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Good News, Devs: AI Makes You More Valuable

5 Essential AI skills to boost your career today

Mar 19

A female developer with glasses and curly hair works at her desk in warm, ambient lighting. She’s focused on multiple screens of colorful code while a small blue robot AI assistant sits beside her keyboard. The intimate workspace setting creates a collaborative atmosphere, showing human and AI working together rather than competing.

Mar 19

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Watch 5 AI Frameworks Evolve: A Stunning Visual History

See how open-source AI gets built, commit by commit

Mar 25

A visualization showing colorful network clusters resembling glowing spheres floating above sunset clouds. Multiple human silhouettes stand on an elevated viewpoint, gazing up at these interconnected digital constellations that represent the evolution of AI frameworks through code repositories.

Mar 25

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Unlock Stunning Photo Locations With This AI-Powered Agent

A hands-on guide to building ShutterScout.AI using Hugging Face’s SmolAgents framework

Feb 18

A silhouette of a photographer with a tripod captures a cityscape at sunset. The city skyline glows with lights against an orange and blue sky. The foreground features a graffiti-covered concrete structure with a small illuminated alcove. The setting is elevated, overlooking the city’s dense urban layout.

Feb 18

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KubeVox: Sub-200ms Kubernetes Voice Control with Local Llama 3

Build a low-latency, privacy-focused Kubernetes voice interface using Llama 3 and local inference—a step-by-step guide.

Feb 11

A developer uses KubeVox, speaking into a microphone to control Kubernetes. Two monitors show dashboards and a llama image. A stylish lamp illuminates the scene.

Feb 11

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GitSage: An AI Agent for Automated Release Notes

Turn messy commit messages into polished release notes automatically

Jan 14

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Jan 14

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EnCodex: How AI is Revolutionizing Video Streaming Quality

How Google Gemini Pro 2.5 makes smart video optimization simple and accessible

Apr 9

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Apr 9

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Level Up Coding

My Terminal AI Sidekick: Building Djin To Reclaim Coding Time

Building a terminal AI to manage Jira, time tracking, and tasks without context switching

Apr 1

On the left side, against an orange background, a stressed-out developer with glasses sits at a computer looking overwhelmed. His wrist is chained to the desk, symbolizing feeling trapped. Around him are labels for various work obligations: “JIRA,” “TIME TRACKER,” “DOCS,” and “MEETINGS” — representing the administrative burdens of traditional development.

Apr 1

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15 Buttons to AI Chaos: Build a Connect 3 Stream Deck Game

Level Up Your Stream Deck: How I Added AI Smart to a Classic Game

Mar 12

A 3D rendered scene of a cute white robot with blue accents and headphones, playfully hovering over a Stream Deck device. The robot holds two glowing dice — one red, one blue. The Stream Deck’s 15 buttons glow in neon pink and blue colors, creating a vibrant cyberpunk atmosphere against a dark background.

Mar 12

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The Friendly Hacker Who Saved Our Company

One careless checkbox, 1,000 exposed customer devices, and the security breach that changed everything

Mar 5

A person wearing a blue jacket and backpack stands in a dimly lit server room corridor. They face away from the camera, looking down a long hallway lined with server racks emitting an orange glow against the blue-tinted darkness. Overhead, a single fluorescent light casts a cyan reflection.

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Anthropic MCP: Extinguish Encoding Fires & Sleep Soundly

Build your own real-time DevOps assistant to slash troubleshooting time and keep our streaming service online

Feb 25

A DevOps engineer wearing a protective helmet with headset and “DE000” marking focuses intently on monitoring screens displaying code and data. The dramatic blue and orange lighting highlights his determined expression as he monitors critical systems.

Feb 25

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Patrick Kalkman

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IT Architect, Developer & Writer focused on open-source, AI, LLMs & AI agents. Embracing agile methodologies, lifelong learning, and knowledge sharing.

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