Hey there,

Welcome to our newsletter, where we keep you up-to-date with community happenings.

• We are currently reviewing submissions to our latest frontend challenge. If you're interested in participating as a volunteer judge, please apply! The more reviewers, the merrier.

• A new DEV++ offer dropped last week! All DEV++ members get 1 standard .Tech domain complimentary for their first year.

Finally, we'd like to highlight our newsletter sponsor for the week, Amazon Q Developer. Built to handle large projects, Amazon Q Developer is the AI code assistant that works alongside you from idea to production. We hope you check them out!

Have a great week ❤️

As always, here are our favorite posts from last week in no particular order:

• Sometimes Your Home Server Needs More Power: an exploration of upgrading from a Raspberry Pi to a more powerful home server setup.

• COBOL Dates, May 20, 1875, and Disinformation: how dates work in COBOL.

• Go 1.24 Uses Swiss Table. What Are They?: how Go 1.24 replaced its Map implementation with Swiss Table.

• Agentic AI and the MCP Ecosystem: an introduction to AI agents and how they can interact with external systems through standardized protocols.

• Our Project Got 100+ First Stars on GitHub: a reflection on the development journey of an open source project.

• I Created a CLI Music Player in Rust: a walkthrough of building a command-line music player application using Rust.

• Building a RAG-Powered Support Chatbot in 24 Hours of Hackathon: a detailed case study of creating an AI support assistant during a hackathon.

Smarter Debugging SPONSORED

Debugging is a pain. AI makes it easier. Get instant bug fixes, smarter suggestions, and auto-generated test cases—so you can stop wasting time and start shipping faster.

Thanks for Being Awesome! 😎

Have we told you lately how awesome you are? Thanks a ton for all you bring to DEV. Your ideas, your content, your support—it's what makes this community great.

Happy coding!

P.S. Thanks again to the team at Amazon Q Developer for sponsoring this week’s newsletter.