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Implementing a convolutional neural network from scratch with no libraries Published: 2025-06-19 | Origin: /r/programming An unspecified error has occurred. |
MCP Specification – version 2025-06-18 changes Published: 2025-06-18 | Origin: Hacker News The document outlines updates to the Model Context Protocol (MCP) specification since the last revision on March 26, 2025. For a detailed list of all changes, readers are directed to refer to GitHub. |
Show HN: Unregistry – “docker push” directly to servers without a registry Published: 2025-06-18 | Origin: Hacker News The content discusses a lightweight container image registry called Unregistry, designed for pushing Docker images directly to remote servers without the need for an external registry. It introduces the `docker pussh` command, which allows users to transfer images efficiently over SSH by only sending the missing layers, making the process faster. Unregistry was developed as part of Uncloud, aimed at simplifying container deployment across multiple Docker hosts. The text emphasizes the ease of transferring an image directly, avoiding the complications of traditional methods, such as |
Osprey Programming Language Published: 2025-06-18 | Origin: /r/programming Osprey is a modern functional programming language focused on elegance, safety, and performance, with no installation required—you can compile and run Osprey code directly in your browser. It features strong static typing to prevent runtime errors while maintaining clean syntax, and eliminates boilerplate with expression-bodied functions. Osprey offers elegant pattern matching with exhaustiveness checking, built-in string interpolation, and pipe operators for streamlined data processing. Rapid development is supported through quick compilation cycles, and strong typing helps prevent issues like |
Websites are tracking you via browser fingerprinting Published: 2025-06-18 | Origin: Hacker News New research from Texas A&M University reveals that websites are using browser fingerprinting—an obscure method to identify web browsers—to track users across sessions and sites, despite users believing that clearing cookies would maintain their privacy. Dr. Nitesh Saxena, a cybersecurity researcher, emphasized that while fingerprinting has raised concerns, this study provides solid evidence of its use in user tracking. Browsers inadvertently share extensive information like screen resolution and device model, creating a unique fingerprint that is difficult to detect or block. |
Which lib is popular with hobbyists but never used by working developers? Published: 2025-06-18 | Origin: /r/programming The content describes a mini-project inspired by a tweet, where the author created a script to analyze download patterns from the Rust package repository, crates.io. The script identifies which crates are downloaded more on weekends (indicating hobby use) versus weekdays (indicating work use). For example, the crate "tokio" was downloaded 2.67 times more on weekdays than weekends. The author shared a bash command to fetch the top 1000 downloaded crates and their usage patterns; they noted that downloading |
JSON module scripts are now Baseline Newly available Published: 2025-06-18 | Origin: /r/programming The content discusses a new feature for importing JSON files in JavaScript modules, which simplifies the process by allowing direct imports without the need for additional parsing methods like JSON.parse() or using fetch(). This is made possible by JSON module scripts and the use of an import attribute specifying `type: "json"`. The browser automatically recognizes that the imported file is JSON, making it ready to use immediately. For successful imports, the HTTP response must have a JSON MIME type, such as `Content-Type: text |
My iPhone 8 Refuses to Die: Now It's a Solar-Powered Vision OCR Server Published: 2025-06-18 | Origin: Hacker News The author shares their experience of using a solar-powered setup to process OCR requests with an old iPhone 8, instead of using a Mac, over the course of a year. Their project has handled 83,418 OCR requests and processed 48GB of images using Apple's Vision framework. The author repurposed an idle EcoFlow River 2 Pro for renewable energy, finding modest financial savings in energy costs (around $8 monthly). Although the practicality of this setup is debatable, the author |
Airpass – easily overcome WiFi time limits Published: 2025-06-18 | Origin: Hacker News Of course! Please provide the content you would like me to summarize. |
The bad boy of bar charts: William Playfair (2023) Published: 2025-06-18 | Origin: Hacker News Mike Woodward discusses various topics related to data and analytics, including management, law, statistics, company culture, hiring, data visualization, Python, and SQL. He references William Playfair, who lived from 1759 to 1823 and is known for inventing bar and pie charts and pioneering line charts. Playfair led a tumultuous life filled with intrigue and scandal, often engaging in morally questionable activities. Born in Dundee, Scotland, he began working as an apprentice at a young age and |
A* Path Finding Published: 2025-06-18 | Origin: /r/programming Graph search algorithms, like A*, are used to find the shortest path on maps represented as graphs. These algorithms process a graph, which consists of nodes (locations) and edges (connections) between them, to yield results such as shortest paths, distance maps, and more. A* operates solely on the graph data, not considering external factors like the physical environment or dimensions. It outputs a path made up of graph nodes and edges, leaving interpretation of movement (e.g., through a doorway or across |
Show HN: Workout.cool – Open-source fitness coaching platform Published: 2025-06-18 | Origin: Hacker News The content emphasizes the commitment to user feedback and outlines the features of a modern open-source fitness coaching platform called workout.cool. This platform enables users to create workout plans, track progress, and access an extensive exercise database with detailed instructions and videos. It was developed as an evolution of a previously abandoned project, workout.lol, by a contributor who sought to improve and maintain the platform for the fitness community. The developer expresses their dedication, stating the project is not for profit but to enhance user experience and reliability |
Denmark's Archaeology Experiment Is Paying Off in Gold and Knowledge Published: 2025-06-18 | Origin: Hacker News In a groundbreaking initiative, the Danish government has enlisted private metal detectorists to explore agricultural fields for historical artifacts. This approach has led to significant discoveries, including a remarkable find by Ole Ginnerup Schytz, who unearthed a cache of gold disks and medallions dating back approximately 1,500 years. These artifacts, which include depictions of Roman emperors and an inscribed bracteate with imagery of Odin, offer profound insights into Denmark's history during a tumultuous |
Voiden: The Offline API Devtool Published: 2025-06-18 | Origin: /r/programming Of course! Please provide the content you'd like summarized. |
P-Hacking in Startups Published: 2025-06-18 | Origin: Hacker News In the article "When agile experimentation at startups becomes a p-hacking trap," Thaís Steinmuller discusses how the urgency to deliver results in startups can lead to p-hacking, where teams prematurely report positive findings. The author illustrates this through a scenario where a product manager tests four layout designs for a website dashboard, aiming to enhance user signups. The team plans to adopt the design with a p-value below 0.05 to indicate a statistically significant improvement. However, testing multiple designs increases |
Type Inference Zoo Published: 2025-06-18 | Origin: Hacker News The content discusses an interactive platform for exploring type inference algorithms directly in a web browser. It emphasizes the ease of hands-on experience with consistent syntax across various algorithms, eliminating the need for new parsers or pretty printers. The code is designed to be clearer and more accessible than traditional notation, and the project is released under the MIT License. The copyright is attributed to Chen Cui, 2025. |
Benchmark: snapDOM may be a serious alternative to html2canvas Published: 2025-06-18 | Origin: /r/programming SnapDOM is a tool designed to capture HTML elements as images quickly and accurately, accommodating pseudo-elements, shadow DOM, web fonts, and other features. In a comparison of libraries, each will capture the same DOM element to canvas five times to determine average speed and identify the best performer. Additionally, there is a playful mention of dancing and color changes, along with the use of Google Fonts with the option to embed fonts enabled. |
DragonRuby Game Toolkit - Fifteen Puzzle Game with increasing difficulty. Level 8 is tough. Source code in the comments. Published: 2025-06-18 | Origin: /r/ruby Failed to fetch content - HTTP Status - 403 |
Data Oriented Design, Region-Based Memory Management, and Security Published: 2025-06-18 | Origin: /r/programming Of course! Please provide the content you'd like summarized. |
Make little apps for you and your friends Published: 2025-06-18 | Origin: Hacker News Software plays a crucial role in our daily lives, as we constantly use computers and apps, which are often mass-produced or customized for large enterprises. However, there is a lack of "home-made software" — personalized apps created by individuals for specific needs of friends and family. John and Pontus have explored this concept and developed a research prototype called Scrappy, aimed at facilitating the creation of simple, personal applications ("Scrapps"). Scrappy serves as a tool to envision home-made software as creative and |