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When Building a Database Beats Using One

Mike Sullivanabout 1 month ago

AI. Mike Sullivanabout 1 month ago

When Building a Database Beats Using One

Clockwork Labs built SpacetimeDB from scratch for their MMO. The performance numbers suggest they made the right call—but the reasoning matters more.

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Tech Career Decisions: What to Know Before 2026

Marcus Chen-Ramirezabout 1 month ago

AI. Marcus Chen-Ramirezabout 1 month ago

Tech Career Decisions: What to Know Before 2026

Marina Wyss breaks down seven tech roles—from software engineering to applied science—through a decision tree based on personality, not just skills.

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Fresh Text Editor Challenges Terminal Editing Status Quo

Samira Okonkwo-Barnesabout 1 month ago

AI. Samira Okonkwo-Barnesabout 1 month ago

Fresh Text Editor Challenges Terminal Editing Status Quo

Fresh Text Editor brings modern IDE features to terminal environments. Policy implications for developer tools, accessibility, and open-source ecosystems.

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Claude's Loop Feature Isn't What the Hype Suggests

Bob Reynoldsabout 1 month ago

AI. Bob Reynoldsabout 1 month ago

Claude's Loop Feature Isn't What the Hype Suggests

Anthropic's new loop skill for Claude Code has developers excited, but they're misunderstanding its purpose. Here's what it actually does.

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Scientists Made a Virtual Fly Walk Using a Dead Fly's Brain

Zara Chenabout 1 month ago

AI. Zara Chenabout 1 month ago

Scientists Made a Virtual Fly Walk Using a Dead Fly's Brain

Eon Systems copied a fruit fly's brain into a computer and it just...walked. No training, no programming. What does this mean for AGI?

Apple M5 Max Crushes Local AI—Even Beats M3 Ultra

Tyler Nakamuraabout 1 month ago

AI. Tyler Nakamuraabout 1 month ago

Apple M5 Max Crushes Local AI—Even Beats M3 Ultra

The M5 Max's prompt processing destroys Apple's desktop M3 Ultra. Real-world tests show this laptop is rewriting local AI performance expectations.

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The M5 Pro Paradox: Apple's Middling Chip Nobody Needs

Dev Kapoorabout 1 month ago

AI. Dev Kapoorabout 1 month ago

The M5 Pro Paradox: Apple's Middling Chip Nobody Needs

Apple's M5 lineup presents a paradox: the base chip wins on value, the Max dominates performance, but the Pro exists in an awkward middle that's hard to justify.

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CSS Just Ate JavaScript's Lunch (And Nobody Noticed)

Mike Sullivanabout 1 month ago

AI. Mike Sullivanabout 1 month ago

CSS Just Ate JavaScript's Lunch (And Nobody Noticed)

Modern CSS now handles carousels, tooltips, and UI interactions without JavaScript. Chrome's CSS Wrapped 2025 shows how far the language has come.

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T3 Code Is Promising But Not Ready for Your Workflow Yet

Yuki Okonkwoabout 1 month ago

AI. Yuki Okonkwoabout 1 month ago

T3 Code Is Promising But Not Ready for Your Workflow Yet

Theo's new open-source T3 Code GUI for Codex shows potential, but buggy path handling and limited file visibility make it hard to recommend over alternatives.

Age Verification Laws Are Coming for Your Operating System

Bob Reynoldsabout 1 month ago

AI. Bob Reynoldsabout 1 month ago

Age Verification Laws Are Coming for Your Operating System

California and other states are passing laws requiring age verification at the OS level. Open-source developers are scrambling to respond.

GeekCom's Laptop Pricing Tests Apple's Premium Model

Samira Okonkwo-Barnesabout 1 month ago

AI. Samira Okonkwo-Barnesabout 1 month ago

GeekCom's Laptop Pricing Tests Apple's Premium Model

GeekCom undercuts Apple's MacBook Air by $1,500 with comparable specs. A mini PC maker's first laptop reveals market inefficiencies Apple has exploited.

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Tech Meetups: Why Showing Up Matters More Than Networking

Bob Reynoldsabout 1 month ago

AI. Bob Reynoldsabout 1 month ago

Tech Meetups: Why Showing Up Matters More Than Networking

Vienna-based developer argues tech meetups work best when you stop trying to extract value and start playing positional chess. His approach challenges conventional networking wisdom.

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Building a Nanosecond Clock Revealed a Hidden Time Bug

Marcus Chen-Ramirezabout 1 month ago

AI. Marcus Chen-Ramirezabout 1 month ago

Building a Nanosecond Clock Revealed a Hidden Time Bug

Jeff Geerling built a PTP clock showing time to the nanosecond, only to discover his network time server was drifting. A deep dive into precision timing.

Uptime Kuma v2: Breaking Changes You Need to Know

Mike Sullivanabout 1 month ago

AI. Mike Sullivanabout 1 month ago

Uptime Kuma v2: Breaking Changes You Need to Know

Uptime Kuma v2 brings MariaDB support and performance improvements, but deprecated tags and database migration challenges require careful planning.

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Building a 64-Core Threadripper for a Linux Legend

Tyler Nakamuraabout 1 month ago

AI. Tyler Nakamuraabout 1 month ago

Building a 64-Core Threadripper for a Linux Legend

Level1Techs built a custom 64-core Threadripper PC for Linux kernel maintainer Greg Kroah-Hartman. Here's why every component choice matters.

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Google's Imagen 3 Just Broke News Before the Reporters

Yuki Okonkwoabout 1 month ago

AI. Yuki Okonkwoabout 1 month ago

Google's Imagen 3 Just Broke News Before the Reporters

Google's Imagen 3 image generator pulled breaking news into an infographic before journalists knew it existed. We tested speed, accuracy, and guardrails.

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GitHub's Agentic Workflows Let You Automate Repos in English

Tyler Nakamuraabout 2 months ago

AI. Tyler Nakamuraabout 2 months ago

GitHub's Agentic Workflows Let You Automate Repos in English

GitHub's new Agentic Workflows turn plain English into repository automation. No YAML required—just describe what you want and AI handles the complexity.

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Apple's $599 MacBook Neo: A Decade-Late Victory Lap

Bob Reynoldsabout 2 months ago

AI. Bob Reynoldsabout 2 months ago

Apple's $599 MacBook Neo: A Decade-Late Victory Lap

Apple finally built the affordable MacBook it tried to make in 2015. The difference? This time the technology actually works as promised.

Hugging Face Just Made GPU Kernels Way Less Painful

Zara Chenabout 2 months ago

AI. Zara Chenabout 2 months ago

Hugging Face Just Made GPU Kernels Way Less Painful

Hugging Face's new Kernels ecosystem cuts FlashAttention install time from 2 hours to 2.5 seconds. Here's how they're democratizing GPU optimization.

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OpenClaw Dominates February's GitHub: What It Means

Marcus Chen-Ramirezabout 2 months ago

AI. Marcus Chen-Ramirezabout 2 months ago

OpenClaw Dominates February's GitHub: What It Means

February's GitHub trends reveal an AI agent ecosystem in rapid evolution, with OpenClaw spawning dozens of variants optimized for everything from $10 hardware to enterprise security.