavaScript

Cypress Is Not A Faster Selenium, It Is A Different Bet

Every browser testing comparison eventually collapses into a speed argument, and that framing hides the thing that actually matters. Cypress is not Selenium with the rough edges sanded off. It made one architectural…

Source: DEV JavaScript feed Paul Crinigan
JavaScript

Hands-Free Browsing Without the Surveillance

We somehow accepted a strange bargain on the modern web. We wanted convenience. In exchange, we got tracking. A button remembers what we clicked. A page remembers what we looked at. A “helpful” service remembers where…

Source: DEV JavaScript feed HeroMe
JavaScript

What a Website Can Learn From Your Browser: IP, WebRTC, and IPv6

Most people think browser privacy begins and ends with cookies. Cookies matter, but a website can also observe connection and browser details before you ever create an account. This post is a practical overview of the…

Source: DEV JavaScript feed Mustafa Kaçaroğlu
JavaScript

AI Citations in Content: Best Practices for Source-Led Publishing

🔍 Free AI Visibility Teardown: Want to know if ChatGPT & Perplexity cite your domain vs competitors? Request a Free Instant AI Search Teardown on AppWebSeo. What does it mean to integrate AI citations into content?…

Source: DEV JavaScript feed Googleer
JavaScript

Why Scroll-First Date Pickers Work Better on Mobile

Most date pickers still use the same interaction model they have used for years: Open the calendar. See one month. Click an arrow. See the next month. Repeat until you reach the date you want. That works reasonably well…

Source: DEV JavaScript feed RollDate
JavaScript

A browser-based Minecraft seed map for exploring worlds

When I want to understand a Minecraft seed, I usually need more than a random coordinate list. I want to see how the biomes connect, compare the Overworld, Nether, and End, and share a useful view with someone else.…

Source: DEV JavaScript feed 汪小春
JavaScript

The Webhook Updated the Wrong Row. The Logs Showed the Perfect ID.

I ran a small payment-sync service on a free server, and for two weeks it quietly marked the wrong orders as paid before I noticed. The symptom was infuriating because every log line looked flawless: the right event…

Source: DEV JavaScript feed Taylor Wang
JavaScript

I built truden | alt+shake your mouse to snip UI for AI assistants

I'm currently working on a personal project that needed a way to instantly capture UI context from a user and hand it off to an AI layer. Basically, letting the user show what they're seeing instead of typing it out. My…

Source: DEV JavaScript feed Igwe Francis
JavaScript

Reliable Water Storage Solutions for Modern Projects

Water storage is a basic need for almost every industry and large-scale project. Factories, farms, commercial buildings, institutions, construction sites, and infrastructure facilities all need a safe and dependable way…

Source: DEV JavaScript feed Uplex Infra
JavaScript

Show DEV: I built a free Canada PR timeline tracker

Hi everyone! As a developer interested in building practical web utilities, I recently noticed how stressful and opaque the Canadian permanent residency (PR) tracking process can be for applicants. To solve this, I…

Source: DEV JavaScript feed Saksham Salvi
JavaScript

JAVA PROGRAMMING

[Java Programming: [BEST JAVA SCRIPT COURSE IN FARIDABAD](https://onetickcdc.com/courses/best-java-training-course-in-faridabad) Java Programming is one of the most powerful and popular programming languages in the…

Source: DEV JavaScript feed ONETICK CDC
JavaScript

How to Automate i18n Translations with GitHub Actions: 3 Approaches

TLDR: You can automate translations by triggering AI translations on every pull request with GitHub Actions. No more waiting on translations before shipping. This post walks through different approaches that work with…

Source: DEV JavaScript feed Arvid Andersson
JavaScript

Designing Functions That Compound

The Power of Small, Composable Functions I've spent years refactoring messy codebases. The most common problem I see isn't lack of comments or poor naming-it's functions that try to do too much. A function that does one…

Source: DEV JavaScript feed Code Atlas
Java

Azul August 2026 Release: Java’s First Monthly CSPU

If someone discloses a 0-day CVE the day after a quarterly update, you could wait up to three months for a patched build. That gap is closed now. The August 2026 release is the first monthly Critical Security Patch…

Source: Foojay Today Frank Delporte
JavaScript

A legacy refactoring that is small only in the ticket

Consider this task in a multi-module payment platform: Rename PaymentService.process() to authorizePayment() and move its implementation from legacy-payment-core to payment-application. The repository includes: a…

Source: DEV JavaScript feed Viktoria
JavaScript

Why I Built ImgSolve: Making Everyday Image Tasks Simpler

Images are everywhere, but working with them is often more complicated than it should be. People need smaller or correctly formatted images for: Online applications Email attachments Government forms Website uploads…

Source: DEV JavaScript feed ImgSolve
JavaScript

Turn a Pull Request Into a 10-Minute Technical Interview Drill

The fastest way to make a technical answer sound generic is to rehearse it without a real change in front of you. Pick a pull request you can explain, spend 10 minutes turning its diff into a walkthrough, and you will…

Source: DEV JavaScript feed Karuha
JavaScript

React useTimeout Hook: Declarative setTimeout with Cleanup (2026)

Here is a "Copied!" button. Every codebase has one, and this version has three bugs: function CopyButton({ text }: { text: string }) { const [copied, setCopied] = useState(false); useEffect(() => { if (!copied) return;…

Source: DEV JavaScript feed ReactUse
JavaScript

Make Basic HTML Analysis More Difficult

This plugin makes saving the page with “Save As” and analyzing it through Developer Tools more difficult. The page is displayed using a Blob URL, so “View Source” is also unavailable. This reduces the number of simple…

Source: DEV JavaScript feed uni928
JavaScript

I Built 3 Free AI Tools That Help You Find the Right AI Stack

I kept seeing "what AI tool should I use?" asked everywhere — Twitter, Reddit, Discord, HN. So I built three free tools to answer that question. 1. AI Tool Finder Quiz Answer 5 questions about what you need, your…

Source: DEV JavaScript feed aitechgems
JavaScript

A Practical Guide to Instagram Post Scraping for Data Teams

Introduction Instagram post data powers everything from influencer pricing models to competitive content calendars. Yet the platform doesn't offer a clean, affordable API for bulk post retrieval. In this guide, we'll…

Source: DEV JavaScript feed Yulia Taylor