#devchallenge#hf26challenge#gemma#go
Here Lies My Toaster
This is a submission for the Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 4: Ghost in the Machine ...
Nazar Boyko7 min read
Author profile
Nazar Boyko
Software engineer, backend & AI-focused. Node.js, TypeScript, Go, PHP/Laravel, AWS. I write a lot about reliable systems and AI agents that actually ship. More at nazarboyko.com
Articles by @nazar-boyko
Browse the latest writing surfaced through DevArt.
Nazar Boyko7 min read
#devchallenge#hf26challenge#ai#go
A Local AI Reads My Kid’s School Papers So I Don’t Have To
This is a submission for the Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 3: Slow and Steady Every...
Nazar Boyko6 min read
#devchallenge#hf26challenge#opensource#ai
I Let AI Translate My YouTube Titles. Then I Asked What It Actually Said.
This is a submission for the Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 2: Side Hustle ...
Nazar Boyko7 min read
#devchallenge#kagglechallenge#ai#machinelearning
The Models Read the Release Notes. I Measured the Runtime.
This is a submission for the Kaggle Benchmarking Challenge What I Benchmarked I've...
Nazar Boyko12 min read
#devchallenge#hf26challenge#opensource#ai
Tabs to Trails: My Unread Tabs Became Walks, Made on My Own Laptop
This is a submission for the Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 1: Touch Grass ...
Nazar Boyko7 min read
#devchallenge#weekendchallenge#hf26challenge#ai
My Six-Year-Old Can't Do Five Things at Once, So His Screen Shows One
One Thing shows a kid one step of a routine at a time. Gemma 4 writes the mission on my laptop, and I approve every word first.
Nazar Boyko8 min read
#devchallenge#sanitychallenge#sanity#ai
Side Project Graveyard: a proper burial for dead repos
This is a submission for the Sanity Challenge, Path Two: Vibe-Code Something Strange What I...
Nazar Boyko11 min read
#discuss#ai#programming#webdev
When to Stop Asking the AI to Fix Its Own Fix?
A few weeks ago I ran into one of those bugs that looked simple enough that I kept thinking the next...
Nazar Boyko6 min read
#ai#discuss#react#vue
The AI Writes Better React than Vue
In May 2025 a team at ByteDance published Web-Bench, a coding benchmark with an unusual detail tucked...
Nazar Boyko8 min read
#discuss#react#vue#javascript
React and Vue Are Turning Into the Same Framework
Before diving into this article, I have to say that I haven't been a front-end developer for a very,...
Nazar Boyko14 min read
#laravel#php#programming#webdev
Laravel Is Not As Heavy As You Think
Recently I came across another discussion about Laravel's memory usage and I can't say that it was...
Nazar Boyko17 min read
#go#performance#programming#webdev
A Million Go Map Entries Take 38MB, Not 16MB
A few months ago, I noticed an issue with the internal structure of the new Go map—specifically...
Nazar Boyko17 min read
#php#performance#webdev#programming
I Added One Key to a PHP Array. It Cost 25 MB of Memory
I was recently refactoring some legacy PHP code and noticed that the same data array was being used...
Nazar Boyko16 min read
#discuss#ai#agents#codequality
I Stopped Reviewing Code And Started Reviewing Agents
I had an incident at work where an AI-powered agent made a change that passed CI and seemed entirely...
Nazar Boyko9 min read
#discuss#ai#productivity#career
Has AI Made You A Lazier Developer? Be Honest.
Haven't you ever wondered if this AI vibe coding has made us lazy? Who's been solving problems on...
Nazar Boyko4 min read
#devchallenge#weekendchallenge#solana#go
You write one kind sentence. I donate a dime. A blockchain makes sure I do.
This is a submission for the DEV Weekend Challenge: Generosity Edition. Update, September 14. The...
Nazar Boyko9 min read
#ai#career#code#codenewbie
Stop Copy-Pasting AI Code You Don't Understand
Pasting AI code because it runs feels productive and for today it is! I this post I want to explain...
Nazar Boyko6 min read
#discuss#career#ai#learning
Should You Still Learn to Code If AI Can Do It?
Every beginner is quietly asking the same thing in 2026: why learn to code when the AI model can...
Nazar Boyko9 min read
#go#performance#programming#webdev
I Spawned 1000000 Goroutines. Here's Where 13 GB of RAM Went.
Ask any Go developer what a goroutine costs and you'll get the same answer with the exact byte count:...
Nazar Boyko11 min read
#ai#mcp#security#architecture
Your .mcp.json Is a Backdoor Nobody Reviewed
Everyone has probably tried adding an MCP server and knows that it only takes a few lines of JSON....
Nazar Boyko17 min read
#discuss#ai#git#career
Should AI-Generated Code Be Labeled in Your Git History?
The Linux kernel, Fedora, and LLVM now require an “Assisted-by” tag on patches created with the help...
Nazar Boyko10 min read
#devchallenge#bugsmash#ai#security
Our AI Persona Passed Every Test, Then Started Doing Code Reviews
This is a submission for DEV's Summer Bug Smash: Smash Stories powered by Sentry. A quick note...
Nazar Boyko6 min read
#devchallenge#weekendchallenge#go#webdev
GOOD DOG: you are the dog, and the dog is real
This is a submission for Weekend Challenge: Dog Days Edition What I Built A game where...
Nazar Boyko10 min read
#frontendchallenge#devchallenge#css
The Pot - a borscht in pure CSS
This is a submission for Frontend Challenge - Comfort Food Edition, CSS Art. ...
Nazar Boyko3 min read
#devchallenge#frontendchallenge#webdev#javascript
Still Warm: a museum where comfort food is the art
This is a submission for Frontend Challenge - Comfort Food Edition, Perfect Landing Most food...
Nazar Boyko12 min read
#php#webdev#ai#discuss
PHP for AI? It Makes More Sense Than You Think
Say "AI" in a room full of developers and a pecking order forms on its own. Python sits at the top,...
Nazar Boyko8 min read
#ai#php#laravel#security
Prompt Injection Is a Laravel Problem Now
Here is a Laravel feature that takes five lines: use Prism\Prism\Facades\Tool; $lookupOrder =...
Nazar Boyko10 min read
#discuss#javascript#typescript#performance
TypeScript 7 Went Native: What Actually Changes And What Doesn't
Everyone's heard by now that TypeScript "went native." And I keep seeing the same wrong conclusion...
Nazar Boyko8 min read
#security#ai#webdev#programming
Slopsquatting: The Supply Chain Attack That Weaponizes AI Hallucinations
Typosquatting bets on your typo. Slopsquatting bets on your AI assistant. When a model invents a...
Nazar Boyko11 min read
#ai#discuss#career#programming
The Junior Developer Pipeline Is Broken... And AI Broke It
Everyone agrees AI makes senior engineers more valuable. Almost nobody asks where the next generation...
Nazar Boyko9 min readAdvertisement