Streaming live video as a macOS screensaver using AVFoundation and yt-dlp
I built this to play live HLS streams as a screensaver on macOS. It supports both direct .m3u8 URLs and YouTube
links (via yt-dlp extraction with caching).
The interesting bits:
- Cross-screen synchronization: All displays show the same frame of the video by syncing to a shared timestamp,
making it feel like one continuous stream across monitors
- Handles the unreliable macOS screensaver lifecycle (stopAnimation doesn’t always get called when … ⌘ Read more
Inside the breach that broke the internet: The untold story of Log4Shell
Log4Shell proved that open source security isn’t guaranteed and isn’t just a code problem. It’s about supporting, enabling, and empowering the people behind the projects that build our digital infrastructure.
The post [Inside the breach that broke the internet: The untold story of Log4Shell](https://github.blog/open-source/inside-the-breach-that-broke-the-internet-the-untold-story-of-log4she … ⌘ Read more
Servo v0.0.1
Article URL: https://github.com/servo/servo
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45643357
Points: 500
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Accelerate developer productivity with these 9 open source AI and MCP projects
GitHub Copilot and VS Code teams, along with the Microsoft Open Source Program Office (OSPO), sponsored these nine open source MCP projects that provide new frameworks, tools, and assistants to unlock AI-native workflows, agentic tooling, and innovation.
The post [Accelerate developer productivity with these 9 open source AI and MCP projects](https://github.blog/open-source/acce … ⌘ Read more
How to navigate GitHub Universe (or any tech conference) if you’re an introvert
If alone time is your love language—don’t worry, it’s ours too—you can still attend, learn from, and enjoy big events like GitHub Universe. Here are some practical tips on how.
The post [How to navigate GitHub Universe (or any tech conference) if you’re an introvert](https://github.blog/news-insights/company-news/how-to-navigate-github-universe-or-any-tech-conferen … ⌘ Read more
Colored Highlighter - A terminal tool to highlight specific words in your command output with colors
I needed to take a look at some live logs and quickly analyze some old ones, but I couldn’t find anything effective to highlight terms, except for esoteric sed and awk commands.
So I built ch - Colored Highlighter - a simple terminal tool to highlight specific words in your command output with colors. Perfect for tailing logs, debugging, and making command output more readable.
Try it out, all feedback is welcome!
Liquibase continues to advertise itself as “open source” despite license switch
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Microsoft Adding AI Facial Recognition, “You can only turn off 3 times a year.”
Al Notepad, Al Paint, Al Excel, Al Word, Al GitHub… ⌘ Read more
Copilot: Faster, smarter, and built for how you work now
Discover how GitHub Copilot has evolved from a high-powered autocomplete tool to a powerful, multi-model agentic assistant.
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1.5x to 2.2x GB/s decoding throughput for delta, delta-of-delta and xor-with-previous codes
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How GitHub Copilot and AI agents are saving legacy systems
GitHub Copilot and AI agents are making legacy COBOL systems accessible to modern developers.
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nanochat: The best ChatGPT that $100 can buy
https://x.com/karpathy/status/1977755427569111362
[2022] JSONSki: Streaming Processing of JSONPath Queries with Fast Forwarding
Relevant Paper: https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3503222.3507719
I am sure this is impressive engineering, but I am not sure if this solves a meaningful problem. If you do need to access the data in this manner, maybe you shouldn’t have stored it as JSON in the first place?
GitHub Copilot CLI: How to get started
Discover how to use GitHub Copilot directly in the terminal. From cloning a repository to opening a pull request, here’s how to streamline your workflow with Copilot CLI.
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Push the Button: Using LuaJIT + FFI + CoreBluetooth with an async design to automate a trivial task
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zoo of array languages
Click on any language on the 3rd bullet point for a REPL and cheatsheet! For example: https://ktye.github.io/zoo/index.html#ngn
How to build reliable AI workflows with agentic primitives and context engineering
See how this three-part framework will turn AI into a repeatable and reliable engineering practice.
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