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Dev Storymarch 23, 2026

ShashinMori: Google Killed Free Storage, So I Committed Crimes Against Backend Architecture

A full-stack Flutter + Fastify odyssey to reclaim unlimited original quality storage from dead Pixel phones. Spoiler: OAuth tokens are involved.

Flutter · Fastify · Firebase

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Dev Storymarch 4, 2026

I Built Vercel on a Phone. A Rooted Android Phone.

Normal people pay $20/month for Vercel. I built the entire thing on a Snapdragon 660 with 4 GB of RAM running in a terminal emulator. This is normal behavior.

Android · Node.js · Self-Hosted

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Dev Storymarch 1, 2026

Hakai: I Wrote a Rust + Bun Hybrid to Delete node_modules and I Have No Regrets

npkill was too slow. So I built a parallel directory destroyer in Rust with a Bun TUI because apparently I hate free time.

Rust · Bun · CLI

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Dev Storyfebruary 28, 2026

Winmole: I Gave My Terminal Admin Rights. What Could Go Wrong?

Because apparently 'clean up system files' in Windows actually means 'leave half a gigabyte of telemetry data just in case'.

CLI · Windows · Go

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Dev Storyfebruary 27, 2026

TabiNeko: Teaching Chrome That a Wrist Flick Means "Go Back" Was Harder Than It Sounds

A completely normal story about building a mouse-gesture Chrome extension because the back button was, apparently, too far away.

Chrome Extension · TypeScript · Manifest V3

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Engineeringfebruary 26, 2026

From Screenshot to Solution: Stop Forwarding Me Vague Tickets

Learn how AI Feedbacks leverages Google Gemini to turn visually useless bug reports into actionable prompts for coding agents.

AI · WebDev · Productivity

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software-engineeringfebruary 25, 2026

Guarding Your Code: The Rise of Mamoru-WAF

Discover how Mamoru-kun, a lightweight Go-based guardian, brings enterprise-grade security and a stunning TUI to your hobby projects.

golang · security · cybersecurity

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Dev Storyfebruary 23, 2026

Pulse Loop: I Built a Whole App to Loop the Same 8 Bars for 3 Hours Straight

Spotify has existed for twenty years and still cannot loop a specific segment of a song. So I built Pulse Loop. Millisecond-accurate A-B looping. For musicians. For obsessives. For me.

Flutter · Spotify · Music Tech

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Designfebruary 4, 2026

Google Redesigned Material Again. My Widgets Are Having an Identity Crisis.

Material 3 Expressive dropped in 2025 with spring physics, morphing shapes, and wavy loaders. My hardcoded BorderRadius.circular(8) buttons filed for emotional support.

flutter · material-3 · m3e

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Engineeringjanuary 24, 2026

I Left React for Python. The Intervention Was Unnecessary.

I had a perfectly working React dashboard. I rewrote it in Reflex because 'full-stack Python' sounded clean on paper. It was not clean on paper. It was not clean anywhere.

python · react · reflex

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developmentjanuary 23, 2026

Unhinged Guide to Doom Coding: Android Edition

Stop scrolling Instagram reels and start SSH-ing into your production server from your phone. A guide to the most aggressive mobile dev setup ever conceived.

remote-dev · android · opencode

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Dev Storydecember 25, 2025