1981
Node 20 will be deprecated on GitHub Actions runners
Editor’s note (August 25, 2026): Updated the Node20 removal date to September 23rd, 2026. Editor’s note (February 25, 2026): Updated the migration date to June of 2026. Editor’s note (May…
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1982
PYREX vs. pyrex: What's the difference?
For 100 years, Corning has developed special glass for use in both chemical and life science laboratories, including PYREX® glass.
1983
If you are good at code review, you will be good at using AI agents
Using AI agents correctly is a process of reviewing code. If you’re good at reviewing code, you’ll be good at using tools like Claude Code, Codex, or the…
1984
Things managers do that leaders never would
Simon reveals the subtle but powerful ways leaders set themselves apart from managers—and why those choices matter most in times of crisis.
1985
H1Bs will start costing $100k/yr
Trump imposed a new $100,000 fee for H-1B visas, raising costs for employers and reshaping U.S. hiring. Learn what it means for you.
1986
Benjamin Button Reviews macOS
Benjamin Button Reviews macOS | exotext
1987
Less is safer: Reducing the risk of supply chain attacks
Supply chain attacks are malicious updates that sneak into open source code used by many apps. Here’s how we design Obsidian to ensure that the app is a secure and private environment for your thoughts.
1988
Hidden risk in Notion 3.0 AI agents: Web search tool abuse for data exfiltration
CodeIntegrity research on Notion AI security, Notion 3.0 AI Agents, lethal trifecta risk, indirect prompt injection, web search tool abuse, and data exfiltration.
1989
Markov chains are the original language models
Back in my day, we used math for autocomplete.
1990
Processing Strings 109x Faster Than Nvidia on H100
StringZilla v4 brings CUDA acceleration for string processing: 109x faster than Nvidia's CuDF on edit distances, plus 52-bit MinHash fingerprinting and AES-based hashing.
1991
A shift in developer culture is impacting innovation and creativity
From tinkerers to metric seekers: How the shift in developer culture is impacting innovation and creativity.
1992
I regret building this $3000 Pi AI cluster
I ordered a set of 10 Compute Blades in April 2023 (two years ago), and they just arrived a few weeks ago. In that time Raspberry Pi upgraded the CM4 to a CM5, so I ordered a set of 10 16GB CM5 Lite modules for my blade cluster. That should give me 160 GB of total RAM to play with. This was the biggest Pi cluster I've…
1993
The best YouTube downloaders, and how Google silenced the press
Most websites can't tell you about them. But I can.
1994
Help us raise $200k to free JavaScript from Oracle
Our legal battle over Oracle's claim on the word "JavaScript" is entering the discovery phase. Here's how you can help.
1995
AI tools are making the world look weird
LLMs think WEIRD - Western, Educated, Industrialised, Rich, Democratic. STRAT7 explores what AI cultural bias means for researchers working across global markets.
1996
Shipping 100 hardware units in under eight weeks
Someone once told me hardware is hard...
1997
U.S. already has the critical minerals it needs, according to new analysis
A new Science study reveals the U.S. already mines the critical minerals it needs for energy and defense, but they are currently being discarded as mine waste.
1998
This map is not upside down
While conventional and commonplace today, maps have not always had north at the top. And they don't need to.
1999
2000
OpenTelemetry collector: What it is, when you need it, and when you don't
A practical, no-fluff guide to understanding the OpenTelemetry Collector - what it does, how it works, real architecture patterns (with and without it).
2001
Chrome's New AI Features
Google Chrome is getting upgraded with the latest AI to make it safer, smarter and more useful
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2003
Configuration files are user interfaces
We have all been there. Your software keeps growing and you feel the need to make it customizable. It is too soon for a full-blown UI with all the bells and whistles, so your pragmatic instinct suggests a text-based configuration file. Yes, that’s exactly it! You rejoice knowing the software’s configuration will be…
2004
American Prairie unlocks another 70k acres in Montana
Conservation group opens gated road and tears down "no trespassing" signs with purchase from Texas billionaire brothers.
2005
TernFS – An exabyte scale, multi-region distributed filesystem
XTX Markets is a leading algorithmic trading firm which uses state-of-the-art machine learning technology to produce price forecasts for over 50,000 financial instruments across equities, fixed income, currencies, commodities and crypto. It uses those forecasts to trade on exchanges and alternative trading venues, and…
2006
Grief gets an expiration date, just like us
Grief gets an expiration date. Just like us.
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2008
The quality of AI-assisted software depends on unit of work management
The craft of AI-assisted software creation is substantially about correctly managing units of work.
2009
Obsidian Note Codes
I made a little plugin for Obsidian: Note Codes.
2010
KDE is now my favorite desktop
From my last blog post , I am now using KDE as the desktop environment for my gaming rig. The reason is because I want a reasonably easy to use Linux desktop for when my wife needs to use the PC for something other than gaming, and this was the reason why my "traditional" Sway setup was a no-go.