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Playdate Console Review (2025): A Platform for Creative Development

Published on: 3/28/2025 - 9 min read

In a world of high-powered gaming consoles and photorealistic graphics, the [Playdate by Panic](https://play.date/) is a breath of fresh air...

How to Check if a JavaScript Object Has No Properties

Published on: 3/25/2025 - 3 min read

When working with JavaScript, it's common to encounter situations where you need to verify whether an object is empty—meaning it has no prop...

Top JavaScript PDF Libraries in 2025: A Comprehensive Guide

Published on: 3/24/2025 - 5 min read

In the modern web development landscape, handling PDF documents has become a common requirement for many applications. Whether you need to g...

Using BCrypt in C# to Hash Passwords

Published on: 3/17/2025 - 3 min read

Password security is a critical aspect of software development. Storing passwords in plaintext is a major security risk, as a data breach co...

Automatically Logging Errors in Express with Pino

Published on: 3/14/2025 - 3 min read

## Introduction Logging errors is crucial for debugging and monitoring your Express.js applications. While Pino is known for its high-perfo...

Building a Simple CSV File Preview with Pure JavaScript

Published on: 3/11/2025 - 16 min read

Ever wanted to let users preview CSV files right in their browser without any complex libraries? In this guide, we'll build a simple yet e...

Code, Context, and AI: Why Human Developers Still Matter

Published on: 3/6/2025 - 5 min read

This year has been somewhat of a wake up call to the developer community in terms of A.I. It seems like each and every month now a new tool ...

Implementing Argon2id Password Hashing in C#

Published on: 3/5/2025 - 4 min read

Argon2id is the gold standard for password hashing, combining the best features of Argon2i and Argon2d to provide excellent security against...

Setting Up a Dev Server Proxy in Vite

Published on: 3/3/2025 - 5 min read

During local development with Vite, you'll often encounter CORS (Cross-Origin Resource Sharing) errors when your frontend tries to communica...

Is Argon2 Better Than bcrypt?

Published on: 2/26/2025 - 3 min read

If you've worked on any authentication system in the last decade, you've probably used [bcrypt](https://www.thatsoftwaredude.com/content/116...

It's Not A.I. - Junior Developers Have Always Struggled to Code

Published on: 2/24/2025 - 4 min read

AI, as of late, is taking the blame for making junior developers “worse” at writing code, but in my 20 years of experience—junior devs have ...

Is SHA-256 Alone Sufficient for Password Security?

Published on: 2/21/2025 - 6 min read

You've built a sleek new web application with user accounts, and now you need to store passwords. Like any security-conscious developer, you...

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