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I built a client-side trade document validator — no upload, no server, just the browser

The problem I kept hitting: an international invoice with a line total that's off by a cent, or an H…

PDF Compression in 5 Steps: 80MB to 8MB Case Study

PDF Compression in 5 Steps: 80MB to 8MB Case Study You receive an 80MB scanned contract PDF. It bo…

Stop Signup Email Drift Between Frontend and API

I keep seeing the same signup bug in otherwise solid products: the frontend says "verification email…

How to Verify US Security Guard Licenses via API (Python, JavaScript, cURL)

How to Verify US Security Guard Licenses via API (Python, JavaScript, cURL) Tags: api, python, jav…

REST vs GraphQL vs gRPC: When to Use Which in 2026

REST vs GraphQL vs gRPC: When to Use Which in 2026 I've built APIs with all three over the past fe…

I let an AI write 6 WebGL hero sections — here's the one-CSS-variable reskin trick, and the honest review count

I've been building SDTK, a toolkit that puts real gates in front of AI-written code instead of trust…

Enhancing AI Memory with Usage…

Originally published at norvik.tech Introduction Explore the innovative memory engine f…

Connect Two WebRTC Peers with Manual Signaling

WebRTC does not define how two peers exchange connection details. Normally that job belongs to a Web…

Building a Dice Roller That Teaches Probability: Batches, Histograms, and CSV

A dice roller looks like a one-line project: const value = Math.floor(Math.random() * 6) + 1; …

Best Wordle Alternative Games: Top Word Puzzle Games to Play Online in 2026

Why Wordle Alternatives Are Taking Over 2026 Since Wordle exploded onto the scene in 2022, million…

Parallelizing Python Loops wit…

Originally published at norvik.tech Introduction Explore how Lucen enables parallel exe…

I Spent 10x Longer Debugging AI Code Than Writing It — Here's What Changed

I remember the first time I used an AI assistant to write production code. I was ecstatic. A feature…