Histomat of F/OSS: We should reclaim LLMs, not reject them
January 16, 2026 Histomat of F/OSS: We should reclaim LLMs, not reject them A few days ago, I came across…
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Just the Browser
Just the Browser helps you remove AI features, telemetry data reporting, sponsored content, product integrations, and other annoyances from desktop…
Tailscale state file encryption no longer enabled by default
Jan 6, 2026Linux State file encryption and hardware attestation keys are no longer enabled by default. Failure to load hardware…
I built a GPU-accelerated SQLite on Apple Silicon to test a theory about the PCIe bottleneck. Here’s what I found.
Look, I know everyone here loves NVIDIA. And for good reason – those cards are beasts. But I've been arguing…
Show HN: Tailsnitch – A security auditor for Tailscale
Tailsnitch A security auditor for Tailscale configurations. Tailsnitch scans your tailnet for 50+ misconfigurations, overly permissive access controls, and security…
Building a Rust-style static analyzer for C++ with AI
The project is available at: https://github.com/shuaimu/rusty-cpp As someone who has spent almost 15 years doing systems research with C++, I…
I used an old-school security trick to catch prompt injection on AI agents
So I've been messing around with MCP and kept thinking about security. These agents can call tools, query databases, hit…
Rust–: Rust without the borrow checker
Rust–: Rust without the borrow checker A modified Rust compiler with the borrow checker disabled. This allows code that would…
Spherical Snake
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I canceled my programming book deal
Austin Z. Henley Associate Teaching Professor Carnegie Mellon University azhenley@cmu.edu @austinzhenley github/AZHenley Home | Publications | Teaching | Blog I…
I canceled my book deal
Austin Z. Henley Associate Teaching Professor Carnegie Mellon University azhenley@cmu.edu @austinzhenley github/AZHenley Home | Publications | Teaching | Blog I…
Stardew Valley developer made a $125k donation to the FOSS C# framework MonoGame
New Sponsor Announcement By: MonoGame Foundation Dec 30, 2025 announcements Support Financially – several tiers and options available for GitHub,…
Public Sans – A strong, neutral typeface
A strong, neutral typeface for interfaces, text, and headings. Download Public Sans v2.001 Developed by USWDS. Contribute to its development…
Package managers keep using git as a database, it never works out
Using git as a database is a seductive idea. You get version history for free. Pull requests give you a…
Snitch – A friendlier ss/netstat
snitch a friendlier ss / netstat for humans. inspect network connections with a clean tui or styled tables. install go…
i wrote a code editor in C and now i’m a changed man
I never thought I would share this, but here I am. I was writing a lot of code, a bunch…
Hacker News front page now, but the titles are honest
$ Honest Hacker News new | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit login 1. We…
SHARP, an approach to photorealistic view synthesis from a single image
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Announcing Key Transparency for the Fediverse
I’m pleased to announce the immediate availability of a reference implementation for the Public Key Directory server. This software implements…
I killed a worker mid-payment to test “exactly-once” execution
Distributed systems often claim “exactly-once” execution. In practice, this is usually implemented as at-least-once delivery + retries + idempotency keys….