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CoinTracker Hiring Full-Stack Product Engineer

2025-01-03

CoinTracker Hiring Full-Stack Product Engineer

Cryptocurrency tracking platform CoinTracker is hiring a Full-Stack Product Engineer. This is an exciting opportunity to join a rapidly growing team and make an impact on the future of the cryptocurrency space. The role requires experience in full-stack development, familiarity with various programming languages and frameworks, and some understanding of blockchain technology. If you're passionate about cryptocurrency and eager to work in a challenging environment, this is the ideal position for you.

(jobs.ashbyhq.com)

Development

Can Iterative Prompting Make LLMs Write Better Code?

2025-01-03

Can Iterative Prompting Make LLMs Write Better Code?

This blog post details an experiment exploring whether repeatedly prompting a Large Language Model (LLM) to "write better code" improves code quality. Using Claude 3.5 Sonnet, the author starts with a simple Python coding problem and iteratively prompts the LLM. Performance improves dramatically, achieving a 100x speedup. However, simple iterative prompting leads to over-engineering. Precise prompt engineering yields far more efficient code. The experiment shows LLMs can assist code optimization, but human intervention and expertise remain crucial for quality and efficiency.

(minimaxir.com)

Development Code Optimization Prompt Engineering

Doctolib's Agentic AI: Reimagining Healthcare Support

2025-01-03

Doctolib's Agentic AI: Reimagining Healthcare Support

Doctolib is building Alfred, an agentic AI system to augment its healthcare support team. Composed of specialized AI agents, Alfred handles routine queries, freeing human agents for complex cases. Employing a human-in-the-loop approach, Alfred prevents AI from directly executing sensitive actions. A carefully designed UI ensures a smooth user experience. Built on the LangGraph framework, Alfred uses JWTs for secure authentication and user permission propagation. Currently focused on managing doctor calendar access, Doctolib plans to expand Alfred's capabilities to other support scenarios.

(medium.com)

AI Healthcare Agentic AI

India Pulls Cloudflare's VPN App and Others from App Stores

2025-01-03

India Pulls Cloudflare's VPN App and Others from App Stores

India has removed several VPN apps, including Cloudflare's popular 1.1.1.1, from its app stores citing a 2022 regulation requiring VPN providers to store user data for five years. This move has sparked backlash from the industry, with some VPN providers withdrawing from India or ceasing marketing there. The action marks a significant tightening of VPN regulations in India.

(techcrunch.com)

Tech

Code Rewrites: Magic Wand vs. Iterative Improvement

2025-01-03

This article explores the pros and cons of code rewrites. Using Netscape's failure as an example, the author argues that rewriting isn't always the best approach. Instead of large-scale rewrites, maintain idealism, imagine a perfect solution (wave a magic wand), and then iteratively improve the existing code. By distinguishing between necessary and accidental complexity, identify improvement directions and continually reflect on "If I could wave a magic wand, what would I want it to be?", ultimately reaching the ideal state.

(wilsoniumite.com)

Development code refactoring iterative development

Serbia: A Digital Prison – State Surveillance and the Suppression of Civil Society

2025-01-03

Serbia: A Digital Prison – State Surveillance and the Suppression of Civil Society

Amnesty International's report reveals Serbia's use of surveillance technology and digital repression to control and suppress civil society. The report details widespread use of spyware, including NSO Group's Pegasus and a newly disclosed domestically-produced Android spyware, NoviSpy, along with Cellebrite's UFED tools against environmental activists and protest leaders. This constitutes a serious human rights violation and attack on freedom of expression.

(www.amnesty.org)

Tech digital repression surveillance technology human rights

Xiaomi's Draconian Bootloader Unlock Policy Sparks Debate

2025-01-03

Xiaomi's Draconian Bootloader Unlock Policy Sparks Debate

Xiaomi has drastically tightened its bootloader unlock policy, limiting users to unlocking only one device per year. While this change minimally impacts average consumers, it could significantly hinder custom ROM development. This move has sparked a debate about device ownership and user freedom, with speculation focusing on Xiaomi's motivations, including preventing users from bypassing built-in ads and tracking, or thwarting scalpers reselling phones with modified software. Users see this as restricting choice, while developers worry about reduced efficiency in custom ROM creation.

(www.androidpolice.com)

Tech Custom ROM

Gource: Visualizing Your Codebase with Stunning Animations

2025-01-03

Gource: Visualizing Your Codebase with Stunning Animations

Gource is an open-source software that visualizes your version control repository history in a breathtaking animated way. The repository root is at the center, directories are branches, files are leaves, and developers become dynamic characters moving around the code tree, their contributions shown as animated trails. Gource uses OpenGL rendering and requires a 3D-accelerated video card. It supports various version control systems like Git, SVN, Mercurial, and offers extensive parameters for customization, allowing you to easily generate impressive visualizations of your codebase history.

(github.com)

Development code visualization

ICO Slams Google's U-Turn on Fingerprinting: Privacy Concerns Raised

2025-01-03

The UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has expressed serious concerns over Google's decision to allow fingerprinting technology within its advertising products from February 16th, 2025. The ICO argues that fingerprinting is inherently difficult for users to control, undermining user privacy expectations and potentially replacing third-party cookies. Businesses, the ICO stresses, must adhere to data protection laws, including securing explicit user consent, ensuring transparency and fair processing, and upholding information rights. Draft guidance has been released, with a consultation launching December 20th to ensure compliance.

(ico.org.uk)

Tech fingerprinting

Control Your Roku with Hand Gestures: A Python and MediaPipe Project

2025-01-03

Control Your Roku with Hand Gestures: A Python and MediaPipe Project

HandiRokuRemote lets you control your Roku using hand gestures! This Python project uses Google's MediaPipe for real-time hand tracking, translating gestures into commands sent to your Roku via its External Control Protocol (ECP). The intuitive interface features automatic device discovery, customizable settings (debug mode, auto-start, skeleton view), and a range of supported gestures for navigation and media control. While current limitations exist regarding hand detection distance, future development aims to expand compatibility to other smart TVs and HDMI-CEC enabled devices.

(github.com)

Development hand gesture recognition

Revolutionary All-Optical Nanoscale Force Sensors Access Unreachable Environments

2025-01-03

Revolutionary All-Optical Nanoscale Force Sensors Access Unreachable Environments

Columbia University researchers have developed revolutionary all-optical nanoscale force sensors capable of measuring forces with unprecedented sensitivity and dynamic range. These sensors utilize the photon-avalanche effect, enabling remote, light-based force detection without physical connections. Applications span robotics, cellular biophysics, medicine, and even space exploration. This breakthrough promises to transform force sensing technology, opening up new possibilities for measurements in previously inaccessible environments.

(phys.org)

Tech nanotechnology force sensor optics

NASA JPL Horizons: A Powerful Tool for Exploring the Solar System

2025-01-03

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Horizons system is a powerful online service providing precise orbital data and ephemerides for solar system objects. It offers multiple access methods including a web interface, command-line interface, email, and an API. Users can query information on asteroids, comets, planets, satellites, and more, and perform orbital calculations and visualizations. Horizons is a powerful tool for astronomers, aerospace engineers, and space enthusiasts exploring the mysteries of our solar system.

(ssd.jpl.nasa.gov)

Tech Solar System Data

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

Party Squasher: Smart Sensor Prevents Airbnb Parties Before They Start

2025-01-03

Party Squasher: Smart Sensor Prevents Airbnb Parties Before They Start

Party Squasher is a smart sensor designed for short-term rental managers to prevent disruptive parties. Unlike noisy and unreliable noise monitors, Party Squasher discreetly counts the number of mobile phones in a property, alerting users via text or email when occupancy exceeds a set threshold. This prevents parties before they even begin, protecting property and neighborly relations. Easy to install and maintain, Party Squasher offers both standard and pro versions for individual and large-scale property managers.

(www.partysquasher.com)

Hardware short-term rental

Kuvasz-streamer: High-Performance PostgreSQL CDC

2025-01-03

Kuvasz-streamer is an open-source change data capture (CDC) project exclusively for PostgreSQL. Tightly integrated with PostgreSQL Logical Replication, it delivers high-performance, low-latency replication. Features include a lightweight design (Go, no dependencies), high throughput (10K TPS, <1s latency), automated publication and slot management, flexible table propagation models (clone, history, append-only), and support for declarative and interactive modes. Use cases span data consolidation, database upgrades, microservice database consolidation, multi-tenant database consolidation, and database performance optimization.

(streamer.kuvasz.io)

Development Data Replication

Windows 10 Remains Dominant Despite Impending Support End

2025-01-03

Windows 10 Remains Dominant Despite Impending Support End

With only 10 months until support for Windows 10 ends, its market share has surprisingly risen to 62.7%, while Windows 11 lags behind at 34.12%. Statcounter data reveals that many users, after trying Windows 11, reverted back to Windows 10. Enterprises and government institutions are also sticking with Windows 10 due to compatibility issues and stability concerns. Windows 11's hardware requirements and the prevalence of pre-installed Windows 10 devices contribute to this trend. Microsoft appears to have yet to find a solution, and the promotion of Windows 11 still faces significant challenges.

(www.theregister.com)

Tech

Be a Property Owner, Not a Renter, on the Internet

2025-01-03

Be a Property Owner, Not a Renter, on the Internet

The internet of 2025 is drastically different from the early 2000s, dominated by a few mega-corporations. This post argues for tech-savvy individuals to own their online presence rather than renting space from large platforms. The author advocates for owning your domain and website, diversifying your online presence across multiple networks, and prioritizing email lists. While engagement on other platforms is encouraged, it shouldn't be solely for link-farming; meaningful community interaction is key. The ultimate goal is to build flexible, controllable digital assets, rather than being beholden to platform policies.

(den.dev)

Development digital ownership indie web social media strategy

Samsung's Odyssey 3D: Glasses-Free 3D Gaming Monitor Unveiled

2025-01-03

Samsung's Odyssey 3D: Glasses-Free 3D Gaming Monitor Unveiled

Samsung is launching the Odyssey 3D monitor, a glasses-free 27-inch 4K display utilizing a lenticular lens and AI to convert 2D content into 3D. Eye-tracking technology enhances the experience by optimizing the 3D effect. This represents another attempt by Samsung to popularize 3D displays, building on previous prototypes. While a larger 37-inch version was teased, only the 27-inch model has been released so far, potentially due to cost and market demand considerations. The monitor will be further showcased at CES 2025.

(arstechnica.com)

Hardware 3D display Samsung

Mind-blowing: AI Art Generator Midjourney Creates Hyperrealistic Images

2025-01-03

Mind-blowing: AI Art Generator Midjourney Creates Hyperrealistic Images

Midjourney, an AI-powered art generator, has recently taken the internet by storm. It generates stunning, hyperrealistic images from simple text prompts, surpassing the skills of some professional artists. This is achieved through its advanced algorithms and vast training dataset. However, its capabilities have sparked debates regarding copyright and the definition of art. Midjourney represents a significant milestone in AI art technology, challenging traditional artistic creation methods.

(benchjs.com)

AI

Apple's $95M Siri Settlement: More Misinformation Than Microphone Spying?

2025-01-03

Apple settled a lawsuit for $95 million over claims that Siri recordings were used for targeted advertising, despite denying wrongdoing. The author argues that the accuracy of ad targeting is more likely due to app data collection than microphone spying. However, anecdotal evidence of ads matching conversations will likely fuel conspiracy theories surrounding microphone surveillance, regardless of the truth.

(simonwillison.net)

Tech apple targeted advertising

Shmøergh Hog: A Two-Year Journey Building a Simple Analog Synth

2025-01-03

Shmøergh Hog: A Two-Year Journey Building a Simple Analog Synth

The Shmøergh Hog is a meticulously crafted analog synthesizer, a weekend project spanning two years, built by two designers from tech companies. Designed for simplicity and ease of use, it employs a classic subtractive synthesis architecture. The authors detail their journey from initial concept and circuit simulation through PCB manufacturing and custom stainless steel enclosure creation. While mass production isn't the goal, they hope to share this unique instrument with fellow music enthusiasts. The build guide is open source.

(www.peterzimon.com)

Hardware analog synthesizer electronic music

Leaked: Microsoft's Scrapped Dynamic Wallpapers for Windows 11

2025-01-03

Leaked: Microsoft's Scrapped Dynamic Wallpapers for Windows 11

Former Microsoft designer Sergey Kisselev revealed designs for dynamic wallpapers intended for Windows 11. These wallpapers, featuring various animations and still images, were designed to complement the centered Start Menu and Taskbar, primarily targeting educational users. However, the feature never shipped, suggesting cancellation or postponement. While early hints appeared in Insider builds, it didn't make it into the 23H2 release, and its future remains uncertain.

(www.windowscentral.com)

Tech dynamic wallpapers

Anthrobots: Self-Assembling Biobots Revolutionize Regenerative Medicine

2025-01-03

Anthrobots: Self-Assembling Biobots Revolutionize Regenerative Medicine

Dr. Michael Levin's team has created Anthrobots, autonomous biorobots constructed from adult human lung epithelial cells. Unlike previous Xenobots, Anthrobots, with their wild-type genome, self-assemble and exhibit diverse behaviors. Remarkably, clusters of Anthrobots can facilitate neural tissue repair, showcasing immense potential in regenerative medicine. This research challenges our understanding of cellular capabilities, opening new avenues for personalized medicine and novel bio-medical platforms.

(thoughtforms.life)

Tech regenerative medicine biobots self-assembly

Awesome Donations: A Curated List of FLOSS Projects to Support

2025-01-03

Awesome Donations: A Curated List of FLOSS Projects to Support

This GitHub repository, awesome-donations, is a curated list of donation options for numerous Free/Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS) projects. It provides easy access to support projects ranging from large foundations like the Linux Foundation and Mozilla Foundation to individual projects such as LibreOffice, GIMP, and QEMU. Whether you prefer PayPal, credit cards, or other methods, you can easily contribute to the open-source community and help ensure the continued development of essential free software.

(github.com)

Development donations

Alder Lake SHLX Instruction Anomaly: A 3x Performance Mystery

2025-01-02

Blogger Tavian Barnes uncovered a strange performance quirk in Intel's Alder Lake processors concerning the SHLX instruction. Under certain conditions, this instruction runs significantly slower—three times slower than expected. Benchmarking revealed that initializing the shift count register using a 64-bit immediate value causes the slowdown, while 32-bit instructions or other initialization methods do not. This discrepancy is puzzling since SHLX only uses the lower 6 bits of the shift count register. The root cause remains a mystery, but this finding highlights a potential optimization oversight in the Alder Lake microarchitecture.

(tavianator.com)

Hardware instruction latency

Meta's Nick Clegg Departs After Seven Years

2025-01-02

Meta's Nick Clegg Departs After Seven Years

Nick Clegg, Meta's President of Global Affairs and former British Deputy Prime Minister, is leaving the company after seven years. His departure follows a period marked by significant policy decisions, including the handling of Donald Trump's account and navigating the evolving relationship between big tech and regulators. He'll be replaced by Joel Kaplan, a veteran policy executive with strong ties to the Republican party. Clegg's exit signifies a shift in the dynamics between tech giants and societal pressures.

(www.engadget.com)

Tech Policy

Optimizing Ruby's JSON: A Tale of Stack Allocation and Inlining

2025-01-02

This blog post, part four in a series on optimizing Ruby's JSON performance, details the author's journey in improving Ruby's JSON serialization speed. Through meticulous micro-benchmarking and profiling, the author explores stack allocation and inlining techniques. By shifting buffer allocation from the heap to the stack and strategically using inlining, significant performance gains are achieved. However, the article highlights the importance of balancing micro-benchmark improvements with real-world application performance, showcasing a case where optimization negatively impacted larger datasets.

(byroot.github.io)

Development

From $60M to Physics in Hawaii: A Former CEO's Journey of Self-Discovery

2025-01-02

After selling his company, a former CEO found himself adrift despite immense wealth and freedom. His journey involved forays into robotics, scaling a Himalayan peak, and working for DOGE, ultimately leading him to study physics in Hawaii. This dramatic tale reflects his inner turmoil and search for meaning. He ultimately realized that embracing uncertainty and foregoing grand ambitions is true freedom.

(vinay.sh)

Startup Self-discovery Wealth and freedom

EU's USB-C Mandate: Tech Giants Bend to the Pressure

2025-01-02

EU's USB-C Mandate: Tech Giants Bend to the Pressure

The EU's Common Charger Directive is now in effect, mandating USB-C charging for most electronic devices. Companies like Apple have begun adapting their product lines to comply. This directive aims to reduce e-waste and improve convenience for consumers, but has also sparked debate about innovation and future charging technologies. While some exceptions exist for wireless charging and devices with specific battery types, the directive will have a significant impact on both manufacturers and consumers.

(arstechnica.com)

Tech EU regulation e-waste

The Magical Coding Interview: A Tale of Prolog, Lisp, and µKanren

2025-01-02

Seasoned programmer Vidrun faces an unconventional interview. Aisha, a three-year veteran engineer, eschews typical questions, instead engaging Vidrun in a coding duel using Prolog and the lambda calculus. Aisha guides Vidrun in building a Lisp interpreter, culminating in Vidrun's clever use of µKanren and custom macros to solve the problem, forging a connection with Aisha through the shared art of coding. This story blends technical prowess with magical realism and interpersonal dynamics, showcasing the ingenuity and artistry of programming.

(aphyr.com)

Development coding interview lambda calculus

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