Trackable Flask API using EventSource

Setup APIs are connections between computers to exchange information or data. For a website, we expect them to return a visual change, something as simple as a now different text or a floating message in the corner of the screen. However, what if the API we are waiting for is taking too long to respond…

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How One Wikipedia Editor Unraveled the ‘Single Largest Self-Promotion Operation’ in the Site’s History

“Is he super important and this is the first I’m hearing of him?” one asked. “Is it a superfan polyglot who wants everyone to know about his favourite writer/composer? Is it someone using AI to artificially boost this guy’s performance metrics?” The Investigation A Wikipedia editor who goes by “Grnrchst” recently decided to find out,…

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Localhost HTTPS: 3 Easy Ways to Secure Your Local Development Server – DEV Community

Developing modern web applications often means working with features that require a secure context. Your browser, third-party APIs, and security best practices all push you towards using HTTPS, even in your local development environment. In this comprehensive guide, we’ll explore why you need localhost HTTPS, walk through the traditional methods of setting it up and…

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🚀 How to Seamlessly Switch Between Browsers in Your Web App with browser-switcher

Seamlessly open links in Chrome, Firefox, Brave, Edge, Opera, Samsung Internet, Vivaldi, UC, Safari and more — with Android Intents and iOS URL Schemes. Live demo: https://browser-switcher-demo.jakkimcfly.comGitHub: https://github.com/jakkimcfly/browser-switchernpm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/browser-switcher Have you ever needed to redirect users from one browser to another? For example, when you want a link to be opened directly in Chrome, Firefox,…

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Day-80 JDBC in Java – DEV Community

When building real-world applications, we often need to connect them with databases to store and retrieve data. In Java, this is achieved using JDBC – Java Database Connectivity. JDBC is a standard Java API that allows applications to connect and interact with relational databases such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, or SQL Server. What is JDBC?…

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After an outcry, OpenAI swiftly rereleased 4o to paid users. But experts say it should not have removed the model so suddenly.

OpenAI’s decision to replace 4o with the more straightforward GPT-5 follows a steady drumbeat of news about the potentially harmful effects of extensive chatbot use. Reports of incidents in which ChatGPT sparked psychosis in users have been everywhere for the past few months, and in a blog post last week, OpenAI acknowledged 4o’s failure to…

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