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Show HN: CIA World Factbook Archive (1990–2025), searchable and exportable Published: 2026-02-22 | Origin: Hacker News The content describes a comprehensive archive containing 36 years of geopolitical intelligence, organized for analysis. It includes data on every country and field, derived from original CIA publications, and is formatted to be searchable and queryable. |
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Kovan: wait-free memory reclamation for Rust, TLA+ verified, no_std, with wait-free concurrent data structures built on top Published: 2026-02-22 | Origin: /r/programming The author recounts their experience building Lever, a transactional in-memory database toolkit capable of processing millions of operations per second. After running in production successfully, they developed Callysto, a stream processing and service framework used by various companies. Initially, they encountered few issues due to the system's lower scale, but as usage increased, they began to confront limitations in their tools. A significant problem emerged regarding lock-free data structures, specifically the use of crossbeam-epoch for memory reclamation in Rust. |
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I built Timeframe, our family e-paper dashboard Published: 2026-02-22 | Origin: Hacker News The author has spent a decade creating a family dashboard system called Timeframe, which integrates calendar, weather, and smart home data to enhance daily living. After getting married, the author and their partner aimed to maintain a healthy relationship with technology, leading to the idea of a solution for managing calendars and weather without screens in their bedroom. Initially, they built a Magic Mirror, but issues with screen readability and glow prompted further exploration. They later experimented with jailbroken Kindle devices, creating a setup with wood en |
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Loops is a federated, open-source TikTok Published: 2026-02-22 | Origin: Hacker News Loops is a federated, open-source platform designed to empower creators and communities on the social web without corporate control. It offers modern tools for content creation, featuring a chronological Following feed and a For You feed that highlights new creators without using manipulative growth tactics. Creators can easily capture and edit short videos with a specialized camera, and engaged commenting features keep discussions anchored to the content. Interaction through likes, shares, and reposts enhances discovery across the platform and the wider fediverse. Hashtags and |
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TLS handshake step-by-step — interactive HTTPS breakdown Published: 2026-02-22 | Origin: /r/programming Failed to fetch content - HTTP Status - 403 |
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A program that outputs a zip, containing a program that outputs a zip, containing a program... Published: 2026-02-22 | Origin: /r/programming Of course! Please provide the content you would like me to summarize. |
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Artist who “paints” portraits on glass by hitting it with a hammer Published: 2026-02-22 | Origin: Hacker News Contemporary glass artist Simon Berger creates striking sculptures by manipulating glass with a hammer, using force to produce contrasts and shades within the material. His work transforms the glass into an expressive medium, where the hammer serves to amplify visual effects rather than destroy. Initially a painter of portraits with spray cans, Berger has a background in carpentry and a fascination with mechanics, which led him to work with car bodies. His idea to use glass emerged when he considered a car windshield, allowing him to explore human faces in |
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Unicode's confusables.txt and NFKC normalization disagree on 31 characters Published: 2026-02-22 | Origin: /r/programming The content discusses the importance of homoglyph detection in login systems, specifically against attacks where visually similar characters from different scripts can be misused to impersonate users (e.g., "а" in Cyrillic instead of "a" in Latin). It references the Unicode Consortium's tool, confusables.txt, which provides a mapping of approximately 6,565 characters to their visually similar equivalents, assisting in identifying potential homoglyph attacks. However, the document emphasizes that confusables.txt is intended |
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Sampling Strategies Beyond Head and Tail-based Sampling Published: 2026-02-22 | Origin: /r/programming Elizabeth from SigNoz introduces a newsletter focused on observability, OpenTelemetry, and open-source engineering. She shares her journey of discovering lesser-known sampling strategies beyond the commonly discussed head- and tail-based sampling. One notable strategy she highlights is centrally controlled head-based sampling, which allows services to fetch sampling rules from a central configuration server. This method enables rapid adjustment of sampling rates during incidents without redeployment, which is advantageous for debugging and incident management. Despite its practical application, particularly in platforms like Uber |
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You are not left behind Published: 2026-02-22 | Origin: /r/programming The content discusses the pervasive fear-mongering around the necessity of becoming proficient in AI and related technologies, particularly phrases suggesting that failing to do so will result in being "left behind" in the job market. The author critiques this alarmist rhetoric, pointing out that it comes not only from investors and vendors but also from those looking to profit from the hype. They argue that while it is not necessary to immediately adopt every new advancement in AI to avoid being left behind, completely ignoring these developments is not |
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The Pleasures and Pains of Coffee (1830) Published: 2026-02-22 | Origin: Hacker News Failed to fetch content - HTTP Status - 403 |
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Zero-GC and 78M samples/sec: Pushing Node.js 22 to the limit for Stateful DSP Published: 2026-02-22 | Origin: /r/programming The team values and carefully considers all feedback received. For detailed information on available qualifiers, please refer to the documentation. |
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Japanese Woodblock Print Search Published: 2026-02-22 | Origin: Hacker News Ukiyo-e Search is a valuable tool that allows users to search for Japanese woodblock prints by uploading a photo of an existing print. It also enables users to discover similar prints from various collections. |
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It's impossible for Rust to have sane HKT Published: 2026-02-22 | Origin: /r/programming The content discusses Rust's handling of regions and lifetimes, particularly in the context of data structures with lifetimes. Rust treats regions as types and employs subtyping and variance to ensure proper relationship checks, enhancing the user experience. The focus is on a struct type called `Container` that is parameterized by a lifetime `'a`. The author emphasizes the desire for intuitive subtype relationships, such that if `'a` is a subtype of `'b`, then `Container<'a>` should also be a subtype |
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A Botnet Accidentally Destroyed I2P Published: 2026-02-22 | Origin: Hacker News On February 3, 2026, the I2P anonymity network suffered a massive Sybil attack, overwhelmed by 700,000 hostile nodes compared to its usual 15,000 to 20,000. This attack marked the continuation of annual February attacks, previously attributed to a state-sponsored group. However, it was later revealed that the Kimwolf botnet was behind the disruption. This IoT botnet had infected millions of devices in late 2025 and was known for a significant |
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Benchmarking loop anti-patterns in JavaScript and Python: what V8 handles for you and what it doesn't Published: 2026-02-22 | Origin: /r/programming The article explores the effectiveness of common coding advice related to loop optimization, such as hoisting regular expressions, avoiding nested loops, and using `reduce` instead of `filter().map()`. While these practices are widely recommended, the author sought to quantify their actual impact on performance. To assess this, six benchmark modules were created to isolate various anti-patterns, and they were tested across different input sizes (n = 10 to 100,000). The author also developed AST-based detectors for Java |
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How I use Claude Code: Separation of planning and execution Published: 2026-02-22 | Origin: Hacker News The author has been using Claude Code as their primary development tool for about nine months and has developed a unique workflow that differs from typical user approaches. Most developers either write prompts for coding directly or use various coding tools, resulting in messy outputs for complex tasks. The author's core principle is to avoid writing code with Claude until a detailed plan has been reviewed and approved. This approach enhances control over architectural decisions, minimizes wasted effort, and improves results while using fewer tokens. Every significant task begins with a thorough analysis |
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Building a Cloudflare Workers Usage Monitor with an Automated Kill Switch Published: 2026-02-21 | Origin: /r/programming The content describes a solution created to monitor and manage usage of Cloudflare Workers due to the pay-per-use billing model. The author built a Worker that tracks usage, detects when set thresholds are breached, and automatically disconnects Workers from the internet to prevent excessive costs. This "kill switch" is manually re-enabled after investigating the cause of the breach. The system comprises a single Worker with two cron triggers and a Workflow, utilizing D1 for storing overage states and usage reports. Configurable thresholds can |
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Back to FreeBSD: Part 1 (From Unix chroot to FreeBSD Jails and Docker) Published: 2026-02-21 | Origin: /r/programming Failed to fetch content - HTTP Status - 429 |
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Evidence of the bouba-kiki effect in naïve baby chicks Published: 2026-02-21 | Origin: Hacker News Failed to fetch content - HTTP Status - 403 |