Catch Signup Fraud in Local Dev, Before It Ships
A working OTP flow proves your app sends and checks a code. It doesn't prove your signup holds up against bots. Here's how to test auth for fraud resistance locally with a Pinggy tunnel.
Tunnels, networking, self-hosted LLMs, and AI news
Hands-on guides, protocol deep dives, and field notes on tunnels, SSH, reverse proxies, self-hosting, self-hosted LLMs, and AI - from the people building Pinggy.
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Meetily: A Self-Hosted AI Meeting Assistant Trending on GitHub
Meetily picked up 2,500+ GitHub stars in a day with a self-hosted AI meeting assistant. Here's what it does, how the Rust/Whisper/Ollama stack fits together, and how to share a running instance with Pinggy.
curl's Summer of Bliss: Why It Stopped Taking Bug Reports in July 2026
curl is refusing all vulnerability reports for the month of July 2026 after AI-generated 'slop' reports pushed its confirmed-vulnerability rate below 5%. Here's the timeline, the numbers, and why this is bigger than one project.
HackerRank Open-Sourced Its ATS. The Score Depends on the Roll of the Dice
HackerRank open-sourced its AI hiring agent and the same resume scores differently every run, from 66 to 99. Here's how the pipeline works, why it's non-deterministic, and how hidden PDF text can inflate a score.
Why Test Websites From Different Locations?
A look at why geolocation testing matters, the testing dimensions it covers, and the domains where checking a website from different locations makes the difference.
What Is a Webhook? A Developer's Complete Guide to Real-Time HTTP Event Callbacks
A technical deep-dive into webhooks: what they are, how they work, how to build a secure receiver with HMAC signature validation, handle retries idempotently, and test locally during development.
OpenAI's Jalapeño: What a Custom AI Inference Chip Actually Changes
OpenAI and Broadcom unveiled Jalapeño, OpenAI's first custom ASIC targeting 50% cheaper inference than Nvidia GPUs. Here's what the chip is, how it compares, and what it means for API costs and the broader silicon war.
Best Product Hunt Alternatives in 2026 to Launch Your Product
The best Product Hunt alternatives in 2026 for developers and indie makers. Compare Hacker News, BetaList, ProductWatch, Uneed, Fazier, SaaSHub, and more.
OpenMontage: The Open-Source Agent That Turns Your Coding Assistant into a Video Studio
OpenMontage is the world's first open-source agentic video production system. Learn how it works, how to set it up for free, and how to share Remotion previews online with Pinggy.
LLM Tool Use Explained: Built-In APIs Compared and How to Build Your Own with MCP
A practical guide to tool use in OpenAI, Gemini, Claude, and Grok APIs - web search, code execution, function calling - plus a step-by-step walkthrough for building and deploying your own custom tool server using the Model Context Protocol.