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31. JavaScript-heavy approaches are not compatible with long-term performance goals
I’m Sérgio, and I work with Web frontend code. Sometimes I write about it here.
32. EU bans the destruction of unsold apparel, clothing, accessories and footwear
The measures under the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation will allow businesses to benefit from a more circular economy.
33. Gwtar: A static efficient single-file HTML format
Gwtar is a new polyglot HTML archival format which provides a single, self-contained, HTML file which still can be efficiently lazy-loaded by a web browser. This is done by a header’s JavaScript making HTTP range requests. It is used on Gwern.net to serve large HTML archives.
34. How DSQL makes sure sequences scale
Sequences are one of those Postgres features that you don’t think much about. You can ask for the next number in the sequence, and you get it. That works pretty well when you have one machine asking for the next number, but what about 10,000?
35. Real-time PathTracing with global illumination in WebGL
Real-time PathTracing with global illumination and progressive rendering, all on top of the Three.js WebGL framework. Click here for Live Demo: https://erichlof.github.io/THREE.js-PathTracing-Renderer/Geometry_Showcase.html
36. Building SQLite with a small swarm
37. Evaluating AGENTS.md: are they helpful for coding agents?
Abstract page for arXiv paper 2602.11988: Evaluating AGENTS.md: Are Repository-Level Context Files Helpful for Coding Agents?
38. Amazon, Google Unwittingly Reveal the Severity of the U.S. Surveillance State
Just a decade after a global backlash was triggered by Snowden reporting on mass domestic surveillance, the state-corporate dragnet is stronger and more invasive than ever.
39. I Fixed Windows Native Development
40. Error payloads in Zig
41. Designing a 36-key custom keyboard layout (2021)
42. (Ars) Editor's Note: Retraction of article containing fabricated quotations
We are reinforcing our editorial standards following this incident.
43. Lost Soviet Moon Lander May Have Been Found
44. Radio host David Greene says Google's AI podcast tool stole his voice
45. Turning Our Back on Clean Energy
Why does MAGA hate the planet?
46. Btrfs disk errors to fall asleep to
47. Transforming a Clojure Database into a Library with GraalVM Native Image and FFI
A deep dive into how ChronDB leverages GraalVM Native Image to compile Clojure code into native shared libraries (.so/.dylib), enabling seamless FFI integration with Rust and Python through ctypes and bindgen.
48. I love the work of the ArchWiki maintainers
49. Git is a file system. We need a database for the code
GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.
50. Reversed engineered game Starflight (1986)
Reverse engineered game Starflight (1986). Contribute to s-macke/starflight-reverse development by creating an account on GitHub.
51. Towards Autonomous Mathematics Research
Abstract page for arXiv paper 2602.10177: Towards Autonomous Mathematics Research
52. Pentagon Threatens Anthropic Punishment
53. Hideki Sato, designer of all Sega's consoles, has died
Sato helmed design for consoles including Mega Drive, Saturn…
54. AI is going to kill app subscriptions
Curated niche app opportunities from Reddit, scored by difficulty and demand.
55. 1940s Irish sci-fi novel features early mecha and gravity assists
Attempt to convert 1943 Irish language sci-fi book Manannán to modern orthography - cavedave/Manannan
56. The Israeli spyware firm that accidentally just exposed itself
The Billion-Dollar Surveillance Pipeline: From Occupation Technology to Global Control
57. Two different tricks for fast LLM inference
58. Why I don't think AGI is imminent
59. LEDs Enter the Nanoscale, But efficiency hurdles challenge the smallest LEDs yet
New nanoLEDs are pushing display technology to new limits, promising ultra-high-resolution VR and efficient on-chip photonics with their tiny size.
60. Palantir Gets Millions of Dollars from New York City's Public Hospitals
Activist are urging New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation to cut ties with the ICE contractor.