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8 African Startups That Raised Big Money in 2026 And What It Says About the Ecosystem
African startups raised $1.44 billion in the first half of 2026 alone. Here are eight companies leading that wave and the bigger story behind fewer, bigger deals.
When the Hacker Is an AI: Inside the First Fully Autonomous Ransomware Attack
Sysdig documented JadePuffer the first ransomware run end-to-end by an AI agent, no human at the keyboard, that broke in and destroyed a production database.
Oracle Cuts 21,000 Jobs and Blames AI Directly in Its SEC Filing
lots of thousand of workers has been layed of by oracle, the ceo adams smith has blamed the riseof artificial intelligence for the cuts of jobsacross most of it sectors
The Companies Behind Elon Musk's Business Empire
From electric cars to rockets, brain implants to AI, Elon Musk's business empire spans a tightly interlocking web of companies. Here's what each one does and how they now connect.
10 Nigerians Building Billion-Dollar Startups in the US
From a scheduling app worth $3 billion to a healthcare company valued at $5.7 billion, these ten Nigerian founders are proving that world-class innovation has no borders.
5 Signs Your Auto Repair Shop's Website Is Costing You Customers
Most auto repair shops lose customers online before they ever pick up the phone. Here are five warning signs your website might be driving business straight to your competitors.
Why Strayks: Software That Actually Fits Nigerian Businesses
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From Fintech Visionary to Global Messenger: Kunal Shah’s New Chapter at WhatsApp
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The $370 Billion Crash: How Elon Musk Lost His Trillionaire Crown in Just 8 Days
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The Founder’s Blueprint: Mastering the Mechanics of Tech Startups
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Why Every Startup Is Suddenly Talking About AI Agents (And What That Actually Means)
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SpaceX Pays $60 Billion for Cursor and Rewrites the Rules of Tech M&A
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AI Agents Are Replacing Traditional Apps — Should Your Business Care Yet?
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Why Every Startup Is Suddenly Talking About AI Agents (And What That Actually Means)
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Why We Built Strayks: Software That Actually Fits Nigerian Businesses
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Google Gemini AI: Features, Uses & Why It’s Taking Over in 2026
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Why Every Business Needs AI Integration in 2025
AI is no longer a luxury reserved for tech giants. In 2025, businesses that ignore AI integration are already falling behind. Here is what you need to know.
How Much Does It Cost to Build an App in 2026? The Honest Answer
Most agencies give you a number without explaining what drives it. We break down exactly what affects app development costs so you can budget with confidence.
Next.js vs Everything Else — Why Strayks Builds With It
After building products in multiple frameworks, we standardized on Next.js for almost everything. Here is the detailed reasoning behind that decision.
What Is DevOps and Why Your Startup Cannot Afford to Skip It
DevOps sounds like a buzzword but it is the difference between a product that scales and one that breaks under pressure. Here is what it actually means.
Web Development
Live from Dev.toI Hashed Every Word Twice to Count It Once
I was profiling a log parser last week. Nothing dramatic, it just counts how often each error code...
7.8 MB of Keys I Allocated Just to Throw Away
A profiler trace put me on a code path I'd never once suspected: a request handler that reads a blob...
Your browser renders everything, even what you can't see — `content-visibility: auto` fixes that
When you open a long page — a news feed, an admin table, a documentation article — the browser lays...
React 19's useOptimistic Fixed My Instant UI. Then Combining It With useActionState Broke My Reset Button
Part 1 was about waiting well. This one is about not waiting at all, and about a couple of mistakes I...
Your AI agent can't design images. It can write HTML.
Diffusion models can't do layout, but your agent already writes HTML. MCP setup for Claude Code and Cursor, plus the self-review loop that makes it work.
How I Built a Self-Employment Tax Calculator with Zero Dependencies
When you get a W-2, the government takes its cut before you ever see the money. Social Security,...
AI & Machine Learning
Live from Dev.toUnderstanding Over Origin: The Missing Friction
A few days ago, I wrote "Understanding Over Origin" and it got alot of engagement and I'm really...
Designing MCP Tools for a 7B Model, Not a 70B One
I built an agentic assistant for battery engineering. A physics-based digital twin runs the actual...
How Do You Build an Evaluation Harness for AI Agents?
You have an agent that works. Now someone asks how you know, and the honest answer is that you tried...
I wrote down 61 rules, then failed my own repos
Nobody starts a library because they wanted to write a SECURITY.md. You start it because there is a...
Your AI agent can't design images. It can write HTML.
Diffusion models can't do layout, but your agent already writes HTML. MCP setup for Claude Code and Cursor, plus the self-review loop that makes it work.
Your model doesn't need to pass the bar exam. It needs to parse a log file.
Intro Every few weeks, another frontier model claims a new benchmark, better reasoning,...
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Mobile Development
Live from Dev.toExploring Form Management Patterns in Flutter with BlocSignal
Master form handling in Flutter with BlocSignal. Learn how to separate Primary vs. Derived state using computed signals, compare 3 clean form architectural patterns, and pick the right one for your app.
Tenía 100% de cobertura y aun así se cayó producción
Hoy buena parte del código que entra a mis proyectos lo escribe un modelo. No es un experimento, es...
How I Made Features in a Large Flutter App Actually Removable
"Just delete the features you don't need" is the easiest thing in the world to write in a README, and...
تطبيق طلب سيارات: خمسة قرارات معمارية تُحسم قبل أول سطر كود
بنينا منصة نقل ركاب كاملة: تطبيق للراكب، وتطبيق للسائق، ولوحة تحكم، وواجهة برمجية من أربعين مسارًا....
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Live from Dev.toUnderstanding Over Origin: The Missing Friction
A few days ago, I wrote "Understanding Over Origin" and it got alot of engagement and I'm really...
I Hashed Every Word Twice to Count It Once
I was profiling a log parser last week. Nothing dramatic, it just counts how often each error code...
7.8 MB of Keys I Allocated Just to Throw Away
A profiler trace put me on a code path I'd never once suspected: a request handler that reads a blob...
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