Netbird – Open Source Zero Trust Networking

346 l1am0 2026-02-01 10:41:44 UTC netbird.io Llama Share 119

NetBird provides a unified open source platform for secure connectivity with features like posture checks, MFA, and granular access control. It simplifies network management and eliminates complexity with its Zero Trust model and infrastructure-agnostic design.

What I learned building an opinionated and minimal coding agent

148 SatvikBeri 2026-02-01 09:41:44 UTC mariozechner.at Llama Share 48

The user created a unified LLM API called pi-ai with a terminal UI framework called pi-tui to simplify coding agent development, addressing issues with existing harnesses like Claude Code and Codex. The user's goal was to create a lightweight, customizable, and secure coding agent harness with a focus on simplicity, observability, and flexibility, which they achieved with pi-ai and pi-tui.

How to Scale a System from 0 to 10M+ Users

84 olayiwoladekoya 2026-02-01 11:41:44 UTC blog.algomaster.io Llama Share 39

Scaling a system from zero to 10 million users involves incremental growth through 7 stages, starting with a simple architecture and adding capacity as usage grows. Key optimizations include resource isolation, caching, read replicas, auto-scaling, and microservices, with the goal of achieving true statelessness and scalability.

Adventure Game Studio: OSS software for creating adventure games

5 doener 2026-02-01 13:59:44 UTC adventuregamestudio.co.uk Prefix Share 1

Adventure Game Studio (AGS) is open-source software for creating graphical point-and-click adventure games. It is free, standalone, and requires no subscription. The Windows-based IDE, streamlines game creation by integrating tools for importing graphics, writing scripts, and testing. Games created with AGS can be played on multiple platforms, including Linux, iOS, and Android. Rot your brain ...

The Book of PF, 4th edition

119 0x54MUR41 2026-02-01 08:41:44 UTC nostarch.com Llama Share 25

Peter Hansteen is a DevOps consultant and writer based in Norway, known for his work on OpenBSD and FreeBSD. He wrote "The Book of PF" a comprehensive guide to PF configuration and network security.

Sometimes your job is to stay the hell out of the way

119 ohjeez 2026-02-01 06:41:44 UTC randsinrepose.com Llama Share 83

The author wrote about the mythical "10x engineer" or "Wolf," who exists and excels in various companies. They share advice on creating a culture that attracts Wolves, focusing on building a safe, healthy environment where engineers can do their best work.

Mobile carriers can get your GPS location

745 cbeuw 2026-01-31 17:41:44 UTC an.dywa.ng Llama Share 440

Apple's iOS 26.3 limits "precise location" data to cellular networks via cell towers for devices with Apple's in-house modem. Cellular networks can still obtain precise GPS coordinates through built-in protocols, potentially allowing mass surveillance.

MicroPythonOS graphical operating system delivers Android-like user experience

29 mikece 2026-02-01 11:41:44 UTC cnx-software.com Llama Share 5

MicroPythonOS is an open-source OS for microcontrollers with a GUI, appstore, and OTA updates, written in MicroPython. It targets applications with GUIs and runs on ESP32, Raspberry Pi, and other platforms, with various hardware support and a growing app ecosystem.

FOSDEM 2026 – Open-Source Conference in Brussels – Day#1 Recap

40 yannick2k 2026-02-01 10:41:44 UTC gyptazy.com Llama Share 13

FOSDEM 2026 focused on digital sovereignty, open infrastructure, and community-driven software, with a growing awareness of Europe's technological future. The conference highlighted the importance of independence, sustainability, and control in open source software.

Amiga Unix (Amix)

28 donatj 2026-02-01 11:41:44 UTC amigaunix.com Llama Share 9

Amiga UNIX, also known as Amix, is a port of AT&T System V Release 4 Unix to the Amiga in 1990. It's an interesting piece of history but not suitable for modern use due to its outdated nature and lack of updates.

List animals until failure

207 l1n 2026-02-01 03:41:44 UTC rose.systems Full Share 112

You have limited time, but get more time for each animal listed. When the timer runs out, that's game over. No overlapping terms. For example, if you list “bear” and “polar bear”, you get no point (or time bonus) for the latter. But you can still get a point for a second kind of bear. Order doesn't matter. initial time (s): time increment (s):

The history of C# and TypeScript with Anders Hejlsberg [video]

109 doppp 2026-02-01 04:41:44 UTC youtube.com Embed Share 62

VisualJJ – Jujutsu in Visual Studio Code

47 demail 2026-02-01 07:41:44 UTC visualjj.com Full Share 16

Engineers use VisualJJ to stay in flow. It gives you a clear, interactive change tree on top of Jujutsu and Git, so you can see what’s happening, edit history safely, and keep shipping—whether you’re deep into JJ or just tired of wrestling Git.

In praise of –dry-run

216 ingve 2026-01-31 21:41:44 UTC henrikwarne.com Llama Share 114

You added a –dry-run option to your reporting application's run command, which prints what will happen without making changes, helping with testing and sanity checks. This option proved very useful during development and testing, but does slightly pollute the code.

A web server on a single floppy disk

23 ActionRetro 2026-02-01 10:41:44 UTC floppy.ddns.net Full Share 4

Cells use 'bioelectricity' to coordinate and make group decisions

96 marojejian 2026-02-01 03:41:44 UTC quantamagazine.org Llama Share 48

Cells use electrical signals to coordinate behavior and maintain health by ejecting sick or struggling cells from tissue. This process, called extrusion, helps keep tissues healthy and prevents disease, including cancer and asthma.

Tuning Semantic Search on JFMM.net – Joint Fleet Maintenance Manual

20 cckolon 2026-02-01 09:41:44 UTC carlkolon.com Llama Share 2

The user created a semantic search engine for the Joint Fleet Maintenance Manual (JFMM) using vector similarity search and reranking to improve search results relevance. They optimized the search engine by switching to SQLite, quantizing the model, and using llama.cpp for reranking, resulting in a cheaper and faster infrastructure with improved search results.

Pg_tracing: Distributed Tracing for PostgreSQL

91 tanelpoder 2026-02-01 03:41:44 UTC github.com/datadog Llama Share 12

pg_tracing generates spans on sampled queries, providing two ways to access these spans: utility functions and the pg_tracing_consume_spans table. The extension can be installed and configured to trace queries, with options for sampling and sending spans to an OTLP endpoint.

Generative AI and Wikipedia editing: What we learned in 2025

185 ColinWright 2026-01-31 21:41:44 UTC wikiedu.org Llama Share 80

Wiki Education found that generative AI tools are being used by Wikipedia contributors, but copying AI-generated text is a problem. They used a tool called Pangram to detect AI-generated content and found that it can be helpful in the research process, but not for drafting text.

Coffee as a staining agent substitute in electron microscopy

29 PaulHoule 2026-02-01 06:41:44 UTC phys.org Full Share 16

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Opentrees.org (2024)

105 surprisetalk 2026-02-01 00:41:44 UTC opentrees.org Llama Share 12

Steve Bennett, a freelance web developer, wants to improve OpenTrees.org's tree database by finding and convincing data sources to publish Australian species information as open data.

Autonomous cars, drones cheerfully obey prompt injection by road sign

117 breve 2026-01-31 21:41:44 UTC theregister.com Llama Share 89

Researchers at UCSC and Johns Hopkins found that self-driving cars and drones can be hijacked by illicit instructions on signs. They achieved an 81.8% success rate in hijacking self-driving cars and up to 95.5% in drones, using a method called CHAI.

Outsourcing thinking

180 todsacerdoti 2026-01-31 21:41:44 UTC erikjohannes.no Llama Share 167

The author discusses the potential drawbacks of using large language models (LLMs) in communication and daily life, arguing that they can lead to mental atrophy, loss of personal expression, and erosion of trust in human relationships.

Reliable 25 Gigabit Ethernet via Thunderbolt

70 kohlschuetter 2026-02-01 08:41:44 UTC kohlschuetter.github.io Llama Share 44

The user found a tiny Thunderbolt to 25 Gigabit Ethernet adapter that's plug-and-play on macOS, but gets extremely hot and sometimes causes kernel panics.

Nonograms: a practical guide with interactive examples

61 merelysounds 2026-02-01 04:41:44 UTC lab174.com Llama Share 18

Only fill cells when certain, using edge logic to find groups and separate them with empty cells. Tap to fill cells, drag to fill multiple, and crosses will be inserted automatically.

Drawings of the elements of CMS detector, in the style of Leonardo da Vinci

42 nill0 2026-02-01 05:41:44 UTC cds.cern.ch Full Share 8

Cittolin, Sergio

Scientist who helped eradicate smallpox dies at age 89

257 CrossVR 2026-01-31 21:41:44 UTC scientificamerican.com Llama Share 77

William Foege, a leader in the global fight to eliminate smallpox, has died at 89. He co-founded the Task Force for Global Health and led the US CDC's Smallpox Eradication Program in the 1970s.

Nvidia's 10-year effort to make the Shield TV the most updated Android device

188 qmr 2026-01-31 15:41:44 UTC arstechnica.com Llama Share 153

Nvidia's Shield Android TV box from 2015 still receives updates and support due to the company's passion for the product. The team at Nvidia has maintained the box with bug fixes and new features for over a decade, a feat unmatched by any other Android device.

Data Processing Benchmark Featuring Rust, Go, Swift, Zig, Julia etc.

114 behnamoh 2026-01-31 21:41:44 UTC github.com/zupat Llama Share 70

Compute top 5 related posts for each post based on shared tags. Populate a map with tags as keys and lists of post indices as values.

EV-1 for Lease (1996)

43 1970-01-01 2026-02-01 02:41:44 UTC loe.org Llama Share 19

Bill McDonough, a leading architect and green design advocate, believes that redesigning industrial systems can solve the global environmental crisis by eliminating waste and pollution. He works with corporations like Monsanto and Walmart to implement green design principles, arguing that enlightened self-interest can drive real change and profitability.