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WordPress 7.1 Abilities API: expose plugin actions to AI safely
What the Abilities API changed in WordPress 7.1: the public flag, filtered discovery, lifecycle hooks and typed REST input, with a working ability.
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Guides topic
Development
Tutorials and troubleshooting for Laravel and PHP, JavaScript, Next.js, React, NestJS and Node.js.
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Resource guide
Modern JavaScript built-ins you can use in 2026: a browser support checklist
A practical October 2026 checklist of modern JavaScript built-ins, from Object.groupBy and Set methods to iterator helpers, RegExp.escape and Base64 on Uint8Array, with first supporting browser versions and what still needs a fallback.
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Product review
Hyvä Theme review 2026: free, fast and what still costs money
Hyvä Theme became free and open source in November 2025. Our 2026 review covers requirements, 2.4.9 support, extension compatibility and the paid add-ons.
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Tutorial
How to cancel fetch requests in React with AbortController
Stale responses are a common React bug. Learn how to abort fetch calls in useEffect cleanups, add timeouts with AbortSignal.timeout() and AbortSignal.any(), cancel search requests and wrap it all in a reusable hook.
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Tutorial
How to read MySQL EXPLAIN and EXPLAIN ANALYZE to fix a slow query
A hands-on walkthrough of MySQL's EXPLAIN, FORMAT=TREE and EXPLAIN ANALYZE on MySQL 8.4 and 9.7 LTS: which columns matter, how to read the iterator tree, and how a composite index removes a full scan and a filesort.
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Troubleshooting guide
Get valid JSON from LLMs every time with structured outputs
Stop parsing broken JSON from LLMs. How structured outputs work on the Claude and OpenAI APIs, the schema rules that cause 400s, and how to handle refusals.
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Tutorial
How to secure PHP dependencies with Composer 2.10 dependency policies
Composer 2.10 added dependency policies that block malware and vulnerable package versions. Learn the defaults, configure config.policy in composer.json, run composer audit in CI and deploy from a committed lock file.
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Architecture guide
Stripe subscription billing architecture that survives webhooks
Design Stripe subscriptions for a SaaS that stay correct when webhooks repeat or arrive out of order: data model, verified endpoint, worker and access rules.
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Comparison
MCP vs A2A vs Agentic Resource Discovery: what AI developers need to know
MCP connects agents to tools, A2A connects agents to other agents, and ARD helps agents find and verify both. What each does, their status in 2026 and how they fit.
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Fast, reliable CakePHP 5 tests: fixtures, strategies and mocks
A practical CakePHP 5 testing setup: schema from migrations, strict fixtures, TransactionStrategy, table and integration tests, and mocks with mockModel().
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Tutorial
Build a RAG customer-support assistant with Laravel, Gemini and pgvector
A Laravel 13 support assistant that answers from your help centre with citations: Gemini Embedding 2, pgvector search, grounding checks, human hand-off and evals.
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Resource guide
Harden GitHub Actions workflows: a 10-point security checklist
CI workflows hold your deploy keys and tokens. This checklist covers SHA pinning, least-privilege GITHUB_TOKEN, script injection, pull_request_target and OIDC.
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