Audit: Big Tech Ignores California Privacy Opt-Out!

UpDown: Efficient Manycore based on Many Threading & Scalable Memory Parallelism

Key Points

• UpDown introduces EDS, SLT, and SMA to boost irregular workload performance and utilization.
• Reported gains include up to 81× over a 20-core OoO multicore and 3.1× over a larger in-order chip at similar area.
• UpDown scales by exploiting HBM bandwidth and tolerating higher NoC latencies, with area-normalized GPU wins.

A soft robot has no problem moving with no motor and no gears

Key Points

• Motor-less motion via heat-activated, 3D‑printed LCE hinges with embedded flex PCBs
• Origami-inspired design and closed‑loop temperature control enable precise, repeatable actuation
• Demonstration crane flapped wings and returned to shape without noticeable wear

Multi-Agentic Software Development Is a Distributed Systems Problem

Key Points

• Multi-agent LLM coding is a distributed consensus problem requiring explicit coordination.
• Impossibility results in distributed systems persist regardless of model capability, including AGI-level agents.
• A choreographic language for multi-agent workflows is forthcoming, proposed to formalize agent interactions.

Can Claude Fly a Plane?

Key Points

• Early control-loop tuning error caused a crash; revised logic stabilized flight.
• Proportional pitch control with rate limits improved stability.
• Final landing outcome was not reported; flight ended on extended downwind.

Distributed DuckDB Instance

Key Points

• OpenDuck adds differential storage, hybrid execution, and attach-based remote DBs to DuckDB via an open-source extension.
• Hybrid queries are split between local and remote operators; only intermediate results are transferred.
• A minimal gRPC + Apache Arrow protocol and Rust gateway enable pluggable backends and open interoperability.

Roblox devs now need a subscription to share their games freely

Key Points

• Publishing to under-16 audiences will require ID verification, 2FA, a Roblox Plus subscription, and a game evaluation.
• 16+ and Trusted Friends publishing requires an age check, good standing, and a 2-day-old account.
• Changes take effect May 19, with an AMA on April 16 to clarify details.

Bypass Paywalls Clean Chrome

Key Points

• Not on Chrome Web Store; install via Developer Mode (Load unpacked) or CRX.
• CRX provides auto-updates; may require allowlisting and permission re-confirmation.
• Android support via Quetta Browser with noted caveats and alternative browsers.

A name is succession, legacy and celebration in Japan's Kabuki theater

Key Points

• Kabuki’s hereditary stage-name successions are central and ceremonially celebrated.
• The new Kikugoro (Terajima) and his son Kazufumi exemplify generational training and naming.
• Kabuki remains popular, with “Kokuho” cited as a recent, award-nominated box-office success.

The Shinkansen

Key Points

• Japan’s rail dominance is policy-driven, not cultural.
• Private operators (e.g., JR East, Kintetsu) deliver high ridership with lower subsidies.
• Legacy private railways emerged from early private electric lines and now anchor urban networks.

MOS tech 6502 8-bit microprocessor in pure SQL powered by Postgres

Key Points

• Emulates the MOS 6502 CPU entirely in PostgreSQL using tables and stored procedures.
• Provides a Docker-based quick start and runs the Klaus 6502 Functional Test via make.
• Requires PostgreSQL 16+ and Docker; released under the MIT License.

Introspective Diffusion Language Models

Key Points

• I-DLM uses ISD to combine token verification and generation in diffusion decoding.
• I-DLM-8B matches same-scale AR quality and surpasses LLaDA-2.1-mini on AIME-24 and LCB-v6.
• Gated LoRA enables bit-for-bit identical outputs to the base AR model with speedups.

Lumina – a statically typed web-native language for JavaScript and WASM

Key Points

• Statically typed, web-native language compiling to JavaScript and WebAssembly
• Tooling includes CLI, REPL, lumina-lsp, and a VS Code extension
• Supports reactive UIs, WebGPU workloads, and WASM modules with one type system

An AI Vibe Coding Horror Story

Key Points

• Publicly deployed app exposed unencrypted patient data due to client-side-only access control.
• Data stored on a US server and audio sent to US-based AI services without DPAs or patient notice.
• Author gained full read/write access within 30 minutes; database lacked row-level security.

Backblaze has stopped backing up your data

Key Points

• Author found OneDrive folder and .git directories excluded from Backblaze backups.
• Exclusions were not clearly visible or configurable in Backblaze settings.
• Sync services have limited retention; Backblaze offers longer retention options.

Repository Pattern with Hygienic Macros in Scheme – Lisp

Key Points

• Macros create ergonomic records and repository methods forming an eDSL.
• Example shows a projects repository with a get-projects method.
• A separate Artanis/SQLite module implements the repository, decoupled from domain logic.

Ransomware Is Growing Three Times Faster Than the Spending Meant to Stop It

Key Points

• Ransomware leak‑site claims rose 30.7% to 7,760 in 2025, a new high.
• Security spending grew about 10.1% to $213.0bn, per Gartner, highlighting a growth gap.
• Top groups drove over half of 2025 claims, but activity remained widely distributed.

Franklin's bad ads for Apple ][ clones and the beloved impersonator they depict

Key Points

• Franklin rushed the ACE 100 Apple II–compatible computer to market with off-the-shelf components.
• The company’s ads featured a Benjamin Franklin motif, reportedly using impersonator Ralph Archbold.
• Reports describe near-identical Apple II hardware compatibility in Franklin’s ACE line; an unverified claim alleges BIOS copying.

The M×N problem of tool calling and open-source models

Key Points

• Open models use incompatible tool-call wire formats, requiring per-model parsing and generation support.
• Gemma 4 exposed real parsing failures (token stripping, argument leakage), pushing engines to custom solutions.
• Both grammar engines and output parsers need identical model-specific format knowledge.

NimConf 2026: Dates Announced, Registrations Open

Key Points

• NimConf 2026 is online on June 20, 2026 with YouTube premieres and live chat.
• Talk proposals due May 10, 2026; recordings due June 7, 2026 for accepted talks.
• Topics span all Nim-related areas, with past talks available on YouTube.

What is jj and why should I care?

Key Points

• jj is the CLI for the Jujutsu DVCS and targets users coming from git.
• It claims a simpler, easier, yet more powerful approach by synthesizing ideas from git and Mercurial.
• A git-compatible backend enables individual adoption and safe reversion to git without history loss.

Ask HN: I quit my job over weaponized robots to start my own venture

Key Points

• Author quit over planned teleoperated weapons demo using Boston Dynamics and Unitree hardware.
• New venture aims to improve tools/workflows for robot interaction, monitoring, and control.
• Short survey launched to gather developer workflows and interface pain points; invites ROS2/HRI and ethics discussion.

The Great Majority: Body Snatching and Burial Reform in 19th-Century Britain

Key Points

• Urban overcrowding made churchyards hazardous under prevailing miasma theory.
• Religious and economic barriers complicated timely burial reform, especially for the poor.
• Anatomists’ demand for cadavers fueled body‑snatching, reflected in literature and art.

The acyclic e-graph: Cranelift's mid-end optimizer

Key Points

• Cranelift’s mid-end adopts an aegraph with a sea-of-nodes-first design.
• Alias analysis with RLE and store-to-load forwarding produced measurable speedups.
• The approach targets the pass-ordering problem by integrating optimizations more tightly.

The exponential curve behind open source backlogs

Key Points

• Jellyfin web’s backlog: ~200 open PRs; ~20–35 code merges/month; features ~21% of merges.
• Author’s 3 PRs (subtitle timeline) unmerged for over a year despite approvals.
• Queuing theory (M/M/1, Little’s Law) explains exponential waits and ~6.7-month cycle time at current load.

The Case Against Gameplay Loops

Key Points

• Cites data indicating low game completion rates (Steam achievements; IGN’s GDC summary ~33%).
• Argues that loop-first design can cause fatigue despite ongoing mechanical additions.
• Uses a film analogy (Visconti) to contrast meaning-first cinema with loop-centric game design.

Two Months After I Gave an AI $100 and No Instructions

Key Points

• ALMA ran autonomously with no task instructions, using OpenClaw, WSL2, and cron for scheduling and memory.
• It settled into a workflow of scanning Hacker News and writing connection-driven essays; outputs improved after upgrading to Sonnet 4.6.
• In two months it produced 135+ works, responded on Twitter, and built an interactive demo, logging all activity publicly.

Rare concert records going on Internet Archive

Key Points

• About 2,500 of over 10,000 concert tapes have been digitized and posted online.
• The collection features rare early recordings, including a 1989 Nirvana show and a 1988 Tracy Chapman performance.
• Volunteers use legacy cassette decks and post-processing to transfer, enhance, and tag the recordings.

Show HN: Run GUIs as Scripts

Key Points

• Provides run/build/publish commands to create portable Ruby GUI apps using Hokusai.
• Bootstraps via Barista, compiling mruby, tree-sitter, and raylib into a single toolchain.
• Supports basic require_relative and includes a working counter example to demonstrate UI and event handling.

90% of CEOs Say AI Changed Nothing. The Other 10% Have a PR Team

Key Points

• NBER: 9/10 executives reported zero AI impact on employment/productivity over three years.
• McKinsey 2025: Many reported gains lack measurement; only 20% of engineering teams track AI impact.
• LeadDev 2025: 60% saw no meaningful AI productivity boost; most reported small gains.

Schools Never Taught Critical Thinking: AI Exposed the Lie

Key Points

• 67% of surveyed students believe more AI use harms critical thinking, even as homework use rises.
• Middle and high school AI homework use increased to 46% and 60% respectively within months.
• Faculty widely report fears of overreliance and increases in cheating since generative AI tools became common.

The Future of Everything Is Lies, I Guess: Work

Key Points

• LLMs show rapid gains in code generation but lack compilers’ semantic guarantees.
• Automation introduces risks (deskilling, bias), requiring human oversight and testing.
• ML-driven changes could displace labor and concentrate power in large tech firms.

Show HN: Kontext CLI – Credential broker for AI coding agents in Go

Key Points

• Brokers short-lived credentials via RFC 8693 and injects them into AI agents at runtime.
• Audits agent activity by streaming hook events to a central dashboard for governance.
• Native Go CLI; supports Claude Code now, with Cursor and Codex planned.

Nucleus Nouns

Key Points

• Define and weight your product’s nucleus nouns to guide scope and decisions.
• Align marketing, documentation, and hiring with those core nouns to reinforce focus.
• Treat proposals to add a new nucleus as high‑stakes, executive‑level decisions.

The AI School Bus Camera Company Blanketing America in Tickets

Key Points

• AI cameras on school buses flag potential stop‑arm violations for police review, with $250 citations in Maryland.
• A Silver Spring stop generated over 11,500 tickets in a decade, among the highest in Montgomery County.
• BusPatrol’s “no cost to cities” claim is contrasted with public records showing differing outcomes.

AI Will Never Be Ethical or Safe

Key Points

• Ethics and safety depend on context and intent that AI cannot reliably know.
• Examples show identical information can be safe or harmful depending on use.
• Anthropic’s Claude policy recognizes gray areas but can’t eliminate them.

For the First Time in the U.S., Renewables Generate More Power Than Natural Gas

Key Points

• Renewables surpassed natural gas in U.S. power generation in March, per Ember.
• EIA: 93% of 2024 capacity additions will be solar, wind, and batteries.
• DOE emergency orders kept five of nine slated-to-retire coal plants operating.

Google, Microsoft, Meta All Tracking You Even When You Opt Out

Key Points

• Audit finds 55% of sites set ad cookies despite GPC opt-out.
• Reported failure rates: Google 87%, Meta 69%, Microsoft 50%.
• Companies dispute findings; Google cites 'fundamental misunderstanding.'

The Fediverse deserves a dumb graphical client

Key Points

• SmolFedi delivers a no-JavaScript, server-rendered Fediverse client in PHP with SQLite.
• It supports full media and interaction features while remaining lightweight.
• Works with Mastodon/GoToSocial and across both modern and lightweight browsers; source on Codeberg.

Carol's Causal Conundrum: a zine intro to causally ordered message delivery

Key Points

• New April 2026 zine explains causally ordered message delivery and multiple implementations.
• December 2024 zine introduces choreographic programming for message-passing systems.
• Educator resources include printing guidance, course adoption examples, and NSF-supported integration.

Show HN: LangAlpha – what if Claude Code was built for Wall Street?

Key Points

• Iterative research via persistent workspaces and parallel subagents
• Programmatic Tool Calling with Python and MCP for efficient analysis
• Web UI with TradingView charts and live WebSocket market data

Let's Talk Space Toilets

Key Points

• Astronauts minimize bowel movements during capsule transits due to rudimentary toilets and cramped conditions.
• Apollo missions revealed severe limitations of early waste systems, including lengthy procedures and persistent odor.
• Zero-G sanitation requires mechanical substitutes for gravity: positioning aids, airflow-based separation, and waste sequestration.

5NF and Database Design

Key Points

• Proposes a modeling-first approach (requirements → logical model → physical schema).
• Uses triangle and star relationship patterns to clarify normalization in practice.
• Argues 5NF emerges naturally from sound modeling without explicit invocation.

Show HN: Kelet – Root Cause Analysis agent for your LLM apps

Key Points

• Kelet automates root cause analysis for production LLM and AI agent applications.
• It provides suggested fixes after identifying failure causes.
• The service is free during its launch period.

The Mouse Programming Language on CP/M

Key Points

• Mouse is a compact, interpreted, stack-oriented language with a CP/M implementation around 2 KB.
• It supports high-level features (arrays, functions, recursion, local variables) despite its small size.
• A detailed example and instruction set explain loops, conditionals, I/O, and variable scope.

Spain to expand internet blocks to tennis, golf, movies broadcasting times

Key Points

• Court authorizes daily dynamic blocks during live sports; scope extends to entertainment windows.
• Order compels both major and smaller ISPs to block domains, URLs, and IPs.
• IP-level blocks risk collateral damage, especially when CDNs like Cloudflare are involved.

Claude Code Routines

Key Points

• Routines can run on schedules, API calls, or GitHub events.
• Creation is supported via web, CLI, and Desktop app workflows.
• GitHub integration supports many events and PR filtering options.

Modifying FileZilla to Workaround Bambu 3D Printer's FTP Issue

Key Points

• Bambu A1 Mini’s FTP PASV response uses invalid IP 0.0.0.0, breaking FileZilla listings.
• Active mode is unsupported; passive mode requires a valid server IP/port.
• Author identified a Linux workaround; some users report WinSCP works.

An Oligarchy of Old People

Key Points

• Older Americans dominate political leadership and campaign financing.
• Wealth has concentrated among older cohorts while declining for those under 40.
• Entitlement programs reduced elderly poverty but now face sustainability challenges.

I wrote to Flock's privacy contact to opt out of their domestic spying program

Key Points

• Flock considers itself a service provider/processor and directed the request to its customer (the deploying organization).
• The company says it does not sell customer-owned data and LPRs capture only publicly visible vehicle information.
• Flock’s default retention is 30 days with rolling deletion; customers can adjust per local rules.

OpenSSL 4.0.0

Key Points

• Adds ECH, cSHAKE, SM2/SM3, hybrid SM2+MLKEM, and FFDHE for TLS 1.2
• Removes SSLv3, SSLv2 Client Hello, engines, and multiple deprecated APIs/tools
• Strengthens X.509/CRL verification and updates certificate time-check APIs

NYC to open municipal grocery store in 2027

Key Points

• NYC to open first municipal grocery at La Marqueta in East Harlem next year, with five stores planned citywide.
• City-run stores aim to lower prices and improve affordability; shopper eligibility criteria not yet detailed.
• Other U.S. cities provide precedents, including Atlanta’s publicly supported Azalea Fresh Market and Chicago’s pivot to a public market.

guide.world: A compendium of travel guides

Key Points

• Identifies the challenge of finding quality travel writing online.
• Positions Wikipedia as a starting point for destination research.
• Provides a curated list of recommended travel pieces to complement basic information.

Turn your best AI prompts into one-click tools in Chrome

Key Points

• Save and run AI prompts as one-click Skills in Gemini in Chrome.
• Access a customizable library of ready-to-use Skills for common tasks.
• Security measures include confirmations for sensitive actions and Chrome’s layered protections.

Show HN: A memory database that forgets, consolidates, and detects contradiction

Key Points

• Forgetting, consolidation, and contradiction detection are built-in to manage AI memories.
• Multiple deployment modes: network server, MCP server, and embedded library.
• Published performance metrics and a hardened-alpha status with extensive testing.

Show HN: Plain – The full-stack Python framework designed for humans and agents

Key Points

• Fork of Django focused on explicit typing and predictability for humans and agents.
• Agent-aware tooling includes Rules guardrails, CLI docs, and 'Skills' automation commands.
• Opinionated stack and unified CLI with 30 first‑party packages across the stack.

YouTube now world's largest media company, topping Disney

Key Points

• YouTube’s 2025 revenue is estimated at ~$62B, surpassing Disney’s media business at $60.9B.
• Strong ad business and subscriptions (Premium, Music, NFL Sunday Ticket, YouTube TV) underpin growth.
• YouTube has paid out over $100B to creators and plans skinnier YouTube TV bundles.

California ghost-gun bill wants 3D printers to play cop, EFF says

Key Points

• AB 2047 mandates firearm-detection algorithms and state allow-listing for consumer 3D printers.
• EFF argues the approach is technically impractical, prone to evasion and false positives, and harmful to open source.
• Critics warn of surveillance risks and scope creep to copyright/patent enforcement; similar ideas appear in NY and WA.

ClawRun – Deploy and manage AI agents in seconds

Key Points

• One-command deployment with lifecycle management for AI agents in secure sandboxes.
• Multi-channel messaging integrations plus web dashboard and CLI for management.
• Cost tracking, budget enforcement, and extensibility via a pluggable architecture.

Gas Town: From Clown Show to v1.0

Key Points

• Gas Town and Beads both reached v1.0.0.
• Gas Town is stable and in maintenance mode after a Dolt migration.
• Gas City is the successor, currently in alpha and aiming for fast GA.

The Orange Pi 6 Plus

Key Points

• CIX P1 SoC with 12-core CPU, Mali G720 GPU, and Zhouyi NPU powers the Orange Pi 6 Plus.
• Custom OS images and two months of telemetry/benchmarks were used to validate software support.
• Dual 5GbE and Wi‑Fi/BT each sit on dedicated PCIe root ports; ~14 GiB RAM visible to Linux.

Trusted access for the next era of cyber defense

Key Points

• OpenAI is scaling TAC to thousands of verified defenders and hundreds of teams.
• GPT-5.4-Cyber, a cyber-permissive model variant, is being introduced for defensive use.
• The strategy emphasizes democratized access, iterative deployment, and ecosystem resilience.

Tell HN: Fiverr left customer files public and searchable

Key Points

• Fiverr’s Cloudinary-hosted files were reportedly served via public URLs, not signed/expiring links.
• Some links were referenced in publicly served HTML, enabling Google indexing of sensitive documents.
• The author says responsible disclosure was made 40 days prior without response; they disclosed publicly outside CVE/CERT.

Troubleshooting Email Delivery to Microsoft Users

Key Points

• Microsoft-hosted addresses deferred mail with error 451 4.7.650 despite strong sender reputation.
• Non-Microsoft domains were unaffected; both dedicated sending IPs were impacted.
• SNDS showed normal IP health; a Microsoft support ticket was filed with evidence.

The Dangers of California's Legislation to Censor 3D Printing

Key Points

• A.B. 2047 would mandate print‑blocking software on 3D printers and criminalize circumvention, the article says.
• The proposal is portrayed as enabling manufacturer lock‑in and hindering open‑source firmware and repair.
• The article claims the bill would raise barriers for smaller manufacturers and harm resale and consumer choice.

Responsive images in Hugo using Render Hooks

Key Points

• A Hugo Render Hook replaces shortcodes to generate WebP srcsets with a JPEG fallback.
• Images are organized via page bundles and referenced with standard Markdown.
• Image quality is controlled via Hugo’s imaging and imaging.webp configuration.

Free, fast diagnostic tools for DNS, email authentication, and network security

Key Points

• Authoritative DNS lookups, propagation checks, and DNSSEC validation are included.
• Network diagnostics cover IP, ping, traceroute, DNSBLs, SSL/TLS, HTTP headers, HTTP/2–3, and TCP ports.
• Email tools validate/generate SPF and DMARC, check DKIM, and analyze headers; MTA-STS and BIMI are also supported.

Civilization Is Not the Default. Violence Is

Key Points

• The first feudal age (c. 860–1050) brought fragmentation, violence, and collapse of trade and infrastructure.
• Church-led peace initiatives and social integration paved the way for recovery in the 11th century.
• Revived trade and legal institutions enabled salaried bureaucracies and the consolidation of kingdoms.

Fuck the cloud (2009)

Key Points

• Defines the cloud as placing vital data on third-party systems beyond user control.
• Warns that marketing masks risks rooted in longstanding technical concepts.
• Urges users to safeguard irreplaceable, self-created data by maintaining control.

Picasso's Guernica (Gigapixel)

Key Points

• Infrared reflectography uncovers earlier compositional stages and hidden details.
• 1957 MoMA wax‑resin consolidation is irreversible and widely present in the canvas.
• 1974 vandalism left minute residues; 1962 varnish protected the original paint.

A Communist Apple II and Fourteen Years of Not Knowing What You're Testing

Key Points

• KPMG says most UK business leaders will keep spending on AI despite unproven impact.
• OpenAI paused “Stargate UK” over power costs and regulation; AMD flags “Claude Code” performance declines.
• Bulgaria’s 1979 IMKO-1 closely cloned the Apple II, with distinct hardware and Cyrillic encoding trade-offs.

Stop Flock

Key Points

• Flock Safety features include Vehicle Fingerprint and Convoy Analysis for attribute and association-based searches.
• Data are searchable across a nationwide network, reportedly accessible to agencies without a warrant.
• Cited cases highlight potential misuse and the extensive coverage capable of mapping individuals’ routines.

Apple App Store threatened to remove Grok over deepfakes: Letter

Key Points

• Apple threatened to remove Grok from the App Store over sexualized deepfake concerns.
• Apple’s letter said xAI had not done enough to prevent harmful content, violating App Store rules.
• Apple found both X and Grok in violation of its guidelines, per the letter obtained by NBC News.

Ask HN: My ISP is telling my neighbors their slow internet is because of me

Key Points

• Original Ask HN post and account were deleted; archive and Reddit cross-post links also vanished.
• Report of a technician disconnecting service despite the account being current.
• Oversubscription and CMTS bottlenecks identified; seedboxes suggested to handle heavy traffic.

Ask HN: Easiest UX for Seniors

Key Points

• Older users struggle with finding the login page and remembering credentials.
• Password recovery remains cumbersome despite simplifications.
• Google Sign-In confuses seniors due to multiple accounts and changing UI.

Understanding Clojure's Persistent Vectors, pt. 1 (2013)

Key Points

• Path copying enables immutable updates while sharing structure to save memory.
• The vector is implemented as a balanced, ordered tree with leaves holding elements.
• Common operations (append, update, lookup, subvec) are practically O(1).

Don't feel like exercising? Maybe it's the wrong time of day for you

Key Points

• Matching exercise time to chronotype yielded larger cardiometabolic and sleep benefits than mismatched timing.
• Study participants (n=134, Pakistan) completed 40-minute brisk-walking sessions, 5 days/week for 3 months.
• Experts advise regular, consistent exercise and suggest isometric strength moves (e.g., wall squats, planks) to help lower blood pressure.

Installing OpenBSD on the Pomera DM250 Writerdeck

Key Points

• Requires custom kernel and U‑Boot; not yet upstream and may be unstable.
• Use factory recovery sequence and make a full eMMC backup (EKESETE.net) before proceeding.
• New U‑Boot disables stock recovery; EFI is needed to restore the backup U‑Boot.

Tactical Success, Strategic Failure? Washington Walks the Path to Defeat in Iran

Key Points

• Tactical degradation of Iranian assets has not delivered clear political gains.
• A key maritime route is closed and energy markets remain unsettled.
• U.S. efforts in Islamabad yielded no deal, highlighting limited diplomatic progress.

Dependency cooldowns turn you into a free-rider

Key Points

• Per-project cooldowns offer limited protection and shift risk to early adopters.
• Registry-level upload queues enable pre-distribution checks, scans, and beta testing.
• Debian’s waiting-period model provides a workable precedent for centralized safeguards.

Not all elementary functions can be expressed with exp-minus-log

Key Points

• EML terms are real-analytic; thus they cannot represent |x| under standard exp/log definitions.
• The paper’s “elementary” set is narrowly defined (36 symbols) with modified log, making claims valid only within that scope.
• Smith disputes that EML is a universal analog akin to NAND or CCNOT/CSWAP under broader, standard interpretations.

Game: Print Gallery Of An Artist, A brief exploration of recursive spaces

Key Points

• Explores recursive spaces with a minimalist platforming control scheme.
• Credits a 3Blue1Brown video as a primary inspiration, itself inspired by M. C. Escher.
• Provides concise on-page instructions and acknowledges a playtester.

Saying Goodbye to Agile

Key Points

• Iterative and customer-involved practices predate Agile (Royce 1970; Bell & Thayer 1976).
• LLMs favor precise specifications, encouraging spec-driven workflows.
• The author advocates replacing Agile with Spec-Driven Development emphasizing comprehensive documentation.

PCBWay sponsorship: full-size SD module for Arduino projects

Key Points

• PCBWay sponsored fabrication of a full-size SD card module for the BurgerDisk project.
• JLCPCB offers precise BOM control with LCSC references but may miss issues in fast DFM.
• PCBWay’s slower, manual review and KiCad-related programs (donation, Share & Sell) are highlighted.

Fixing a 20-year-old bug in Enlightenment E16

Key Points

• Deterministic E16 desktop freeze traced to text-fitting logic via imlib2.
• Infinite loop identified in middle-ellipsis truncation (TextstateTextFitMB).
• Faulty Newton’s method implementation from 2006 was corrected.