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AskLoop: I Built the Dev Hangout That Fixes Medium, Dev.to, and Stack Overflow

Tired of buried questions and vanishing posts on dev sites? I just built AskLoop to fix it all—in one slick full stack platform. Here's the raw build story.

theAIcatchup Apr 09, 2026 3 min read
Screenshot of AskLoop dashboard showing articles, Q&A, and forum posts with rich editor

⚡ Key Takeaways

  • Start with custom User model to avoid migration pain later. 𝕏
  • Proxy API through Netlify to fix mixed HTTPS/HTTP content issues. 𝕏
  • Override model save() for dynamic features like auto-badges on rep changes. 𝕏
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