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dev.to > sameerqaisar17 > python-functions-why-they-changed-my-code-1516

Python Functions: Why They changed My code

42+ min ago   (110+ words) "I used to write the same code over and over. Copy, paste, tweak one word. Then I learned about functions — and my code got 10x shorter. Here's how they work and why I use them everywhere now." Problem: If I want…...

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dev.to > ko-hi > 7-claude-code-agents-held-24-board-meetings-revenue-0-2e6c

7 Claude Code agents held 24 board meetings. Revenue: $0.

52+ min ago   (549+ words) The output side of that machine works. Here is the input side, three weeks in: Every number is from the platform dashboards, pulled by a script. Nothing is rounded up. The runner that launches each unattended command wrote OK to…...

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dev.to > hamzasajid-dev > agents-building-agents-the-recursive-power-of-claude-code-1efd

Agents Building Agents: The Recursive Power of Claude Code

29+ min ago   (249+ words) Originally published on my technical field notes at Hamza Sajid's Portfolio. The true power of AI in software engineering is not "coding help" it is Meta-Tooling. We are entering an era where AI agents do not just write functions; they…...

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dev.to > alhlm_alove_2f24b5ebd5875 > send-transactional-email-from-a-verified-domain-with-an-api-or-smtp-2bn2

Send Transactional Email from a Verified Domain with an API or SMTP

31+ min ago   (245+ words) Password resets, login codes, receipts, and alerts are easier to operate when application email has its own delivery path. Here are the setup decisions that matter before sending. Use a domain you control, then add the DNS records shown by…...

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dev.to > samhartley_dev > my-cron-job-double-fired-and-placed-the-same-order-twice-heres-my-postmortem-5cib

My Cron Job Double-Fired and Placed the Same Order Twice — Here's My Postmortem

1+ hour, 14+ min ago   (879+ words) I keep a Mac Mini in a closet running a handful of small scheduled Python jobs. One of them scans market data on a schedule and, when its rules fire, places tiny orders through an exchange API. Positions are around…...

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dev.to > khurram_bilal786 > the-ai-augmented-parallel-sdlc-3l8i

The AI Augmented Parallel SDLC

55+ min ago   (424+ words) A delivery model that replaces the chain of handoffs: discover once, run design, build and QA in... Tagged with ai, productivity, leadership, softwareengineering....

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dev.to > jojomensah89 > i-built-an-open-source-personal-web-memory-for-coding-agents-46jc

I built an open-source personal web memory for coding agents

1+ hour, 5+ min ago   (72+ words) I kept saving things I knew I would need later: a GitHub repository, a Reddit answer, a post on X, a... Tagged with ai, memory, bookmarks, mcp....

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dev.to > hizba_31d77c41/80/3163b8ff0 > from-prompt-to-deployed-app-building-mythic-forge-with-google-ai-studio-4d4f

From Prompt to Deployed App: Building "Mythic Forge" with Google AI Studio

1+ hour, 1+ min ago   (236+ words) Education Track: Build Apps with Google AI Studio For my first project using Google AI Studio's new "Build apps with Gemini" feature, I set out to build Mythic Forge, an interactive web application that acts as an RPG Character Portrait…...

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dev.to > vikash_ruhil_a43b452d4a88 > i-got-tired-of-coding-agents-editing-before-done-was-defined-so-i-built-a-plan-first-harness-28l3

I got tired of coding agents editing before “done” was defined — so I built a plan-first harness

1+ hour, 13+ min ago   (174+ words) Chat-coding is fast until it isn’t. You ask for a feature. The agent jumps into files. You get a pile of edits and a shrug. Two sessions collide on the same paths. Auto-merge is either terrifying or so babysat that…...

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dev.to > fattakhov > how-to-bring-order-to-a-project-a-track-map-4db2

How to Bring Order to a Project: A Track Map

1+ hour, 21+ min ago   (667+ words) Every now and then I join a project where "everything works, but nobody dares to touch it." Deployment is done by hand from memory, the architecture grew historically, knowledge lives in people's heads, hiring happens by accident. That's normal: this…...