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Podman v6.0.0
We’re thrilled to announce that Podman v6.0.0 is now available! This major release brings a host of significant improvements and new features designed to enhance your container management exp…
The local LLM ecosystem doesn’t need Ollama
Ollama gained traction by being the first easy llama.cpp wrapper, then spent years dodging attribution, misleading users, and pivoting to cloud, all while riding VC money earned on someone else's engine. Here's the full history, and why the alternatives are better.
Camera and microphone require HTTPS in Firefox 68
As of Firefox 68—releasing next week—camera and microphone will require an https connection to work. Access from insecure http will cease to work, matching how Chrome works. Camera and microhone are powerful features, and Firefox will now only expose them in secure contexts, a security and privacy improvement. Largely…
Accounting For Developers, Part I
In this first part of a two-part series, we walk through basic accounting principles for anyone building products that move and track money.
LiteFS
We are building a distributed file system for your SQLite databases. Kinda weird, huh?
Fraudulent trading activity at Mt. Gox
Somewhere in December 2013, a number of traders including myself began noticing suspicious bot behavior on Mt. Gox. Basically, a random number between 10 and 20 bitcoin would be bought every 5-10 m…
Why I Write Games in C (yes, C)
I am an unusual beast. All my solo project games I've been making recently have been written in 'vanilla' C. Nobody does this. So I think it might be interesting to explain why I do.
E Pur Si Muove
Earlier this year, I noticed something in China that really surprised me. I realized I felt more comfortable discussing controversial ideas in Beijing than in San Francisco. I didn’t feel...
The Era of Visual Studio Code
Roben Kleene’s blog
We regret but have to temporary suspend the shipments to USA
Starting August 29th, new regulations have come into effect. Both DHL and UPS currently have no working solution, so on their advice, we are temporarily suspending all shipments to the USA effectiv…
Valve is about to win the console generation
Valve does nothing and still wins
More German than many Germans
I just wanted to do an internship in Europe so it would be easier to find a job after graduation. That internship completely changed my life.
Inflammation now predicts heart disease more strongly than cholesterol
The American College of Cardiology now recommends everybody measure their hs-CRP.
An iOS zero-click radio proximity exploit odyssey
Posted by Ian Beer, Project ZeroNOTE: This specific issue was fixed before the launch of Privacy-...
How I Built a $5K a Month Side Project
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Uv: Python packaging in Rust
uv is an extremely fast Python package installer and resolver, designed as a drop-in alternative to pip and pip-tools.
Turn Dependabot off
I recommend turning Dependabot off and replacing it with a pair of scheduled GitHub Actions, one running govulncheck, and the other running CI against the latest version of your dependencies.
“Citizenfour” Awarded Oscar for Best Documentary in 2014
CITIZENFOUR, Laura Poitras' riveting documentary about Edward Snowden's efforts to shed light on gross surveillance abuses by the United States government and its partners, just won the 2014 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. Tonight's Oscar win recognizes not only the incredible...
Studio Ghibli releases 400 free-to-use images
今月から、スタジオジブリ作品の場面写真の提供を開始します。 今月からスタジオジブリ全作品の場面写真を順次提供することになりました。今月は、新しい作品を中心に 8作品、合計400枚提供します。 常識の範囲でご自由にお使いください。 思い出のマーニー50枚 かぐや姫の物語50枚 風立ちぬ50枚 コクリ
Go is still not good
Previous posts Why Go is not my favourite language and Go programs are not portable have me critiquing Go for over a decade.
Low unemployment isn’t worth much if the jobs barely pay
We should look at individuals—not national averages—as the unit of analysis, and ask: Are wages adequate for full-time workers?
The recurring dream of replacing developers
Every decade brings new promises: this time, we'll finally make software development simple enough that we won't need so many developers.