Dev.to·Friday, January 2, 2026

Dev.to - Friday, January 2, 2026

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SMM Panel Security Basics: 10 Must‑Follow Practices (with PHP Examples)

Security is not optional when building an SMM panel automation tool. These systems manage API keys, user input, automated requests, and background jobs. If authentication, validation, or isolation is weak, they become easy targets for abuse. This guide explains 10 security fundamentals for SMM automation tools, with practical PHP examples you can apply directly to your project. Secure API key storage Strict input validation Rate limiting for automation requests Authentication and access control

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Stop Begging for Feedback: Why "Silent Signals" Are the Future of AI Learning

If you are building AI agents or copilot tools, you have likely implemented the "Feedback Button." You know the one: that little thumbs-up/thumbs-down icon sitting hopefully at the bottom of every generated response. And if you check your analytics, you likely know the painful truth: Nobody clicks it. Explicit feedback is a relic. Relying on it creates a massive blind spot where you think your system is succeeding simply because nobody is complaining. But in reality, most users don't file bug re

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Postbear: The Postman alternative in your terminal

Meet Postbear: The Postman alternative your terminal has been waiting for! Hey everyone! I love Postman, but sometimes I just want to stay in my terminal, keep things lightweight, and move fast. I couldn't find a TUI/CLI tool that hit that "sweet spot" of power and simplicity—so I built Postbear as alternative. Postbear is a high-speed, lightweight API client designed for developers who live in the command line. No heavy Electron apps, just simplicity. ⚡ Fast: Starts instantly. No splash screen

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Package a django app

What's a package, project structure Building a package Installing a package Uploading a package Extra A package is simply a directory of Python modules (.py files). To be recognized by Python, it typically contains an __init__.py file. The core philosophy of packaging is reusability: others can use your code you can also use other peoples packages and integrate them into your own project Example of packages: Pypi Django packages I have a poll application with preset questions. On this webapp yo

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Leveraging Demonstrations for Deep Reinforcement Learning on Robotics Problemswith Sparse Rewards

Robot learning with human demonstrations and sparse rewards Imagine a robot that learns by watching and trying, not by being punished or rewarded all the time. demonstrations and practice helps the robot explore when feedback is rare, so it doesn't get stuck guessing. In tests, robots learned to fit things together, even flexible clips into tight slots, using only a handful of human-guided tries plus their own experience. real task, so it feels practical, not just lab theory. sparse rewards mu

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A Small PHP Tip That Saves Time (and Lines of Code)

I was recently reviewing a PHP project. The code worked fine. Tests were passing. No bugs. But something caught my eye. The same pattern was repeated again and again in almost every class constructor. It’s not wrong, but since PHP 8.0, we don’t need to write it this way anymore. This post is a quick, practical PHP tip about classes and constructors that can make your code cleaner, shorter, and easier to read. This is something I still see in many real projects: class UserService { private st

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The N+1 Insert Loop That Slowed Our API to a Crawl

Our CSV import endpoint was timing out. 30 seconds wasn't enough. // ❌ The pattern that killed our performance async function importUsers(users) { for (const user of users) { await pool.query('INSERT INTO users (name, email) VALUES ($1, $2)', [ user.name, user.email, ]); } } For 1000 users: 1000 round trips to database ~50ms per query 50 seconds total Rows N+1 Time Bulk Time Speedup 100 5s 50ms 100x 1000 50s 100ms 500x 10000 500s 500ms 1000x // ✅ Single que

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Building a Task Manager with Laravel + Inertia.js (Vue 3): CRUD, Tags, Filters, and a Kanban Board

What we’re building In this article, I’ll walk through how I built a Task Manager using: Laravel 12 (back-end, routing, validation, Eloquent) Inertia.js (no API layer, SPA-like UX) Vue 3 + Vite (front-end) TypeScript (typed UI components) Features included: ✅ Full CRUD (create, list, edit, delete tasks) ✅ Filters (status, priority, tag, overdue) ✅ Search (title + details) ✅ Sorting (created date or due date with nulls last) ✅ Tags (many-to-many, custom colors, create-on-the-fly) ✅ Kanban board

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The Next Big Thing in Mobile Apps for 2025: A Journey of Innovation and Resilience

The Next Big Thing in Mobile Apps for 2025: A Journey of Innovation and Resilience Introduction In the dimly lit co-working space of downtown San Francisco, the air buzzed with the energy of dreams and caffeine. Among the sea of faces, one stood out — a young woman named Emily, her eyes alight with a vision that seemed almost too big for the small room it was conceived in. It was the year 2023, and Emily was on the precipice of creating what she believed would be the next big thing

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CPUs & RAM Explained — How Computers Actually Think and Remember

Every modern device you use — laptops, phones, ATMs, smart TVs, even car dashboards — relies on two core components: the CPU (processor) and memory (RAM). They are the thinking and remembering parts of a computer. Understanding how they work together is a foundational skill for any software engineer. This article explains CPUs and RAM from the ground up — not as marketing terms, but as real physical systems built from transistors, electricity, and time. The CPU (Central Processing Unit) is the c

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