noobs

tldr: python org related dev used his gh token for higher ratelimits in some test script, then removed it and pushed the container image, but the token got saved in the cached bytecode

Here's how developers of the most impressive platformer of our time created their own Game Engine and optimized the game for various platforms:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmzS9vz6h30 #GameEngines #GameDev

Hyrum's Law
An observation on Software Engineering

Put succinctly, the observation is this::
With a sufficient number of users of an API,
it does not matter what you promise in the contract:
all observable behaviors of your system
will be depended on by somebody.

God object
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_object

In object-oriented programming, a god object (sometimes also called an omniscient or all-knowing object) is an object that references a large number of distinct types, has too many unrelated or uncategorized methods, or some combination of both. The god object is an example of an anti-pattern and a code smell.

I Hope Rust Does Not Oxidize Everything
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New Gaussian Splatting viewer that allows code modification during runtime
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/EventSource

Event sources are like websockets but they are only open from one side (the server). You usually use them to implement like a small version of a webhook where u don't want a bidirectional communication all the time. This can really help with your server costs since it uses less resources.

#frontend #backend

Here's a cool repo for practicing AWS practitioner exams:

https://github.com/kananinirav/AWS-Certified-Cloud-Practitioner-Notes/blob/master/practice-exam/practice-exam-1.md

#AWS #Learning

Here are lecture notes as well
https://github.com/ankitmathur83/AWS-Certified-Cloud-Practitioner-Notes/tree/main/AWS-Certified-Cloud-Practitioner-Notes

#AWS #Learning

https://livekit.io
#opensource #AI #voice

Here's a cool loom alternative for screen and self recording you can use. It has a free tier as well and is open source
https://cap.so

#opensource #Alternatives #recording

https://github.com/CapSoftware/Cap
Languages: typescript, rust

From NodeJS

We're encouraging all users to temporarily downgrade to Node.js v22.4.1 due to a bug in v22.5.0.

Cybersecurity platform Crowdstrike down worldwide, users logged out of systems
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Today CrowdStrike pushed out a botched update.

It has resulted in outages in Banks, Airlines, Emergency hotlines, ???

It's 6am on a Friday and CrowdStrike cooked the internet

As we continue to do our daily news check up, we can confirm that CrowdStrike has performed a colossal oopsie and has done catastrophic damage.

We have never witnessed an oopsie of this magnitude

Leaked footage of CrowdStrike's legal department this morning

Google's shortened links will stop working next year

All goo.gl links will be unresponsive after August 25th, 2025.
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🔍 A Hex Editor for Reverse Engineers, Programmers and people who value their retinas when working at 3 AM.

https://github.com/WerWolv/ImHex