Mastering Web URLs from Protocol to Parameters

Joget DX 9.1 Preview is live 🚀 Multi-column forms without CSS. Collapsible sections. Smarter diffs for scripts. Git-friendly YAML exports. One-click cleanup tools. The small improvements that make building apps feel right. Full breakdown here → https://lnkd.in/g3rxYfek 

The old way: Manually crafting webhooks can be a tedious process. You spend time writing JSON payloads, configuring endpoints, and testing each one to ensure it works correctly. It’s easy to make mistakes, and debugging can be a nightmare. The new way: Webhook Studio lets you visually build and test your webhooks in a streamlined interface. You can drag and drop components, see real-time feedback, and easily adjust parameters without diving into complex code. What you save: By using Webhook Studio, you can cut down your webhook setup time significantly—potentially from hours to minutes. Plus, you reduce the risk of errors, saving you from costly debugging sessions later on. Best of all, it’s completely free to use. If you’re looking to simplify your webhook workflow, check it out here: https://lnkd.in/eQeQpHD2

Every few months someone posts this in a dev Discord: "I've been running FFmpeg on a VPS for a year. It's been a nightmare." It's not a skills problem. It's a scale problem. FFmpeg is genuinely impressive software. It handles basically everything you'd want to do with video. But wrapping it in something production-ready is its own job: - Jobs time out under load - Memory spikes on longer files - Queue management becomes a project in itself - You're debugging server config instead of shipping features The pattern is always the same. A quick script works fine at low volume. Traffic picks up, things break in new ways. You spend a week firefighting. Then it happens again. At some point the question stops being "how do I process this video?" and becomes "how do I maintain this processing infrastructure?" Those are very different jobs. The reason devs kept building their own: video APIs used to be expensive, flaky, or too limited. That calculus is changing. Command-based pricing, zero egress fees, and stable results at scale have made "just use an API" a real option for most projects. If you're still running your own FFmpeg server, it might be worth doing the math on what that ops time actually costs. renderio.dev #FFmpeg #VideoAPI #DeveloperExperience #VideoProcessing #DevTools

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Building browser extensions has been one of those experiences that looks simple from the outside… but feels completely different once you get into it. At first, it’s not the coding that challenges you — it’s the architecture. You’re suddenly dealing with: • Multiple environments (popup, background, content scripts) • Messaging between different layers • Strict permissions and manifest rules • Debugging across separate consoles And honestly, that’s where most of the friction comes from. But here’s the interesting part — once the mental model clicks, everything starts to feel structured and predictable. It shifts from “Why is nothing working?” → to → “Okay, I know exactly where this belongs.” That’s when real progress happens. One thing that helped me: Break the system into layers and build step by step instead of trying to solve everything at once. Still learning, still building — but definitely understanding things at a much deeper level now. #webdevelopment #chromeextensions #buildinpublic #softwareengineering #learning

Ever wondered what the difference is between a URI and a URL? 🤔 Most developers use them interchangeably—but they’re NOT the same. 🔹 URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) is a broad concept used to identify a resource. 🔹 URL (Uniform Resource Locator) is a type of URI that also tells you where and how to access it. 👉 In simple terms: All URLs are URIs, but not all URIs are URLs. Understanding this small difference can make your fundamentals stronger—especially in web development, APIs, and system design. Swipe through the carousel to get a clear breakdown 👇 #WebDevelopment #ProgrammingBasics #ComputerScience #Developers #TechConcepts #Learning #CSFundamentals

If you’re using VSCode daily, these extensions can seriously boost your productivity. From quick navigation with Bookmarks and Numbered Bookmarks, to clearer code with Better Comments, and even managing pull requests without leaving your editor — these tools make development smoother and faster. And the highlight? An AI-powered autocomplete extension that’s completely free and surprisingly powerful. Which one is your favorite? 👇 #VSCode #WebDevelopment #Productivity

Vite 8.0 is out: What’s new and why it matters 🧑💻 Recently, Vite released version 8 with a new bundler, Rolldown, introducing a major architectural shift. Earlier, Vite relied on: • esbuild for development • Rollup for production We no longer need separate bundlers for development and production. Vite is moving toward a unified approach with Rolldown, a Rust-based bundler designed for better performance and scalability, delivering significantly faster builds (up to 10–30x compared to Rollup). What I found even more interesting is a smaller (but impactful) change 🤔 Browser console logs can now be forwarded directly to the terminal (like VS Code, Cursor and other IDEs). 💡 Why this matters Browser errors can now be seen directly in the terminal, enabling faster debugging without switching to the browser and improving modern workflows where tools (including AI-assisted tools like Cursor, Claude, Codex and Copilot) can access these errors more directly in the terminal. As AI becomes a bigger part of development, tools are evolving fast. It will be interesting to see how other tools evolve in the future. #Vite #JavaScript #ReactJS #DeveloperExperience #WebDevelopment #FrontendDevelopment #FullStackDeveloper #SoftwareEngineering

I asked Claude Code to build an autonomous Lighthouse optimization loop. Here's what it made: A Node.js server that runs headless Chrome, audits a page, applies a performance fix, audits again, and keeps the change only if the score improves. If it regresses, it reverts automatically and moves on. Seven optimization strategies run in sequence: async font loading, removing render-blocking resources, dropping expensive GPU layers, CSS minification, and system font fallbacks. Each one gets tested. Each one sticks only if it works. The dashboard streams results in a real-time performance gauge, LCP/FCP/TBT metrics, score history, and activity log. You watch it run. The entire thing, server, optimizer, dashboard, was written by Claude Code from a description. No boilerplate. No scaffolding. It just worked. This is what AI-native development actually looks like. #AIDevTools #NoCode #ClaudeCode