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I Scanned 6 Popular Node.js Repos for Undocumented Environment Variables. Here's What I Found.
Dev.to · ckmtools 2mo ago
I Scanned 6 Popular Node.js Repos for Undocumented Environment Variables. Here's What I Found.
Using the GitHub search API to count process.env references and .env.example coverage across express, nest, fastify, strapi, keystone, and supabase. The results
I Compared 5 Python Text Analysis Libraries — Then Built a REST API Instead
Dev.to · ckmtools 2mo ago
I Compared 5 Python Text Analysis Libraries — Then Built a REST API Instead
textstat for readability, VADER for sentiment, yake for keywords — or one REST endpoint. A comparison of Python text analysis libraries and when an API makes mo
Why I Stopped Maintaining .env.example by Hand
Dev.to · ckmtools 2mo ago
Why I Stopped Maintaining .env.example by Hand
Every Node.js project has the same failure mode: .env.example goes out of date, someone misses a required var, something breaks in production. Here's the tool I
I Wrapped My Free npm Package as a Paid REST API — Here's the Architecture
Dev.to · ckmtools 2mo ago
I Wrapped My Free npm Package as a Paid REST API — Here's the Architecture
textlens is a free zero-dependency npm package for text analysis. Python developers kept asking for a Python version. I built a hosted REST API instead — here's
Why I Built a Readability Analyzer That Sends Your Text Nowhere
Dev.to · ckmtools 2mo ago
Why I Built a Readability Analyzer That Sends Your Text Nowhere
ProseScore analyzes your writing — readability, sentiment, keywords — entirely in the browser. No server, no tracking, no network calls during analysis. Here's
How I Got 6 GitHub Stars Without a Launch Event
Dev.to · ckmtools 2mo ago
How I Got 6 GitHub Stars Without a Launch Event
6 GitHub stars doesn't sound like much. But I didn't run a Show HN. I didn't launch on Product Hunt....
I Published 14 dev.to Articles About My npm Package — Here’s What Got Views
Dev.to · ckmtools 2mo ago
I Published 14 dev.to Articles About My npm Package — Here’s What Got Views
I published 14 dev.to articles about a single npm package in three weeks. Here is the data on what...
I Built an npm Package and Tracked Every Download for Two Weeks. Here's the Data.
Dev.to · ckmtools 2mo ago
I Built an npm Package and Tracked Every Download for Two Weeks. Here's the Data.
Two weeks ago I published textlens — a zero-dependency text analysis toolkit for Node.js. It does...
Add Readability Scoring to Your CI Pipeline (GitHub Actions)
Dev.to · ckmtools 2mo ago
Add Readability Scoring to Your CI Pipeline (GitHub Actions)
Your CI pipeline lints code, runs tests, and checks formatting. But what about your documentation? If...
How to Extract Keywords and Score Content Quality in Node.js
Dev.to · ckmtools 2mo ago
How to Extract Keywords and Score Content Quality in Node.js
Content teams at companies like HubSpot and Clearscope pay hundreds per month for keyword extraction...
Build a Hemingway Editor Clone with TypeScript in 50 Lines
Dev.to · ckmtools 2mo ago
Build a Hemingway Editor Clone with TypeScript in 50 Lines
The Hemingway Editor highlights hard-to-read sentences, flags adverbs, and shows your text's grade...
textlens vs text-readability vs natural: Which npm Package for Text Analysis?
Dev.to · ckmtools 2mo ago
textlens vs text-readability vs natural: Which npm Package for Text Analysis?
If you need text analysis in a Node.js project, npm gives you dozens of options. Three packages cover...
Every Readability Formula Explained (with JavaScript Examples)
Dev.to · ckmtools 2mo ago
Every Readability Formula Explained (with JavaScript Examples)
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I Replaced 5 npm Packages with One for Text Analysis
Dev.to · ckmtools 2mo ago
I Replaced 5 npm Packages with One for Text Analysis
Every project I built that needed text analysis ended up with the same dependency list: npm...
Sentiment Analysis in Node.js Without External APIs
Dev.to · ckmtools 2mo ago
Sentiment Analysis in Node.js Without External APIs
Add sentiment analysis to any Node.js app using the AFINN-165 lexicon. No paid APIs, no Python, no ML models. Working code examples with real output.
How to Score Text Readability in TypeScript (Zero Dependencies)
Dev.to · ckmtools 2mo ago
How to Score Text Readability in TypeScript (Zero Dependencies)
A practical guide to measuring readability with 8 proven formulas, sentiment analysis, and keyword extraction — all in one lightweight package.
Build a Content Quality Checker in 10 Lines of TypeScript
Dev.to · ckmtools 2mo ago
Build a Content Quality Checker in 10 Lines of TypeScript
import { readability, statistics, sentiment } from 'textlens'; const text = await...
How to Score Your Content for Readability and SEO with TypeScript
Dev.to · ckmtools 2mo ago
How to Score Your Content for Readability and SEO with TypeScript
Use textlens — a zero-dependency TypeScript toolkit — to measure readability, sentiment, SEO, and more. Works as a library and CLI.