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Deploy on servers, no GUI needed.

A better way to do the whole find-or-create-and-increment dance.

Fixture-level performance without giving up FactoryBot-style test setup.

How to use SQLite3 in Hatchbox.

Choosing the hardest thing to build, because most people won't be building that.

A commit format focused on what matters.

A post-modern modal text editor.

37signals devs share the benefits of multi-tenant databases.

A deduplication system that detects identical files and reuses existing blobs, saving storage costs and making uploads instant for duplicates.

The author (from Monokai) documents a two-month migration of their entire digital infrastructure from US-based services to European alternatives, driven by concerns about data sovereignty and jurisdictional control. The conclusion: running a reliable, professional digital stack, mostly on European infrastructure, is entirely feasible, and the main obstacle is inertia rather than capability.

Can AI help us spend less time on screens and more time doing other things?

The future of masonry layouts on the web!