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What is Idempotency? And Why Your APIs Should Care (A LOT!)
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What is Idempotency? And Why Your APIs Should Care (A LOT!)

Yo, fellow devs! Ever nervously double-clicked a "Pay Now" button because the internet felt a bit sluggish? Or maybe you've seen a user frantically resubmit a form, convinced their first attempt vani
Jaime Tran
Jaime Tran
Git Merge vs. Rebase: The Great Debate (And Which One YOU Should Use!)
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Git Merge vs. Rebase: The Great Debate (And Which One YOU Should Use!)

Hey devs!  So, you're cruising along, building awesome features in your Git branch, and then comes the moment of truth: bringing your work back into the main codebase (like main or develop). You've pr
Jaime Tran
Jaime Tran
5 VSCode settings that frontend devs usually skip (but really should know)
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5 VSCode settings that frontend devs usually skip (but really should know)

Hey there, I’m a frontend dev, and today I just wanna share some VSCode settings that helped me code faster and cleaner. Some of them are small, but trust me, they make a big difference. A lot of devs
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What Really Happens When You Type "google.com"? A Dev's Journey into DNS!
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What Really Happens When You Type "google.com"? A Dev's Journey into DNS!

Hey fellow devs! Ever casually typed google.com (or your own app's domain) into a browser, hit Enter, and just... poof, the website appears? It feels like magic, right? But as engineers, we know ther
Jaime Tran
Jaime Tran
Hacking the AI Mind: Exploring Prompt Jailbreaking in Large Language Models
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Hacking the AI Mind: Exploring Prompt Jailbreaking in Large Language Models

Hey there, tech enthusiasts! If you've been keeping up with the buzz around artificial intelligence, you've probably heard of Large Language Models (LLMs) like GPT-4, Claude, or LLaMA. These AI powerh
Fred Pham
Fred Pham
Short-Term Memory and Web Usability: Designing for the Human Mind
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Short-Term Memory and Web Usability: Designing for the Human Mind

When you visit a website, your short-term memory becomes your mental workspace. It juggles information, tracks navigation, and helps you complete tasks. But here's the catch: this workspace is minimal. We're talking 5~9 items for about 20~30 seconds. That's it.
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Applying Jakob Nielsen's 10 Usability Heuristics for Better UX Design
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Applying Jakob Nielsen's 10 Usability Heuristics for Better UX Design

Usability isn’t just about aesthetics; it’s about creating intuitive interfaces that minimize user frustration and help people achieve their goals efficiently.
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Understanding Database Indexing: The Key to Faster Queries
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Understanding Database Indexing: The Key to Faster Queries

What is Database Indexing?Think of a database index like the index of a book. Instead of flipping through every page to find a topic, you can jump directly to the page number listed in the index. Simi
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Generative AI in software testing: a great combination
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Generative AI in software testing: a great combination

Generative AI has been a hot technology topic for the past decade, but generative AI, and specifically the arrival of ChatGPT in 2022, has thrust AI into worldwide headlines and launched an unpreceden
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⚡ From 90s to 20s: How Parallel Pagination Transformed Our Frontend Performance
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⚡ From 90s to 20s: How Parallel Pagination Transformed Our Frontend Performance

"Performance isn't just about optimizing backend queries. It starts with how the frontend chooses to fetch data." The Real-World Scenario In a recent project I joined — which had been in d
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