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Do You Really Need a Framework? What the Data Says

Martino quintas — Wed, 29 Jul 2026 09:49:19 +0000

Back in June a single developer with stolen credentials managed to publish malicious versions of more than 140 Mastra AI packages in under twenty minutes. Mastra is one of the most used frameworks for building AI agents in production. The poisoned releases went straight through npm, through the same channels as always, and anyone who installed during that window got exposed to malware hunting for crypto wallets and phoning home to a command-and-control server tied to a North Korea-linked group. This wasn't some sloppy typosquatting attempt, it was a legitimate maintainer account compromised right at the source.
https://chat-to.dev/post?id=NDFlZ3RoK3J1MnQwNFNiWGQ4c2ZqZz09

Is Clean Code Dead in the AI Era? Why Senior Devs Are Turning on Uncle Bob

Martino quintas — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 18:15:37 +0000

Back in 2008, when Robert C. Martin published Clean Code, the software world looked completely different. There was no GitHub Copilot, no Claude writing entire functions while you go grab a coffee, and most conversations about code quality revolved around human teams trying not to kill each other during code review. Almost two decades later, the book is still sitting on every dev's shelf, right next to The Pragmatic Programmer and Design Patterns. But a few years ago an uncomfortable question started popping up in forums and on Twitter (X now, though nobody's really adjusted to the name) — what if Uncle Bob's principles are, in practice, making software slower and more convoluted than it needed to be? read more: https://chat-to.dev/post?id=am5zS3BGcGpHVmVGdWJBWlFTdmJhUT09

Small pieces of code as solutions to specific problems in large companies

Martino quintas — Thu, 05 Dec 2024 18:45:12 +0000

In this post, I'll bring you snippets of code that have been solutions to problems in large companies. It also makes reference to how simple things can solve big problems in the world of programming.link

Here are some things you can replace JavaScript with CSS

Martino quintas — Mon, 30 Sep 2024 13:59:07 +0000

Here are 20 things you can replace JavaScript with CSS, using its advanced capabilities such as animations, selectors, pseudo-elements and transitions:

Animated Hamburger Menu: Use CSS :checked and transitions to animate the opening and closing of the menu.

Tooltip: Use :hover and ::after to create and style tooltips without JS.

Accordion: By combining input:checked and label with CSS display and height, you can make a functional accordion.

Dropdown Menu: Use :hover or :focus-within to show and hide Submenus.

Tabs: With input:checked and display, you can switch content in tabs.

If you are interested in more options, click on the following link: https://chat-to.dev/post?id=700