1145
297
Show HN: InstantDB – A Modern Firebase
https://github.com/instantdb/instant
2 years ago
423
253
What is an SBAT and why does everyone suddenly care
https://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/70348.html
402
98
Python’s Preprocessor
https://pydong.org/posts/PythonsPreprocessor/
385
83
Continuous reinvention: A brief history of block storage at AWS
https://www.allthingsdistributed.com/2024/08/continuous-reinvention-a-brief-history-of-block-storage-at-aws.html
340
158
Celebrating 6 years since Valve announced Steam Play Proton for Linux
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/celebrating-6-years-since-valve-announced-steam-play-proton-for-linux/
336
117
I sped up serde_json strings by 20%
https://purplesyringa.moe/blog/i-sped-up-serde-json-strings-by-20-percent/
304
36
Show HN: A Ghidra extension for exporting parts of a program as object files
https://github.com/boricj/ghidra-delinker-extension
298
151
Aerc: A well-crafted TUI for email
https://blog.sergeantbiggs.net/posts/aerc-a-well-crafted-tui-for-email/
271
25
A deep dive into how linkers work (2008)
https://lwn.net/Articles/276782/
241
66
LM Studio 0.3 – Discover, download, and run local LLMs
https://lmstudio.ai/blog/lmstudio-v0.3.0
239
70
What's Going on in Machine Learning? Some Minimal Models
https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2024/08/whats-really-going-on-in-machine-learning-some-minimal-models/
229
265
No "Hello", No "Quick Call", and No Meetings Without an Agenda
https://switowski.com/blog/no-hello-no-quick-call-no-agendaless-meetings/
225
140
Designing my own watch (2020)
https://willem.com/blog/2020-11-30_designing-my-own-watch/
203
122
Mourning and moving on: rituals for leaving a career (2014)
https://franceshocutt.com/2014/09/10/on-mourning-and-moving-on-rituals-for-leaving-a-career/
196
43
Show HN: Isaiah – open-source and self-hosted app to manage everything Docker
https://github.com/will-moss/isaiah
186
35
Hardware Virtualization
https://www.haiku-os.org/blog/dalme/2024-08-19_gsoc_2024_hardware_virtualization_final_report/
175
33
How we built Townie – an app that generates fullstack apps
https://blog.val.town/blog/codegen/
Ethernet History Deepdive – Why Do We Have Different Frame Types?
https://lostintransit.se/2024/08/21/ethernet-history-deepdive-why-do-we-have-different-frame-types/
137
94
Async2 – The .NET Runtime Async experiment concludes
https://steven-giesel.com/blogPost/59752c38-9c99-4641-9853-9cfa97bb2d29
124
73
SwiftUI for Mac 2024
https://troz.net/post/2024/swiftui-mac-2024/
121
168
Peloton to charge $95 activation fee for used bikes
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/22/peloton-to-charge-95-activation-fee-for-used-bikes-.html
65
Beastie Boys dismantled their gold record plaque
https://djmag.com/news/beastie-boys-dismantled-their-pauls-boutique-gold-record-plaque-find-it-didnt-contain-their
119
29
Bum Farto
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bum_Farto
114
52
Electric Clojure v3: Differential Dataflow for UI [video]
https://hyperfiddle-docs.notion.site/Talk-Electric-Clojure-v3-Differential-Dataflow-for-UI-Getz-2024-2e611cebd73f45dc8cc97c499b3aa8b8
93
21
Making PyPy's GC and JIT produce a sound [video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drwJBzDM1jI
90
108
84% want stronger online privacy laws, but Congress's corruption stalls progress
https://www.techdirt.com/2024/08/21/84-of-americans-want-tougher-online-privacy-laws-but-congress-is-too-corrupt-to-follow-through/
87
49
Climate policies that achieved major emission reductions
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adl6547
84
76
Apple splits App Store team in two, introduces new leadership
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/08/apple-says-farewell-to-its-app-store-chief-as-it-splits-his-team-in-two/
85
Make sports betting taboo again
https://jacobin.com/2024/08/sports-betting-taxation-robinhood-draftkings/
81
44
Fluoride at twice the recommended limit is linked to lower IQ in kids
https://apnews.com/article/fluoride-water-brain-neurology-iq-0a671d2de3b386947e2bd5a661f437a5
23
IntelliJ IDEs supports Wayland now
https://blog.jetbrains.com/platform/2024/07/wayland-support-preview-in-2024-2/
77
58
Windows 11 tweaks and usability improvements
https://kittenlabs.de/blog/2024/08/20/windows-11-tweaks-usability-improvements/
59
Show HN: LangCSS – An AI Assistant for Tailwind
https://langcss.com/demo
75
39
Microsoft will try the data-scraping Windows Recall feature again in October
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/08/microsoft-will-try-the-data-scraping-windows-recall-feature-again-in-october/
74
22
An Age of Hyperabundance
https://www.nplusonemag.com/issue-47/essays/an-age-of-hyperabundance/
Objective-C is just, like, a leaky abstraction over C
https://blog.metaobject.com/2024/08/objective-c-is-just-like-leaky.html
72
13
What does it mean to be a programming language, anyhow? (2021) [pdf]
https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3480947
71
64
Microwaves: A Haven for Bacterial Diversity
https://tecscience.tec.mx/en/biotechnology/bacteria-in-microwave/
60
Launch HN: Arva AI (YC S24) – AI agents for instant global KYB onboarding
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41321936
69
54
To kill mammoths in the Ice Age, people used planted pikes, not throwing spears
https://phys.org/news/2024-08-mammoths-ice-age-people-pikes.html
47
Microsoft's latest security update has ruined dual-boot Windows and Linux PCs
https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/21/24225108/microsoft-security-update-windows-linux-dual-boot-errors
2
Faster Inverse BWT (2021)
http://cbloomrants.blogspot.com/2021/03/faster-inverse-bwt.html
62
80
German Navy blasts out Darth Vader theme on Thames
https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/cn87608w389o
28
Ordinals aren't much worse than Quaternions
https://www.philipzucker.com/ordinals/
About the IMGUI Paradigm
https://github.com/ocornut/imgui/wiki/About-the-IMGUI-paradigm
48
Price increase for .COM, .XYZ, and more domains
https://www.namecheap.com/blog/price-increase-for-com-xyz-and-more-domains/
57
78
Leaked Microsoft pay data shows how much software engineers report making
https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-spreadsheet-shows-pay-engineers-2024-8
Venezuela's Supreme Court certifies Maduro's claims he won presidential election
https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/venezuela-s-supreme-court-certifies-maduro-s-claims-that-he-won-presidential-election-1.7010540
10
Second human being implanted with Neuralink brain chip
https://neuralink.com/blog/prime-study-progress-update-second-participant/
56
In a leaked recording, AWS CEO tells most developers could stop coding soon
https://www.businessinsider.com/aws-ceo-developers-stop-coding-ai-takes-over-2024-8
55
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Starbucks' new CEO will supercommute 1k miles from California to Seattle
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/20/starbucks-new-ceo-brian-niccol-will-supercommute-to-seattle-instead-of-relocating.html
Launch HN: AnswerGrid (YC S24) – Web research tool for lead generation
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41322730
Self-Hosting DNS
https://ghostdev.xyz/posts/self-hosting-dns/
7
Show HN: FOSD – Framework of Operating System Development
https://github.com/fosd-project/FOSD
51
1
Data Modeling SaaS Entitlements and Pricing
https://garrettdimon.com/journal/posts/data-modeling-saas-entitlements-and-pricing
No "Hello", No "Quick Call", and No Meetings Without an Agenda