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

127 raphaelcosta 2026-05-05 02:15:35 UTC margaretstorey.com Llama Share 63

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.

Bun is being ported from Zig to Rust

318 SergeAx 2026-05-05 01:15:35 UTC github.com/oven-sh Full Share 209

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

About 10% of AMC movie showings sell zero tickets. This site finds them

33 MrBuddyCasino 2026-05-05 04:35:35 UTC walzr.com Full Share 10

About 10% of AMC movie showings sell zero tickets. This site finds them. Go enjoy your private theater. Show all screenings

CVE-2026-31431: Copy Fail vs. rootless containers

42 averi 2026-05-05 04:15:35 UTC dragonsreach.it Llama Share 12

The author set up a lab to run the Copy Fail exploit and traced it at the syscall level to verify that rootless Podman architecture would contain it. The exploit successfully overwrote /usr/bin/su in the page cache, executed the shellcode, and escalated to root inside the container.

Train Your Own LLM from Scratch

29 kristianpaul 2026-05-05 04:15:35 UTC github.com/angelos-p Llama Share 1

A hands-on workshop builds a working GPT model from scratch in a few hours, covering the essentials of LLMs and transformers. The workshop uses PyTorch and character-level tokenization on Shakespeare, resulting in a ~10M param model that trains on a laptop in under an hour.

Pulitzer Prize Winner in International Reporting

51 jay_kyburz 2026-05-05 03:15:35 UTC pulitzer.org Llama Share 2

Journalist wins $15,000 for reporting on Assad regime's atrocities and Trump's humanitarian aid dismantling. Reporting exposed regime's harm to Syrians and vulnerable people worldwide.

How OpenAI delivers low-latency voice AI at scale

345 Sean-Der 2026-05-04 20:15:35 UTC openai.com Llama Share 110

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.

Agent Skills

187 BOOSTERHIDROGEN 2026-05-04 22:15:35 UTC addyosmani.com Llama Share 75

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.

The Car That Watches You Back: The Advertising Infrastructure of Modern Cars

34 cadito 2026-05-05 02:15:35 UTC nobodyaskedforthis.lol Llama Share 19

Automotive journalist Zerin Dube discovered a promotional advertisement on his Jeep Grand Cherokee's infotainment screen, revealing how the vehicle had become a platform with monetized inventory and a data feed pointed back at the manufacturer. This transformation is part of a larger trend where vehicles are becoming subscription-based products with telemetry, and the automotive industry is ...

When Networking Doesn't Work

35 kencausey 2026-05-05 02:15:35 UTC os2museum.com Llama Share 6

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

187 bearsyankees 2026-05-04 18:15:35 UTC strix.ai Llama Share 79

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.

Gaps in national food production, worldwide

25 simonebrunozzi 2026-05-05 03:15:35 UTC nature.com Llama Share 4

Most countries cannot meet their dietary needs through domestic production alone, with over a third unable to achieve self-sufficiency in more than two of the seven essential food groups. However, projections suggest that many countries have the potential to improve self-sufficiency, particularly in animal-source foods, with some regions expected to close the self-sufficiency gap by up to 28 ...

Does Employment Slow Cognitive Decline? Evidence from Labor Market Shocks

253 littlexsparkee 2026-05-04 16:15:35 UTC nber.org Llama Share 229

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.

pgxbackup: Continuity Support for pgBackRest

20 Wingy 2026-05-05 02:15:35 UTC thebuild.com Llama Share 2

pgBackRest is being replaced by pgxbackup, a new open-source tool under the same license. pgxbackup maintains compatibility with new PostgreSQL releases and existing backup repositories.

Testing macOS on the Apple Network Server 2.0 ROMs

74 zdw 2026-05-04 21:15:35 UTC oldvcr.blogspot.com Llama Share 13

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.

Redis array: short story of a long development process

259 antirez 2026-05-04 15:15:35 UTC antirez.com Llama Share 84

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.

Talking to strangers at the gym

1261 thitran 2026-05-04 12:15:35 UTC thienantran.com Llama Share 596

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.

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

153 Brajeshwar 2026-05-04 16:15:35 UTC electrek.co Llama Share 111

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.

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

480 cft 2026-05-04 19:15:35 UTC twitter.com/l1v1ng0ffth3l4n Full Share 167

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

Y Combinator's Stake in OpenAI (0.6%)

217 gyomu 2026-05-05 00:15:35 UTC daringfireball.net Llama Share 18

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.

I am worried about Bun

449 remote-dev 2026-05-04 17:15:35 UTC wwj.dev Llama Share 301

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.

PyInfra 3.8.0

246 wowi42 2026-05-04 13:15:35 UTC github.com/pyinfra-dev Llama Share 86

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

How Monero’s proof of work works

259 alcazar 2026-05-04 14:15:35 UTC blog.alcazarsec.com Llama Share 187

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.

Pomiferous: The most extensive apples (pommes) database

112 Ariarule 2026-05-04 15:15:35 UTC pomiferous.com Llama Share 47

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.

GameStop makes $55.5B takeover offer for eBay

659 n1b0m 2026-05-04 10:15:35 UTC bbc.co.uk Llama Share 632

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.

Formatting a 25M-line codebase overnight

143 r00k 2026-05-04 20:15:35 UTC stripe.dev Full Share 75

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.

Transformers Are Inherently Succinct (2025)

44 bearseascape 2026-05-04 20:15:35 UTC arxiv.org Llama Share 6

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

UK Fuel Price Intelligence – Market analytics from reporting stations

169 theazureguy 2026-05-04 16:15:35 UTC fuelinsight.co.uk Llama Share 78

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.

Sierra Raises $950M at $15B Valuation

101 doppp 2026-05-04 16:15:35 UTC sierra.ai Llama Share 128

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.

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

464 ZeidJ 2026-05-04 18:15:35 UTC techcrunch.com Llama Share 153

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.