I Built an RFP Compliance Checker in One Session — Here's the Exact Stack

<p>I'm a cybersecurity engineer — 7 years in, currently a Security Policy Analyst, previously an Application Security Architect. I started building a SaaS product on the side and

<p>Hey folks! 👋<br /> As a solo developer building for the global market, balancing performance, shipping speed, and server costs is always a tricky triangle. Recently, I launched

<p>Stop for a second. How many tabs do you have open right now?</p> <p>Go ahead. Count them.</p> <p>If you're a developer mid-debugging session, I'm willing to bet at least three

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<p><strong>TL;DR:</strong> I built the same browser agent twice — once with 500 lines of Python, once with 7 lines of JSON. The second one took 5 minutes. The agent harness layer

<p>Most coding platforms train engineers to solve isolated algorithm problems.</p> <p>But in real engineering, you rarely reverse linked lists.</p> <ul> <li>You debug production

<p>Every time I needed to calculate a subnet, generate a cron expression, or decode a JWT, I'd end up on some ad-infested site that wanted me to sign up, install an extension, or

<p><em>This is a submission for the <a href="https://dev.to/challenges/hacktoberfest-week2-2026-10-12">Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 2: Side Hustle</a></em></p> <h2>