The Nightmare of Parsing Invoices If you’ve ever tried to extract structured data from an invoice or receipt, you know exactly how painful it is. You write a perfect regular expression to extract the total amount from one vendor. It works beautifully. Then, a new vendor comes along with a slightly different format, and your regex silently fails, breaks your pipeline, and leaves you cleaning up
“I’m 11, I don’t have a CS degree, Here’s how I built an extension with AI” I had a problem. Every time I had an idea, I’d think: “I should write that down.” By the time I opened Notion, my mind had already moved on. I’d lose the idea. This happened constantly. I’d be in a meeting, get an insight, and realize 5 minutes later I never captured it. So I started testing different apps: Notion: Too slo
SMS remains one of the most reliable communication channels available today, with open rates exceeding 90%. Whether you are building an OTP SMS API for authentication, setting up transactional alerts, or automating marketing workflows, a robust SMS API integration is a powerful addition to any stack. In this tutorial, we will explore how a REST SMS API works and walk through a practical implementa
JS Trace Table As JavaScript continues to dominate the global software landscape, a new specialized tool, JS to Trace Table, has launched to redefine how developers and students master logical execution. Developed by Md. Anisur Rahman, this interactive platform automates the traditionally manual process of "desk checking," offering a high-fidelity visual environment for real-time code analysis.
TL;DR — Superpowers and Compound Engineering aren't competitors. They're optimised for different worlds. Superpowers is gold for mature codebases with established methodology (TDD shops, large legacy systems, teams enforcing standards). Compound Engineering is gold for early-stage products where one person owns a feature end-to-end. Pick by what your codebase looks like, not by which README sounds
Most async APIs commit to one thing: starting your job. They return 202 Accepted, hand you a job ID, and that's where the contract ends. The rest is your problem. I do something different. I make one promise: When your job is done, I'll tell you accurately. Until then, I'll keep retrying. That's the entire contract for everything I've ever shipped. It sounds small. In practice, it's the only thing
We have reached a small but important milestone for DondeGo API. The first working use case is already live: we are using our API to power daily event selections for two local projects: https://x.com/HoyBcn https://x.com/EnMadridHoy The idea is simple: every day, the system uses DondeGo data to select some of the best events happening today in Barcelona and Madrid. Instead of manually searching ac
If you’ve ever worked with APIs or JSON data, you know how messy it can get. Most tools out there have problems: Too many ads ❌ So I built my own. 🔧 What I Built I created a JSON Formatter Tool that lets you: ✅ Format JSON instantly 👉 Try it here: https://www.astonishbuddy.com/tools/json-formatter ⚡ Why I Built This While working with APIs, I constantly needed to: Debug JSON responses Format mes