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Xata's Efficient MCP Server: OpenAPI, Kubb, and a Pinch of Next.js

2025-05-27
Xata's Efficient MCP Server: OpenAPI, Kubb, and a Pinch of Next.js

Xata built an MCP server enabling secure real-time interaction between AI models and tools/APIs. Instead of hand-coding each tool, they leveraged their existing OpenAPI specification and Kubb, a code generation tool, to automate the process. This approach uses the OpenAPI spec as a single source of truth, ensuring rapid development and consistency. The post details migrating to Kubb, creating custom generators, and building the MCP server with Next.js, resulting in an efficient AI integration.

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UEFI App Saves My PoE-Powered x86 System

2025-05-28
UEFI App Saves My PoE-Powered x86 System

In 2015, the author encountered a challenge while developing PoE-powered embedded x86 computers: the system needed 23W to boot, but standard PoE only provided 15.4W. After failing to modify the BIOS, the author cleverly used a UEFI application to send LLDP packets before the OS started, successfully negotiating higher PoE+ power. This UEFI application, called PoePwrNegotiator, written in C, is now open-sourced, providing valuable experience for developers of similar projects.

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(roderickkhan.com)
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AmigaOS 3.2.3 Released: Classic OS Gets a Major Update

2025-04-13
AmigaOS 3.2.3 Released: Classic OS Gets a Major Update

AmigaOS 3.2, a classic operating system, receives a significant update with the release of version 3.2.3. Hyperion Entertainment, the current steward of AmigaOS, has incorporated over 50 fixes and enhancements spanning two years. Key improvements include updates to the ReAction widget toolkit and TextEditor. Notably, this update supports classic 68K Amigas with ARM accelerators, and even the most basic A500 can run it. While rumors suggest delays for a new Amiga console, Hyperion denies involvement and expresses willingness to collaborate.

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(www.tomshardware.com)
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Online Edition of Cyberpunk Anthology 'Mirrorshades' Launches

2025-08-20

A free online edition of Bruce Sterling's seminal cyberpunk anthology, *Mirrorshades*, has been released. The website, converted and posted by Rudy Rucker in September 2022 and updated in November 2023, features stories by prominent cyberpunk authors such as William Gibson, Tom Maddox, and Pat Cadigan. It showcases the early cyberpunk movement, highlighting its themes of high tech, low life, body invasion, mind invasion, and its unique reflection of 1980s culture and technological advancements.

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(www.rudyrucker.com)
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Beyond RISC-V: A Revolution in Distance-Based Instruction Set Architectures

2025-06-04
Beyond RISC-V: A Revolution in Distance-Based Instruction Set Architectures

CPU core instruction decoding and execution widths have significantly increased in recent years, but the cost of register renaming limits further scaling. This article introduces a distance-based instruction set architecture that eliminates register renaming by specifying operands based on the distance from the instruction's result, thus reducing hardware complexity and power consumption. Researchers have developed three distance-based instruction sets (STRAIGHT, Clockhands, and TURBULENCE) and successfully fabricated a chip based on the STRAIGHT instruction set. This innovation promises significant performance improvements for both CPUs and GPUs, especially for GPUs due to their flexible intermediate representation, making adoption easier.

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(www.sigarch.org)
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Japan Post Launches 7-Digit Digital Address System for Streamlined Online Shopping

2025-05-28
Japan Post Launches 7-Digit Digital Address System for Streamlined Online Shopping

Japan Post launched a new "digital address" system assigning seven-digit alphanumeric codes to physical addresses. Users input these codes on e-commerce sites, automatically populating their addresses. Addresses are linked via Japan Post's Yu ID service and remain unchanged even with physical address changes. Rakuten and other companies are considering adoption, and Japan Post aims for widespread use within a decade. This innovation promises to simplify online shopping address entry in Japan.

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(www.japantimes.co.jp)
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Roblox Grow a Garden Optimizer: The Ultimate Plant Value Calculator

2025-07-09

Tired of manually calculating plant values in Roblox's Grow a Garden? This powerful calculator handles the heavy lifting! Accurately determine plant worth considering over 70 plant types, 30+ mutations, friend bonuses, weight, and more. Maximize your profits, optimize your garden, and make informed trading decisions with this essential tool. Includes a pet XP calculator and more advanced features for serious players.

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(growagardencalculators.net)
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Michael Larabel: 20 Years of Linux Hardware Benchmarking

2025-06-26

Michael Larabel, founder and principal author of Phoronix.com, has been enriching the Linux hardware experience since 2004. He's written over 20,000 articles covering Linux hardware support, performance, graphics drivers, and more. He's also the lead developer behind the Phoronix Test Suite, Phoromatic, and OpenBenchmarking.org – automated benchmarking software crucial to the Linux community.

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(www.phoronix.com)
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Shocking! Most Open Source Projects Are Maintained by a Single Person

2025-08-28
Shocking! Most Open Source Projects Are Maintained by a Single Person

A recent article reveals a shocking truth about the open-source world: over 7 million open-source projects are maintained by just one person! This includes many popular NPM packages with over a million downloads. The author argues that focusing on the maintainer's nationality is pointless; the real issue is that these developers severely lack resources and support, posing a potential supply chain risk. Instead of demonizing individual developers, we should focus on how to better support them.

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(opensourcesecurity.io)
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Taking Control of Your EFI Secure Boot Keys: A Deep Dive

2025-07-23

This article provides a comprehensive guide to taking full control of your computer's EFI Secure Boot keys. It details the four Secure Boot key types (Database Key, Forbidden Signature Key, Key Exchange Key, Platform Key) and the role of Machine Owner Keys, outlining steps for generating custom keys, signing EFI binaries, and deploying keys on single or multiple machines. The article covers using KeyTool and LockDown tools, managing keys from Linux, and updating the dbx to address security vulnerabilities like Boot Hole. While complex, this process significantly enhances system security.

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(www.rodsbooks.com)
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Debian 13 "Trixie" Officially Adds RISC-V Support

2025-07-21

Debian 13 "Trixie," slated for release on August 9th, will officially support the RISC-V 64-bit architecture for the first time. While board support is currently limited and the build process hampered by slow hardware, over seventeen thousand Debian packages are already building for RISC-V. Supported hardware includes SiFive HiFive Unleashed, SiFive HiFive Unmatched, Microchip Polarfire, and VisionFive 2. Despite challenges like slow build daemons, Debian's commitment to RISC-V is evident.

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(www.phoronix.com)
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World's Smallest Pasta: A Breakthrough in Wound Dressing Technology

2025-02-22
World's Smallest Pasta: A Breakthrough in Wound Dressing Technology

Chemists at University College London, led by Adam Clancy, have unintentionally created the world's thinnest pasta – 'nanotini' – with an average diameter of 372 nanometers. This culinary accident is actually a significant advancement in wound dressing technology. Made from flour and formic acid, these starch nanofibers form mats with pores that allow water to pass through while blocking bacteria. The unique process involves dissolving flour in acid, then electrospinning the solution to create the incredibly thin fibers. While Clancy did indulge in a taste test (and noted it needed seasoning), this research holds immense promise for next-generation bandages.

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(www.scientificamerican.com)
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JWT Turns 10: A Decade of Secure Token Standards and Future Outlook

2025-05-25

Ten years ago, the JSON Web Token (JWT) became RFC 7519, culminating a 4.5-year journey to create a simple JSON-based security token format and underlying cryptographic standards. JWT and its related specifications have seen widespread adoption, even exceeding the initial creators' expectations. However, ongoing work continues to update the specifications to address emerging threats and vulnerabilities, ensuring JWT remains secure for the next decade.

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Remotely Unlocking macOS FileVault via SSH

2025-09-19

With FileVault enabled in macOS, the data volume is locked and inaccessible during and after boot until password authentication. Since OpenSSH configuration files reside on the data volume, standard SSH authentication is unavailable. However, with Remote Login enabled, SSH password authentication can unlock the data volume remotely. After unlocking, macOS briefly disconnects SSH to mount the volume and start dependent services, then SSH resumes fully. This capability appeared in macOS 26 Tahoe.

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Shanghai's On-Demand Bus System: A Commuter-Driven Revolution

2025-05-14
Shanghai's On-Demand Bus System: A Commuter-Driven Revolution

Shanghai is revolutionizing public transit with its new "DZ" (customized) bus system. Residents propose routes via an online platform; if enough people sign up (typically 15-20 passengers), the route launches. Over 220 DZ routes already operate across the city, offering a flexible, demand-responsive solution. While praised for efficiency and convenience, the system faces challenges such as uneven passenger demand and low public awareness. Future improvements focus on route planning, platform upgrades, and increased visibility.

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(www.sixthtone.com)
Tech on-demand transit smart city

The Game of Life: A Six-Decade Chronicle of Engineering Innovation

2025-03-19
The Game of Life: A Six-Decade Chronicle of Engineering Innovation

This article explores the nearly six decades of 'meta-engineering' development in Conway's Game of Life. The author traces the innovation arc from simple static structures to complex computational machines, analyzing the roles of 'invention' and 'discovery' (corresponding to manual construction and algorithmic search, respectively), and exploring concepts like modularity and computational irreducibility. By analyzing the evolution of various structures like oscillators, gliders, and glider guns, the article reveals patterns in Game of Life engineering innovation and compares it to biological evolution, offering a unique perspective on the nature of technological progress.

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(writings.stephenwolfram.com)
Tech Game of Life meta-engineering

TikTok, AliExpress, and WeChat Face GDPR Complaints for Data Access Failures

2025-07-17
TikTok, AliExpress, and WeChat Face GDPR Complaints for Data Access Failures

The non-profit noyb has filed three GDPR complaints against TikTok, AliExpress, and WeChat for failing to adequately respond to data access requests, violating Articles 12 and 15. The investigation revealed incomplete data provision, and even outright ignoring of requests, preventing users from verifying the lawfulness of data processing. noyb filed complaints with Belgian, Greek, and Dutch data protection authorities, seeking fines and enforcement of GDPR compliance.

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Relicensing Open Source Projects: A Study of Elasticsearch, Redis, and Terraform

2024-12-31
Relicensing Open Source Projects: A Study of Elasticsearch, Redis, and Terraform

Facing economic pressure, some companies are relicensing their popular open source projects to more restrictive licenses to generate more revenue, leading to project forks. CHAOSS studied Elasticsearch, Redis, and Terraform, finding that forks often exhibit greater organizational diversity than the originals, especially under neutral foundations like the Linux Foundation. While relicensing had minimal impact on contributors to the original projects, it significantly affected users. This research is the first step in a larger ongoing project; future analysis will incorporate more data and projects for a deeper understanding.

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(thenewstack.io)
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Baking the Y Combinator from Scratch: Part 1 - The Fixpoint Combinator

2025-04-09

This post delves into the Y combinator, a mathematical construct that implements recursion in functional languages without explicit self-reference. It begins by explaining fixed points, then progressively derives the formula for the Y combinator, explaining its self-replicating mechanism. Through analysis of the Ω combinator, the author shows how the Y combinator avoids infinite nesting by self-replication at runtime. The post also briefly introduces lambda calculus and formal systems, laying the groundwork for a deeper understanding of the Y combinator in later parts.

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Cosmoe: A BeOS UI Library Needs Stability and Compatibility Improvements

2025-06-21

Cosmoe, a BeOS UI library built on Wayland, needs further improvement in stability and compatibility despite significant progress in integrating BeOS class libraries with Wayland. Crashes and incorrect behavior remain, hampered by Wayland's complexities. Cosmoe currently implements about 95% of the BeOS API, but crucial features like "offscreen" BBitmaps for accelerated drawing and BFilePanel (Open/Save dialogs) are still missing. Some file-related classes are only partially implemented. Additionally, Wayland's security restrictions prevent certain window actions, like positioning and centering. Refer to the Cosmoe repository's TODO file for more details.

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(cosmoe.org)
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Automattic Cuts Back on Sponsored WordPress Contributions

2025-01-09
Automattic Cuts Back on Sponsored WordPress Contributions

Automattic announced it's reducing sponsored contributions to the WordPress project due to legal action from WP Engine diverting resources and facing community criticism. This realignment focuses Automattic's efforts on its own for-profit projects like WordPress.com and WooCommerce, while matching volunteer hours pledged by other companies for community-wide benefit, focusing on security and critical updates. Automattic emphasizes this isn't abandoning WordPress, but a strategic recalibration to ensure its long-term health and more impactful contributions.

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(automattic.com)
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Solar and Wind Power Dominate US Electricity Generation Growth

2025-08-24
Solar and Wind Power Dominate US Electricity Generation Growth

Solar and wind power accounted for nearly 91% of new US electricity generating capacity added in the first five months of 2025. Solar has been the leading source of new capacity for 21 consecutive months. FERC forecasts show solar capacity is poised to surpass coal and wind within two years, becoming the second largest source after natural gas. The rapid growth of renewables is displacing coal and nuclear power, and closing the gap with natural gas.

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(electrek.co)
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Claude Code: Simplicity and Delight in an AI Coding Agent

2025-08-24
Claude Code: Simplicity and Delight in an AI Coding Agent

This article delves into Claude Code, an AI coding assistant built on the Claude 4 model, highlighting its remarkable simplicity and ease of debugging. By analyzing Claude Code's inner workings, the author reveals its secret to success: a single-threaded architecture, simple prompts and tools, and the avoidance of complex RAG search algorithms. Claude Code achieves efficient and reliable code editing and generation through carefully crafted prompt engineering, including abundant examples and heuristics, and tight control over model behavior. The article also emphasizes the importance of maintaining code simplicity and leveraging lower-cost smaller models, providing valuable insights and guidance for building similar AI coding assistants.

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(minusx.ai)
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Critical Vulnerability: .netrc Credential Leak in PSF Requests Library

2025-06-03
Critical Vulnerability: .netrc Credential Leak in PSF Requests Library

A critical security vulnerability (CVE-2024-47081) has been discovered in the widely used Python Requests library. Attackers can exploit a specific API call to leak credentials stored in the .netrc file to third parties. The vulnerability stems from the library's URL handling and was reported in September 2024, but remains unpatched. As a workaround, users are advised to explicitly specify credentials on every API call.

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(seclists.org)
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Apple and ZFS: A Missed Opportunity

2025-04-27

This article recounts the complex history between Apple and the ZFS filesystem. From Apple's 2006 decision to develop Time Machine independently instead of adopting ZFS, to the brief appearance and subsequent shelving of ZFS in 2007, and finally to Apple's launch of its own APFS filesystem, the author details the technical, commercial, and interpersonal factors involved. The article laments the advanced technology of ZFS, reflects on Apple's internal decision-making process, and reveals little-known behind-the-scenes stories, such as Sun's CEO's indiscretion and the complex relationship between Apple and Oracle's CEO. Ultimately, Apple chose to develop its own system, abandoning the industry-leading ZFS, leaving behind a regrettable chapter in technological development.

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(ahl.dtrace.org)
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Why Are Surgeons Addressed as 'Mr.' in the UK?

2025-05-19

A curious British tradition persists: male surgeons are consistently addressed as "Mr." This article delves into the historical roots of this practice, tracing its origins from the 18th century when surgeons lacked formal qualifications to the rise of the Royal College of Surgeons and the emergence of "pure surgeons" in the 19th century. The title evolved into a badge of honor, but with modern collaborative medical teams, the article questions the relevance of this anachronism, suggesting a shift to addressing all qualified medical professionals as "Dr."

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(pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
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Why Are Apps So Desperate for You to Download Them?

2025-07-26
Why Are Apps So Desperate for You to Download Them?

The 2010s were the Wild West of mobile, with "mobile-first" the buzzword. Now, in 2025, the push for app downloads is relentless. This article explores the reason: data. Apps offer far deeper access to your device and information (contacts, location, microphone, installed apps) than websites, allowing companies to create more comprehensive user profiles. Websites, limited by browser constraints, can't match this level of data collection. The next time you're prompted to download an app, consider the privacy implications; your data and control are at stake.

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(idiallo.com)
Tech user data

Apache Kvrocks: A Distributed NoSQL Database Compatible with Redis

2025-01-23

Apache Kvrocks is a distributed key-value NoSQL database that utilizes RocksDB as its storage engine and boasts compatibility with the Redis protocol. Key features include namespaces (similar to Redis SELECT but with per-namespace tokens), asynchronous replication (using binlog-like mechanisms), high availability (supporting Redis Sentinel for failover), and a centralized cluster management accessible via any Redis cluster client.

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(kvrocks.apache.org)
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RepoRoulette: Randomly Sample GitHub Repositories

2025-05-20
RepoRoulette: Randomly Sample GitHub Repositories

RepoRoulette is a powerful tool for randomly sampling GitHub repositories, offering three distinct methods: ID sampling, temporal sampling, and BigQuery sampling. ID sampling directly selects random IDs from GitHub's ID space, offering speed but with low hit rates. Temporal sampling chooses repositories updated within a specified time range, allowing filtering by stars, languages, etc. BigQuery sampling leverages Google BigQuery's public GitHub dataset, providing powerful capabilities but requiring a GCP account and billing. RepoRoulette is suitable for academic research, learning resources, data science, trend analysis, and security research.

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(github.com)
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