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2026-08-04 20:50:14 UTC

nixpkgs has a due-process problem https://lobste.rs/s/sekrgs #nix
https://domenkozar.com/2026/08/04/nixpkgs-has-a-due-process-problem/

2026-07-21 21:45:14 UTC

Free Ink · An open ecosystem for e-readers https://lobste.rs/s/rwdmjn #hardware
https://freeink.org/

2026-03-29 06:20:11 UTC

heerich.js - A tiny engine for 3D voxel scenes rendered to SVG via @npub1fs6…tlr3 https://lobste.rs/s/qqpc7k #art #javascript
https://meodai.github.io/heerich

2026-03-27 05:25:13 UTC

tiny-gpu: A minimal GPU design in Verilog to learn how GPUs work from the ground up https://lobste.rs/s/ixyydu #hardware
https://github.com/adam-maj/tiny-gpu

2026-03-27 05:25:10 UTC

Prompt Engineering Is Not. Engineering, That Is https://lobste.rs/s/waxfu3 #vibecoding
https://the-infrastructure-mindset.ghost.io/prompt-engineering-is-not/

2026-03-25 06:25:10 UTC

Magic Link Pitfalls https://lobste.rs/s/lzxb0m #browsers #email
https://etodd.io/2026/03/22/magic-link-pitfalls/

2026-03-22 17:10:13 UTC

The Slow Collapse of MkDocs https://lobste.rs/s/qhtpe5 #python
https://fpgmaas.com/blog/collapse-of-mkdocs/

2026-03-17 11:10:13 UTC

"LinkedIn Speak" was added to Kagi Translate https://lobste.rs/s/xr2lv8 #web
https://bsky.app/profile/kagi.com/post/3mh7v3y6m2c2d

2026-03-10 20:10:13 UTC

RISC-V is sloooow https://lobste.rs/s/ta3jjk #linux
https://marcin.juszkiewicz.com.pl/2026/03/10/risc-v-is-sloooow/

2026-03-10 10:35:12 UTC

troubleshooting BSD TCP network performance: part 2 (fixing NetBSD) https://lobste.rs/s/0lbjbs #netbsd #networking
https://omaera.org/wlog/tech/bsd_network_p2

2026-03-06 21:15:11 UTC

jank is off to a great start in 2026 https://lobste.rs/s/traf1f #clojure #compilers #plt
https://jank-lang.org/blog/2026-03-06-great-start/

2026-03-06 11:55:10 UTC

Hardening Firefox with Anthropic’s Red Team https://lobste.rs/s/wxltff #security #vibecoding
https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/hardening-firefox-anthropic-red-team/

2026-03-04 17:35:12 UTC

Au revoir, Eleventy via @npub1lu0…vge9 https://lobste.rs/s/nbsppn #javascript #web
https://hamatti.org/posts/au-revoir-eleventy/

2026-03-04 05:20:11 UTC

TUIkit: Terminal UI Framework for Swift https://lobste.rs/s/ox4ds1 #swift
https://tuikit.dev/

2026-03-02 15:35:10 UTC

Gram 1.0 released https://lobste.rs/s/txfaym #editors
https://gram.liten.app/posts/first-release/

2026-02-27 13:45:10 UTC

Bitflipped: Your computer is a cosmic ray detector (2018) https://lobste.rs/s/5b8tmd #c
https://github.com/Smerity/bitflipped

2026-02-22 17:45:12 UTC

Back to FreeBSD: Part 1 https://lobste.rs/s/y5dgkw #freebsd
https://hypha.pub/back-to-freebsd-part-1

2026-02-22 07:35:09 UTC

HTTP/3 on FreeBSD: Getting QUIC Working with nginx in a Bastille Jail via @npub1qw6…xm8d https://lobste.rs/s/kgatai #freebsd
https://blog.hofstede.it/http3-on-freebsd-getting-quic-working-with-nginx-in-a-bastille-jail/

2026-02-13 15:45:11 UTC

Thanks for All the Frames: Rust GUI Observations https://lobste.rs/s/misukt #graphics #rust
https://tritium.legal/blog/desktop

2026-02-11 12:50:13 UTC

Windows Notepad App Remote Code Execution Vulnerability https://lobste.rs/s/kp7jlq #windows
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-20841

2026-02-10 16:15:16 UTC

postmarketOS at FOSDEM 2026 + Hackathon by @npub18t0…vjrt https://lobste.rs/s/naa5fq #event #linux #mobile
https://postmarketos.org/blog/2026/02/10/fosdem-and-hackathon/

2026-02-06 07:35:12 UTC

elfconv: AOT binary translator of Linux/ELF -> WebAssembly https://lobste.rs/s/vzzqes #c++ #compilers #linux #wasm
https://github.com/yomaytk/elfconv

2026-01-24 08:00:12 UTC

MikroTik first look and getting started https://lobste.rs/s/kgdkq3 #networking
https://rtfm.co.ua/en/mikrotik-first-look-and-getting-started/

2026-01-04 12:00:10 UTC

FreeBSD Home NAS, part 3: WireGuard VPN, routing, and Linux peers https://lobste.rs/s/jxub7u #freebsd #networking #security #unix
https://rtfm.co.ua/en/freebsd-home-nas-part-3-wireguard-vpn-linux-peer-and-routing/

2025-12-31 01:25:10 UTC

Desktop Classic System — Spacial computing hearkening back to classic Mac OS https://lobste.rs/s/onushg #linux #retrocomputing
https://mycophobia.org/dcs/

2025-12-27 22:35:10 UTC

39C3: To sign or not to sign: Practical vulnerabilities in GPG & friends https://lobste.rs/s/dl3hxi #security
https://media.ccc.de/v/39c3-to-sign-or-not-to-sign-practical-vulnerabilities-i

2025-12-22 12:45:11 UTC

Flocking Quadtrees in Clojure via @npub1wf5…ka0g https://lobste.rs/s/9skyrx #clojure #graphics
https://www.lbjgruppen.com/en/posts/flocking-quadtrees

2025-12-12 07:50:09 UTC

Guarding My Git Forge Against AI Scrapers https://lobste.rs/s/g1o2t8 #web
https://vulpinecitrus.info/blog/guarding-git-forge-ai-scrapers/

2025-11-03 00:20:10 UTC

Homotopy Type Theory for Dummies https://lobste.rs/s/ri4vd2 #formalmethods #plt
http://www.chriswarbo.net/blog/2015-09-11-hott_for_dummies.html

2025-10-28 19:45:12 UTC

yensid: A proxy for better Nix remote builds https://lobste.rs/s/d5b8ke #linux #nix
https://github.com/garnix-io/yensid

2025-10-20 23:10:08 UTC

The joy of rediscovering Perl https://lobste.rs/s/xdljm2 #perl
https://blog.zerodogg.org/2025/10/13/the-joy-of-rediscovering-perl/

2025-09-26 16:50:08 UTC

a GNOME developer now homeless in Nashville USA, needs place to stay https://lobste.rs/s/wa78s0 #linux #person #unix
https://fosstodon.org/@halfmexican/115244303333681502

2025-08-06 06:05:08 UTC

Plague: A Newly Discovered PAM-Based Backdoor for Linux via @npub10w0…2d7z https://lobste.rs/s/b2qapk #linux #security
https://www.nextron-systems.com/2025/08/01/plague-a-newly-discovered-pam-based-backdoor-for-linux/

2025-07-04 18:45:15 UTC

The Eternal Mainframe https://lobste.rs/s/tk9rkb #browsers #historical #philosophy
https://www.winestockwebdesign.com/Essays/Eternal_Mainframe.html

2025-06-29 16:40:11 UTC

20 years of programming https://lobste.rs/s/sgita2 #philosophy #programming
https://sidhion.com/blog/20_years/

2025-06-25 22:30:10 UTC

Coding in a material world https://lobste.rs/s/5ds35n #philosophy
https://deadsimpletech.com/blog/material_girl

2025-06-20 16:00:14 UTC

Finding Peter Putnam https://lobste.rs/s/usc3yp #cogsci #historical #philosophy #science
https://nautil.us/finding-peter-putnam-1218035/

2025-06-19 08:15:13 UTC

Now might be the best time to learn software development https://lobste.rs/s/yrqfcz #philosophy #vibecoding
https://substack.com/home/post/p-165655726

2025-06-14 17:25:14 UTC

A meta-analysis of three different notions of software complexity https://lobste.rs/s/riogyw #philosophy
https://typesanitizer.com/blog/complexity-definitions.html

2025-06-12 17:00:13 UTC

Reflections on Sudoku, Or the Impossibility of Systematizing Thought https://lobste.rs/s/27gwjc #philosophy #testing
https://rjp.io/blog/2025-06-07-reflections-on-sudoku

2025-06-10 22:25:12 UTC

Why Doctors Hate Their Computers (2018) https://lobste.rs/s/nvtogi #philosophy
https://web.archive.org/web/20250104014248/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/11/12/why-doctors-hate-their-computers

2025-06-04 20:15:15 UTC

The works of Peter Naur https://lobste.rs/s/wxcki5 #person #philosophy
https://www.naur.com/

2025-05-26 09:45:15 UTC

You Can Choose Tools That Make You Happy https://lobste.rs/s/rprjch #philosophy
https://borretti.me/article/you-can-choose-tools-that-make-you-happy

2025-05-23 11:45:16 UTC

The Copilot Delusion https://lobste.rs/s/k7rtlf #philosophy #vibecoding
https://deplet.ing/the-copilot-delusion/

2025-05-22 16:55:12 UTC

Machinist and Machine https://lobste.rs/s/zgnlne #philosophy
https://punkx.org/jackdoe/misery.html

2025-05-15 17:45:18 UTC

Permacomputing - An approach to computing for hundreds of years https://lobste.rs/s/uipkxa #video #culture #philosophy #practices #virtualization
https://cds.cern.ch/record/2931835

2025-05-10 07:20:14 UTC

Slow Software for a Burning World https://lobste.rs/s/teddrj #elixir #philosophy #practices
https://bonfirenetworks.org/posts/slow_software_for_a_burning_world/

2025-05-06 15:25:22 UTC

The Bitter Lesson (2019) https://lobste.rs/s/jeomwb #ai #philosophy
http://www.incompleteideas.net/IncIdeas/BitterLesson.html

2025-05-06 14:20:13 UTC

The Curse of Knowing How, or; Fixing Everything https://lobste.rs/s/1t0gpl #philosophy #programming
https://notashelf.dev/posts/curse-of-knowing

2025-04-29 22:25:13 UTC

Throwing it all away - how extreme rewriting changed the way I build databases https://lobste.rs/s/9kime6 #slides #video #databases #philosophy #practices
https://www.hytradboi.com/2025/03580e19-4646-4fba-91c3-17eaba6935b0-throwing-it-all-away---how-extreme-rewriting-changed-the-way-i-build-databases

2025-04-29 08:30:19 UTC

Good regulator theorem https://lobste.rs/s/wtzly9 #distributed #philosophy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_regulator_theorem

2025-04-20 12:30:18 UTC

On the cruelty of really teaching computing science (1988) https://lobste.rs/s/x1izrz #compsci #philosophy #practices
https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~EWD/transcriptions/EWD10xx/EWD1036.html

2025-04-20 06:45:15 UTC

When Gandhi met Satoshi https://lobste.rs/s/nd2gto #cryptography #finance #philosophy
https://prahladyeri.github.io/blog/2025/04/when-gandhi-met-satoshi.html

2025-04-05 14:55:27 UTC

The blissful zen of a good side project https://lobste.rs/s/tyj45l #culture #philosophy
https://joshcollinsworth.com/blog/the-blissful-zen-of-a-good-side-project

2025-04-04 05:15:19 UTC

Of manners and machines https://lobste.rs/s/9ipkyl #ai #philosophy
https://commaok.xyz/post/manners/

2025-03-29 07:45:19 UTC

The "broligarchs" don't speak for me https://lobste.rs/s/11chzy #culture #philosophy #rant
https://ratfactor.com/tech-nope

2025-03-26 16:25:22 UTC

FORTH is the best programming language for the end of the world https://lobste.rs/s/ckhnig #culture #philosophy #practices
https://archive.is/lm0x8

2025-03-24 12:35:17 UTC

GPSTracker: A self-hosted FOSS alternative to Google Maps Timeline https://lobste.rs/s/bwadph #privacy #web
https://blog.fabiomanganiello.com/article/gpstracker-a-self-hosted-alternative-to-google-maps-timeline

2025-03-20 05:35:17 UTC

Sources of Accidental Complexity (2014) https://lobste.rs/s/mcohum #philosophy #practices #programming
https://aidancully.blogspot.com/2014/07/sources-of-accidental-complexity.html

2025-03-16 23:55:15 UTC

Inventing On Principle (2012) https://lobste.rs/s/sn2gjh #video #art #debugging #design #editors #philosophy #visualization
https://youtu.be/PUv66718DII

2025-03-13 00:05:16 UTC

complexity as entropy https://lobste.rs/s/dzgudd #philosophy #programming
https://explaining.software/archive/complexity-as-entropy/

2025-03-04 14:45:28 UTC

Falsehoods programmers believe about languages https://lobste.rs/s/cpro2r #programming
https://www.lexiconista.com/falsehoods-about-languages/

2025-03-03 22:45:22 UTC

Use Firefox in 2025 https://lobste.rs/s/np4prk #android #browsers #privacy #web
https://alexn.org/blog/2025/03/03/use-firefox/

2025-02-27 14:05:36 UTC

How I Automated My Podcast Transcript Production With Local AI https://lobste.rs/s/c7ywce #ai #python
https://den.dev/blog/how-i-automated-podcast-transcription-with-local-ai/

2025-02-24 07:20:20 UTC

The Evolution of Agile Imposters: Why We Can't Estimate Our Own Software https://lobste.rs/s/q3sqaz #philosophy #practices
https://junglecoder.com/~saulrh/articles/evolution-of-agile-imposters.html

2025-02-17 22:35:17 UTC

New Junior Developers Can’t Actually Code https://lobste.rs/s/ch64l3 #a11y #ai #philosophy
https://nmn.gl/blog/ai-and-learning

2025-02-17 21:40:14 UTC

Choosing a browser https://lobste.rs/s/ckjevs #browsers #philosophy #privacy #security
https://eligrey.com/blog/choosing-a-browser/

2025-02-17 15:45:16 UTC

Can I ethically use LLMs? https://lobste.rs/s/yipk5r #ai #philosophy
https://ntietz.com/blog/can-i-ethically-use-llms/

2025-02-11 22:55:15 UTC

Open Source Software and Corporate Influence https://lobste.rs/s/owydl7 #philosophy
https://www.alilleybrinker.com/blog/open-source-software-and-corporate-influence/

2025-02-11 21:55:15 UTC

Is it okay? https://lobste.rs/s/gjxaca #ai #philosophy
https://www.robinsloan.com/lab/is-it-okay/

2025-02-05 19:30:24 UTC

the sudoku affair https://lobste.rs/s/khlha3 #historical #philosophy #programming
https://explaining.software/archive/the-sudoku-affair/

2025-02-03 01:40:19 UTC

Committees Paper https://lobste.rs/s/rpf1rn #philosophy
https://www.melconway.com/Home/Committees_Paper.html

2025-01-19 14:25:13 UTC

state and trace https://lobste.rs/s/t9xnbo #philosophy #programming
https://explaining.software/archive/state-and-trace/

2025-01-18 01:25:13 UTC

Losing the ability to create (2020) https://lobste.rs/s/0t0ioc #culture #philosophy
https://text.causal.agency/012-inability.txt

2025-01-02 03:40:16 UTC

Mistakes engineers make in large established codebases https://lobste.rs/s/yklx7y #practices
https://www.seangoedecke.com/large-established-codebases/

2025-01-01 02:50:23 UTC

Goodbye Github Pages, Hello Coolify · https://lobste.rs/s/meiew1 #philosophy #web
https://quakkels.com/posts/202412_01_goodbye_github_pages_hello_coolify/

2024-12-24 01:05:25 UTC

What are you doing? https://lobste.rs/s/cezvjq #philosophy
https://jarvispowered.com/what-are-you-doing/

2024-12-23 16:10:46 UTC

My colleague Julius https://lobste.rs/s/lw1lae #philosophy
https://ploum.net/2024-12-23-julius-en.html