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Nvidia Delays RTX 5070, Setting the Stage for AMD's Radeon RX 9070 Showdown

2025-02-14

Nvidia Delays RTX 5070, Setting the Stage for AMD's Radeon RX 9070 Showdown

Nvidia's RTX 5070, boasting RTX 4090-level performance at $549, has been delayed from February to March 5th. This sets the stage for AMD's upcoming Radeon RX 9070 and 9070 XT launch on February 28th. AMD's strategy appears to focus on price competitiveness against Nvidia's RTX 4070 Ti and 4070 Super, rather than directly challenging the top-tier cards. However, Nvidia's substantial profits give it considerable leeway to respond. Rumors persist of a more powerful AMD card with 32GB of RAM, though this remains unconfirmed. The GPU battle heats up!

(www.theverge.com)

Hardware

Zuckerberg's U-Turn and the Death of Tech Culture

2025-01-12

Zuckerberg's U-Turn and the Death of Tech Culture

Dan McKinley criticizes Mark Zuckerberg's recent about-face, arguing that his hostility towards employees and tolerance of hate speech on his platforms represent a 'boss revolt' against workers in the tech industry. He reflects on the once-popular 'happy workplace' culture in tech, such as hack weeks, rotations, and 20% time, arguing these weren't just perks, but tools to boost employee morale, foster knowledge sharing and innovation, ultimately increasing productivity. McKinley contends that prioritizing efficiency at the expense of employee happiness and engagement is short-sighted and ultimately detrimental to long-term company success. He suggests that a healthy, happy workforce is both an end in itself and a means to a more productive and innovative company.

(mcfunley.com)

Tech tech culture employee morale Zuckerberg

DOOMQL: A Multiplayer DOOM Clone Written Entirely in SQL

2025-09-10

DOOMQL: A Multiplayer DOOM Clone Written Entirely in SQL

A developer built DOOMQL, a multiplayer DOOM-like shooter, entirely in SQL using the CedarDB database. The game stores all game data—maps, players, enemies—in the database, leveraging SQL views for raycasting and sprite projection. A simple shell script drives the game loop. Surprisingly, this approach works remarkably well, achieving a smooth 30 FPS and effortless multiplayer functionality thanks to the database's inherent concurrency handling. While maintenance and debugging might be challenging, the experiment showcases SQL's potential in game development and CedarDB's impressive performance.

(cedardb.com)

Game

Go 1.25's Experimental JSON Packages: Performance Boost and Stricter Syntax

2025-09-10

Go 1.25 introduces experimental `encoding/json/v2` and `encoding/json/jsontext` packages to improve Go's JSON encoding and decoding capabilities. These address shortcomings in the existing `encoding/json` package, such as imprecise JSON syntax handling, performance bottlenecks, and API deficiencies. Improvements include stricter handling of invalid UTF-8, duplicate keys, and nil slices/maps. Streaming processing significantly improves performance, especially unmarshaling. While largely backward compatible, developers are encouraged to test with `GOEXPERIMENT=jsonv2` and provide feedback.

(go.dev)

Development

Founders Over 40: Redefining Success

2024-12-15

Founders Over 40: Redefining Success

This article explores the experiences of founders over 40, highlighting a shift in their definition of success compared to their younger counterparts. With increased family responsibilities and a longer life perspective, these founders prioritize work-life balance, seeking more stable and predictable income. Their accumulated wisdom allows for quicker pattern recognition, more pragmatic decision-making, and a willingness to explore alternative paths like acquisitions or joining larger organizations. This doesn't signify a lack of ambition, but rather a clearer understanding of the costs (time, energy, personal life) associated with different paths, and a more effective leveraging of their accumulated skills and experience.

(justinjackson.ca)

Startup founders over 40 redefining success

SUS HDL: A More Intuitive Hardware Description Language

2025-07-07

SUS HDL is a new hardware description language (HDL) aimed at simplifying the hardware design process. Unlike Verilog or VHDL, SUS features latency counting for easier timing and pipelining, a compiler that tracks and displays design aspects in the editor, and powerful metaprogramming capabilities for generating LUTs. Its core philosophy is a clean syntax for direct netlist generation, compatible with traditional synthesis tools. While it requires synchronous hardware, its ease of use and powerful features make it a promising alternative.

(sus-lang.org)

Development

Dover Website: JavaScript Required

2025-01-13

A visit to a website called Dover reveals a prompt requiring JavaScript to be enabled to run the application. This strongly suggests the site heavily relies on JavaScript for front-end rendering or interactive functionality. It likely uses dynamic content, animations, or a complex interactive interface that necessitates JavaScript for proper operation. This raises questions about website design choices and the degree of JavaScript dependency.

(app.dover.com)

Development front-end

BunkerWeb: Next-Gen Open-Source Web Application Firewall

2025-07-04

BunkerWeb: Next-Gen Open-Source Web Application Firewall

BunkerWeb is a next-generation, open-source Web Application Firewall (WAF) based on NGINX, acting as a full-featured web server that prioritizes security by default. Easily integrated into various environments (Linux, Docker, Kubernetes, etc.), it offers a user-friendly web UI and a plugin system for customization. Key features include HTTPS support, ModSecurity WAF integration, automatic banning of suspicious activities, and more. A paid PRO version is available with enhanced features and professional services.

(docs.bunkerweb.io)

Tech Web Firewall

Millions of Malicious Requests Flood Servers: A Botnet DDoS Attack

2025-04-02

A recent surge in abusive web crawlers has overwhelmed servers with millions of requests. The attack originates from numerous IP addresses, each making a small number of requests with disguised user agents, making detection and blocking difficult. One shared hosting server alone averages over 1.5 million fraudulent requests daily from 290,000 unique IPs. Analysis suggests a botnet of compromised Android set-top boxes is likely responsible, aiming to evade anti-crawler measures. This incident has wasted significant staff time and impacted some legitimate users.

(www.mythic-beasts.com)

Tech Botnet Web Crawlers

One Million Chessboards: A Single-Process Server Handling Millions of Concurrent Chess Games

2025-07-16

One Million Chessboards: A Single-Process Server Handling Millions of Concurrent Chess Games

The author built "One Million Chessboards," an online multiplayer chess game where a 1000x1000 grid of chessboards forms a single global game. Every move instantly affects the entire board, with no turns and inter-board movement allowed. Running on a single Go process, the game attracted over 150,000 players in 10 days, processing over 15,000,000 moves and hundreds of millions of queries. The article details the game's system design, data distribution, protocol optimizations, optimistic locking, and rollback mechanisms. The author shares lessons learned, including performance optimization, architectural choices, and balancing game scale with player experience. The post concludes with reflections on design flaws, such as the lack of an awe-inspiring scale, and future game development plans.

(eieio.games)

Game High Concurrency System Design

Tiny Ten: A 10-Watt, Ten-Band Amateur Radio Transceiver Built for the Backcountry

2025-03-06

Inspired by poor radio reception during a backpacking trip in Oregon's Cascade Mountains, W7PUA designed and built the "Tiny Ten," a lightweight, 10-watt, ten-band amateur radio transceiver. This Teensy 4.1-based project leverages the OpenAudio_ArduinoLibrary and boasts multiple modes (SSB, CW, AM, FM, FT8). Clever hardware design, including plug-in filter boards, minimizes weight and maximizes efficiency. Despite its compact size, the Tiny Ten delivers impressive receive sensitivity, dynamic range, and selectivity, exceeding 10 watts of output power on 10 meters. The article details its hardware architecture, software design, and performance testing, offering valuable insights into the design process and showcasing impressive DIY skills.

(www.janbob.com)

Hardware amateur radio

Introducing NDEF: The Language of NFC

2024-12-19

Introducing NDEF: The Language of NFC

This chapter introduces the Near Field Communication (NFC) Data Exchange Format (NDEF), the common language for NFC devices and tags. NDEF is a binary format structured in messages, each containing several records. Each record comprises a header (metadata) and a payload (content). The chapter details the structure of NDEF records, including Type Name Format, Payload Type, Payload Identifier, and Payload, and shows how to write and read NDEF-formatted messages using Android apps. It also covers NDEF message size limits and record chunking for larger payloads. Finally, a sample application demonstrates creating a simple NFC tag writer app using the PhoneGap-NFC plugin, writing NDEF messages to tags to launch the Foursquare app.

(www.oreilly.com)

Development

Doodle Dreams: Bringing Your Drawings to Life

2024-12-27

Doodle Dreams is an app that transforms your hand-drawn doodles into animations. Simply draw your desired characters on paper, scan them using the app, and it will recognize and create animations. You can choose different backgrounds, music, and effects to make your doodles more vivid and engaging. This app is suitable for all ages; whether you're an experienced artist or a beginner, you can easily create your own animated works.

(doodledreams.cc)

Game animation doodle creation

EU Urged to Break Up Big Tech Monopolies

2025-06-20

EU Urged to Break Up Big Tech Monopolies

Citizens and civil society organizations from Europe and worldwide are calling on the European Commission to act now to dismantle the powerful Big Tech monopolies controlling the digital world. These tech giants not only dominate markets but also influence European democracy. The article highlights Google's advertising monopoly as particularly harmful, damaging news media and exploiting consumers. It argues that the EU should force Google to divest parts of its business and break up other tech monopolies to create a fairer and freer internet.

(peoplevsbig.tech)

Tech

faynoSync: Automated Client Application Update API Server

2025-06-17

faynoSync: Automated Client Application Update API Server

faynoSync is a Go-based API server for automatically updating client applications. Upload your app to S3, set the version number, and clients check for updates. If a newer version exists, the server returns an update link, prompting a client alert. It supports background and on-demand updates, with full documentation, a frontend dashboard, and example client applications. Deployment involves setting environment variables, simplified with Docker, and extensive unit tests ensure functionality.

(github.com)

Development application updates API server

Beware! The Latest Wave of Fake Literary Agencies

2025-01-09

Beware! The Latest Wave of Fake Literary Agencies

Writer Beware® exposes a new crop of fraudulent literary agencies employing sophisticated websites and deceptive tactics to scam writers. The detailed investigation reveals the methods used by several fake agencies, such as The Elite Scout Society and ImplicitPress Literary Agency, highlighting how they fabricate credentials and solicit upfront fees. The article emphasizes the importance of verifying an agency's legitimacy before engaging with them to avoid falling victim to these scams.

(writerbeware.blog)

Misc writing scams literary agents

Boeing 777 Model Crafted from Manila Folders

2024-12-27

Boeing 777 Model Crafted from Manila Folders

Luca Iaconi-Stewart spent years painstakingly creating a 1:60 scale model of a Boeing 777-300ER airliner, using only manila folders. The project, born from a high school architecture class, showcases his mastery of paper's versatility. From initial simple designs to an incredibly detailed final product, he utilized Adobe Illustrator to design intricate parts, then meticulously cut, assembled, and glued them together. This stunning creation involved extensive research, design, printing, and assembly, demonstrating incredible craftsmanship and attention to detail.

(www.lucaiaconistewart.com)

Design model making airplane model

The Rise and Fall of New York's Grand Penn Station

2024-12-21

The Rise and Fall of New York's Grand Penn Station

Opened in 1910, New York's Pennsylvania Station, covering eight acres, was an architectural marvel, a Classical gateway to the city. Its Roman Baths-inspired waiting room soared 148 feet high. Yet, just 54 years later, this magnificent station was demolished, replaced by the current, widely criticized transit hub. This article recounts the station's history, from its conception and construction by McKim, Mead, & White to its controversial demolition, highlighting the changing transportation landscape and the impact on urban development and preservation efforts. The loss of Penn Station ultimately led to the creation of the Landmarks Preservation Commission.

(ny.curbed.com)

Misc Pennsylvania Station Architectural History Urban Development

Open Source Firmware: Necessity and Strategic Choices

2024-12-17

This article explores the necessity of open-source firmware. The author argues that firmware, as software controlling hardware, should adhere to free software principles. This is not only about freedom itself but also directly related to users' practical interests. Non-free firmware can restrict hardware functionality, hide security vulnerabilities, and even prevent users from fixing security issues. The article analyzes two viewpoints: one considers open-source firmware desirable but not necessary; the other advocates that all system software should be open-source. The author leans towards the former, believing that prioritizing the freedom of the operating system kernel is more important, but simultaneously emphasizes the benefits of open-source firmware and discusses how to promote it through strategic means.

(mjg59.dreamwidth.org)

Development firmware free software

The Secret Weapon for Diffusing Toxic Meetings: Naming What's Happening

2025-02-16

The Secret Weapon for Diffusing Toxic Meetings: Naming What's Happening

This article reveals a powerful technique for resolving conflict in meetings: simply stating what's happening in the room. The author argues that many meetings devolve into unproductive arguments due to clashing priorities, emotions, and unspoken tensions. Instead of engaging in the conflict, the solution is to directly name the collective experience, e.g., "I'm sensing a lot of frustration in the room." This disrupts negative patterns, creates shared awareness, and paves the way for more productive communication and problem-solving. The article provides tactical tips, including using "I" statements, avoiding singling out individuals, and knowing when to escalate.

(leadership.garden)

Misc meeting management

Capital Letters Make Smaller QR Codes: A URL Encoding Mystery

2025-02-25

Capital Letters Make Smaller QR Codes: A URL Encoding Mystery

Two QR codes pointing to the same URL, one larger than the other. Why? The answer isn't error correction, but encoding mode. A URL in all capital letters uses the more compact alphanumeric mode, while lowercase uses byte mode, leading to data redundancy and a larger QR code. This highlights the impact of character set choices in URL encoding on QR code size. For the smallest QR code, use uppercase letters.

(shkspr.mobi)

Tech QR code URL encoding

Lightweight Pi-Hole 6: Effortlessly Block Ads on Your Home Network

2025-03-08

Lightweight Pi-Hole 6: Effortlessly Block Ads on Your Home Network

The newly released Pi-hole 6 is lighter and requires no PHP or external web server, reducing system resource demands. The article details the installation and configuration process, including choosing appropriate hardware (like a Raspberry Pi), setting a static IP address, and modifying router DHCP settings. The author successfully tested it on an old Raspberry Pi 3B, effectively blocking ads, increasing speed, and reducing data consumption. Compared to other ad-blocking methods, Pi-hole boasts simplicity, ease of use, and low system resource usage, but requires some network configuration knowledge.

(www.theregister.com)

Development ad blocking

Dennis Ritchie's Primeval C Compiler: A Blast from the Past

2025-03-24

Dennis Ritchie's Primeval C Compiler: A Blast from the Past

This post shares the source code of the earliest known versions of the C compiler, written by the late legend Dennis Ritchie. These are not compilable with modern C compilers like GCC, but represent the spark that ignited a soon-to-be trillion-dollar industry. Links to Aiju's PDP-11/Unix emulator (for attempting compilation) and the Research Unix repository are provided for those wishing to delve into the history of computing.

(github.com)

Development

Utah's App Store Age Verification Bill Sparks Constitutional Concerns

2025-03-06

Utah's App Store Age Verification Bill Sparks Constitutional Concerns

Utah's legislature passed the "App Store Accountability Act," mandating age and identity verification for all app store users. This bill raises serious privacy and free speech concerns, potentially disproportionately harming at-risk youth. While passed by both houses, the bill now awaits the governor's signature. Critics argue it infringes on privacy rights and jeopardizes First Amendment protections, echoing concerns raised when a similar bill was blocked by a federal judge last year.

(progresschamber.org)

Tech

Developer Traps: Hidden Bugs Lurking in Your Code

2025-08-16

Developer Traps: Hidden Bugs Lurking in Your Code

This article summarizes common pitfalls developers encounter in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Go, Java, C/C++, Python, SQL databases, concurrency, Git, and networking. These traps, often subtle and hard to debug, include issues like CSS `min-width` priority, quirks of floating elements, Block Formatting Contexts (BFCs) and stacking contexts, Unicode character handling, floating-point precision problems, leap seconds and time zones in time handling, and various language and library specific behaviors. The article details the causes and solutions, aiming to help developers write more robust and reliable code.

(qouteall.fun)

Development developer traps coding best practices

Bypass Job Boards: ResumeVue's Private Job Network

2025-01-24

ResumeVue is a private job board connecting job seekers directly with hiring managers, recruiters, VCs, and startup founders. Users bypass traditional job boards, reaching out directly via connection requests, DMs, or emails. Testimonials highlight users finding jobs within a week and securing more interviews. ResumeVue also offers tools to host video resumes and provides analytics, boosting job search effectiveness.

(www.resumevue.com)

Startup private job board

The Wayland Revolution: Accessibility in the Linux Desktop's Future

2025-06-20

With X11's demise looming, Wayland is poised to become the future of the Linux desktop. This presents a significant challenge for users with disabilities who rely on assistive technologies, as early Wayland implementations suffered from severe accessibility issues. However, the situation is improving. GNOME is actively improving Wayland's accessibility support, and screen readers like Orca are becoming more responsive. While challenges remain, such as insufficient headless GUI support and compositor compatibility issues, developers are working to address these and build a more accessible Wayland ecosystem. This post calls for collaborative effort from developers and the community to ensure Wayland's future doesn't leave users with disabilities behind.

(fireborn.mataroa.blog)

Development

Tariffs Hammer the Bike Industry: Price Hikes and the Onshoring Struggle

2025-04-03

Tariffs Hammer the Bike Industry: Price Hikes and the Onshoring Struggle

Newly imposed US tariffs are dramatically impacting the bicycle industry. The article analyzes the effects on bikes and parts from various countries (China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Taiwan, Japan, EU, etc.), predicting significant price increases, especially for high-end products. While the US encourages onshoring, the lack of infrastructure and specialized expertise presents massive challenges for domestic production of performance bike components. The conclusion notes that bike prices will rise and selection will shrink, but cycling enthusiasts will continue to enjoy the ride.

(www.renehersecycles.com)

Tech bicycle industry

Syria's First Tech Conference in 50 Years: A Spark of Hope Amidst Reconstruction

2025-02-12

Syria's First Tech Conference in 50 Years: A Spark of Hope Amidst Reconstruction

Following the end of the Syrian civil war, a group of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and tech leaders gathered in Damascus for SYNC 25, the first independent tech conference in 50 years. The conference aimed to connect Silicon Valley with Syria's emerging tech ecosystem and create 25,000 tech jobs over five years. Despite challenges like poor infrastructure, unreliable electricity, and slow internet, Syria boasts resilient and talented software engineers. SYNC 25 represents a significant step in rebuilding Syria's economy and infrastructure, offering a spark of hope for the future.

(restofworld.org)

Tech Syrian Tech Economic Reconstruction International Collaboration

Fly.io's GPU Gamble: A Post-Mortem

2025-02-14

Fly.io's GPU Gamble: A Post-Mortem

Fly.io attempted to integrate GPUs into its public cloud, aiming to provide users with AI/ML inference capabilities. However, the project ultimately failed. Several key reasons are highlighted: developers' overwhelming preference for LLM APIs over GPUs, Nvidia driver support limitations hindering cost-effectiveness and flexibility, and significant security and hardware cost concerns. Despite the failure, Fly.io gained valuable lessons, emphasizing the importance of thorough market research before large-scale investments.

(fly.io)

Tech

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