Teslaβs 4680 battery supply chain collapses as partner writes down deal by 99% https://electrek.co/2025/12/29/tesla-4680-battery-supply-chain-collapses-partner-writes-down-dea/
Electrek
Teslaβs 4680 battery supply chain collapses as partner writes down deal by 99%
A major link in Teslaβs 4680 battery supply chain has just snapped. South Korean battery material supplier L&F Co. announced...
The future of software development is software developers https://codemanship.wordpress.com/2025/11/25/the-future-of-software-development-is-software-developers/
Codemanship's Blog
The Future of Software Development is Software Developers
<ShamelessPlug> If youβre looking to get your development team AI-ready, my hands-on instructor-led training in the principles and practices that enable teams to rapidly, reliably and sβ¦
No strcpy either https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2025/12/29/no-strcpy-either/
daniel.haxx.se
no strcpy either
Some time ago I mentioned that we went through the curl source code and eventually got rid of all strncpy() calls. strncpy() is a weird function with a crappy API. It might not null terminate the destination and it pads the target buffer with zeroes. Quiteβ¦
Times New American: A Tale of Two Fonts https://hsu.cy/2025/12/times-new-american/
neverland
Times New American: A Tale of Two Fonts
A less romantic truth is that aesthetic standards rarely travel alone; power tends to follow in their wake. An episode at the U.S. State Department this month makes exactly this point.
The British empire's resilient subsea telegraph network https://subseacables.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-british-empires-resilient-subsea.html
Blogspot
The British Empire's Resilient Subsea Telegraph Network
subsea cables, internet infrastructure, telecom infrastructure, 2Africa, new subsea cable projects, layer 1 pricing on key international routes,
Five Years of Tinygrad https://geohot.github.io//blog/jekyll/update/2025/12/29/five-years-of-tinygrad.html
the singularity is nearer
Five years of tinygrad
The first commit to tinygrad was October 17, 2020. Itβs been almost three years since we raised money. The company is 6 people now. The codebase is 18,935 lines not including tests.
FediMeteo: A β¬4 FreeBSD VPS Became a Global Weather Service https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/02/26/fedimeteo-how-a-tiny-freebsd-vps-became-a-global-weather-service-for-thousands/
IT Notes
FediMeteo: How a Tiny β¬4 FreeBSD VPS Became a Global Weather Service for Thousands
How a simple idea turned into an international weather service on the Fediverse.
Show HN: 22 GB of Hacker News in SQLite https://hackerbook.dosaygo.com
A faster heart for F-Droid https://f-droid.org/2025/12/30/a-faster-heart-for-f-droid.html
f-droid.org
A faster heart for F-Droid. Our new server is here! | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository
Donations are a key part of what keeps F-Droid independent and reliable and our latest hardware update is a direct result of your support. Thanks to donation...
Show HN: Use Claude Code to Query 600 GB Indexes over Hacker News, ArXiv, etc. https://exopriors.com/scry
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design (2011) [pdf] https://www.ece.uvic.ca/~elec399/201409/Akin%27s%20Laws%20of%20Spacecraft%20Design.pdf
Iron Beam: Israel's first operational anti drone laser system https://mod.gov.il/en/press-releases/press-room/israel-mod-and-rafael-deliver-first-operational-high-power-laser-system-iron-beam-to-the-idf
Ministry of Defense
Israel MOD and Rafael Deliver First Operational High-Power Laser System - Iron Beam to the IDF | Homepage
Portal website of the Ministry of Defense
The compiler is your best friend https://blog.daniel-beskin.com/2025-12-22-the-compiler-is-your-best-friend-stop-lying-to-it
Daniel-Beskin
The Compiler Is Your Best Friend, Stop Lying to It - Daniel Beskin's Blog
The compiler is a powerful tool, yet many developers have a painful relationship with it. Can we do better?
Bluetooth Headphone Jacking: A Key to Your Phone [video] https://media.ccc.de/v/39c3-bluetooth-headphone-jacking-a-key-to-your-phone
media.ccc.de
Bluetooth Headphone Jacking: A Key to Your Phone
Bluetooth headphones and earbuds are everywhere, and we were wondering what attackers could abuse them for. Sure, they can probably do th...
Show HN: OpenWorkers β Self-hosted Cloudflare workers in Rust https://openworkers.com/introducing-openworkers