shot-scraper 1.12
Release: shot-scraper 1.12 I've added WebP support to my shot-scraper screenshot automation tool. You can now take a WebP screenshot of a web page like this: shot-scraper https://simonwillison.net -o screenshot.webp…
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Correctness: casting via `strict_cast()` vs `as`
I'm looking for opinions and advice on the best way to cast "size of buffer" inputs required by ffi calls. given a function of the shape: pub unsafe fn DeviceIoControl( hdevice: HANDLE, dwiocontrolcode: u32, lpinbuffer:…
World geography gotchas
Years ago, a colleague of mine told me about two pockets of foreign land surrounded by Switzerland: Campione d’Italia and Büsingen am Hochrhein, respectively Italy and Germany. Both are enclaves of their respective…
Java 27 Technically Within 2 Minutes
Let's review in about 2 minutes the 9 JEPs (JDK Enhancement Proposals) that were included in the JDK 27 release!
Claude Code: Hook, Skill hay Subagent — chọn sai mất gì?
Originally published on NextFuture Bạn muốn Claude Code "luôn chạy linter sau khi sửa file", nên viết một Skill. Nó chạy đúng phần lớn thời gian — phần còn lại Claude tự quyết là task này không cần lint và bỏ qua. Một…
Giá token 13/9: 12 thay đổi giá, tính lại budget model LLM
Originally published on NextFuture Bạn chốt budget model từ đầu quý, pin DeepSeek V4 Pro cho batch job chạy đêm, rồi không xem lại bảng giá nữa. Ngày 13/9/2026 giá prompt của đúng model đó tăng hơn gấp đôi, và bill cuối…
Stop Writing Boilerplate: A Visual Generator for MCP Server Schemas
The Model Context Protocol (MCP) Boom Anthropic's MCP has officially become the universal standard for connecting AI agents to real-world tools. Whether you're building a file-system reader, a SQL query executor, or a…
I built an email scorer in one HTML file with zero dependencies. Here is every threshold and where it came from.
I built an email scorer in one HTML file with zero dependencies. Here is every threshold and where it came from. I write about B2B sales for a living, which means I read a lot of cold emails and a lot of advice about…
Syncing MLB Stats to pandas Without Double Processing
Orchestrating Real-Time Sports Data Pipelines Running a scraper inside a scheduled cron job is only ten percent of a production data engineering workflow. The real complexity lies in what happens downstream: moving that…
A 100 PageSpeed score does not contain INP, and that is the most expensive thing about it
A 100 in PageSpeed Insights is one of the very few numbers in this job you can chase to a literal maximum, which is exactly why people chase it. It is a score, not a feeling, and getting it forces real fixes. It is also…
Self-taught dev with real client work, looking for a team to learn from
Looking for a free internship/mentorship opportunity. Hi everyone! I'm Monicah, a frontend and WordPress developer based in Nairobi, Kenya. I've worked on real client projects (custom WordPress builds, a full site…
Keep the Key on Disk Until Burst Work Pays
A remote hop is a cost, not a default. Secrets belong on disk, not on the wire. Offline work stays local until a clean burst justifies rent. Most agent loops invert that order. They post context on the first tool call.…
The Agent That Acknowledged Before the Side Effect: A Take-Home Packet
Agent-written queue consumers often acknowledge a message before the side effect commits, which converts at-least-once delivery into silent loss. This take-home packet asks a reviewer to catch that inversion, score a…
Chat Logs Aren't Homework: A Bootcamp Lab on Agent Write-Set Contracts
If your coding agent cannot name the files it will touch before it touches them, I do not grade the conversation. I grade three artifacts: a write-set, a unified diff, and a test run that happens after the patch lands…
Letter to Friday-Me: Budget, Isolate, Then Stamp the Receipt
The following letter is a reconstructed failure log. It is not a claim about any employer. Friday at 16:40, the coding agent was still looping. No receipt named the runner, files, or stop condition. Friday-me, You…
I built BoardEject: an open-source Apple Freeform Excalidraw converter
I wanted a way to get editable content out of Apple Freeform instead of only ending up with a flattened PDF. So I built BoardEject. The basic flow is: Freeform → BoardEject → editable .excalidraw Where supported,…
Bỏ Colab Pro và Copilot: stack LLM local tốn bao nhiêu?
Originally published on NextFuture Bạn trả $49.99/tháng cho Colab Pro, nhưng phần lớn compute unit cháy vì quên tắt session. Trên đúng chiếc máy đó, bạn còn trả thêm cho Cursor, Copilot hoặc Windsurf. Hai bài đo chi phí…
Representing a Multi-Room Fixture Takeoff Without Losing Revision Control
A project fixture schedule looks like a table, but treating it as a flat list creates problems as soon as room types, alternates, spare percentages and revision changes appear. A useful takeoff tool needs a small data…
I’m Building Crowdwide — A Social Platform Where Smaller Communities Get a Chance
So... What Actually Is Crowdwide? 🚀 If you've been following my recent posts, you might have seen that Crowdwide just became the KODA ONLINE FEST Season 2 Champion. 👑 🚀 Crowdwide Just Became a KODA Season 2 Champion 👑…
How to Embed the Omniston Widget with a CDN Script
Add an Omniston swap interface to a website with a single CDN bundle, TON Connect, and a small amount of JavaScript. You do not need a package manager or a full frontend build pipeline to embed the Omniston Widget.…
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