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How to Build Your Own AI App Builder Like Lovable with Next.js, AWS and Sandboxes

Tools like Lovable, Bolt, and v0 feel a bit like magic the first time you use them. Honestly, I was shocked the first time I saw something like that...and you...

Shrijal Acharya - freecodecamp

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Learn Modern Kotlin

We just published a comprehensive, free Kotlin course on the freeCodeCamp.org YouTube channel. Whether you're targeting Android development, scalable backend...

Beau Carnes - freecodecamp

Build and Publish a Full-Stack Mobile App with AI

Building a production-ready mobile application used to require a dedicated team of frontend, backend, and DevOps engineers. With modern AI tools, an...

Beau Carnes - freecodecamp

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How to Avoid JNI Crashes by Managing Local and Global References Correctly

Most JNI crashes don't come from complicated logic. They come from a small set of mistakes around object references: holding on to a reference after it has...

Nikheel Vishwas Savant - freecodecamp

How to Submit a Quarterly Update to HMRC's Making Tax Digital API

Four times a year, every sole trader and landlord in Making Tax Digital (MTD) for Income Tax has to send HMRC a summary of their income and expenses. The...

Solomon Amos - freecodecamp

How to Separate Operational Intent from the Executor

In my previous article, I argued that software automation needs a layer between operational intent and execution. The reason is simple: the specification...

Hugo Teijiz - freecodecamp

How to Build an AI Support System That Automatically Routes Bugs to GitHub with Next.js and Jev

Every website gets feedback, and most of it ends up somewhere awkward. A visitor finds a broken button and emails you. Someone else leaves a comment on social...

Andrew Baisden - freecodecamp

How to Add shadcn Charts to a Next.js App Without Writing Recharts Boilerplate

Charts look like a small task on a ticket. Then you open the Recharts docs and remember how much setup every chart needs: a config object for labels and...

Ash - freecodecamp

How to Stop Your Android App from Draining the Battery with Wake Locks

A wake lock is one of the simplest APIs in Android and one of the easiest to misuse. Acquiring one takes a single line of code. Forgetting to release it can...

Nikheel Vishwas Savant - freecodecamp

How to Debug a Stuck Kubernetes Rollout with a Hands-On Lab

You update a Deployment, run kubectl rollout status, and wait. The command times out. But when you send a request to the Service, it still answers. So did the...

Praneeth Kodumagulla - freecodecamp