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The Best Visual Regression Testing Tools (Open Source and SaaS)
Dev.to · Nico Acosta 3d ago
The Best Visual Regression Testing Tools (Open Source and SaaS)
A practical rundown of the best visual regression testing tools in 2026, open source and SaaS, plus how to feed any of them consistent screenshots of deployed U
Understanding .env and .env.local Files
Dev.to · Nico Acosta 3d ago
Understanding .env and .env.local Files
Learn the difference between .env and .env.local files for local development and shared configurations.
Why is Jira so slow? A field guide to the 200-requests-per-ticket problem
Dev.to · Nico Acosta 4d ago
Why is Jira so slow? A field guide to the 200-requests-per-ticket problem
Jira feels slow because of how it is built: a page that fans out into dozens of round trips before it shows you a ticket. Here is what is actually happening, an
How to Take Screenshots in Playwright (Full Page, Elements, CI)
Dev.to · Nico Acosta 4d ago
How to Take Screenshots in Playwright (Full Page, Elements, CI)
Everything you need to take screenshots in Playwright: the viewport default, full-page captures, element-level shots, and wiring it all into CI. Plus when to re
Radial vs Linear: same speed, no meter, one locked price
Dev.to · Nico Acosta 5d ago
Radial vs Linear: same speed, no meter, one locked price
Linear is the best tracker of the AI era, and its agents already ride free. Radial is the one that refused the meter: one flat locked price, a first-class CLI,
Boring on purpose: the tool that disappears is the one that survives 2026
Dev.to · Nico Acosta 6d ago
Boring on purpose: the tool that disappears is the one that survives 2026
AI fatigue is now a named condition. The counter-trend is calm, durable software that gets out of the way. Here is why a boring issue tracker is the one still s
Issue tracking isn't dead. Your tracker just got bored of you.
Dev.to · Nico Acosta 6d ago
Issue tracking isn't dead. Your tracker just got bored of you.
The most-loved issue tracker declared the category over and pivoted to agent management. The category is fine. Someone still has to keep building the fast, bori
How to Export Your Lovable Project and Accelerate Development
Dev.to · Nico Acosta 6d ago
How to Export Your Lovable Project and Accelerate Development
Have you reached the limits of Lovable? This guide will walk you through exporting your project to GitHub in under 15 minutes to continue building with AI agent
I Built a Vibe Coding Mess, GitHub Was the Start of Taking Back Control
Dev.to · Nico Acosta 6d ago
I Built a Vibe Coding Mess, GitHub Was the Start of Taking Back Control
Your AI coding tool built 80% of your app, then started breaking things. Learn how Git lets you experiment fearlessly and launch in weeks, not months.
How to Capture a Full-Page Screenshot in Google Chrome
Dev.to · Nico Acosta 📣 Digital Marketing & Growth ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
How to Capture a Full-Page Screenshot in Google Chrome
Capture a full-page screenshot in Chrome with built-in DevTools, no extension required. Plus the keyboard shortcut, the extension route, and how to automate it
Full-Page Screenshots in Puppeteer (and When an API Is Faster)
Dev.to · Nico Acosta 1w ago
Full-Page Screenshots in Puppeteer (and When an API Is Faster)
How to take screenshots in Puppeteer: full page, specific elements, and high quality. Plus the failure modes that make people switch to a hosted screenshot API.
How to Generate Dynamic OG Images from Any URL
Dev.to · Nico Acosta 1w ago
How to Generate Dynamic OG Images from Any URL
Generate a unique Open Graph image for every page by pointing a screenshot API at your HTML template. One template, zero design work, scales to any number of pa
Open Graph Image Sizes and Dimensions: The Complete 2026 Guide
Dev.to · Nico Acosta 1w ago
Open Graph Image Sizes and Dimensions: The Complete 2026 Guide
The right Open Graph image size is 1200 by 630 pixels. Here are the exact dimensions for Facebook, X, LinkedIn, Slack, and Discord, plus how to generate OG imag
The Babysitting is Over: A New Plan for AI Coding
Dev.to · Nico Acosta 💻 AI-Assisted Coding ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
The Babysitting is Over: A New Plan for AI Coding
The promise of agentic AI coding was a tireless partner. What professional engineering teams got is a distractable intern that needs babysitting.