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Meet Mochi, a Linux desktop companion built with Python and GTK4 that skips guilt trips for real bond-building through choice. This dev unpacks the architecture behind its focus timer, emotes, and context awareness. { author: Mika Flowers }
i built a green blob that lives on my desktop. now it has feelings.
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The median AI agent instruction file carries 50 rules, but only a dozen are real directives. This dev breaks down progressive disclosure: loading rules by what they are, where they apply, and when they should fire. { author: @_cleverHoods }
Progressive Disclosure: What, Where, When, and Why
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Sep 19
Bloated upgrade cycles, inflated benchmarks, quiet technical debt from non technical users. Sound familiar? This dev compares the AI infrastructure boom to the PC era's Wintel spiral. { author: Marco Sbragi }
Is History Repeating Itself? From the PC Era to the AI Era: A Developer’s Take on the Hype and...
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Sep 18
Pull requests are getting bigger and review times are climbing. This dev breaks down why AI generated code looks polished but hides subtle bugs, and makes the case for smaller PRs and clear accountability. { author: James Anderson }
The Pull Requests Got Bigger and Nobody's Reading Them Anymore
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Sep 18
Join the Sanity Challenge! 🔴 Build an AI agent on structured content 🔴 Or vibe-code an app with Sanity behind it 🔴 $2,500 across 5 winners dev.to/devteam/join-t… ❤️ @sanity_io
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