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Scaling Fast Without Burning Cash: A Smarter Way to Build Your Marketing Team
Your marketing team is an integral part of your business. They are responsible for getting your brand and business out The post Scaling Fast Without Burning Cash: A Smarter Way to Build Your Marketing Team appeared first on The Startup Magazine. Your marketing team is an integral part of your business. They are responsible…
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3 High-Growth Industries Worth Getting Into
Choosing the right industry can make a huge difference in long-term job satisfaction and financial stability. While trends come and The post 3 High-Growth Industries Worth Getting Into appeared first on The Startup Magazine. Choosing the right industry can make a huge difference in long-term job satisfaction and financial stability. While trends come and…
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How to Deploy a MERN Stack Notes App on AWS
Platforms like Vercel, Netlify, and Render simplify deployment by handling infrastructure for you. In this tutorial, we’ll step one layer deeper and work directly with AWS to understand the building blocks behind these platforms. You’ll take a small … Platforms like Vercel, Netlify, and Render simplify deployment by handling infrastructure for you. In this…
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Decoupling Material and Cupertino in Flutter: Why It Matters and How to Adapt
As Flutter developers, we know that Flutter’s “batteries included” philosophy has long been its superpower. Built on the simple premise to “paint every pixel,” the framework shipped with everything needed to build a real app out of the box: a renderi… As Flutter developers, we know that Flutter’s “batteries included” philosophy has long been…
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The Most Important Skills Going Forward with CTO + Homebrew Maintainer Mike McQuaid [Podcast #204]
Today Quincy Larson interviews Mike McQuaid. He’s a software engineer who previously worked at GitHub, and now serves as lead maintainer of Homebrew, a Mac package manager used by tens of millions of developers. He’s based in Edinburgh, Scottland. He… Today Quincy Larson interviews Mike McQuaid. He’s a software engineer who previously worked at…
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How AWS re:Invented the cloud
From the floor at AWS re:Invent, Ryan is joined by AWS Senior Principal Engineer David Yanacek to chat about all things AWS, from the truth behind AWS’s Black Friday origin mythos to the development of essential cloud tools like SQS and DynamoDB. Plus, how David envisions autonomous agents will ease developers’ operational burdens. From the…
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How to Create Boxplots and Model Data in R Using ggplot2
In this tutorial, you’ll walk through a complete data analysis project using the HR Analytics dataset by Saad Haroon on Kaggle. You’ll start by loading and cleaning the data, then explore it visually using boxplots with ggplot2. Finally, you’ll learn… In this tutorial, you’ll walk through a complete data analysis project using the HR…
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How to Manage Blue-Green Deployments on AWS ECS with Database Migrations: Complete Implementation Guide
Blue-green deployments are celebrated for enabling zero-downtime releases and instant rollbacks. You deploy your new version (green) alongside the current one (blue), switch traffic over, and if something goes wrong, you switch back. Simple, right? N… Blue-green deployments are celebrated for enabling zero-downtime releases and instant rollbacks. You deploy your new version (green) alongside…
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How Stack Overflow is taking on spam and bad actors
If a new post looks very similar to content that has been recently removed for being spam, it’s likely spam too. If a new post looks very similar to content that has been recently removed for being spam, it’s likely spam too.
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Transforming enterprise workflows: How IBM is unlocking AI’s potential
Learn how IBM deployed and integrated AI tools in the ultimate enterprise environment. Learn how IBM deployed and integrated AI tools in the ultimate enterprise environment.
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How Relational Database Constraints Work and Why They’re Important
Databases are a crucial tool because they store the data that power our day-to-day lives. Databases are designed to match the real world as much as possible, so they store data of different forms, about different things, just as it is in the world. T… Databases are a crucial tool because they store the…
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How to Build a Payroll System with Express and Monnify Using Background Jobs
Processing payroll payments is an important operation for any business. When you need to pay employees simultaneously, you can’t afford to have your server hang, get blocking errors, or timeout while waiting for each payment to complete. Building a p… Processing payroll payments is an important operation for any business. When you need to…
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How to Use the tailwind-sidebar NPM Package in Your React and Next.js Apps
These days, developers are increasingly preferring utility-first CSS frameworks like Tailwind CSS to help them build fast, scalable, and highly customizable user interfaces. In this article, you’ll learn what the tailwind-sidebar NPM package is, how … These days, developers are increasingly preferring utility-first CSS frameworks like Tailwind CSS to help them build fast, scalable,…
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8 lessons from tech leadership on scaling teams and AI
What we learned from the first year of Leaders of Code What we learned from the first year of Leaders of Code
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If you’re a Zoomer, this one’s for you: Everything Gen Z needs to know about the 2025 tech landscape
Here’s the lowdown on all the tech from 2025 that you, dear Zoomer, should know about. Here’s the lowdown on all the tech from 2025 that you, dear Zoomer, should know about.
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How to Build and Deploy a Blog-to-Audio Service Using OpenAI
Turning written blog posts into audio is a simple way to reach more people. Many users prefer listening during travel or workouts. Others enjoy having both reading and listening options. With OpenAI’s text-to-speech models, you can build a clean ser… Turning written blog posts into audio is a simple way to reach more people.…
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How to Work with the ORC File Format in Python – A Guide with Examples
If you’ve worked with big data or analytics platforms, you’ve probably heard about ORC files. But what exactly are they, and how can you work with them in Python? In this tutorial, I’ll walk you through the basics of reading, writing, and manipulatin… If you’ve worked with big data or analytics platforms, you’ve probably…
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Low-Risk Strategies to Grow Your Wealth with Fixed-Income Investments
Table of Contents Building wealth doesn’t have to involve taking on high levels of risk. For investors who prioritize stability The post Low-Risk Strategies to Grow Your Wealth with Fixed-Income Investments appeared first on The Startup Magazine. Table of Contents Understanding Fixed-Income Investments Benefits of Fixed-Income Investments Types of Fixed-Income Investments Strategies for Incorporating…
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Vibe code anything in a Hanselminute
Ryan welcomes back the mighty Scott Hanselman, VP of Developer Community at Microsoft, for a crossover episode about all things vibe coding. Ryan welcomes back the mighty Scott Hanselman, VP of Developer Community at Microsoft, for a crossover episode about all things vibe coding.
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Unit Testing in Go – A Beginner’s Guide
If you’re learning Go and you’re already familiar with the idea of unit testing, the main challenge is usually not why to test, but how to test in Go. Go takes a deliberately minimal approach to testing. There are no built-in assertions, no annotatio… If you’re learning Go and you’re already familiar with the…
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How to Run an LLM Locally to Interact with Your Documents
Most AI tools require you to send your prompts and files to third-party servers. That’s a non-starter if your data includes private journals, research notes, or sensitive business documents (contracts, board decks, HR files, financials). The good new… Most AI tools require you to send your prompts and files to third-party servers. That’s a…
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How to Build a Local-First CLI Financial Tracker with Rust [Full Handbook]
Most financial apps store your sensitive data on remote servers. This requires you to trust a company with your records and rely on their service staying online. But if you build a local-first application, you can keep your data on your own machine i… Most financial apps store your sensitive data on remote servers.…
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How to Build an In-Memory Rate Limiter in Next.js
An API rate limiter is a server-side component of a web service that limits the number of API requests a client can make to an endpoint within a period of time. For example, X (formerly known as Twitter) limits the number of tweets that a specific us… An API rate limiter is a server-side…
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![First developer job at age 38 with lawyer turned software engineer Zubin Pratap [Podcast #203]](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAABaAAAAMqAQAAAABcINvhAAAAAnRSTlMAAHaTzTgAAAClSURBVHja7cExAQAAAMKg9U9tCF+gAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAF4DPNAAAYrgvI4AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
First developer job at age 38 with lawyer turned software engineer Zubin Pratap [Podcast #203]
Today Quincy Larson interviews Zubin Pratap, a software engineer and manager from Melbourne, Australia. After nearly two decades working as a corporate lawyer, he taught himself programming using freeCodeCamp.org. Within two years, he landed a job as… Today Quincy Larson interviews Zubin Pratap, a software engineer and manager from Melbourne, Australia. After nearly two…
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Every ecommerce hero needs a Sidekick
Ryan is joined by Vanessa Lee, VP of Product at Shopify, to discuss how AI is a tech renaissance and how these new technologies are affecting the ecommerce world. They cover the development of Sidekick, their new tool, along with the general challenges of building AI tools, the importance of maintaining human oversight in AI,…
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How to Build and Deploy an AI Agent with LangChain, FastAPI, and Sevalla
Artificial intelligence is changing how we build software. Just a few years ago, writing code that could talk, decide, or use external data felt hard. Today, thanks to new tools, developers can build smart agents that read messages, reason about them… Artificial intelligence is changing how we build software. Just a few years ago,…
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Qwen3 vs GPT-5.2 vs Gemini 3 Pro: Which Should You Use and When?
A few years back, choosing an AI model was simple. You pick the most capable one you can afford and move on. But today, that approach no longer works. Today, teams use AI across many parts of a system. Customer-facing features. Internal tooling. Rese… A few years back, choosing an AI model was simple.…
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Why Updating Your Commercial Property is Essential
A commercial property is more than a physical structure—it’s a reflection of your business’s brand, stability, and professionalism. Whether you The post Why Updating Your Commercial Property is Essential appeared first on The Startup Magazine. A commercial property is more than a physical structure—it’s a reflection of your business’s brand, stability, and professionalism. Whether…
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Putting Your Savings On Autopilot
Saving money often sounds simple in theory and difficult in practice. You intend to set money aside, but life intervenes. The post Putting Your Savings On Autopilot appeared first on The Startup Magazine. Saving money often sounds simple in theory and difficult in practice. You intend to set money aside, but life intervenes. Expenses…
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How to Optimize React
React makes it easy to build UIs, but building fast React apps is a different skill altogether. We just posted a hands-on, real-world React Performance Optimization course on the freeCodeCamp.org YouTube channel. You’ll learn how React actually re-re… React makes it easy to build UIs, but building fast React apps is a different skill…
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The Art of Curating Your Digital Atmosphere
In a world where so much of our work, communication, and creativity takes place inside glowing screens, the idea of The post The Art of Curating Your Digital Atmosphere appeared first on The Startup Magazine. In a world where so much of our work, communication, and creativity takes place inside glowing screens, the idea…
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How Neural Networks Work – Explained Using the Straight Line Equation y = ax + b
Did you know that every data scientist who builds a complex neural network starts with a fundamental question, “How does the output change when the input changes?“ A straight line equation y = ax+b answers it in the simplest way possible. y can incre… Did you know that every data scientist who builds a…
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How to Build an AI-Powered Flutter App with Google Antigravity: A Hands-On Tutorial
As a Flutter developer who’s building a cloud-based ecosystem for digital media lifecycle management, I’m constantly looking for ways to speed up the transition from idea to prototype. In November 2025, Google launched antigravity, a new interactive … As a Flutter developer who’s building a cloud-based ecosystem for digital media lifecycle management, I’m constantly…
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Real-Time Systems for Web Developers: From Theory to a Live Go + React App
Many developers think that “real-time” is about Websockets, Live data, or instant refreshes on web application dashboards. And although these concepts are closely related to what real-time means, the systems engineering definition is a bit different…. Many developers think that “real-time” is about Websockets, Live data, or instant refreshes on web application dashboards. And…
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Now everyone can chat on Stack Overflow
Registered users can now join public chat rooms from day one, making it easier to connect, learn, and participate in the community Registered users can now join public chat rooms from day one, making it easier to connect, learn, and participate in the community
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You need quality engineers to turn AI into ROI
Pete Johnson, Field CTO, Artificial Intelligence at MongoDB, joins the podcast to say that looking at AI’s impact as a job killer is a flawed metric. Pete Johnson, Field CTO, Artificial Intelligence at MongoDB, joins the podcast to say that looking at AI’s impact as a job killer is a flawed metric.
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A Developer’s Guide to Proxy Servers
Every time you open a website, your device talks directly to another server on the internet. Your IP address, location, and basic network details are visible to that server. In many cases, this is fine. But there are situations where you may want m… Every time you open a website, your device talks directly…
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How to Build Agentic AI Workflows
Learn how to build agentic AI workflows. We just posted a course on the freeCodeCamp.org YouTube channel that provides a comprehensive overview of agentic AI, defining agents as software entities that use LLMs to perceive environments, make decisions… Learn how to build agentic AI workflows. We just posted a course on the freeCodeCamp.org YouTube…
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OAuth 2.0 Course for Beginners
OAuth 2.0 is an industry-standard authorization framework allowing third-party apps to access user data on another service (like Google or Facebook) without sharing passwords, instead using temporary, limited-scope access tokens for delegated access,… OAuth 2.0 is an industry-standard authorization framework allowing third-party apps to access user data on another service (like Google or Facebook)…
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Search engine bots crawled so AI bots could run
Ryan hosts Akamai data scientist Robert Lester on the show to discuss how the growth of AI bots affects internet traffic, the ways these AI bots differ from the original search engine optimization ones, and why you might not want to mitigate AI bots on your websites. Ryan hosts Akamai data scientist Robert Lester on…
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How to Build an Embeddable AI Chatbot Widget with Cloudflare Workers
Have you ever wanted to add an AI-powered chatbot to your website, like Intercom or Drift, without paying high monthly fees? In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to build a fully functional, embeddable AI chatbot widget using Cloudflare’s serverless st… Have you ever wanted to add an AI-powered chatbot to your website, like Intercom…
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What’s new at Stack Overflow: January 2026
For this first edition of the new year, we’re taking a step back to highlight some of the most impactful features shipped over the last year and how they can help you start 2026 strong. For this first edition of the new year, we’re taking a step back to highlight some of the most impactful…
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How to Create Scatterplots and Model Data in R Using ggplot2
You can use R as a powerful tool for data analysis, data visualization, and statistical modelling. In this guide, you’ll learn how to load real-world data into R, visualize patterns using ggplot2, build simple linear and logistic regression models, a… You can use R as a powerful tool for data analysis, data visualization, and…
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The most dangerous shortcuts in software
Ryan sits down with Tom Totenberg, head of release automation at LaunchDarkly, to discuss the perils of taking too many shortcuts in software development, how business pressures and AI code tools have contributed to dangerous corner cutting, and the importance of balancing speed with sustainability to maintain system integrity. Ryan sits down with Tom Totenberg,…
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How AI is helping us build better communities
MIT and Stanford professor Alex “Sandy” Pentland joins the show to explore the power of communities for shared knowledge and how AI could hurt or help the growth of these communities. MIT and Stanford professor Alex “Sandy” Pentland joins the show to explore the power of communities for shared knowledge and how AI could hurt…
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The Role of Lawyers in Ensuring Pedestrian Safety: What You Need to Know
Key Takeaways Table of Contents Understanding Pedestrian Accidents Pedestrian accidents remain a pressing public safety concern, affecting thousands of lives The post The Role of Lawyers in Ensuring Pedestrian Safety: What You Need to Know appeared first on The Startup Magazine. Key Takeaways Pedestrian accidents remain a critical safety issue across urban and suburban…
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Containers are easy—moving your legacy system off your VM is not
Ryan sits down with Dan Ciruli, VP and General Manager of Cloud Native at Nutanix, to talk about getting your virtual machines and Kubernetes to play nice in cloud-native environments, why VMs are still relevant in enterprise applications, and how AI can help modernize legacy systems. Ryan sits down with Dan Ciruli, VP and General…
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How to Run a Docker Container in AWS Lambda
While containers are quite lightweight and provide various benefits, it can be challenging to decide how best to deploy them. There are a number of ways to deploy and run Docker containers. But some are best for orchestrating and managing containers,… While containers are quite lightweight and provide various benefits, it can be challenging…
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How to Prepare for Technical Job Interviews – Based on My Experience Landing a Job
Hi, I’m Ilyas. I’m a web developer, and this is my story about how I struggled with interviews for a long time and what finally helped me break through. I’ll talk about what failing basic interview questions taught me about recall, preparation, and s… Hi, I’m Ilyas. I’m a web developer, and this is…
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Why Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Tools Should Be on Every Startup’s Radar in 2026
Startups entering 2026 are operating in an environment where speed, trust, and transparency matter more than ever, especially for companies The post Why Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Tools Should Be on Every Startup’s Radar in 2026 appeared first on The Startup Magazine. Startups entering 2026 are operating in an environment where speed, trust, and transparency…
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Christmas gifts for you from the freeCodeCamp community: Learn Python, SQL, Spanish, and more
2025 has been an amazing year for the global freeCodeCamp community. And we’re thrilled to cap it off with the launch of several Christmas Gifts for you: freeCodeCamp’s Python certification freeCodeCamp’s JavaScript certification (Version 10) free… 2025 has been an amazing year for the global freeCodeCamp community. And we’re thrilled to cap it off…
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How Xerox and Stack Overflow partnered to preserve knowledge and power innovation
How Stack Internal provided the foundation for a culture of continuous learning and open collaboration. How Stack Internal provided the foundation for a culture of continuous learning and open collaboration.
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How to Use GenUI in Flutter to Build Dynamic, AI-Driven Interfaces
In standard app development, the User Interface (UI) is static. You write code for a button, compile it, and it remains a button forever. GenUI flips this model on its head. With GenUI, Google’s Generative UI SDK, your application’s interface becomes… In standard app development, the User Interface (UI) is static. You write code…
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Settle down, nerds. AI is a normal technology
Ryan welcomes Anil Dash, writer and former Stack Overflow board member, back to the show to discuss how AI is not a magical technology, but rather the normal next step in computing’s evolution. They explore the importance of democratizing access to technology, the unique challenges that LLMs’ non-determinism poses, and how developers can keep Stack…
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Best Tips to Save on Car Insurance as a New Driver
Key Takeaways Being a new driver comes with excitement, freedom, and a fair share of challenges—one of the most significant The post Best Tips to Save on Car Insurance as a New Driver appeared first on The Startup Magazine. Key Takeaways Choosing the right vehicle and coverage options can significantly impact insurance costs. Maintaining…
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How Delayed Gratification Improves Your Finances
Seeing Delayed Gratification as a Practical Financial Tool Rather Than a Personality Trait Most people associate delayed gratification with willpower, The post How Delayed Gratification Improves Your Finances appeared first on The Startup Magazine. Seeing Delayed Gratification as a Practical Financial Tool Rather Than a Personality Trait Most people associate delayed gratification with willpower,…
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freeCodeCamp’s A1 Professional Chinese Curriculum (Beta) is Now Live
The freeCodeCamp community just published the introductory chapters of our new A1 Professional Chinese Curriculum. You can now get started learning Chinese with what’s already available. Each chapter includes hundreds of interactive tasks designed to… The freeCodeCamp community just published the introductory chapters of our new A1 Professional Chinese Curriculum. You can now get…
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How to Test and Improve AI Applications with an Evaluation Flywheel
In traditional programming, developers rely on unit tests to catch mistakes in applications. But when building AI products, that safety net doesn’t exist. Responses can shift with model updates, data changes, and subtle fluctuations in prompts or ret… In traditional programming, developers rely on unit tests to catch mistakes in applications. But when building…
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freeCodeCamp’s New Relational Databases Certification is Now Live
The freeCodeCamp community just published our new Relational Databases certification. You can now sit for the exam to earn the free verified certification, which you can add to your résumé, CV, or LinkedIn profile. Each certification is filled with h… The freeCodeCamp community just published our new Relational Databases certification. You can now sit…
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What Firewalls Really Do and Why Every Network (Still) Needs Them
Firewalls are one of the oldest tools in network security. Many people think they are outdated or replaced by newer tools like endpoint security or cloud security platforms, but that’s not the case. Firewalls still play a critical role in protecting… Firewalls are one of the oldest tools in network security. Many people think…
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How to get promoted as a dev without becoming a manager – Staff Engineer Santosh Yadav interview [Podcast #202]
Today Quincy Larson interviews Santosh Yadav. The son of a textile worker, he grew up inner-city Mumbai and studied hard to get into university. From there he’s worked as a software engineer for 16 years. Along the way, he’s picked up every distincti… Today Quincy Larson interviews Santosh Yadav. The son of a textile…
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Last week in AWS re:Invent with Corey Quinn
Ryan sits down with Corey Quinn, Chief Cloud Economist at Duckbill, at AWS re:Invent to get Corey’s patented snarky take on all the happenings from the conference. Ryan sits down with Corey Quinn, Chief Cloud Economist at Duckbill, at AWS re:Invent to get Corey’s patented snarky take on all the happenings from the conference.
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How to Build a Smart HomeKit Virtual Light in Go
Recently, I wanted to understand how smart home devices actually work. When you scan a QR code and a light appears in your Home app, what’s really happening? When you tap “on”, what bytes travel across your network? The best way I know to understand… Recently, I wanted to understand how smart home devices…
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How to Build an AI Agent with LangChain and LangGraph: Build an Autonomous Starbucks Agent
Back in 2023, when I started using ChatGPT, it was just another chatbot that I could ask complex questions to and it would identify errors in my code snippets. Everything was fine. The application had no memory of previous states or what was said the… Back in 2023, when I started using ChatGPT, it…
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How to Build an LSM Tree Storage Engine from Scratch – Full Handbook
Databases are one of the most important parts of a software system. They allow us to store huge amounts of data in an organized way and retrieve it efficiently when we need it. In the early days, when the volume of data was relatively small, engineer… Databases are one of the most important parts…
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Create a 2D Pixel Art Game in Unity
Learn how to build a complete 2D Pixel Art Tower Defense game in Unity from scratch! We just posted a step-by-step tutorial on the freeCodeCamp.org YouTube channel that will guide you from a blank project to a fully playable game with a main menu, mu… Learn how to build a complete 2D Pixel Art…
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Get to Know How to Launch a Home Improvement Business
Starting a home improvement business can be a great way to turn hands-on skills into long-term income. Homeowners are always The post Get to Know How to Launch a Home Improvement Business appeared first on The Startup Magazine. Starting a home improvement business can be a great way to turn hands-on skills into long-term…
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The 2025 Stack Overflow and Stack Exchange wrap—our top ten questions of the year!
As 2025 comes to a close, we’re sharing some of the top questions from across our entire Stack Exchange Network. As 2025 comes to a close, we’re sharing some of the top questions from across our entire Stack Exchange Network.
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freeCodeCamp’s A1 Professional Spanish Curriculum (Beta) is Now Live
The freeCodeCamp community just published the first three chapters of our new A1 Professional Spanish Curriculum. Each chapter includes hundreds of interactive tasks designed to help you take your first steps in learning Spanish with confidence. How… The freeCodeCamp community just published the first three chapters of our new A1 Professional Spanish Curriculum. Each…
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Why Niche Expertise Matters: Tailoring Digital Marketing for Maximum Impact
Identifying and Validating Your Profitable Niche In today’s vast digital landscape, trying to market to everyone often leads to The post Why Niche Expertise Matters: Tailoring Digital Marketing for Maximum Impact appeared first on The Startup Magazine. Identifying and Validating Your Profitable Niche In today’s vast digital landscape, trying to market to…
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Commercial Mortgage Trends in Today’s Economy
Post Preview Key Takeaways The commercial real estate (CRE) market is continuously adapting to economic shifts, lending dynamics, and evolving The post Commercial Mortgage Trends in Today’s Economy appeared first on The Startup Magazine. Post Preview Key Takeaways Commercial mortgage originations are on the rise, signaling strong market activity and increased investor confidence. Office…
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How Does an MCP Work Under the Hood? MCP Workflow Explained
We’ve all faced that awkward limitation with AI: it can write code or explain complex topics in seconds, but the moment you ask it to check a local file or run a quick database query, it hits a wall. It’s like having a genius assistant who is locked … We’ve all faced that awkward…
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How to Debug Kubernetes Apps When Logs Fail You – An eBPF Tracing Handbook
Let’s say your Kubernetes pod crashes at 3am and the logs show nothing useful. By the time you SSH into the node, the container is gone, and you’re left guessing what happened in those final moments. This is the reality of debugging modern applicatio… Let’s say your Kubernetes pod crashes at 3am and the…
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The Department of War Directory
TL;DR DoW Directory revision 3 is Online here, Order a print copy here. In November 2025 the Department of War (DoW) unveiled the biggest changes in 60 years of how they will buy weapons and services. This month Congress, with bipartisan support, rapidly made them into law in the National Defense Authorization Act (the …
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Your 2025 Stacked: A year of knowledge, community, and impact
From tough questions to standout answers, your team built a lot in 2025. Your 2025 Stacked brings those contributions together in one shareable snapshot—celebrating the people, posts, and topics that defined your year in Stack Internal. From tough questions to standout answers, your team built a lot in 2025. Your 2025 Stacked brings those contributions…
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Live from re:Invent…it’s Stack Overflow!
Ryan is joined by Stack Overflow’s CEO Prashanth Chandrasekar and Director of Data Science Michael Foree on the floor at re:Invent to discuss all they’ve seen and heard at the event, from the future of AI agents to the trust issues the enterprise has around AI and the impact of AI and robotics on the…
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How to Perform Secure Hashing Using Python’s hashlib Module
Hashing is a fundamental technique in programming that converts data into a fixed-size string of characters. Unlike encryption, hashing is a one-way process: you can’t reverse it to get the original data back. This makes hashing perfect for storing p… Hashing is a fundamental technique in programming that converts data into a fixed-size string…
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At AWS re:Invent, the news was agents, but the focus was developers
Four days, 60,000 developers, and AI generated perfume. The re:Invent that was. Four days, 60,000 developers, and AI generated perfume. The re:Invent that was.
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freeCodeCamp’s New Python Certification is Now Live
The freeCodeCamp community just published our new Python certification. You can now sit for the exam to earn the free verified certification, which you can add to your résumé, CV, or LinkedIn profile. Each certification is filled with hundreds of hou… The freeCodeCamp community just published our new Python certification. You can now sit…
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How to Make a Big Impact with Your Small Business
Punches look simple, but any professional boxer will tell you that getting the right impact involves expert knowledge of the The post How to Make a Big Impact with Your Small Business appeared first on The Startup Magazine. Punches look simple, but any professional boxer will tell you that getting the right impact involves…
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Why Balance Matters in Both Body and Mind
Ever feel like your brain is sprinting while your body is stuck in traffic? Or maybe your calendar is jammed The post Why Balance Matters in Both Body and Mind appeared first on The Startup Magazine. Ever feel like your brain is sprinting while your body is stuck in traffic? Or maybe your calendar…
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Learn How to Use Git and GitHub – A Beginner-Friendly Handbook
In this handbook, you’re going to dive into something really exciting: Git and GitHub. To start, let’s clear one thing up: Git and GitHub are not the same thing. In short, Git is the tool that runs on your own computer and keeps track of changes in y… In this handbook, you’re going to…
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How to Use the Optimistic UI Pattern with the useOptimistic() Hook in React
Have you ever clicked a Like icon on a social media app and noticed the count jumps instantly? The colour of the icon changes at the same time, even before the server finishes the action. Now imagine you hit the same Like button, but it takes its swe… Have you ever clicked a Like…
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How Stack Overflow’s MCP Server is helping HP modernize the software development lifecycle
In this interview with HP’s Distinguished Technologist Evan Scheessele, he shares how HP is modernizing their software development lifecycle with the help of the Stack Internal MCP Server, experimenting with coding agents to conceptualize bridges between teams and bring contextual knowledge into their SDLC. In this interview with HP’s Distinguished Technologist Evan Scheessele, he shares…
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The “AI is going to replace devs” hype is over – 22-year developer veteran Jason Lengstorf [Podcast #201]
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Interface is everything, and everything is an interface
Ryan talks with Wesley Yu, head of engineering at Metalab, about the evolution of interfaces in technology, the pressure generating UI on the fly would put on your backend systems, and why AI is just the latest and fanciest in a long line of CRUD apps. Ryan talks with Wesley Yu, head of engineering at…
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Learn n8n to Design, Develop, and Deploy Production-Grade AI Agents
n8n is an open-source, visual workflow automation tool that lets you connect applications, APIs, and AI models to build complex, intelligent automations. We just posted a course on the freeCodeCamp.org YouTube channel that will be your guide to maste… n8n is an open-source, visual workflow automation tool that lets you connect applications, APIs, and…
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Simulating lousy conversations: Q&A with Silvio Savarese, Chief Scientist & Head of AI Research at Salesforce
AI yells at voice agents so you don’t have to. AI yells at voice agents so you don’t have to.
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How to Work with YAML in Python – A Guide with Examples
If you’ve ever worked with configuration files, Docker Compose, Kubernetes, or CI/CD pipelines, you’ve probably used YAML. It’s everywhere in modern development, and for good reason: it’s human-readable, simple, and powerful. In this guide, you’ll le… If you’ve ever worked with configuration files, Docker Compose, Kubernetes, or CI/CD pipelines, you’ve probably used YAML. It’s…
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How to Use the Polars Library in Python for Data Analysis
In this article, I’ll give you a beginner-friendly introduction to the Polars library in Python. Polars is an open-source library, originally written in Rust, which makes data wrangling easier in Python. The syntax of Polars is very similar to Pandas… In this article, I’ll give you a beginner-friendly introduction to the Polars library in…
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React’s Critical “React2Shell” Vulnerability — What You Should Know, and How to Upgrade Your App
Web development is always evolving, and sometimes those changes happen a bit under the hood. One such change involved the shift to React Server Components (RSC). If you’re a NextJS or React developer, especially using the App Router, understanding th… Web development is always evolving, and sometimes those changes happen a bit under the…
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Building NMT from Scratch – PyTorch Replications of 7 Landmark Papers
Learn about the complete neural machine translation journey. We just posted a course on the freeCodeCamp.org YouTube channel that is a comprehensive journey through the evolution of sequence models and neural machine translation (NMT). It blends hist… Learn about the complete neural machine translation journey. We just posted a course on the freeCodeCamp.org YouTube…
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Build AI Agents with Langbase
Learn to build AI agents with Langbase. We just posted a course on the freeCodeCamp.org YouTube channel that will teach you how to create context-engineered agents that use memory and AI primitives to take action and deliver accurate, production-read… Learn to build AI agents with Langbase. We just posted a course on the freeCodeCamp.org…
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Tell us what you really, really… do not want to spend time working on
With the promise of AI productivity gains not always coming to fruition, we wondered where developers still get frustrated. With the promise of AI productivity gains not always coming to fruition, we wondered where developers still get frustrated.
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How a Klaviyo Email Agency can Supercharge your E-commerce Marketing – Sponsored
When you manage an e-commerce brand, you rely heavily on consistent communication to guide customers from discovery to purchase. Email The post How a Klaviyo Email Agency can Supercharge your E-commerce Marketing – Sponsored appeared first on The Startup Magazine. When you manage an e-commerce brand, you rely heavily on consistent communication to guide…
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AI is a crystal ball into your codebase
Ryan is joined by Kayvon Beykpour, CEO and founder of Microscope, to dive into AI-powered code review’s potential for managing large codebases, the need for humans-in-the-loop for reviewing PRs so AI tools can efficiently and effectively debug, and how AI can increase visibility through summarization at the abstract syntax tree level and high signal-to-noise ratio…
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Deciding If a Franchise Is the Right Business Venture: Pros and Cons
For many aspiring entrepreneurs, purchasing a franchise seems like a promising path to business ownership. It offers the appeal of The post Deciding If a Franchise Is the Right Business Venture: Pros and Cons appeared first on The Startup Magazine. For many aspiring entrepreneurs, purchasing a franchise seems like a promising path to business…
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How to Build Production-Grade Generative AI Applications
Generative AI applications are everywhere today, from chatbots to code assistants to knowledge tools. With so many frameworks and models available, getting started seems pretty easy. But taking an LLM prototype and turning it into a reliable, scalabl… Generative AI applications are everywhere today, from chatbots to code assistants to knowledge tools. With so…
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The shift in enterprise AI—what we learned on the floor at Microsoft Ignite
There’s a distinct shift in how enterprises are talking about their AI solutions. Speed and flashiness are giving way to steadier, slower, more focused AI strategies for companies, where market fit and proof points are more important than ever. There’s a distinct shift in how enterprises are talking about their AI solutions. Speed and flashiness…
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How Embedded Analytics Makes Your App More Valuable
Most business apps capture data. They track orders, tickets, leads, expenses, tasks, or deliveries. But when someone needs insights, they often leave the app, export a file or open a BI tool to get answers. This extra step slows down decisions and cr… Most business apps capture data. They track orders, tickets, leads, expenses,…




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