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Ditch UI Libraries: Headless Components in React âš¡

The CSS Override NightmareWhen starting a new SaaS project at Smart Tech Devs, developers immediately reach for massive component libraries like Material UI, Ant Design, or Bootstrap. These libraries give you a working dropdown or modal in seconds. However, the architectural debt hits 6 months later when your design team asks you to implement a custom, brand-specific UI.Because standard component libraries couple the logic (state, clicking, keyboard navigation) with the styling (colors, padding,

My favorite game of 2026 so far just got a major free expansion — and you don’t even need to own the actual game to play it

Zero Parades has a free to play TTRPGIt adapts the game's setting and mechanics for pen and paperIt also comes with a free premade one shot to help you learn the gameLet’s face it, 2026 — with its component price hikes, sweeping layoffs, cancellations, expensive AAA titles, and Sony’s promise to stop making physical games — has been something of a year of Ls. But one of the few lights in this darkness, and game of the year contender, Zero Parades for Dead Spies just a

Worried about Flock cameras? All new cars in the EU now need to have a camera aimed at the driver's face in the latest privacy nightmare

The EU's General Safety Regulation is set to be expandedDriver Distraction Warning systems will need to be fitted to new carsPrivacy advocates are already voicing data concernsAs of this week, the European Commission has stated that all new vehicles registered in the European Union will have to be fitted with Advanced Driver Distraction Warning (ADDW) systems to comply with new, more stringent safety legislation.While European roads are among the safest in the world,

Asus ProArt GeForce RTX 5090 review: a slimmer SFF-ready RTX 5090 for creators who need flagship performance and 32GB of VRAM

Asus ProArt RTX 5090: Two-minute reviewThe Asus ProArt GeForce RTX 5090 32GB GDDR7 OC Edition is a specialised flagship GPU built for a niche audience and isn’t going to appeal to those looking for a premium upgrade for a gaming build. It’s aimed at creators, AI users and compact workstation builders who want full RTX 5090 performance without the bulk of larger 3.5 or 4 slot coolers. The ProArt uses the normal RTX 5090 spec: 21,760 CUDA cores, 32GB of 28Gbps GDDR7 on

The Philips Baristina is a perfect espresso machine for beginners — and it’s more affordable than ever in the Prime Day sales

Looking for a coffee machine that serves up a delicious espresso but won’t break the bank? Look no further than the Philips Baristina. This adorable, cost-friendly bean-to-cup machine currently holds the spot for the best budget coffee machine in Australia, and it’s now even cheaper in the Prime Day sales — just AU$418.99. My colleague Cat Ellis couldn’t have been more positive in her Philips Baristina review, and she loved the fact it combines the best of bean-to-cup

Study: "Mommy, do you love your phone more than me?"

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I made a template for building full-stack app from the stack I keep reusing

Over the past few years I have had to build a few different apps (having no formal CS background), usually some version of a full-stack product with an API, web UI, CLI tooling, packaging, etc.Using the tech stack and the knowledge acquired during the last few years, I have tried to ask Claude to make a reuseable template based on that. Putting it out here, in case it helps anyone.OpenProductKit: github.com/ravipurohit1991/OpenProductKitIt’s a Copier template that generates a product repo with:F

World’s largest digital camera weighs 3 tons and will take 7.88 million photos of the sky over 10 years; each is 8GB in size and has a 3200-megapixel resolution

The world's largest digital camera begins recording the changing universe every nightGiant Chile observatory discovers thousands of hidden asteroids during early testing alreadyA new sky survey captures fresh cosmic images every forty seconds overnightA camera roughly the size of a small car has begun the most ambitious astronomical survey ever attempted from Earth.The Vera C. Rubin Observatory, perched atop Cerro Pachón in northern Chile, officially started its Legac

NYT Connections hints and answers for Friday, July 10 (game #1125)

Looking for a different day?A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'. If you're looking for Thursday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Thursday, July 9 (game #1124).Good morning! Let's play Connections, the NYT's clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It c

NYT Strands hints and answers for Friday, July 10 (game #859)

Looking for a different day?A new NYT Strands puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'. If you're looking for Thursday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Thursday, July 9 (game #858).Strands is the NYT's latest word game after the likes of Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections – and it's great fun. It can be difficult, t

75 B-52 strategic bombers set to get gigabit connectivity and a fiber-optic network for their weapons pylons as part of a huge upgrade to keep them going till it reaches almost 100

B-52 bombers receive gigabit weapon links through advanced fiber optic pylonsThe US Air Force plans 130 modern pylons for the aging strategic bomber fleetNew pylons allow heavier weapons on upgraded B-52 aircraft for decadesThe US Air Force is moving ahead with another major modernization effort for its fleet of 75 B-52H bombers, focusing on replacing weapons pylons originally designed during the late 1950s.The proposed Advanced Wing Weapons Pylon introduces support f

I built a Chess Diagram Generator from scratch using React and Raw SVG (0 external chess libraries)

Hey everyone! 👋Over the last 7 months, I’ve been working on a personal project: a fully open-source, privacy-first Chess Diagram Generator called Chess Viewer.Usually, when developers build chess apps, they rely on heavy libraries like chess.js or react-chessboard. I wanted to challenge myself. So, I built the entire board, FEN (Forsyth-Edwards Notation) parsing, and piece rendering logic completely from scratch using React and Raw SVG. It mathematically calculates where each SVG piece should go

Quote of the day by NSA Whistleblower Edward Snowden on the &#039;nothing to hide&#039; argument: &#039;No different than saying you don&#039;t care about free speech because you have nothing to say&#039;

Since disclosing massive global surveillance programs, the former US National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden has been campaigning to strengthen privacy and the right of citizens to not be monitored by government agencies. Nothing to hideSnowden published his memoir, Permanent Record, in 2019 as a means to convey his full story – including his upbringing and how he came to be the whistleblower we all now know. Quote of the dayThis article is part of T

A product template your AI agent can finish

OpenProductKit is a white-label, full-stack template for shipping commercial apps across web, CLI and desktop from one decoupled core.To prove the pitch, I generated a project from it and reworked that generated app into Tally, a real freelancer time tracker, using an AI coding agent that followed nothing but the generated project's own AGENTS.md.The repo history is the tutorial: the first commit is the pristine template output, and every commit after it is one layer of the rework. The gap

5 new shows to watch this weekend across Netflix, Hulu, and more (July 10-12)

July's television slate is off to a hot start. Silo returned to Apple TV for its third season, while the Legally Blonde prequel series Elle debuted as Prime Video's No. 1 original series last week. As for what's on tap this weekend, Netflix will release the first season of an adaptation of a beloved novel series. That show is our top selection, and you can finish it

The discontinued Kia that&#039;s a pre-owned bargain

The Kia Forte quietly disappeared after the 2024 model year, replaced by the new K4 as Kia continued reshaping its sedan lineup. Unlike many discontinued cars, the Forte wasn’t pushed aside because it was outdated—it simply became another compact sedan overlooked as buyers moved toward SUVs.

GLM 5.2 is nearly as accurate as a human book keeper

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How to Start a Ruby Meetup

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Think a long-range EV is out of your budget? Look at these sub-$40k SUVs

For years, buying an affordable electric SUV meant accepting one major compromise: limited driving range. That's no longer the case. Advances in battery technology and growing competition have made it possible to get well over 300 miles on a charge without spending luxury-car money.

These popular Tenda routers have an unpatched security backdoor which could give hackers access

CERT/CC discloses CVE‑2026‑11405, a critical 9.8/10 flaw in multiple Tenda router families caused by a hardcoded backdoor credentialAttackers can bypass normal login checks and gain full admin access with the hidden password, regardless of configured username or passwordTenda has not responded; CERT/CC advises disabling remote web management and limiting local exposure, though these are only partial mitigationsMultiple Tenda router families carry a critical vulnerabil