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Refactoring LinkedIn Share Post Generation for a Personal Touch

This post details a small but important change in how we generate content for sharing on LinkedIn, focusing on aligning the tone with the platform's user experience.

The Goal

The primary goal was to shift the voice of automatically generated LinkedIn share posts to a first-person perspective. Since the posts are published from the user's profile, using "I" instead of third-person references

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JavaScript Mermaid

Handling Mermaid Diagram Rendering Errors

Sometimes, the most challenging bugs are not in the core logic, but in the tooling around it. Recently, while working on the diagram rendering service for a project, I encountered an issue where invalid Mermaid syntax would cause the entire process to hang. Here's how I tackled it.

The Problem

The diagram rendering service, used for generating visualizations, relied on an external script to

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Enhancing User Engagement: Implementing LinkedIn Share for Landing Pages

Introduction

We recently added a "Share on LinkedIn" feature to our landing page project, devlog-ist/landing. The goal was to increase user engagement and expand the reach of user portfolios by enabling seamless sharing on LinkedIn. This post details the implementation process, covering AI-powered post generation, direct publishing via the LinkedIn API, and considerations for different user

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PHP Mermaid

Improving Code Quality with Consistent Mermaid Diagram Generation

Introduction

Ensuring consistent code quality and documentation can be a challenge. One area where consistency is crucial is in the generation of diagrams for technical documentation. This post discusses how we've improved the consistency and validity of Mermaid diagrams generated as part of our technical writing process for the devlog-ist/landing project, which provides a landing page for

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PHP Java MySQL

Tenant-Centric Quota Management with Manual Overrides

Managing resource quotas across multiple tenants can be challenging, especially when the need for manual overrides arises. This post explores how we refactored our token usage service to implement a tenant-centric quota system with support for manual adjustments.

The Challenge

Previously, our token quota management was user-based. This created inefficiencies when the context already provided

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Enhancing Application Stability with Strategic Cache Invalidation

Introduction

Maintaining data consistency across distributed systems and applications often requires careful management of caches. Stale data in caches can lead to unexpected behavior and inconsistencies. We recently implemented several enhancements to our application's caching strategy, focusing on proactive invalidation to ensure data accuracy and prevent outdated information from impacting

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Improving AI Usage Tracking with Refactored Queries

Optimizing AI Token Usage Queries

We've recently refactored and optimized our AI token usage tracking to improve performance and maintainability. This involved extracting duplicated queries and enhancing user filtering.

The Changes

The primary focus was on improving the efficiency of retrieving daily and monthly tenant AI usage data. This was achieved through two key changes:

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