Using Claude Code: The unreasonable effectiveness of HTML https://twitter.com/trq212/status/2052809885763747935
X (formerly Twitter)
Thariq (@trq212) on X
Using Claude Code: The Unreasonable Effectiveness of HTML
EU Parliamentary Research Service calls VPNs "a loophole that needs closing" https://cyberinsider.com/eu-calls-vpns-a-loophole-that-needs-closing-in-age-verification-push/
CyberInsider
EU calls VPNs “a loophole that needs closing” in age verification push
The European Parliamentary Research Service has warned that VPNs are increasingly being used to bypass online age-verification systems.
Internet Archive Switzerland https://blog.archive.org/2026/05/06/internet-archive-switzerland-expanding-a-global-mission-to-preserve-knowledge/
LLMs corrupt your documents when you delegate https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.15597
arXiv.org
LLMs Corrupt Your Documents When You Delegate
Large Language Models (LLMs) are poised to disrupt knowledge work, with the emergence of delegated work as a new interaction paradigm (e.g., vibe coding). Delegation requires trust - the...
I’ve banned query strings https://chrismorgan.info/no-query-strings
chrismorgan.info
I’ve banned query strings — Chris Morgan
Idempotency is easy until the second request is different https://blog.dochia.dev/blog/idempotency/
blog.dochia.dev
Idempotency Is Easy Until the Second Request Is Different | Dochia CLI Blog
Idempotency is not just an HTTP header or a key lookup. This article covers the failure cases that bite real APIs: different requests with the same key, concurrent retries, partial success, downstream uncertainty, response replay, expiry, and duplicate message…
I returned to AWS and was reminded why I left http://fourlightyears.blogspot.com/2026/05/i-returned-to-aws-and-was-reminded-hard.html
Blogspot
I returned to AWS - and was reminded HARD why I left.
I was one of the very first advocates for AWS back when it was brand new - SQS, S3, EC2 SimpleDB - it was a lot smaller back then. In fact I...
Hardware Attestation as Monopoly Enabler https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/116550899908879585
GrapheneOS Mastodon
GrapheneOS (@GrapheneOS@grapheneos.social)
Apple and Google are gradually expanding their use of hardware-based attestation. They're convincing a growing number of services to adopt it. Google's Play Integrity API and Apple's App Attest API are very similar. Apple brought it to the web via Privacy…
Local AI needs to be the norm https://unix.foo/posts/local-ai-needs-to-be-norm/
unix.foo
Local AI Needs to be the Norm · unix.foo
Local AI models should be the default.
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Rendering the Sky, Sunsets, and Planets https://blog.maximeheckel.com/posts/on-rendering-the-sky-sunsets-and-planets/
The Blog of Maxime Heckel
On Rendering the Sky, Sunsets, and Planets - The Blog of Maxime Heckel
This article explores how to render realistic skies and atmospheres in real time in the browser with shaders, from simple sky domes, to entire planets using shaders, raymarching, Rayleigh and Mie scattering, and ozone absorption.
Show HN: Needle: We Distilled Gemini Tool Calling into a 26M Model https://github.com/cactus-compute/needle
GitHub
GitHub - cactus-compute/needle: 26m function call model that runs on incredibly small devices
26m function call model that runs on incredibly small devices - cactus-compute/needle
Reverting the incremental GC in Python 3.14 and 3.15 https://discuss.python.org/t/reverting-the-incremental-gc-in-python-3-14-and-3-15/107014
Discussions on Python.org
Reverting the incremental GC in Python 3.14 and 3.15
Python 3.14 shipped with a new incremental garbage collector. However, we’ve had a number of reports of significant memory pressure in production environments. We’ve decided to revert it in both 3.14 and 3.15, and go back to the generational GC from 3.13.…
Setting up a free *.city.state.us locality domain (2025) https://fredchan.org/blog/locality-domains-guide/
Frederick's Perch
Setting up a free *.city.state.us locality domain
In the US, you can get a domain name like `somename.city.state.us` for free. If your town has its own domain, you can get nameservers from Amazon Lightsail, send the *Interim .US Domain Template* to the delegated manager for your locality, then point DNS…
The US is winning the AI race where it matters most: commercialization https://avkcode.github.io/blog/us-winning-ai-race.html
Anton Krylov
The US Is Winning the AI Race
Energy matters for AI, but the decisive layers are cloud infrastructure, data, and commercialization. On those layers the United States is ahead by a wide margin.
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Xs of Y – roguelike that names itself every run. Written in 4kLoC https://github.com/nooga/xsofy
GitHub
GitHub - nooga/xsofy: Roguelike that names itself each run. WIP
Roguelike that names itself each run. WIP. Contribute to nooga/xsofy development by creating an account on GitHub.
A History of IDEs at Google https://laurent.le-brun.eu/blog/a-history-of-ides-at-google
Laurent Le Brun's blog
A History of IDEs at Google
Twin brothers wipe 96 government databases minutes after being fired https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/05/drop-database-what-not-to-do-after-losing-an-it-job/
Ars Technica
Twin brothers wipe 96 gov't databases minutes after being fired
A case study in why credentials are revoked before firings.
Heritability of human life span is ~50% when heritability is redefined https://dynomight.net/lifespan/
DYNOMIGHT
Heritability of human life span is about 50% when heritability is redefined to be something different
ratios will be ratios
The Emacsification of Software https://sockpuppet.org/blog/2026/05/12/emacsification/
sockpuppet.org
The Emacsification of Software
Linux gaming is faster because Windows APIs are becoming Linux kernel features https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-gaming-is-getting-faster-because-windows-apis-are-becoming-linux-kernel-features/
XDA
Linux gaming is getting faster because Windows APIs are becoming Linux kernel features
As time goes on, fewer games than ever are unplayable on Linux