One Missing Environment Variable Crashed My App in Production (and I Lost My Play Store Testing Streak the Same Night)

September 5, 2026 · Dev.to

Filtered should never mean deleted
We shipped a filter that threw away bad GPS readings. Months later somebody asked whether it was working, and I could no
Scraping 150k+ Instagram followers reliably: batching, resume-on-error, and enrichment
I run a small AI/automation consultancy in Brazil, and a recent lead-research project needed the full follower list of a
Stop Loading Everything at Once: An Introduction to Lazy Loading
Imagine opening a webpage and having to wait for every single image, video, and script to download before you can read a
Customize the Date and Time on the Linux Mint Cinnamon Taskbar
When I started using Linux Mint, I spent quite a bit of time exploring small desktop customizations. One of the simple t
Man on the run after parents, brothers injured in axe attack
Peter O’Ryan is on the run after his elderly parents and younger brother were brutally injured in an alleged axe attack