Top 7 Featured DEV Posts of the Week
Welcome to this week's Top 7, where the DEV editorial team handpicks their favorite posts from the...
dev.to·Sep 8, 2026▲ 41270 results · clear filters
We're expanding the MLH Asia -Pacific League
Hey Everyone! At Major League Hacking (MLH), our mission is to empower student developers worldwide...
blog.mlh.com·Sep 8, 2026▲ 6
Has AI Made You A Lazier Developer? Be Honest.
Haven't you ever wondered if this AI vibe coding has made us lazy? Who's been solving problems on...
dev.to·Sep 8, 2026▲ 98
Wiring a Reachy Mini into OpenClaw without trusting the robot
I put a Reachy Mini in the living room. It is a small desktop robot from Pollen Robotics, now part...
dev.to·Sep 8, 2026▲ 9
Most 'AI Agents' Are Just If-Statements in a Trench Coat
I built an agent last year, and I was proud of it. It had a planner. It had tools. It had a...
dev.to·Sep 8, 2026▲ 105
🟣 Ever Fluorescent: Live Again!
⭐Excitement! I've had had stores on Shopify, and a successful Etsy store. But after years...
dev.to·Sep 8, 2026▲ 41
Stop rebuilding from scratch: cache Docker layers on Cloud Build
Cloud Build runs on ephemeral workers, so your Docker cache vanishes on every run. Here's how to persist it in Artifact Registry with BuildKit's registry cache — uv stops re-downloading dependencies,…
dev.to·Sep 8, 2026▲ 10
An AI agent is just a while loop. I built one in 70 lines of Python, then tricked it into leaking my .env
Every framework, every job posting, and about half of LinkedIn wants to tell you what an "AI agent"...
dev.to·Sep 7, 2026▲ 30
Nobody Checks Whether the Guardrail Is Running
Every AI-and-engineering post right now is about adding a guardrail. Lint rules the agent can't...
dev.to·Sep 7, 2026▲ 23
Dozens of Resumes, One Call From an Old Colleague
About two weeks ago, I left my previous company. I didn't start looking for a new job right away. I...
dev.to·Sep 7, 2026▲ 88
Happen to Have? Answer One Before You Ask One
A voice advice exchange where Gemini reviews every contribution—and where the architectural rule backed by my strongest measurement turned out to be measuring the wrong thing.
dev.to·Sep 7, 2026▲ 12
From AI Solutions to Shared Knowledge: Building an MCP for the Community
This is a submission for the Weekend Challenge: Generosity Edition Don't Just Ask AI. Give the...
dev.to·Sep 7, 2026▲ 140
My Grandmother Ran Ajo. I Built the Version Where the Pot Can't Walk Away
This is a submission for Weekend Challenge: Generosity Edition What I Built My late...
dev.to·Sep 7, 2026▲ 42
Remembering Why We Code: Dropping AI for Fundamental Learning
Excitement I wanted to share my excitement of forcing myself to build without using AI. I...
dev.to·Sep 7, 2026▲ 40
The Same Day, 180 Times: How Does the Unglamorous Machinery of Locking In Actually Work?
"Inspiration is for amateurs, the rest of us just show up and get to work." — Chuck Close ...
dev.to·Sep 6, 2026▲ 38
The impersonator's product is the gap between meaning and spelling, so we measured both in Snowflake
One SQL statement over a VECTOR(768) column, 45,400 charities, and 2,917,459 real pairs used to check it. What the detector caught, and what it missed.
dev.to·Sep 6, 2026▲ 60
You write one kind sentence. I donate a dime. A blockchain makes sure I do.
This is a submission for the DEV Weekend Challenge: Generosity Edition. What I...
dev.to·Sep 6, 2026▲ 47
I Built a Version Bump Tool in Rust That Is 10,000x Faster Than Its Python Counterparts.
Hello, fellow version-bumping enthusiasts, sleep-deprived Rustaceans, and accidental software...
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