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Incident with Pull Requests, Issues, Git Operations and API Requests

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We are investigating reports of degraded performance for API Requests, Git Operations, Issues and Pull Requests

The Melancholy of Slaying Monsters

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Raft Consensus with a Minority of Nodes

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A modification to the Raft consensus protocol uses finite projective planes to allow progress with fewer than a majority of nodes, ensuring safety by guaranteeing any two valid voting blocs share a common node. The trade-off is that not every subset of nodes forms a valid bloc, and the protocol is not guaranteed to make progress whenever a majority of nodes is active.

All of human cooking compressed into 2 megabytes

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Epicure is a family of skip-gram ingredient embeddings retrained from a multilingual recipe corpus with 4.14M recipes. It uses three Metapath2Vec variants to model ingredient relationships.

BadHost – CVE-2026-48710: Starlette Host-Header Auth Bypass

A vulnerability in Starlette versions less than 1.0.1 allows attackers to forge request URLs and bypass path-based authentication middleware, affecting thousands of FastAPI and Starlette applications. To mitigate this, update Starlette to version 1.0.1 or later, use a reverse proxy, or prefer endpoint-based authentication instead of path-based middleware.

Cloudflare Flagship

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Flagship is Cloudflare's feature flag service that controls application visibility without redeploying code. It integrates with OpenFeature and supports Workers, Node.js, and browsers.

That Methyl Methacrylate Tank

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Claude Code as a Daily Driver: Claude.md, Skills, Subagents, Plugins, and MCPs

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Claude Code is a programmable agent that needs guardrails to produce high-quality output, and its workflow shifts when treated as an autonomous agent with verification. The key to Claude's success lies in setting up a CLAUDE.md file, skills, subagents, and plugins to create a compounding infrastructure that improves over time.

What Is a Direct Attach Copper (DAC) Cable

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Direct Attach Copper (DAC) cables use copper wire to connect devices over a fixed length, typically up to 5m, and are commonly used in data centers for high-speed networking. DACs are simpler and more reliable than optical connections but have limitations in distance and speed, making them essential for short-range connections within racks.

The worst job interview I ever had

The writer had a bad job interview experience at a mental health startup where they were asked invasive personal questions, making them feel emotionally drained and judged. The writer suggests reconsidering the approach to evaluating cultural fit to avoid making candidates feel vulnerable.

A few interesting modern pixel fonts

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Designers created pixel fonts like Analog Mono, Coral Pixels, and Two Slice to evoke nostalgia and visual interest. Geist Pixel is a functional pixel font designed for real usage, solving problems like scaling and typographic rigor.

I built a Git-tracked book production pipeline

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The author discusses the importance of story and writing quality in fiction, then shares their process for formatting and publishing their Christian historical novels. They use Microsoft Word, Adobe InDesign, and Calibre to create print and electronic versions of their books.

We are Poles, so, of course, we print in Latin

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Latin remained the dominant language in Poland until the end of the 17th century despite the rise of Polish. Latin was used in official documents, literature, and everyday speech among the nobility and elite.

Seeking a Language in Mathematics 1523-1571

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The use of English in mathematical publications grew in the 16th century, with authors like Robert Recorde and Thomas Digges contributing to the development of mathematics in England. Their works, including Recorde's "The Whetstone of Witte" and Digges' "Pantometria", helped establish English as a language for mathematics and paved the way for future scientific advancements.

Show HN: Posthorn, self-hosted mail without the mail server

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Posthorn is a unified outbound mail layer for self-hosted projects, simplifying mail integration with transactional providers like Postmark, Resend, Mailgun, and AWS SES. It acts as a bridge between apps and providers, reducing duplication and complexity.

Rosalind: A genomics toolkit in Rust running whole-genome pipelines on a laptop

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Rosalind is a Rust genomics engine with a compact memory footprint, running whole-genome workloads in under 100 MB RAM. It achieves deterministic replay and O(√t) working memory, ideal for clinical diagnostics, outbreak monitoring, and education.

Launch HN: Minicor (YC P26) – Windows desktop automations at scale

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Minicor builds and maintains desktop automations for teams to focus on deals and product shipping. It adapts to UI changes and edge cases with 93-96% click accuracy.

Spain blocks prediction markets Polymarket, Kalshi over lack of gambling licence

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A history of obituaries in American newspapers

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Obituaries have evolved from short death notices to detailed records of a person's life, reflecting changing societal values and technological advancements. Their history spans over two millennia, influenced by factors like printing technology, social class, and war, ultimately becoming a personal remembrance of the deceased.

A portentous reunion

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The author attended their 30th college reunion and noticed a trend of anxiety about AI's impact on the future. They reminisced about their old game BattleTris, which they created in college, and with the help of AI, they were able to revive it and play it again after 20 years.

TSDuck: Open-source toolkit for MPEG-TS analysis and manipulation

TSDuck is a digital television and video streaming tool for test, monitoring, and integration, supporting various standards and formats. It is an open-source, cross-platform C++ library and command-line tool with a modular architecture and plugin system.

C array types are weird

The author discusses how arrays in C decay to pointers, which can be confusing, and proposes a strict separation of arrays and pointers to make the language easier to learn. They also explore how arrays can be treated as pointers and propose a new operator, @, to create an array from a pointer, and discuss the implications of this on the language.

IBM Confidential: System/360 File Organization [video]

What I've Learned (So Far) Building Online Mini Games with Elixir and Swift

The user discusses their social arcade project Migo Games built with Elixir, Phoenix, and Swift, leveraging AI for development. They praise Elixir's scalability and fault tolerance, and appreciate AI's ability to reduce bloat in software.

Tunecat: Simple Internet Radio

There is a demo instance serving Classical Music Mix (CC Public Domain Mark 1.0) for #chat on a very chaotic IRC network. Consider openssl req -x509 -new -newkey ed25519 -sha256 -nodes -out tunecat.pem -keyout tunecat.pem and registering a NickServ account with CertFP. Use the provided opusify script to pre-transcode all your songs to Opus 128 kbps.

Nvidia Vera CPU Benchmarks: Olympus Cores Delivering Great Performance

NVIDIA's Vera CPU with Olympus cores shows competitiveness to Intel/AMD x86_64 CPUs in early benchmarks. Vera features 88 Olympus cores, 2MB L2 cache, and LPDDR5X memory for delivering high performance and energy efficiency.

The Steinwinter Supercargo

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The Steinwinter Supercargo is a retro-futuristic truck designed by Manfred Steinwinter in 1983 with a modular platform and low profile for efficiency. It was a flop due to handling issues and reliability problems, but appeared in several films and TV shows before disappearing from public view.

Sage Care (YC S24) Is Hiring Software Engineers

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Sage Care Home is a home care agency operating system that uses AI to automate paperwork and streamline client intake. They're hiring engineers to build their platform and drive growth.