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dev.to > trustboundary > the-meta-outage-had-no-bad-decision-in-it-1igb

The Meta outage had no bad decision in it

12+ min ago   (1448+ words) On 4 October 2021, Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp did not go down. They disappeared. For six hours the rest of the internet could not find out where they were, and the servers were running the whole time. Nobody attacked them. And more…...


dev.to > colegodfrey > clew-a-url-shortener-with-sqlite-click-counts-25an

Clew: a URL shortener with SQLite click counts

18+ min ago   (257+ words) Clew is a small URL shortener with a JSON API. Send a destination to /api/links and it returns a short URL. Following that URL sends a 302 redirect and records the visit. For concurrent visits, each redirect starts a BEGIN…...


dev.to > emongmarcc > structured-data-in-2025-schema-markup-that-actually-wins-rich-results-with-real-laravel-examples-1hj0

Structured Data in 2025: Schema Markup That Actually Wins Rich Results (With Real Laravel Examples)

18+ min ago   (570+ words) Structured data is one of those topics that developers treat as an afterthought — slap some JSON-LD on the page, validate it in Rich Results Test, and call it done. That approach worked fine in 2019. In 2025, Google's crawlers are more selective,…...


dev.to > goodpa > stop-renting-your-distribution-3m34

Stop Renting Your Distribution

16+ min ago   (418+ words) Read Hacker News for a week and a pattern falls out. "So long Google, and thanks for all the nudes." "I switched to Brave." "GrapheneOS — when an app is slow." "Windows 11½." "Parley: federated, decentralised chat." Hundreds of points each, all…...


dev.to > shadie_ai > why-i-stopped-self-hosting-ai-models-and-you-probably-should-too-5fig

Why I Stopped Self-Hosting AI Models (And You Probably Should Too)

23+ min ago   (902+ words) I’m not going to lie—I was that guy. The one who bought a used RTX 3090 off eBay, maxed out my home’s breaker panel, and spent three months convincing myself that self-hosting a 7B parameter LLM was the future of my…...


dev.to > judsonrhodes1569 > nodejs-healthtech-event-alerts-after-email-and-sms-timeouts-cron-status-reconciliation-2fnc

Node.js Healthtech Event Alerts After Email and SMS Timeouts (Cron Status Reconciliation)

20+ min ago   (471+ words) The crucial distinction is small: request outcome is not delivery outcome. A timeout says the caller stopped waiting. It does not prove rejection, acceptance, or delivery. Blind retrying can create duplicate appointment reminders. Blindly marking failure can hide a bad…...


thehindubusinessline.com > info-tech > trai-mandates-telecom-operators-to-act-against-ai-flagged-spam-callers > article71522297.ece

TRAI mandates action against AI-flagged spam callers

54+ min ago   (583+ words) Telecom operators have been mandated to take action against pesky callers or spammers flagged by their AI-based caller ID system -- even without the need for consumers filing complaints, a TRAI notification published on Monday said. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of…...


dev.to > wppilot > rebuild-a-wordpress-navigation-menu-with-claude-without-touching-the-live-header-until-youre-ready-216n

Rebuild a WordPress navigation menu with Claude without touching the live header until you're ready

1+ hour, 4+ min ago   (685+ words) Reorganising a site's main menu is one of those jobs that sounds small and isn't. A client wants "Services" split into three, the blog moved under "Resources", two dead links gone and the order changed. In wp-admin that's twenty minutes…...