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📉 I tracked it for a year. The result? 87 hours lost to Medium's editor in 2025 alone.

Syed Abdul Basit — Thu, 21 May 2026 06:46:38 +0000

Two full work weeks. Gone to one repetitive task: manually reformatting Markdown after pasting it into Medium.
Bold text losing its formatting. Code blocks merging into paragraphs. Tables collapsing into pipe characters. Headings becoming regular text. Every. Single. Article.
So I did what developers do when a tool doesn't exist — I built it. 🛠️
MD to Medium is a Chrome extension that takes your .md file and pastes it into Medium's editor with everything intact. Headings, code blocks, lists, blockquotes, even tables. One click. Ten seconds.
The engineering was harder than expected. Medium's editor isn't a regular contenteditable — it's a ProseMirror-based document model that intercepts paste events at the JS level. Direct DOM manipulation breaks Medium's save. The clipboard API fails without document focus. And blocks split silently at blank lines.
I wrote an article breaking down the entire problem-solution journey — including the architecture, the clipboard tricks, and the code that finally worked. 📝
If you write on Medium and you're tired of losing 20 minutes per article to manual formatting, this is for you. ⚡
Read the full breakdown here: Check it out
Free to install. Pro tier is $9 one-time — no subscription, no monthly fee.
Curious what tools other writers wish existed but don't? Drop them in the comments. 💬

Anthropic just doubled Claude Code's 5-hour rate limits

Syed Abdul Basit — Fri, 08 May 2026 04:40:46 +0000

Anthropic just doubled Claude Code's 5-hour rate limits, and killed peak-hour throttling for Pro and Max users 🚀 The math behind it: 🛰️ A surprise deal with SpaceX for Colossus 1 — 300MW + 220K NVIDIA GPUs ⚡ Tier 1 API users got a 1500% input token increase + 900% output increase 🎯 Effective immediately, no action needed But here's what most articles are missing: ❌ Weekly caps did NOT change ❌ Free tier still excluded ❌ Web Claude (claude.ai) limits unaddressed Here's the honest tier-by-tier breakdown — should you stay on Pro, upgrade to Max, or consider downgrading 👇

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I tried MemPalace, the viral AI memory tool everyone’s fighting about

Syed Abdul Basit — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 04:33:25 +0000

A Hollywood actress shipped an AI tool. It hit 48,000 GitHub stars in two weeks. Claimed a perfect 100% on a respected benchmark.

Then developers started tearing it apart 🚨

I spent a few days with MemPalace, Milla Jovovich's open-source AI memory project, to figure out what was real and what was hype.

Here's what I found:

✅ The install genuinely works. Five minutes, one pip command, and your AI has persistent memory across sessions.

❌ The viral 100% benchmark was "teaching to the test." The maintainers have since walked it back in the README.

❌ The "innovation" is mostly just ChromaDB with default settings. A technical audit showed you could replicate the headline score in ~50 lines of Python.

🚨 The "local-first" privacy promise is currently broken. A security researcher disclosed 8 unpatched vulnerabilities last week, including a Wikipedia SSRF that silently sends data off your machine. Directly contradicts the marketing.

✅ The maintainers have been unusually transparent. The README has a "what we got wrong" note I've genuinely never seen on a project this size.

My take: the idea is good, the execution has real problems, and the version you'd install today doesn't match its own privacy claims. Wait for issue #809 to close before trusting it with anything real.

Full breakdown, install walkthrough, and security deep-dive here:

https://medium.com/@umairsyedahmed282/i-tried-mempalace-the-viral-ai-memory-tool-everyones-fighting-about-455fdc68f305

If you've tried it, I'd love to hear your experience in the comments 👇

AI #OpenSource #Cybersecurity #DeveloperTools #MCP

Cursor vs Claude Code for Flutter: Which One in 2026?

Syed Abdul Basit — Sat, 18 Apr 2026 06:00:59 +0000

I used both Cursor and Claude Code for Flutter development over the past 4 months. Here's my honest take in 2026 👇 Cursor wins at: ⚡ Inline autocomplete while you type 🎯 Agent mode that runs background tasks 🔀 Multi-model selection (Claude, GPT, Gemini in one editor) Claude Code wins at: 🛠️ Multi-file refactoring across your entire project 🧠 Full codebase understanding (reads everything, not just open files) 🧪 Running tests and fixing failures in a loop ✅ CLAUDE.md for project-specific conventions Big changes in 2026: Cursor switched to credit-based billing (June 2025) and Claude Code now works inside VS Code and JetBrains — not just terminal. Full comparison with pricing breakdown and real Flutter examples 🚀 #Flutter #Cursor #ClaudeCode #AI #DeveloperTools
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Flutter Clean Architecture with BLoC: A Practical Guide

Syed Abdul Basit — Sat, 18 Apr 2026 05:55:28 +0000

Clean Architecture in Flutter sounds intimidating until you see it as three folders 📁 I wrote a step-by-step guide that builds a real login feature from scratch 👇 🔹 Data layer — API calls and JSON models 🔹 Domain layer — business rules and use cases 🔹 Presentation layer — BLoC with sealed events/states + widgets Updated for 2026 with flutter_bloc 9.1, Dart 3 sealed classes, and a note on Flutter's official MVVM recommendation vs Clean Architecture ⚡ Every code example has comments. Written so a developer with 6 months of Flutter experience can follow along 🚀 #Flutter #CleanArchitecture #BLoC #MobileDevelopment #Dart
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AI to Your Flutter App: Claude, Gemini & On-Device ML

Syed Abdul Basit — Sat, 18 Apr 2026 05:51:12 +0000

Every app ships AI features in 2026. But most Flutter tutorials use outdated packages and deprecated models 😬 I wrote an updated guide covering three paths with the LATEST versions: 🤖 Claude API (Sonnet 4.6) with Dio 5.9 — best for reasoning and instruction-following 🔍 Gemini 2.5 Flash via firebase_ai 3.9 — free tier, multimodal, official Dart SDK ⚡ TFLite 0.10 for on-device ML — zero latency, zero cost, works offline Plus: streaming responses, a complete chat screen, and a Riverpod-based architecture that lets you swap providers in one line 🚀 All package versions verified against pub.dev. All model names verified against official docs. #Flutter #AI #MobileDevelopment #Claude #Gemini

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Flutter Riverpod in 2026: Complete Guide with Real Examples

Syed Abdul Basit — Sat, 18 Apr 2026 05:45:22 +0000

I see Flutter developers struggle with Riverpod for one reason: most tutorials teach the API without explaining when to use each provider type. So I wrote the guide I wish I had when I started. It walks you through building a real task manager app step by step: - Setup with flutter_riverpod 3.3+ - Provider types explained with when to use each one - Async state handling (loading, error, data) in 3 lines - The 5 most common Riverpod mistakes and how to fix them - Code generation with @riverpod annotation Every code example includes comments explaining what each line does. Written for developers with 6+ months of Flutter experience.

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Oracle Laid Off 30,000 People While Investing $156B in AI — What's Happening

Syed Abdul Basit — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 16:51:26 +0000

Oracle laid off 30,000 people this week. Via a 6am email. No warning from managers. No HR meetings. The same quarter they posted a 95% jump in net income ($6.13B) and sat on a $523B backlog. The reason: a $156B bet on AI data centers. They took on $58B in new debt. Their credit rating sits one step above junk. Cutting 30,000 jobs frees up $8-10B/year — every dollar goes into chips and buildings. The roles cut: DBAs, cloud ops, ERP specialists. The roles AI agents now handle at Oracle. This isn't just an Oracle story. Meta, Amazon, and Block made the same argument: AI enables leaner teams. The career lesson is simple — become the person building the automation, not the person being automated.
Full breakdown are here:

OpenAI Raised $122B at $852B Valuation — What Developers Should Know

Syed Abdul Basit — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 16:33:06 +0000

OpenAI just closed a $122 billion funding round at an $852 billion valuation. That's the largest private tech raise in history. The numbers that matter for developers: - Codex hit 2M weekly users, up 5x in 3 months - APIs process 15B+ tokens per minute - Enterprise revenue now exceeds 40% of total - An "AI superapp" merging ChatGPT + Codex + agents is coming - Multi-chip strategy: Nvidia, AMD, Cerebras, custom Broadcom silicon This isn't just a funding story. It reshapes the API ecosystem developers build on — pricing, infrastructure, and platform consolidation. I broke down the 7 things developers should pay attention to.
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Do We Need Claude ↔ GitHub Integration?

Syed Abdul Basit — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 17:09:11 +0000

"Should I connect Claude to GitHub?"
I get asked this a lot.
Honest answer: no, you don't need to.
If you write code locally, push to GitHub yourself, and use Claude for questions and code generation — you're fine. No integration required. But if you want Claude to read your entire repo, review PRs automatically, or turn GitHub issues into working pull requests with one @claude comment — that's where the integration earns its setup time. I broke down exactly when you need it and when you don't.
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Claude Setup for Developers: API to Production in 15 Minutes

Syed Abdul Basit — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 10:41:15 +0000

I spent 4 months building with Claude daily. Most developers treat it like a chatbot. It's not.

Claude gives you four paths: the Messages API for custom apps, the Agent SDK for agentic libraries, Claude Code for terminal coding, and claude.ai for browser work.

The difference between a productive setup and a frustrating one comes down to three files: your API key, CLAUDE.md, and your MCP config.

I wrote a setup guide covering everything from first API call to production workflows — verified against Anthropic's official March 2026 documentation.

What you'll learn:

API key setup and your first call in 5 minutes
Claude Code installation (one command, no IDE)
CLAUDE.md: the config file that makes Claude follow YOUR rules
MCP servers: connect GitHub, Slack, databases in one command
1M context window: standard on Opus 4.6 and Sonnet 4.6, no surcharge
Official pricing: $3/$15 Sonnet, $5/$25 Opus, 90% savings with prompt caching

Read the full guide on Medium:
https://medium.com/@umairsyedahmed282/claude-setup-for-developers-api-to-production-in-15-minutes-c4aa60107276

🚀 Agentic AI is no longer the future — it’s happening NOW in 2026

Syed Abdul Basit — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 14:24:57 +0000

👉 AI that doesn’t just assist… but actually acts.

From planning tasks to executing workflows autonomously, Agentic AI is changing how we work, build, and scale products.

💡 In this piece, I cover:

What Agentic AI really is (in simple terms)
How it’s different from traditional AI tools
Real-world use cases already transforming industries
The tools enabling this shift in 2026

The key idea?
Instead of asking “How can AI help me?”
We’re now asking “What can AI handle for me?”

This shift from reactive tools to goal-driven systems is massive — AI can now plan, decide, and execute multi-step tasks with minimal human input (ovaledge.com)

🔗 Read the full article here:
https://medium.com/@umairsyedahmed282/agentic-ai-explained-the-tools-that-do-tasks-for-you-in-2026-e1176c473418

Curious to hear your thoughts 👇
Are we ready to trust AI agents with real work?

AI #AgenticAI #ArtificialIntelligence #Automation #FutureOfWork #TechTrends #SoftwareEngineering