Shadcn/UI now defaults to Base UI instead of Radix

126 dabinat 2026-07-05 05:01:14 UTC ui.shadcn.com Llama Share 39

Shadcn/ui has rebuilt every component for Base UI, keeping the same abstraction, and letting users choose between Radix and Base UI. New projects default to Base UI, and a migration skill is available to help users migrate their existing projects from Radix to Base UI.

If you're a button, you have one job

222 nozzlegear 2026-07-05 03:01:14 UTC unsung.aresluna.org Llama Share 106

You're concerned that your interactive essay may appear old-fashioned, but its challenges are universal. A predictable and pleasant interface is essential, even for casual users, to avoid situational disability and power user-ness.

Command and Conquer Generals natively ported to macOS, iPhone, iPad using Fable

569 asronline 2026-07-04 20:01:14 UTC github.com/ammaarreshi Llama Share 234

Command & Conquer Generals: Zero Hour runs natively on Apple devices with real 2003 engine, using DXVK/MoltenVK and touch controls. Requires own game assets and Apple Developer team for iOS build.

Web-based cryptography is always snake oil

20 enz 2026-07-05 09:01:14 UTC devever.net Llama Share 19

Web-based "end-to-end" encryption is inherently incoherent due to the web platform's design, where client-side code is distributed by the same entity it's supposed to secure against. Companies use this "snake oil crypto" as a legal loophole to exempt themselves from processing warrants, rather than providing actual security, and this approach is vulnerable to changes in law and government coercion.

Apocketlypse

13 scaglio 2026-07-05 09:01:14 UTC 0dd.company Llama Share 1

The user created APOCKETLYPSE, a digital creature that destroys humanity, inspired by Digimon and apocalyptic themes. They used the uxn programming system, a bytecode-based system, to create the project, which was a fun and challenging experience.

Pandoc Lua Filters

67 ankitg12 2026-07-05 06:01:14 UTC pandoc.org Llama Share 2

Pandoc supports filters written in Lua without external dependencies, allowing for efficient manipulation of the pandoc abstract syntax tree (AST).

Programmers need to start meditating now

27 enz 2026-07-05 08:01:14 UTC jacob.gold Llama Share 12

Programmers used to experience a meditative flow state while coding, but this has changed with the shift to multitasking. Now, programmers should consider meditation as a hobby or use apps like Calm to compensate for lost mental clarity.

GPT-5.5 Codex reasoning-token clustering may be leading to degraded performance

273 maille 2026-07-04 22:01:14 UTC github.com/openai Llama Share 104

GPT-5.5 responses disproportionately cluster at 516 reasoning tokens with related spikes at 1034 and 1552. This pattern suggests a possible reasoning-budget or truncation behavior in GPT-5.5.

Jellyfish can heal wounds in minutes. Scientists want their secrets

124 hhs 2026-07-04 23:01:14 UTC mbl.edu Llama Share 25

Clytia hemisphaerica jellyfish have transparent bodies allowing researchers to study wound healing in real time. Scientists can observe epithelial cells stitching damaged tissue back together, revealing conserved mechanisms of wound healing across different species.

Google Books (or similar) all book scans – $200k bounty (2025)

467 Cider9986 2026-07-04 17:01:14 UTC software.annas-archive.gl Llama Share 256

Google is offering a $200,000 bounty for a method to access and scale up its scanned book snippets. The goal is to make these rare books accessible, and the bounty also applies to similar collections from AI companies.

Megawatts by Microwave

23 eternauta3k 2026-07-05 06:01:14 UTC computer.rip Llama Share 2

The US Army Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation built dams on the Columbia River for various reasons, including irrigation, electricity, and national defense. The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) was formed to distribute power from these dams, creating a regional power grid and pioneering modern electricity pricing and distribution.

Leaking YouTube creators' private videos

616 javxfps 2026-07-04 17:01:14 UTC javoriuski.com Llama Share 341

A security vulnerability was found in YouTube's AI assistant Ask Studio, where an attacker can inject malicious comments that are then read by the AI and presented as its own response to creators. This allows attackers to extract sensitive information from creators' private videos by manipulating the AI to generate links with channel data, putting millions of creators at risk.

Moby Dick Workout (2022)

42 helloplanets 2026-07-05 05:01:14 UTC hogbaysoftware.com Llama Share 13

You test productivity apps with large texts like "Moby Dick" to ensure they handle user-generated content. If an app passes this test, it may be suitable for your needs, but failing doesn't necessarily mean it's bad.

Is The Economist Always Wrong?

40 andsoitis 2026-07-05 07:01:14 UTC economist.com Llama Share 33

The Economist's predictions have been criticized for being inaccurate, but an AI model found that they were right more often than wrong, especially when they were neither too conventional nor too daring. The magazine's record shows that it has made some accurate predictions, such as the rise of Bitcoin and the spread of covid-19, but also some incorrect ones, like the peak in global oil demand.

Artful Cats: Feline-Inspired Art and Artifacts

41 jruohonen 2026-07-05 04:01:14 UTC si.edu Full Share 4

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About the Digital Art

8 NaOH 2026-07-05 07:01:14 UTC tricivenola.com Prefix Share 0

Back in the day, I discovered that creating digital art on the brand-new 128K Macintosh computer was exactly like drawing on an Etch-A-Sketch. In other words, I could do it and few others could. You drew with a mouse, you had black, you had white, you had a few tools. Bill Atkinson had given us MacPaint, and I used that. I didn’t know the difference between the software and the desktop. There ...

Fast Software, the Best Software

9 ustad 2026-07-05 08:01:14 UTC craigmod.com Prefix Share 0

I love fast software. That is, software speedy both in function and interface. Software with minimal to no lag between wanting to activate or manipulate something and the thing happening. Lightness. Software that’s speedy usually means it’s focused. Like a good tool, it often means that it’s simple, but that’s not necessarily true. Speed in software is probably the most valuable, least valued ...

Atomic Force Microscope high-speed video, stainless etching, bacteria, and more

73 mhb 2026-07-05 02:01:14 UTC youtube.com Embed Share 7

Better Models: Worse Tools

174 leemoore 2026-07-04 21:01:14 UTC lucumr.pocoo.org Llama Share 60

Newer Anthropic models like Opus 4.8 and Sonnet 5 produce malformed tool calls with extra invented fields due to post-training on Claude Code's forgiving harness. This behavior is not seen in older models and may be a result of reinforcement learning optimizing for one particular tool ecology.

The Log Is the Agent

44 iacguy 2026-07-05 03:01:14 UTC arxiv.org Llama Share 10

ActiveGraph inverts the typical agent framework arrangement, with an append-only event log as the source of truth and a working graph as a deterministic projection. This design provides deterministic replay, cheap forking, and end-to-end lineage, making it well-suited for self-improving agents.

Return of the Nigerian Prince Redux: Beware Book Club and Book Review Scams (2025)

53 Anon84 2026-07-05 01:01:14 UTC writerbeware.blog Llama Share 12

A Nigerian scammer is using AI-generated emails to target authors with personalized marketing offers, then demanding access to their KDP accounts. The scammer is now using various iterations, including book club impersonations and fake private review groups, to charge authors for features or spotlights.

My ASN Journey series (2024)

20 antonalekseev 2026-07-05 05:01:14 UTC animmouse.com Llama Share 6

The user is on an ASN journey to explore BGP and own an IP address, focusing on IPv6 due to its availability and lower costs. They created a tutorial on setting up BGP from scratch and discuss the benefits and challenges of owning an ASN and IPv6.

Zig: All Package Management Functionality Moved from Compiler to Build System

204 tosh 2026-07-04 17:01:14 UTC ziglang.org Llama Share 65

The Zig compiler has undergone several changes and improvements in 2026, including a new ELF linker, incremental compilation, and improved type resolution logic, which aim to make the compiler faster and more efficient. These changes also include updates to the LLVM backend, SPIR-V backend, and package management, as well as the introduction of new features such as evented I/O and experimental fibers.

Meta's Un-Stable Signature

88 ementally 2026-07-05 00:01:14 UTC hackerfactor.com Llama Share 13

The user investigated three AI-based invisible watermark algorithms, SynthID, TrustMark, and Stable Signature, and found that they all make the same fundamental mistake of assuming independent and uniformly distributed bits, leading to inflated accuracy rates and high error rates. The user's empirical testing and statistical analysis revealed that these algorithms have error rates of around ...

Potential session/cache leakage between workspace instances or consumer accounts

298 chatmasta 2026-07-04 15:01:14 UTC github.com/anthropics Llama Share 129

Session leakage occurs despite authentication, with unrelated Minecraft prompt appearing in Enterprise ZDR workspace. Possible causes include colleague activity or cache leakage from consumer plan, raising security concerns.

"Beyond the limit": Satellites and mirrors in space pose threat to the night sky

144 Breadmaker 2026-07-04 18:01:14 UTC eso.org Llama Share 245

A new ESO study warns that launching 1.7 million satellites would devastate astronomy, recommending no more than 100,000 faint satellites to safeguard night sky observations.

What ORMs have taught me: just learn SQL (2014)

190 ciconia 2026-07-04 14:01:14 UTC wozniak.ca Llama Share 220

The user has had negative experiences with Object-Relational Mappers (ORMs) and believes they should not replace SQL, but rather augment it. They recommend learning SQL to write efficient queries and manage database interactions, and suggest using templated SQL or stored procedures for complex queries.

Record-breaking solo rower Kelsey Pfendler arrives in Hawaii

49 MaysonL 2026-07-05 02:01:14 UTC hawaiinewsnow.com Llama Share 5

Kelsey Pfendler completed a record-breaking solo row from California to Hawaii in 43 days, breaking both men's and women's records. She was greeted by a cheering crowd at the Hawaii Yacht Club after rowing over 2,400 miles in her 21-foot boat, Lily.

sqlite-utils 4.0rc2, mostly written by Claude Fable (for about $149.25)

44 ognyankulev 2026-07-05 07:01:14 UTC simonwillison.net Llama Share 51

The user used Claude Fable to review and improve the sqlite-utils 4.0 release, fixing several bugs and improving transaction handling, and the new release includes comprehensive documentation on the transaction model. The user also upgraded to a higher Fable plan to increase their allowance and estimated the cost of the session using AgentsView.

Drone Autonomy Crash Course

54 cgg1 2026-07-05 00:01:14 UTC cggonzalez.com Llama Share 5

Carlos is creating a guide to making quadcopters autonomous, covering modeling, state estimation, motion planning, and control. His goal is to provide a simple overview for newcomers to the topic.