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ruby
require "set" class FuzzySearch def initialize(candidates)
Building a ranked fuzzy search in Ruby
fuzzy-matching
levenshtein
ranking
Intermediate
9 steps
java
public final class ShippingAddress { private final String recipient; private final String line1; private final String line2;
Building immutable objects with the Builder pattern
builder-pattern
immutability
validation
Intermediate
7 steps
rust
use chrono::{DateTime, Duration, FixedOffset, Utc}; #[derive(Debug)] pub struct EventWindow {
Parsing and measuring time windows in Rust
datetime
error-handling
pattern-matching
Intermediate
7 steps
php
final class UserActivityStream { public function __construct( private readonly \PDO $db,
Streaming user activity with PHP generators
generators
pagination
lazy-evaluation
Intermediate
8 steps
typescript
import { DynamicModule, Module, Provider } from '@nestjs/common'; import Redis, { RedisOptions } from 'ioredis'; export const REDIS_CLIENT = Symbol('REDIS_CLIENT');
Building a dynamic Redis module in NestJS
dependency-injection
dynamic-modules
provider-tokens
Intermediate
8 steps
javascript
export function buildPaginationUrl(baseUrl, { page, perPage, filters = {}, sort } = {}) { const url = new URL(baseUrl); const params = url.searchParams;
Building and parsing pagination URLs
url-parsing
query-string
pagination
Intermediate
8 steps
go
package feed import ( "encoding/json"
Streaming a JSON array in Go
streaming
json
decoder
Intermediate
6 steps
java
import java.time.Instant; import java.time.ZoneId; import java.time.ZonedDateTime; import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
Converting timestamps across time zones in Java
date-time
time-zones
instant
Intermediate
6 steps
rust
use axum::{ extract::Path, http::{header::ACCEPT, HeaderMap, StatusCode}, response::{Html, IntoResponse, Json, Response},
Content negotiation in an Axum handler
content-negotiation
http-headers
serialization
Intermediate
8 steps
php
<?php namespace App\Casts;
How a custom Eloquent cast wraps an Address in Laravel
value-objects
serialization
data-mapping
Intermediate
7 steps
typescript
type Operator = "=" | "!=" | ">" | "<" | ">=" | "<=" | "LIKE"; type Row = Record<string, unknown>;
A type-safe SQL query builder in TypeScript
builder pattern
generics
method chaining
Intermediate
8 steps
javascript
import { useSearchParams } from "react-router-dom"; const TABS = [ { id: "overview", label: "Overview" },
URL-driven tabs with React Router
url-state
query-params
accessibility
Intermediate
8 steps
rust
use axum::{extract::Multipart, http::StatusCode, Json}; use serde::Serialize; use tokio::io::AsyncWriteExt; use uuid::Uuid;
Streaming multipart uploads in Axum
multipart
streaming
async-io
Intermediate
10 steps
python
import re from email_validator import validate_email, EmailNotValidError _DISPOSABLE_DOMAINS = {
Normalizing signup emails in Python
validation
normalization
data-cleaning
Intermediate
8 steps
python
import time from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor, as_completed from pathlib import Path
Parallel file downloads with a thread pool
concurrency
thread-pool
streaming-io
Intermediate
8 steps
rust
use std::collections::HashMap; #[derive(Debug, Clone)] struct Record {
Batched aggregation with fold in Rust
iterators
fold
hashmap
Intermediate
9 steps
typescript
import { Directive, ElementRef, HostListener, Input, OnDestroy, OnInit } from '@angular/core'; @Directive({ selector: '[appTrapFocus]',
Building a focus-trap directive in Angular
accessibility
focus-management
dom
Intermediate
9 steps
java
package com.example.payments.config; import com.stripe.StripeClient; import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
Swapping payment gateways by profile in Spring
dependency-injection
profiles
configuration
Intermediate
6 steps