Why Senior Engineers Let Bad Projects Fail
When I was a junior engineer, my manager would occasionally confide his frustrations to me in our weekly 1:1s. He…
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The URL shortener that makes your links look as suspicious as possible
CreepyLink The URL shortener that makes your links look as suspicious as possible. Normal links are too trustworthy. Make them…
SparkFun Officially Dropping AdaFruit due to CoC Violation
Official Response Due to recent activities that are in direct violation of our Code of Conduct, which is publicly available on…
Google co-founders may be leaving California
In Brief Posted: 2:56 PM PST · January 11, 2026 Image Credits:James Leynse/Corbis / Getty Images Anthony Ha Google co-founders…
WhatsApp is untrustable
WhatsApp is untrustable TL;DR: As the client applications of WhatsApp are closed-source, claims of end-to-end encryption cannot be validated. This…
Gentoo Linux 2025 Review
2025 in retrospect & happy new year 2026! Jan 5, 2026 Happy New Year 2026! Once again, a lot has…
Show HN: Ferrite – Markdown editor in Rust with native Mermaid diagram rendering
Ferrite A fast, lightweight text editor for Markdown, JSON, YAML, and TOML files. Built with Rust and egui for a…
&&&&&&&&&&&&&&str
&&&&&&&&&&&&&&strJanuary 9, 2026rustperformanceWhile adding a failing test to the Rust compiler, I stumbled upon a peculiar code generation test:pub fn…
It’s hard to justify Tahoe icons
It’s hard to justify Tahoe icons I was reading Macintosh Human Interface Guidelines from 1992 and found this nice illustration:…
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…
Lessons from 14 Years at Google
When I joined Google ~14 years ago, I thought the job was about writing great code. I was partly right….
Building a TLS 1.3 Implementation in Pure Common Lisp
Happy New Year!For the past 20+ years, every Common Lisp application that needs HTTPS has traditionally had one option: cl+ssl,…
One Number I Trust: Plain-Text Accounting for a Multi-Currency Household
Two people. Eighteen accounts spanning checking, savings, credit cards, investments. Three currencies. Twenty minutes of work every week.One net worth…
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…
You can’t trust your eyes to tell you what’s real anymore, says the head of Instagram
NewsCloseNewsPosts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed.FollowFollowSee All NewsAICloseAIPosts from this…
PSA: Be aware when opening “take home challenges” from untrusted recruiters
I was recently contacted by linkedIn "recruiter" who's upto no good it seems. After some brief chatting, they asked me…
Home Chef Promo Code: 50% Off
Save StorySave this storySave StorySave this storyOut of the dozens of services I’ve tested, Home Chef is my favorite meal…
Sauron, the high-end home security startup for “super premium” customers, plucks a new CEO out of Sonos
When Kevin Hartz’s security system failed to alert him as an intruder rang his doorbell and tried to enter his…
How we lost communication to entertainment
How We Lost Communication to Entertainment by Ploum on 2025-12-15 All our communication channels are morphed into content distribution networks….
Why CIOs must lead AI experimentation, not just govern it
FeaturedRani Johnson, Workday December 27, 2025 CleoJ made with MidjourneyThe drumbeat for AI is deafening. We’re surrounded by a mix…