10+ min ago (163+ words) Hello everyone! I want to show you how to run Cypress autotests in parallel if you use Allure reports for your project. You should have allure before running allure generate command. When we run all Cypress autotests in 1 thread, it spends ~1 minute 46 seconds and creates allure results. For creating allure report you can use allure generate allure-results-1 command. Result: allure-report: When we run all Cypress autotests in multiple threads, it spends ~39 seconds and creates allure results. For creating allure report you can use allure generate allure-results command. Result: allure-report You spend approximately 2 times less time, but get the same report. Full code you can find in this github repo. Thanks for reading this article! I hope it helps you to run your Cypress autotests in parallel with Allure reports. If something went wrong, let me know here, or you can…...

11+ min ago (77+ words) Last week I needed to find a conversation where I'd solved an auth bug. I knew it existed somewhere in my 2500 Claude Code sessions. claude --resume searches titles. The title was "Help Debugging". Helpful. 5 minutes of scrolling later, I gave up and rewrote the fix from scratch. So I built recall: Full-text search. Preview pane. Press Enter to resume. Windows Download from releases That's it. Start typing to search. Enter to jump back in....

19+ min ago (617+ words) Originally published on Entropic Drift Over the past few weeks, I've been migrating Prodigy'my Rust-based AI workflow orchestration tool'to use functional programming patterns from Stillwater, a library I built for applicative validation and effect handling in Rust. The migration touched variable aggregation, environment access, and workflow execution. Not every change was revolutionary, but three patterns produced outsized benefits in testability, safety, and code clarity. This post breaks down each one with concrete before/after comparisons. The Problem: Prodigy's MapReduce workflows aggregate results from parallel AI agents. Before the migration, aggregation logic was scattered across custom merge implementations'each aggregate type (count, sum, average, etc.) had its own ad-hoc combination logic with no consistency guarantees. The Solution: Implement the Semigroup trait from Stillwater, which provides a single combine operation with a mathematical guarantee: associativity. This property means results can be combined in…...

22+ min ago (143+ words) As software development continues to evolve, the need for collaboration between development teams (dev) and operations teams (ops) has become increasingly important. This is where DevOps comes in " a set of practices that aims to bridge the gap between these two traditionally separate groups. Before we dive into what DevOps is, let's take a look at some of the problems that exist in traditional dev and ops environments: DevOps is a cultural shift in the way software development and operations teams work together. Its primary goal is to ensure that these two teams are aligned and working towards the same objectives: Here are some key principles that underpin the DevOps philosophy: So what are the benefits of adopting a DevOps approach? Here are just a few: Implementing a DevOps approach requires careful planning and execution. Here are some strategies to…...

23+ min ago (770+ words) Audio's Invisible Battleground: Decoding Watermark Removal Imagine AI composing the perfect soundtrack, only to have it stolen and reused without credit. Watermarks, the digital equivalent of a signature, are supposed to prevent this. But what if those signatures can be erased? Welcome to the complex world of audio watermark removal. The core concept revolves around using AI to intelligently separate a watermark signal from its host audio. This isn't simply about noise reduction. It involves a carefully trained model learning the characteristics of the specific watermarking technique being used, and then surgically extracting it, leaving the original audio relatively untouched. Think of it like removing graffiti from a delicate painting " requiring precision and understanding of both the paint and the surface beneath. This isn't just about piracy; understanding watermark removal is crucial for evaluating watermark robustness and developing better defensive…...

23+ min ago (220+ words) JavaScript lets us freely mutate objects: But this doesn't trigger any change detection " unless we use a large framework like React, Vue, MobX, or Immer. Most existing solutions rely on: " Immutable updates (React setState) " Deep cloning (performance cost) " Heavy reactivity systems (Vue, MobX) " Framework-specific abstractions " Large bundles just to track simple changes Sometimes, we just want something: " Tiny " Framework-agnostic " Native mutation " Safe and reactive That's why I built VRef. VRef is a tiny JavaScript utility that lets you: " Mutate values directly (no immutability, no cloning) " Get notified when changes happen " Works with objects, arrays, Maps, Sets " Safe with Garbage Collection " Works in both browser & Node.js " Key point: You mutate normally, but VRef detects and reports changes. Most libraries force you to use: But sometimes, you just want to write this: And still know when and what changed " without deep…...

29+ min ago (525+ words) Quick and Easy Ways to Combine PDFs If you need to merge PDFs online or combine documents on your computer, there are several quick methods that don't require a lot of time or technical expertise. Here's a look at some of the most efficient options: Many online PDF combiner tools, like Lumin, allow you to upload and merge your PDF files in just a few clicks. These tools are designed for simplicity and speed, making them perfect for users who need to merge files quickly without downloading software. If you need more control over the merging process or work with PDFs frequently, desktop software like Adobe Acrobat Pro can offer more advanced features, such as batch merging and editing. For those who don't want to use third-party tools, both Mac and Windows provide built-in features to merge PDFs. These options…...

33+ min ago (284+ words) [ ] Several new main issues, currently we're working on: Easiness of deployment " Docker: provide Dockerfiles, docker-compose examples, and documented deployment steps; aim for one-command startup. Output BotId while starting a bot " log/display the BotId at startup for tracking and debugging. Botticelli.Framework unit tests " create and run unit tests for the Botticelli.Framework components. Target coverage " minimum 30% unit test coverage for Botticelli.Framework. Several new main issues, currently we're working on: - Easiness of deployment " Docker: provide Dockerfiles, docker-compose examples, and documented deployment steps; aim for one-command startup. - Output BotId while starting a bot " log/display the BotId at startup for tracking and debugging. - Botticelli.Framework unit tests " create and run unit tests for the Botticelli.Framework components. Target coverage " minimum 30% unit test coverage for Botticelli.Framework. Templates let you quickly answer FAQs or store snippets for re-use. Are you sure…...

37+ min ago (756+ words) I publish content across multiple platforms: my blog at nickyt.co, my newsletter at OneTipAWeek.com, and videos on my YouTube channel as well as work videos and videos where I'm a guest. I got fed up with manual updates so I decided to automate it. My GitHub profile at github.com/nickytonline now stays current automatically, pulling in my latest content without me lifting a finger. Here's how I built it. First, the basics. GitHub has this neat feature where if you create a public repository with the same name as your username (in my case, nickytonline/nickytonline), it becomes a special profile repository. The README.md file in this repo displays directly on your profile page. You can follow GitHub's official guide to set this up, but the basic steps are: Most people know this part and stop…...

40+ min ago (310+ words) Taking on a new challenge: solving GeeksforGeeks POTD daily and sharing my solutions! " The goal: sharpen problem-solving skills, level up coding, and learn something new every day. Follow my journey! " 100DaysOfCode #CodingChallenge #ProblemSolving #GeeksforGeeks #DeveloperJourney Problem: https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/problems/count-of-distinct-substrings/1 Count of distinct substrings Difficulty: Medium Accuracy: 40.21% Given a string s consisting of lowercase English characters, determine the total number of distinct non-empty substrings present in the string. A substring is defined as a contiguous block of characters within the string. Two substrings are considered distinct if their contents differ, even if they originate from different positions in the string. Note: The empty substring is not counted. Examples : Input: s = "ababa" Output: 9 Explanation: All distinct substrings of "ababa" are: "a", "b", "ab", "ba", "aba", "bab", "abab", "baba", "ababa". Input: s = "aaa" Output: 3 Explanation: The distinct substrings of "aaa" are: "a", "aa", "aaa". Constraints: 1 " s.size…...