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dev.to > _a4ce306f0a3e42a7d5751 > how-image-tinting-works-blend-modes-explained-with-code-38fj

How Image Tinting Works: Blend Modes, Explained with Code

4+ hour, 58+ min ago   (22+ words) Tinting is about the simplest photo effect there is: take one solid color, layer it over an image,... Tagged with ai, javascript....

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dev.to > joemetry > three-design-to-code-rules-most-developers-ignore-that-will-make-you-a-better-engineer-4o4p

Three Design-to-Code Rules Most Developers Ignore (That Will Make You a Better Engineer)

11+ hour, 22+ min ago   (488+ words) Bridging the gap between Figma mockups and production UI doesn't require complex new frameworks—it requires system thinking. Too often, developers treat design handoffs as a guessing game of hex codes, pixel measurements, and visual trial-and-error. By establishing strict design-to-code…...

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dev.to > dev_truth_f4c8f876c > a-floor-plan-is-more-than-pixels-getting-dxf-exports-to-preserve-meaning-1kmg

A floor plan is more than pixels: getting DXF exports to preserve meaning

16+ hour, 52+ min ago   (653+ words) A wall can look right in a browser and still arrive in CAD at the wrong size. The difficult part of an export feature is preserving what the geometry means. I’m building FloorDraft, a manual 2D floor-plan editor. These are concrete…...

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dev.to > steefjan_wiggers_34a415b > same-kitchen-two-doors-one-maitre-d-510

Same Kitchen, Two Doors, One Maître d"

17+ hour, 9+ min ago   (201+ words) In MCP vs API Is the Wrong Question I deployed one Azure Functions app that exposes the same backend... Tagged with ai, azure, mcp, api....

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dev.to > james_anderson_h > the-purple-gradient-problem-why-ai-ui-all-looks-alike-and-how-to-fix-it-3j65

The Purple Gradient Problem: Why AI UI All Looks Alike (and How to Fix It)

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (799+ words) You can spot it in about three seconds. There's even an origin story. In August 2025, Adam Wathan — the creator of Tailwind CSS — posted a half-serious apology on X that got over a million views. He was sorry, he said, for…...

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dev.to > javadinteger > w3-web-world-war-how-to-compare-the-art-of-fair-comparison-in-tech-2bj3

W3 (Web World War): How to Compare — The Art of Fair Comparison in Tech

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (1089+ words) Welcome to the first chapter of a brand new series: W3 — Web World War. But before you sharpen your pitchforks, let me be clear: this series is not about declaring a winner. It's about something far more dangerous, far more common,…...

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dev.to > adioof > ai-generated-websites-are-the-word-art-era-all-over-again-42j0

AI-generated websites are the Word Art era all over again

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (1178+ words) Do you recall Word Art? That rainbow gradient, arched text monster on every 90s school flyer. We are currently experiencing a resurgence of this technology, but this time it is used to create complete websites. ## The tell is already showing Frontend…...

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dev.to > renanfranca > what-changed-when-the-same-kata-needed-a-ui-bco

What Changed When the Same Kata Needed a UI

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (720+ words) I gave the same Hangman UI kata to three Codex models using only one prompt each and watched how Seed4J CLI helped them plan, fix mistakes and keep going. Tagged with ai, agents, webdev, showdev....

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dev.to > turtleand > design-around-humans-4f50

Design Around Humans

1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (202+ words) An agent can complete a task independently. That does not make the human irrelevant. We are the fragile part of the interaction. Attention runs out. Fatigue weakens judgment. Understanding takes time. Systems should protect those limits, not overwhelm us with…...

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dev.to > rushan123 > how-to-add-country-icons-to-a-vue-3-app-13db

How to add country icons to a Vue 3 app

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (632+ words) That is the whole path. Below: sizing, color, accessibility, and picking an icon when you only know the country at runtime. Add the package to your project: The package ships as ES modules and sets "sideEffects": false. Vite reads your…...