How we exploited CodeRabbit: From simple PR to RCE and write access on 1M repos

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A security researcher discovered a vulnerability in CodeRabbit's AI code review tool that allowed for remote code execution and access to 1 million private code repositories. The vulnerability was fixed after the researcher responsibly disclosed it to CodeRabbit, highlighting the importance of prioritizing security in the development process.

OpenMower – An open source lawn mower

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The user is a software engineer with experience in robotics and embedded programming, working on an open-source robotic lawn mower project called OpenMower, aiming to improve existing robotic mowers with better software. The project has made progress, with a stable mainboard and motor controllers, and the user invites others to join and contribute to the project.

How to Draw a Space Invader

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The user created a Space Invaders generator for the Creative Coding Amsterdam code challenge, using a vector 3D renderer to generate random invaders with a geometric pattern. The generator uses a combination of vector graphics and pixelization to create a pixelated look, with features like animation, color generation, and debug mode.

D2 (text to diagram tool) now supports ASCII renders

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ASCII diagrams in D2 use the ELK layout engine and can be written to txt files. They can be rendered in Unicode or standard ASCII with the --ascii-mode flag.

"Remove mentions of XSLT from the html spec"

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Custom telescope mount using harmonic drives and ESP32

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The user built a custom telescope mount with a harmonic drive and ESP32 microcontroller, learning PCB design and FreeCAD skills along the way. The project cost around €1,700, but the user gained valuable experience and a functional mount that tracks stars with 1-2 arcsecond precision.

Without the futex, it's futile

The user is disappointed with a book on concurrent programming, "The Art of Multiprocessor Programming", and decides to supplement it with information on futexes, a low-level concurrency primitive that is essential for modern locks. The user provides a detailed explanation of futexes, including how to build a basic mutex on top of a futex, and discusses various issues with the book, such as ...

Croatian freediver held breath for 29 minutes

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Vitomir Maričić set a new Guinness World Record for longest underwater breath-hold using oxygen at 29min 3sec. He surpassed the previous record by over four minutes in a 3m-deep pool in Croatia.

Prime Number Grid

Explore the distribution of prime numbers in a grid.

Ted Chiang: The Secret Third Thing

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Ted Chiang is a master science fiction writer who explores philosophical ideas through unique and internally consistent scientific laws in his stories. His works, such as "Story of Your Life" and "Exhalation", showcase his exceptional ability to combine science, philosophy, and human psychology in a way that resonates with readers.

Vendors that treat single sign-on as a luxury feature

Single sign-on (SSO) is a security feature that allows users to access multiple applications with one login. It's a critical requirement for companies with more than five employees to effectively manage user accounts across vendors.

Emacs as your video-trimming tool

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User shares a post about video trimming and creates a simple tool called video-trimmer-mode using ffmpeg. The tool is available in their Emacs config repo.

UK drops demand for backdoor into Apple encryption

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The UK has dropped its demand for Apple to provide backdoor access to encrypted user data. US officials had pressured the UK to comply with the CLOUD Act agreement, protecting American citizens' private data.

Notion releases offline mode

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Notion's offline mode allows users to view, edit, and create pages without an internet connection. Changes made offline sync automatically when the device reconnects, ensuring uninterrupted workflow.

How to Build a Medieval Castle

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Guédelon Castle in France is a medieval-style castle built using only 13th-century tools, techniques, and materials as part of an experimental archaeology project. The project, which began in 1998, has allowed researchers to test hypotheses about medieval construction and daily life, filling gaps in academic knowledge and refining their understanding of medieval sites.

From M1 MacBook to Arch Linux: A month-long experiment that became permanenent

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The user switched from a MacBook Pro to a Lenovo ThinkBook 14 G7 running Linux (Arch) and is enjoying the experience, but still needs to work on some issues like backup and native app support. They are impressed with the customizability of Linux and the Omarchy distro, which has made their transition smoother, but still faces some challenges like battery life and fan noise.

Lightning declines over shipping lanes following regulation of sulfur emissions

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Researchers studied lightning near the Port of Singapore and found a 50% drop in lightning activity after 2020 due to reduced sulfur emissions from ships. This suggests aerosol particles from ships can influence thunderstorms and their electrification.

Google is killing the open web

Google is waging a decade-long war on XML, targeting standards like XSLT and RSS, to gain control over the web. This war aims to centralize web services and limit user freedom.

I run a full Linux desktop in Docker just because I can

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The user attempted to run a full-fledged Linux desktop inside a Docker container on a Windows 10 PC, driven by curiosity and a desire for a challenge, and encountered several obstacles along the way. After experimenting with different approaches and configurations, the user successfully ran a Linux desktop in a Docker container and discovered several practical benefits, including remote ...

Positron, a New Data Science IDE

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Positron is a free, next-generation IDE for data science that combines Python and R in one environment. It provides a cohesive experience for writing code, performing analyses, and exploring data with features like notebooks, consoles, and data output.

Tiny microbe challenges the definition of cellular life

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Scientists discovered Sukunaarchaeum, a microbe with the smallest known genome, that relies almost entirely on its host for survival. Its unique lifestyle challenges traditional notions of life and may represent a new category of living organisms.

CRDT: Text Buffer

This article presents a collaborative text editing algorithm using CRDTs, which assigns unique identifiers to each character and uses a tree-based indexing system to order characters. The algorithm allows for efficient insertion and deletion of characters, and can be implemented with reasonable metadata overhead and O(log n) time complexity for queries and updates.

Perfect Freehand – Draw perfect pressure-sensitive freehand lines

Why Semantic Layers Matter (and how to build one with DuckDB)

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A semantic layer is a unified place to define ad hoc queries once, version-controlled and collaboratively, with the possibility of pulling them into different BI tools, web apps, notebooks, or AI/MCP integration. It simplifies complex analytics, eliminates metric duplication, and provides a single source of truth for business logic, making it suitable for larger enterprises with numerous ...

BBC witnesses settlers attack on Palestinian farm in West Bank

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Palestinian farmer Brahim Hamaiel's olive trees were attacked by settlers in the occupied West Bank, leading to clashes between Palestinians and settlers. The Israeli army blocked access to the area, preventing emergency crews from reaching the scene.

AnduinOS

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AnduinOS is a lightweight, user-friendly Linux distribution based on Ubuntu with a focus on privacy and simplicity. It's open-source, free, and compatible with most Ubuntu packages.

The forgotten meaning of "jerk"

Ben Lindbergh at The Ringer explores the shift in meaning of the word "jerk" from a simpleton to an obnoxious person. Many people, including his mom and columnist Dave Barry, have forgotten the original meaning of the word.

WebR – R in the Browser

WebR is a browser-based R compiler using WebAssembly, allowing R code execution without a server. It supports R packages and can be tried directly in a web browser with no installation required.

PyPI Preventing Domain Resurrection Attacks

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PyPI now checks for expired domains to prevent domain resurrection attacks, unverifying over 1,800 email addresses since early June 2025. This improves account security by closing a significant attack vector where attackers could gain unauthorized access to accounts.

Why I'm all-in on Zen Browser

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The author moved from Arc to Dia, but was disappointed by the loss of power user features and added AI that didn't justify the price. They then tried Firefox, but found it clunky and lacking in user experience.

Critical Cache Poisoning Vulnerability in Dnsmasq

A critical cache poisoning vulnerability affects Dnsmasq DNS software, allowing attackers to inject malicious DNS records. The issue exploits a single special character and can be brute-forced within an extended attack window.

'Ad Blocking Is Not Piracy' Decision Overturned by Top German Court

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Axel Springer sued Adblock Plus over copyright infringement, claiming its software manipulates website code protected by copyright law. The Federal Court of Justice ruled in favor of Axel Springer, stating Adblock Plus may have infringed on exclusive rights to modify and reproduce website code.

450× Faster Joins with Index Condition Pushdown

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Readyset optimized straddled joins by using Index Condition Pushdown, reducing latency by >450x and improving throughput by >450x. This new strategy minimizes materialization and disk reads by leveraging compound indexes and precise key lookups.

XZ Utils Backdoor Still Lurking in Docker Images

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A sophisticated backdoor was discovered in the xz-utils packages, affecting several major Linux distributions, including Debian, Fedora, and OpenSUSE, and was distributed through Docker images. The backdoor, which was embedded in the liblzma.so library, was found in over 35 Docker images, including some that are still publicly available on Docker Hub, more than a year after its discovery.

Launch HN: Uplift (YC S25) – Voice models for under-served languages

Zaid, Muhammad, and Hammad founded Uplift AI to create voice models for underserved languages like Urdu, Sindhi, and Balochi. They're launching public text-to-speech APIs and seeking feedback to improve their models for informational and emotive use cases.

Attention Is the New Big-O: A Systems Design Approach to Prompt Engineering

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Structuring prompts for LLMs is crucial as it influences how the model weights and relates different concepts, producing more organized and thorough analysis. By understanding attention mechanics and using techniques like clear sections, specific instructions, and personas, engineers can develop intuition for how the model "sees" their requests and create high-quality prompts that ...

Show HN: OpenAI/reflect – Physical AI Assistant that illuminates your life

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Reflect is a hardware AI Assistant built for espressif devices, providing features like natural communication and location awareness. It can be accessed by joining the WiFi network "reflect" and opening http://192.168.4.1 in a browser.

David Klein's TWA Posters (2018)

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David Klein is known for his iconic TWA posters from the 1950s and 1960s, showcasing post-war air travel excitement. He was an influential artist and art director who also worked on Broadway shows and Army manuals.

Porn censorship is going to destroy the internet

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Age verification laws are being applied to mainstream social media sites and independent websites, requiring adults to submit personal info to access the internet. Experts predict a "disastrous" future for online lives due to these regulations.

A renovation project in Turkey led to the discovery of a lost city (2023)

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A man in Derinkuyu, Turkey, discovered a hidden underground city while demolishing a wall in 1963. The complex, up to 18 stories deep, was built to hide from enemy armies and could house 20,000 people.

How to Think About GPUs

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GPUs have hundreds of small SMs, each with a Tensor Core, Warp Scheduler, and SMEM, and are more flexible than TPUs but harder to reason about. They have a hierarchy of memories, including HBM, L2 cache, SMEM, and TMEM, and are connected in a hierarchical tree-based switching network with high-bandwidth NVLinks and lower-bandwidth InfiniBand or Ethernet.

Drunken Bishop (2023)

OpenSSH is a widely available tool for secure remote login and provides various features including secure tunneling and authentication methods. It also includes a visual fingerprint verification method called the Drunken Bishop algorithm.

Starting game development in JavaScript with no experience

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To start making web games in JavaScript, learn the fundamentals of the language and use a dev setup with Node.js and NPM for a streamlined experience. Use a framework like KAPLAY or Phaser and follow tutorials to build original projects and learn game development skills.

CEO pay at top US companies accelerates at fastest pace in 4 years

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As Alaska's salmon plummet, scientists home in on the killer

Scientists at the USGS are studying the decline of Yukon Chinook salmon, which has plummeted from 375,000 to 44,000 over the past 3 years. They suspect high water temperatures and a parasite called Ichthyophonus are contributing to the decline.

End well, this won't: UK commissioner suggests govt stops kids from using VPNs

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England's children's commissioner urges the government to force VPN providers to implement age verification to stop under-18s accessing restricted content. The commissioner warns that without action, the government's age verification rules risk being inadequate.

Medical cannabis patient data exposed by unsecured database

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A security researcher found a publicly accessible database containing over a million medical records and personal data of Ohio medical marijuana patients. The database was secured after the researcher notified the company, but the company did not respond to his inquiry.

CRLite: Certificate Revocation Checking in Firefox

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Firefox now uses CRLite for certificate revocation checking, which is faster, more private, and reliable. CRLite periodically downloads a compact list of revoked certificates and updates it every 12 hours, improving performance and security.

Forklifts require training

The tech industry is suppressing junior developers through layoffs, remote work, and AI adoption, hindering their growth and learning opportunities. Companies should prioritize mentorship, training, and intellectual curiosity to help junior developers develop essential skills and avoid a labor collapse.

A simple way to generate random points on a sphere

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A simple method generates random points on a sphere by normalizing points in a cube. This method is efficient for n=3 but has variable runtime and worst-case infinite inefficiency.

Giving people money helped less than I thought it would

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Researchers conducted high-quality studies on guaranteed income transfers in the US, but found no significant improvements in mental health, physical health, employment, or child development outcomes. The results suggest that giving low-income people money does not advance policy priorities, but may be useful in targeted, narrow contexts.

Launch HN: Parachute (YC S25) – Guardrails for Clinical AI

Parachute AI co-founders Aria and Tony are building governance infrastructure for hospitals to safely evaluate and monitor clinical AI. Their platform evaluates vendors, runs automated stress tests, and continuously monitors AI models for accuracy and security.

Practical approach for streaming UI from LLMs

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The user created a library called react-markdown-with-mdx to enable LLM-generated text to incorporate UI components into markdown output, allowing for safer and more integrated UI rendering. This library uses the unified project and MDX parser to safely convert JSX component strings into JSX runtime components, enabling a stronger connection between LLM output and rendering frameworks.

ArduinoOS (2017)

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ArduinoOS is an operating system for Arduino that supports multithreading, exceptions, and hardware abstraction. It allows for concurrent execution of threads with minimal memory usage.

Vim Macros for Beancount

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The user is trying to manipulate Beancount data using Vim macros to automate the process of combining transactions with multiple postings, but is struggling with the complexity of the data and the lack of a clear convention for combining transactions. They are using Vim to navigate and edit the data, creating macros to automate repetitive tasks and improve efficiency, but are still facing ...

A general Fortran code for solutions of problems in space mechanics [pdf]

The program is an open system for trajectory calculations using the Runge-Kutta integration method. It determines the mass of the object and its parameters in the two-body problem.

What Happened to Egghead Software

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Egghead Software was a US retail store that sold computer software from 1984 to 2001, declaring bankruptcy 24 years ago. It failed to compete with larger electronics stores and transitioned to online sales, but ultimately closed all stores in 1998.

Ask HN: Have any successful startups been made by 'vibe coding'?

There's limited evidence of successful startups created using 'no code' tools, but they're useful for fast idea validation. 'Vibe coding' may improve efficiency for existing devs, but no notable cases of non-coders creating successful startups with it have been found.

Silicon Valley Is Panicking About Zohran Mamdani. NYC's Tech Scene Is Not

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Tech executives are panicking about Zohran Mamdani's potential mayoralty in New York City due to his Democratic Socialist views. Some executives who met with Mamdani found him charming and impressive, but others remain skeptical about his policies.

I Hacked McDonald's (Security Contact Was Harder to Find Than Secret Recipe)

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User found multiple vulnerabilities in McDonald's app and Design Hub, including client-side password protection and exposed API keys. They reported the issues, which were eventually fixed, but not before their friend who helped with research was let go due to "security concerns".

Global Warming Has Accelerated: Are the United Nations and the Public Informed?

Global temperature jumped 0.4°C in 2 years due to El Niño and reduced ship aerosols. This warming will continue, with sea levels rising and extreme weather events increasing.

Docker container for running Claude Code in "dangerously skip permissions" mode

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Build a Docker container for Claude Code with MCP servers, then run ./run_claude.sh to execute the code in isolation. Pass additional options like --debug and --mcp-debug with a JSON object specifying MCP servers.

Apple has not destroyed Steve Jobs' vision for iPad

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The iPad has evolved beyond its original purpose without betraying Steve Jobs' vision, instead expanding its capabilities to meet real-world needs. The device's layered approach maintains simplicity for new users while offering advanced features for power users.

Intel 80286 emulator for Raspberry Pico

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The Pico-286 project emulates a classic PC system on the Raspberry Pi Pico, providing a lightweight and educational platform for retro computing. It supports various features including CPU emulation, sound cards, and graphics adapters.

Octopolis and Octlantis

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Octopuses in Jervis Bay, Australia, built two settlements, Octopolis and Octlantis, using shells and no human-made objects. Up to 14 octopuses occupy these sites, which are within Booderee National Park, but researchers do not consider them "cities."

U.K. 30-Year Yield Tops U.S. as Pressure Mounts on Government Borrowing

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U.K. long-term borrowing costs exceed U.S. rates for the first time in two decades due to investors' growing concerns about the U.K.'s fiscal situation. This may lead to increased volatility in the U.K. markets and potentially another liability-driven investment crisis.

Converting an online game to work without any JavaScript

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The author implemented server-side rendering and client-side rendering in their website using SvelteKit to improve performance and usability. However, the required effort and complexity outweigh the benefits, making it not recommended for most websites.

Writing Micro Compiler in OCaml (2014)

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The user is rewriting a micro compiler in OCaml to generate NASM source code from a simple micro language with integer variables and basic functions. The compiler will parse the source code, generate assembly code, and compile it into a binary executable file using NASM and the linker.

Ballot Hand Counts Lead to Inaccuracy

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Election officials face scrutiny over accurate results, with partisan actors promoting hand counting ballots as a solution. However, hand counting is expensive, time-consuming, and prone to errors, threatening election integrity and security.

Tidewave Web: in-browser coding agent for Rails and Phoenix

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Tidewave Web is a coding agent that runs in the browser with full page and code context, eliminating the need for constant back-and-forth between tools. It integrates with Rails and Phoenix apps, allowing developers to build features and validate them in the browser.

Ordered Insertion Optimization in OrioleDB

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OrioleDB introduced batch page insertion to reduce lock waits and improve throughput. This optimization shows a 2X speedup starting from 64 connections in benchmarks with skewed keys or time-based ordering.

Embedding Text Documents with Qwen3

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We embedded millions of text documents using Qwen3-Embedding-0.6B, achieving near-100% GPU utilization. A new recipe made the same workload 3× faster without maxing out GPU utilization.

Show HN: I've made an easy to extend and flexible JavaScript logger

https://opengraph.githubassets.com/1464e7829aa066ac62fb33ed3c1e20c6c6dfc8bbf5555a409e81a3854dc96037/inshinrei/halua
Contribute to inshinrei/halua development by creating an account on GitHub.

Rossi's Revenge

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A new Substack publication led by Jerusalem Demsas discusses the failure of guaranteed income pilots to produce non-pecuniary benefits for participants. Studies show that recipients have more money and work less, but their physical and mental health, education, and life satisfaction do not improve.

AI tooling must be disclosed for contributions

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