2025-05-19

Understanding React Rendering Without the Buzzwords

React is often praised for being “declarative,” “efficient,” and “component-based.” But those words don’t mean much when you’re stuck wondering why your component re-renders every time you click a button.

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3 months ago

Card Declines are a Data Problem (But AI Could Fix That!)

In Part 1 of my series, we saw how declines grow from vague issuer responses, outdated card info, or poor transaction context. In Part 2, we explored actionable fixes like...

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3 months ago

Kubernetes Liveness, Readiness, and Startup Probes – Keys to Container Health and Resilience

Learn how to configure Kubernetes liveness, readiness, and startup probes with real-world examples, YAML configurations, and best practices.

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3 months ago

7 Cap Table Mistakes That Kill Startups

Your cap table isn’t just a spreadsheet - it’s your ownership, control, and future funding compressed into numbers. Most founders mess it up. This article breaks down 7 cap table...

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3 months ago

How Mobile Phones Killed Africa’s Internet Cafés, and What We Lost in the Process

Once vital hubs of connection, Africa’s internet cafés have vanished. This story reflects on what we gained—and lost—with the rise of mobile internet.

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3 months ago

That Crypto Trading Bot Isn't Always Making Money For You

The Bot Service charges monthly subscription fees, takes up to 70% of the commission fees you pay to the exchange. Affiliate Influencers earn up to 40% lifetime commission on trades...

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3 months ago

Meet Hidonix, Winner of Startups of The Year 2024 in Robotics

Hidonix is a deep tech startup redefining smart spaces through robotics, AI, and spatial intelligence. Rooted in ethics and reinvention, their modular ION system powers real-world applications—from museums to schools—by...

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3 months ago

How Our Attention Became the Most Hacked Software of All Time

You don't scroll TikTok for five minutes. You scroll until the part of your brain that wants to scroll finally loses to the part that feels ashamed.

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3 months ago

Brewing Observability Insights: What LinkedIn, Netflix, and eBay Taught Me at Monitorama 2024

A Senior Product Manager's perspective on Portland's premier monitoring conference.

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3 months ago

Over-Engineered Kubernetes Is a Trap

Modern Kubernetes deployment tools like Helm and Kustomize have overcomplicated what should be a relatively simple process.

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3 months ago

Exploring a Web3 Smart Contract Issue: Gas Exploitation via Unchecked Loops

In blockchain development, smart contracts may encounter serious vulnerabilities, especially when there’s a loop that iterates over data provided by users.

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Meet GGEZ1, Winner of Startups of The Year 2024 in DeFi AND Decentralization

GGEZ1 is a Web3 blockchain ecosystem co-founded by fintech veterans Mutaz Majdoub and Mohammed Shawamreh.

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3 months ago

Is it a bird, is it a plane? No, it's Nvidia's new Taiwanese office

As Computex 2025 "product" reveals go, it's a pretty good one.

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3 months ago

Help Your Team Use AI—Without Hurting Their Motivation

Generative AI can boost your team’s productivity, but overuse may actually erode their motivation. While gen AI can deliver faster, more polished outputs, it risks making work feel less fulfilling....

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3 months ago

Today's Wordle answer for Monday, May 19

Get all the help you need with today's Wordle.

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3 months ago

The challenge is to choose 20 games that greatly influenced you. One game per day, for 20 days. No

The challenge is to choose 20 games that greatly influenced you. One game per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, no particular order. Day 11/20 - Civilization (Amiga)...

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3 months ago

Dreams of Ideas

Published on May 19, 2025 2:15 AM GMTCGP Grey describes a phenomenon I think of as 'dreams of ideas' that I find useful as a tool to know when to...

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3 months ago

Five new Steam games you probably missed (May 19, 2025)

Sorting through every new game on Steam so you don't have to.

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3 months ago

Why do LLMs work?

This is such a good, quick video explaining why we don't really understand why LLMs work the way thy do.

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3 months ago

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