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dev.to > urbanmixo > the-illusion-of-stringlength-how-to-safely-count-unicode-emojis-and-words-in-js-166m

The Illusion of String.length: How to safely count Unicode, Emojis, and Words in JS

1+ hour, 40+ min ago   (173+ words) If you are building a text input that restricts users to a specific character limit (like a tweet, an SMS gateway, or an SEO meta tag), your first instinct is probably to use String.prototype.length. If you are doing…...

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dev.to > koda2026 > gen-alpha-is-cooking-why-12-and-13-year-olds-are-out-shipping-adults-with-zero-budget-ain

"Gen-Alpha is Cooking": Why 12 and 13-year-olds are out-shipping adults with zero budget.

1+ hour, 37+ min ago   (548+ words) A few hours ago, a 13-year-old solo developer commented on my article. He looked at my stack, looked at his own stack, and said: "Gen-Alpha cooking harder and harder." He’s right. And I think the tech industry is completely underestimating…...

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dev.to > ryan_zhao > ai-safety-and-alignment-building-trustworthy-agents-that-do-not-fail-you-1p6m

AI Safety and Alignment: Building Trustworthy Agents That Do Not Fail You

2+ hour, 18+ min ago   (19+ words) The... Tagged with ai, safety, alignment, ethics....

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dev.to > yash_sonawane25 > your-first-aws-production-architecture-from-a-simple-application-to-a-scalable-system-3738

Your First AWS Production Architecture: From a Simple Application to a Scalable System

2+ hour, 20+ min ago   (1081+ words) Most people learn AWS by studying individual services. RDS is a database. But that's not how AWS is used in the real world. In a real project, these services work together to solve one problem: How do we run an…...

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dev.to > khg5293 > why-parameterized-queries-matter-for-sql-security-1iem

Why Parameterized Queries Matter for SQL Security

3+ hour, 5+ min ago   (559+ words) SQL injection is one of the classic examples of what can happen when an application mixes user input directly into a database query. The underlying problem is simple. The application expects data. The database may interpret part of that data…...

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dev.to > delehq > what-google-earth-engine-actually-is-and-what-its-capable-of-5ni

What Google Earth Engine Actually Is (and What It's Capable Of)

4+ hour ago   (457+ words) Satellites take pictures of the Earth constantly. Some take pictures of the same spot every single day. Over decades, this adds up to an enormous amount of imagery: what a forest looked like ten years ago versus today, how a…...

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dev.to > jun_uen0 > i-banned-claude-from-saying-looks-reasonable-and-it-started-finding-my-blind-spots-491l

I banned Claude from saying 'looks reasonable' and it started finding my blind spots

4+ hour, 18+ min ago   (477+ words) I'm in the middle of launching a SaaS product, and the deliverable from one particular session wasn't code. It was an execution plan, plus the design of the quality gates. In other words: writing down "how we're going to build…...

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dev.to > madebydev > react-native-vs-flutter-in-2026-which-should-your-startup-choose-55d5

React Native vs Flutter in 2026: Which Should Your Startup Choose?

4+ hour, 44+ min ago   (451+ words) If you are planning a mobile app, one of the first technical decisions is the framework. In 2026 the two serious cross-platform options are still React Native and Flutter. Both let you ship iOS and Android from one codebase, both are…...

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dev.to > jadeydi > how-to-bulk-download-images-from-url-lists-to-a-zip-file-3fph

How to Bulk Download Images: From URL Lists to a ZIP File

4+ hour, 30+ min ago   (1250+ words) The most useful starting point is a list of direct image URLs. Once you have that list, you can download the files together with a browser tool or a small command-line workflow. This tutorial covers both approaches, plus a JavaScript…...

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dev.to > behan05 > i-rebuilt-my-failed-chat-app-from-scratch-heres-what-changed-growschat-h0p

I rebuilt my failed chat app from scratch, here's what changed (GrowsChat)

5+ hour, 47+ min ago   (137+ words) Hey dev.to! I'm Behan, a solo full-stack developer. I built a random chat platform before this one. It failed, mostly because of media hosting costs and no real rate limiting, the classic "it looked good but wasn't built to…...