Give Django your time and money, not your tokens

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Using LLMs to generate code and PR descriptions without understanding is hurting Django's community and quality. Django contributors want to collaborate with humans, not facades, so use LLMs as a tool to aid comprehension, not replace it.

Kagi Small Web

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Kagi aims to humanize the web by surfacing people behind online posts and stories. It amplifies genuine voices on the web by showcasing lesser-known blogs and websites.

Why Node.js needs a virtual file system

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OpenSUSE Kalpa

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Kalpa is an atomic and transactional Linux desktop offering the Plasma Desktop Environment, From the KDE Project Zola for making deploying a website not something that makes me want to tear my hair out Juice for making it easier to have a website that doesn't make my eyes bleed

FFmpeg 8.1

FFmpeg has released several new versions including FFmpeg 8.1 "Hoare", FFmpeg 8.0 "Huffman", FFmpeg 7.1 "Péter", FFmpeg 7.0 "Dijkstra", FFmpeg 6.1, FFmpeg 6.0 "Von Neumann", FFmpeg 5.0 "Lorentz", and FFmpeg 3.1.2, each with various new features, bug fixes, and improvements. The releases include support for new codecs, filters, and formats, as well as improvements to the Vulkan and AAC ...

Finding a CPU Design Bug in the Xbox 360

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The author, a former Xbox 360 CPU engineer, discovered a design bug in the Xbox 360 CPU due to a newly added instruction xdcbt that caused memory coherency issues. The bug was caused by speculative execution of the instruction, similar to the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities.

Enabling Efficient Sparse Computations Using Linear Algebra Aware Compilers

Researchers developed LAPIS, a compiler framework for optimizing sparse linear algebra operations across diverse architectures. LAPIS enables productivity, performance, portability, and distributed memory execution with linear algebra-level optimizations.

Building a Shell

The user built a toy shell to learn about low-level process APIs and Unix commands, implementing features like env var expansion, pipes, and basic tab completion using the readline library. The shell is incomplete but can handle simple use cases like launching programs, basic pipes, and some git commands, with the user learning about the performance implications of shells and the importance ...

Font Smuggler – copy hidden brand fonts into Google Docs

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Google Workspace lets brands who pay enough embed custom corporate fonts into their docs and slides. Normally, these are locked to just those brands shelling out for custom typefaces, but there's one loophole: the ol' copy/paste. Below are a selection of brand fonts with which you can do exactly that. Enjoy. (but it doesn't work on Google mobile apps)

Microsoft's 'unhackable' Xbox One has been hacked by 'Bliss'

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A hacker revealed a "Bliss" exploit that can hack the Xbox One, a previously "unhackable" console. The hack uses voltage glitching to compromise the console's security, allowing for unsigned code loading and game decryption.

Leanstral: Open-source agent for trustworthy coding and formal proof engineering

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Researchers release Leanstral, an open-source code agent for Lean 4, designed for efficient proof engineering tasks. Leanstral outperforms competitors in benchmarks, offering competitive performance at a fraction of the cost, and can be used for zero-setup vibe coding and proving.

Perlsky Is a Perl 5 Implementation of an at Protocol Personal Data Server

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perlsky is a Perl 5 PDS with AT Protocol support, offering accounts, OAuth, and sync features. It tests against official AT Protocol PDS for accuracy and runs end-to-end smoke tests for bug detection.

The unlikely story of Teardown Multiplayer

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Teardown's multiplayer implementation involved rewriting destruction logic in fixed-point math and using a hybrid approach of determinism and state synchronization. The team overcame numerous challenges, including bandwidth limitations, backwards compatibility, and late joins, to create a functional multiplayer mode.

Reverse-engineering Viktor and making it Open Source

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User reverse-engineered AI coworker Viktor's system architecture in 2 hours, gathering documentation from logs and technical blogs. They then implemented the system based on the gathered documentation, deploying a managed instance for others to try.

Gummy Geometry

Interactive physics demos for nape-js — explore rigid bodies, constraints, ragdolls, vehicles, cloth simulation, and more in 2D and 3D.

Kagi Translate now supports LinkedIn Speak as an output language

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Kagi Translate uses powerful AI models to instantly and accurately translate any content in any language.

The American Healthcare Conundrum

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The US spends $3 trillion more on healthcare than Japan, with issues like overpriced prescription drugs and hospital procedures contributing to the gap. Policy fixes like step therapy reform, international reference pricing, and capping commercial hospital payments could redirect billions in unnecessary spending.

The Official GBBS Pro Repository

ATDT theofficialgbbsprorepository.com:6502 CONNECT AT [2400] BAUD... (> Welcome to The Official GBBS Pro Repository <) New users type "NEW" Account Number -->1 Enter Password -->XXXXXX Verifying account... Good morning, User. It is on You were last on 09/27/25 Welcome to the board. Main Bulletins from 1 to 1 [::] [Main Level] Option (?=Help):_

Meta’s renewed commitment to jemalloc

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Meta is renewing focus on jemalloc, a high-performance memory allocator, to modernize the codebase and adapt to latest hardware and workloads. The goal is to reduce maintenance needs, remove technical debt, and improve efficiency, reliability, and usability.

Diels-grabsch2: Self Hashing C Program (2019)

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Before running this one, stay calm. Chill out, have a cup of tea. Is this bad? To understand what is going on here, please check if you are dreaming, or are you dreaming that you are dreaming? Or is it, wake up from the simulation? It started as a complicated “hello world” program that prints some random hex digits instead of “hello world”. Then, the digits were adjusted until the resulting ...

Sci-Fi Short Film “There Is No Antimemetics Division” [video]

The “small web” is bigger than you might think

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The author is exploring the concept of a "small web" for non-commercial, personal use, and has been using the Gemini protocol. They attempted to create a feed aggregator for the small web but found it impractical due to its large size and activity.

A proposal to classify happiness as a psychiatric disorder

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Researchers propose classifying happiness as a psychiatric disorder, citing its abnormality and association with cognitive abnormalities. This proposal is based on literature reviews and dismisses the objection that happiness is not negatively valued.

Every layer of review makes you 10x slower

The author argues that review pipelines and layers of QA slow down development and hide root causes, making it harder to fix problems. To improve quality, teams should adopt a culture of trust, eliminate reviews, and focus on building high-quality components in small teams that can deliver quickly and safely.

Ryugu asteroid samples contain all DNA and RNA building blocks

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How long does it take to get last liquid drops from kitchen containers?

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Physicists at Brown University studied the time it takes for liquids to drain from containers, finding that viscosity greatly affects wait times. For low-viscosity liquids like milk, it takes 30 seconds to drain 90%, while for viscous liquids like olive oil, it takes over nine minutes.

US SEC preparing to scrap quarterly reporting requirement

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Beyond has dropped “meat” from its name and expanded its high-protein drink line

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Beyond Meat rebranded as Beyond The Plant Protein Company, focusing on plant-based foods with real ingredients. CEO Ethan Brown believes plant-based meat will be a dominant choice in the future, but not currently due to confusion around ultra-processed foods.

Pyodide: a Python distribution based on WebAssembly

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Pyodide allows running Python packages in the browser with micropip, supporting pure Python and many packages with C, C++, and Rust extensions. It comes with a robust Javascript to Python interface for mixing languages with minimal friction.

Why I love FreeBSD

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The author discovered FreeBSD in 2002 and was impressed by its complete and accurate documentation, leading to a long-term relationship with the operating system. They valued FreeBSD's stability, performance, and community-driven approach, which has remained consistent over the past twenty years.