I charged $18k for a Static HTML Page (2019) https://idiallo.com/blog/18000-dollars-static-web-page
Ibrahim Diallo Blog
I charged $18,000 for a Static HTML Page
Not too long ago, I made a living working as a contractor where I would hop from project to project. Some were short term where I would work for a week and quickly deliver my service. Others lasted a
Linear Address Spaces: Unsafe at any speed (2022) https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=3534854
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Why does a least squares fit appear to have a bias when applied to simple data? https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/674129/why-does-a-linear-least-squares-fit-appear-to-have-a-bias-when-applied-to-simple
Cross Validated
Why does a linear least squares fit appear to have a bias when applied to simple test data?
I used python to generate a correlated data set for testing, and then plotted a basic linear least-squares fit. The result looked a bit strange to me, because the line doesn't really seem to pass &...
Ripple, a puzzle game about 2nd and 3rd order effects https://ripplegame.app/
Ripple
Ripple - Daily Cause & Effect Puzzle
Trace the domino effect of historical events. New puzzle every day!
Eurostar AI vulnerability: When a chatbot goes off the rails https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/eurostar-ai-vulnerability-when-a-chatbot-goes-off-the-rails/
Pen Test Partners
Eurostar AI vulnerability: when a chatbot goes off the rails | Pen Test Partners
TL;DR Introduction I first encountered the chatbot as a normal Eurostar customer while planning a trip. When it opened, it clearly told me that “the answers in this chatbot are generated by AI”, which is good disclosure but immediately raised my curiosity…
During Helene, I just wanted a plain text website https://sparkbox.com/foundry/helene_and_mobile_web_performance
Sparkbox
During Helene, I Just Wanted a Plain Text Website
We recently passed the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Helene and its devastating impact on Western North Carolina. As a web developer, I am thinking again about my experience with the mobile web on the day after the storm.
Baffling purple honey found only in North Carolina https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20250417-the-baffling-purple-honey-found-only-in-north-carolina
Bbc
The baffling purple honey found only in North Carolina
In a quiet corner of North Carolina, bees produce a violet-hued honey so rare and unpredictable that even experts can't explain it – and that's what makes it magical.
A spider web unlike any seen before https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/science/biggest-spiderweb-sulfur-cave.html
Nytimes
Stinking, Spongy, Dark, Huge: A Spider Web Unlike Any Seen Before
A pitch-black cave in the Balkans is home to what researchers say is a singular work of cooperation by two usually-hostile species of spider.
Databases in 2025: A Year in Review https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~pavlo/blog/2026/01/2025-databases-retrospective.html
Andy Pavlo - Carnegie Mellon University
Databases in 2025: A Year in Review
The world tried to kill Andy off but he had to stay alive to to talk about what happened with databases in 2025.
Decorative Cryptography https://www.dlp.rip/decorative-cryptography
Chris Fenner’s Personal Blog
Decorative Cryptography
All encryption is end-to-end, if you’re not picky about the ends. config TCG_TPM2_HMAC bool "Use HMAC and encrypted transactions on the TPM bus" default n select CRYPTO_ECDH select CRYPTO_LIB_AESCFB select CRYPTO_LIB_SHA256 select CRYPTO_LIB_UTILS help Setting…
Show HN: DoNotNotify – Log and intelligently block notifications on Android https://donotnotify.com/
Donotnotify
DoNotNotify — Regain Your Focus
DoNotNotify is an advanced notification manager for Android. Block unwanted distractions with powerful filters while keeping your data 100% private.
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Show HN: Tailsnitch – A security auditor for Tailscale https://github.com/Adversis/tailsnitch
GitHub
GitHub - Adversis/tailsnitch: A security auditor for Tailscale configurations. Scans your tailnet for misconfigurations, overly…
A security auditor for Tailscale configurations. Scans your tailnet for misconfigurations, overly permissive access controls, and security best practice violations. - Adversis/tailsnitch
Pipe Dreams – The life and times of Yahoo Pipes (2023) https://retool.com/pipes
Retool
Pipe Dreams: The life and times of Yahoo Pipes
In 2007, a small team at Yahoo! briefly changed how we program the internet. This is their story.
Sega co-founder David Rosen has died https://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/jan/05/sega-co-founder-david-rosen-dies
the Guardian
Sega co-founder David Rosen dies aged 95
Rosen, who led Sega from the 1960s into the 90s and who died on Christmas Day, was a hugely important figure in the history of arcade and home gaming
Try to take my position: The best promotion advice I ever got https://andrew.grahamyooll.com/blog/Try-to-Take-My-Position/