Black Friday and Cyber Monday can be intense for technical teams. You are dealing with traffic spikes, last minute promo changes, unreliable third party tools, fraud attempts, and a very small window to get everything right.Using APIs can take a lot of that pressure off and help you actually capitalize on the opportunity. With the right stack, you can validate users, personalize offers, watch…
Build an AI Agent for Fraud Detection Using Python, Langchain, and IPstack
November 20, 2025
Fake accounts flood your signup forms every day. Attackers use VPNs to hide their real locations, disposable phone numbers to bypass verification, and synthetic identities that look legitimate on the surface. Traditional rule-based validation falls short because it…
How Screenshotlayer’s Retina & WebP Support Enhances Screenshot Quality and Speed
November 13, 2025
Modern web apps need pixel-perfect screenshots for UI testing, social previews, reporting dashboards, and automated monitoring. But capturing high-quality, fast-loading images remains a real headache for developers.Modern devices have pixel densities ranging from 2x on…
How to Build a Scalable Web Scraping System Using Scrapestack API (2025 Guide)
September 6, 2025
Let’s face it, manually extracting data from websites is a total pain. Maybe you need to monitor competitor prices, gather leads, aggregate content, or analyze market trends. Whatever your use case, spending hours copying and pasting data from websites is not just tedious, it’s inefficient and error-prone. That’s where Web Scraping System comes in, and specifically, using a…
How to Set Up Email Alerts for Malicious IPs Using IPstack and Novu (2025)
September 6, 2025
In a recent tutorial, we showed you how to build an IP-based threat detection system using IPStack’s security module (You can watch the step-by-step youtube video here) In this article, we’ll build on that lesson by incorporating real-time alerts that let you know when…
How to Build a Real-Time News App with the Mediastack API (React Tutorial)
September 6, 2025
Building a news app that collates a curated list of top headlines based on a user’s personalized requirements is easier than it sounds! Using a news media API integration and React, you can quickly put together a personalized news application that fetches live news…
How to Build a Real-Time Weather Dashboard Using the Weatherstack API (Step-by-Step)
September 6, 2025
Let’s face it, weather impacts pretty much everything we do. From planning our day to deciding what to wear, weather information is critical for making informed decisions. For web developers, integrating real-time weather data can transform ordinary applications into dynamic, context-aware experiences that truly connect with users. In this guide, I’ll walk you through building…
In today’s data-driven world, businesses and individuals rely heavily on accurate and up-to-date information for making informed decisions. APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) are crucial in accessing and integrating data from various sources into different…
We always hear about the importance of MERN and MEAN stacks in developing web applications, but there is another great choice of stack that helps deliver powerful web applications, the LAMP stack. The term LAMP stack is used quite often these days, especially in open-source…
Ever noticed a spelling mistake on a website? Those are typos, and they can be a big deal. In this blog, we’ll talk about typos—what they are, why they happen, and why they’re important. Typos are simple mistakes in writing, like typing “hte” instead of “the.” They can happen because we type too fast or because our fingers are too big for small phone screens.