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A Canadian software developer who thinks he’s funny.

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Nov 21 '25

Git 3.0 will use "main" as the official new default branch https://www.phoronix.com/news/Git-2.52-Released

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Nov 21 '25

Testing https://github.com/stormkit-io/stormkit-io/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md/

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Nov 21 '25

Testing https://github.com/stormkit-io/stormkit-io/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md

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Nov 18 '25

Gemini 3 https://blog.google/products/gemini/gemini-3/

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Nov 18 '25

Cloudflare down DEV still up ⬆️

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Nov 17 '25

Meme Monday

Meme Monday! Today's cover image comes from last week's thread. DEV is an inclusive space! Humor in...

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Nov 14 '25

Extending the Nano Banana image generation to also be responsible for fun unique profile images for users who register through a path without providing their own profile pic.

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Nov 13 '25

Available across the whole Forem network and self-hosted instances if configured

Cover Image Generation Now an Option in...

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Nov 13 '25

Cover Image Generation Now an Option in the DEV Editor

We're happy to roll out a new feature today: Prompt-driven image generation, built directly into the...

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Nov 12 '25

GPT 5.1 just dropped

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Nov 11 '25

jQuery might outlive humanity 💀

jQuery Will Outlive Half of Today’s JavaScript Frameworks -...

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Nov 10 '25

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Clamp CSS in 2025 | Why I Stopped Writing Media Queries For...

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