2011
Firefox 80
We'd like to extend a special thank you to all of the new Mozillians who contributed to this release of Firefox.
New
The latest blog posts to take off on Hacker News. 5,567 posts.
2012
Kindle collects a surprisingly large amount of data
Reading a book on a Kindle sends Amazon a lot of data about reading habits. How fast pages are turned, font sizes and views, and device details.
2013
SourMint Malicious SDK
The Snyk security research team has made two significant disclosures surrounding the Mintegral SDK. Learn about these SourMint vulnerabilities.
2014
What happens when you load a URL? (2015)
I've been hearing this question a lot lately, and when I do, it reminds me how much I don't know. Here are some questions this question brings to mind.
2015
2016
2017
Please read the paper before you comment
Each day on twitter there is one main character. The goal is to never be it— maple cocaine (@maplecocaine) January 3, 2019 Yesterday the main character of...
2018
Docker to rate limit image pulls
Docker announces significant upgrades to its subscription plans, delivering more value, flexibility, and tools for customers of all sizes.
2019
Motoko, a programming language for building directly on the internet
To offer a seamless developer experience, we wanted to create a specialized programming language, called Motoko, that is designed to directly support the programming model of the Internet Computer, making it easier to efficiently build applications and take advantage of some of the more unusual features of this…
2020
How I helped fix Canadaʼs Covid Alert app
On July 31st , Canada’s COVID Alert app was made available for general use, though it does not have support for actually reporting a diagnosis in most provinces, yet.
2021
Vitamin D, part 2: Shannon's story
How much Vitamin D should I take? This is still the looming question, and it’s time to address it. First, though, imagine that someone in a public forum online asked me, “How much metoprolol (a…
2022
2023
Making money building Shopify micro-SaaS apps
A long-form guide on building your first micro-SaaS business on the Shopify platform.
2024
2025
JavaScript Generators, Meet XPath
If the text is neatly neatly isolated inside an HTML element, it’s easy; this will do:
2026
My startup validation process
Leading UK expert on innovation & startup validation. Transform ideas into validated, investable businesses with proven methodologies.
2027
A tale of webpage speed, or throwing away React
Back in 2011, I happened to get a job writing Backbone.js app. If you never did that, don’t. I was complaining about difficulties with composition left and right to [...]
2028
Btrfs Coming to Fedora 33
The default filesystem will be BTRFS for Fedora 33 and onwards. Read more here about what that means for the Fedora community.
2029
Kali Linux 2020.3
Its that time of year again, time for another Kali Linux release! Quarter #3 - Kali Linux 2020.3. This release has various impressive updates, all of which are ready for immediate download or updating. A quick overview of what’s new since the last release in May 2020: New Shell - Starting the process to switch from…
2030
Streaming Is Laying Bare How Big ISPs and Big Tech Work Together Against Users
HBO Max is incredible. Not because it is good, but because of how many problems with the media landscape it epitomizes. If you ever had trouble seeing where monopoly, net neutrality, and technology intertwine, well then thanks, I guess, to AT...
2031
Building resilient services at Prime Video with chaos engineering
Large-scale distributed software systems are composed of several individual sub-systems—such as CDNs, load balancers, and databases—and their interactions. These interactions sometimes have unpredictable outcomes caused by unforeseen turbulent events (for example, a network failure). These events can lead to…
2032
A step towards new nitrogen products
A nifty move with nitrogen has brought the world one step closer to creating a range of useful products — from dyes to pharmaceuticals — out of thin air.
2033
FritzFrog: A New Generation of Peer-to-Peer Botnets
A Akamai é a empresa de cibersegurança e computação em nuvem que potencializa e protege negócios online.
2034
Bare Metal Rust Generics
Writing two flash drivers starting from an abstraction.
2035
Build Your Own FPGA (2012)
The Open 7400 Logic Competition is a crowd-sourced contest with a simple but broad criteria for entry: build something interesting out of discrete logic chips. It's now in its second year, and this time around I was inspired to enter it.
2036
US Border Patrol says they can create central repository of traveler emails
The U.S. government has taken the opportunity during the global pandemic, when people aren't traveling out of the country much, to roll out a new platform for storing information they believe they are entitled to take from people crossing the border. A new filing reveals how the U.S. Border Patrol will store data from…
2037
2038
Persisting as a solo founder
I quit my job in January 2020 to build...
2039
Remembering what you Read: Zettelkasten vs. P.A.R.A
I spent over a year researching better ways to take notes and remember what I read. Here's what I found.
2040
Never run ‘python’ in your downloads folder
Python can execute code. Make sure it executes only the code you want it to.