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Alan West

Apr 1

React 20 Is Coming. Here's What Actually Matters (and What Doesn't).

#react #javascript #frontend #webdev

5 min read

Alan West

Apr 1

We Moved Our API from Node to Bun. Here's What Broke (and What Got 3x Faster).

#bunjs #node #javascript #performance

5 min read

Alan West

Apr 1

I Gave Devin 10 Real Tasks. It Completed 3.

#aicoding #devin #developertools #productivity

5 min read

Alan West

Apr 1

Your npm Package Is Leaking Source Code (And You Probably Don't Know It)

#npm #javascript #security #typescript

4 min read

Alan West

Mar 31

axios Got Hacked. If You Ran npm install Yesterday, Read This Now.

#security #npm #supplychain #javascript

4 min read

Alan West

Mar 31

Claude Code's Entire Source Just Leaked. 512K Lines. Here's What I Found.

#claudecode #security #ai #opensource

9 min read

Alan West

Mar 30

AI-Generated Code vs Actually Understanding It: A Developer's Migration Guide

#ai #webdev #programming #productivity

5 min read

Alan West

Mar 30

Your Node.js App Uses 1,000,000x More RAM Than Voyager 1. Fix It.

#node #javascript #performance #debugging

5 min read

Alan West

Mar 30

Check Point Found Critical RCE Flaws in Claude Code. Here's What You Need to Know.

#security #claude #rce #vulnerability

4 min read

Alan West

Mar 30

The Week AI Coding Went From 'Assistant' to 'Autonomous'. What Happened.

#aicoding #agents #autonomousai #devtools

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5 min read

Alan West

Mar 30

How to Fix the 'AI Killed My Motivation to Code' Problem

#programming #productivity #ai #beginners

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5 min read

Alan West

Mar 30

An AI Agent Tried to Destroy a Developer's Reputation. Because He Said No.

#ai #security #agents #opensource

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5 min read

Alan West

Mar 30

Europe Is Breaking Up with American Tech. Developers Should Pay Attention.

#eu #sovereignty #cloud #infrastructure

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Alan West

Mar 30

35 New CVEs This Month Were Caused by AI-Generated Code. We Have a Problem.

#security #ai #cve #vibecoding

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4 min read

Alan West

Mar 30

Why Your Measurement Tools Might Be Corrupting Your Data

#datascience #python #performance #monitoring

5 min read

Alan West

Mar 30

OpenAI Hit $100M in Ad Revenue in 6 Weeks. ChatGPT Is Becoming Google.

#openai #chatgpt #advertising #ai

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4 min read

Alan West

Mar 29

How to Stop Your LLM From Just Telling Users What They Want to Hear

#ai #llm #machinelearning #python

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5 min read

Alan West

Mar 29

Qwen 3.5 Small: Four Models, Zero API Cost. A Quick Benchmark.

#qwen #opensource #locallm #benchmarks

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5 min read

Alan West

Mar 29

How to Recover from a Corrupted Git Repository

#git #devops #tutorial #programming

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Alan West

Mar 29

That SharePoint RCE Is Being Exploited Right Now. Patch Today.

#security #sharepoint #rce #patching

4 min read

Alan West

Mar 29

Windsurf's Arena Mode Lets You Blind-Test AI Models. I Tried It.

#windsurf #aimodels #devtools #benchmarks

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5 min read

Alan West

Mar 29

Why Qwen Won't Run on Your MacBook Air (and How to Fix It)

#llm #machinelearning #apple #tutorial

5 min read

Alan West

Mar 29

How to Track Legal Document Changes with Git (And Why It Breaks)

#git #opensource #tutorial #productivity

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5 min read

Alan West

Mar 28

Auth0 vs Clerk vs Authon: Migrating Your Auth Layer in 2026

#authentication #webdev #javascript #opensource

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4 min read

Alan West

Mar 28

1 Million Token Context Windows Are a Trap. Here's Why.

#llm #contextwindow #ai #prompting

4 min read

Alan West

Mar 28

Why Claude Code Ignores Your Instructions (and How to Fix It)

#claude #ai #developertools #productivity

5 min read

Alan West

Mar 28

Meta Cut 700 Jobs to Bet Everything on AI. Is That Smart?

#meta #ai #layoffs #tech

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4 min read

Alan West

Mar 28

Why Your Local AI Stack Keeps Falling Apart (and How to Fix It)

#opensource #ai #machinelearning #tutorial

5 min read

Alan West

Mar 28

Cursor Hit 1 Million Daily Users. What Are They Doing Right?

#cursor #aicoding #devtools #productivity

5 min read

Alan West

Mar 28

Why Your Self-Hosted App Keeps Dying at 3 AM (And How to Fix It)

#selfhosting #devops #docker #linux

5 min read

Alan West

Mar 28

How to Set Up Windows 11 Without a Microsoft Account (2026 Edition)

#windows #devops #sysadmin #productivity

5 min read

Alan West

Mar 27

NVIDIA's Nemotron 3 Super: 120B Parameters, 12B Active. Why That Matters.

#nvidia #nemotron #moe #localinference

4 min read

Alan West

Mar 27

Google Made Gemini Code Assist Free. What's the Catch?

#gemini #google #aicoding #devtools

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Alan West

Mar 27

Why Your RAG System Returns Garbage (And How to Actually Fix It)

#rag #llm #python #ai

5 min read

Alan West

Mar 27

Why Your AI Agents Are Burning Cash and How to Fix It

#ai #llm #agents #python

5 min read

Alan West

Mar 27

I made a free Mac window manager because Magnet doesn't exist outside the App Store

#macos #swift #opensource #productivity

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3 min read

Alan West

Mar 27

How to Fix Slow, Expensive Text-to-Speech in Your App With Open-Weight Models

#ai #python #machinelearning #opensource

5 min read

Alan West

Mar 27

How to Actually Migrate from GitHub to Codeberg Without Losing Your Mind

#git #opensource #codeberg #github

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5 min read

Alan West

Mar 27

I Bought a Domain by Talking to My AI. No Browser Needed.

#mcp #dns #domains #ai

5 min read

Alan West

Mar 26

How to Audit and Lock Down Your AI Training Data Exposure on GitHub

#github #githubcopilot #privacy #security

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Alan West

Mar 26

Why Your Flight Delay Tracker Shows Stale Data (And How to Fix It)

#python #api #architecture #webdev

5 min read

Alan West

Mar 26

GitHub Copilot Is Training on Your Private Code Now. You Probably Didn't Notice.

#github #githubcopilot #privacy #security

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4 min read

Alan West

Mar 26

Google Search Console Has a Full API. Why Is Nobody Using It from Their IDE?

#mcp #seo #google #ai

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5 min read

Alan West

Mar 26

Why Your Video Player Is Bloating Your Bundle (and How to Fix It)

#javascript #webdev #videojs #performance

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5 min read

Alan West

Mar 26

66 Analytics Tools Your AI Agent Didn't Know It Needed

#mcp #analytics #umami #ai

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5 min read

Alan West

Mar 26

How to Stack Astrophotography Images Programmatically with Python

#python #astrophotography #imageprocessing #numpy

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5 min read

Alan West

Mar 26

123 Ad Tools, Zero Dashboard: Running Meta Ads Entirely from Your Terminal

#mcp #facebook #advertising #ai

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5 min read

Alan West

Mar 25

Prompt Engineering Is Dead. Harness Engineering Is What Actually Works.

#ai #harnessengineering #claudecode #productivity

4 min read

Alan West

Mar 25

I Let My AI Agent Run My Instagram. It Didn't Go Horribly Wrong.

#mcp #instagram #threads #ai

5 min read

Alan West

Mar 25

How to Stop Over-Engineering with AI When a Simple Query Will Do

#engineering #ai #pragmatism #problemsolving

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5 min read

Alan West

Mar 25

Why Claude Code Keeps Forgetting Your Workflow (and How Skills Fix It)

#claudecode #developertools #aiworkflows #productivity

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5 min read

Alan West

Mar 25

Why Every AI-Built Website Looks the Same (Blame Tailwind's Indigo-500)

#ai #webdesign #tailwindcss #frontend

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4 min read

Alan West

Mar 25

Publishing Chrome Extensions Without Opening Chrome Web Store? Yes, Really.

#mcp #chrome #extensions #ai

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5 min read

Alan West

Mar 25

Cloud LLMs vs Local Models: Can 32GB of VRAM Actually Compete with Claude Opus?

#localllm #claudeopus #ollama #vram

4 min read

Alan West

Mar 25

Claude Code 2.1.83 Dropped an Hour Ago. I Already Found 5 Things That Matter.

#claudecode #ai #devtools #update

4 min read

Alan West

Mar 25

Your AI Coding Agent Has Root Access. Sleep Well.

#ai #security #devtools #coding

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3 min read

Alan West

Mar 25

AI Coding Agents Cost $40/Day Now. Is It Still Worth It?

#ai #costs #devtools #productivity

3 min read

Alan West

Mar 25

Claude Code Now Has Voice Mode. I Tried Talking to My Terminal for a Week.

#ai #claudecode #voicemode #productivity

3 min read

Alan West

Mar 25

How to Detect and Recover From a Compromised PyPI Package

#python #security #supplychain #pypi

5 min read

Alan West

Mar 25

How to Stop Drowning New Contributors in Your Codebase

#developertools #onboarding #aiassisteddevelopment #documentation

5 min read

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