22-year-old Snehal pushes past body-shaming to pursue acting career

Snehal, a 22-year-old aspiring actor, regularly faces negative comments about her appearance but remains committed to her goals. She documents her personal journey through online content, firmly rejecting the idea that her looks should define her identity. Supported by her parents, she continues creating content despite public criticism. Snehal hopes her story will inspire others to persevere and pursue their dreams regardless of societal judgment.

MLOps in 2026: Key Practices for Scaling AI to Enterprise Production

A technical guide published on DEV Community outlines the most critical MLOps best practices for 2026, as enterprises face growing complexity in deploying reliable AI systems. The article notes that while training machine learning models has become easier, deploying them reliably at scale — amid regulations like the EU AI Act and the rise of agentic AI — has grown significantly harder. A core recommendation is adopting Infrastructure as Code to automate ML pipelines end-to-end, from data ingestion to model deployment, using tools like Kubeflow, Terraform, and MLflow. The guide also emphasizes robust data governance, including real-time schema validation and anomaly detection using streaming platforms such as Apache Kafka. Together, these practices aim to help teams move from fragile prototypes to resilient, auditable, enterprise-grade machine learning systems.

Caddy 2.11 enables post-quantum TLS by default, expanding handshake size sixfold

Caddy 2.11 now defaults to a hybrid post-quantum key exchange called X25519MLKEM768, combining the classical X25519 algorithm with NIST-standardised ML-KEM-768 to protect against future quantum computing threats. The change is motivated by 'harvest now, decrypt later' attacks, where adversaries record encrypted traffic today intending to decrypt it once quantum hardware becomes available. Testing with OpenSSL 3.5.7 confirmed the new default is negotiated automatically without any configuration changes, but the larger ML-KEM key sizes cause the combined TLS handshake to grow from 440 bytes to 2,704 bytes — a 6.1x increase. While this overhead is negligible on standard broadband connections, it could introduce noticeable latency on satellite links, congested mobile networks, or other bandwidth-constrained environments. Caddy's access logs do not expose which key exchange was used, so administrators must capture traffic directly to verify whether the post-quantum default is active in production.

Developer Rejected for Transparent AI Use While Interviewer Allegedly Did the Same

A software developer received a rejection email citing over-reliance on AI tools during a technical interview, despite openly disclosing his use of an AI assistant to handle boilerplate code while focusing on edge cases himself. The developer claims that during the same video call, the interviewer appeared to read AI-generated answers when responding to follow-up questions. He argues the rejection penalized honesty rather than incompetence, since the underlying skill — using AI while critically evaluating its output — was never actually tested. The developer contends that modern technical interviews still screen for a pre-AI version of problem-solving that no longer reflects how professional software teams actually work. He suggests a more meaningful assessment would evaluate whether a candidate can identify errors and false confidence in AI-generated code, not whether they avoid the tools entirely.

Manu Bhaker urges Indian athletes to stay focused ahead of Asian Games

Olympic medallist Manu Bhaker has called on Indian athletes to remain focused as the Asian Games approach. She described the continental event as a rare and significant opportunity for every competitor. Bhaker emphasized that with hard training already done, athletes should direct their energy productively. She advised her peers to steer clear of unnecessary negativity that could hinder their performance.

Developer Builds NHS-Adjacent Nutrition App That Could Never Be Installed Due to Tiny Icon Bug

A solo developer spent three days testing a proof-of-concept nutrition logging app on real devices, designed as a workaround tool rather than an official NHS product. The app used barcode scanning tied to the Nutritics database, deliberately avoiding calorie estimates to prevent logging errors for users. Despite all tests appearing to pass, the app could never actually be installed as a Progressive Web App due to two icon files that were only 68 bytes each, despite the manifest declaring full-size icons. Four separate export bugs were also discovered exclusively through real-device testing, two of which produced no error messages whatsoever. The project highlights how silent failures — from broken icons to no-op export functions — can go undetected without hands-on physical device testing.

Prithvi Shaw, Once India's Brightest Prospect, Fights to Revive Stalled Career at 27

Prithvi Shaw, who was celebrated as a future star of Indian cricket after leading the Under-19 World Cup-winning side and scoring a century on his Test debut, now finds himself on the fringes of the national team. Nine years after his rise to prominence, the 27-year-old has been unable to cement a consistent place in India's senior setup. His only realistic path back to international cricket currently runs through strong performances in domestic competitions and the IPL. Shaw's professional struggles are compounded by personal difficulties, including the recent cancellation of his engagement.

Inside the three-month plan for 2013 Naxal ambush that wiped off Chhattisgarh Congress leadership

BJP, INC spar over Jhooth Ki Goonj Indore posters

Benchmark Study: Bifrost Outperforms LiteLLM for Enterprise AI Gateway Use

A security and operations engineer compared two open-source AI gateways, Bifrost and LiteLLM, using an open-source benchmarking tool on a shared-CPU VPS with four vCPUs and no real provider keys. At 100 requests per second, Bifrost's median latency was 1.01 ms versus LiteLLM's 5.84 ms, a gap that widened significantly at higher loads. At 1,000 RPS, LiteLLM dropped 5.1% of requests and recorded a p99 latency of nearly 34 seconds, while Bifrost maintained 100% success with a p99 of just 2.62 ms. Beyond raw speed, the reviewer noted differences in security defaults, memory usage (60 MiB vs 2.08 GiB at rest), and licensing, with Bifrost using Apache-2.0 and LiteLLM's enterprise features under a separate license. The author concludes Bifrost is the stronger enterprise choice, while recommending LiteLLM for teams already extending it in Python or operating well below capacity limits.

How Student Developers Can Fix Common SQL Injection Flaws in Their Projects

SQL injection remains a widespread vulnerability in student projects, often arising when user input is directly concatenated into database queries rather than handled as separate data. Common risky patterns include building queries inside controller code, storing credentials in source files, and testing only with normal, non-malicious input. The core fix is using parameterized queries or prepared statements, which send SQL structure and user-supplied values to the database separately, preventing input from altering query logic. This approach works across popular languages and frameworks, including Java JDBC, Python SQLite, and Spring JDBC. Adopting least-privilege database accounts, validating input, and reviewing generated SQL are additional practices that strengthen security even in small academic applications.

Developer bypasses Akamai Bot Manager using real Chrome browser driven via CDP

A professional web scraper detailed how he overcame Akamai Bot Manager protections on the German car listings site mobile.de after standard methods repeatedly failed. Plain HTTP requests, TLS fingerprint spoofing, and headless browser automation via Playwright and Puppeteer were all detected and blocked by Akamai's bot detection scripts. The author noted that Akamai evaluates browser behaviour beyond the TLS handshake, running JavaScript that checks for a real rendering engine and browser internals that automated clients cannot replicate. The eventual solution was to launch a genuine Chrome binary with a real user profile and control it remotely using the Chrome DevTools Protocol (CDP) via Playwright's connect_over_cdp method. Because the browser was entirely authentic rather than simulated, Akamai found nothing to flag, and the scraper successfully retrieved 64 complete car listings.

Spring AI Brings Model Context Protocol Support for Java MCP Clients and Servers

Model Context Protocol (MCP) is a standardized communication layer that allows AI applications to connect with external tools, resources, and systems without building custom integrations for each one. As AI systems grow more complex, maintaining separate integrations for services like GitHub, CRM platforms, and databases becomes difficult to scale across multiple applications. MCP solves this by introducing a common protocol where an MCP client inside the AI application communicates with one or more MCP servers that expose capabilities through a unified interface. Spring AI now provides dedicated starters and APIs that enable Java developers to build both MCP clients and MCP servers within Spring Boot applications. This approach separates the LLM reasoning layer from the integration layer, making AI architectures more modular and easier to maintain.

Migration Canary: A Lightweight Method to Safely Verify Database Schema Changes

A migration canary is a small, continuously running process designed to verify that database schema changes are safe during the transition window between old and new schemas. As modern systems increasingly rely on independent deploys and AI-generated migrations, a failed schema change can silently corrupt data across multiple services rather than triggering an immediate, obvious failure. The approach follows an expand-canary-measure-gate cycle, where a lightweight worker dual-writes test records and reads them back through both old and new code paths while tracking metrics like read parity, serialization errors, and latency. The canary integrates with rollout tools such as Flagger or Argo Rollouts to automatically block destructive schema steps — like dropping columns — until sufficient error-free runtime has been observed. In a real-world example, this method caught a faulty JSON parser affecting a subset of rows during a 24-hour verification window, preventing a data integrity incident before it reached production.

Rajiv Gandhi assassination cited in police security note for Rahul’s Indore event

Georgia's Pre-Civil War McCray House Saved, Reborn as Bizarre Coffee Shop

The historic McCray House in Acworth, Georgia, has been relocated and restored rather than demolished, and will soon open as a new café called Bizarre Coffee. The city invested nearly half a million dollars to preserve the pre-Civil War era building. The project reflects a commitment to maintaining the structure as an active part of the local community. As the coffee shop prepares to open its doors, it is expected to become a new gathering place in the heart of town.

Woman turned 4,000-acre dairy farm into classroom; 1,200 visitors followed

Old Wind Turbine Blades Repurposed Into Homes and Skis Across Europe

Decommissioned wind turbine blades are posing a growing waste challenge across Europe, as the composite materials used in their construction are extremely difficult to recycle. Without proper disposal solutions, large numbers of these blades risk ending up in landfills. Several companies are now developing creative reuse initiatives, including transforming retired blades into small solar-powered homes and recycled skis. These projects aim to give new life to materials that would otherwise contribute to environmental waste. Industry observers are calling for a clear regulatory framework to support and scale such sustainable repurposing efforts.

MP cops ‘threatening’ coaching centre owners ahead of Rahul Gandhi event: Congress

Tirupati Laddu made from palm oil, says ED