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Block, led by Jack Dorsey, has released 'Berd,' an AI agent app that allows users to assign characters to AI agents and collaborate with them.
1+ hour, 42+ min ago (138+ words) Block, led by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, has released an AI agent app called Berd. Berd allows you to manage multiple AI agents as characters to perform tasks. Berd — Less chatting, more building. This is what the Berd screen looks…...
How to design a secure network for a growing business (without gold-plating it)
45+ min ago (84+ words) Here's roughly the order I'd actually build in. Segment first, because it's the highest return per unit effort Least privilege on the network, same as everywhere else The "don't gold-plate it" part So resist the urge to buy sophistication. Get…...
Cloud Storage Basics: Block, File, and Object Storage
48+ min ago (478+ words) When working with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud, you'll encounter several different types of storage. The three fundamental categories are: Understanding the difference between them is important when working with VMs, databases, Kubernetes, backups, and cloud…...
Enterprise network infrastructure: the mental model, not the parts list
44+ min ago (51+ words) Everything is about moving packets and deciding who's allowed Segmentation is the idea that actually matters for security Where modern reality complicates the tidy picture The useful way to hold all this The parts list is easy to look up....
Kubernetes Doesn't Have a Cost Problem. Most Teams Have an Operations Problem.
17+ min ago (1068+ words) For years, Kubernetes has been marketed as the platform that solves infrastructure at scale. It automates deployments, recovers from failures, scales applications, and provides a consistent environment regardless of where workloads run. Yet talk to enough engineering teams, and you'll…...
I've Reviewed a Dozen Next.js Stripe Integrations. Almost None Handle This Race Condition.
45+ min ago (318+ words) Here's a completely standard-looking webhook handler, the kind that shows up in probably half the Next.js Stripe tutorials online: Every Stripe event has a unique id. Idempotency means checking whether you've already processed that specific ID before doing anything else....
Making a knowledge base queryable by any agent over MCP
33+ min ago (299+ words) Casebook exposes four tools over the Model Context Protocol: The tool that earns its keep is similar_failures. You paste in what is actually happening ("our support bot was tricked by text in a ticket into approving refunds") and get back real…...
The Login Loop of Doom.
17+ min ago (358+ words) Summer Bug Smash: Smash Stories 🐛🛹 This is a submission for DEV's Summer Bug Smash: Smash Stories powered by Sentry. Code snippets are recreated and anonymized for illustrative purposes. No error message. No failed login attempt. Auth0 was happily authenticating me every…...
A Safer Way to Delegate AI Coding Tasks Without Sharing Accounts
18+ min ago (863+ words) AI coding agents are useful, but team collaboration around them can become messy very quickly. A common shortcut is to share an account, API key, or long-lived access token so another teammate can run a task. It may feel convenient,…...
Cómo solucionar \"Text content does not match server-rendered HTML\" en Next.js App Router
7+ min ago (158+ words) Este error ocurre cuando el HTML generado en el servidor (SSR/SSG) no coincide con lo que React genera en el primer render del cliente durante la hidratación. Es un problema crítico que rompe la experiencia de usuario y puede…...