Bun is being ported from Zig to Rust

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Incredibly fast JavaScript runtime, bundler, test runner, and package manager – all in one - docs: add Phase-A porting guide Β· oven-sh/bun@46d3bc2

How OpenAI delivers low-latency voice AI at scale

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OpenAI rearchitected their WebRTC stack to improve real-time AI interactions by reducing latency and preserving standard WebRTC behavior for clients. They achieved this by introducing a relay service that routes packets to the correct transceiver, allowing for deterministic first-packet routing and a small public UDP footprint.

Talking to strangers at the gym

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The user, who was struggling to make friends after college, approached 30 people at the gym over a month, resulting in some meaningful connections and friendships. Through this experience, the user became more resilient and confident in initiating conversations with strangers, eventually forming connections with people who share similar interests and hobbies.

Agent Skills

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The author created Agent Skills to help AI coding agents follow senior engineer best practices by adding workflows and verification steps to their default behavior. This approach aims to prevent common engineering mistakes and ensure reliable software at scale.

What I'm Hearing About Cognitive Debt (So Far)

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The user discusses how Generative and Agentic AI can amplify cognitive debt, a gap between a system's structure and a team's understanding of how it works, and how this affects developers' mental models and well-being. They ask for real-world mitigation practices to manage cognitive debt and maintain shared understanding in teams using AI.

When Networking Doesn't Work

The user had trouble getting Windows 11 to communicate with an antique IPMI module over the network. The issue was caused by Intel NICs/drivers incorrectly validating UDP checksums.

Securing a DoD contractor: Finding a multi-tenant authorization vulnerability

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A company, Schemata, handling sensitive military data had no API authorization, allowing a low-privilege user to access users, organizations, and confidential training materials. The issue was fixed after 150 days of disclosure attempts, highlighting the importance of open disclosure channels and robust authorization testing.

Testing macOS on the Apple Network Server 2.0 ROMs

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The author tested the 2.0 ROMs for the Apple Network Server, which support Cirrus video and 53C825A SCSI, but found performance to be dismal in Mac OS.

Does Employment Slow Cognitive Decline? Evidence from Labor Market Shocks

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Researchers Noah Arman Kouchekinia, David Neumark, and Tim A. Bruckner received grants for their study on employment and cognitive decline. The study was supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation.

Redis array: short story of a long development process

The user implemented a new Array data type for Redis, taking four months with AI assistance, which helped with specification, implementation, and testing. AI provided a safety net for complex tasks, allowing the user to venture into higher complexity and achieve high-quality system programming.

Microsoft Edge stores all passwords in memory in clear text, even when unused

Something went wrong, but don’t fret β€” let’s give it another shot. Some privacy related extensions may cause issues on x.com. Please disable them and try again.

1966 Ford Mustang Converted into a Tesla with Working 'Full Self-Driving'

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A Sacramento auto parts shop owner spent $40,000 and two years converting a 1966 Ford Mustang into a Tesla with a Model 3 drivetrain and Full Self-Driving capabilities. The project demonstrates Tesla's technology is portable and adaptable, despite licensing struggles with other automakers.

I am worried about Bun

The author is concerned about Bun's future after Anthropic acquired it, citing Claude Code's decline in quality and restrictions. They're moving away from Bun for package management and recommend pnpm instead.

How Monero’s proof of work works

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Monero's RandomX proof of work makes mining expensive for custom chips by using CPU strengths like dynamic code and memory access. It generates random programs and uses memory-hard functions to make mining look like general-purpose computing.

Jonathan Swift's Last Joke

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David Kenny, a professor of law, became obsessed with Jonathan Swift's epitaph after reading it in St. Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin. He discovered that Swift's will specified his epitaph be placed next to a monument of Primate Narcissus Marsh, a rival he mocked in his writings.

Show HN: I Built a Museum Exhibit

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The user designed and built a museum exhibit called Wild Lenses for the Children's Museum of Atlanta, allowing kids to see the world through different animal perspectives using a VR headset. Through multiple iterations and playtesting, the exhibit was refined to improve stability, interaction, and accessibility, ultimately becoming a successful and engaging experience for children aged 4-12.

Formatting a 25M-line codebase overnight

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This is the story of how our Developer Productivity team extended and rolled out rubyfmt, our Rust-based zero-config, ultra-fast autoformatter across the world's largest Ruby codebase.

PyInfra 3.8.0

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Big release with fixes and improvements, switching to full semver. It includes user-mode systemd fixes, SELinux port bug fixes, and new config options.

Pomiferous: The most extensive apples (pommes) database

Several apple varieties are described including Sekai Ichi, French cider apple, and Pink Lady. These apples have unique characteristics such as flavor, texture, and origin.

UK Fuel Price Intelligence – Market analytics from reporting stations

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This site provides independent UK fuel price data sourced from the UK Fuel Finder scheme, with no influence on prices. It stores and analyses publicly mandated data, using Google Analytics to understand site usage.

Transformers Are Inherently Succinct (2025)

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Transformers are highly expressive in describing concepts, outperforming finite automata and LTL formulas in succinctness. Verifying transformer properties is intractable due to their expressivity.

Buffon's needle problem visualized

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GameStop makes $55.5B takeover offer for eBay

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GameStop made a $55.5bn offer to buy eBay at $125 a share, with CEO Ryan Cohen planning $2bn in cost savings. The deal would link GameStop with eBay, lifting GameStop's valuation and giving eBay a national network for its business operations.

US healthcare marketplaces shared citizenship and race data with ad tech giants

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Pixel trackers on websites collect personal info, including health data, often for advertising. Government websites sharing health data with tech companies affects millions of Americans.

Sierra Raises $950M at $15B Valuation

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Sierra raises $950 million at over $15 billion valuation to invest in AI customer experience. The company now has over $1 billion to deploy AI agents for businesses, transforming customer interactions and experiences.

Show HN: nfsdiag – A NFS diagnostic application

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nfs-doctor is a command line tool to help debug NFS servers from the client side. It checks network, rpcbind, NFS versions, and other common issues.

Y Combinator's Stake in OpenAI (0.6%)

Y Combinator owns a 0.6% stake in OpenAI worth over $5 billion. This significant financial interest in OpenAI raises questions about Paul Graham's impartiality in publicly endorsing Sam Altman's trustworthiness.

Re: Slow USB storage device? (util-Linux-ng, 2010)

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Stop big tech from making users behave in ways they don't want to

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A 2019 study found teens can't switch off from Instagram, leading to a landmark ruling against Meta and YouTube for designing addictive products. The ruling's implications are being digested as the world adjusts to its impact.

The Visible Zorker: Zork 3

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A software exhibit that allows you to explore Zork and also Zork's source code at the same time.