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It's national Be Nice to Bugs Day and we're launching our Big Summer Bug Smash powered by @sentry! 🐛 🟠 $5,000 prize pool across 20+ winners 🟠 3 exclusive Sentry skateboards up for grabs 🛹 🟠 Prompts for both builders AND writers dev.to/bugsmash

Meet TuringSketch: A hackathon project that turns the Turing Test into a drawing game! Sketch a prompt in 30 seconds while an AI draws the same thing—then guess which image is human-made. Built with Streamlit, Python, and Azure SQL Server. Check it out: devpost.com/software/idkkk…

We're thrilled to welcome @davidcrawshaw to @devrelcon NYC! The @Tailscale co-founder is walking through building your own software factory. See the talk July 22: nyc.devrelcon.dev

We’re teaming up with @MidnightNtwrk again from July 17–19 and we’re introducing brand-new project tracks to choose from. Whether you've hacked with Midnight before or are completely new to the community, we’d love to see what you build.
! Register: events.mlh.com/events/14413-m…

Why do developers drop off before they ship? @ojusave is leading a workshop at @devrelcon NYC on finding and removing first-mile friction. Catch the talk July 22: nyc.devrelcon.dev

We're thrilled to have Jonathan Murray to @devrelcon '26. Jonathan, co-founder of @BackboardIO , has one rule for developer advocates: don't try to sound smart. Make other people feel smart. July 23: nyc.devrelcon.dev

We're excited to welcome @dkundel to @devrelcon '26! Dominik leads Developer Experience & SDKs at @OpenAI and is talking about evolving DX at the speed of frontier AI. Catch the talk July 22: nyc.devrelcon.dev

We're so excited to have Lisa Tagliaferri at @devrelcon '26. Lisa's resources on Python, ML, and cloud infrastructure have reached 45+ million developers. The talk: developer marketing is not a four-letter word. See the talk July 22: nyc.devrelcon.dev

We're thrilled to welcome @MegRaeGrady to @devrelcon '26! After a decade at @twilio and @stripe, Meghan is sharing how DevRel drives real business impact. Catch the talk July 23: nyc.devrelcon.dev

Announcing Caelean Barnes at @devrelcon '26! Ask Claude Code to set up auth and it picks a tool without you. @the1024th, co-founder of Gauge, will unpack why, live. Catch the talk July 22: nyc.devrelcon.dev

Meet ABC's of English: A hackathon project making English learning accessible! 🗣️✨ Users go from alphabet to sentences, with @ElevenLabs pronunciation feedback + @Google Translate built in. 👇 Check out the build: devpost.com/software/abc-s…

We can't wait for Sean Keegan's talk at @devrelcon '26. Sean is a former math teacher turned developer advocate, asking: are your developers actually learning, or just collecting badges? See Sean speak July 23: nyc.devrelcon.dev

We're thrilled to welcome Laís Carvalho to @devrelcon '26. @lais_bsc went from designing water dams in Brazil to leading Python communities in Ireland, and will share how to build a champions program on a tight budget. See the talk July 22: nyc.devrelcon.dev

Meet Synapse: An AI study companion that predicts focus drops before they happen! 🧠✨ Webcam-based monitoring + empathetic voice guidance via Gemini 2.0 Flash & ElevenLabs—all privacy-first. 👇 Check out the build: github.com/adyasha9/Synap…

Your API would not trust a user ID just because it came in the request body. Your @Solana program should not trust an account just because it was passed in. Arc 12: security auditing Solana programs like production APIs. mlh.link/100-days-of-so…

We want to give a huge shout out to our newsies and volunteers James Yang and @Anipaleja who helped us get the Daily Context into the hands of the people at the @aiDotEngineer World's Fair. We couldn't have done it without you! ❤️💙💛 📸: Matt Spinetta (1,3,4), Zac Borja (2)

The @aiDotEngineer World's Fair has been a blast! Until next year. ✌️

This article is from @aiDotEngineer newspaper today :) Thanks @MLHacks and co! dev.to/dailycontext/y…

⏳ 1 week until our AI hackathon with @DigitalOcean's hits SF. July 10-11. Beginner friendly. Free food, great prizes, a community of builders who'll push you to ship. Apply Today: luma.com/MLHandDO

The final print issue of The Daily Context is out today at the @aidotengineer World's Fair! It's been a pleasure serving you. Find us in person to grab a copy. Otherwise, check out the web version at dev.to/aie 📸: Zac Borja (1, 2), Matt Spinetta (3)