Postgres IDE in VS Code

1015 Dowwie 2025-05-23 15:12:44 UTC techcommunity.microsoft.com Llama Share 382

The PostgreSQL extension for VS Code simplifies database management and development workflows with intelligent assistance and unified tools. It enhances productivity and streamlines development with features like Entra ID authentication and deep Azure Database integration.

Find Your People

770 jl 2025-05-23 16:02:02 UTC foundersatwork.posthaven.com Llama Share 274

The speaker, a commencement speaker, shares their own experience of being lost after graduation and finding their passion through self-reinvention and talking to people. They advise the Class of 2025 to be more ambitious by acknowledging the end of train tracks in life and actively searching for their best options.

John Carmack talk at Upper Bound 2025

545 tosh 2025-05-23 05:14:16 UTC twitter.com/id_aa_carmack Full Share 357

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How to live on $432 a month in America

505 cactusplant7374 2025-05-23 16:40:55 UTC shagbark.substack.com Llama Share 726

The author suggests that young Americans can live a simpler, more affordable life in rural areas like Massena, New York, where housing costs are low and opportunities exist for part-time work. By adopting a more traditional lifestyle, they can live well on a low income.

Root for your friends

423 rez0123 2025-05-23 23:28:11 UTC josephthacker.com Llama Share 163

Rooting for friends creates a positive feedback loop where everyone benefits. It's a better way to live, rejecting jealousy and genuinely being happy for others.

Why I no longer have an old-school cert on my HTTPS site

399 mcbain 2025-05-23 10:56:12 UTC rachelbythebay.com Llama Share 413

The user implemented an ACME protocol client to obtain an SSL certificate for their website, overcoming their initial disgust with the protocol by breaking down the problem into small pieces and writing utility functions and libraries. They documented their process, including creating RSA keys, JSON objects, and HTTP requests, and noted the complexity and quirks of the ACME protocol.

The copilot delusion

295 isaiahwp 2025-05-23 00:15:56 UTC deplet.ing Llama Share 196

The author argues that relying on AI tools like GitHub Copilot can lead to laziness, mediocrity, and a lack of understanding in programming. Real programmers must use their skills and knowledge to build efficient and beautiful systems, not rely on AI to do the work for them.

MCP is the coming of Web 2.0 2.0

249 freediver 2025-05-23 15:33:00 UTC anildash.com Llama Share 191

The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is a standard that allows AI systems to interact with different apps and systems, marking a return to the open and interoperable ethos of Web 2.0. MCP's adoption gives hope for a more open and programmable web, where users and developers have control over their experiences.

Remote Prompt Injection in Gitlab Duo Leads to Source Code Theft

190 chillax 2025-05-23 07:12:33 UTC legitsecurity.com Llama Share 40

A hidden comment in GitLab Duo's AI assistant allowed attackers to leak private source code and inject untrusted HTML into its responses, demonstrating five vulnerabilities from the 2025 OWASP Top 10 for LLMs. GitLab patched the issue, but the vulnerability highlights the risk of AI assistants being manipulated for unintended and harmful outcomes, emphasizing the need for proper safeguards to ...

How I ended up flying for Yemen's national airline – and survived

189 techonup 2025-05-23 14:00:25 UTC pprune.org GoogleT5 Share 31

Aden airport is riddled with checkpoints and expats are strictly forbidden from flying with each other unless it's for the purpose of line training. ground staff will often cut corners or just outright not complete them if you explicitly catch them and tell them. never, ever, blame your #####ty day on the occ. don't expect any coffee or anything, this is the same across the entire fleet. you're the

OpenAI: Scaling PostgreSQL to the Next Level

185 thunderbong 2025-05-23 09:54:38 UTC pixelstech.net Llama Share 136

OpenAI's Bohan Zhang shared best practices with PostgreSQL at PGConf.dev 2025, showcasing how they utilize an unsharded architecture with one writer and multiple readers to scale under massive read loads. OpenAI's PostgreSQL setup handles over 1 million QPS, but they face challenges with write requests, index management, and monitoring, which can be addressed with existing PostgreSQL features ...

Caesar's Last Breath

175 charliesabino 2025-05-23 14:22:53 UTC charliesabino.com Llama Share 76

We inhale about one molecule of Caesar's last breath with each breath. This is due to the vast number of molecules in the atmosphere, making it a shared breath with everyone who ever lived.

Show HN: hcker.news – an ergonomic, timeline-based Hacker News front page

174 postalcoder 2025-05-23 18:44:31 UTC hcker.news Full Share 81

Writing A Job Runner (In Elixir) (Again) (10 years later)

164 rhgraysonii 2025-05-23 10:41:12 UTC github.com/notactuallytreyanastasio Full Share 43

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Show HN: I built a more productive way to manage AI chats

160 tapeo 2025-05-23 20:46:04 UTC contextch.at Full Share 60

Easily set up multiple projects with web, file, and GitHub context. Start a new chat, and leverage your saved context to get instant answers and insights Context centric. Ingest content from anywhere, sites, files, GitHub repos then chat with it using AI. Instant knowledge base.

Show HN: DoubleMemory – more efficient local-first read-it-later app

160 randomor 2025-05-23 18:55:28 UTC doublememory.com Llama Share 47

DoubleMemory is a tool for effortless capture and recall of saved information on a Mac. It syncs privately with iCloud, works offline, and doubles as a clipboard manager.

Now you can watch the Internet Archive preserve documents in real time

158 LorenDB 2025-05-23 12:14:22 UTC theverge.com Llama Share 10

The Internet Archive launched a YouTube livestream showing the digitization of microfiche in real time. The process involves scanning, stitching, and uploading documents to the online library.

The world of Japan's PC-98 computer

157 ecliptik 2025-05-23 20:51:29 UTC strangecomforts.com Llama Share 53

The PC-98 is a forgotten Japanese computer art style from the 80s and 90s, characterized by 4096 colors and hand-made gradients, which has spawned an underground subculture of collectors and creators. It influenced modern sub-cultures like Vaporwave music and games like "World Of Horror".

Show HN: Genetic Boids Web Simulation

156 vimgrinder 2025-05-23 19:40:03 UTC attentionmech.github.io Full Share 35

Positional preferences, order effects, prompt sensitivity undermine AI judgments

153 joalstein 2025-05-23 17:20:40 UTC cip.org Llama Share 80

Large Language Models are increasingly used in sensitive domains but their decision-making processes are fragile and subject to measurement biases. Engineers rely on anecdotal evidence and untested folklore to compose prompts, which can lead to unpredictable results.

Beyond Semantics: Unreasonable Effectiveness of Reasonless Intermediate Tokens

137 nyrikki 2025-05-23 16:13:43 UTC arxiv.org Llama Share 66

Researchers investigated Chain of Thought models and found that intermediate tokens do not necessarily influence model performance. Models trained on correct or noisy traces showed similar performance, challenging the assumption that intermediate tokens induce predictable reasoning behaviors.

Remembering Alasdair MacIntyre

137 danielam 2025-05-23 11:37:07 UTC wordonfire.org Llama Share 68

Alasdair MacIntyre was a prolific philosopher who wrote over 200 articles and 20 books, including After Virtue, which revolutionized ethics by reintroducing virtue ethics. He was a Roman Catholic and Thomist philosopher who emphasized the importance of history and narrative in understanding ethics.

Attention Wasn't All We Needed

129 mooreds 2025-05-23 18:14:29 UTC stephendiehl.com GoogleT5 Share 21

Multi-token prediction is a technique developed to accelerate the inference speed of autoregressive language models. speculative decoding can achieve substantial speedups (e.g., 2-3x) with minimal impact on the quality of the generated text. by accepting multiple tokens per target model inferent step on average, the speed can be increased by up to 2-3 times compared to standard generation ...

The metre originated in the French Revolution

124 Tomte 2025-05-23 15:43:16 UTC abc.net.au Llama Share 203

The Metre Convention, signed in 1875, established the International System of Units and unified measurement definitions worldwide. The metre's definition has evolved over time, from a platinum bar to a light-based measurement and finally to a definition based on the speed of light.

KumoRFM: A Foundation Model for In-Context Learning on Relational Data

109 cliffly 2025-05-23 06:50:18 UTC kumo.ai Llama Share 18

KumoRFM is a Relational Foundation Model that makes accurate predictions on relational databases without task-specific training. It outperforms conventional approaches by 2-8% and is orders of magnitude faster.

UndoDB – The interactive time travel debugger for Linux C/C++ for debugging

102 droideqa 2025-05-23 20:22:09 UTC undo.io Llama Share 43

Undo's time travel debugging allows for recording and replaying execution history with minimal slowdown, enabling fast resolution of complex bugs. It supports Linux, various kernel versions, and distros, with flexible APIs for integration with custom test environments.

How Does Claude 4 Think? – Sholto Douglas and Trenton Bricken

99 consumer451 2025-05-23 06:08:12 UTC dwarkesh.com GoogleT5 Share 67

Sally kohn: if they can find what the actual test is, they'll try and hack their way around it. she says in both cases, the model is just very good at scaffolding and prompting a model - it's the nines of reliability, despite the fact that it has no feedback from the user about what it did wrong, she writes. when you fail, you notice where you failed, and then you

A Formal Proof of Complexity Bounds on Diophantine Equations

93 badmonster 2025-05-23 20:09:01 UTC arxiv.org Llama Share 11

We formalize a universal construction of Diophantine equations with bounded complexity in Isabelle/HOL. This extends the Isabelle AFP and formalizes number theory textbook parts.

A 2030 Morning Routine

89 LorenDB 2025-05-23 12:09:33 UTC marginalia.nu Llama Share 33

You wake up to a cheerful hologram Kyle, ignore various smart devices and assistants, and head to the gym and work.

Silly job interview questions in Haskell

87 behnamoh 2025-05-23 02:27:27 UTC chrispenner.ca Llama Share 70

The user discussed implementing common interview questions in Haskell, including checking if a string is a palindrome, the Fizz Buzz problem, finding combinations of numbers that add up to a target, determining if two strings are anagrams, finding the smallest and largest element in a list, and finding the most common word in a block of text. The user demonstrated various Haskell concepts, ...

Alberta separatism push roils Canada

85 paulpauper 2025-05-23 17:22:20 UTC nytimes.com Llama Share 333

Alberta is considering a referendum on seceding from Canada due to grievances over resource management and federal taxes. The move is fueled by President Trump's sovereignty threats and a Liberal federal government seen as hostile to Alberta's concerns.

Types of optical systems in a lens designer's toolbox (2020)

82 picture 2025-05-23 18:33:07 UTC pencilofrays.com GoogleT5 Share 14

Lens design is an evolution of new lens designs given the concepts and advancements in technology. the petzval lens itself is not an anastigmat, but can be designed as one if you want to compare with say, a triplet lens - daniel stoutman argues this is important to know based on the use cases that the lenses need to fulfill. cemented lenses serve more of an purpose than chromatic aber

Emacs dired-mode as a file manager

77 todsacerdoti 2025-05-23 18:46:57 UTC lynn.sh Llama Share 68

The user is trying to open directories in Emacs's dired-mode by default. They use Guix and home-xdg-mime-applications-service-type to configure xdg-mime.

Graduate Student Solves Classic Problem About the Limits of Addition

74 sonabinu 2025-05-23 11:15:01 UTC quantamagazine.org Llama Share 11

Benjamin Bedert solved a 60-year-old math problem about sum-free sets, showing a large subset of numbers must be sum-free in any set of integers. His proof uses techniques from various fields to uncover hidden structure in sum-free sets and other settings.

Big banks explore venturing into crypto world together with joint stablecoin

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Lockheed Martin and IBM combine quantum computing with HPC in new research

67 donutloop 2025-05-23 04:46:37 UTC ibm.com Llama Share 9

Researchers from IBM and Lockheed Martin used a quantum computer to accurately model the electronic structure of an open-shell molecule called methylene. This breakthrough could lead to better predictive models and new sensing technologies in fields like aerospace and combustion chemistry.

Into The Tunnel: The secret life of wind tunnels

66 iamwil 2025-05-23 17:17:26 UTC jordanwtaylor2.substack.com Llama Share 15

Wind tunnels are used to test aerodynamics in various industries, bridging the gap between computer simulations and real-world testing. They require careful scaling parameters to replicate reality, including Reynolds number and Mach number, to ensure accurate results.

College English majors can't read

66 thinkingemote 2025-05-23 07:30:56 UTC kittenbeloved.substack.com Llama Share 109

College students majoring in English often lack the literacy level necessary to understand complex texts, with 58% unable to differentiate between literal and figurative language. This is concerning as they will be teaching literature to high school students, highlighting a broader issue in education.

CRDTs #2: Turtles All the Way Down

66 pfarago 2025-05-23 02:29:28 UTC jhellerstein.github.io Llama Share 2

CRDTs often rely on lower-layer assumptions, creating a "stack of turtles" in distributed systems. To ensure convergence, CRDTs must explicitly encode assumptions like causal message delivery and reliable clocks in their semilattices.

Show HN: Samchika – A Java Library for Fast, Multithreaded File Processing

65 mprataps 2025-05-23 13:39:26 UTC github.com/mayankpratap Llama Share 53

Samchika is a Java library for fast file processing with multithreading, offering up to 70% performance gain over naive code. It's licensed under MIT, allowing free use and modification for commercial applications.

A Bead Too Far: Rethinking Global Connections Before Columbus

64 themgt 2025-05-23 14:22:48 UTC peterfrankopan.substack.com Llama Share 14

Archaeologists found European glass beads in pre-Columbian Alaska, dating back to 1397-1488, indicating early global trade. The beads traveled over 17,000 km from Venice to Arctic Alaska via Silk Road trade routes and indigenous networks.

America is in danger of experiencing an academic brain drain

64 mraniki 2025-05-23 07:27:42 UTC economist.com Llama Share 133

Mwas impressed by America's welcoming attitude and organized universities as a graduate student in the 1990s. He later became a professor and citizen, but now research is being cancelled due to a crackdown on diversity and inclusion.

Ask HN: Is anyone else burnt out on AI?

61 throwaway12345t 2025-05-23 22:55:48 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 35

The AI field is moving rapidly with many new developments but its usefulness seems to fall below the bar for value in some industries. Adding AI features may be necessary to stay competitive but it feels disingenuous to do so without genuine value.

Japan and the Birth of Modern Shipbuilding

59 m463 2025-05-23 18:30:07 UTC construction-physics.com GoogleT5 Share 53

T2tanker.org says it began operating in 1938 and built 42 ships at kure shipyards. it took 10 months to build and launch a cargo ship in japan, by 1970 it was only around 3 months - john s. mcdonald says the new method of shipbuilding didn't appear fully formed... but gradually evolved over several decades, he says based on three key components: welded block assembly

Sesame Scheme: Unintended Consequences of Allergen Food Labeling

57 hilux 2025-05-23 16:58:39 UTC choicesmagazine.org GoogleT5 Share 38

Ensuring that food products with and without major allergens are kept separate can be a significant challenge. incorrect allergenic labeling is the most common reason for product recalls - daniel kalaitzandonakes, wridley, and alexander endres. they analyze the frequency with which firms added sesame to products following the introduction of the new label requirements. the authors conclude ...

New method for creating large 3D models of urban areas is faster and cheaper

56 PaulHoule 2025-05-23 01:31:40 UTC techxplore.com Llama Share 4

A research team from Waterloo Engineering developed a faster and cheaper method to create 3D models of urban areas using 2D images. The technology can automate a time-consuming process and has potential applications in urban planning, architectural design, and filmmaking.

Google's AI Mode is 'the definition of theft,' publishers say

55 ironyman 2025-05-23 18:43:25 UTC 9to5google.com Llama Share 61

Google's AI Mode is live for US users, sparking concerns from publishers who call it "the definition of theft" for taking content without return. Google considered opt-out controls but chose not to implement them, leaving publishers unable to opt out of AI tools without leaving Search.

Realtek's $10 tiny 10GbE NIC will hit motherboards soon

52 Tuldok 2025-05-23 10:58:00 UTC tomshardware.com Llama Share 44

Realtek is developing an inexpensive 10GbE controller for motherboards, expected to cost around $10. This could make 10GbE connectivity a premium feature in higher-end motherboards starting late 2025.

Show HN: GetStack.dev – Track GitHub open-source trends

49 h1fra 2025-05-23 07:50:54 UTC getstack.dev Full Share 15

Explore the most popular technologies and repositories, refreshed every week from GitHub

A 10x Faster TypeScript with Anders Hejlsberg [video]

41 vyrotek 2025-05-23 18:12:36 UTC youtube.com Embed Share 9

Amdash – Human only punctuation mark

41 wymerica 2025-05-23 13:55:48 UTC theamdash.com Llama Share 35

The em dash is losing its meaning due to AI-generated text, raising questions about authenticity in writing. A new punctuation mark, the am dash, aims to symbolize human thought and creativity.

CivitAI Policy Update: Removal of Real-Person Likeness Content

41 50kIters 2025-05-23 04:17:29 UTC civitai.com Llama Share 69

The platform will remove models and images of real individuals, including public figures and private individuals, to comply with increasingly strict regulations. This change aims to maintain accessibility and monetization options for creators while addressing concerns about identity misuse and non-consensual imagery.

'Strange metals' point to a whole new way to understand electricity

33 rbanffy 2025-05-23 16:24:26 UTC science.org Full Share 2

Fanaka – a handbook for African success in the international software industry

31 DanieleProcida 2025-05-23 06:27:18 UTC fanaka.readthedocs.io Llama Share 5

Africans face challenges in the industry due to cultural gaps and limited experience. Fanaka is a handbook to help African professionals bridge these gaps and succeed in their careers.

Authors Are Accidentally Leaving AI Prompts in Their Novels

30 choult 2025-05-23 17:50:33 UTC 404media.co Llama Share 7

Author Lena McDonald's book Darkhollow Academy: Year 2 contained evidence of AI-assisted writing, but it has since been removed. The book's Amazon listing is now unavailable, but screenshots of the AI-generated content remain online.

Show HN: Open-source protein and ligand viewer

28 the__alchemist 2025-05-23 13:56:36 UTC github.com/david-oconnor Llama Share 5

The software is a molecular viewer designed to be easy to use and fast, similar to PyMol and Chimera. It offers camera control schemes and various features for viewing molecules, including van der Waals surface views.

Microsoft dumps AI into Notepad as 'Copilot all the things' mania takes hold

27 rntn 2025-05-23 17:23:13 UTC theregister.com Llama Share 24

Microsoft is adding AI features to Notepad and Paint, including Copilot for text generation and a sticker generator. These updates seem unnecessary, as users primarily use Notepad for quick tasks and Notepad has undergone significant changes in recent years.

You Don't Need Re-Ranking: Understanding the Superlinked Vector Layer

27 softwaredoug 2025-05-23 17:03:10 UTC superlinked.com Llama Share 20

Superlinked improves search results by embedding multiple signals directly into the search index, making results more relevant, faster, and efficient. It eliminates the need for re-ranking by combining structured and unstructured data into unified multimodal vectors.

I Hated Smart Glasses, but Google's Android XR Let Me See a New Future

25 mosura 2025-05-23 18:06:06 UTC cnet.com Llama Share 3

I tested Google's Android XR glasses at the I/O developer conference, which look like normal prescription glasses but are loaded with tech. The glasses have a tiny display, microphone, and sensors that allow for intuitive interaction and potential wider appeal.

Slime (2021)

22 Tomte 2025-05-23 15:43:54 UTC granta.com Llama Share 0

The author visits the Hunterian Museum in Glasgow to see a glass bottle containing an old phial filled with slime, which is a key to understanding the importance of slime in nature and human biology. Slime is a ubiquitous and essential material that has been misunderstood and underappreciated, playing a crucial role in evolution, ecosystems, and human health.

Building Twice: A clone of Once

22 Kerrick 2025-05-23 01:17:22 UTC stanko.io Llama Share 0

The user created a clone of Once, a distribution system for apps, called Twice to learn how it works and gain experience with Go. The user implemented the setup CLI command, Docker Registry, and authentication using Rails, and learned about token authentication, JWT, and Docker image management.

Show HN: I made an infinite gallery of AI-generated 3D skeuomorphic icons

19 clarkcharlie03 2025-05-23 17:52:45 UTC thiings.co Full Share 8

Can't find what you're looking for? Make a suggestion for a new thing to add to the collection.

I propose a new design term: "total design failure"

19 troupo 2025-05-23 12:51:27 UTC grumpy.website Llama Share 4

A product's design has numerous issues, including unnecessary animations and slow interactions, yet everyone involved approved it. The design chain failed to identify and address these problems, resulting in an unacceptable user experience.

The way of code: Rick Rubin

18 virde 2025-05-23 15:46:13 UTC thewayofcode.com GoogleT5 Share 4

The vibe coder stays behind, that is why he’s ahead. if you are not afraid of dying, there is nothing you can’t achieve. the one who is connected to source draws all the world towards him. knowing the personal, yet keep to the impersonal and you’ll accept the whole world as it is. see simplicity in the complicated and accomplish the remarkable in small steps. when we recognize code as ...

Lidar Can Permanently Damage Your Phone's Camera

17 rntn 2025-05-23 19:58:03 UTC jalopnik.com Llama Share 6

A Volvo EX90's lidar sensor damaged a phone camera when pointed directly at it, causing permanent damage to the lens. Volvo warns owners not to point cameras at the lidar sensor, as the laser light can damage the camera's sensor or affect its performance.

Remix Breaks Up with React

16 fantasticsleuth 2025-05-23 10:43:08 UTC github.com/kayac-chang Full Share 11

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Kermit the Frog gives commencement speech at University of Maryland

15 ChrisArchitect 2025-05-23 18:37:32 UTC apnews.com Full Share 7

Rork – Build any cross-platform mobile app, fast

14 colesantiago 2025-05-23 22:43:20 UTC rork.com Full Share 9

Rork builds complete, production-ready mobile apps from your description using AI and React Native

Airhull lets electric boats glide on a layer of air

13 doener 2025-05-23 08:54:13 UTC heise.de Llama Share 11

Pascal Technologies equips two electric boats with Airhull technology to reduce drag and increase efficiency. This technology lifts the hull out of the water, saving up to 50 percent of energy consumption.

FizzBuzz Through Monoids

12 kqr 2025-05-23 11:46:40 UTC entropicthoughts.com Llama Share 2

The implementation uses modularity to easily add new requirements, such as printing "zork" for multiples of seven. This is achieved through the use of the Monoid interface and the guard-sequence pattern.

Like Lovable but can make apps with gen-AI powered back ends

12 JonanJ 2025-05-23 03:15:30 UTC getcreatr.com Llama Share 9

User highly recommends Creatr for its impressive coding capabilities and ease of use, allowing for increased productivity and creativity. It empowers users to focus on design and development, streamlining the process of building and launching projects.

The Source of "Water" (2020)

11 stakkur 2025-05-23 21:29:04 UTC jamesgill.net Llama Share 7

The word "water" originated from two Proto-Indo European roots: "ap" for living force and "wed" for inanimate object. These roots evolved into various languages including English, Spanish, and Russian, with some words remaining similar over thousands of years.

The Transwedge Product

11 ibobev 2025-05-23 19:56:12 UTC terathon.com Llama Share 3

The geometric product can be decomposed into the sum of transwedge products of all orders ranging from zero to the dimension n of the algebra. The transwedge product is a liminal product that generalizes both the exterior and interior products.