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Development

Intro to Shaders: JavaScript and p5.js Course for Beginners

Are you ready to unlock the true rendering power of your computer and create breathtaking visuals? We just published a new course on the freeCodeCamp.org...

Beau Carnes - freecodecamp

How to Build a RAG Chatbot for Your Docs with Node.js, Google Gemini, and pgvector

I was helping a team that had a 200-page API documentation PDF. Every new engineer spent their first two weeks Ctrl+F-ing through it, asking the same...

Zia Ullah - freecodecamp

UX

No, People Don’t Want More AI In Their Life

Many companies assume everyone craves new AI features. But the reality is that most people don't want more AI — at least not in the way most AI leaders envision it. Brought...

Vitaly Friedman - smashingmagazine

Design

AI Paper Review: Deep Unsupervised Learning using Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics

Today, diffusion models power some of the most impressive AI systems ever built. They generate photorealistic images, create videos, synthesize speech, design...

Mohammed Fahd Abrah - freecodecamp

Mobile

Master Full-Stack Mobile Development with React Native

Do you want to get into mobile development and build cross-platform applications? We just published a comprehensive new course on the freeCodeCamp.org YouTube...

Beau Carnes - freecodecamp

Security

How to Fix Common Web Application Security Vulnerabilities in Node.js

Here's something that tends to surprise developers who are new to security: most web vulnerabilities aren't the result of sophisticated attacks. They come...

Hackita - freecodecamp

Other

A Beginner's Guide to Python: Hands-On Projects to Get You Coding

Have you been wanting to learn how to code but found it a bit too overwhelming or confusing? We just published a brand new course on the freeCodeCamp.org...

Beau Carnes - freecodecamp

Understanding Dijkstra's Algorithm

In 1956, a young programmer was taking his girlfriend shopping in Amsterdam. Feeling tired, they sat down at a cafe terrace for a cup of coffee. In the 20...

Beau Carnes - freecodecamp

Why "It Worked on My Machine" Still Happens in 2026

Every engineering team has said it at least once: "It works on my machine." The phrase has become a running joke in software, but it's rarely funny when it...

Manish Shivanandhan - freecodecamp

How I Used Harness Engineering to Make Our Company AI-Native

Most companies say they want to "adopt AI". In practice this usually means a chatbot bolted onto a website. Meanwhile, engineers using AI coding tools hit the...

Tech With RJ - freecodecamp

Product Experimentation with Regression-Based Causal Inference: Estimating LLM Feature Impact with Python and statsmodels

A randomized A/B test is the cleanest form of product experiment available. The coin flip that splits users between the new prompt template and the control...

Rudrendu Paul - freecodecamp