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56-Byte Assembly Snake Game

2025-01-12
56-Byte Assembly Snake Game

A developer on GitHub has open-sourced a remarkably compact Snake game written in assembly language, clocking in at a mere 56 bytes. This minimal game runs not only under DOS, but also without a BIOS, bootloader, or operating system. The developer compressed the code to this incredibly small size and provides both an online demo and a self-hosting version. The project has sparked discussions about code minimization and game development, with comparisons to other similar projects highlighting its significant advantage in code size.

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(github.com)
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Kyber: Hiring Elite Enterprise BDRs for its AI-Powered Document Platform

2025-07-03
Kyber: Hiring Elite Enterprise BDRs for its AI-Powered Document Platform

Kyber is hiring elite Enterprise BDRs to fuel the growth of its AI-native document platform. This platform has already helped insurance companies consolidate 80% of their templates, reduce drafting time by 65%, and compress communication cycles by 5x, while achieving 20x revenue growth and profitability. Kyber seeks candidates with excellent communication, resourcefulness, and teamwork skills, offering competitive compensation and benefits.

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(www.ycombinator.com)
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Go Scheduler: From Humble Beginnings to a Powerful Engine

2025-05-21
Go Scheduler: From Humble Beginnings to a Powerful Engine

This blog post delves into the evolution of Go's scheduler, tracing its journey from an inefficient single global run queue to the highly performant GMP model (Goroutine, Machine, Processor). It details the roles and mechanisms of each component in the GMP model, including goroutine creation, preemption, system call handling, and the role of netpoll in network and file I/O. Cooperative and non-cooperative preemption mechanisms are explained. By dissecting the Go runtime source code, readers gain a deeper understanding of Go's concurrency model, enabling them to write more efficient concurrent programs.

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(nghiant3223.github.io)
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Automating Bug Fixes with Multi-LLM Agent Clusters: Cheaper Than You Think

2025-04-13
Automating Bug Fixes with Multi-LLM Agent Clusters: Cheaper Than You Think

This post details a novel approach to automated bug fixing using multiple large language models (LLMs). By integrating Asana, the Aider coding agent, and a Sublayer agent, the system automatically triggers three LLMs (GPT-4o, Claude 3.5 Sonnet, and Gemini 2.0 Flash) to attempt fixing the same bug. Each attempt runs in a separate Git branch, resulting in multiple pull requests. This 'wasteful inference' approach proves surprisingly cheap and efficient, offering redundancy and diverse solutions. Even if one model fails, others might succeed, providing alternative approaches. This experiment showcases the potential of this multi-model, automated, low-cost bug fixing, hinting at a paradigm shift in future development.

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(worksonmymachine.substack.com)
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Escape the Housing Crisis: $29k House in Upstate NY Offers a Self-Sufficient Lifestyle

2025-05-23
Escape the Housing Crisis: $29k House in Upstate NY Offers a Self-Sufficient Lifestyle

This article details the author's discovery of incredibly affordable housing in Massena, NY. A 600 sq ft house is listed for just $29,000, boasting low electricity, taxes, and overall living expenses. The author argues this presents an opportunity for young people tired of high housing costs and fast-paced city life to escape and live a simpler, more sustainable existence, while simultaneously revitalizing rural America. A detailed breakdown of living costs and various flexible income streams, such as part-time work and side hustles, highlights the feasibility of this lifestyle.

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(shagbark.substack.com)
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SimCity 2000: A Retro-Futuristic City Builder Still Holds Charm

2025-09-21
SimCity 2000: A Retro-Futuristic City Builder Still Holds Charm

This article revisits the classic city-building simulation game, SimCity 2000. The author contrasts it with the original SimCity, highlighting SimCity 2000's vibrant SVGA colors, angular hills, flowing waterfalls, and isometric skyscrapers as embodying a 'futuristic' feel for its time. While the UI now feels somewhat outdated, the charm of its pixel art buildings and the joy of city building persist, offering players a sense of responsibility and childlike wonder. The article concludes with a recommendation for the DOSBox-powered Special Edition available on GOG for $5.99.

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(arstechnica.com)
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Pushing the Limits: Hand-written ARM Cortex-A53 NEON Assembly Kernel

2025-04-21

This post delves into optimizing NEON assembly kernels for the ARM Cortex-A53. Using y[n] = ax[n] + b as an example, the author meticulously explains how to leverage the Cortex-A53's instruction timing characteristics (partial dual-issue capabilities and in-order execution) to overcome the limitations of the 64-bit load data path. Techniques like instruction pipelining and prefetching are employed to maximize performance. The hand-written assembly kernel significantly outperforms LLVM-generated code, highlighting the potential of manual optimization when robust CPU models are lacking.

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(destevez.net)
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From Bevy to Unity: A Game Dev's Engine Migration Tale

2025-04-28
From Bevy to Unity: A Game Dev's Engine Migration Tale

The author initially used Rust and the Bevy engine to develop the game "Architect of Ruin." However, due to challenges in collaboration, insufficient abstraction levels, high migration costs due to frequent engine updates, and low AI-assisted development efficiency, they eventually switched to Unity and C# in January 2025. After a three-day experimental port, they found that Unity offered significant advantages in collaboration, rapid iteration, and leveraging a mature ecosystem, leading to a full migration. Although the migration process was challenging, it ultimately significantly improved development efficiency and brought new momentum to game development.

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(deadmoney.gg)
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The Truth About REST APIs: Beyond CRUD

2025-07-09

This article delves into the essence of the REST architectural style, revealing its core principle: Hypermedia as the Engine of Application State (HATEOAS). Many so-called "RESTful APIs" merely adhere to CRUD operations, neglecting the key constraint of HATEOAS, leading to tight coupling between client and server, hindering maintainability and scalability. Through Roy Fielding's arguments and examples, the article clarifies how true REST APIs guide client interaction through hypermedia links, enabling dynamic resource discovery and state transitions, ultimately building loosely coupled, evolvable distributed systems. The article also discusses the practical trade-offs often leading to simpler, RPC-like approaches.

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(florian-kraemer.net)
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YouTube: TV Overtakes Mobile as Primary Viewing Device in the US

2025-02-11
YouTube: TV Overtakes Mobile as Primary Viewing Device in the US

YouTube reports that in the US, TVs have surpassed mobile devices as the primary way people watch its content. Despite the rise of smartphones, big-screen TVs and their remotes remain dominant, based on YouTube's watch time data. Nielsen confirms YouTube's leading position in streaming watch time for two years running. Furthermore, YouTube announced a new feature, "Watch With," enabling creators to provide live commentary and reactions to games and events, currently in testing.

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(www.engadget.com)
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Sole Maintainer of Popular Node.js Utility Raises Security Concerns

2025-08-28
Sole Maintainer of Popular Node.js Utility Raises Security Concerns

A Node.js utility, fast-glob, used by thousands of public projects and over 30 Department of Defense systems, is maintained solely by a Yandex employee residing in Russia. While fast-glob has no known vulnerabilities, its deep system access and the maintainer's affiliation with Yandex raise serious security concerns. Hunted Labs' report highlights the utility's 79+ million weekly downloads, exposing a vast attack surface. This incident underscores the critical importance of open-source security and the need to know who writes your code.

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(www.theregister.com)
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Microsoft Copilot Flops: Only 20 Million Weekly Users Compared to ChatGPT's 400 Million

2025-04-27
Microsoft Copilot Flops: Only 20 Million Weekly Users Compared to ChatGPT's 400 Million

Microsoft's ambitious AI assistant, Copilot, is struggling to gain traction, boasting a mere 20 million weekly users compared to ChatGPT's staggering 400 million. Despite significant investment and integration into various applications like Office and Edge, along with premium subscriptions and dedicated hardware, Copilot's user engagement remains disappointingly low. This raises concerns about Microsoft's AI strategy, especially considering the company's high hopes for Copilot and substantial resource allocation. The underwhelming performance mirrors Intel's struggles in the AI hardware market, highlighting the intense competition and uncertain user demand in the AI landscape.

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(www.xda-developers.com)
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YouTube Star Aims to Acquire Commodore Brand: A Legacy in the Making?

2025-06-08

A YouTube personality from the channel 'Retro Recipes' is aiming to acquire the Commodore brand, following a million-view video featuring the Commodore 64x. This success led to My Retro Computer Ltd. securing a license. Now, the YouTuber seeks a broader license and has even received an offer to buy the entire company from Commodore Corporation. This development sparks speculation about the future of the Commodore brand, hinting at a potential new chapter in its story.

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(www.amiga-news.de)
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Landrun: A Lightweight, Kernel-Level Secure Sandbox for Linux

2025-04-05
Landrun: A Lightweight, Kernel-Level Secure Sandbox for Linux

Landrun is a lightweight and secure sandbox for running Linux processes, leveraging the kernel-native Landlock security module. It offers fine-grained control over filesystem and network access without requiring root privileges, containers, or complex SELinux/AppArmor configurations. Landrun provides read, write, and execute permissions for files and directories, along with TCP network access control. It's highly configurable and supports Linux kernels 5.13+ (network restrictions require 6.7+). With clear examples and systemd integration, Landrun makes it easy to securely run commands and services with enhanced security.

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(github.com)
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Apache DataFusion: A Powerful and Extensible Query Engine in Rust

2025-01-16

Apache DataFusion is an extensible query engine written in Rust that uses Apache Arrow as its in-memory format. It offers SQL and DataFrame APIs, boasts excellent performance, and provides built-in support for CSV, Parquet, JSON, and Avro. DataFusion features a full query planner, a columnar, streaming, multi-threaded, vectorized execution engine, and partitioned data sources. It's highly customizable, allowing additions of data sources, query languages, functions, custom operators, and more. Related subprojects include DataFusion Python (Python bindings), DataFusion Ray (distributed version), and DataFusion Comet (Apache Spark accelerator).

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(datafusion.apache.org)
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The UK's National AI Institute: A Case Study in University-Led Failure

2025-03-27
The UK's National AI Institute: A Case Study in University-Led Failure

The Alan Turing Institute (ATI), intended to be the UK's leading AI institution, is in crisis due to mismanagement, strategic blunders, and conflicts of interest among its university partners. The article details the ATI's origins and how it became a university-dominated, profit-driven consultancy rather than a true innovation hub. The ATI neglected cutting-edge research like deep learning, focusing excessively on ethics and responsibility, ultimately missing the generative AI boom. This reflects common issues in UK tech policy: unclear goals, over-reliance on universities, and a reluctance to abandon failing projects. The defense and security arm, however, stands as a successful exception due to its industry and intelligence agency ties.

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(www.chalmermagne.com)
AI AI Institute UK Tech Policy University Domination

North American Ski Resorts Face Existential Threat: Climate Change and Environmental Regulations

2025-01-31
North American Ski Resorts Face Existential Threat: Climate Change and Environmental Regulations

The North American ski industry is facing a crisis. Since the boom of the 1960s and 70s, over half of all ski resorts have closed, driven by climate change, environmental regulations, and shifting consumer demands. The study highlights the unsustainable water and energy consumption of artificial snowmaking, along with negative impacts on vegetation and wildlife. To survive, resorts must adopt sustainable practices, including investing in eco-friendly technologies, diversifying their offerings, implementing multi-resort passes, and exploring innovative ownership models to adapt to the changing climate and environmental pressures while maintaining profitability.

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(www.mdpi.com)
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1700 Underrated Movies Discovered via Wikipedia Data Mining

2025-05-15
1700 Underrated Movies Discovered via Wikipedia Data Mining

Tired of failing movie recommendation algorithms? A programmer spent 12 hours using Python to scrape 150GB of English Wikipedia data, uncovering over 1700 critically acclaimed films from 83 countries, spanning 19 genres, and dating back to the 1910s. Most of these movies are not featured on mainstream recommendation platforms, offering cinephiles a unique opportunity to discover hidden gems. The project is not a streaming service but provides a website listing these films; purchases include lifetime free updates.

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(kudos.wiki)
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Asimov's 1982 Prediction on AI: Collaboration, Not Competition

2025-04-10
Asimov's 1982 Prediction on AI: Collaboration, Not Competition

This article revisits a 1982 interview with science fiction writer Isaac Asimov, where he defined artificial intelligence as any device performing tasks previously associated solely with human intelligence. Asimov saw AI and human intelligence as complementary, not competitive, arguing that their collaboration would lead to faster progress. He envisioned AI liberating humans from work requiring no creative thought, but also warned of potential difficulties and challenges of technological advancements, using the advent of automobiles as an example. He stressed the need to prepare for the AI era and avoid repeating past mistakes.

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(www.openculture.com)
AI Isaac Asimov future of technology

Beautiful API Keys: The uuidkey Package

2025-01-10
Beautiful API Keys: The uuidkey Package

AgentStation, aiming for improved developer experience, created the uuidkey Go package for generating aesthetically pleasing API keys. Leveraging UUIDv7, Crockford Base32 encoding, and strategically placed dashes, it produces sortable, performant, and visually appealing keys. The article details the rationale behind choosing UUIDv7 and Crockford Base32, explains the dash design, and provides usage instructions and benchmark results for the uuidkey package.

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(docs.agentstation.ai)
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Stunning First Images from Chile's Revolutionary New Space Telescope

2025-06-23
Stunning First Images from Chile's Revolutionary New Space Telescope

Perched high in the Andes Mountains of Chile, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory has released its first images of the cosmos, revealing unprecedented detail. Equipped with a giant telescope and the world's largest digital camera, the observatory will create a high-definition 'movie' of the southern sky over the next 10 years, capturing images every three nights. These images will allow scientists to study the evolution of the universe, detecting millions of changing objects and even galaxies billions of light-years away. Initial images showcase the Lagoon and Trifid Nebulae, and the Virgo Cluster, highlighting galactic mergers and other cosmic phenomena. The sheer volume of data generated will require sophisticated algorithms for analysis, promising breakthroughs in our understanding of dark matter and dark energy.

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(www.yahoo.com)
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143,000 Chess Players Force World Champion Magnus Carlsen to a Draw

2025-05-21
143,000 Chess Players Force World Champion Magnus Carlsen to a Draw

World chess champion Magnus Carlsen was held to a draw by a team of over 143,000 online players in a record-breaking match on Chess.com. Dubbed "Magnus Carlsen vs. The World," the freestyle match saw players globally vote on each move. Against all odds, and despite Chess.com's prediction of a Carlsen victory, Team World forced a draw by strategically maneuvering Carlsen's king into a threefold repetition, a stunning upset. This historic game highlights the growing power of online collaboration and the rise of casual chess.

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(apnews.com)
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Newark Airport Suffers Second Radar Outage in Weeks, Causing Widespread Delays

2025-05-09
Newark Airport Suffers Second Radar Outage in Weeks, Causing Widespread Delays

Just days after a brief outage crippled radar and communications at Newark Liberty International Airport, a similar incident occurred on Friday morning. A telecommunications outage lasting 90 seconds impacted communications and radar displays at the Philadelphia TRACON, affecting Newark's airspace. The FAA attributes the issue to a July 2022 change consolidating radar and radio communication to a single data feed from New York. The agency plans to replace the copper connection with fiber, add high-bandwidth connections, and hire more controllers. A new backup system is also being deployed. Hundreds of flights were delayed, highlighting the airport's aging control system and staffing shortages. The stress of repeated outages led some controllers to take leave.

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(www.theverge.com)
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Turn Your iPhone into an AirPlay Receiver with AirAP

2025-06-03
Turn Your iPhone into an AirPlay Receiver with AirAP

AirAP, a native iOS AirPlay server written in Swift, lets you use your iPhone as an AirPlay receiver. Stream audio from your Mac, Apple TV, or other iOS devices to your iPhone. Perfect for late-night work (routing audio to headphones), developers testing audio apps, or building a multi-room audio setup. Just install the app, connect to the same Wi-Fi, and your iPhone will appear as an AirPlay destination.

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(github.com)
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GitHub Repos Masquerading as Legitimate Projects Used in New Malware Campaign: GitVenom

2025-03-03

Kaspersky's Global Research & Analysis Team (GReAT) uncovered a new malware campaign, dubbed GitVenom, utilizing hundreds of open-source repositories on GitHub. These repositories, deceptively disguised as legitimate projects (including tools for Instagram automation, Telegram Bitcoin wallet management, and a Valorant cheat), secretly download and execute malware. This malware steals passwords, bank account information, cryptocurrency wallet data, and more. The attackers successfully stole approximately 5 Bitcoin (around $485,000). The attackers used AI-generated descriptions to enhance the projects' legitimacy. Kaspersky advises developers to carefully vet third-party code before execution.

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(www.kaspersky.com)
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The Untold Story of Speech-to-Text

2025-06-04

Converting speech to text is now effortless; YouTube and our phones do it seamlessly. But Radiolab reveals a surprising history, highlighting the struggles and protests that paved the way for this ubiquitous technology. This episode tells the story of the ‘magicians’ who made it happen, and the unlikely heroes who fought for its realization.

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(radiolab.org)
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Cornell's Microwave Brain: An Analog Chip Revolutionizing AI

2025-08-25
Cornell's Microwave Brain: An Analog Chip Revolutionizing AI

Researchers at Cornell University have unveiled a groundbreaking analog chip, dubbed the "microwave brain," capable of simultaneously processing ultrafast data and wireless communication signals. Unlike traditional digital computers, this chip leverages the physics of microwaves to mimic the human brain's neuronal pattern recognition and learning, achieving higher efficiency with lower power consumption. Operating at tens of gigahertz with a mere 200 milliwatts, it boasts 88% accuracy in classifying wireless signals. Its compact size allows integration into smartwatches and phones, enabling AI capabilities without cloud connectivity. Further applications include enhanced hardware security, anomaly detection in wireless communication, and improved radar and radio signal processing.

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(newatlas.com)
AI analog chip microwave neural network

Frederick Monsen: Rediscovering a Lost Photographic Legacy of the American Southwest

2025-02-26
Frederick Monsen: Rediscovering a Lost Photographic Legacy of the American Southwest

This article introduces the little-known photographer Frederick Monsen, born in Norway in 1865 and later immigrating to Utah. Monsen dedicated his life to photographing the landscapes and Native American inhabitants of the American Southwest. His work offers a poignant glimpse into the lives of people during that era. From 1886 to 1911, he captured images of the Navajo, Hopi, Apache, and other tribes, as well as pioneers, missionaries, and other figures, leaving behind a valuable photographic record. His photos not only showcase stunning natural landscapes but also invite contemplation on the lives and stories of those whose memories are now largely preserved in these images.

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(cosmographia.substack.com)
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Running ArchiveTeam Warrior on Kubernetes

2025-02-05

The author initially ran the ArchiveTeam Warrior project on a Proxmox VM, but to improve efficiency and leverage their Kubernetes cluster, they migrated it to a containerized environment. The article details how the author wrote Kubernetes manifests, configured using environment variables, and used an in-memory emptyDir to solve disk space issues. Additionally, the author developed a Python script to monitor the Warrior's status. A later update mentions switching to lighter `*-grab` images after discussing with other developers and plans to build a management UI.

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(gabrielsimmer.com)
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A Rust Program That Runs for 10↑↑15 Steps

2025-04-16
A Rust Program That Runs for 10↑↑15 Steps

This article explores the creation of an exceptionally long-running Rust program. Starting with the fundamental operation of addition (increment), the author meticulously builds up to multiplication (multiply), exponentiation (exponentiate), and finally tetration, culminating in a program that calculates the gargantuan number 10↑↑15. The emphasis is on in-place operations, avoiding memory copies and temporary variables to ensure the program executes for the designed number of steps. The article clearly explains the implementation details with concise code examples, making it valuable for learning algorithm design and Rust programming.

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(medium.com)
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