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dev.to > yureki_lab > how-i-built-a-task-spec-contract-between-my-planner-and-implementer-agents-e94

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2+ hour, 6+ min ago   (944+ words) Quick background. The system I have been building for about a year runs Claude Code (2.x as of September 2026) in a loop: a planner reads the repo and the backlog, breaks a goal into tasks, and hands each task to…...


dev.to > rasterly > screenshot-apis-in-2026-what-youre-actually-paying-for-6lm

Screenshot APIs in 2026: what you're actually paying for

2+ hour, 24+ min ago   (319+ words) Disclosure up front: I build one of these APIs (rasterly). I've tried to keep the comparison fair and the numbers checkable — call out anything that reads as a plug. Every few months someone on my team says "let's just run…...


dev.to > iacobandrei > how-i-documented-a-broken-codebase-without-losing-my-mind-74m

How i documented a Broken codebase without losing my mind.

3+ hour, 13+ min ago   (235+ words) If you want to use it straight away | Link here I believe we achieved a point in tech where having a... Tagged with documentation, github, softwareengineering....


dev.to > alexgeorgiev17 > blacksmiths-github-actions-runners-finished-the-same-job-3-to-4-times-faster-than-github-hosted-59oj

Blacksmith's GitHub Actions runners finished the same job 3 to 4 times faster than GitHub hosted Actions, across 10 trials

3+ hour, 43+ min ago   (223+ words) Disclosure: I have no affiliation with Blacksmith. Nobody asked me to write this and nobody paid for it. I installed their GitHub App like anyone else would. Installing the app also opened a "Migration Wizard" pull request on its own,…...


dev.to > saaro_net > ai-models-for-coding-2026-which-model-for-which-budget-n7o

AI Models for Coding 2026: Which Model for Which Budget?

4+ hour, 41+ min ago   (518+ words) Anyone who wants to code with AI today is faced with a jungle of models – and opaque pricing models. The good news: in 2026, there is a suitable model for every budget and every requirement. The bad news: the wrong model…...


dev.to > logicshadowdev > building-a-hacker-news-scraper-with-python-and-beautifulsoup-1709

Building a Hacker News Scraper with Python and BeautifulSoup

6+ hour, 5+ min ago   (21+ words) Introduction I built a Python web scraper that collects Hacker News stories and saves them... Tagged with python, webscraping, beginners, tutorial....


dev.to > hugo_jose_9 > jobmaster-achieving-horizontal-scaling-for-net-jobs-while-maintaining-a-centralised-audit-log-b0h

JobMaster achieving horizontal scaling for.NET jobs while maintaining a centralised audit log

7+ hour, 29+ min ago   (50+ words) How JobMaster's bucket system solves the tradeoff between horizontal scaling and a centralized audit trail for.NET background jobs. Tagged with dotnet, csharp, architecture, opensource....


dev.to > sikamikanikobg > what-does-a-local-llm-actually-cost-per-month-i-read-the-meters-1274

What Does a Local LLM Actually Cost per Month? I Read the Meters.

8+ hour, 44+ min ago   (888+ words) The Local LLM Lab — Part 5 One controlled experiment. One number. One verdict. The question nobody answers in the local-LLM hype is the boring one: what does the electricity bill say? Not "how many tokens per second." Not "how many GB…...


dev.to > mhk_sameera > ai-built-my-site-in-an-hour-why-are-you-charging-so-much-4-questions-that-usually-end-the-545

AI Built My Site in an Hour, Why Are You Charging So Much? — 4 Questions That Usually End the Conversation

9+ hour, 24+ min ago   (267+ words) I've had this conversation more times this year than in the previous five combined. A client sends... Tagged with webdev, devops, freelance, ai....


medium.com > @bulkpublish > how-to-post-to-15-social-networks-at-once-from-one-screen-7fd14c627588

How to Post to 15+ Social Networks at Once from One Screen

5+ hour, 20+ min ago   (321+ words) One composer, one calendar, and a single place to check what actually went out, instead of fifteen tabs and a spreadsheet. The tab problem …...