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go-msquic: A Go Wrapper for Microsoft's QUIC Library

2025-02-19

go-msquic: A Go Wrapper for Microsoft's QUIC Library

go-msquic is a Go wrapper for Microsoft's QUIC library, providing a simple interface for Go developers to work with QUIC-based protocols like HTTP/3. Its API is inspired by quic-go and can be used as a drop-in replacement. Unless you're comfortable working with C libraries, quic-go is generally recommended. Installation requires building the local MsQuic C library first, then installing with `go get github.com/noboruma/go-msquic`. Sample code is in the sample/ directory.

(github.com)

Development

DIY Web Archiving: Preserving the Web, One Zine at a Time

2025-01-23

This 22-page, full-color zine, "DIY Web Archiving," empowers everyone to participate in preserving online content they value. Created by five authors, it provides a practical guide to web archiving, requiring no special expertise. Based on a November 2024 workshop, the zine explains why web archiving is crucial and how to do it. A full-color PDF and a poster version are available now, with a black-and-white version and printing instructions coming soon.

(zinebakery.com)

Misc digital humanities

wonderful.dev: The Developer Portfolio Platform

2025-01-12

wonderful.dev is a developer-focused online portfolio platform designed to help developers showcase their skills, track industry trends, and find ideal jobs or projects. The platform supports skill verification and integrates with WakaTime data, allowing developers to showcase their abilities with data-backed credibility, enhancing their competitiveness in the job market. Developers can create profiles, highlight verified skills and achievements, follow the latest tech trends, and discover opportunities perfectly aligned with their expertise.

(wonderful.dev)

Development developer portfolio skill showcase job platform

The Vanishing of Color: A Modern Aesthetic Shift

2025-04-02

The Vanishing of Color: A Modern Aesthetic Shift

From cars and brands to film, grayscale and monochrome are dominating the world. This article explores the reasons behind this phenomenon, arguing it's not just about materials or fashion trends, but rooted in Western philosophy's long-standing devaluation of color. From Plato to Kant, reason was prioritized over senses, with color seen as sensory interference hindering the understanding of truth. Modernism further dismissed color as excessive ornamentation, pursuing pure form. However, the article argues this rejection of color ignores the harmonious unity of color and form, exemplified by the vibrant hues of Baroque art, where emotion and reason coexist. It's time to embrace color again, enriching our lives.

(www.culture-critic.com)

Design Aesthetics

CDC Halts Successful Flu Vaccine Campaign

2025-02-21

CDC Halts Successful Flu Vaccine Campaign

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has abruptly halted its successful "Wild to Mild" flu vaccination campaign. The campaign, which used imagery comparing wild animals to their gentler counterparts to illustrate the vaccine's effect, was reportedly shut down by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) following Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s appointment. This decision comes amidst a severe flu season and has sparked controversy. While the CDC claims the campaign effectively reset public expectations about flu vaccines, an HHS spokesperson alleges misrepresentation of guidance by CDC officials.

(www.npr.org)

Tech flu vaccine

Parinfer: A Simpler Way to Edit Lisp

2025-01-20

Parinfer is a novel editor mode for Lisp programming languages that simplifies Lisp coding by cleverly linking parentheses and indentation. It tackles the notorious parenthesis problem in Lisp, offering a more intuitive editing experience for both beginners and experts. Parinfer features two modes: Indent Mode and Paren Mode, allowing users to focus on either indentation or parentheses while Parinfer automatically manages the other. It also provides Paredit-like functionality without requiring complex hotkeys. At its core, Parinfer relies on a formal definition of the relationship between parentheses and indentation and employs a smart auto-adjustment mechanism based on this definition.

(shaunlebron.github.io)

Development Code

ResurrectedGod: A Robust Ruby Process Management Framework

2025-08-17

ResurrectedGod: A Robust Ruby Process Management Framework

ResurrectedGod is a Ruby-based process monitoring framework forked from mojombo/god. It aims to simplify the management of server processes and tasks, offering easy configuration and extension, striving to be the simplest and most powerful monitoring application available. Documentation is available in the repository and online, with a mailing list for community interaction.

(github.com)

Development process monitoring

Simple Search: A Minimalist Collection of Search Bars

2025-01-26

Simple Search isn't a complex search engine; it's a website offering a minimalist collection of search bars. Stripping away unnecessary features, it focuses solely on the core function: searching. Users can easily access multiple popular search engines like Google, Bing, and DuckDuckGo from a single page, eliminating the need to switch between different websites. This makes it an efficient and convenient option for users needing quick access to search results.

(simplesearch.info)

Misc

Major Event Sponsor List Unveiled

2025-03-25

The sponsor list for a major event has been released, encompassing various levels including Platinum, Gold, and Silver, as well as sponsorship categories such as Network, Registration, Reception, Special Events, Speaker Tracks, Travel, and Media. The list reveals a large-scale event with significant corporate sponsorship, creating considerable anticipation.

(www.socallinuxexpo.org)

Misc event sponsorship business partnerships corporate sponsorship

China Embraces AI: From Taboo to Toolkit

2025-07-29

China Embraces AI: From Taboo to Toolkit

Unlike Western educators who view AI as a threat, Chinese classrooms are treating it as a skill to be mastered. The global rise of Chinese-developed AI models like DeepSeek fuels national pride. The conversation in Chinese universities has shifted from worrying about academic integrity to fostering AI literacy, productivity, and maintaining a competitive edge. A Stanford University study reveals China leads the world in AI enthusiasm, with 80% of respondents expressing excitement about new AI services. This positive attitude stems from China's long-held belief in technology as a driver of national progress. Universities are integrating AI into teaching, encouraging students to use it as a tool for writing, data analysis, and more, while emphasizing the crucial role of human judgment in achieving optimal results.

(www.technologyreview.com)

AI China-US AI attitudes

Massive Address Database Leak?

2025-02-11

Massive Address Database Leak?

A database containing addresses from the United States, Canada, Mexico, and nearly every other country and region appears to have been leaked. The data includes states, zip codes, and countries, raising concerns about data security and privacy. This incident highlights the importance of maintaining personal information security and the need for enhanced security measures in data handling and storage.

(richmond.com)

Misc

A Decade of Side Projects: Lessons Learned

2025-05-19

Since 2009, a developer has been building side projects, some sold, some still online, and some defunct. His key takeaway: build what you enjoy and stick with familiar tech stacks (WordPress, Laravel, React, etc.). Don't get bogged down in framework choices; users care about the project, not the underlying tech.

(naeemnur.com)

Development

teemoji: The CLI That Adds Emojis to Your Terminal Output

2025-01-30

teemoji: The CLI That Adds Emojis to Your Terminal Output

teemoji is a command-line tool inspired by the classic tee utility. It uses a Core ML model to predict and prepend an appropriate emoji to each line of text, adding a fun, contextual element to your command-line workflows. Features include emoji prediction, standard I/O support, file handling options (append or overwrite), and easy integration into existing shell pipelines. Installation is straightforward via Homebrew, and usage mirrors the standard tee command, with added emoji functionality and helpful options.

(github.com)

Development

RPCEmu 0.9.5 Released: Major Update for Acorn Computer Emulator

2025-03-31

RPCEmu, an emulator for classic Acorn computer systems like the Risc PC and A7000, has released version 0.9.5. This release boasts numerous improvements, including mouse wheel support, enhanced floppy disk and IDE hard drive drivers, more accurate timers, and high-resolution timestamp support for HostFS on 64-bit Linux. The project is open-source and welcomes community contributions.

(www.marutan.net)

Development

Dwarf Fortress Adventure Mode Finally Hits Steam!

2025-01-26

The long-awaited Adventure Mode update for Dwarf Fortress officially launched on January 23rd, available on Steam and Itch.io. This free update transforms the iconic construction and management sim into a turn-based roguelike experience. Players can use custom characters, explore existing worlds from a new perspective, or embark on quests in newly generated ones. Adventure Mode retains Dwarf Fortress's signature world simulation and sandbox elements but emphasizes exploration and questing, offering a challenging and replayable strategic experience.

(gamerant.com)

Game Adventure Mode

Remco: A Lightweight Configuration Management Tool

2025-02-16

Remco: A Lightweight Configuration Management Tool

Remco is a lightweight configuration management tool inspired by confd. It keeps local configuration files up-to-date using data from key/value stores like etcd or Consul, processing template resources and reloading applications automatically. Unlike confd, Remco supports multiple source/destination pairs and backends per template resource, uses the Pongo2 template engine, and includes features like zombie reaping, plugin support for additional backends, and easy custom template filter creation with JavaScript. Installation is straightforward, with options for building from source or downloading pre-built binaries.

(github.com)

Development configuration management

Ancient Galaxy's Oxygen Discovery Challenges Early Universe Theories

2025-03-20

Ancient Galaxy's Oxygen Discovery Challenges Early Universe Theories

Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have detected oxygen in JADES-GS-z14-0, the most distant galaxy ever confirmed. Light from this galaxy traveled 13.4 billion years to reach us, showing it as it was when the universe was just 300 million years old. The surprising discovery of significant amounts of oxygen, a heavy element, suggests the galaxy is far more chemically mature than expected—a 'teenager' instead of an 'infant.' This challenges prevailing theories about galaxy formation in the early universe and prompts a rethink of how rapidly galaxies evolved.

(www.eso.org)

Tech galaxy evolution ALMA telescope

Musk's DOGE Initiative Leaves Federal Workers in the Dark on 'Deferred Resignation' Plan

2025-02-02

Musk's DOGE Initiative Leaves Federal Workers in the Dark on 'Deferred Resignation' Plan

A recent meeting between staff from Elon Musk's DOGE (formerly the US Digital Service) and their new HR representative, Stephanie Holmes, shed little light on a controversial "deferred resignation" plan. The plan, mirroring a similar tactic used at Twitter, offers employees a delayed resignation but carries the risk of later job cuts. Holmes failed to answer crucial employee questions about project futures, remote work policies, and the details of the agreement, only stressing its legality and the benefits of avoiding layoffs and return-to-office mandates. This lack of clarity leaves employees facing a looming deadline with significant uncertainty about the plan's fairness and true implications.

(www.wired.com)

Tech

postmarketOS February 2025 Update: New Name, Audio Support, and More

2025-03-04

postmarketOS February 2025 Update: New Name, Audio Support, and More

February 2025 saw significant progress for the postmarketOS project. A name change is underway, with community input being sought. MSM89x7 audio support improved, and more Xiaomi devices joined community support. Security audits were completed, and infrastructure improvements, including backup and CI systems, were implemented. Numerous kernel updates and package upgrades were released, enhancing stability and performance.

(postmarketos.org)

Development

First-Time Manager Survival Guide: From IC to Leader

2025-07-31

First-Time Manager Survival Guide: From IC to Leader

This article offers invaluable advice for first-time managers. It emphasizes that management isn't just a change in tasks, but a shift in roles – from individual contributor to team leader. It stresses learning to empower team members rather than micromanaging. The author notes that making mistakes is inevitable; what matters is learning from them, maintaining clear communication, setting clear expectations, and fostering a positive work environment. It also advises managers to prioritize self-care to avoid burnout and learn from strong leaders to improve management skills.

(scottkosman.com)

Development management tips team leadership

Tasmania LAN Party Photo Archive Goes Online

2024-12-27

After years of searching, a blogger has successfully recovered and compiled photos and videos from Tasmania's LAN parties between the 1990s and the early 2000s. A total of 1584 photos and 2 videos document the early days of online gaming culture and technological advancements. This valuable archive is now publicly available on archive.org.

(issung.com)

Game LAN party gaming history

Salesforce's AI Power-Up: Empowering Every Employee

2025-06-17

Salesforce's AI Power-Up: Empowering Every Employee

Salesforce is announcing significant updates to its Agentforce, Customer 360 Apps, and Slack offerings, streamlining AI adoption. Key changes include: generally available Agentforce add-ons and Agentforce 1 Editions offering unlimited employee AI usage; price increases for Enterprise and Unlimited Editions starting August 1, 2025; and Slack plan updates adding AI features to all paid plans and Salesforce channels to all plans (including free). New Agentforce add-ons and editions provide unlimited generative AI access, pre-built templates, AI-powered analytics, and more. This overhaul aims to empower every employee with AI, driving customer success.

(www.salesforce.com)

Tech

Tech Terms You've Probably Been Pronouncing Wrong

2025-03-21

This article highlights common mispronunciations of tech terms encountered by a self-taught solo developer. It lists examples like Asus (AY-soos, not AY-sis), Debian (DEHB-eee-in, not DEE-bee-inn), and many more, emphasizing the lack of inherent logic in these pronunciations. The author suggests using Google's pronunciation widget as a helpful resource and provides a comprehensive list of correctly pronounced terms, including Atlassian, daemon, Gaussian, GIF, Gnome, GNU, JSON, Kernighan, LaTeX, Linus, Poisson, pypi, Qt, Redis, regex, repo, sudo, SUSE, SQL, SQLite, Ubuntu, and Vite. This is a valuable resource for developers and tech enthusiasts alike.

(wonger.dev)

Development tech terms pronunciation

Cosmos Keyboard: Design Your Perfect Ergonomic Keyboard

2025-01-14

Cosmos is a revolutionary keyboard design software that lets you create a personalized, ergonomic keyboard by scanning your hand. It supports a wide range of components, including various switches, keycaps, and add-ons like trackballs and OLED displays. Cosmos features error checking and auto-correction for smooth 3D printing, and exports in STL and STEP formats for further modification. With most of its code open-source, it aims to provide everyone with technology to alleviate and prevent typing pain.

(ryanis.cool)

Hardware ergonomics

BlogScroll: A GitHub-Hosted Directory of Personal Blogs and Sites

2025-01-03

BlogScroll is an open directory of personal websites and blogs, entirely maintained on GitHub. Created to highlight the often-overlooked digital gardens individuals cultivate outside the major tech platforms, it champions a decentralized internet. With categories spanning design, photography, and technology, and an RSS feed for updates, BlogScroll offers a valuable resource for discovering unique online voices and content.

(blogscroll.com)

Misc Personal Blogs Site Directory

Open Source Game Dev Bible: Zero to Hero

2025-01-06

Open Source Game Dev Bible: Zero to Hero

This project, "2D Game Development: From Zero To Hero," is an open-source compendium of community knowledge on game design and development. Licensed under Creative Commons, it aims to be a learning resource and encourages community contributions. The book covers game design, development, algorithms, tips and tricks, and is available in PDF and EPUB formats. Source code is available on GitHub and GitLab. The author actively discourages AI-generated contributions to maintain quality and originality.

(github.com)

Game community contribution

TSMC to Build Four New 1.4nm Fab Plants in Taiwan

2025-07-20

TSMC to Build Four New 1.4nm Fab Plants in Taiwan

TSMC plans to commence construction of four new 1.4-nanometer wafer fabrication plants (Fab 25) in Central Taiwan Science Park later this year, aiming for 2-nanometer chip mass production by late 2028. This significant investment underscores TSMC's commitment to advanced process technology and its response to growing customer demand for high-performance chips. The project solidifies Taiwan's leading role in the global semiconductor industry. Alongside this Taiwanese investment, TSMC's $165 billion investment in Arizona, building advanced fabs and packaging facilities, diversifies its global manufacturing capacity.

(www.taipeitimes.com)

Tech Advanced Process

From Comfort Zone to Hyper-Growth: How to Gain 5 Years of Experience in 1-2

2025-02-19

From Comfort Zone to Hyper-Growth: How to Gain 5 Years of Experience in 1-2

This article explores the variability in learning speed during career progression. The author argues that certain periods yield exceptionally high learning efficiency, akin to compressing years of experience into mere months. Using the acquisition of Drivy by Getaround as an example, the author recounts a high-pressure experience involving complex tasks and rapid personal growth. Four zones are introduced: Comfort, Learning, Fast Growth, and Burnout. The author suggests navigating flexibly between these zones, maintaining continuous learning, and avoiding stagnation in either comfort or prolonged hyper-growth.

(marcgg.com)

Development learning efficiency experience accumulation

VW's €20k ID. EVERY1: A Budget EV to Fight Back?

2025-03-06

VW's €20k ID. EVERY1: A Budget EV to Fight Back?

Facing competition from cheaper EVs, especially from China, Volkswagen unveiled its most affordable electric vehicle yet, the ID. EVERY1 concept car, priced around €20,000. This marks a crucial step for VW, aiming to revive sales and overcome past challenges including software glitches and high production costs. The ID. EVERY1, using cheaper, longer-lasting lithium iron phosphate batteries, boasts a range exceeding 155 miles. However, its success hinges on overcoming challenges like profitability and consumer acceptance of EVs in Europe, especially given past struggles with smaller, cheaper combustion engine vehicles.

(www.ttnews.com)

Tech Volkswagen Budget EV

ISS Over-Sterilization: A Microbial Ecosystem Approach to Space Travel

2025-03-05

ISS Over-Sterilization: A Microbial Ecosystem Approach to Space Travel

New research suggests that the International Space Station's (ISS) excessive sterilization may be counterproductive. Researchers found that continuous disinfection leads to a loss of microbial diversity, potentially harming astronaut health. They propose future spacecraft designs consider microbial spread, using isolated modules to control contamination. A more forward-thinking approach involves introducing beneficial microbes, even creating self-sustaining ecosystems with plants, pollinators, and animals. This research offers new insights into life support systems for future deep space missions.

(arstechnica.com)

Tech space microbiology

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