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The Saga Pattern in Node.js: How to Roll Back Distributed Transactions Across Microservices

Building reliable workflows across multiple microservices is challenging. In a monolith, a database transaction can ensure that multiple operations either...

How to Build a Browser-Based PDF Crop Tool Using JavaScript

PDF files often contain unwanted margins, blank spaces, scanner borders, page headers, page footers, or unnecessary content around the main document area....

How to Build a Case Converter Tool Using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

If you're looking to level up your front-end development skills by building a practical web utility, this is the guide for you. We'll code a fully functional...

The Benefits Of Cognitive Inclusion In UX Research

Findings from an exploratory user research study highlighting the unique insights and practical UX recommendations shared by participants with cognitive disabilities.

“What computers can’t do” — and what designers should

Don’t skimp on the creative struggle. Improve your code literacy to elevate agentic execution.Continue reading on UX Collective »

What you count is what they feel

What a Jakarta city bus taught me about where experience is really made, and why no designer drew it.Continue reading on UX Collective »

Liquid Glass: who gets to decide how an interface looks?

Notes from the 2026 WWDC keynoteContinue reading on UX Collective »

Should you really give AI your whole digital life?

You’ve felt it, haven’t you? That tiny pause.Continue reading on UX Collective »

Design for pain: how to make the worst moment better

Dieter Rams avoids computers. His ten rules still fit designing for AI.

From Flutter to Backend: How to Build Production-Grade REST APIs with Dart and Dart Frog

Dart backend frameworks exist on a spectrum. At the minimal end sits Shelf, with raw primitives and full control. You wire everything yourself. At the maximal...

Mastra vs LangChain: Building an AI Agent Pipeline and Analyzing the Data

A week ago, I saw this tweet: I had just shipped SupportMesh, a multi-tenant AI support platform built on Mastra, so I had opinions from production. I liked...

How Large-Scale Platforms Handle Millions of Daily Transactions

Every day, millions of people order food, stream videos, send messages, book rides, make payments, and shop online. Most of these actions take only a few...

Geopolitical Risk Isn't One Thing. I Built a Python Framework to Prove It

On April 3, 2025, the US announced sweeping tariffs on Chinese imports. SPY dropped 4.8% that day. The next day, it dropped another 6%. Financial news ran the...

How to Scale Laravel Applications for High-Traffic Production Systems

Your first scaling problem rarely arrives with a bang. For a while, everything is fine: pages load fast, the database barely breaks a sweat, and the team...

How to Start your Career in Tech with freeCodeCamp - Full Talk in Spanish

Technology is rapidly reshaping the world. Understanding how to use free learning resources and contribute to open source projects can be very helpful to...

Web Scraping for Beginners 2026

If you have ever wanted to collect product data, monitor competitors, track SEO rankings, or build AI tools that pull information from the internet, you have...

The Impact Of Humanoid Robots On Humanity

We have officially moved past the era of humanoid robots as mere public relations stunts. As they become increasingly lifelike, society may soon face profound social,...

The digital Kowloon

We stopped clicking, and AI became the Internet

The gesture and the instruction