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Andre Landgraf @andrelandgraf.com · 29d

Yesterday, I attended the first-ever Build With Cursor event at Cursor HQ and had a ton of fun working on my hack - the Self-Heal SDK!

Check it out: www.npmjs.com/package/self...

self-heal-sdk

Automatic bug fixing and feature implementation using Cursor Background Agents. Latest version: 0.0.8, last published: 6 hours ago. Start using self-heal-sdk in your project by running `npm i self-hea...

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Andre Landgraf @andrelandgraf.com · 29d

What if your app could fix itself? Using the Cursor Background Agents API, I built just that - meet the Self-Heal SDK!

youtu.be/p7iTLQ4N_JI

What If Your App Could Fix Itself? Meet the Self-Heal SDK Powered by Cursor's Background Agents API.

YouTube video by Andre Landgraf

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Andre Landgraf @andrelandgraf.com · Sep 9

Tired: Separate databases for dev & prod
Wired: Neon branches for each dev, preview env, prod
Inspired: One Neon branch for each integration test suite 🤯

Mikael Lirbank @lirbank.com · Sep 9

🚀 My guest post for the Neon blog just went live!

Want to make Postgres integration testing dead simple? Read on:
neon.com/blog/neon-te...

Big thanks to @andrelandgraf.com, Carlota Soto and Neon for the support!

Neon Testing: a Vitest Library for Your Integration Tests - Neon

Try Neon Testing, an open-source utility for Vitest that turns Neon branches into disposable test environments.

neon.com

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Andre Landgraf @andrelandgraf.com · Aug 19

Very excited for this!

Sync Conf @syncconf.bsky.social · Aug 19

Announcing Sync Conf 2025. Join us in SF on Nov 12th.

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Andre Landgraf @andrelandgraf.com · Aug 14

We love to hear it! 💚

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Andre Landgraf @andrelandgraf.com · Aug 7

Blog post here: neon.com/blog/tanstac...

TanStack DB with Sync - the future of real-time UI - Neon

Learn how to achieve end-to-end reactivity and optimistic UI updates with Electric SQL, TanStack DB, and Postgres.

neon.com

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Andre Landgraf @andrelandgraf.com · Aug 7

I'm sure if it weren’t for AI, the web dev community would be talking a lot more about sync engines and TanStack DB right now.

I just published a short video + blog post to share why I’m so excited about TanStack DB and ElectricSQL!

youtu.be/OKHYUISDYmk

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Andre Landgraf @andrelandgraf.com · Aug 1

It was great to meet you!

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Andre Landgraf @andrelandgraf.com · Jul 31

It’s a wrap! Laracon 2025, it was a blast!

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Andre Landgraf @andrelandgraf.com · Jul 27

Heading to Denver for #laraconus! 🛫

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Andre Landgraf @andrelandgraf.com · Jul 21

My remote talk from React Summit is up!

Your Frontend’s best friend - how to ship fast in 2025: gitnation.com/contents/you...

Your Frontend’s Best Friend - How to Ship Fast in 2025 by Andre Landgraf

The Talk delves into enhancing success rates in software projects through focusing on iteration velocity and observability. Discussions revolve around the advantages of utilizing full stack web framew...

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Andre Landgraf @andrelandgraf.com · Jul 15

Neon is a serverless Postgres platform that separates storage and compute for autoscaling, branching, and bottomless storage.

Inventing a modern cloud platform for Postgres isn’t easy and the team is constantly iterating to make it faster and more reliable. Love to see it! 🚀

Neon - Serverless Postgres @neon.com · Jul 15

In the last few months, we've been working on making Neon storage faster.

Here are 7 improvements we shipped to boost performance under the hood 🧵

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Andre Landgraf @andrelandgraf.com · Jul 10

I wrote about the sensible use of MCP in production: andrelandgraf.dev/blog/2025-07...

Sensible use of MCP today | Andre Landgraf

In this blog post, we discuss the Model Context Protocol (MCP), prompt injection attacks, problems with LLM agency, and how to use MCP in production.

andrelandgraf.dev

Reposted by Andre Landgraf

All Things Web @allthingsweb.dev · Jul 8

Hey friends! Our next All Things Web event is scheduled for Wednesday, July 23! Let's hang out at the SF Nook for another Show & Tell 🎤

RSVP: lu.ma/73ztr87m

All Things Web Show & Tell · Luma

Join us on July 23 at the SF Nook for another All Things Web: Show & Tell 🎤 This one's all about you. From 6 to 7 PM, attendees will take the spotlight to…

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Andre Landgraf @andrelandgraf.com · Jul 8

Down the linux rabbit hole again. This time with omarchy (omarchy.org). Never used Arch before but I already love the focus on keyboard navigation with this setup. Let's see if I can get used to it!

Omarchy

An opinionated Hyprland + Arch setup

omarchy.org

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Andre Landgraf @andrelandgraf.com · Jul 1

Oh no, I think I’m vibe-coding a React framework. Send help!

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Andre Landgraf @andrelandgraf.com · Jun 17

My remote talk for React Summit 2025 will be streamed in an hour. Let’s talk Backend for Frontend, full stack app architectures, and MCP!

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Andre Landgraf @andrelandgraf.com · Jun 11

😁 thank you!

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Andre Landgraf @andrelandgraf.com · Jun 11

I’m happy to share that I’m starting a new position as Member of Technical Staff at Databricks!

For those who missed it: @neon.com was acquired by Databricks, and we’re joining forces to make Neon Postgres even better! 🚀

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Andre Landgraf @andrelandgraf.com · Jun 3

Tomorrow, @neon.com is hosting reAgent together with @github.com and Madrona. It’s the biggest event I’ve helped organized so far!

We’ve got over 400 curated RSVPs from founders and leaders in the AI agent space and an amazing lineup of speakers. It’s going to be awesome!

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All Things Web @allthingsweb.dev · Jun 3

Thanks everyone for joining us yesterday for NextDev.fm Live! Special thanks to Ted Nyman for sharing his journey with us. Loved the insights into GitHub’s early days and everything he’s building now at cased.com.

Don’t while (true) git clone, kids! 😅

Dan Goosewin and Ryan Vogel interviewing Ted Nyman live in a cozy living room.

Crowd of web developers listening to a live podcast in a cozy event space.

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Brooks Lybrand @brookslybrand.bsky.social · Jun 2

Wrote some cursor rules that allow you to 1 shot something like this using loaders, actions, type-safe routes, etc.

More tweaking and improvement to do, but this is vastly better than the default experience trying "vibe code" with RR7

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Andre Landgraf @andrelandgraf.com · Jun 2

This was so much fun.

Future of Web hackathon at Sentry. Montage by @deyshin.com: youtu.be/9ZXE8ajH4Xs?...

[Montage] Future of Web Hackathon at Sentry | Apr 26, 2025

YouTube video by All Things Web

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Andre Landgraf @andrelandgraf.com · May 30

ABSOLUTE WIZARDS @syntax.fm

youtu.be/RByYmKeekK0?...

The ULTIMATE UI Build Challenge

YouTube video by Syntax

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Andre Landgraf @andrelandgraf.com · May 30

Ship faster with Postgres! Neon + Flashboard ⚡

Neon - Serverless Postgres @neon.com · May 30

Generate a CMS and admin panel with a Notion-style editor, file uploads, and more - straight from your Postgres schema. getflashboard.com made it happen.

Read how to use Flashboard with Neon: neon.com/blog/generat...

Generate a CMS based on your Neon Postgres schema - Neon

Flashboard is an instant CMS for your Postgres database. Connect your Neon database and get a full admin panel with a Notion-style editor, file uploads, and more - no setup required.

neon.com