US appeals court declares 158-year-old home distilling ban unconstitutional https://nypost.com/2026/04/11/us-news/us-appeals-court-declares-158-year-old-home-distilling-ban-unconstitutional/
New York Post
US appeals court declares 158-year-old home distilling ban unconstitutional
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans on Friday declared unconstitutional a nearly 158-year-old federal ban on home distilling.
DaVinci Resolve – Photo https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/photo
Blackmagicdesign
DaVinci Resolve – Photo | Blackmagic Design
Professional video editing, color correction, visual effects and audio post production all in a single application. Free and paid versions for Mac, Windows and Linux.
Backblaze has stopped backing up OneDrive and Dropbox folders and maybe others https://rareese.com/posts/backblaze/
jj – the CLI for Jujutsu https://steveklabnik.github.io/jujutsu-tutorial/introduction/what-is-jj-and-why-should-i-care.html
Rare concert recordings are landing on the Internet Archive https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/13/thousands-of-rare-concert-recordings-are-landing-on-the-internet-archive-listen-now/
TechCrunch
Thousands of rare concert recordings are landing on the Internet Archive -- listen now | TechCrunch
Chicago-based music superfan Aadam Jacobs has been recording the concerts he goes to since the 1980s, amassing an archive of over 10,000 tapes.
5NF and Database Design https://kb.databasedesignbook.com/posts/5nf/
Database Design Book
5NF and Database Design
Author: Alexey Makhotkin squadette@gmail.com, (~3900 words)
One of the goals of this publication is to deconstruct the traditional ways of teaching basic topics in relational databases. Previously we discussed the fourth normal form (4NF): “Historically,…
One of the goals of this publication is to deconstruct the traditional ways of teaching basic topics in relational databases. Previously we discussed the fourth normal form (4NF): “Historically,…
I wrote to Flock's privacy contact to opt out of their domestic spying program https://honeypot.net/2026/04/14/i-wrote-to-flocks-privacy.html
Honeypot.net
Getting the Flock out
I wrote to Flock’s privacy contact to opt out of their …
Show HN: LangAlpha – what if Claude Code was built for Wall Street? https://github.com/ginlix-ai/langalpha
GitHub
GitHub - ginlix-ai/LangAlpha: Claude Code for Finance
Claude Code for Finance. Contribute to ginlix-ai/LangAlpha development by creating an account on GitHub.
Turn your best AI prompts into one-click tools in Chrome https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/chrome/skills-in-chrome/
Google
Turn your best AI prompts into one-click tools in Chrome
Skills in Chrome let you discover, save and remix AI workflows — and repeat them instantly.
The dangers of California's legislation to censor 3D printing https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/dangers-californias-legislation-censor-3d-printing
Electronic Frontier Foundation
The Dangers of California’s Legislation to Censor 3D Printing
California’s bill, AB 2047, will not only mandate censorware on all 3D printers; it will also criminalize the use of open-source alternatives. Repeating the mistakes of DRM won’t make anyone safer,
Guide.world: A compendium of travel guides https://guide.world/
guide.world
Guide.world travel writing
H.R.8250 – To require operating system providers to verify the age of any user https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8250/all-info
Show HN: Plain – The full-stack Python framework designed for humans and agents https://github.com/dropseed/plain
GitHub
GitHub - dropseed/plain: A web framework for building products with Python.
A web framework for building products with Python. - dropseed/plain
Trusted access for the next era of cyber defense https://openai.com/index/scaling-trusted-access-for-cyber-defense/
Openai
Trusted access for the next era of cyber defense
OpenAI expands its Trusted Access for Cyber program, introducing GPT-5.4-Cyber to vetted defenders and strengthening safeguards as AI cybersecurity capabilities advance.