Google, Apple turn up the heat in the AI arms race
Google has officially created an AI chatbot for its search engine, while Apple plans to hand its AI models over for App Store developers to use as the AI arms race marches on. ⌘ Read more
Making video games in 2025 (without an engine)
I genuinely believe making games without a big “do everything” engine can be easier, more fun, and often less overhead. I am not making a “do everything” game and I do not need 90% of the features these engines provide. I am very particular about how my games feel and look, and how I interact with my tools. I often find the default feature implementations in large engines like Unity so lacking I end up writing my own anyway. Eventually, my … ⌘ Read more
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@prologic@twtxt.net That’s an interesting premise in that article:
The fun has been sucked out of the process of creation because nothing I make organically can compete with what AI already produces—or soon will.
This is like saying it’s pointless to make music yourself because some professional player/audio engineer does a better job. Really, there’s always someone or something that’s better than you at a particular job.
If we focus too much on “competition”, then yes, you can just stop doing anything. I don’t know how common this mindset is, especially among artists or creative people. 🤔 I would have assumed that many writers, for example, simply enjoy the process of writing. Am I being too naive once more? 🤣
Breaking In Through the Backdoor: Password Reset Gone Wrong
Imagine being able to take over any user’s account on a platform — even without their interaction. No phishing, no social engineering, and…
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Introducing k0rdent v0.3.0: Smarter observability, smoother operations
In my previous blog I wrote a detailed version describing how k0rdent eases platform engineering at scale. For those of you who are unaware, k0rdent is a Kubernetes-native distributed container management environment (DCME) designed to help… ⌘ Read more
10 Human Inventions That Are Rewriting the Future
Watching the local news in most parts of the world might lead one to believe that we’re completely surrounded by disaster, conflict, and societal decline. Bad news dominates the headlines because it demands our attention. However, it rarely tells us the full story of what’s happening across the planet. Behind the scenes, countless scientists, engineers, […]
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Design system annotations, part 2: Advanced methods of annotating components
How to build custom annotations for your design system components or use Figma’s Code Connect to help capture important accessibility details before development.
The post [Design system annotations, part 2: Advanced methods of annotating components](https://github.blog/engineering/user-experience/design-system-annotations-part-2-advanced-methods-of-annotating-component … ⌘ Read more
Design system annotations, part 1: How accessibility gets left out of components
The Accessibility Design team created a set of annotations to bridge the gaps that design systems alone can’t fix and proactively addresses accessibility issues within Primer components.
The post [Design system annotations, part 1: How accessibility gets left out of components](https://github.blog/engineering/user-experience/design-system-annotations-part-1-how … ⌘ Read more
Reverse-engineering Fujitsu M7MU RELC hardware compression
This is a follow-up to the Samsung NX mini (M7MU) firmware reverse-engineering series. This part is about the proprietary LZSS compression used for the code sections in the firmware of Samsung NX mini, NX3000/NX3300 and Galaxy K Zoom. The post is documenting the step-by-step discovery process, in order to show how an unknown compression algorithm can be analyzed. The discovery process was supported by Igor Skochins … ⌘ Read more
Hiring: Senior Full-Stack Engineer | On-Site - Hyderabad, India | A new challenge awaits!
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‘I don’t see how it doesn’t happen’: Apple eyes giant change to devices
Apple is “actively looking at” revamping the Safari web browser on its devices to focus on AI-powered search engines, a seismic shift for the industry hastened by the potential end of a longtime partnership with Google. ⌘ Read more
HydraLink Offers Open USB-to-Automotive Ethernet Interface for Testing and Diagnostics
HydraLink is now available on CrowdSupply as a compact and open-source USB-to-Automotive Ethernet adapter intended for engineers, researchers, and others working with in-vehicle networks. It supports both 100BASE-T1 and 1000BASE-T1 over single-pair Ethernet, enabling direct access to automotive Ethernet without the need for media converters or additional lab equipment. Hy … ⌘ Read more
V8 JavaScript engine gets eager compilation hints, but will devs use sparingly as advised?
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** DevSecOps Phase 1: Planning & Security Requirements Engineering** ⌘ Read more
Sculpt OS 25.04 released
Sculpt OS 25.04 has been released, and with it come a number of very welcome and important improvements. What most users will care about the most is the updated version of the Falkon web browser, built atop Qt 6.2.2 and its accompanying qtwebengine release, which in turn is using version 112 of the Chromium engine. Aside from this major improvement, there’s two other things that stand out: Usability-wise, the new version comes with two highly anticipated features. First, building u … ⌘ Read more
How to Clear CoreSpotlight Metadata on Mac When Taking Up Large Amounts of Storage
Spotlight is the powerful search engine built into MacOS that allows you to quickly find any file or data on your Mac disk drives. Part of what makes Spotlight so fast is that it uses caches and temporary files during indexing to quickly refer to data on your Mac, but sometimes those Spotlight files can … Read More ⌘ Read more
“I use zip bombs to protect my server”
The majority of the traffic on the web is from bots. For the most part, these bots are used to discover new content. These are RSS Feed readers, search engines crawling your content, or nowadays AI bots crawling content to power LLMs. But then there are the malicious bots. These are from spammers, content scrapers or hackers. At my old employer, a bot discovered a wordpress vulnerability and inserted a malicious script into our server. It then turned the m … ⌘ Read more
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The original twt is unavailable. It may have been edited or deleted, or is from an unknown or muted feed.
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@andros@twtxt.andros.dev what makes Kagi “the best search engine”? It is premium, alright. Allegedly you don’t get ads, but pay up-front for it, monthly.
Kubestronaut in Orbit: Jana Vonšák
Get to know Jana We’re thrilled to recognize Jana Vonšák from Slovakia as our first-ever female Golden Kubestronaut. A dedicated DevOps Security Engineer with a background in software development, Jana brings a rare blend of development… ⌘ Read more
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We havet an AI assistant at work, new version came out today "nearby restaurant recommendations" mentioned. Gotta try that!
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@thecanine@twtxt.net Yeah this is where I think all the hype really falls down. It’s all just a really really expensive search engine and auto-complete 🤦♂️ That’s it!
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Remembered a fun little “hello world” program I made in 2018:
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I guess this is trivial to do with some pre-existing engine, but it’s more fun to do it yourself: https://movq.de/v/0cfa4e9504/world.tar.gz
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A visual flow chart diagram that illustrates how two different but very related concepts can lead to system accidents 👌 Media
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These ideas are dr the two books:
- Drift into Failure: From Hunting Broken Components to Understanding Complex Systems by Sidney Dekker (2011)
- Engineering a Safer World by Nancy Leveson (2011)
The former I haven’t read. The later I haven’t finished reading 😅
Hmmm there’s a bug somewhere in the way I’m ingesting archived feeds 🤔
sqlite> select * from twts where content like 'The web is such garbage these days%';
hash = 37sjhla
feed_url = https://twtxt.net/user/prologic/twtxt.txt/1
content = The web is such garbage these days 😔 Or is it the garbage search engines? 🤔
created = 2024-11-14T01:53:46Z
created_dt = 2024-11-14 01:53:46
subject = #37sjhla
mentions = []
tags = []
links = []
sqlite>
**Hmmm there’s a bug somewhere in the way I’m ingesting archived feeds 🤔
sqlite> select * from twts where content like 'The web is such ga ...**
Hmmm there’s a bug somewhere in the way I’m ingesting archived feeds 🤔
sqlite> select * from twts where content like ‘The web is such garbage these days%’;
hash = 37sjhla
feed_url = https://twtxt.net/user/prologic/twtxt.txt/1
content = The web is such garbage these days 😔 Or is it the garbage search engines? 🤔
created = 2024-11-14T01:53:46Z
created_dt = 2024-11-14 01:53:46
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Shocking scale of avocado waste inspires engineer’s new venture
In the heart of WA’s prime avocado growing region, a former engineer is turning formerly rejected fruit into sought-after oil. ⌘ Read more
Godot Game Engine Discord Adds Mandatory “Consent to Being Recorded” for Audio Chats
Remember when the Godot Game Engine mass banned Conservatives from their project? ⌘ Read more
Introducing sub-issues: Enhancing issue management on GitHub
Explore the iterative development journey of GitHub’s sub-issues feature. Learn how we leveraged sub-issues to build and refine sub-issues, breaking down larger tasks into smaller, manageable ones.
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Introducing NEO Gamma - Another Step Closer to Home
NEO Gamma is the next generation of home humanoids designed and engineered by 1X Technologies. Source: 1X ⌘ Read more
DOGE Cuts “Move Login Link” Dev Time from 103 Days to 71 Minutes
“This engineer worked with the DOGE team to delete the red tape and accomplished the task in 71 minutes.” ⌘ Read more
IBM unveils z17 mainframe, z/OS 3.2
IBM today announced the IBM z17, the next generation of the company’s iconic mainframe, fully engineered with AI capabilities across hardware, software, and systems operations. Powered by the new IBM Telum II processor, IBM z17 expands the system’s capabilities beyond transactional AI capabilities to enable new workloads. ↫ IBM z17 press release Alongside this brand new behemoth of a computer, IBM also announced z/OS 3.2, the next version of its mainframe opera … ⌘ Read more
aleph - stateless multiple choice survey engine | https://nilfm.cc/aleph.html
The insanity of being a software engineer
Software gets more complicated. All of this complexity is there for a reason. But what happened to specializing? When a house is being built, tons of people are involved: architects, civil engineers, plumbers, electricians, bricklayers, interior designers, roofers, surveyors, pavers, you name it. You don’t expect a single person, or even a whole single company, to be able to do all of those. ↫ Vitor M. de Sousa Pereira I’ve always found that softwa … ⌘ Read more
Getting the firmware of a VTech/LeapFrog LeapStart/Magibook
This is a very small blog post about my first reverse engineering project, in which I don’t really reverse engineer anything yet, but I am just getting started! A family member asked me to add additional book data to the LeapStart he bought for his son, this is the starting point here. ↫ leloubil’s blog We’ve all seen toy, child-focused computers like these, and I always find them deeply fascinating. I’m not buyi … ⌘ Read more
(#w4mnpkq) @xuu@xuu Actually… I’m working on a new Sqlite backend/cache for yarnd 🤣 I might revive yarns (_the crawler / search …
@xuu @txt.sour.is Actually… I’m working on a new Sqlite backend/cache for yarnd 🤣 I might revive yarns ( the crawler / search engine) one day 🤞 ⌘ Read more
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Guilty pleasure, blasphemy, shitty audio, … something like that. Seven Nation Army on double bass. 🤪 https://movq.de/v/e3a4dcff2e/sad-nation-army.ogg
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Not in the mood to deal with reality today, so here’s another one of those silly things: https://movq.de/v/68c61f8ecc/r2_session.ogg This time on electric bass, tuned down to B-standard because oomph. (Well, sounds okay on my headphones, but I’m obviously no sound engineer. 🤪)
8 Ways to Empower Engineering Teams to Balance Productivity, Security, and Innovation
Explore how Docker’s suite of products empowers industry leaders and their development teams to innovate faster, stay secure, and deliver impactful results. ⌘ Read more
Found him in covered in engine oil 2 years ago, his name is Castrol. ⌘ Read more