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Dev.to · Nico Acosta
1d ago
The Linear CLI Linear never shipped: driving your tracker from the terminal
Linear has no first-party CLI, so the community built a dozen, most of them aimed at AI agents. Here is the honest roundup, and the case for a tracker that ship
Dev.to · Nico Acosta
🔧 Backend Engineering
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1d ago
How to Screenshot a Website from a URL (No Browser Needed)
Skip the headless browser setup. Learn the three ways to capture a screenshot from a URL, and when a screenshot API beats Puppeteer or Playwright for production
Dev.to · Nico Acosta
2d ago
Linear vs Jira, and the third option neither names
An honest Linear vs Jira comparison: Linear wins on speed and developer experience, Jira wins on enterprise breadth and customization. Then the question both le
Dev.to · Nico Acosta
2d ago
Puppeteer vs Playwright for Screenshots: Which Should You Use?
A practical comparison of Puppeteer and Playwright for taking screenshots: API ergonomics, full-page capture, cross-browser support, speed, and when a hosted AP
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
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.
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
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
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,
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
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
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
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.
Dev.to · Nico Acosta
📣 Digital Marketing & Growth
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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
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.
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
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
Dev.to · Nico Acosta
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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.
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