Sometimes, even smart tools hit a rough patch. That’s what happened when Peppertype AI faced a traffic jam of epic proportions. Users everywhere were met with a dreaded message: “Internal server error 500.” But don’t worry! The team had a trick up their sleeve—something called exponential backoff scheduling. TL;DR When Peppertype AI got…
Managing complex web applications often involves using multiple environments—development, staging, and production—to test functionality and catch bugs before they reach users. For many developers and teams, maintaining synchronization between these environments is key to a healthy deployment process. But what happens when those systems stop communicating correctly? TL;DR When staging environments stopped automatically…
GPT 5 is fully released. OpenAI launched it on August 7, 2025. The updated GPT 5.1 version started rolling out in November 2025. It is now the default model for all ChatGPT users across the free tier, ChatGPT Plus, ChatGPT Pro, and ChatGPT Enterprise. Developers can also use the GPT 5 family in…
Like many website owners, protecting my site from malicious traffic was a top priority. I wanted to secure it against brute force attacks, spammers, and bad bots. For that reason, I installed the All In One WP Security & Firewall plugin for WordPress. I trusted it to protect my online property. However, in…
Creating engaging and visually inspired outputs from AI like ChatGPT has rapidly evolved thanks to multimodal capabilities. One of the most interesting of these advancements is the ability to generate visual content using detailed prompts, often referred to as “image prompts.” These prompts instruct AI models like DALL·E (a visual sibling of ChatGPT)…