TILens Daily Edition
2026-11-02
Filters: topic=languages, github=hidden

Stats: 82 articles, 17 sources, 5 research papers
Top topics: JavaScript, Python, AI

## News

- Amazon Connect Customer now supports Cases and External Tool events in the Wait block
  Source: aws-whats-new
  Topic: AWS (+JavaScript, React)
  URL: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/10/connect-wait-block-cases-tool-events/

- Notable V8 changes from Node.js 26 to 27 (Alpha)
  Source: nodejs-blog
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://nodejs.org/en/blog/announcements/notable-v8-changes-from-node-js-26-to-27-alpha

- Building an Enterprise-Grade Contact Form in React with Zod and CSS Modules
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript (+React)
  URL: https://dev.to/ekosarya/building-an-enterprise-grade-contact-form-in-react-with-zod-and-css-modules-bi4

- Crop an Image in the Browser: The Four Numbers Behind the Drag
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/onepassapps/crop-an-image-in-the-browser-the-four-numbers-behind-the-drag-35fk

- Base64 in the Browser: UTF-8 Bytes, Padding and a Round Trip You Can Check
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/onepassapps/base64-in-the-browser-utf-8-bytes-padding-and-a-round-trip-you-can-check-4bkm

- How to Scan QR Code from PDF Documents Online Without Uploading Files
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/craftrex/how-to-scan-qr-code-from-pdf-documents-online-without-uploading-files-2gen

- How I Built a Privacy-Focused Loan Calculator with Pure JavaScript and Chart.js
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/huali/how-i-built-a-privacy-focused-loan-calculator-with-pure-javascript-and-chartjs-kb3

- Convert PNG to JPEG or WebP in the Browser: What Happens to Transparency
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/onepassapps/convert-png-to-jpeg-or-webp-in-the-browser-what-happens-to-transparency-2hjg

- Pagination SEO in 2026: rel=next is dead, and these 5 checks matter instead
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/seotto/pagination-seo-in-2026-relnext-is-dead-and-these-5-checks-matter-instead-16e0

- Core Web Vitals regressed and you found out 4 weeks later: catching it with the CrUX API and a lab gate
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/seotto/core-web-vitals-regressed-and-you-found-out-4-weeks-later-catching-it-with-the-crux-api-and-a-lab-3lk5

- Show dev.to: I built a complete ordering + house-tab system for small counters — plain JS + Firebase, live demo inside
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/counterkit/show-devto-i-built-a-complete-ordering-house-tab-system-for-small-counters-plain-js--5acl

- View source vs Inspect element: the SEO bug hiding between raw and rendered HTML
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/seotto/view-source-vs-inspect-element-the-seo-bug-hiding-between-raw-and-rendered-html-4d71

- Don't use setTimeout for anything that matters: where delayed jobs should actually live
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/delayrun/dont-use-settimeout-for-anything-that-matters-where-delayed-jobs-should-actually-live-4o26

- Soft 404s: your 'page not found' returns 200, and your link checker thinks it's fine
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/linkbruno/soft-404s-your-page-not-found-returns-200-and-your-link-checker-thinks-its-fine-3624

- Java News Roundup: TornadoVM 8.0, JNoSQL, Endive, JReleaser, JBang, LangChain4j, Quarkus Almanac
  Source: infoq-java
  Topic: Java
  URL: https://www.infoq.com/news/2026/11/java-news-roundup-oct26-2026/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Java

- Contract Testing vs Integration Testing: Pact, Testcontainers, and Where Each One Pays Off
  Source: java-code-geeks
  Topic: Java
  URL: https://www.javacodegeeks.com/2026/11/contract-testing-vs-integration-testing-pact-testcontainers-and-where-each-one-pays-off.html

- Trim a PNG in the Browser: Remove Transparent Edges Without Uploading It
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/onepassapps/trim-a-png-in-the-browser-remove-transparent-edges-without-uploading-it-11nm

- Stop Pasting Production JSON, API Keys, and CSVs into Random Online Converters
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/kasunlabs/stop-pasting-production-json-api-keys-and-csvs-into-random-online-converters-23c2

- How to find local businesses with no website (or a dead one) from a raw lead list
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/rel8ble/how-to-find-local-businesses-with-no-website-or-a-dead-one-from-a-raw-lead-list-5270

- UAE Gratuity, Explained for Builders: The 2022 Rule Change Most Calculators Still Get Wrong
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/loonaautomation/uae-gratuity-explained-for-builders-the-2022-rule-change-most-calculators-still-get-wrong-4ak4

- 423.900 KD is not 423,900 — the price parsing bug almost everyone ships
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/ecommastermind/423900-kd-is-not-423900-the-price-parsing-bug-almost-everyone-ships-2m3k

- I typed one sentence and got a playable Minecraft-style game in the browser
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/averylinui/i-typed-one-sentence-and-got-a-playable-minecraft-style-game-in-the-browser-nc3

- A worm is spreading through npm install. Here's how I checked my machine and GitHub for it
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/huzaifa207/a-worm-is-spreading-through-npm-install-heres-how-i-checked-my-machine-and-github-for-it-2271

- The Difference Between Code That Works and Code That Scales
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/buildforsearch/the-difference-between-code-that-works-and-code-that-scales-464g

- UTM parametrelerini CRM'e doğru taşımak: İlk ve son temas, normalize sözlük, kanal eşleme tablosu ve geriye dönük yeniden hesaplama
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript (+PostgreSQL)
  URL: https://dev.to/korayyalcin/utm-parametrelerini-crme-dogru-tasimak-ilk-ve-son-temas-normalize-sozluk-kanal-esleme-tablosu-2875

- How to Write a Landing Page That Visitors Understand in 10 Seconds: A 7-Step Guide for Developers
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/drake_oakley_b113a491b36e/how-to-write-a-landing-page-that-visitors-understand-in-10-seconds-a-7-step-guide-for-developers-3b8h

- A free crypto price API with no API key (prices from 22 exchanges)
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/coinxview/a-free-crypto-price-api-with-no-api-key-prices-from-22-exchanges-6g7

- I built a free, offline photo resizer for Pakistani government forms (FPSC, PPSC, NADRA) — here's what the forms actually require
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript (+React)
  URL: https://dev.to/mernumair/i-built-a-free-offline-photo-resizer-for-pakistani-government-forms-fpsc-ppsc-nadra-heres-1anf

- SimPy: Simulating Real-World Processes With Python
  Source: real-python
  Topic: Python
  URL: https://realpython.com/simpy-simulating-with-python/

- Python 3.15 Ships and Other Python News for November 2026
  Source: real-python
  Topic: Python (+AI)
  URL: https://realpython.com/python-news-november-2026/

- Quiz: Advanced Git Tips for Python Developers
  Source: real-python
  Topic: Python
  URL: https://realpython.com/quizzes/advanced-git-for-pythonistas/

- Building a User-Friendly Online Calculator: From Complex Rules to Simple Results
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/eng_fatima_a7ef60fb111b95/building-a-user-friendly-online-calculator-from-complex-rules-to-simple-results-445p

- How to configure a Web Performance Budget with Lighthouse CI
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript (+React)
  URL: https://dev.to/jacobandrewsky/how-to-configure-a-web-performance-budget-with-lighthouse-ci-4klg

- What is Axios in React?
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript (+React)
  URL: https://dev.to/sathishkumar_0506/what-is-axios-in-react-13gk

- The Ultimate Couple Name Combiner
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/isha_dewangan_09/the-ultimate-couple-name-combiner-3k6i

- Shapoorji Pallonji Khopoli deals.
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/rajkuma53126028/shapoorji-pallonji-khopoli-deals-5fnd

- What is useEffect in React?
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript (+React)
  URL: https://dev.to/sathishkumar_0506/what-is-useeffect-in-react-553d

- Building a 6-Bit Combinatorial State Machine & True Solar Time Engine for the Classical Zhouyi
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/cc_qiu_7ca5f9cbc531ad7b8c/building-a-6-bit-combinatorial-state-machine-true-solar-time-engine-for-the-classical-zhouyi-fb1

- 🔍 💻 Why Is QuickBooks Desktop Opening in View-Only Mode? 🔒
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/neha_patel_04cb730d56ef29/why-is-quickbooks-desktop-opening-in-view-only-mode-2p1b

- Send WhatsApp Order Updates From Google Sheets With 80 Lines of Apps Script
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/wapgrowai_org/send-whatsapp-order-updates-from-google-sheets-with-80-lines-of-apps-script-4a2d

- How I Automated Multi-Channel Campaign Generation with a Single Prompt (Stack & Lessons Learned)
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/richieprime/how-i-automated-multi-channel-campaign-generation-with-a-single-prompt-stack-lessons-learned-8id

- Find your Brevo list ID and add contacts to it with plain Node.js fetch
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/omnigenz/find-your-brevo-list-id-and-add-contacts-to-it-with-plain-nodejs-fetch-26ld

- How to Migrate Your Legacy Business Software to Node.js Without Downtime
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/abinschandran/how-to-migrate-your-legacy-business-software-to-nodejs-without-downtime-27d4

- Bloom Filters and HyperLogLog: Probabilistic Structures in Everyday Services
  Source: java-code-geeks
  Topic: Java
  URL: https://www.javacodegeeks.com/2026/11/bloom-filters-and-hyperloglog-probabilistic-structures-in-everyday-services.html

- TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'x') in JavaScript: 10 Causes and Fixes
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript (+React)
  URL: https://dev.to/mfaysaldev/typeerror-cannot-read-properties-of-undefined-reading-x-in-javascript-10-causes-and-fixes-2bg

- Previewing a Gaussian Splat .ply in three.js without a splat renderer
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript (+AI)
  URL: https://dev.to/bubudong/previewing-a-gaussian-splat-ply-in-threejs-without-a-splat-renderer-1o3f

- Building a Zero-Server In-Browser AI Audio Noise Remover with WebAssembly & Web Audio API
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/uchitchakma/building-a-zero-server-in-browser-ai-audio-noise-remover-with-webassembly-web-audio-api-3n05

- Best Form Backend in 2026: 6 Free Options Compared
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript (+React)
  URL: https://dev.to/hanebox/best-form-backend-in-2026-6-free-options-compared-16jg

- 2/11
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/learner666/211-387n

- useSyncExternalStore: test snapshot identity and the initial SSR value
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/hirodeath/usesyncexternalstore-test-snapshot-identity-and-the-initial-ssr-value-4240

- Advanced JavaScript Module Systems and Bundlers: Webpack, Rollup, and More
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/sharique_siddiqui_8242dad/advanced-javascript-module-systems-and-bundlers-webpack-rollup-and-more-18m9

- How I Built a Custom Shopify Tracking Widget to Save Time
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/sellermind/how-i-built-a-custom-shopify-tracking-widget-to-save-time-4k8h

- How I Automated Shopify WISMO Tickets With a Tracking Widget
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/sellermind/how-i-automated-shopify-wismo-tickets-with-a-tracking-widget-14mp

- Why I Built a JavaScript Etsy Fee Calculator from Scratch
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/sellermind/why-i-built-a-javascript-etsy-fee-calculator-from-scratch-8n3

- Building a JavaScript Tool to Automate Tedious Etsy Fee Math
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/sellermind/building-a-javascript-tool-to-automate-tedious-etsy-fee-math-99p

- How I Built a 100% Client-Side Date Calculator with Vanilla JS
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript (+React)
  URL: https://dev.to/huali/how-i-built-a-100-client-side-date-calculator-with-vanilla-js-1fl0

- Maintainer spotlight: Anthony Bolden (@Walnut356)
  Source: this-week-in-rust
  Topic: Rust
  URL: https://blog.rust-lang.org/inside-rust/2026/11/02/maintainer-spotlight-anthony-bolden-walnut356/

- Building Rust with AI
  Source: ardan-labs
  Topic: Go (+Rust)
  URL: https://www.ardanlabs.com/events/building-rust-with-ai/

- Practical Development with AI Agents
  Source: ardan-labs
  Topic: Go (+Rust)
  URL: https://www.ardanlabs.com/events/20261215_practical_go_development_with_ai_agents_workshop/

- Rust Meets AI
  Source: ardan-labs
  Topic: Go (+PostgreSQL, Rust)
  URL: https://www.ardanlabs.com/events/rust-meets-ai/

## Research

- Credit Risk: What Are We Actually Measuring?
  Source: towards-data-science
  Topic: AI Research (+AI, Python)
  URL: https://towardsdatascience.com/credit-risk-what-are-we-actually-measuring/

- Reflection's Beam Is the New Open-Weight Model Everyone Is Talking About
  Source: towards-data-science
  Topic: AI Research (+AI, Python)
  URL: https://towardsdatascience.com/reflections-beam-is-the-new-open-weight-model-everyone-is-talking-about/

- Our AI Has an Invisible Footprint — Let's see How to Measure It
  Source: towards-data-science
  Topic: AI Research (+AI, Python)
  URL: https://towardsdatascience.com/our-ai-has-an-invisible-footprint-lets-see-how-to-measure-it/

- Let Decision Models Watch Your Agents
  Source: towards-data-science
  Topic: AI Research (+AI, Python)
  URL: https://towardsdatascience.com/let-decision-models-watch-your-agents/

- Verify--Backtrack Loop: Structured Precondition Recovery for Long-Horizon Language Agents
  Source: arxiv-cs-ai
  Topic: AI Research (+AI, JavaScript, React)
  URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.41564

## Community

- llm 0.37
  Source: simon-willison
  Topic: Python (+AI, Django)
  URL: https://simonwillison.net/2026/Nov/2/llm/

- The U.S. Census Bureau and “Super Intelligence”
  Source: simon-willison
  Topic: Python (+AI, Django)
  URL: https://simonwillison.net/2026/Nov/2/census-bureau-super-intelligence/

- POJO Scripts, Deep Expertise vs. LLMs, BCE Boundaries and Transactions, Local Java Inference--Questions for the 152nd airhacks.tv
  Source: adam-bien
  Topic: Java (+AI)
  URL: https://adambien.blog/roller/abien/entry/pojo_scripts_deep_expertise_vs_llms_bce_boundaries_and_tr

- What do YOU do instead of providing abstract base classes?
  Source: rust-users-forum
  Topic: Rust
  URL: https://users.rust-lang.org/t/what-do-you-do-instead-of-providing-abstract-base-classes/143414

- Mark and Continue (a constrained case of GOTO)
  Source: discuss-python-ideas
  Topic: Python
  URL: https://discuss.python.org/t/mark-and-continue-a-constrained-case-of-goto/109824

- Doing Math with Python: Code and Solutions Refresh
  Source: planet-python
  Topic: Python (+AI)
  URL: http://doingmathwithpython.github.io/code-and-solutions-refresh.html

- Rodrigo Girão Serrão: Migrating to Python 3.15
  Source: planet-python
  Topic: Python
  URL: https://mathspp.com/blog/migrating-to-python-315

- Speed up async functions execution by 40% by postponing a coroutine object creation
  Source: discuss-python-ideas
  Topic: Python
  URL: https://discuss.python.org/t/speed-up-async-functions-execution-by-40-by-postponing-a-coroutine-object-creation/109808

- Creation of new identifer
  Source: discuss-python-ideas
  Topic: Python
  URL: https://discuss.python.org/t/creation-of-new-identifer/109807

- Notes from week 44
  Source: ocaml-planet
  Topic: OCaml
  URL: https://www.tunbury.org/2026/11/02/week-44/

- LernerPython blog, from Reuven Lerner: Python 3.15 list unpacking: Flattening a nested list
  Source: planet-python
  Topic: Python
  URL: https://lernerpython.com/2026/11/02/python-3-15-list-unpacking-flattening-a-nested-list/

- console: Making OCaml Command-Line Tools Look Good
  Source: ocaml-planet
  Topic: OCaml
  URL: https://gazagnaire.org/blog/2026-11-02-console.html

- Virtual Art Museum built with Three js
  Source: lobsters
  Topic: General (+JavaScript)
  URL: https://dostoynikov.bearblog.dev/virtual-museum-for-my-wifes-artworks/

- SuperVote: 15 year retrospective on an app for sharing political endorsements
  Source: lobsters
  Topic: General (+Java)
  URL: https://callejas.com/a/supervote/

- gohawk | Resource-focused static analysis for Go
  Source: lobsters
  Topic: General (+Go)
  URL: https://gohawk.dev

- Building a gemini server in python
  Source: lobsters
  Topic: General (+AI, Python)
  URL: https://www.willmunn.xyz/gemini/python/2026/10/16/we-have-lift-off.html

- Tyrtulia, a headless forum with no passwords, made for the terminal
  Source: lobsters
  Topic: General (+Python)
  URL: https://en.andros.dev/blog/b5c8c6aa/i-built-a-forum-with-no-interface-no-passwords-made-for-the-terminal/