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31. TigerStyle: Coding philosophy focused on safety, performance, dev experience
Tiger Style is a coding philosophy focused on safety, performance, and developer experience.
32. Vsora Jotunn-8 5nm European inference chip
33. How to use Linux vsock for fast VM communication
Discover how to bypass the network stack for Host-to-VM communication using Linux Virtual Sockets (AF_VSOCK). This article details how to use these sockets to build a high-performance gRPC service in C++ that communicates directly over the hypervisor bus, avoiding TCP/IP overhead entirely.
34. Switzerland: Data Protection Officers Impose Broad Cloud Ban for Authorities
According to the Data Protection Conference, federal offices may only use US hyperscalers like AWS, Google, or Microsoft to a limited extent.
35. Is Europe Awakening at Last to Its Economic Peril?
36. How Charles M Schulz created Charlie Brown and Snoopy (2024)
Charles M Schulz drew his beloved Peanuts strip for 50 years until he retired on 14 December 1999. By then, the unassuming cartoonist had built a billion-dollar empire.
37. What Is Air-Gapped Streaming and How Government Streams Without Internet
38. A fast EDN (Extensible Data Notation) reader written in C11 with SIMD boost
A fast, zero-copy EDN (Extensible Data Notation) reader written in C11 with SIMD acceleration. - DotFox/edn.c
39. Open-Source Nouveau+NVK vs. Nvidia 580 Linux Gaming&Compute Driver Performance
This Black Friday is an in-depth look at the current performance of the open-source NVIDIA Linux driver stack with the Nouveau kernel driver (the Nova driver not yet being ready for end-users) paired with the latest Mesa NVK driver for open-source Vulkan API support.
40. Show HN: Research Papers as Memes
What if research papers were published as memes? Add a quiz along with the meme and share it with your friends.
41. Implementing Bluetooth LE Audio and Auracast on Linux Systems
LE Audio replaces classic Bluetooth® audio profiles with a modular, low-energy architecture.
42. Building an NPM Worm (2016)
Building an npm virus via self-replicating lifecycle scripts.
43. The mysterious black fungus from Chernobyl that may eat radiation
Mould found at the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster appears to be feeding off the radiation. Could we use it to shield space travellers from cosmic rays?
44. 250MWh 'Sand Battery' to start construction in Finland
Polar Night Energy and Lahti Energia have partnered for a project using 'Sand Battery' technology for a district heating network in Finland.
45. A Programmer-Friendly I/O Abstraction Over io_uring and kqueue
Insights, updates, and technical deep dives on building a high-performance financial transactions database.
46. PocketBase MCP Server
Contribute to ssakone/pb_mcp_server development by creating an account on GitHub.
47. Shor's algorithm: the one quantum algo that ends RSA/ECC tomorrow
One algorithm. One quantum computer. Every RSA key, every ECC key, every Bitcoin wallet you ever created becomes readable or forgeable in minutes. This isn't sci-fi. This is math.
48. TPUv7: Google Takes a Swing at the King
Anthropic’s 1GW+ TPUs, New customers Meta/SSI/xAI/OAI, Full Stack Review of v7 Ironwood, CUDA Moat at risk, Next Generation TPUv8AX and TPUv8X versus Vera Rubin
49. Maxduino Review: Tape Cassette Emulator for Multiple Retro Computers
50. The Eleven-Faced Die That Emulates Two Six-Sided Dice
51. Same-day upstream Linux support for Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Initial kernel and subsystem support for new Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 posted for review. Learn what’s in the patches and how you can start working with them.
52. Indie, Alone, and Figuring It Out
Going indie looks like freedom from the outside. But once you’re in it, you face loneliness, pressure, constant decisions, user feedback, and all the invisible work no one warns you about. This is what the journey feels like, and why it’s still worth it.
53. Installing Java in 2025, and Version Managers
Remember when installing Java meant one download, one version, once choice? Back in the old days, you would head over to java.sun.com or later to Oracle website to download the installer, click through a few prompts, and you were done. Life was simple. Back then, there was typically one widely-adopted version of Java that would remain stable for years. You didn’t need to think much about version management because there wasn’t much to manage. Over the years, a lot has changed.
54. A Man Powers His Home for 8 Years Using 1k Recycled Laptop Batteries
A man has reportedly powered his home for eight years with a system using more than 1,000 recycled laptop batteries. This DIY project, based on the use of
55. TPUs vs. GPUs and why Google is positioned to win AI race in the long term
I am publishing a comprehensive deep dive, not just a technical overview, but also strategic and financial coverage of the Google TPU.
56. OpenAI won't make money by 2030 and needs another $207B, HSBC estimates
What company has a consumer base representing 44% of the world’s adult population and a $620 billion data center bill? OpenAI five years from now.
57. Mixpanel Security Breach
58. Ray Marching Soft Shadows in 2D
I posted a WebGL demo to twitter and it blew up! This post talks about how it works under the hood.
59. Penpot: The Open-Source Figma
Penpot: The open-source design tool for design and code collaboration - penpot/penpot
60. Comparing xeus-Haskell and ihaskell kernels
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