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Understand FastAPI from the ground up — from routing to lifecycle and real-world usage

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49k+ engineers have shared their preferred technologies, how they use AI, work environment and many more interesting things!

The N+1 problem is a silent performance killer in data-heavy applications. Learn what it is, how to spot it, and how to fix it—whether you’re using raw SQL or an ORM.

A blameful postmortem of how my viral HackerNews project got compromised by legacy passwords, missing auth, and the perils of vibe coding.

This post explains our recent effort to improve JSON.stringify performance

A new Stack Overflow survey highlights a steep decline in trust and reliance on AI coding tools, as experienced users get more selective.

We're about to enter the discovery phase of our legal battle with Oracle.

We need your help to continue this fight. Federal litigation against a corporation like Oracle is expensive. We initiated this because we have a case as a JavaScript runtime, but this…

maybe it's anti-innovation, maybe it's just avoiding hype. But one thing is clear, I'm completely done with hearing about AI.

GitHub CEO warns developers to embrace AI or quit, he said on X, referencing new research. The study reveals how AI is reshaping developer roles and workflows.

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The smart way to find your next car

Many companies said they expanded too quickly since the pandemic or struggled to adapt to higher interest rates, leading to scores of layoffs

Update 8/8/2025 – I wrote this the day before a certain post by a popular developer services company. I’ve seen some comments this is a rebuttal – it wasn’t meant to be! But…

A response to Thomas Dohmke’s misguided claims of generative AI developer reinvention that misunderstands the value of human judgment.

Our last line of defense has fallen.

OpenAI just released GPT-5, calling it their best coding model yet. Let's break down what the performance numbers actually mean and whether this matters for real development work.

Forget vendor hype: Is AI actually boosting developer productivity, or just shifting bottlenecks? Stop guessing.

Our study at Stanford cuts through the noise, analyzing real-world productivity data from nearly 100,000 developers across hundreds of companies.…