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James Webb Space Telescope reveals its first direct image of an exoplanet Published: 2025-06-27 | Origin: Hacker News Failed to fetch content - HTTP Status - 403 |
The software engineering "squeeze" Published: 2025-06-27 | Origin: /r/programming The content discusses the opportunities and challenges in the software engineering profession, highlighting that it has become a highly sought-after and lucrative career over the past 10-15 years, similar to previous high-status jobs like lawyers and Wall Street traders. The author mentions Volv, a news app providing concise tech-related articles, and notes that as companies increasingly adopted software solutions, the demand for engineers surged, often leading to the hiring of less-experienced individuals. Despite this high demand, the author claims that |
Rename `oauth-xx` org to `ruby-oauth`? Published: 2025-06-27 | Origin: /r/ruby Sure! Please provide the content you'd like me to summarize. |
Mochi v0.10.5: Support type-safe LINQ-style queries that compile to a bytecode VM Published: 2025-06-27 | Origin: /r/programming Mochi v0.10.5 introduces an efficient and expressive method for querying structured data, with support for various file types like JSON, YAML, and CSV. The new syntax, reminiscent of SQL and LINQ, allows for type-checked queries and the creation of typed collections from defined schemas. It's designed for use in ETL pipelines and data transformations, allowing users to filter and extract data using a readable and concise format. Additionally, users can sort data, manage pagination, and perform joins |
The C#-based mruby VM “MRubyCS” has graduated from preview and achieved 100% compatibility. Fiber and async/await integration. Published: 2025-06-27 | Origin: /r/ruby MRubyCS is a new mruby virtual machine implemented in C#. Initially named MRubyD, it focuses on seamless integration with C# game engines while ensuring high compatibility with Ruby-level APIs. Key features include: - **Implementation**: Built in pure C# to leverage modern language capabilities for high performance. - **Performance**: Utilizes C# features like managed pointers and .NET's GC and JIT compiler for efficiency. - **Ruby Compatibility**: All opcodes are implemented, passing |
Using the Internet without IPv4 connectivity (with WireGuard and network namespaces) Published: 2025-06-27 | Origin: /r/programming The author describes an incident where their ISP lost IPv4 connectivity after a power cut, while IPv6 was still functional but limited access to websites. Despite being able to connect to some services like Google and Meta, numerous other sites were inaccessible. The issue was identified as being related to Carrier Grade NAT (CG-NAT), impacting only IPv4 connections. After learning that a repair from the ISP might take several days, the author decided to utilize their Hetzner VPS, which has both IPv4 and |
Show HN: I'm an airline pilot – I built interactive graphs/globes of my flights Published: 2025-06-27 | Origin: Hacker News Since 2023, the author has served as a First Officer on the Airbus A350 with British Airways, previously flying the Airbus A320 family since 2016. They joined British Airways through a cadet scheme in 2014, completing an Integrated ATPL course in Spain after starting their aviation journey in Canada, where they earned a Glider Pilot License, Instructor Rating, and PPL. The author tracks their flight logs digitally with LogTen Pro, utilizing SQL for queries and creating infographics |
GitHub - davidesantangelo/msid: A Ruby gem that generates a secure, unique fingerprint ID for the current machine by collecting hardware and software identifiers. Published: 2025-06-27 | Origin: /r/ruby The content describes a Ruby gem named "msid," which generates a secure, unique fingerprint ID for a machine by collecting various hardware and software identifiers. This fingerprint is useful for licensing, device identification, or reliably identifying a specific machine. The gem combines system information into a SHA-256 hash to produce a unique ID. Users can install the gem via a Gemfile or directly and can enhance security by providing a salt for generating different IDs on the same machine. It is also compatible with Rails applications |
monads at a practical level Published: 2025-06-27 | Origin: /r/programming The article discusses the concept of monads in programming, acknowledging that learners often find them challenging despite their simplicity and power. It highlights two common approaches to explaining monads, where the initial strong claim about their significance is often followed by a recognition of their complexity. The article aims to gradually build an understanding of monads, using Haskell for examples while ensuring the information presented is digestible in one read. It also addresses the question of why monads are necessary in functional programming, emphasizing that this programming |
SwiftNet - small and easy-to-use C library for making networking communications easy Published: 2025-06-27 | Origin: /r/programming The content emphasizes the importance of user feedback and outlines steps for installing a C networking library called SwiftNet, which utilizes raw sockets. It encourages collaboration and clean coding practices, and mentions that the project is licensed under the Apache License 2.0. For questions or support, users can open an issue or contact the provided email. Additionally, there seems to be a loading error mentioned that advises reloading the page. |
Techniques for handling failure scenarios in microservice architectures Published: 2025-06-27 | Origin: /r/programming The article discusses the complexities of managing failures in microservice architectures, which are critical for scalable applications but introduce various failure points. It emphasizes that while microservices offer flexibility, they require strategies to mitigate failures. Key techniques include service isolation, where each microservice operates independently to prevent cascading failures, and statelessness, allowing any instance to manage requests without reliance on a specific server. Additionally, redundancy and data replication are highlighted as essential components for fault tolerance. The article concludes that organizations can implement these strategies |
Biomolecular shifts occur in our 40s and 60s (2024) Published: 2025-06-27 | Origin: Hacker News A new study from Stanford Medicine reveals that biological aging involves two significant periods of rapid change, typically around ages 44 and 60. Researchers analyzed thousands of molecules and the microbiomes of individuals aged 25 to 75 and found that changes in the abundance of these biological components occur dramatically rather than gradually. Key findings indicate that there are notable shifts in molecules associated with cardiovascular health and immune function during these critical periods of aging. The study, authored by Xiaotao Shen and led by Michael Snyder, |
Touching the back wall of the Apple store Published: 2025-06-27 | Origin: Hacker News The author shares a nostalgic story from high school about a game they played in the Apple store at the mall. The objective was to reach the back wall of the store and exit without being approached by staff. The Apple store was seen as an interactive luxury experience, allowing teens to handle products freely, yet the staff were eager to assist. The game relied on luck and evading attention, as staff would engage with any customer. Success was rare, and the author recalls only winning a couple of times, |
A lumberjack created more than 200 sculptures in Wisconsin's Northwoods Published: 2025-06-27 | Origin: Hacker News Failed to fetch content - HTTP Status - 403 |
Ticket-Driven Development: The Fastest Way to Go Nowhere Published: 2025-06-27 | Origin: /r/programming The content critiques "Ticket-Driven Development," where developers prioritize completing tasks on a sprint board over genuinely engaging with and understanding their work. While this approach may create the illusion of productivity—short standups and unblocked workflows—it leads to a disorganized codebase filled with quick fixes and a lack of context. Developers become disengaged, stopped asking questions, and only focus on the tasks at hand, neglecting the bigger picture. The author argues that this mentality equates movement with effectiveness, resulting in |
Building a Real-Time SFU in Rust with ASCII Video Rendering Published: 2025-06-26 | Origin: /r/programming Of course! Please provide the content you'd like me to summarize. |
GCC 15 Continuously Improving AArch64 Published: 2025-06-26 | Origin: /r/programming GCC 15 has brought significant improvements in code generation for Arm-based platforms, continuing enhancements such as control flow vectorization and the integration of SVE and Advanced SIMD instructions. The release boasts improvements specifically for Neoverse cores, with an estimated 3-5% performance boost in SPECCPU 2017 Intrate benchmarks on these CPUs. The transition from two loop vectorizers to a single loop-aware SLP vectorizer has streamlined development, allowing for quicker feature implementations and increased flexibility. Enh |
"Why is the Rust compiler so slow?" Published: 2025-06-26 | Origin: /r/programming The author has been working on deploying their website, primarily served by a Rust binary, through Docker but has encountered challenges. They have been frustrated by the slow build times, taking around 4 minutes for a full rebuild whenever changes are made. To improve this, they plan to switch to using container deployment, recognizing that this is a standard practice in recent software development. They discovered that the typical approach for building Rust programs in Docker results in lengthy rebuilds, especially when making small changes. To address this |
Amber insect fossils reveal "zombie" fungi likely lived alongside dinosaurs Published: 2025-06-26 | Origin: Hacker News A 99 million-year-old amber specimen has preserved an ancient fly with a zombie fungus growing out of its head, alongside a young ant infected with a similar fungus. These fossils, studied by Yuhui Zhuang and colleagues, are among the rare examples of fungal parasites that manipulate and eventually kill their insect hosts. The researchers identified two new species of ancient fungi, named Paleoophiocordyceps gerontoformicae (found on the ant) and Paleoophiocordy |
Kea 3.0, our first LTS version Published: 2025-06-26 | Origin: Hacker News ISC has announced the release of Kea 3.0.0, marking it as the first Long-Term Support (LTS) version of the software. Users can download it and access the release notes from ISC's website. With this update, maintenance for Kea 2.4 has ended, and twelve previously commercial Kea hooks have been open-sourced, providing users with full access to Stork's features like host reservation management and subnet configuration. Responding to user feedback, ISC has |