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FlutterFlow’s upgrade to 3.38.5 is more than a patch—it's a survival move.

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FlutterFlow’s upgrade to 3.38.5 is more than a patch—it's a survival move.

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SnapPoint helps developers audit, clean, and realign their system by finding ghost binaries, PATH conflicts, and leftover tool junk.

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SnapPoint is a system auditor and a package manager manager. Its job is to understand what is installed on your machine, where it came from, and whether it still belongs there.

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Surveying 200 developers reveals why Laravel packages remain essential—but outdated docs, abandoned tools, and search noise are slowing teams down.

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A survey of 200 active Laravel developers shows strong reliance on third-party packages, but growing frustration with poor documentation, abandoned tools, and the lack of standardized ways to evaluate package health—prompting the need for better curation.

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Learn how to back up a Supabase Postgres database on the free plan using GitHub Actions.

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This post shows how I set up automatic Supabase Postgres backups every 12 hours using GitHub Actions. The only thing you must understand is that a database backup is like an umbrella: if you wait until it starts raining, you’re already wet.

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Built a fast, zero-dependency ngrok alternative in Go using Cloudflare tunnels. Here’s how it works, why Go won, and what I learned.

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Built a complete ngrok-like tunnel service in Go in one evening (~3.5 hours of focused coding time). Includes both client CLI and backend server. Total code: ~800 lines. Works with Cloudflare Tunnels for free, secure HTTPS tunnels from localhost to the internet.

Tech Stack: Go, Cloudflare Tunnels, Cloudflare API

Website: https://www.golocalport.link/