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• Your Architecture Diagram Is a Screenshot. Your AI Agent Can't Read It.
  1 project | dev.to | 31 May 2026

  The format idea costs you nothing to adopt today: export from excalidraw.com with "Embed scene" on, commit the .excalidraw.png, reference it as a normal image. It renders everywhere and stays editable.

• 18 developer tools I use to improve my workflow
  4 projects | dev.to | 28 May 2026

  6. Excalidraw

• The Interview Prep Stack I Used as a Senior Software Engineer Targeting Big Tech
  3 projects | dev.to | 25 May 2026

  Category Tool URL How I used it General AI assistant ChatGPT https://chatgpt.com Breaking down concepts, simulating interviewers, reviewing answers AI writing / reasoning Claude https://claude.ai Refining behavioral stories and system design explanations Coding practice LeetCode https://leetcode.com Core DSA practice and timed coding drills Coding explanations NeetCode https://neetcode.io Pattern-based review for common coding problems Architecture sketching Excalidraw https://excalidraw.com Quick system design diagrams Product / UX thinking Figma https://figma.com Wireframing product flows and interface-heavy design discussions Notes and tracking Notion https://notion.so Tracking problems, weak areas, stories, and interview learnings Mock interviews Skillio https://tryskillio.com Practicing realistic role-specific interviews and getting structured feedback

• What 10 University Visits in Cameroon Taught Me About Building AI for the Real World, and Why Gemma 4 Was the Answer
  2 projects | dev.to | 21 May 2026

  architecture.excalidraw — full visual architecture diagram (open at https://excalidraw.com).

• Frankenstein Meeting Room: Three Apps in One Browser Tab
  5 projects | dev.to | 12 May 2026

  In milestones 3 and 4 I implemented the React whiteboard (Excalidraw) and the Svelte Mermaid diagram each as a remote. For both I proceeded the same way: first the standalone app, then placed the federation configuration on top. That way I could develop and test Excalidraw or the Mermaid diagram in isolation before the remote was integrated into the shell. The same UI project (react, svelte) continues to run under its own port as a standalone app and can at the same time be loaded by the host as a remote — for the federation loading, however, the built JavaScript chunks plus remoteEntry.json as static assets are sufficient, a running dev server is not necessary (only for the standalone test).

• Master the in demand of salary negotiation and system design: What Fails
  3 projects | dev.to | 8 May 2026

  Most system design interviews fail because candidates draw perfect whiteboard diagrams but can’t explain the tradeoffs of their choices, or can’t write code to implement a core component. By 2025, 60% of FAANG system design interviews will require live coding of at least one component, per internal hiring data. Instead of practicing whiteboard diagrams with Excalidraw, practice coding core components: rate limiters, cache eviction policies, circuit breakers. Use open-source resources like https://github.com/checkcheckzz/system-design-interview for scenario prompts, then implement them in your primary language. For example, if asked to design a URL shortener, don’t just draw the components — write the hash function and database schema, then explain why you chose Base62 over UUID. In mock interviews I’ve conducted, candidates who live-coded components scored 4.2/5 on average, compared to 2.8/5 for whiteboard-only candidates. Always explain tradeoffs as you code: "I’m using a sliding window rate limiter here instead of fixed window because it prevents burst traffic better, even though it adds 2ms of latency per request". This shows you understand not just what to build, but why. Avoid memorizing "standard" designs — every system has unique requirements, and interviewers are looking for critical thinking, not rote memorization.

• The SDK You Pick Matters More Than the Model — A 13-LLM Benchmark on the Same Agentic Task
  1 project | dev.to | 1 May 2026

  I ran an experiment to put a number on it. Thirteen LLMs — Claude Opus 4.7, Sonnet 4.6, Haiku 4.5, GPT 5.4, GPT 5.4 Mini, two Gemini 3.1 previews, and six open-weights locals (Qwen 3.6 35B A3B, Gemma 4 at three sizes, GPT-OSS 20B, Nemotron 3 Nano) — on the same real agentic task. Same codebase (excalidraw), same MCP tools, same system prompt. Only the model changes. The output is a specification tree: goal → feature → requirement hierarchies of Markdown files.

• dim0 alternatives - excalidraw, obsidian-releases, and AFFiNE
  4 projects | 1 May 2026
• 📝 Documentation-as-Code Has Silently Won For Tech Content
  5 projects | dev.to | 29 Apr 2026

  Excalidraw — Hand-drawn style diagrams; stores as JSON that AI can read and tweak (still early days)

• A Map for the First-Time Software Creator
  3 projects | dev.to | 24 Apr 2026

  Excalidraw is free and feels like drawing with a fat marker.

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