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TOON vs YAML — Reduce LLM Token Costs & When to Use Each
Discover how TOON (Token-Oriented Object Notation) can reduce LLM token usage by 30–60% compared to YAML, and learn when to use each format for optimal performance and cost efficiency.
The November 18, 2025 Cloudflare Outage: A Deep Dive into the Configuration Cascade That Broke the Internet
On November 18, 2025, Cloudflare experienced its worst outage since 2019—a global infrastructure failure that exposed a critical vulnerability in how modern internet services handle configuration propagation. This deep dive explores the technical breakdown, root causes, and lessons learned.
Work Faster With Markdown and AI: The Ultimate Free Editor for Developers, Testers & Product Managers
Discover how the CodeSmith Markdown Editor streamlines AI-driven documentation workflows with real-time preview, Mermaid diagrams, and local storage—no installation required.
Mastering the URL Pattern API: The Future of Smarter, Simpler Web Routing
Learn how the URL Pattern API brings simplicity, power, and standardization to URL matching on the web, replacing fragile regex-based patterns with an easy-to-understand syntax.
Debug local log files with Grafana and Loki
Loki with Grafana's UI is very useful in grepping and debugging big log files. Specially when you have multiple instances of a micro-service running, each generating their own log files.
Removing permanent redirects from next config
If you have been working with multiple Next.js web apps, and even if one of them has a permanent redirect set in next.config.js then your browser will cache it forever.