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Latest story• May 19, 2025

It’ll soon be free to publish apps to the Microsoft Store

Microsoft announced the elimination of developer onboarding fees for the Microsoft Store on Windows, starting June 2025. Individual developers can now publish apps without paying the previous $19 registration fee. This move comes as Apple faces pressure over App Store fees, while Google still charges a one-time $25 fee for Google Play. Microsoft will maintain its 12-15% fee for developers using its commerce platform.

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Understanding Node.js, the Event Loop and the Safe Use of Singletons

Node.js efficiently handles high concurrency using a single-threaded event loop and asynchronous operations. It can process millions of requests simultaneously by offloading time-consuming tasks to background threads. Safe...

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Apple may lower App Store commission rate to ‘stay competitive’, report suggests

Apple's App Store revenue is threatened by a court ruling against its 27% commission on external payments, prompting large developers to create their own payment systems and potentially forcing Apple to reduce fees or improve...

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Windsurf Launches SWE-1 Family of Models for Software Engineering

Windsurf has released three AI models for software engineering: SWE-1, SWE-1-lite, and SWE-1-mini. These models support various development tasks beyond code generation, with SWE-1 focusing on tool-call reasoning and performing...

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Just Use React

React and similar modern frameworks offer powerful tools for building complex, interactive web applications. They provide efficient state management, reusable components, and optimized UI updates. These frameworks are...

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Tips To Get the Most out of the AI Editor Cursor

Cursor, an AI-powered coding tool, offers powerful capabilities but requires strategic use to maximize its potential. The key to success lies in providing clear context through project rules, file-specific guidelines, and...

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Easily Ask Your LLM Coding Questions

uithub's API enables large-scale AI code analysis, providing specific context for thousands of repositories. This tool allows developers to efficiently examine and understand vast amounts of code across multiple projects. By...

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Introducing Docker Hardened Images: Secure, Minimal, and Ready for Production

Docker's Hardened Images are secure-by-default containers with smaller attack surfaces, continuous updates, and compatibility with major distros and security tools, offering easy migration, customization, and automated patching...

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A series of optimizations dramatically improved Postgres write performance, from 2,000 writes/second to over 90,000 writes/second. Key strategies included reducing network latency, using connection pooling, optimizing connection...

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The Free Cursor Alternative That Builds Entire Websites For You (1-Minute Setup)

VS Code users can now create a free AI coding assistant by combining the editor with the cline AI extension and a Google AI Studio API key. This setup mimics Cursor's functionality, allowing developers to build websites and apps...

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GitHub Copilot Wants To Become Your Peer Programmer

"Go, do this," commands a developer to their AI assistant. Welcome to the future of coding, where GitHub's Copilot is evolving from a pair programmer to an orchestra of autonomous agents. GitHub's CPO Mario Rodriguez...

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Vibe coding: Your roadmap to becoming an AI developer

AI skills are becoming crucial for developers, with 80% expected to need AI knowledge by 2027. Key areas include: 1. Programming languages (Python, Java, C++) and frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch). 2. Machine learning...

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Instagram API Documentation: Key Concepts Explained for Developers

Instagram's API enables developers to add social features to apps, offering Graph API for businesses and Basic Display API for personal use, with documentation covering key aspects like authentication, permissions, and rate...

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1-2-3 PHP operators

PHP operators often follow a 1-2-3 pattern, with single, double, and triple versions having related but distinct functions. For example, = assigns values, == compares values, and === checks for identity. This pattern extends to...

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Getting Answers from a Big PDF with RubyLLM

A developer created a Ruby-based CLI tool to interact with a large API documentation PDF. Using the RubyLLM gem and Gemini's PDF parsing capabilities, the tool extracts text from specific pages and uses an LLM to answer questions...

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Tutorial: Set Up an MCP Server With .NET and GitHub Copilot

Visual Studio Code now includes Model Context Protocol, allowing developers to create custom AI tools with large language models and access them through GitHub Copilot chat using the new "agent mode" feature.

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How I got My First Paying Customer from Betalist

A new AI logo maker SAAS startup, AILogoMagic, launched on various platforms to attract users. After limited success on Twitter and Product Hunt, the founder found success on Betalist, gaining 90+ signups and 500+ visitors. The...

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Solidis – Tiny TS Redis client, no deps, for serverless

Solidis is a fast RESP client for Redis, supporting RESP2 and RESP3 protocols, efficient pipelining, and TypeScript definitions, while offering features like transactions and pub/sub in a lightweight, dependency-free package.

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5 Open Source Tools That Changed My Development Workflow Forever

Five open-source tools are revolutionizing developer workflows. Tolgee simplifies localization, Helmfile streamlines Kubernetes management, Zx enables JavaScript-based shell scripts, Fx enhances JSON processing, and Refined...

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The Full-Stack Developer's Blind Spot: Why Data Cleansing Shouldn't Be an Afterthought

A React dashboard revealed data quality issues in a production database, highlighting the need for developers to implement data cleansing techniques, quality checks, and realistic testing to prevent performance problems and...

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Stop Wasting Time: 7 AI Tools Every Developer Should Be Using in 2025

AI tools are revolutionizing software development in 2025. From GitHub Copilot's code autocomplete to Whisper's voice-to-code functionality, these seven tools boost productivity and creativity for developers of all levels. They...

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How to get Github PR Notifications in Slack (in under a minute!)

A new Slack app called Manta PR streamlines GitHub pull request notifications for teams. Unlike other integrations that can be spammy or limited, Manta PR sends concise, real-time updates on PR status to a designated Slack...

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Machine learning revolutionizes programming by enabling systems to learn from data, adapt, and solve complex problems. Developers are increasingly leveraging ML for automation, insights, and competitive advantage. Key benefits...

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Kickstart Your Cloud Journey: A Beginner's Guide for AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) offers over 200 cloud services for building and scaling applications. Students can benefit from learning AWS through free tiers, certifications, and real-world project experience. Key services include...

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