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The Batman Part II has been delayed again, so I'll have to stick with 4K Blu-ray at home for now — here are 3 Batman discs I recommend, including a controversial choice

As a Batman fan, I was disappointed to learn last week that The Batman Part 2 has been delayed until February 18, 2028, another four-month wait to add to add to its last (delayed) intended release date of October 1, 2027. This latest holdup is actually the fourth time the long-awaited sequel to The Batman has been delayed, with its initial release originally set to be October 2025. Thankfully, there are plenty of ways to enjoy Batman content at home while we eagerly a

I stopped dreading rental cars once I brought my own Android Auto setup

Rental cars are fine until you actually have to drive one. Android Auto doesn't just make everything feel smooth, and you may not be ready to try a whole new style. Instead of going to pick up the car with nothing ready, you should make a checklist with some hardware choices, software prep, and small configuration decisions that will make the car feel like your own.

I used this open-source, self-hosted Docker app to finally get my physical media collection under control

Collecting stuff is a fantastic hobby. In my younger days, I would scour flea markets, yard sales, thrift stores, Craigslist, and eBay for the stuff I liked. I enjoy collecting entire artist discographies on CD whenever possible. Ditto comic books (mostly omnibus collections) and retro games (NES and SNES, if you're curious). Since I like to dabble with Docker appli

Your dying hard drive probably isn't dead—here is how to check it for free

HDDs are reliable, but do they live forever? Nope. In fact, while modern drives are highly reliable, unexpected mechanical failures can still strike early in a drive's life span. And of the ones that fail, half fail within their first year of operation, according to a recent Secure Data Recovery study.

Streaming Long AI Jobs to the Browser: SSE Patterns From Building an Audit Tool

The first version of the spectr-ai web frontend had a spinner. You uploaded a contract, the spinner spun, and several minutes later results appeared, or didn't. My test users (friends, so they were honest) all did the same thing: around the ninety-second mark they refreshed the page, killing the audit that was about to finish. A spinner with no progress is indistinguishable from a hang, and users act accordingly.So I rebuilt the pipeline around Server-Sent Events, and most of what I learned wasn

The 2026 World Cup didn't just cause global celebrations when Argentina lost — it might also have altered global web traffic and online behavior around the world

Cloudflare finds kick-off time, not match importance, drove the biggest World Cup traffic swingsOvernight matches more than doubled normal traffic in some countries, while daytime fixtures barely registeredThe tournament's biggest internet moment ironically wasn't the final but Argentina's 3-1 quarter-final win over Switzerland, which moved global traffic by a factor of 1.26x.Although Spain's 1-0 extra-time win over Argentina closed out the FIFA 2026 World Cup, the to

This app recovered files I deleted years ago—and it creeped me out

It's happened to all of us at some point. You're cleaning up your PC, or uninstalling something, and then you realize you've deleted something important. It's not in the recycle bin, it's not in any of your cloud drives, and you don't have any backups. So what to do?

Elevate Your TypeScript Codebase with Automated Import Sorting

🚀 Sort Imports Like a Pro with ESLintHello, fellow developers! 👋Have you ever opened a GitHub repository and been greeted by a chaotic block of imports? It can be frustrating to quickly identify dependencies when imports are scattered all over the place.While working on one of my personal projects, I wanted a simple way to keep my imports clean and consistent without manually organizing them every time I added a new one.The solution? eslint-plugin-import.With just a few configurations, ESL

Promise

A Promise in JavaScript is an object that represents the future result of an asynchronous operation, like fetching data, waiting for a timer, or reading a file. It can be in one of three states: pending, fulfilled, or rejected.new Promise(...) creates a new promiseres means resolve, rej means rejectrej() makes the promise fail.then() runs only when the promise is fulfilled.catch() runs when the promise is rejectedAnalysis() represents an analysis operation that takes 3 seconds. After the analysi

This Samsung Galaxy camera feature completely changed how I take photos

Smartphones have great cameras, and Samsung Galaxy phones are some of the best, but I always end up tweaking a few settings for an even better camera experience. If you're looking for the easiest, fastest way to instantly improve all your photos and videos, you'll want to turn on one setting.

Windows won't let you fix these 3 annoyances without PowerShell

Windows 11 is still my go-to operating system, but using it sometimes feels like a constant tug of war between how I want to work and how Microsoft thinks I should work. I like Windows, I know my way around it, and it fits my workflow better than the alternatives. What frustrates me is how often Microsoft gives me plenty of ways to customize the little things while

5 must-see crime shows without a single bad season

While the television and streaming landscapes are littered with many excellent crime shows, not all of them maintain a consistent level of quality for their entire run. In fact, few offer flawless seasons throughout their run that have kept fans hooked from start to finish with their tight, high-stakes narratives and exceptional character development, eliminating th

This Russian cybercrime campaign can infect a user just by viewing an email

Proofpoint reports Russian TA488 exploited Zimbra zero‑day CVE‑2025‑66376 in espionage campaigns“Half‑click exploit” let attackers compromise systems when victims merely viewed malicious emailsTargets included NATO, Ukrainian government, and defense entities; group vanished after Feb 2026 exposureRussian state-sponsored cybercriminals have been abusing a zero-day vulnerability in the Zimbra email and collaboration platform to conduct espionage against western targets

4 delicious high-protein Ninja Creami recipes that completely skip the pudding mix, protein shakes, and chalky powders

As noted in my Ninja Creami Swirl review, with the right ingredients, your frozen dessert can help you meet your protein goals. I have tried dozens of recipes and found that I really don't care for the taste or texture of the ready-made protein shakes and powders that many high-protein recipes call for. Plus, they are quite expensive, often around $3 / £2.50 / AU$4.50 per serving, not counting any other ingredients you might add.Many recipes also call for pudding mix,

I made my website callable by AI agents — the three layers (with the code I shipped)

"Make your site agent-ready" gets thrown around a lot, but it actually means three different things to three different kinds of AI agent — and they stack. I built a small tool (a free llms.txt validator) and wired up all three layers on it, so this is the copy-the-code version, not the hand-wavy one.But before the three layers, let's start at the bottom — because the whole stack rests on one small file most sites still don't have. First: what is llms.txt, and why should you care?llms.txt is

Auto-Locate Nearby Golf Courses on Your Map Using IP Geolocation

webdev #python #javascript #maps #api #geolocation #golf #rapidapi #showhnA recent Show HN project mapped every US golf course—16,000+ of them, free, no signup. That is a goldmine for anyone building a golf app, travel planner, or local discovery map. But a map full of pins is only useful if you know where the user is.Instead of asking users to type in a ZIP code, you can auto-locate them from their IP address and immediately suggest nearby courses. In this post, I’ll show you how to wire

I Built a Free Recipe Card Maker Because Every Other One Had a Catch

The problemLast month my friend wanted to print recipe cards for her mom's birthday — a collection of family recipes in a nice box. She asked me which app to use.I checked. Canva — sign-up wall. Smilebox — watermark on the free tier. Adobe Express — login required, then a 3-card limit before "upgrade to premium." Most recipe card tools are either cramped with ads, gate you after two downloads, or exist purely to upsell you on $12/month design subscriptions.For something as simple as "fill

Building All in One Utility Hub: A Lightweight Toolkit for Developers & Creators"

Hello, DEV Community! 👋How many times a week do you find yourself searching Google for a simple online tool—like a favicon converter, a typing speed tester, or a quick chart generator—only to land on bloated websites filled with intrusive ads and unnecessary server requests?Frustrated by this exact friction, I decided to build my own centralized solution: All in One Utility Hub.The Vision: Fast, Pure, and Distraction-FreeThe goal behind All in One Utility Hub is simple: create a suite of micro-u

I Built a Dog Age Calculator Because the 7 Rule Is a Lie

Most dog owners still think 1 dog year = 7 human years. That's wrong — and it's been wrong for a long time.Here's why: dogs don't age linearly. A 1-year-old dog is sexually mature (≈15 human years), not a 7-year-old child. And breed size matters enormously — a 5-year-old Great Dane is biologically "older" than a 5-year-old Chihuahua. The actual scienceThere are three credible formulas:AKC Size-Adjusted Method — accounts for breed size differently after year 2. Small breeds add ~4-5 human ye

Analyzing Tennis Data: Changes called for as Sinner and Djokovic withdraw from Canadian Open — What the Numbers Say

Analyzing Tennis Data: Changes called for as Sinner and Djokovic withdraw from Canadian Open — What the Numbers SayTL;DR: Karl Hale, the tournament director of the Canadian Open, has called for wholesale changes to the mens tennis calendar after world number one Jannik Sinner and 24-time Grand Slam champion Continue reading: Changes called for as Sinner and Djokovic withdraw from Canadian Open The Data Behind the StoryEvery major tennis event generates thousands of data points in real