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dev.to > weckhawk > whats-new-in-laravel-13-5-game-changing-features-you-should-actually-care-about-2268

What's New in Laravel 13: 5 Game-Changing Features You Should Actually Care About

7+ min ago   (177+ words) This is easily the biggest shift in how your models and background jobs look. For years, Eloquent models and queued jobs have been defined by a wall of class properties declared at the top of the file. In Laravel 13, native…...

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dev.to > james-coombs > the-hard-problem-isnt-automation-its-classification-o1h

The Hard Problem Isn't Automation. It's Classification.

3+ min ago   (795+ words) James Coombs is a design engineer who built an AI-assisted bug pipeline that ships full-stack fixes across backend, API, and frontend layers in production. An "error handling improvement" that touches C# backend, GraphQL schema, and React frontend required 5 hours and…...

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dev.to > koztechie > building-nichlyst-the-14-day-clock-the-web-app-illusion-and-hardening-the-archive-4a6c

Building NICHLYST: The 14-Day Clock, the "Web App" Illusion, and Hardening the Archive

19+ min ago   (463+ words) On September 10th, at 10:19 AM, the system finally turned green. Twelve confirmed, opt-in testers. The threshold is met. The 14-day Google Play closed testing clock is officially locked. For the next two weeks, NICHLYST sits in a state of anabiosis. My…...

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dev.to > gumbosveins > polar-sandbox-vs-live-webhooks-why-checkout-works-and-entitlements-do-not-5gl2

Polar sandbox vs live webhooks — why checkout works and entitlements do not

26+ min ago   (794+ words) Checkout can succeed and your app can still treat the buyer as a free user. On Polar that usually means the webhook landed in the wrong world — sandbox secret on a live deploy, production endpoint still pointed at last night’s…...

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dev.to > shikothetechgirl > data-modelling-relationships-joins-in-powerbi-5elo

Data Modelling, Relationships & Joins in PowerBI

13+ min ago   (595+ words) Introduction Data Modelling in Power BI is about organizing data into tables and defining... Tagged with analytics, data, database....

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dev.to > efe_genc > my-release-smoke-test-passed-on-the-message-that-says-it-failed-1lh0

My release smoke test passed on the message that says it failed

24+ min ago   (607+ words) Here is the step, as it had been since the first release: Read the last line on its own. It passes when the released version appears anywhere in the output. Now read what npm prints when the version is not…...

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dev.to > yanev > software-engineering-isnt-dead-were-just-writing-specs-now-2obp

Software Engineering Isn't Dead (We're Just Writing Specs Now)

26+ min ago   (323+ words) "Software Engineering is programming integrated over time." AI is insane at churning out code... Tagged with ai, programming, softwareengineering, productivity....

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dev.to > vmzavas > reciprocal-tester-exchange-vs-marketplace-which-works-34ae

Reciprocal Tester Exchange vs Marketplace: Which Works?

17+ min ago   (1184+ words) When I was trying to publish my first Android app on a personal developer account created after November 13, 2023, I ran straight into Google Play's 14-day testing rule. Google requires personal accounts to have at least 12 opted-in testers who keep the…...

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dev.to > sai_ram_0000 > why-i-built-cost-guard-mcp-pre-flight-cost-guardrails-for-ai-agents-talking-to-data-warehouses-25f2

Why I Built cost-guard-mcp: Pre-Flight Cost Guardrails for AI Agents Talking to Data Warehouses

17+ min ago   (747+ words) The query that shouldn't have run Give an AI agent a warehouse MCP server and, sooner or... Tagged with aiengineering, mcp, python, opensource....

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dev.to > zero_heartbeat_06a3625d7a > how-to-obfuscate-a-net-app-in-github-actions-cicd-4i3b

How to Obfuscate a.NET App in GitHub Actions (CI/CD)

15+ min ago   (359+ words) This guide shows the full workflow with Nebula.NET, but the pattern applies to any CLI-based.NET obfuscator..NET compiles to IL, which decompiles back to near-original C# in seconds (try it in ILSpy). Obfuscation rewrites that IL so it's…...