IDEs we had 30 years ago and lost (2023)

581 AlexeyBrin 2025-10-18 12:44:16 UTC blogsystem5.substack.com Llama Share 542

The author reminisces about the simplicity and effectiveness of text-based IDEs from the 1990s, particularly the Borland Turbo series, and compares them to modern alternatives. Despite advancements in technology, the author argues that modern IDEs have not changed much in 30 years and are often bloated, with some alternatives like Doom Emacs and VSCode consuming significant system resources.

Ripgrep 15.0

459 robin_reala 2025-10-18 13:44:02 UTC github.com/burntsushi Llama Share 103

Ripgrep 15 is a bug fix release with minor performance improvements and new features. It fixes several bugs including gitignore matching issues and improves binary size and performance.

Root System Drawings

395 bookofjoe 2025-10-18 13:52:24 UTC images.wur.nl Full Share 79

./watch

390 shrx 2025-10-18 09:55:06 UTC dotslashwatch.com Full Share 115

Tinnitus Neuromodulator

380 gjvc 2025-10-18 16:08:10 UTC mynoise.net Llama Share 236

Users have reported that the myNoise website and its tinnitus neuromodulator have provided significant relief from tinnitus, helping to mask or reduce the ringing sensation in their ears. Many users have expressed gratitude and amazement at the effectiveness of the website, with some reporting that it has helped them to focus, sleep, and even experience moments of silence after using the tool.

Chen-Ning Yang, Nobel laureate, dies at 103

287 nhatcher 2025-10-18 05:47:14 UTC chinadaily.com.cn Llama Share 74

Yang Chen-Ning, a renowned physicist and Nobel laureate, passed away at 103 after an illness. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1957 for his theory of parity non-conservation and was often ranked alongside Albert Einstein as one of the 20th century's greatest physicists.

SQL Anti-Patterns

282 zekrom 2025-10-18 12:56:50 UTC datamethods.substack.com Llama Share 190

The author discusses common SQL anti-patterns that cause maintenance issues and slow performance, including large CASE WHEN statements and nested subqueries. These issues can be avoided by creating dimension tables, fixing join logic, and using CTEs instead of nested subqueries.

Flowistry: An IDE plugin for Rust that focuses on relevant code

271 Bogdanp 2025-10-18 14:33:22 UTC github.com/willcrichton Llama Share 34

Flowistry is a tool that analyzes Rust program information flow, providing a focus mode to help users focus on relevant code. It integrates into IDEs like VSCode and can be installed as a plugin.

EQ: A video about all forms of equalizers

252 robinhouston 2025-10-18 10:51:02 UTC youtube.com Embed Share 75

How to sequence your DNA for <$2k

243 yichab0d 2025-10-18 19:58:25 UTC maxlangenkamp.substack.com Llama Share 109

The author and friends bought an Oxford Nanopore sequencer to sequence their DNA at home, but faced issues with equipment and contamination. They successfully sequenced 1 gigabase of DNA, but only achieved 13% coverage of the human genome due to hardware errors and bacterial contamination.

AMD's Chiplet APU: An Overview of Strix Halo

201 zdw 2025-10-18 04:26:19 UTC chipsandcheese.com Llama Share 77

AMD's Strix Halo is a large client APU with 16 Zen 5 cores and a 40 CU RDNA 3.5 iGPU, offering high CPU and GPU performance. It provides a comparable gaming experience to mid-range dedicated graphics and competes with larger systems, but its machine learning performance is yet to be tested.

Attention is a luxury good

190 herbertl 2025-10-18 15:39:47 UTC seths.blog Llama Share 127

Luxury goods are scarce and expensive items that show status by being unnecessary, not necessarily high quality or functional. They signal that we value experiences and nuance over efficiency and convenience.

Free Programing Books

187 fmfamaral 2025-10-18 15:59:58 UTC github.com/ebookfoundation Llama Share 37

The list of free programming books was originally on StackOverflow, then moved to GitHub for collaborative maintenance. It's now administered by the Free Ebook Foundation, a not-for-profit promoting free ebooks.

StageConnect: Behringer protocol is open source

184 jdboyd 2025-10-18 05:52:47 UTC github.com/openmixerproject Llama Share 108

This Arduino library creates a StageConnect device using AnalogDevices AD242x-ICs for A²B audio bus technology. It includes a main library, I2C wrapper class, and setup for Wire library, with documentation for configuration and technical details.

Fast calculation of the distance to cubic Bezier curves on the GPU

150 ux 2025-10-18 09:25:30 UTC blog.pkh.me Llama Share 33

Computing the distance to a Bézier curve is a challenging problem, especially for cubic curves. A live proof visualization demonstrates the distance field for a cubic Bézier curve.

The Unix Executable as a Smalltalk Method [pdf]

145 pcfwik 2025-10-18 01:03:22 UTC programmingmadecomplicated.wordpress.com Llama Share 19

The author proposes a way to unify Unix and Smalltalk by identifying Unix executables with Smalltalk methods, allowing for a Smalltalk-like experience within Unix without requiring a virtual machine. This approach leverages existing Unix infrastructure to achieve Smalltalk features such as persistence, dynamic software updating, and uniformity, making Unix more like Smalltalk in a practical sense.

Ring cameras are about to get increasingly chummy with law enforcement

144 zdw 2025-10-18 00:23:36 UTC arstechnica.com Llama Share 3

Amazon's Ring smart cameras will allow 5,000 local law enforcement agencies to request footage via Flock Safety's surveillance platforms. This partnership raises privacy concerns as Flock's cameras are used by federal agencies, including ICE, and Ring's facial recognition feature can be shared with law enforcement.

AGI is not imminent, and LLMs are not the royal road to getting there

127 FromTheArchives 2025-10-18 13:24:41 UTC garymarcus.substack.com Llama Share 123

Gary Marcus' warnings about LLMs have been vindicated as several experts agree they are far from AGI. Experts including Rich Sutton and Andrej Karpathy now say AGI is a decade away.

NeXT Computer Offices

114 walterbell 2025-10-18 00:15:17 UTC archive.org Full Share 27

NeXT's first offices were Steve Jobs' own mansion in Woodside. The company then consisted of Steve and his five co-founders, and they were still thinking up...

Most users cannot identify AI bias, even in training data

107 giuliomagnifico 2025-10-18 18:13:27 UTC psu.edu Llama Share 72

Researchers found that AI systems can be biased when trained with unrepresentative data, and most users don't notice the bias unless they're in the negatively portrayed group. The study suggests that humans often trust AI to be neutral and rely on its performance, ignoring the biased training data.

Picturing Mathematics

106 jamespropp 2025-10-18 15:52:39 UTC mathenchant.wordpress.com Llama Share 4

The author prefers low-tech math but sometimes needs computers to visualize complex ideas. They're working with Roice Nelson to illustrate Ford spheres, a three-dimensional fractal that's a descendant of Ford circles.

Lux: A luxurious package manager for Lua

94 Lyngbakr 2025-10-18 12:53:32 UTC github.com/lumen-oss Llama Share 40

Lux is a work-in-progress Lua package manager that preserves compatibility with luarocks. It features a CLI, API, and supports building Lua projects with vendored dependencies.

Testosterone Administration Induces a Red Shift in Democrats

89 jerlendds 2025-10-18 16:04:37 UTC pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Llama Share 54

Testosterone administration reduced party affiliation by 12% and increased warmth towards Republican candidates by 45% in weakly affiliated Democrats. This effect was not observed in strongly affiliated Democrats or Republicans.

Life, Work, Death and the Peasant, Part V: Life in Cycles

83 bell-cot 2025-10-18 08:31:01 UTC acoup.blog Llama Share 12

Peasant farmers in pre-modern societies lived in a cycle of daily and annual routines, with limited leisure time and heavy reliance on community ties. Their lives were shaped by the demands of farming, food preservation, and social hierarchy, with women playing a crucial role in managing household tasks and resources.

Event Sourcing, CQRS and Micro Services: Real FinTech Example

80 fmfamaral 2025-10-18 15:56:22 UTC lukasniessen.medium.com Llama Share 66

The user described a FinTech project that implemented event sourcing and CQRS to improve auditability and scalability, breaking a monolithic Spring Boot backend into microservices using the strangler fig pattern and asynchronous messaging. The project used event sourcing in the Transaction-Portfolio Service due to compliance requirements and implemented CQRS in this service to improve read ...

US falls out of 10 most powerful passports list for first time in 20 yrs

79 teleforce 2025-10-18 12:40:43 UTC theguardian.com Llama Share 97

The US passport has dropped to 12th globally, sharing the position with Malaysia, due to stricter US immigration and travel policies. Asian countries dominate the upper ranks, with Singapore leading visa-free access to 193 destinations.

MD RAID or DRBD can be broken from userspace when using O_DIRECT

74 vbezhenar 2025-10-18 11:39:59 UTC bugzilla.kernel.org Llama Share 30

Anubis is a server protection system using Proof-of-Work to prevent aggressive website scraping. It requires modern JavaScript features and may be disabled by plugins like JShelter.

Windows 10 refugees flock to Linux in what devs call their "biggest launch"

72 bundie 2025-10-18 08:14:49 UTC neowin.net Llama Share 110

Microsoft dropped Windows 10 support, prompting Linux-focused companies to poach users with cost-effective and secure alternatives. Zorin OS 18, a Linux OS, gained 100,000 downloads in 2 days, mostly from Windows users, with a redesigned desktop and improved Windows app compatibility.

Are we living in a golden age of stupidity?

67 fallinditch 2025-10-18 12:08:20 UTC theguardian.com Llama Share 79

Researchers at MIT's Media Lab are studying the effects of AI on human brains, with one scientist finding that people who use ChatGPT for writing show significantly less brain activity in cognitive processing areas.

Rapid amyloid-β clearance and cognitive recovery by modulating BBB transport

65 bookofjoe 2025-10-18 15:14:58 UTC nature.com Llama Share 23

Researchers developed a novel therapeutic strategy targeting the blood-brain barrier (BBB) to treat Alzheimer's disease (AD). They created polymersomes that modulate receptor-mediated transport, upregulating LRP1 expression to promote Aβ removal. In AD model mice, this intervention reduced brain Aβ levels by 45% and increased plasma Aβ levels by 8-fold within 2 hours.

The Majority AI View

65 Bogdanp 2025-10-18 04:56:47 UTC anildash.com Llama Share 42

Tech experts feel AI has been over-hyped and forced on everyone, making it hard to focus on legitimate uses. They want AI treated as a normal technology, not a religion or a gamble.

Wikipedia Volunteers Avert Tragedy by Taking Down Gunman at Conference

63 tptacek 2025-10-18 00:58:01 UTC nytimes.com Full Share 9

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Show HN: ServiceRadar – open-source Network Observability Platform

57 carverauto 2025-10-18 01:49:06 UTC github.com/carverauto Llama Share 3

ServiceRadar is a network monitoring system for hard to reach places, providing real-time monitoring and cloud-based alerting. It can be easily deployed with Docker Compose and supports secure communication and custom configuration.

Bevy TLDR – Game development with Bevy summarized

54 GenericCanadian 2025-10-18 23:59:40 UTC taintedcoders.com Llama Share 18

Bevy is a Rust-based ECS game engine emphasizing modularity, performance, and ease of use. It uses entities, components, and systems to manage game logic.

How I ditched smartphones

51 sipofwater 2025-10-18 04:55:16 UTC discuss.techlore.tech Llama Share 45

The user abandoned traditional smartphones due to tracking concerns and limited update support, opting for a Linux-based phone and a device like Gl.iNet Mudi v2 for SMS and LTE functionality. They use tools like Waydroid and LocalSend to minimize dependence on cloud services and maintain privacy.

Using CUE to unify IoT sensor data

47 mvdan 2025-10-18 13:08:30 UTC aran.dev Llama Share 2

The user built a home automation system using Go and CUE to process motion sensor data from various IKEA Zigbee devices, replacing Home Assistant and Node-RED due to their limitations. CUE handled the differences between sensor types, validating and transforming the data into consistent structures, allowing the Go code to become generic and reducing maintenance headaches.

Meta convinces Blue Owl to cut $30B check for its Hyperion AI super cluster

39 rntn 2025-10-18 15:39:29 UTC theregister.com Llama Share 64

Meta secured $27 billion in financing for its 2.2 gigawatt Hyperion datacenter project in Louisiana with Blue Owl Capital. Meta retains a 20 percent stake and will build, operate, and lease the facility when it comes online in 2029.

Atuin desktop: Runbooks that run

36 PaulHoule 2025-10-18 16:25:58 UTC github.com/atuinsh Llama Share 6

Atuin Desktop is an open beta executable runbook editor for real terminal workflows, solving documentation and automation gaps. It syncs and shares runbooks across devices and teams with Atuin Hub.

US Seizes 15B BTC, Indicts Chairman: Forced Labor Scam Compounds, Crypto Fraud

20 eevilspock 2025-10-18 09:34:56 UTC justice.gov Llama Share 17

A Cambodian national, Chen Zhi, is charged with wire fraud conspiracy and money laundering conspiracy for operating forced-labor scam compounds in Cambodia. The US government seized approximately $15 billion in cryptocurrency, the largest forfeiture action in history.

Solving the NYTimes Pips puzzle with a constraint solver

14 chmaynard 2025-10-18 15:52:08 UTC righto.com Llama Share 4

The author used a constraint solver to solve the New York Times Pips puzzle, finding it easier than expected and able to quickly find solutions. The solver's performance was unpredictable, with some puzzles taking milliseconds and others minutes.

Alibaba Cloud: AI Models, Reducing Footprint of Nvidia GPUs, and Cloud Streaming

13 ekianjo 2025-10-18 16:01:04 UTC boilingsteam.com Llama Share 5

Alibaba Cloud showcased its AI models, including Qwen and Wan, at the TGS 2025, with hundreds of engineers working on these models. They have developed their own compute chip and CUDA-like support, aiming to reduce dependence on Nvidia GPUs.