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Affordable (free) Text to Speech APIs with nodeJS

Similar to experimentation with text translation APIs in a previous post, I wanted to build on this to get some voice out of the translated…

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Affordable (free) Text Translation APIs with nodeJS

I've been digging around for some good and cheap APIs to translate thousands of words from one language to another for a tool I've been…

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GatsbyJS + Firebase Auth set up for a blazing fast site in 1 hour (part 2)

Step 5: Initialize Firebase instance from lazy loaded Firebase module Alright, continuing from part 1 where I got a firebase library…

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GatsbyJS + Firebase Auth set up for a blazing fast site in 1 hour (part 1)

The Tech Stack This guide goes through setting up a working site on a custom domain using some of my favorite tech stacks available today…

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Browser Tab State Synchronization with React hooks

In a web app, there's many times its useful to keep app state synchronized across browser tabs. The method described here uses the browser's…