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Top posts
Every blog post that took off on Hacker News, ranked by the votes of its best submission. 31,691 posts.
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Retool Database
Get a free Postgres DB with the speed + convenience of a spreadsheet. No setup required. Get started today.
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A fresh new Dropbox on the web
Modern work can be frustrating and chaotic—if you don’t have the right tools. From context engineering to multimodal search, go behind the scenes and hear how Dropbox engineers are building AI that actually understands you, so you can focus on the work that matters most.
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New mRNA cancer vaccine triggers immune response to malignant brain tumor
In a first-ever human clinical trial of four adult patients, an mRNA cancer vaccine developed at the University of Florida quickly reprogrammed the immune…
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Supercharging the Git Commit Graph IV: Bloom Filters
We've been discussing the commit-graph feature in Git 2.18 and how we can use generation numbers to accelerate commit walks. One area where we can get
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A 1970s Cray-1 hard drive has been imaged
Two different, but somewhat related additions to the archive you might want to check out. First, I was contacted earlier this week about a project to recover information off of an old Cray-1 supercomputer hard drive. Unlike, say, trying to get your old floppies to read or pulling an old mix tape off of a
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RFC 9420 a.k.a. Messaging Layer Security
Messaging Layer Security has been published. MLS is the first standardized, fully specified, freely accessible end-to-end encryption protocol.
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How we index images for RAG
Reading the screenshots, diagrams and tables in technical documentation for LLMs
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OpenTelemetry profiles enters public alpha
Since OpenTelemetry first introduced Profiles, momentum has only grown towards building a unified industry standard for continuous production profiling, standing alongside traces, metrics, and logs. Today, the Profiling SIG is proud to announce that the Profiles signal has officially entered public Alpha, and we are…
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Elasticsearch from the Bottom Up (2013)
In this article series, we look at Elasticsearch from a new perspective. We'll start at the 'bottom' (or close enough!) of the many abstraction levels, and gradually move upwards towards the user-visi...
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PostgreSQL: Kubegres is available as open source
[Kubegres](https://www.kubegres.io) is an open-source Kubernetes operator allowing to deploy a cluster of PostgreSql instances with data replication enabled out-of-the box. …
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Shopify's Data Science and Engineering Foundations (2020)
Shopify’s Data team uses these foundational approaches to data warehousing and analysis empowering us to deliver the best results for our ecosystem.
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Ruby 2.3.3 released
Ruby 2.3.3 has been released.
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The Decline of the U.S. Machine-Tool Industry and Prospects for Recovery (1994)
A comprehensive study of the machine-tool industry in the United States, Japan, Germany, and Italy. The study analyzed the causes of the U.S. decline and offered policy options for aiding the industry's recovery.
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CAPTCHAs are over (in ticketing)
Behind the scenes blog of pretix, your friendly ticketing system from next door.
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Mac App Store: Open for Business
macOS 27 Golden Gate with all-new Siri AI powered by Apple Intelligence and new features for a more responsive, delightful experience.
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Brendan Eich Steps Down as Mozilla CEO
Mozilla prides itself on being held to a different standard and, this past week, we didn’t live up to it. We know why people are hurt and angry, and they ...
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Pack: A new container format for compressed files
The most efficient way to pack files.
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Arizona Mom Fights Abusive Prosecution by Department of Child Safety
Phoenix; July 20, 2022: On Friday, an Arizona mother filed suit against the Arizona Department of Child Safety to defend her right to due process and
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Floating megabomb heaves to near the English coast
The MV Ruby, a ship carrying a highly explosive Russian cargo, is damaged and looking for a port. The threat is clear.
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Update to Kagi Search Pricing
UPDATE: This blog post is old and does not reflect current plans or pricing. You can find current plans and prices here . --- It has been a while since our last update, and we have...
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The English Paradox: Four decades of life and language in Japan
A personal perspective on the complex role English plays in Japan.
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What It Takes to Hire 10 Employees in San Francisco
We started Kapwing (an online image and video editor [https://www.kapwing.com]) almost two years ago and grew the company from 2 co-founders to 12 full-time employees in the last 12 months. Our team is based full-time in San Francisco, where the unemployment rate is astonishingly low. I wanted
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Gore-TEX, a lightweight, waterproof fabric made from the expanded form of PTFE
By literally stretching materials science to the limit, Gore invented Gore-Tex, a lightweight, waterproof fabric made from the expanded form of the polymer PTFE.