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Embed These Websites In Your Blog Today

Sean Boult — Thu, 07 May 2026 18:34:41 +0000

I stumbled onto the DEV supported URL embeds list, which revealed some interesting supported platforms.

You'll want to refer to the link above to figure out the syntax for the DEV specific ones but most are just:

{% embed <url> %}

If you would like to jump around.

asciinema
StackBlitz
GitHub
X/Twitter
YouTube
DEV specific

asciinema

A video-like player which is so cool because you can actually pause it and copy the text from it.

StackBlitz

Interactive code editor right in a blog post 😍. Seems like the embedded terminal and preview will fail due to some postMessage shenanigans, but perhaps it can be fixed.

GitHub

It supports rendering the README to give some brief context with a CTA to open the repo.

strands-agents / sdk-typescript

A model-driven approach to building AI agents in just a few lines of code.

Strands Agents - TypeScript SDK

A model-driven approach to building AI agents in TypeScript/JavaScript

Documentation ◆ Samples ◆ Python SDK ◆ Tools ◆ Agent Builder ◆ MCP Server

Overview

Strands Agents is a simple yet powerful SDK that takes a model-driven approach to building and running AI agents. The TypeScript SDK brings key features from the Python Strands framework to Node.js environments, enabling type-safe agent development for everything from simple assistants to complex workflows.

Key Features

🪶 Lightweight & Flexible: Simple agent loop that works seamlessly in Node.js and browser environments
🔒 Type-Safe Tools: Define tools easily using Zod schemas for robust input validation and type inference
📋 Structured Output: Get type-safe, validated responses from LLMs using Zod schemas with automatic retry on validation errors
🔌 Model Agnostic: First-class support for Amazon Bedrock and OpenAI, with extensible architecture for custom providers
🔗 Built-in MCP: Native…

View on GitHub

X/Twitter

Useful when a tweet has some context you want to reference.

// Detect dark theme var iframe = document.getElementById('tweet-2052162536301072643-10'); if (document.body.className.includes('dark-theme')) { iframe.src = "https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?id=2052162536301072643&theme=dark" }

YouTube

Video is king 👑. However, I'd probably reach for the "Cover Video Link" feature, where you can have the video be your banner instead of an image.

DEV specific

These are some of the custom things that DEV supports outside of third party site embeds.

Article Link:

Erik Hanchett for AWS

May 4

Stop Reaching for Python: Strands Agents TypeScript SDK Just Hit 1.0

#typescript #ai #aws #agents

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I just came back from maternity leave. And honestly? I felt like I'd missed a decade in six months.

I feel this so hard.

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Podcast Episode:

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AWS Bites

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Organization:

AWS Follow

Articles written by current and past AWS Developer Advocates to help people interested in building on AWS. Opinions are each author's own.

Well, this one is not a website, but it's useful when you want to add some CTA at the end of a blog.

Buttons:
View @AWSDevelopers on X/Twitter 💻
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Visit AWS Builder Center

Let me know what your favorite embed is or if I'm missing any amazing ones in the comments.

Happy coding 👨‍💻!

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Sean Boult — Thu, 07 May 2026 02:18:21 +0000

Sean Boult - DEV Community

Developer. Hacker. Creator.

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1Password, GitHub, and Git CLI with Multiple Users

Sean Boult — Fri, 01 May 2026 23:03:23 +0000

Do you use the git, github, and 1password CLI? I do!

I want to be able to act as different users in certain directories to support my personal projects (~/code) and my work projects (~/oss) automatically, because, you know, developers automate everything.

This means I want to be able to run gh commands as the correct user, as well as have git commands pick the correct SSH key.

If you want to have a single dotfiles repo for both work and personal development, this should give you something to follow.

⚠️ If you use a single GitHub account for everything, this article might not be very helpful for you.

Prerequisites

Tools you’ll need to make all this work:

You’ll also want to designate some folders to hold projects. This guide will use the following structure:

~/code - where I do personal development on my personal machine
~/oss - where I do all my work open source code (repros, demos, etc.)

1) Set a global default (personal)

In ~/.gitconfig:

[user]
    name = Sean Boult
    email = 996134+Hacksore@users.noreply.github.com

[includeIf "gitdir:~/oss/"]
    path = ~/.gitconfig-work

So we’ve added the default user in the [user] block and added an includeIf (docs) block that specifies that inside ~/oss we’ll make sure to load the config options in ~/.gitconfig-work.

Given that you need to be “inside a git directory” based on the gitdir clause, it means that ~/oss should be a valid Git directory.

To do that, run this in ~/oss:

# make ~/oss a valid git repo
git init

We will also want to create a .gitignore file to not track anything in this directory.

# ~/oss/.gitignore
# Sentinel repo: exists only so includeIf matches when cwd is ~/oss
# Ignore all subdirs (they're separate repos)
*

2) Put work identity in a separate config

Create ~/.gitconfig-work:

[user]
    name = Sean Boult
    email = <yourWorkEmail> # replace this with your email
    # optional ssh key signing
    # signingkey = ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub

3) Make SSH key selection automatic

Now configure SSH so Git will pick the right key based on the repo you are in.

In ~/.ssh/config:

# Github and we default personal
Host github.com
    HostName github.com
    User git
    IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa.personal
    IdentitiesOnly yes

Then, in ~/.gitconfig-work, add:

[core]
    sshCommand = ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa -o IdentitiesOnly=yes

At this point:

Any repo elsewhere uses your personal Git identity and personal SSH key.
Any repo under ~/oss uses your work Git identity and work SSH key.

1Password CLI Plugin

The next step is to allow the gh CLI to know what directory you’re in and use the right GitHub PAT (personal access token).

To put it simply, I have two PATs in my 1Password vault: gh-pat-cli (personal) and gh-pat-cli-sboult (work/oss). In the op setup, instruct 1Password to use the gh-pat-cli-sboult PAT so that when you’re in ~/oss, it uses the correct PAT to authenticate with the GitHub CLI.

Use 1Password to securely authenticate the GitHub CLI is a helpful doc if you get stuck.

Work repos (`~/oss`)

Example:

cd ~/oss

git clone git@github.com:awslabs/mcp.git
# or
# gh repo clone awslabs/mcp

Once the repo is under ~/oss/, Git uses:

your work user.name / user.email
your work SSH key

Then normal commands work:

git remote -v
git push

gh pr list

Personal repos

Outside of ~/oss, everything uses your default (personal) identity.

Example:

git clone git@github.com:Hacksore/test.git
# or
# gh repo clone test

That’s it! You should now be able to reproduce the setup I have.

Happy coding 😊!

Hide regions and services in the AWS console

Sean Boult — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 21:26:43 +0000

Tired of scrolling through regions and services you'll never use?

You just want to...

AWS now lets you hide regions and services from your console. Here's how.

Heads up: This is a visual preference, not a security control. Users can still access hidden regions and services directly.

Hide Regions

That region dropdown doesn't need to show every region AWS offers.

Go to Unified Settings → Account settings.
Find Visible Regions.
Deselect the regions you don't use. Keep the ones where you actually run workloads.
Save.

Done. Your region dropdown now only shows what matters.

Hide Services

Same place, different setting.

Go to Unified Settings → Account settings.
Find Visible Services.
Deselect the services you don't need. I'd recommend keeping Billing so you can still manage costs.
Save.

What Happens When You Access Something Hidden?

You'll see a page like this if you navigate to a hidden region/service directly:

And some parts of the console will show a restricted indicator:

Again, nothing is actually blocked. It's just hidden from the default navigation.

Resources

Reading a blog post about blog posts is so meta 😂

Sean Boult — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 12:26:43 +0000

Beaver-powered databases and ancient AI

Jess Lee for The DEV Team

Apr 6

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Sean Boult — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 16:52:56 +0000

Every AWS S3 Compatible API Provider EVER

Sean Boult — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 16:46:29 +0000

You've probably heard of AWS Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), which allows you to store objects in buckets.

The AWS S3 API was the original blob storage interface, and many storage providers and technology companies have reverse-engineered or emulated it to ensure compatibility.

Some notable examples include services like Cloudflare R2 and Backblaze B2, but there are countless others, as you'll see below.

Provider	S3-Compatible Offering
AWS	Amazon S3
Cloudflare	R2
Backblaze	B2 Cloud Storage
Wasabi	Hot Cloud Storage
DigitalOcean	Spaces
Google Cloud	Cloud Storage (XML API)
IBM Cloud	Cloud Object Storage
Oracle	OCI Object Storage
Akamai	Object Storage
Nebius	Object Storage
Alibaba Cloud	Object Storage Service (OSS)
Tencent Cloud	Cloud Object Storage (COS)
Huawei Cloud	Object Storage Service (OBS)
Vultr	Object Storage
Scaleway	Object Storage
Hetzner	Object Storage
OVHcloud	Object Storage
UpCloud	Object Storage
Contabo	Object Storage
Exoscale	Object Storage
Seagate	Lyve Cloud Object Storage
IDrive	e2
CoreWeave	AI Object Storage
Gcore	Gcore Storage
Synology	C2 Object Storage
MEGA	S4 Object Storage
Storj	Cloud Object Storage

This list is certainly not exhaustive, as there are more services I haven't discovered in my research.

If I missed any, leave me a comment so I can update the list! Also, don’t be shy and tell me which ones are your favorite to use.

anyone shipping anything on Sunday?

Sean Boult — Sun, 08 Mar 2026 21:01:16 +0000

Neovim Matching Your System Theme 🌚🌞

Sean Boult — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 18:00:00 +0000

In this post I'll show you how to get your theme in Neovim to match your system theme.

First you want to install dark-notify, here is how you'd do that with Homebrew.

brew install cormacrelf/tap/dark-notify

Then you can setup the Neovim lazy companion plugin which will watch for changes via the dark-notify CLI.

Replace <lightTheme> and <darkTheme> with your preferred colorschemes (like "catppuccin-latte" and "catppuccin-mocha").

---@module "lazy"
---@type LazySpec
return {
  {
    "cormacrelf/dark-notify",
    config = function()
      require("dark_notify").run({
        schemes = {
          light = { colorscheme = "<lightTheme>" },
          dark = { colorscheme = "<darkTheme>" },
      })
    end,
  },
}

Now you should be able to switch your system theme and it will automagically update your Neovim theme.

You can take a look at my Dotfiles and how I've configured it. If this article helped you out feel free to follow me for more tips and tricks.

Safari & Firefox extensions still break

/ blocks after page load


Sean Boult — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 19:35:11 +0000



1Password Breaks Syntax Highlighting On The Internet
Sean Boult — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 18:30:00 +0000
READ FIRST: It has been patched, and the latest official update from the 1Password team



Starting sometime in early December of 2025, a change was rolled out to the 1Password browser extension that began injecting prism.js onto every site and targeting every <code> block it encountered.

The original discovery was made by @saltyaom and shared on Twitter to their disbelief.




  // Detect dark theme
  var iframe = document.getElementById('tweet-2005701290870087817-57');
  if (document.body.className.includes('dark-theme')) {
    iframe.src = "https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?id=2005701290870087817&theme=dark"
  }





The moment it hit my radar was when @yyx990803 retweeted it, amplifying it to a much larger audience.




  // Detect dark theme
  var iframe = document.getElementById('tweet-2005904473332564339-181');
  if (document.body.className.includes('dark-theme')) {
    iframe.src = "https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?id=2005904473332564339&theme=dark"
  }





1Password has several forum posts on this topic showing that this bug was introduced to all production users.


Re: 1Password Chrome extension is incorrectly manipulating  blocks

Safari & Firefox extensions still break <pre>/<code> blocks after page load
1Password Chrome extension is incorrectly manipulating  blocks



The biggest question I had was: why are they even injecting Prism.js in the first place?

It turns out this is for a new Labs Snippets feature that allows you to paste snippets from the browser extension. One of the most interesting parts is that it has nothing to do with programming in general and is instead meant for rich text formatting.

Prism.js was targeting every <code> block on any site, ultimately stripping the correct syntax highlighting theme.

The snippets feature itself is actually pretty neat. In this example, it replaces what I type — "sig" — with console.log(67). It’s not clear to me why this requires highlighting <code> blocks on websites, though, since this feature behaves more like TextExpander or macOS text replacements.




  // Detect dark theme
  var iframe = document.getElementById('tweet-2007089632660639822-48');
  if (document.body.className.includes('dark-theme')) {
    iframe.src = "https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?id=2007089632660639822&theme=dark"
  }





It sucks to have a bug roll out during the holidays when people are on vacation, so I understand the delay in the fix. I’m very excited to read their postmortem to learn how this made it into production and what they plan to do to prevent this from happening again.

I hope you enjoyed this read, and if you’re interested in deep dives like this, please consider following me.


is the timeline still ai slop or no?
Sean Boult — Sun, 30 Nov 2025 00:01:04 +0000