Beta Acid

A NYC-based digital agency specializing in building new software products with a lean, startup-like approach.

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More autonomous AI isn't always better AI.
The question isn't "How much can AI do?"
It's "How much should it do?"

https://t.co/htFj2lewzR

#AI #AIAgents #AgenticAI

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RAG works… until the questions get hard.

We tested it vs Graph RAG vs an agentic loop on real data.

The winner wasn’t what we expected 👇

#AI #LLMs #RAG

https://t.co/l0e3oiGnEJ

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🃏✨AI doesn’t have to be about efficiency and output.

We experimented with using AI to support team culture in a fully remote setup.

Here’s what we learned: https://t.co/WnX41WpLOm

#RemoteWork #CompanyCulture #AIAtWork #FutureOfWork

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🔐 Security shouldn’t be an afterthought.
Check out our quick guide to bringing DevSecOps into your CI/CD workflow: https://t.co/3iNF0LQJvY

#DevSecOps #CICD #SoftwareSecurity #DevOps

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AI for QA sounds great in theory — but does it really make testing faster?
We ran a real-world experiment with Playwright MCP to find out ➡️https://t.co/o1aSfYu1yM

#QualityAssurance #AITesting #Automation #Playwright #SoftwareTesting

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Great landing pages don’t just happen — they’re designed. We've compiled 8 essential tips to help you design a high-converting landing page that works, using our Pourwall landing page as a case study. https://t.co/LhAd8loY39

#UX #ConversionRateOptimization #DigitalMarketing #LandingPages

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AWS CDK tip:
If you keep writing the same infra code… stop. Here’s a step-by-step example of turning a static site setup into a reusable L3 construct for faster, safer, cleaner deployments.
👉 https://t.co/9CoSzRPlhJ
 #AWS #CDK #DevOps #TypeScript

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pip + pyenv + poetry + pipx + venv = 😵‍💫
uv replaces them all, and it’s fast.
 We tested it on a real project.
👉 Full write-up: https://t.co/psNgnmdjec
 #Python #DevTools #uv

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Swagger fatigue is real.
We tried tRPC for a fast-moving TypeScript build, and it just worked. Zero drift. Fully inferred types.
Here’s what we learned: https://t.co/YtYWiic0Pa
#tRPC #TypeScript #WebDev #DX

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New software build or legacy rebuild?
Either way, our job’s the same: ship real value, fast.
Here’s our playbook for both, MVPs, weird old edge cases, and all.
👉 https://t.co/M9gfqASswq

#SoftwareEngineering #ProductDevelopment #RebuildVsNewBuild

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How do you actually bond with your remote team?
Would love to hear what worked (or didn’t) for you. We flew 26 remote teammates from 8 countries to Brazil. No laptops. Just food, games, and a lot of fun. 🎤 🇧🇷
It changed how we work, for real. Read more here: https://t.co/15uUeluutN
#remotework #teamculture #remotefirst

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Lightweight 3D tools worth ten minutes each: https://t.co/7kYfgkKJkc

 #3DModeling #DesignTools #Spline #Unbound3D #Feather3D #Web3D

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No EC2, no problem. We built a full ETL pipeline with just @awscloud Lambda + S3 + RDS. Event-driven, #Serverless, and surprisingly simple.
💡 Full walkthrough here 👇🏼 https://t.co/ogny16C8nP

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Ever told Siri, “Remind me to take out the trash when I get home”? That kind of automation was built on something called Intents. The new Model Context Protocol (MCP) lets LLMs go further

https://t.co/dXgOc5ki2I

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Daniel Röhers Moura dives deep into the Error.isError proposal, a game-changer for reliable error detection across realms in @JavaScript. Read more: https://t.co/d5M8NdTLXw

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Serverless platforms like @Azure Functions and @awscloud Lambda make it easier to build and scale without getting bogged down in infrastructure. But which one fits your needs best? https://t.co/dnFTNysYhU

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In our latest blog post we share some practical solutions to common @reactnative performance challenges, showing how to debug like a pro!
https://t.co/UzKwjbrjr9