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Is it ever coming back?(opens in new tab)
curl 8.21.0(opens in new tab)
Release presentation Numbers the 275th release6 changes56 days (total: 10,817)276 bugfixes (total: 14,187)531 commits (total: 39,077)0 new public libcurl function (total: 100)0 new curl_easy_setopt() option (total: 308)1 new curl command line option (total: 274)102 contributors, 69 new (total: 3,731)45 authors, ...
Deep dive into iroh: A replacement for WireGuard or a P2P layer for your application?(opens in new tab)
Just last week, the iroh project announced the release of its v1.0. What is iroh? Well, I'm glad you're asking because it's a very interesting project that I'm following for
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A quote popped up on Mastodon shared by Nathan Knowler (who rightly shuddered in reaction (because this is terrible advice)): “The W3C ARIA Authoring Practices Guide is an incredibly detailed resource. It describes every common pattern (tabs, dialogs, menus, accordions) ...
How to Balance Speed, Quality, and Mental Overhead in Agentic Engineering(opens in new tab)
I've been back at work for about a month now after parental leave and a 12 week programming retreat at Recurse Center. We're leaning hard into agentic engineering and I'm bullish on it - I spent a lot...
herald(opens in new tab)
A powerful TUI email client & calendar tool for your terminal.
datasette 1.0a35(opens in new tab)
Release: datasette 1.0a35 I'll write more about this one soon, but it's a big release. Three highlights from the release notes: New "Create table" interface in the database actions menu, backed by the //-/create JSON API. It can define columns, ...
The Steam Machine's Companion Cube case is big, expensive, and based on a 19-year-old joke, so I hate how well-made it is(opens in new tab)
Update 25/6: Nevermind, Valve killed it. Read more
How to Build Cool Things(opens in new tab)
OPFS + Pyodide test harness(opens in new tab)
Tool: OPFS + Pyodide test harness I've been pondering if Datasette Lite - the Python Datasette application run entirely in the browser using Pyodide and WebAssembly - might be able to edit persistent SQLite files stored on the user's computer. ...
why you are always out of space (node_modules)(opens in new tab)
The Talk Show: ‘Perp Walk for Selfies’(opens in new tab)
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My win rate in Slay the Spire 2 is atrocious with The Ironclad despite enjoying the character. Persistence paid off today! A heavy block build carried me to an easy ascension 10 victory. I picked up the Sturdy Clamp relic ...
The First CLI Tool You NEED To Learn (You'll Use It Every Day)(opens in new tab)
Star Wars: Galactic Racer let me play podracer ping-pong, though its high-stakes roguelike gauntlet feels more tuned for pace-focused speeder freaks(opens in new tab)
“You race like a poodoo!” podracer Ben Quadinaros, a large bit of snot whose body is 60% face, yells as we sweep through a turn side-by-side. “Right,” I think as I begin to channel my inner Dale Earnhardt, “you’re going ...
The Craziest AI Pivot yet(opens in new tab)
What is 10x(opens in new tab)
More Bots Than Humans ⟡ Vercel Launches Agent Framework ⌁ Syntax Weekly ⌁(opens in new tab)
Pluralistic: Spying on kids to save kids from spying is very, very stupid (23 Jun 2026)(opens in new tab)
Today's links Spying on kids to save kids from spying is very, very stupid: First they came for the VPNs. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: RIP Darwin's tortoise; ISPs conspire to create copyright jail; Waxy v ...
Roll 023 (2026)(opens in new tab)
A stroll along the river with the Rolleiflex 2.8D and HP5.
Monday, June 22, 2026(opens in new tab)
I'm considering giving up on my handwritten journal. Even using my favorite fountain pen and ink doesn't help me enjoy writing long entries by hand. I'm impatient, and my handwriting is getting worse, not better. The journal is only one ...
Add Show All Linear Keyboard Shortcuts as a Workflow TIL (opens in new tab)
#485: Creating memories(opens in new tab)
Topics covered in this episode: Backup Docker volumes locally or to any S3 Pyodide 314.0 Release nb-cli: A Command-Line Interface for AI Agents and Notebook Automation Hindsight Agent Memory That Learns Extras Joke Watch on YouTube About the show Sponsored ...
Ultra-Wide 0.5× Lenses Have Utility Beyond ‘Photography’(opens in new tab)
The Coming Loop(opens in new tab)
I don’t prompt Claude anymore. I have loops running that prompt Claude and figuring out what to do. My job is to write loops. — Boris Cherny Over the last months I have watched more and more people build something ...
Arp 293: More interacting galaxies(opens in new tab)
North is right. 0.52"/pixel (18'x9' field) FWHM=4.5" The pair of galaxies near the center is NGC 6285 (top) and NGC 6286 (bottom). The lower one has a distinct tidal trail below it, and a faint bridge to the upper galaxy ...
Stop, don’t Slop(opens in new tab)
So you find a bug in an Open Source project and wish to spend your tokens solving that issue for the good of humanity. Your fingers hover over the keyboard, trembling in anticipation of the glorious prompt that will unblock ...
Prompt Injection as Role Confusion(opens in new tab)
Prompt Injection as Role Confusion First, I absolutely love this: This is a blog-style writeup of the paper. I wish every paper would come with one of these. Academic writing is pretty dry - the impact of a paper can ...
Porting the Moebius 0.2B image inpainting model to run in the browser with Claude Code(opens in new tab)
This morning on Hacker News I saw Moebius: 0.2B Lightweight Image Inpainting Framework with 10B-Level Performance, describing a small but effective inpainting model - a model where you can mark regions of an image to remove and the model imagines ...
Add Define Conditional Routing Logic In Routes File as a Rails TIL (opens in new tab)
Add Make Secure Temp File For Atomic Write as a Python TIL (opens in new tab)
Late Night Linux – Episode 391(opens in new tab)
Apple Is Going to Raise Device Prices — but When?(opens in new tab)
Gurman Says Second-Gen iPhone Air, Coming in Early 2027, Will Sport a 0.5× Ultra-Wide Second Camera(opens in new tab)
Criterion Collection: The Complete Kubrick(opens in new tab)
Stop Copy Pasting Code(opens in new tab)
Consistency, But in Excellence Not Appearance(opens in new tab)
Consistency serves a purpose in visual design, but it seems to have become the purpose of a lot of visual design. Look no further than these evolutions of macOS icons (image courtesy of BasicAppleGuy): The Creator Studio icons are undeniably ...
We Want Local AI Agents ⟡ Desktop Apps w/ Deno ⟡ Nub replaces Bun ⟡ Is WFH Fraud? ⌁ Syntax Weekly ⌁(opens in new tab)
Facebook Draftees(opens in new tab)
Pluralistic: Good politics (22 Jun 2026)(opens in new tab)
Today's links Good politics: Just make people's lives better. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: WWII online; Xbox security blunders; Homeless bloggers; Thermal printer racing game; Robbing a bank to get healthcare in jail; Crumb v Trump; ...
Dickover of the Week: The Observer(opens in new tab)
stop whining about accessibility(opens in new tab)
Working more Fallacy(opens in new tab)
Using Scroll-Driven Animations for Opposing Scroll Directions(opens in new tab)
Sometimes designers have silly ideas that eventually grow on you. That happened to me with this concept where I had to build columns of items moving in opposite directions when a user scrolls the page. CodePen Embed Fallback Note: This ...
Write a coding agent from first principles(opens in new tab)
Learn how to write a coding agent in this Python tutorial that teaches how to interact with an LLM through an API, how to manage the conversation context, and how to do tool calling. Introduction This tutorial will show you ...
How To Design Parts for 3D Printing | Live with Slant 3D | Portals 3D Print Service(opens in new tab)
I don't have time to build these things, will you?(opens in new tab)
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I’ve caught up with (audio)book eight of Dungeon Crawler Carl. Took me a few months. Can’t wait for book nine! I’m now listening all over again with the audio immersion tunnel version that adds music, sound effects, a wider cast, ...
QUIC is much more than a replacement for TCP(opens in new tab)
Most of the literature about QUIC RFC 9000 describes it as a replacement for TCP + TLS, with the traditional use case of communication over IP in mind. It's true,