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Cloudflare Developer Platform·1 min·18h agoFREE

Workflows - Workflows pricing adds per-step billing. Step and storage billing to start no earlier than August 10, 2026.

Cloudflare announced that Workflows pricing will introduce per-step billing, with step and storage billing starting no earlier than August 10, 2026. The change was published on July 7, 2026, in a changelog post. Users should expect new costs for Workflows based on step execution and storage usage after that date.

Developers using Cloudflare Workflows will face new per-step and storage costs starting no earlier than August 10, 2026.

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Workflows - Workflows pricing adds per-step billing. Step and storage billing to start no earlier than August 10, 2026.

Local, CPU-Friendly, High-Quality TTS (Text-to-Speech) with Kokoro

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Local, CPU-Friendly, High-Quality TTS (Text-to-Speech) with Kokoro

Kokoro, an 82M-parameter TTS model, runs locally on CPU and produces realistic speech in English, Mandarin, and Hindi. It offers about 50 voices. A containerized server (Kokoro-FastAPI) provides an OpenAI-compatible API. Generation times range from 1.5 seconds on an AMD Ryzen 7 8745HS to 4.7 seconds on an Intel Core i7-4770K. The container image is about 5 GB.

Helicone was acquired by Mintlify. Here is a migration checklist if you are moving off.

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Helicone was acquired by Mintlify. Here is a migration checklist if you are moving off.

Helicone was acquired by Mintlify. The article provides a migration checklist for users moving off the platform. The acquisition prompts existing users to transition their API monitoring and observability workflows to alternative solutions.

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Rogue Agent Flaw Could Have Let Attackers Hijack Google Dialogflow CX Chatbots

Developers using Dialogflow CX must ensure their chatbots are secured against hijacking vulnerabilities.

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The Hacker News13h ago1mFREE

Browser Run - New Browser Run endpoint for accessibility trees

Developers can now programmatically access accessibility trees via Browser Run, enabling automated accessibility checks in CI/CD.

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Cloudflare Developer Platform30h ago1mFREE

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MCP Servers: The Bridge Connecting Your AI to the Real World

MCP standardizes AI-to-data connections, reducing custom integration work for developers.

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DEV Community2h ago1mFREE

The Turborepo + Bun + Biome stack behind a 40-package monorepo

Demonstrates a minimal, unified toolchain that lets a solo maintainer manage a 40-package monorepo efficiently.

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DEV Community2h ago1mFREE

Use any Chat SDK adapter with eve

Developers can now integrate eve into any chat platform using standard SDKs, simplifying AI-assisted workflows.

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Vercel6h ago1mFREE

An MCP Context Contract for Android Automation Drafts

Defines a structured context contract to reduce guesswork in AI-generated Android automation workflows.

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DEV Community2h ago1mFREE

Kimi K2.7 now available for Copilot Business and Enterprise

Business and Enterprise users now have access to the latest Kimi model in Copilot.

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GitHub Changelog6h ago1mFREE

Viability of local models for coding

Helps developers decide when local models are practical for coding tasks.

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Martin Fowler17h ago1mFREE

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