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Speaker Call for Papers | DevFestMN

Submit a talk for DevFestMN 2026. We want sessions on AI and agents, Google technologies, web, mobile, cloud, security, and careers from speakers of every experience level.

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It seems like everyone wants search augmented AI responses, so I built it. Try it out now friendlai.xyz

I have a new plan. Recently I decided I want to walk more, and I also decided I want to watch all of Star Trek (most for the 2nd/3rd time, but I haven't watched almost any of the last 10 years). I'm smushing these two together in my Star Trek Walk Plan! By the end of 2028 I'll be all caught up...

I've been working on my own AI platform for a while now and it's time to try out the experiment and give me feedback. The idea is a decentralized platform for running open models more cheaply. Run a node yourself with spare capacity and I share the revenue. friendlai.xyz

Friendlai

Open AI models, served by a network of community-run computers. Chat on the web or call an OpenAI-compatible API.

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Did you know that all of the DevFestMN 2025 videos are live on YouTube? www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

DevFestMN 2025 - YouTube

The talks recorded at DevFestMN on December 6th, 2025.

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Looking forward to some fantastic tech demos tonight #MINNEDEMO

The DevFestMN 2026 Call for Speakers is now open! Apply here: forms.gle/ogepGnFYvvc6...

DevFest MN 2026 Call for Speakers

Theme: Innovate, Inspire, Connect About the Conference DevFestMN, a premier developer conference in Minnesota, is back for 2026! We're excited to invite developers, designers, technologists, and inno...

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I just updated my chrome extension with new detectors and fixed a few bugs. Want to know what tech the site you are running is using? chromewebstore.google.com/detail/angul...

Frameworks are here to stay in the AI Era. The same reasons humans need them are the same reasons LLMs need them. * Dramatically Reduced Context * Standards fluin.io/blog/framewo...

Frameworks Are More Important in the AI Era, Not Less

I keep running into some version of "frameworks are legacy overhead now that agents can just write whatever code you need." I think that's backwards, and I want to make the case for why.

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We're having a community call to talk about DevFestMN 2026 to chat about people's favorite parts, hopes, and dreams for the upcoming event. Pop in to say hello or give us feedback we can use to make this the best year ever. meet.google.com/xxb-rvsv-voi

Meet

Real-time meetings by Google. Using your browser, share your video, desktop, and presentations with teammates and customers.

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Apparently I've been writing no-op lines of code into every Angular app I've built for the last 7 years. Don't be like me. #angular fluin.io/blog/stop-no...

Stop notifying gtag with your Angular router changes

I've built dozens of Angular apps over the last 10 years, and despite GA4 being the worst Google Analytics has ever been, I still use it. I updated from `ga` to `gtag` and I've been trying to teach de...

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Angular is rewriting their compiler using rust too! #angular #bestbandwagon #oversimplified blog.angular.dev/an-update-on...

An update on Angular’s TypeScript 7-powered Compiler

Alex Rickabaugh & Mark Techson

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Based on some new dev work that I've done over the past day, I'd say AI deserves a promotion to recognize its latest capabilities. It has definitely moved past Intern to Jr Developer for generalized software development. Terrifying.

OMG emoji copy buttons on the google search page. WOHOOO!

Are we all just lying to ourselves about inflation? In February 2026 I wanted this at $699. It's $879 now. 25% increase in less than a year?! www.jackery.com/products/jac...

5 years later and I still can't get Dropout's "Welcome to Mountport" out of my head. I love it so much. The funniest part is that the entire team thinks that you can't have a mountain next to the sea. They sing their hearts out about how it's impossible, despite there being tons all around the world

How long until the terminology flips? When all cars are "self driving", then "self driving" might flip to mean driving yourself.

Angular is switching to yearly majors!!! github.com/angular/angu...

docs: add v23 release and change to yearly release cycle by thesmiler · Pull Request #69817 · angular/angular

Summary This PR adds v22.x and v23 release dates. It also changes Angular's release cadence to a yearly cycle. Why we are making this change The community has long requested less frequent major...

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NooooooooOoOOOooo! They are stealing our space casino! #Factorio

I'm giving a talk today about the #Angular renaissance today at Open Source North!

A few weeks ago I gave one of the best talks of my life, helping you to change your mental models for successful vibecoding. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPuy...

Stop Fighting the LLM: Mental Models for Fast, Frustration-Free App Building

YouTube video by Digital Fluency

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I love the fact I built this, get daily push notifications, and combine stoic wisdom with modern science and studies

I'm live in about an hour at #Minnebar. Come say hi!

Stop Fighting the LLM: Mental Models for Fast, Frustration-Free App Building I'm presenting at #Minnebar on Saturday the 2nd! sessions.minnestar.org/sessions/2062

Stop Fighting the LLM: Mental Models for Fast, Frustration-Free App Building

I've built a lot of software with LLMs over the past year. Some of it went great.

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Designing long and specific commands in the terminal can be hard. I wanted to use my LLM to help, so I built ai-cmd.sh. Just describe the command you want, preview it, and let it run! gist.github.com/StephenFluin...

Feeling super inspired watching the launch of Artemis II. Yaaay humans.

Oh no! Another npm supply chain attack. If you installed npm dependencies today with axios, you might be compromised. www.herodevs.com/blog-posts/t...

HeroDevs Blog | The Axios Compromise: What Happened, What It Means, and What You Should Do Right Now

On March 31, 2026, malicious versions of axios were published to npm through a hijacked maintainer account, delivering a cross-platform RAT to anyone who ran npm install during a three-hour window. He...

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I love understanding my code better.

Have a 3d printer? Ask your local #AI to generate openscad files and then describe the thing you want. OpenSCAD -> STL -> real world works so well.

Almost 7 years to go from 3.5.1 to 3.5.2. KnockoutJS is back! github.com/knockout/kno...

Releases · knockout/knockout

Knockout makes it easier to create rich, responsive UIs with JavaScript - knockout/knockout

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