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Everything You Need to Know About Harness Engineering
AI agents can now write code, browse the web, and run for hours without a human watching. Ask one to build a feature, and it might open ten files, call five tools, and make a hundred small decisions before it ever shows you a result. That's a different animal [...]
Should Philippines Make Its Own Local Large Language Model?
As countries all around the world are beginning to seriously invest in their own models, there is a growing debate on whether the country should create its own local large language model. If we do, would it be cost-effective? And if it is, would it be beneficial? As [...]
How to Balance Business Goals with User Needs in UI/UX: A Data-Driven Approach
The Tug-of-War Balancing business goals with user needs in UI/UX is a challenge every designer eventually runs into. Users want fast, free, and beautiful experiences with no friction anywhere. The business, meanwhile, wants high conversion rates, low hosting costs, and a fast time-to-market. These two wish lists are not always [...]
UI/UX Design: Speeding Up the Creative Process with AI
The Builder's Mindset If you have ever stared at a blank Figma canvas with a deadline looming — a thesis defense, a hackathon demo, or just a personal app idea you finally want to ship — you already know that speed matters as much as polish. A traditional UI/UX [...]
Agentjacking: How Fake Sentry Errors Hijack AI Coding Agents
AI coding agents like Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex now do far more than autocomplete. They read source code, query observability platforms, open pull requests, and run terminal commands on developer machines. That expanded access is useful, but it also creates a problem most security teams have not accounted [...]
Build AI Apps Faster with Google AI Studio and Gemini
Artificial intelligence has become an essential part of modern software development. It helps developers build applications that understand natural language, generate content, analyze documents, write code, and automate complex tasks. While large language models (LLMs) make these features easier to use, integrating them into real applications still takes time. [...]
OpenRouter Explained: Access Multiple AI Models Through One API
The rapid advancement of generative AI has given developers access to an ever-growing collection of large language models from providers such as OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta, Mistral AI, and xAI. Each model offers different strengths, whether in reasoning, code generation, content creation, multilingual support, or cost efficiency. While having [...]
Build Your Own JARVIS AI Chatbot Interface using Vercel
Have you ever watched Tony Stark boot up his suits and wished you had your very own J.A.R.V.I.S. to help you code, research, or just manage your day? If you are just starting out with web development, you have probably noticed that most AI chatbot tutorials look exactly the [...]
Can’t Use the Terminal, Can’t Defend the Network: The Importance of Cybersecurity Degrees in the Philippines
Can't Use the Terminal, Can't Defend the Network: The Importance of Cybersecurity Degrees in the Philippines Open a job posting for a Security Operations Center (SOC) analyst, a penetration tester, or a systems administrator anywhere in the world, and one requirement shows up again and again: comfort with the [...]
PromptWars hackathon: students built AI apps
On June 20, 2026, thirty junior and senior high school students spent a day at Programmable Makati building working AI applications. The event was PromptWars: AI-Powered, Student-Built, a hackathon run by DEVCON Kids Philippines and Tutorials Dojo. This event demonstrated how beginners can build with high impact solutions [...]

Understanding the Importance of Bastion Hosts in AWS

This short article will discuss what a bastion host is and its importance in your cloud architecture. We will also talk about its various use cases, relevance, and the related processes of setting it up in the AWS Cloud. What is a Bastion Host? A Bastion host, often called a jump server, is critical to securing cloud environments. It acts as an intermediary providing secure access to resources in a private subnet without exposing [...]

Creating a Custom HTML Editor in React

This article guides you through integrating a TinyMCE WYSIWYG text editor into a React application which focuses only on the Text Area that displays the HTML code alongside the TinyMCE Text Editor. It covers setting up TinyMCE, managing state, and ensuring real-time updates between the text editor and text area. Whether you’re building a CMS, a blog platform, or an internal tool, this will help in the content editing experience of your users. How [...]

AWS Community Day Philippines 2024

The AWS Community Day Philippines 2024 is an exciting event for tech enthusiasts taking place on September 21-22, 2024, at the Arthaland Century Pacific Tower in BGC, Taguig. Hosted by the AWS User Group Philippines (AWSUG PH), this event is sure to have lots of knowledge-sharing and networking opportunities. What is AWS User Group Philippines? AWS User Group Philippines (AWSUG PH) is a Philippine-based user group made up of working professionals who are [...]

Understanding Security Groups and Network Access Control Lists (NACLs) in AWS

Security within cloud environments is a critical consideration, and AWS offers robust tools to ensure that your cloud infrastructure remains secure. Two critical components in AWS for managing security are Security Groups and Network Access Control Lists (NACLs). These tools act as virtual firewalls, controlling the traffic that enters and exits your Virtual Private Cloud (VPC). While they serve similar purposes, they operate differently and are used in distinct scenarios to provide layered security. [...]

Path-Based Routing with Application Load Balancer (AWS ALB): Efficiently Directing Traffic Based on URL Paths

An Application Load Balancer enables you to set up a listener with rules that direct incoming requests to target groups based on the URL. This capability is unique to Application Load Balancers and is not offered by other load balancer types like Classic Load Balancer, Network Load Balancer, and Gateway Load Balancer. The path pattern rules only apply to the path of the URL and do not consider the URL's query parameters. Path-based routing [...]

How to Change an AWS ACM Certificate on Amazon CloudFront Distribution

Before diving into the steps on how to change an AWS ACM-generated SSL Certificate, it’s important to understand the basics and benefits of this service. Having a solid understanding will provide context for the actions we are about to take and help us appreciate the value AWS Certificate Manager (ACM) brings to the table. What is the AWS Certificate Manager (ACM)? AWS Certificate Manager (ACM) is a service designed to streamline the provisioning, management, [...]

Real-Time AWS Health Dashboard Updates via Slack Notifications

In an organization or for users that use cloud services, staying updated with the status and health of cloud services is crucial. It's not just about maintaining operational efficiency and minimizing downtime; it's also about peace of mind and ensuring a seamless experience for both the team and customers. The AWS Health Dashboard provides detailed information about the health of AWS services and resources. To ensure timely awareness of any issues or updates, integrating [...]

Automated RDS Snapshot Management for Improved Data Security

The Automated Daily RDS Export ensures that daily snapshots of Amazon RDS instances are created and made shareable. While RDS takes daily snapshots automatically, these are not shareable by default. To address this, we copy the snapshots and share the copies with a designated backup account. This process uses AWS Lambda Functions and Amazon EventBridge to automate the task. EventBridge triggers the Lambda function daily, which handles copying and sharing the snapshots. This automation [...]

Solving HTTP 500 Errors by Increasing File Descriptor Limits

When it comes to web hosting and server management, facing HTTP 500 errors can be a challenging obstacle. Such errors frequently arise from file descriptor limits, which restrict the server's capacity to manage incoming requests efficiently. However, by understanding how to expand these limits, you can reduce the occurrence of HTTP 500 errors and guarantee more seamless operations for your web applications. Raising file descriptor limits helps fix HTTP 500 errors by enabling servers [...]

Exploring C++ with AWS Lambda Custom Runtime

AWS Lambda is a great service for running code without worrying about server management. While it traditionally supports languages like Python, Node.js, and Java, AWS now allows you to run code in any language using custom runtimes. In this blog post, I'll walk you through setting up a C++ Lambda function that calculates the Fibonacci series. We'll leverage the performance and efficiency of C++ to build a function that runs smoothly and showcases the [...]