Dev.to·Monday, December 22, 2025

Dev.to - Monday, December 22, 2025

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Identifying Systemic Flaws in Delaware's Divorce Process: A Legal Critique

I work within a system that is efficient in some respects but contains distinct structural flaws. These imperfections can create unnecessary hurdles, exacerbate conflict, and lead to inequitable outcomes. For parties navigating divorce in the First State, understanding these systemic challenges is crucial. 1. The "Six-Month Separation" Mandate: A Costly and Problematic Hurdle A primary flaw in Delaware's no-fault divorce process is the mandated six-month separation period for divorces filed on t

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WebGPU Engine from Scratch Part 12: Ambient Lighting

One persistent quality issue with the engine is that the shadows are very hard because things are either lit or not lit. In the real world there's a lot of ambient light that comes in from all angles because the rays are bouncing off the walls, clouds and other objects. We don't take this into account. Realistically, this can't be computed at all because it explodes exponentially tracing the rays as they diffuse into multiple rays. The most sophisticated renderers use things like path-tracin

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Art of a Good Question

"There are no bad questions." It's a popular saying in tech. The intent is good: we want to create psychological safety and lower the barrier for juniors asking for help. But while there may be no bad intentions behind a question, there are certainly poorly framed ones. These aren't bad because the problem is simple; they are bad because the thinking behind them is incomplete. I was reminded of this recently in a DevOps community chat. Someone asked for help with a query they were stuck on. No c

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AI Engineering: Advent of AI with goose Day 11

Day 11: The Photo Booth AI Application - Real‑Time Filters, Spatial Intelligence & Subagents What if you could build a full AR‑style photo booth - camera access, face detection, real‑time filters, capture, download, and QR sharing - all in a single day? And what if you didn’t have to build it alone? That’s exactly what Day 11 challenged me to do. Using goose subagents, I built a complete Fun House Photo Booth web app with festive filters, MediaPipe face tracking, mobile support, and a full captu

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End up building a decent ADV game engine with Antigravity and Chat GPT

I didn't expect this at all - at first I was just thinking "I can probably use Antigravity to help me set up Phaser 3 project and once I get the scaffolding done, I probably need to code manually" It turns out, so far I didn't write any code - only thing I'm doing is to provide scenario/image data and I'm continued to be amazed how much it can understand and how capable this beast is! I mean I need to have very specific need/want in my game design (I knew it is technically possible with Phaser 3

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Neuro-Symbolic AI: The “Holy Grail” of Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has made tremendous strides in recent years, yet the quest for truly human-like intelligence continues. Enter Neuro-Symbolic AI — often dubbed the “Holy Grail” of AI — a paradigm that aims to combine the best of neural networks and symbolic reasoning. Traditional AI can be divided into two main approaches: Neural Networks (Sub-symbolic AI): Excellent at pattern recognition, perception, and learning from raw data. Examples: Image recognition, speech-to-text, natural l

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POJO-actor v1.0: A Lightweight Actor Model Library for Java

This article was originally published on Medium: https://medium.com/@devteam_58690/pojo-actor-v1-0-a-lightweight-actor-model-library-for-java-dc3227c17acb The actor model is a programming paradigm where independent entities (actors) communicate through message passing, eliminating the need for locks and avoiding the complexities of shared-state concurrency. Traditionally, using the actor model required specialized frameworks, and because these frameworks relied on real operating system threads,

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The DoD Experiment: A Diagnostic Tool in Disguise

This is part 2 of a series documenting an experiment with Definition of Done. Part 1: Trying to Fix 'Done' Before It Breaks Us Two sprints in, the original hypothesis remains largely untested. The experiment was under-executed: one refinement session with the DoD, one ticket meaningfully shaped by it, and too much environmental noise to draw conclusions about delivery time. But something unexpected emerged. The DoD didn't primarily change estimation—it forced the creation of a handbook. That han

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Kubernetes GitOps with Flux

Open a new browser tab or window and navigate to github.com. In the upper right corner, click your avatar. In the dropdown menu, click Settings. In the left-hand menu, click Developer settings. Click Personal access tokens. Click the Generate a personal access token link. If prompted, reenter your password and click Confirm password. Under Note, enter a descriptive note for your personal access token (for example, acg-flux-lab). Under Select scopes, click the check box next to repo. Click Genera

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Setting up AWS Bedrock with Claude

As 2025 draws to a close, the AI race is still not showing any signs of slowing down. We have new foundational models coming out between OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google to name a few, and every day, there's yet another strategic partnership being announced by major players up and down the stack. It's interesting to take a look at what the major hyperscalers have done with AI. Google of course has their own model (i.e., Gemini) as well as significant investments in infrastructure with TPU chips. M

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