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Airtable, But Open Source
NocoDB is an open-source Airtable alternative made for developers. It turns your existing SQL database (Postgres, MySQL, SQLite, and more) into a spreadsheet-style UI, while you keep full control o...
I Let AI Argue About a Stock
We look at TradingAgents, a popular open-source GitHub project that simulates a trading firm using a team of AI agents. Instead of one AI model making a decision, this uses multiple specialized AI...
Claude Ralph - The Bizarre Anthropic Plugin That Every Developer Is Missing
The Ralph Wiggum technique (from Geoffrey Huntley) is essentially a continuous AI agent loop that repeatedly feeds Claude the same prompt, allowing it to iteratively improve its work until completi...
Goodbye AI Cloud Bills... Exo Runs AI on Your Own Devices
Turn your everyday devices into a local AI supercomputer. No cloud. No data leaks. No insane GPU bills. In this video, we look at Exo, the open-source project that lets you run massive AI models (...
GitHub’s New Secret Copilot Model Is Shockingly Fast
GitHub quietly rolled out a new Copilot model called Raptor Mini, with almost no benchmarks or technical details. We tested it by pushing it beyond “small tasks” and asked it to build a full real-t...
GTA Vice City Rin in Browser Thanks to WASM
This video shows Grand Theft Auto: Vice City running directly in a web browser, compiled using WebAssembly with no downloads or emulation needed. We explore how this was accomplished and address th...
An Open-Source Alternative to ElevenLabs
For a long time, text-to-speech has basically meant paid APIs and cloud billing. In this video, I’m taking a real look at Chatterbox. An MIT-licensed, open-source TTS model from Resemble AI that y...
10 NEW CSS Features You Need To Know For 2026
CSS is getting way more powerful than most people realize. From custom functions and conditionals to zero-JS carousels and scroll logic, here are 10 features you should know for 2026. 🔗 Relevant L...
I Found the Neovim Replacement You've Been Waiting For (It's Called Helix)
Struggling with Neovim's endless plugin configuration and setup headaches? Enter Helix editor, the Rust-based terminal editor that actually works out of the box. In this video, I'll show you why He...
Why 90% of Parked Domains are Now Dangerous ⚠️ #cybersecurity #cybercrime #computersecurity
Run AWS Locally with Docker (LocalStack)
In this video, I’m going to show you LocalStack. It’s a tool that lets you run AWS services like S3, Lambda, DynamoDB, API Gateway, and SQS right on your own machine using Docker. If you’re sick o...
Cloudflare's Report Just Confirmed Our Biggest Internet Fear... 🤯 #ai #internettrends #yearinreview
I Stress-Tested Meta’s SAM 3D on Real Photos And The Results Were Shocking!
We built a mobile app that turns a single photo into a full 3D model using Meta’s SAM 3D models. In this video, we break down how SAM 3D reconstructs objects from images, how Gaussian splatting fit...
Shadcn is now PERFECT for Vibe Coding (v2 changes)
shadcn/ui v2 is here, and it fixes the two biggest complaints: everything looking the same and Radix components. It has a new customizer, Base UI option, better theming, and that all makes it perfe...
Building a One-Man Empire with AI & the Future of Developer Education | Better Stack Podcast Ep. 9
Join David Flanagan, founder of Rawkode Academy and 20-year cloud native veteran, as he shares his journey of building a completely over-engineered education platform using GraphQL Federation, Clou...
Olmo3 Is What ‘Open Weights’ Was Supposed to Mean
Olmo 3 is the most open AI model out there right now. Fully open weights, training data, code, and everything in between. We break down Olmo3, the newest open model from the Allen Institute for AI...
Gemini 3 Flash Is Incredible… Until It Isn’t
Google’s Gemini 3 Flash is insanely fast, cheap, and maybe scores higher than Opus 4.5 on some benchmarks? But there’s one massive flaw you NEED to know about before using it. 🔗 Relevant Links Gem...
Your VPN Is Probably FAKE! (85% Exposed in Investigation)
Think your VPN is actually routing through Switzerland, Germany, or the Bahamas? Think again. In a shocking investigation that tested over 150,000 VPN servers across 20 major providers, researchers...
This Tiny Linux Setting Fixed My Next.js Builds (Swap)
Next.js builds can completely overwhelm small cloud servers and make it feel like upgrading is the only option. In this video we show you why builds fail on low-memory droplets and how a simple swa...
I STOPPED 'ls' After Discovering THIS Game-Changing Alternative!
The traditional 'ls' command is obsolete and eza is the ultimate modern replacement for file listing in your terminal - delivering much better performance with stunning color-coded output, Git inte...
I Tried TanStack AI... (it's good)
A quick walkthrough of TanStack AI, building a simple, type-safe chatbot with streaming, tools, and web search. Early days, but already a solid DX-focused alternative to Vercel AI SDK. 🔗 Relevant ...
This Is What React Apps Should Look Like...
Next.js is still a solid tool, but for a lot of developers it’s starting to feel kind of heavy and slow, especially once your app gets past the early MVP stage. It’s also pretty opinionated, which ...
I Gave Claude Code Permanent Memory - The Results Are Shocking
Ever lost hours of work because Claude forgot everything between sessions? In this video, I reveal WHY Claude's memory disappears and exactly HOW Beads by Steve Yegge, the revolutionary memory up...
What AV2 Codec Means for the Future of Video Streaming #streaming #codec #videocompression
This Open-Source Auth Stack Might Replace Auth0 (Ory Kratos)
In this video, We walk through building a complete authentication and identity stack using Ory Kratos. We set up login, registration, email verification, and multi-factor authentication using an op...
This Tool Turns Claude Into an Automation Engine (ActivePieces)
Automation tools like Zapier are easy to start with, but once workflows scale, the costs can grow. After running automations in production for a while, I decided to try out an open-source platform ...
It Happened Again... 2 New React CVE's
Two fresh React/Next.js vulnerabilities just dropped, one can fully DoS your server, the other can leak server action source code. Both are absurdly simple to exploit. Upgrade ASAP. 🔗 Relevant Lin...
The ONLY package manager you'll ever need for macOS
Nix is absolutely annihilating Homebrew as the go-to package manager for macOS. This video shows the true power of functional package management. Watch as I demonstrate how Nix single-handedly repl...
Cursor 2.0 Changes Everything - It Feels Illegal
The new Cursor 2.0 update is becoming one of the most talked-about releases in software development. With a completely redesigned multi-agent coding system, a Composer model that runs 4× faster, ...
React’s Worst Vulnerability Ever (RCE Exploit Explained)
A massive React + Next.js security flaw was just exposed and it’s as bad as it gets. An unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability hit React Server Components, letting attackers run ...
Cloudflare Just Destroyed v0, Lovable, and Replit in One Move
Cloudflare changed the AI coding game. In this video, we look at Cloudflare’s open-source VibeSDK AI coding platform that could realistically replace $500/month AI dev tools like v0, Lovable, and R...
China's Mind-Control AI Just Dropped on GitHub (100% Free)
China's Mind-Reading AI That Analyzes 1.4 Billion People… And It's 100% FREE on GitHub - discover the shocking truth about Bettafish, a revolutionary multi-agent system built by a single Chinese st...
xAI Dropped Grok-4.1… and It’s Actually SCARY Good
xAI just dropped Grok-4.1, and it might be the most powerful AI update we’ve seen yet! In this video, we break down how Grok-4.1 absolutely crushes OpenAI and Claude, blowing past them in major b...
Why Apple's New AI Model is TOO GOOD to Be True
Apple's Starflow represents a huge change in the AI landscape, as the tech giant unexpectedly open-sourced a revolutionary auto-regressive flow model that generates images and videos up to 15 times...
Django 6.0 Just Changed Everything
Django 6.0 just shipped, and it brings one of the biggest updates in years. The brand-new Django Tasks Framework, a built-in background worker system that could change everything. In this video, ...
The ONE Tool That Makes Claude Code Lightning Fast
In this video, I dive into React Grab, the tool that can make Claude Code 55% faster by giving AI tool the exact location of React elements instead of forcing it to search through countless files. ...
Anthropic Just Bought Bun?!?!
Anthropic just bought Bun. Yeah, the Claude guys now own a JavaScript runtime. In this video I break down what the acquisition actually means, what Bun’s team is saying, why Anthropic is betting bi...
How Crypto Is Secretly Taking Over Banking with @SarahBensonCodes | Better Stack Podcast Ep. 8
In this conversation, Sarah Benson discusses the current state of Web3 and crypto, emphasizing that the industry is not dead but has matured significantly. She highlights the evolving role of block...
OpenAI Swarm Hype Explodes: AgentKit Drives Multi-Agent AI Revolution
In this video, we take a close look at the rumored OpenAI Swarm Update 2025 that has developers and AI researchers buzzing. Interest in OpenAI Swarm has surged again, and many in the community beli...
Something’s Off About Anthropic’s “AI-Orchestrated Attack” Story (Report Analysis)
This video breaks down Anthropic’s recent claim that an AI agent helped orchestrate a major cyber-espionage campaign attributed to a Chinese state-sponsored group. After reading the report closely,...
Did Snapchat Just KILL React Native?
Why would Snapchat spend 8 years secretly building their own cross-platform framework instead of using React Native? In this video, we uncover the story behind Valdi - Snapchat's powerful TypeScr...
Meta Just Dropped a NEW Python Type Checker!
Meta just released Pyrefly Beta, a new high-performance Python type checker and language server capable of analyzing up to 1.8 million lines per second, redefining what’s possible in Python. This...
How Microsoft's Tech Made SQLite Writes 4x Faster
SQLite's single-write limitation has been a massive bottleneck for years but Turso just changed everything. Discover how their revolutionary MVCC implementation, inspired by Microsoft SQL Server's...
SQL Used to Be Mandatory… But Not Anymore (Here’s the Shift)
In this video, we break down why Python devs don’t actually need to learn SQL anymore to build real-world apps, how SQLModel combines SQLAlchemy and Pydantic, and why this approach is becoming the ...
The Ripple UI Shift: Why So Many Developers Might Replace React
Ripple UI is turning into a framework developers are paying close attention to, and this video explains why Python and React developers keep talking about it. You’ll see a clear breakdown of Ripp...
300+ npm Packages COMPROMISED: The Shai-Hulud Worm Is Back!
A massive new npm supply-chain attack called Shai-Hulud has compromised over 300 packages and may have already impacted tens of thousands of repos. This malware steals secrets, hijacks maintainer a...
Claude Opus 4.5 is the BEST coding model ever...
Anthropic just dropped Opus 4.5. Its cheaper, smarter, and an absolute beast at coding. Here’s everything new, the benchmarks, and whether it’s finally time to switch. Let me know what you think! ...
I Tried Google’s New AI IDE… Here’s the Truth (Antigravity)
Tried out Google’s new AI IDE Antigravity, and… yeah, it’s interesting. Some cool ideas, some rough edges, and some very questionable choices. Here’s my honest take on the good, the bad, and the ki...
Meta's Tailwind Alternative Built to Scale (StyleX)
Lets look at Meta’s StyleX, their in-house CSS solution designed to scale. Lets see what it is, how it works, and why people are saying it might beat Tailwind for bigger projects. 🔗 Relevant Link...
The PERFECT Linux Firewall Tool You're Missing
Your Linux server vulnerable without proper firewall protection? In this video, I show you how TUFW can save your Linux server with an intuitive terminal interface that makes firewall management in...