Ten lines of code that changed my world

kept by eddie oct 02

The author shares how a mere ten-line script automated a repetitive task, dramatically improving their daily productivity and reshaping their approach to work.

TIL: You can make HTTP requests without curl using Bash /dev/TCP
Bash's /dev/tcp feature allows making HTTP requests by opening a raw TCP socket and writing the request manually, useful when curl or wget are absent.
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Introducing Stagehand v4: The SDK for browser agents.
Stagehand v4 moves browser automation state management into a Chrome extension, enabling feature-parity SDKs in TypeScript, Python, and Go by treating the remote browser as the source of truth.
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Mechanical sympathy
Good engineers possess mechanical sympathy—an intuitive feel for affordances and boundaries—which current AI coding agents lack, leading to context-blind fixes and poor product design.
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