Month January 2026

Automating Authentication Flows with JavaScript and Open Source Tools In modern web development, building seamless and secure authentication workflows is critical for user experience and security compliance. As a DevOps specialist, leveraging open source tools with JavaScript can significantly streamline…

Battling Spam Traps in Email Campaigns with JavaScript on a Zero-Budget Spam traps pose a significant challenge for senders aiming for high deliverability and sender reputation. These hidden email addresses are used by anti-spam organizations and mailbox providers to trap…

Self-hosted Plagiarism Detection with OpenSearch Building an LMS, needed plagiarism detection without external APIs. Two-stage approach First, find candidates with more_like_this: search = cls.search().filter( “nested”, path=”answers”, query={“term”: {“answers.question_id”: str(question_id)}} ) search = search.exclude(“term”, user_id=user_id) search = search.query( “nested”, path=”answers”, query={…

Your quarterly dose of plugin dev news, tools, and tips from JetBrains. 🧩 Marketplace Updates Integration Tests Now Part of Automated Moderation Integration test results are now displayed directly on the plugin page, alongside Plugin Verifier results on the Versions…

For years, I lived with a constant, low-level hum of guilt. ​You know the feeling. It’s Saturday morning. You are drinking coffee, maybe about to go for a walk or play a video game. But in the back of your…

There is more money to be made in the real, physical world than in the Software Industry. This is an undeniable fact that will remain true until the end of time. I say this with confidence because you can’t eat…

If you work with APIs, logs, config files, or event payloads, you already know the real JSON pain isn’t “pretty print” — it’s the weird stuff: double-encoded JSON inside strings (hello, escaped quotes) payloads that grew into 8 levels of…

You can use the Postman platform to test and build with the TabaPay API, alongside thousands of other APIs. Postman is used by more than 30 million users and more than half a million organizations, and now it’s easy to…

CKS securityContext questions look scary until you realize they are mostly the same patterns repeated. Here are the ones you should memorize to move fast during the CKS exam and CKS practice labs. Pod vs container-level securityContext (quick rule) Pod-level…

As we approach the midpoint of the decade, game developers face an evolving landscape shaped by shifting job security, technology choices, platform strategies, and practical AI adoption. Our State of Game Development 2025 report reveals critical insights that provide a…