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Overview For an internal database, we needed to implement some sort of text-based search capabilities to help users locate documents. One goal was to be lightweight, hassle-free, easy to set up, expand, and maintain—and ideally, to set it up once a...

What is ERC-20? ERC stands for Ethereum Request for Comment. Essentially, they are standards that have been approved by the community and are used to convey technical requirements and specifications for certain use cases. ERC-20 specifically is a s...

In the quest for a cleaner and more concise codebase that adheres to the DRY principle, one React hook that stands out is useImperativeHandle hook. React’s declarative nature encourages developers to build components that rely on props and state to ...

When I was building a quick frontend to the LLM gamehttps://dev.to/jeffrey04/i-built-a-word-guessing-game-with-llm-357, I used jQueryhttps://jquery.com/ to quickly whip out a prototype. Only after I was happy with it, I ported the code to the modern ...

Background Email is part of our daily lives; everyone who works in an organization or uses the internet frequently has opened an email account at least once in their lifetime. But this technology, invented in the 90s, wasn’t created for widespread u...

Working as a coding coach was one of the most fulfilling jobs I’ve ever had. I was hired as a Coding Coach at a small franchise called The Coder School because they needed someone well-versed in Python who could explain core coding concepts. I figure...

In this article, learn how to deconstruct interfaces into core components, creating unified, scalable systems using Brad Frost's Atomic Design methodology to enhance your web design skills effectively! !https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/...

Middleware in Laravel acts as a bridge between a request and a response, allowing you to inspect and filter HTTP requests entering your application. While Laravel provides several built-in middleware, creating custom middleware can help tailor reques...

We started building an open-source API platform a few years ago ApiLogicServer. You connect to your database, which generates an API, a front-end, plug in your declarative logic, add security and publish your microservice. When the AI hype started - ...

Searching efficiently in VS Code can save you hours of manual work. While the default search is useful, regular expressions regex unlock powerful pattern-matching capabilities. In this guide, I'll break down essential regex patterns and show you how ...

!UnSloth Guides the Llama’s Fine-Tuning Ritual — a whimsical stylized llama illustrationhttps://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/2944/1JZfV1Z94lDRuFaxZ0BCQA.png Fine-tuning large language models LLMs sounds complex — until you meet Unsloth. Whether you’r...

This would be an irregular series of posts on my new attempt to learn Category Theory. This time, it would be based on the book titled The Dao of Functional Programminghttps://github.com/BartoszMilewski/DaoFP written by Dr. Bartosz Milewskihttps://ba...

Profile Keeper: Your Ultimate Hub for Managing Online Identities & Essential Sites In today’s digital world, we constantly create accounts across websites, social media, finance apps, productivity platforms, and countless online services. As our dig...

The technical term is "Closure" The essence of lambda calculus is with captures - be it simple values or object references. At the site of anonymous function declaration, it's being captured and the reference is saved inside the lambda until being i...

Some AI-powered coding assistants already support code reviews, but most of them tend to review an entire workspace or just the currently open file. In real-world scenarios though, code reviews are often based on pull requests—where we only need to r...

Fine-tuning is a technique for adapting a pre-trained machine learning model to new data or tasks. Rather than training a model from scratch, fine-tuning allows you to start with an existing model like GPT-3 and specialize it for your needs. This app...

Hi, I’m the developer behind tip.md, a tool I created to let open-source contributors easily add cryptocurrency tipping buttons to their GitHub READMEs or markdown content. I’ve been in the open-source community for a while and wanted to build a si...

Top 12 Certifications to Boost Your HR Technology Career in 2025 What are HR certifications? !1 HR certifications are credentials obtained by individuals who want to demonstrate their proficiency in HR-related concepts, practices, and leadership ...

This tool allows you to perform integration tests for captcha challenge verification on the server side. It currently supports Google, Cloudflare, and hCaptcha. tool: https://captcha.javad.dev/ repo: https://github.com/ja7ad/captcha ...

Top Coding Languages to Master in 2025 With countless programming languages available, choosing the right one to focus on can set the foundation for success in the tech-driven landscape of 2025. Here’s why JavaScript continues to top the list and de...