Shadcn/UI now defaults to Base UI instead of Radix

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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

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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

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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

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.

Pandoc Lua Filters

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

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

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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.

Fast Software, the Best Software

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The user values fast software that is both functional and intuitive, citing examples of speedy applications like nvALT, Sublime Text, and Figma, which provide a smooth user experience and allow for efficient workflow. Slow software, on the other hand, can be frustrating and lead to decreased productivity, as seen in examples like Google Maps, iTunes, and older versions of Adobe Photoshop.

Jellyfish can heal wounds in minutes. Scientists want their secrets

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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.

Megawatts by Microwave

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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

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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.

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

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.

Moby Dick Workout (2022)

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.

Programmers need to start meditating

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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.

Artful Cats: Feline-Inspired Art and Artifacts

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About the Digital Art

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The author discovered digital art on the 128K Macintosh in 1984 and created popular clip art and comics using MacPaint. She learned through trial and error, not manuals, and eventually worked with Disney, Paramount, and other top studios, but still questions where artistic talent comes from.

Better Models: Worse Tools

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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.

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

Meta's Un-Stable Signature

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 ...

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

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.

Potential session/cache leakage between workspace instances or consumer accounts

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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.

The Log Is the Agent

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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.

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

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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.

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

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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.

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

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.

My ASN Journey series (2024)

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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.

Record-breaking solo rower Kelsey Pfendler arrives in Hawaii

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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)

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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 (2021)

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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.

Mouse: Precision Editing Tools for AI Coding Agents

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HIC Mouse is a powerful AI agent file-editing tool with patent-pending technology. It offers coordinate-based editing, staged changes, and rollback features for improved accuracy and control.

The Preemptive Draw and Preemptive Grip in the Cash-in-Transit Sector

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The user discusses the "preemptive draw" and "preemptive grip" tactics used by cash-in-transit employees, where they draw or grip their firearms without a specific threat. The user researched the history of this tactic, finding it dates back over 100 years and has been practiced by various companies and in different countries, including the US and Canada.