Why this list is different The "best" email API depends entirely on what you're building. A side project optimizing for the free tier needs different things than a Series B SaaS sending two million transactional emails a month. This post grades eight providers against the criteria that actually move the needle in production, and tells you which one to pick for which use case. Most roundups in th
If you want to Automate GitHub PRs, the real goal is not just adding another bot comment to a pull request. The goal is to give reviewers the context they usually have to gather manually: who owns the service, whether it is deployed, whether basic repository standards are in place, and whether the change looks safe to merge. A useful AI pull request workflow can do exactly that. When a PR opens, i
Building a Full-Stack Habit Tracker with Claude Code - Part 2: Polish, Testing & Deployment Taking the habit tracker from MVP to production-ready with categories, analytics, comprehensive testing, and Vercel deployment In [Part 1], we built a fully functional habit tracker MVP in about 6-8 hours using Claude Code as our AI pair programmer. We had: ✅ Basic CRUD operations for habits ✅ Date-based
Testing Firefox Extensions with Playwright: End-to-End Testing Guide Extension testing is one of those things everyone knows they should do but few actually do. I've been using Playwright for end-to-end tests on the Weather & Clock Dashboard extension and it's changed how I think about extension quality. Unit tests don't cover the biggest failure modes: Does the extension actually load in Firefo
The most basic concept in test doubles is the dummy. When testing a function, there are usually two kinds of input: Meaningful input Data that affects the result of the function. Dummy input Data that is required by the function, but does not affect the behavior we are testing. Below is an example of meaningful data vs dummy data. This is a calculateShipping function: function calculateShip
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How to Test Firefox Extensions Without Publishing: Local Development Tips Publishing to AMO every time you want to test a change is slow and painful. Here's the full toolkit for local development. The fastest way to load your extension: Open Firefox and go to about:debugging Click This Firefox in the left sidebar Click Load Temporary Add-on... Navigate to your extension folder and select manif
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