The Gamepad API Lies to You: A Practical Guide to Reading Controller Input in JavaScript
taimoor bamazai |
The Gamepad API is one of the smallest browser APIs you'll ever use. Four properties, one function, and no permissions prompt. You can have a controller drawn on screen in about fifteen lines. Those f... read more
How to Build an AI Chatbot with Gemini and Vercel Serverless Functions 🚀
Johnson Samuel |
A couple of months back, I built a chatbot application using React, Node.js, and Vercel Serverless Functions, which I used in my web app, buildcv.makeadifference.app. In this tutorial, I'll walk you t... read more
How a System Call Actually Works in Linux
Chris Roy |
Here's a small C program. It calls clock_gettime() three times, then writes five bytes to standard output. #include #include #include int main(void) { struct timespe
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How to Refactor a Legacy Application Before Migrating It
Hugo Teijiz |
The moment a team decides to migrate a legacy application, there's usually pressure to start moving code. Move the database, the API, or the UI. Move the application to a new framework, runtime, cloud... read more
The Design Patterns Handbook: Learn Popular Design Patterns with C# Code Examples
Isaiah Clifford Opoku |
Design patterns are reusable solutions to common problems in software design. Think of them as blueprints: not finished code, but proven templates you can adapt to solve a specific problem in your own... read more
AWS Cloud Cost Monitoring, Alerting, and Optimization: A Guide for Devs
Ayobami Adejumo |
There's a common conversation that happens in engineering teams every month. Someone forwards a screenshot of the AWS bill. The number is higher than last month. Everyone nods and agrees it should be... read more
How to Build a Scholarship Research MCP Server with Node.js, Express, and MongoDB
Chinedu Otutu |
Scholarship hunting is a research job, not a single search box. You filter awards by field, GPA, citizenship, and deadline. You keep a shortlist. You write notes about essays and recommenders. Then yo... read more
How AI Receptionists Work: The Architecture Behind AI Phone Agents
Manish Shivanandhan |
An AI receptionist may sound simple from the outside: a caller speaks, the system responds, and the conversation continues until the caller gets an answer or reaches a person. Behind that conversation... read more
How to Use Discord with a Screen Reader: A Quick Guide
Florian Beijers |
Discord is one of those technologies that came out of nowhere several years ago and is now everywhere. A huge variety of servers around all sorts of communities, efforts, and initiatives have been pop... read more
How AI Is Changing Patching and What Devs Need to Know About Exposure Management
Reetain Raina |
When a vulnerability scanner reports 23 vulnerabilities in your application, of which 4 are critical, 7 are high, and the remaining 12 are medium, at first glance the answer seems clear: start patchin... read more