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How to Build a Browser-Based PDF OCR to Text Converter Using JavaScript

Not every PDF contains searchable or editable text. Many PDFs are simply scanned images of documents such as invoices, contracts, books, receipts, government...

How to Build a Dark Mode Toggle Without JavaScript

Over the years, I've worked on many Static Site Generated (SSG) websites that work without JavaScript. And during that time, I've created a few solutions. One...

How any designer can build a more open design culture at work

You don’t need a “leader” title to build psychological safety at work.Continue reading on UX Collective »

Design system debt, game UX, 39 principles for AI interaction

Design as a function

The future of design isn’t about pixels. It’s about function. And the organisations that figure that out first will be the ones that win.Continue reading on UX...

How to Build Production-Ready Card Components with shadcn/ui

Card components are one of the most common UI patterns in web development. You see them in property listing apps, SaaS analytics dashboards, e-commerce...

Meet Kirki: WordPress’s First Visual Builder With An Infinite Canvas

We have been building websites inside boxes for years on WordPress. Let’s take a closer look at [Kirki](https://kirki.com/), the first freeform visual builder with an infinite...

Designing in regulated industries

The 15-minute AI stress test every designer can run

How to Implement Zero-Trust Workload Identity in Kubernetes with SPIFFE, SPIRE, and Cilium

Your network policy says: allow traffic from 10.0.1.45. Yesterday, 10.0.1.45 was your payment service. Today, after a rolling deployment, it's your logging...

How to Build Your Own Local AI Agent with Tool Calling and Memory

In this tutorial, I'll show you how to build a local AI agent with tool calling and short-term memory using LangChain v1, Ollama, Qwen, and Python. The agent...

AI Agents For Beginners

We just released an in-depth, hands-on video course on the freeCodeCamp.org YouTube channel about AI agents Led by Mumshad Mannambeth, founder of CodeCloud,...

The Heroku Nostalgia Trap: Why Easy Deploys Aren't the Only Answer

There's a sentiment I've seen in Slack threads, Hacker News comments, and late-night Discord vents more times than I can count: "I just want something like...

The Hidden Engineering Behind Every AI Product: What Software Engineers Should Know

AI products often look simple from the outside. You type a question into ChatGPT and get an answer. You ask GitHub Copilot to complete a function and it...

How to Take Control of Your Online Privacy

Every click, search, purchase, and social media post contributes to your digital footprint. While the internet has made communication and access to...

How to Export a Claude Conversation as a PDF

Whether you're documenting research, sharing AI-generated content with colleagues, creating reports, or keeping an offline backup, saving Claude conversations...

The crisis of the what

What the Lean Startup still teaches us about generative AI

Should you really aim to be the best?

The promotion that didn’t take

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