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93 Million Tokens, One Very Bad Afternoon

May 10, 2026

OpenAISecurityIndie DevAPI

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The Quest for England's River Health Data: A Developer's Odyssey

April 15, 2026

Open DataEnvironmentPythonRiverWatch

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Someone Tried to Bankrupt My Cloud App With Broken Images and Bad Intentions

April 2, 2026

FirebaseSecurityIndie DevCloud Point

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Escaping the App Trap: Redefining Success in an Attention Economy

October 27, 2025

App BuildingEthicsCreativityPersonal Growth

Why I Finally Gave Up With Android (and Why You Might Too)

October 24, 2025

AndroidApp DevelopmentFlutteriOSIndie Dev

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Life Lessons From Digging A Hole (and How It’s Like Building an App)

October 7, 2025

LifePersonal GrowthApp Building