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dev.to > bpx13303 > when-curl-tls-spoofing-and-headless-all-fail-how-i-got-past-akamai-with-a-real-browser-46fj

When curl, TLS spoofing and headless all fail: how I got past Akamai with a real browser

29+ min ago   (733+ words) I scrape data for a living, and most of that job is the same fight over and over: a site has data I need, and it really doesn't want me to have it. This is the story of one wall…...


dev.to > amy5193111svg > site-is-not-indexed-debug-it-in-search-console-not-with-backlinks-13h8

Site Is Not Indexed? Debug It in Search Console, Not With Backlinks

20+ min ago   (492+ words) I run a few small sites. Every time one of them goes live, someone eventually asks the same question: "Google still hasn't indexed it — should I buy backlinks?" Usually, no. Most of the time the problem is visible in Google…...


dev.to > thekilteddev > never-installable-2fh4

Never installable

24+ min ago   (330+ words) For three days of real-device testing, the app worked, or seemed to. Every test passed. Every review came back clean. On a real phone, it had never once been installable, and nothing had ever said so. That's the frame. The…...


dev.to > remysterling > common-sql-injection-vulnerabilities-in-student-projects-and-how-to-prevent-them-2mpl

Common SQL Injection Vulnerabilities in Student Projects and How to Prevent Them

36+ min ago   (466+ words) Introduction A student project can work perfectly with friendly input and still be... Tagged with sql, database....


dev.to > mk023 > best-litellm-alternative-for-enterprises-32d7

Best LiteLLM alternative for enterprises

35+ min ago   (656+ words) Looking for the best LiteLLM alternative for enterprises? I measured latency on the vendor's benchmarking tool, plus security defaults, dependencies and licensing. Tagged with ai, llm, devops, security....


marktechpost.com > 09/19/2026 > linkup-research-releases-sparseup

Linkup Research Releases SPARSEUP: A 149M-Parameter Open-Source Sparse Embedding Model

28+ min ago   (450+ words) Linkup research team releases SPARSEUP, an open-source learned sparse embedding model. The model runs on a 149M-parameter ModernBERT backbone and ships under Apache 2.0. Linkup team reports 56.4 average nDCG@10 on BEIR-13. It calls this the strongest public vocabulary-based sparse encoder it…...


infoq.com > news > 2026 > 09 > solid-start-v2

SolidStart 2: Replaces Vinxi with a Vite 8 and Enters Maintenance as Its Role Winds Down

54+ min ago   (345+ words) SolidStart, a full-stack meta-framework based on SolidJS, has transitioned to version 2.0, improving compatibility with Vite's Environment API. This release modernizes the framework, enhancing CSS han...


dev.to > cxtao > a-container-restarted-39352-times-every-exit-code-was-0-2g6i

A container restarted 39,352 times. Every exit code was 0.

1+ hour, 4+ min ago   (396+ words) A container on one of my servers had restarted 39,352 times. Every single exit code was 0. That number is why nobody noticed. Monitoring watches for crashes, and this was not a crash. The process started, found nothing to do, exited successfully…...


dev.to > chukwuemekaigbokwe > chuks-v020-rc1-is-out-we-need-you-to-try-to-break-it-31ah

Chuks v0.2.0-rc.1 Is Out, We Need You to Try to Break It

1+ hour, 6+ min ago   (292+ words) Chuks v0.2.0-rc.1 is live, and unlike our last few release posts, this one isn't "here's what shipped." It's an ask. Chuks compiles two ways: a bytecode VM you develop against, and a native binary you ship. Every release lives or…...


dev.to > nainikmehta > migration-canary-continuous-verification-for-schemas-4l

Migration Canary: Continuous Verification for Schemas

44+ min ago   (358+ words) Schema changes used to be a single-team problem: run a migration, deploy the code, hope for the best. With independent deploys, long-running backfills, and even AI-generated migrations, schema changes have turned into a distributed-systems problem. A failing migration today can…...