TILens Daily Edition
2026-10-31
Filters: topic=languages, github=hidden

Stats: 71 articles, 9 sources, 5 research papers
Top topics: JavaScript, Python, AI

## News

- Building a Lightweight, Open-Source Windows Debloater with Node.js and Electron
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/rheme18/building-a-lightweight-open-source-windows-debloater-with-nodejs-and-electron-47lm

- Create an AI Voice Agent for Customer Support
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript (+AI)
  URL: https://dev.to/voice_developer/create-an-ai-voice-agent-for-customer-support-a2f

- I got tired of upload limits, so I built a file transfer tool with no server at all
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/ptraaa/i-got-tired-of-upload-limits-so-i-built-a-file-transfer-tool-with-no-server-at-all-2401

- How I Rebuilt the Homepage of My HTML5 Games Portal (and What I Learned About Caching)
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/antonioprosperi2svg/how-i-rebuilt-the-homepage-of-my-html5-games-portal-and-what-i-learned-about-caching-2kn

- Building hldays #7: Religious and cultural observances
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/altofire/building-hldays-7-religious-and-cultural-observances-2aa6

- Sentry never ran on my Next.js server, and the dashboard looked fine
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript (+React)
  URL: https://dev.to/asermu/sentry-never-ran-on-my-nextjs-server-and-the-dashboard-looked-fine-1gpa

- Cyber Sansa (sansatemple.live) — a browser 3D temple with multiplayer halls
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/sansatemple_live/cyber-sansa-sansatemplelive-a-browser-3d-temple-with-multiplayer-halls-50nk

- TabWise 2.5.0: Better Multi-Window Tab Management
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/siddhesh_shirdhankar/tabwise-250-better-multi-window-tab-management-4n2m

- Building a Universal Video Player with Zero Dependencies: Unifying HTML5 and YouTube
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/researcher_367baf72915075/building-a-universal-video-player-with-zero-dependencies-unifying-html5-and-youtube-4a7n

- My "Free" QR Code Stopped Working, So I Built My Own
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/pub404/my-free-qr-code-stopped-working-so-i-built-my-own-5fn2

- Nesru michael
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/nesru_michael_k/nesru-michael-4o11

- A pytrends alternative that handles Google Trends rate limits
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/rafisiddiq/a-pytrends-alternative-that-handles-google-trends-rate-limits-537p

- AI Agent Security Guardrails: Tool Permissions and Human-in-the-Loop Controls
  Source: java-code-geeks
  Topic: Java (+AI)
  URL: https://www.javacodegeeks.com/ai-agent-security-guardrails-tool-permissions-and-human-in-the-loop-controls.html

- Muse Free Tokens
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/hacktheplanet/muse-free-tokens-2j3o

- Real-Time Communication: WebSockets vs. Polling
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/khushindpatel/real-time-communication-websockets-vs-polling-571l

- Scrape JavaScript-Heavy Sites with Playwright in Python (Developer Guide)
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript (+React)
  URL: https://dev.to/alinashah/scrape-javascript-heavy-sites-with-playwright-in-python-developer-guide-49mh

- Contact Forms That Lose Leads: A Developer's Fix Guide
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/aimencoders/contact-forms-that-lose-leads-a-developers-fix-guide-ghj

- I built ~70 tiny browser puzzle games with no framework, no accounts, and a 900-byte score system
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/abdullahguch/i-built-70-tiny-browser-puzzle-games-with-no-framework-no-accounts-and-a-900-byte-score-system-1mn1

- Three bugs from building multiplayer browser games (one hid all my traffic)
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript (+React)
  URL: https://dev.to/superevh/three-bugs-from-building-multiplayer-browser-games-one-hid-all-my-traffic-3ccf

- Copilot Chat Just Saved My Monday Release (and My Sanity) from Date Errors
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript (+React)
  URL: https://dev.to/nexus_labs_eaac0473959e4d/copilot-chat-just-saved-my-monday-release-and-my-sanity-from-date-errors-1an1

- Generating Random Data in Python (Guide)
  Source: real-python
  Topic: Python
  URL: https://realpython.com/python-random/

- Socket Programming in Python (Guide)
  Source: real-python
  Topic: Python
  URL: https://realpython.com/python-sockets/

- How to Build a Python GUI Application With wxPython
  Source: real-python
  Topic: Python
  URL: https://realpython.com/python-gui-with-wxpython/

- Object-Oriented Programming in Python vs Java
  Source: real-python
  Topic: Python
  URL: https://realpython.com/oop-in-python-vs-java/

- OpenAI Halves the Price of Its New Everyday AI Model
  Source: real-python
  Topic: Python (+AI)
  URL: https://realpython.com/ai-news-weekly-2026-10-30/

- Using the Python zip() Function for Parallel Iteration
  Source: real-python
  Topic: Python
  URL: https://realpython.com/python-zip-function/

- Code Quality Tools for GitHub: SonarQube Alternatives (2026)
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/debtdraft/code-quality-tools-for-github-sonarqube-alternatives-2026-6e

- How Daily Puzzles Give Everyone the Same Answer Without a Server (Seeded RNG in JS)
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/arelvox/how-daily-puzzles-give-everyone-the-same-answer-without-a-server-seeded-rng-in-js-4pah

- Checking a .pkpass in the browser: manifest hashes, the PKCS #7 signature, and what a green tick can't tell you
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/silkline/checking-a-pkpass-in-the-browser-manifest-hashes-the-pkcs-7-signature-and-what-a-green-tick-lhn

- A public ChatGPT share could run code as you. I checked the two parts that made it possible.
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript (+AI)
  URL: https://dev.to/frankchu/a-public-chatgpt-share-could-run-code-as-you-i-checked-the-two-parts-that-made-it-possible-2gji

- Apprendre JavaScript en 2026 : les bases, un plan de 10 semaines et les ressources gratuites
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/neurau_tech/apprendre-javascript-en-2026-les-bases-un-plan-de-10-semaines-et-les-ressources-gratuites-3fo5

- Spring News Roundup: First Release Candidates of Boot, Framework, Data, Security, Modulith, AI
  Source: infoq-java
  Topic: Java
  URL: https://www.infoq.com/news/2026/10/spring-news-roundup-oct19-2026/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Java

- Building Self-Evaluating AI Systems
  Source: java-code-geeks
  Topic: Java
  URL: https://www.javacodegeeks.com/building-self-evaluating-ai-systems.html

- Quiz: Socket Programming in Python
  Source: real-python
  Topic: Python
  URL: https://realpython.com/quizzes/socket-programming-in-python/

- Top 3 Sites to Buy old Github Accounts: Aged, PVA & Bulk
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/pvasmmmarket251/top-3-sites-to-buy-old-github-accounts-aged-pva-bulk-jc6

- What one portrait and one hair sample can and cannot tell you before you change a thumbnail pipeline
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/shu_jing_915fa287b22539ad/what-one-portrait-and-one-hair-sample-can-and-cannot-tell-you-before-you-change-a-thumbnail-pipeline-25ch

- Top 10 Places to Buy Google Voice Accounts — Verified & …
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/pvasmmmarket251/top-10-places-to-buy-google-voice-accounts-verified--1ml5

- Googlebot Saw Empty Tables on Our JavaScript Site: What We Found in Search Console
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/vunelix/googlebot-saw-empty-tables-on-our-javascript-site-what-we-found-in-search-console-14gc

- Do canvas, createImageBitmap and sharp premultiply alpha when they resize? A lookup from one cutout PNG
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/yue_shu_c621a4a637f22396f/do-canvas-createimagebitmap-and-sharp-premultiply-alpha-when-they-resize-a-lookup-from-one-cutout-5dgi

- Why getImageData returns different colors than putImageData wrote, at low alpha
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/iterandum/why-getimagedata-returns-different-colors-than-putimagedata-wrote-at-low-alpha-1470

- Where to put an alpha-convention check in an image pipeline: at the resize call, not in the images
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/pm_cheng_3f36acecfb9c59f5/where-to-put-an-alpha-convention-check-in-an-image-pipeline-at-the-resize-call-not-in-the-images-4o69

- A daily digest from RSS and Telegram, built entirely in the browser
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/9xj89gzrtwhue/a-daily-digest-from-rss-and-telegram-built-entirely-in-the-browser-52hm

- Agentic AI Engineering in Practice
  Source: java-code-geeks
  Topic: Java
  URL: https://www.javacodegeeks.com/agentic-ai-engineering-in-practice.html

- Let the browser set the multipart boundary for an image upload
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/morphio/let-the-browser-set-the-multipart-boundary-for-an-image-upload-444f

- A rent receipt generator in one HTML file: print CSS, localStorage, and the bug I shipped
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/paperworkkit/a-rent-receipt-generator-in-one-html-file-print-css-localstorage-and-the-bug-i-shipped-fkf

- Games like Solar Smash: 7 destruction sandboxes you can play free in a browser
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/liza_18827c15bdd387c4cd9c/games-like-solar-smash-7-destruction-sandboxes-you-can-play-free-in-a-browser-34nd

- A Game About AI Agents That Uses No AI: Notes on Theming and Fair Failure
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/instant_games/a-game-about-ai-agents-that-uses-no-ai-notes-on-theming-and-fair-failure-3pb

- Rich, Click and qs passed my fix checker. My checker didn't.
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/connabyss/rich-click-and-qs-passed-my-fix-checker-my-checker-didnt-12i2

- Create an AI Dubbing Tool for Video Content
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/voice_developer/create-an-ai-dubbing-tool-for-video-content-3noj

- How to Add Voice to Your React App with ElevenLabs
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript (+React)
  URL: https://dev.to/voice_developer/how-to-add-voice-to-your-react-app-with-elevenlabs-4npg

- Thompson sampling for A/B tests in 40 lines of JavaScript (and the trap nobody mentions)
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/baneet_singh_1cd12e795b68/thompson-sampling-for-ab-tests-in-40-lines-of-javascript-and-the-trap-nobody-mentions-2h4h

- How many visitors does an A/B test actually need? (table + free calculator)
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/baneet_singh_1cd12e795b68/how-many-visitors-does-an-ab-test-actually-need-table-free-calculator-52bc

- your github repositories are fish now. sorry.
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/yupthatscole/your-github-repositories-are-fish-now-sorry-455i

- Cometflow Do: Two Modes. One Private Workspace. Your Device, Your Control.
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/pratyush_ranjan_roul/cometflow-do-two-modes-one-private-workspace-your-device-your-control-37me

- Building a Ukulele Tuner with Web Audio, Web Workers, and TypeScript
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript (+React)
  URL: https://dev.to/lin_liu_8b32a784d1485aae2/building-a-ukulele-tuner-with-web-audio-web-workers-and-typescript-41p4

- Monitorear pasos fronterizos con datos abiertos: por qué mostramos Sin confirmar antes que Abierto
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/pasoshoy/monitorear-pasos-fronterizos-con-datos-abiertos-por-que-mostramos-sin-confirmar-antes-que-abierto-15i8

- LocalBusiness Schema: What Service Businesses Should Mark Up
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/jaybarker/localbusiness-schema-what-service-businesses-should-mark-up-3ab9

- BlockWall: A Tiny Script That Blocks Ad Blockers
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/fast4word/blockwall-a-tiny-script-that-blocks-ad-blockers-2n3j

- A 7-screen quiz instead of a contact form: lead funnel for a moving company in Ottawa
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/tatianakoval/a-7-screen-quiz-instead-of-a-contact-form-lead-funnel-for-a-moving-company-in-ottawa-2ja9

- What's new in Astro - October 2026
  Source: astro-blog
  Topic: Web (+JavaScript)
  URL: https://astro.build/blog/whats-new-october-2026/

## Research

- How to Build Bug-Free Applications with Claude Code
  Source: towards-data-science
  Topic: AI Research (+AI, Python)
  URL: https://towardsdatascience.com/how-to-build-bug-free-applications-with-claude-code/

- We Taught AI to Answer Questions. Who Taught It to Change Its Mind?
  Source: towards-data-science
  Topic: AI Research (+AI, Python)
  URL: https://towardsdatascience.com/we-taught-ai-to-answer-questions-who-taught-it-to-change-its-mind/

- I Told an AI Agent That Its Wrong Answers Were Right. One Model Believed Me.
  Source: towards-data-science
  Topic: AI Research (+AI, Python)
  URL: https://towardsdatascience.com/i-told-an-ai-agent-that-its-wrong-answers-were-right-one-model-believed-me/

- Vendster: An Evaluation Arena to Investigate How Forecasting Tool Quality Affects LLM Agent Behaviors in Buyer-Vendor Negotiation
  Source: arxiv-cs-ai
  Topic: AI Research (+AI, JavaScript, React)
  URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.38292

- LLM-Assisted Optimization for Simulation-Based Redesign
  Source: arxiv-cs-ai
  Topic: AI Research (+AI, JavaScript, React)
  URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.39275

## Community

- How We Took Over ChatGPT Accounts
  Source: simon-willison
  Topic: Python (+AI, Django)
  URL: https://simonwillison.net/2026/Oct/31/how-we-took-over-chatgpt-accounts/

- datasette-llm 0.1a9
  Source: simon-willison
  Topic: Python (+AI, Django)
  URL: https://simonwillison.net/2026/Oct/31/datasette-llm/

- The Python Coding Stack: Thoroughly Checked
  Source: planet-python
  Topic: Python
  URL: https://www.thepythoncodingstack.com/p/thoroughly-checked

- Jaime Buelta: Software is a discovery process
  Source: planet-python
  Topic: Python
  URL: https://wrongsideofmemphis.com/2026/10/31/software-is-a-discovery-process/

- LernerPython blog, from Reuven Lerner: Pandas droplevel: Remove a level from a multi-index
  Source: planet-python
  Topic: Python
  URL: https://lernerpython.com/2026/10/31/pandas-droplevel-remove-a-level-from-a-multi-index/

- Seth Michael Larson: Extracting Billy Hatcher “Joycarry Game” ROMs with Python
  Source: planet-python
  Topic: Python
  URL: https://sethmlarson.dev/extracting-billy-hatcher-joycarry-game-roms-with-python?utm_campaign=rss