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My thoughts on web development + curated reads from the community.

CSS Optical Illusions
January 15, 2026
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CSS Optical Illusions

A collection of optical illusions created with CSS

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Top 7 Featured DEV Posts of the Week
January 13, 2026
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Top 7 Featured DEV Posts of the Week

Welcome to this week's Top 7, where the DEV editorial team handpicks their favorite posts from the...

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How I built a "Magic Move" animation engine for Excalidraw from scratch published
January 12, 2026
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How I built a "Magic Move" animation engine for Excalidraw from scratch published

I love Excalidraw for sketching system architectures. But sketches are static. When I want to show...

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Please, Stop Redirecting to Login on 401 Errors šŸ›‘
January 15, 2026
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Please, Stop Redirecting to Login on 401 Errors šŸ›‘

You spend 15 minutes filling out a long configuration form. You get a Slack notification, switch...

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Code-ing in a Tree: Adding Auto-Save to freeCodeCamp
January 16, 2026
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Code-ing in a Tree: Adding Auto-Save to freeCodeCamp

freeCodeCamp and Anju, sitting in a tree, code-ing (the e stays. I will die on this hill). First came...

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AI, Confluence Docs, and READMEs: Why AI Written Docs End Up Unread
January 12, 2026
webdevaiproductivity

AI, Confluence Docs, and READMEs: Why AI Written Docs End Up Unread

AI has quietly slipped into our daily developer workflows. It writes code, generates tests,...

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Websockets with Socket.IO
January 12, 2026
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Websockets with Socket.IO

This post contains a flashing gif. HTTP requests have taken me pretty far, but I’m starting to run...

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Stop paying for ngrok! šŸ›‘ Meet NPort: The Free Open Source Alternative
January 16, 2026
opensourcejavascriptwebdev

Stop paying for ngrok! šŸ›‘ Meet NPort: The Free Open Source Alternative

Meet NPort: A free, unlimited localhost tunnel with custom subdomains.

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DNS Abuse Sanctuary: How NiceNIC (IANA 3765) Shields Global Cybercrime
January 13, 2026
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DNS Abuse Sanctuary: How NiceNIC (IANA 3765) Shields Global Cybercrime

Comprehensive investigation exposing NiceNIC as a bulletproof registrar with phishing scores 326x industry standard. Trust Wallet heist, Scattered Spider, and the infrastructure enabling $8.5M+ in crypto theft.

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Why frontend developers don't wanna write e2e tests
January 13, 2026
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Why frontend developers don't wanna write e2e tests

If you have clicked on this article by reading the title, that means you are one of those frontend...

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