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Advanced Prompt Engineering: From Zero-Shot to Self-Consistency
6+ min ago (442+ words) Prompt engineering has moved beyond "ask a question, get an answer." In real applications, we often need outputs that are accurate, structured, repeatable, and easy to validate. Advanced prompting techniques help you steer Large Language Models (LLMs) toward better reasoning…...
Avoiding the “$100K Spreadsheet” Trap in Nonprofit Salesforce Projects
7+ min ago (378+ words) Salesforce projects in nonprofits rarely fail because of the platform. They fail because unclear processes, inconsistent definitions, and messy data get automated instead of resolved. When that happens, Salesforce becomes what many teams privately call it: "A very expensive spreadsheet....
How to Build a CLI Tool to Auto-Translate OpenAPI Specifications
10+ min ago (906+ words) APIs defined with the OpenAPI Specification make integration easier, but language can still be a barrier. Many API specs, descriptions, and examples are written in a single language, which limits accessibility for global developers. In this article, you'll learn how…...
Snowflake Cortex Code Now Supports More Data, Everywhere
11+ min ago (288+ words) Snowflake, the AI Data Cloud company, announced that'Cortex Code CLI, Snowflake's AI coding agent for local development environments, is expanding beyond Snowflake-native workflows to support any data source across systems, starting with dbt and'Apache Airflow'(now generally available).' According to…...
A better home for your automated test results
15+ min ago (415+ words) I am proud of what I achieved in those four years, initially solo and later with a small test automation team that was eventually folded into the dev team as demand for tests increased. We were running 30,000 tests per month,…...
My npm monitoring flagged SANDWORM_MODE packages -> looking for expert input
24+ min ago (140+ words) Socket just published their research on SANDWORM_MODE, a supply chain campaign targeting AI coding tools. I checked my logs. My scanner MUAD'DIB flagged several of these packages via temporal analysis - it compares versions and detects when dangerous primitives like child_process or https....
FullAgenticStack WhatsApp-first: Chatbot-as-Code
27+ min ago (332+ words) Vamos pegar um chatbot de agendamento de consultas odontol'gicas para 1 dentista. Esse curso, FullAgenticStack, n'o " para quem gosta de programar, " para quem gosta de criar solu'es virtuais para problemas reais. Toda API que eu fao " um Event-driven MCP Server, cada…...
7 API Design Mistakes That Make Your Users Hate You (and How to Fix Them)
28+ min ago (313+ words) Every developer has used a terrible API. Inconsistent naming, cryptic errors, pagination that makes no sense. After reviewing 50+ production APIs (Stripe, GitHub, Twitch, and plenty of bad ones), I compiled the 7 most common design mistakes " and the exact patterns to…...
Secrets of the LessWrong RSS Feed — LessWrong
32+ min ago (233+ words) LessWrong's RSS feed includes all recently published articles by default, but it has a bunch of undocumented features available with query params: Somewhat surprisingly, the number of articles returned is not configurable and is hard-coded at 10 for posts and 50 for…...
ayat saadati — Complete Guide
35+ min ago (604+ words) Think of it as documenting a human-powered knowledge base " a living, evolving source of insights, tutorials, and discussions. This guide aims to provide a structured approach to leveraging Ayat Saadati's contributions, particularly those found on platforms like dev.to. The…...