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How to Extract HEX and RGB Colors From an Image for Web Design
Stop guessing colors from images — use an image color picker to extract exact HEX and RGB values directly into your CSS.
Python: introducing emojet, a fast emoji lookup library
emojet replaces Python's emoji package with a Rust-backed version that's 70x faster at deconversion and imports in under 1ms.
A Linear agent that runs Claude Code sessions on your own machine
Connect Claude Code to Linear as a native agent — assign issues, get AI responses grounded in your local project context.
Browser Agent SDK: Ship a Voice Agent on Any Web App in Minutes
Deepgram's Browser Agent SDK offers four npm packages to drop a voice AI agent into any web app, from one-line widget to full custom control.
Introducing the AI context engine for your entire codebase
Atlassian's Code Context plugs multi-repo understanding into AI coding agents, delivering 44% more accuracy with 48% fewer tokens.
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I stopped caring about programming terms
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Reorganizing Python's sys module
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To be a better programmer, write little proofs in your head
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PHP Design Patterns & Web Application Architecture
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Copilot memory and Ollama in GitHub Copilot for JetBrains
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CSS properties you should know for better text designs
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AGENTS.md vs. skills: How to steer a coding agent
AGENTS.md vs. skills is the wrong debate — what matters is building reproducible evals to prove your agent instructions actually work.
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