The author has been using GitHub daily for 18 years, finding it the place where they've been happiest and most productive. However, due to frequent outages and reliability issues, they've decided to leave GitHub and move their project Ghostty to a new platform.
Google is imposing a developer verification requirement on Android, which critics say is a move to consolidate power and control over the open ecosystem. This change could effectively make Google the gatekeeper for all apps on certified Android devices.
LocalSend is a free, open-source app for secure local file sharing and messaging over a network without an internet connection. It uses HTTPS encryption and a REST API for secure communication between devices.
The author reflects on GitHub's decline and its impact on the Open Source community, remembering a time when projects were more decentralized and had more autonomy. They advocate for a public archive to preserve Open Source history and suggest that the community should learn from the past to build a more resilient future.
Using AI coding tools like Claude Code raises complex questions about code ownership, copyright, and regulatory compliance, and developers must document their creative contributions to establish meaningful human authorship. Employment contracts and IP clauses can also impact code ownership, and developers should read their contracts and consider using personal tools and accounts to avoid ...
OpenAI's ad platform injects ad units into ChatGPT conversations and tracks clicks with Fernet-encrypted tokens. The platform uses two domains and specific cookies to track ad events and user behavior.
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Wiz Research discovered a critical vulnerability (CVE-2026-3854) in GitHub's internal git infrastructure that allowed remote code execution on shared storage nodes and full server compromise on GitHub Enterprise Server. GitHub mitigated the issue within 6 hours and released patches for all supported versions.
GitHub experienced two recent incidents due to rapid growth in software development and has started increasing capacity by 10X with a goal of substantially improving reliability and failover. The company is prioritizing availability, reducing unnecessary work, improving caching, and isolating critical services to prevent similar incidents in the future.
A woman's period tracking app, Flo, shared her sensitive health data with Meta without consent, violating her trust and potentially selling her data for commercial gain. This highlights a bigger issue in non-medical health tracking software, where there's too much gray area around consent when it comes to selling user health information to advertisers.
GTFOBins is a curated list of Unix-like executables that can be used to bypass local security restrictions in misconfigured systems.
VibeVoice is an open-source AI framework for speech synthesis and recognition, supporting multiple languages and long-form audio processing. It includes models for text-to-speech and automatic speech recognition, with features like speaker tracking and customized hotwords.
Warp's client is now open-source, allowing the community to participate in building it using an agent-first workflow managed by Oz. This change aims to accelerate product development and give developers a chance to shape the future of agentic development.
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Matt Garman and Sam Altman discussed how AWS and OpenAI are partnering to make AI more accessible to businesses, with Bedrock Managed Agents being a key product that integrates OpenAI models with AWS infrastructure. The integration of models and harnesses is crucial for making AI work effectively, and the partnership aims to make it easier for businesses to build and deploy AI-powered agents.
Google signed a classified deal with the US Department of Defense to use its AI models for any lawful government purpose. The deal doesn't give Google control over how the government uses its AI models.
GitHub Copilot code review will be billed as AI Credits under a new usage-based model starting June 1, 2026. Private repository reviews will consume GitHub Actions minutes from existing plans, with excess usage billed at standard rates.
Claude's Status Page - Claude.ai unavailable and elevated errors on the API.
Waymo is coming to Portland, partnering with city officials to bring safe, reliable, and stress-free transportation. The company aims to support Portland's Vision Zero goals by deploying its autonomous vehicles.
Tools For Humanity announced a partnership with Bruno Mars, but it was later revealed to be a case of mistaken identity. The company is actually partnering with Thirty Seconds to Mars on their 2027 European tour.
Federal agents killed 37-year-old Renee Good and 37-year-old Alex Pretti during protests in Minneapolis. The FAA issued a no-fly zone warning that was later revised to an advisory after a lawsuit was filed by a freelance photojournalist.
The book explains Git's performance costs through its layers, including objects, refs, index, and history traversal. It's written for engineers to keep Git fast as repositories grow, covering diagnosis, configuration, and recovery.
The user attempted to reverse engineer a childhood video game, SimTower, using a large language model (LLM) to create a clean-room spec. However, the LLM struggled with complexity and verbosity of the binary, requiring a different approach.
Anthropic joins Blender Development Fund as Corporate Patron to support core development and improve features like the Blender Python API. This partnership enables the Blender team to focus on building tools for artists and creators while maintaining software freedom.
User is experiencing issues with Claude's reminder system causing subagents to refuse code edits on legitimate OSS projects. The reminder is injected into every Read and Grep result, wasting tokens and causing parallel workflows to fail.
The author discusses a series of open source supply chain incidents caused by GitHub Actions features behaving as documented, but with unintended consequences. These incidents include credential harvesting, cache poisoning, and malicious package publishing.
An autonomous research loop was tested outside its comfort zone, achieving a 92% improvement over a baseline VexRiscv CPU on CoreMark iter/sec. The loop's success was due to a verifier that caught and rejected incorrect hypotheses.
OpenAI sponsors Warp, an open-source agentic development environment powered by GPT models. Warp has a client codebase open to community contributions and follows a Code of Conduct.
The author argues that the AI industry is built on a subsidy scam, where companies like OpenAI and Anthropic charge users a monthly fee without revealing the actual cost of the AI models used, which can be up to $13.50 for every dollar of subscription. The author predicts that the industry will eventually switch to token-based billing, which will reveal the true costs of AI services and lead ...
The user manufactured a fake 6 Nimmt! World Championship title by creating a seeded website and a Wikipedia edit, demonstrating a cheaper and easier attack on LLM trust models. This attack, known as the circular citation pattern, can compromise LLMs by creating a fake source that appears trustworthy, highlighting the need for better source verification and provenance surfacing in AI systems.
Paramount will be 49.5%-owned by non-U.S. investors after a planned merger with Warner Bros. Discovery. The deal includes a $24 billion investment from Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Abu Dhabi, but non-U.S. stakeholders have no voting control.
Lumara is an app tracking solar activity, lunar phases, and space weather in real-time from NASA data. It uses Jean Meeus's algorithms and fetches imagery directly from NASA servers, with no data collection.
The WideluxX is a modern swing-lens camera that captures panoramic images on 35mm film through a single continuous exposure. It preserves the character of the original system while offering a unique way to create images that reflect duration rather than a single instant.
US court filings rose to 591,850 cases in March 2026, up 11.9% from 2025. Business filings increased 11.4% to 25,960 in the same period.
cuabot is a tool for automating computer tasks with a seamless sandbox for coding agents. It allows running native macOS apps in the background and recording trajectories for training.
Wasm is not a pure stack machine due to its lack of stack manipulation operations. It can be viewed as a register machine with operations generalized to compound expressions.
AISLE researchers discovered 38 CVEs in OpenEMR, including SQL injection vulnerabilities and IDOR issues, which could have enabled attacks against patient data. AISLE's AI analyzer found these vulnerabilities in just one quarter, significantly faster than prior independent security audits.
Pirates have cracked or bypassed all Denuvo-protected games, with zero remaining uncracked. Denuvo responded by adding a 14-day online check to some titles, posing problems for gamers with spotty internet connections.
The Greek government plans to ban anonymity on social media to curb rising toxicity and promote digital democracy. They aim to require platforms to verify users' identities, but critics highlight technical complexity and potential freedom of speech concerns.
Journalists rely on the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine to preserve and access historical reporting, allowing them to hold the powerful accountable and uncover lost history. The Archive's work is essential to safeguarding journalism's record and ensuring that today's reporting remains available to tomorrow's journalists and the public.
Claude is a tool that helps creative professionals by automating tasks, expanding their skill set, and enabling them to take on larger projects. It integrates with popular software like Adobe, Autodesk, and Blender to make creative work faster and more efficient.
Bézier curves are used in computer aided design and computer aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) applications, graphic design, and scalable vector graphics (SVG). They are defined by linear interpolations between control points, forming a curve that never extends beyond the points used to construct it.
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User found multiple vulnerabilities in Forgejo, including SSRF, cryptographic malpractices, and RCE, but chose not to disclose due to low selling value. Instead, they plan to use Carrot Disclosure to incentivize vendor to fix issues.
The user created local.vibe, a tool to simplify local development by auto-assigning ports and proxying hostnames. It's a single Go binary with a setup process and a Unix socket reverse proxy, open-sourced under MIT license.
The study found that well-written AGENTS.md files with focused reference documents can improve code generation by 10-15% in mid-size modules, while poorly written files can make the output worse than having no AGENTS.md at all. Key patterns that work include describing tasks as numbered workflows, using decision tables to resolve ambiguity, and providing short snippets of production code for ...
A bus service called "The Indiaman" ran from London to Calcutta from 1957 to 1979, covering 20,300 miles in 50 days. The service was revived in 2021 but delayed, with a new bus service expected to start from New Delhi to London in April next year.
The user developed a color palette algorithm that uses K-means++ clustering in the OKLCH color space to select five representative colors from an image, with improvements including chromatic weighting and structural passes to address edge cases. The final algorithm, used in the Spectrimage app, produces a palette that feels more human-selected, with features such as a phantom guard, slot ...
Rocky is a Rust-based control plane for warehouse pipelines with features like branches, replay, and compile-time safety. It helps prevent data corruption and provides column-level lineage and cost attribution.
Auto polo was a US motorsport from 1911 to the late 1920s, featuring cars instead of horses, but was dangerous and expensive. It was popular in the US and Europe, but declined due to high costs and safety concerns.
The Church Rock uranium mill spill occurred on July 16, 1979, in New Mexico, releasing 1,100 tons of radioactive waste into the Puerco River. The spill contaminated groundwater and affected local residents, mostly Navajo people, who were not warned of the dangers for days.
Laguna M.1 and XS.2 are agentic coding models built for long-horizon work, with Laguna XS.2 being the first open-weight release. Both models are free to use for a limited time via API and OpenRouter, with weights available under Apache 2.0 license.
Passing too few parameters to a function can cause undefined behavior, memory corruption, or exceptions due to the compiler reusing memory or the processor reading uninitialized values from registers. The Itanium architecture strictly enforces this rule, raising exceptions for reading or writing outside the current stack frame.
A year after Spain's massive blackout, the country has increased its solar power generation and transitioned away from fossil fuels. The blackout led to a shift in focus towards reducing reliance on gas in Spain's grid, with renewable energy now protecting consumers from high gas prices.
The user created a playable DOOM app using MCP that can launch inline in compatible AI clients or fall back to a browser URL. The project involved overcoming browser security policies and adapting the app to work across different clients with varying rules around iframes, CSP, and UI rendering.
Apple has released two new 27-inch 5K Retina displays, Studio Display and Studio Display XDR, with the latter using Apple CMF 2026 for colour calibration. The displays have varying levels of colour accuracy and contrast ratios.
Major tech companies are building behind-the-meter gas projects to power data centers, potentially emitting more greenhouse gases than Morocco in 2024. These projects could create a lasting trend, with emissions potentially 10 times bigger, despite companies' carbon reduction pledges.
The user is considering migrating BookStack from GitHub due to Microsoft's increasing focus on AI and revenue, which may conflict with the project's values. They have identified several factors to consider in a potential migration, including issues, cross-referencing, and package downloads.
The user stopped drinking for a year after being triggered by a relative's "damp January" challenge and found it surprisingly easy, with the main difficulty being resisting chocolates with whiskey. After a year, the user's sleep improved, and they realized that alcohol's negative effects on sleep are significant, but they still miss the social aspect of drinking and may continue to drink occasionally.
Cybersecurity professionals saw the lowest pay rises in 2025, with 71% globally and 77% in the UK experiencing wage stagnation. This trend is linked to boardroom complacency and a lack of recognition for the growing responsibility and threats in the field.
BYD unveiled the Seal 08, a flagship electric sedan with over 1,000 km range and megawatt-level flash charging. It will undercut European rivals significantly and launch in China in Q2 2026.
Vibe coding, an AI-assisted software development practice, is exposing the lack of judgment systems in organizations, leading to unchecked production of apps and tools that may cause liabilities. Companies need to conduct a Judgment System Audit to determine their ability to metabolize AI and develop a leadership discipline to decide what should move faster and what should slow down.
The author argues that the intelligence of AI systems is not solely dependent on their architecture or training data, but rather on the social complexity of the civilization whose language they digested, and that over-reliance on AI may lead to a degradation of human social reasoning and collective intent. The author proposes the Social Edge Framework, which suggests that organizations should ...
People in the past lived with less debt, lower costs, and more stability, enjoying simple pleasures like owning a home, driving a reliable car, and watching TV without ads. They worked hard, saved money, and enjoyed the fruits of their labor without the burden of high expenses and endless subscriptions.
AgentSwift is a native macOS app that uses AI to automate Apple platform development. It discovers, implements, builds, and validates projects without user interaction in Xcode.
The Toki Pona community is concerned about the wellbeing of its creator, Amatullah, who has been experiencing a mental health crisis. The community is urging Amatullah to seek help and is offering support while respecting her privacy.
I gave a talk at the American Corner in Almaty, Kazakhstan about America's 250th birthday and the history of semiconductors, tying in American culture and values. The talk highlighted how core American values like free speech and openness to outsiders contributed to the creation of the world's greatest engineering achievement.
User scraped 2.6M UK council planning decisions from 241 portals, overcoming various technical obstacles. They now offer a free postcode checker and paid reports, but focus remains on data quality and coverage.
San Francisco is a hub for AI and tech innovation, with many unicorns and billionaires, but the world's central bank is struggling. The city's AI labs and companies are worth nearly $2trn, yet the central bank faces challenges.
U.S. capital is reaching for regulatory enclosure, vertical integration, and bundled distribution to manufacture scarcity in the AI industry due to open-weight models commoditizing capability. The country's choice between subsidizing the moat or the open commons will determine the future of U.S. AI, with the current trend favoring the moat over the commons.
The author built a coding agent for the terminal and bought a 1978 VT-100 to test its compatibility. The VT-100's protocol is still used by modern terminals, but it has limitations, including slow speed and limited character support.
SemiAnalysis conducted a five-month analysis of the MI300X GPU, comparing its performance to Nvidia's H100 and H200, and found that AMD's software issues hold back the MI300X's potential. The MI300X has a lower total cost of ownership but weaker training performance compared to Nvidia's GPUs, and AMD needs to improve its software stack and testing to be competitive.
Lingbo-Map uses Geometric Context Attention to manage memory in 3D reconstruction. It maintains three contexts to keep memory and compute constant at 20 FPS for long sequences.
Claire's standalone stores in the UK and Ireland have closed due to financial struggles and administration. Over 1,300 staff have been made redundant, but 350 concessions will remain open.
The author is a generative AI vegetarian, avoiding tools like ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot due to concerns about bias, loss of critical thinking, and job displacement. They believe choosing to avoid generative AI tools is a small step towards a more thoughtful and creative society.
The WaitingArcade is a mini-arcade for filling voids during tasks, featuring 5 games with shared features and customizable skins. It uses React and has a shared game loop, persistence helpers, and pixel drawing.
Viazovska solved the sphere packing problem in dimension 8 using modular forms in 2016. The result was formally verified in February 2026 using Lean Theorem Prover and autoformalization model 'Gauss'.
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Cubedoom is an arena shooter in Spectre, using raycasting for 3D rendering and SDL2 libraries. It features a maze-like arena, single enemy type, and basic HUD, with plans for sound and more enemy types.
Donald Knuth created the TeX typesetting program in 1977 to ensure precise formatting of scientific papers, which revolutionized the field and enabled authors to encode their intent into manuscripts. The program's extensibility and free availability led to the development of LaTeX, a higher-level markup language that has become the standard for scientific and technical publishing.
Scientists have discovered over 20 phases of ice, including hot ice and electrically conductive ice, and computer simulations predict tens of thousands more. New discoveries, such as ice XXI and XXII, have revealed complex structures and metastable states that challenge classical theories of phase transitions.
BP's profits more than doubled to $3.2bn in the first three months of the year due to a surge in oil prices since the Iran war. The energy giant's trading business thrived in the volatile market, but its production was flat and expected to decline in the second quarter.
A long-running copyright infringement case between Kraftwerk and producer Moses Pelham over a two-second music sample has finally been resolved in favor of Pelham by the European Court of Justice. The case, which lasted over 25 years, was complicated by the European legal system and EU copyright law, but will likely set an important precedent for music sampling in the EU.
Anubis is a server protection system using Proof-of-Work to prevent aggressive AI scraping. It requires modern JavaScript features, so disable JShelter or similar plugins for this domain.
Hans Peter Luhn created the Luhn Algorithm in 1954 to verify data integrity by using mathematical transformations. It checks numbers by summing digits, doubling every other digit, and verifying the result equals zero.
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Xiaomi's MiMo-V2.5-Pro is a coding model that can build a complete compiler in 4.3 hours and a video editor in 11.5 hours, outperforming most students and other models. It has a hybrid attention design and is more parameter-efficient, making it suitable for agentic coding workflows and long-horizon tasks.
The user became overly reliant on LLMs to code and lost their basic coding skills, leading to job loss and difficulty finding new employment due to the lack of hands-on coding experience. They now advise others to balance AI usage, keep coding skills sharp, and protect their problem-solving abilities to avoid a similar situation.
The blaster beam is a 12-18 foot metal beam with electric guitar pickups that produces a distinctive bass tone described as 'dark' or 'sinister'. It was designed by John Lazelle in the 1970s and used in various movie soundtracks including Star Trek and Star Wars.
Tech companies are laying off thousands of employees despite investing heavily in AI, with some experts saying AI is currently costing more than human labor. AI spending is expected to reach $5.2 trillion by 2030, but may become more viable if costs decrease and the technology proves reliable.
Claude is a tool that helps creative professionals by automating tasks, expanding their skill set, and enabling them to take on larger projects. It integrates with popular software like Adobe, Autodesk, and Blender to make creative work faster and more efficient.
FusionCore is a ROS 2 sensor fusion SDK combining IMU, wheel encoders, and GPS into one reliable position estimate. It uses self-tuning noise covariance and is a drop-in odometry source for Nav2.