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I am a tweet developer?

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Introduction So recently I have been confronted on Twitter by a "developer" and his "non-developer very wise friend" (I assume) just because I offered assistance in enhancing the experience given by a company on their social media bots. It did not bother me for once that I was made fun of - that is nothing new to me and bullies exist. However, it did bother me that they did not understand the fact each of these social networking platforms has its own very dedicated community that develops on their bot APIs and their libraries. I know about these communities since I have worked with a few of them on various projects that we did on social networking platforms such as Telegram, Viber, ClubHouse, and many more that I do not even have a count of. And for most of it, I did document my experience and the knowledge I have gained from them either on blog posts or YouTube tutorials which you can review in case you are interested. Perhaps these two "very brilliant and ver...
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Turning a Joke into Innovation: AI Integration in our Daily Task Manager

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Recently, I developed a ticket management system to streamline day-to-day operations at my workplace. The system is as simple as you’d expect: users can create tickets with tentative completion dates, and team members can post updates on those tickets. However, today I’m not here to discuss how I built the system. Instead, I want to highlight how I integrated AI to help users generate updates with prompts or even summarize the updates they wish to post. It all started as a joke. In today’s world, we rely heavily on AI tools like ChatGPT, BART, and Deep.ai to rephrase our writing and ensure grammatical accuracy. It’s no secret that many of us use grammar tools, whether AI-powered or not. At our workplace, quite a few users do the same. This is nothing to be ashamed of, and no one should be concerned about it. In fact, I believe it’s essential to present ourselves and our ideas clearly and polished. After all, while English may be our primary workplace language, it’s not our mother tong...
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Zapping Through Multicast Madness: A Fun Python Script to Keep Your IPTV Streams Rocking!

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Hey there, stream wranglers! If you’re in the wild world of IPTV —think hotels, cruise ships, or sports bars blasting live channels to a gazillion screens—you know multicast UDP streams are the unsung heroes of efficient video delivery. But UDP is like that carefree friend who doesn’t check in, leaving you wondering, "Is this stream even alive?"   In this post, we’re looking at a Python script I built to help a friend whose streams randomly drop. It checks both multicast and unicast UDP streams, and if one goes down, it can (optionally) send a heads-up via Telegram. It’s got retries, scheduling, and just enough socket magic to keep things running smooth. Let’s take a look under the hood!  Table of Contents What’s the Deal with Multicast UDP Streams? What’s This Script All About? The Code: A Party of Sockets and Streams Breaking Down the Dance Moves Real-World Applications Improvements to Spice It Up Watch Out for These Gotchas Final Curtain Call 🧙‍♂️ What’s t...
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