In the world of software engineering, the difference between a solution that just works and one that stands the test of time often comes down to noticing the little details. I've seen countless times how a recursive tree traversal breaks because of a missing base case...

Your clean code rules were designed for human brains. AI agents need something different. I started writing code in 2017. Back then, the path to mastery was clear: Uncle Bob's Clean Code was the gold standard, SOLID principles were absolute rules, and Design Patterns...

I’m excited to share that I’m in the process of writing a book for O’Reilly Media! You can check out the Introduction and first chapter of “A Practical Guide to Modern Networking Telemetry” now. That link leads to an early release version, which means it’s been...

In data platforms, it is easy to confuse business workflow state with job execution state. A company moves through statuses like "analyzing collection," "saving results," or "generating reports." Those labels are useful for the product. They tell users and operators...

Today’s blog title is inspired by this song. My daughter started singing it regularly after she opened her bakery. Read on for details on that story, and how it relates to observability. I thought of it, and my daughter’s reasons for singing it, after a few responses...

I tested the best Garmin watches to help you decide which smartwatch is the right option for you as we enter marathon season.

Hisense has quickly become one of the more trusted names in mid-range TVs, and has recently started to offer truly premium-grade screens for high-end home theaters with new technology like RGB Mini LED panels and AI integration.

Over 24,000 internet-accessible server-management interfaces disclose authentication hashes before login. The post Decades-Old BMC Vulnerability Exposes Thousands of Data Centers to Attacks appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Article URL: https://pedroth.github.io/?p=post/NoNeedReact Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49165665 Points: 4 # Comments: 0

There’s a question I’ve been turning over for years, both as a founder and as an early-stage investor: What separates the people who build something truly extraordinary from those who build something merely good? I’ve had an unusual amount of pattern recognition to...

Article URL: https://www.publictechnology.net/2026/08/03/health-and-social-care/nhs-apologises-and-admits-palantir-engineers-have-access-to-identifiable-patient-data/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49165775 Points: 40 # Comments: 0

AI has quickly become one of the most emotionally loaded topics in business. Depending on the room—or the page—it’s either the engine of productivity, creativity, and growth or the latest threat to jobs, trust, and human judgment. That framing makes for energetic...

How can you change your brain chemistry, releasing hormones that will help you de-stress and even help protect your heart health? Perform small acts of kindness. It sounds odd, and possibly too good to be true, but researchers, psychologists, and many other experts...

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added a high-severity security flaw impacting N-able N-central to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog following reports of active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability,...

[Les] likes lasing lasers, and who doesn’t? [Les] likes larger lasers than lots of folks, with his current project being an Nd:YAG (that’s Neodymium:Yttrium Aluminum Garnet) flash pumped laser intended for tattoo removal. Like most of its ilk, the YAG crystal at the...

It's far easier to find security holes than to fix them, and leaving it to AI can introduce 9 times as many new vulnerabilities as developers do.

The UK government is considering forcing employers in Great Britain to consult workers before rolling out "bossware," opening the door to new rules covering everything from AI-powered productivity scoring to keystroke logging and biometric surveillance. The Department...

Tesla has recalled its Cybertruck 11 times to fix issues such as exterior trim panels falling off and an accelerator pedal that can become stuck, but NASA has nonetheless decided the rust-prone vehicle is up to the job of rescuing astronauts if trouble strikes on the...

Article URL: https://openai.com/index/apple-is-getting-this-wrong/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49164649 Points: 24 # Comments: 5

Article URL: https://om.co/2026/06/07/the-myth-the-mythos-and-the-man/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49163380 Points: 8 # Comments: 0

I’m not sure about you, but I think I’ve had enough of trying to optimize everything. A few days ago I saw one post on LinkedIn giving me 8 Simple Ways to Start a Business. I let out a sigh. Then less than a minute later, another post, 6 Simple Steps to Improve My...

The biggest single reward paid out by Microsoft between July 1, 2025, and June 30, 2026, was $200,000. The post Microsoft Bug Bounty Program: $20 Million Paid to 500 Researchers appeared first on SecurityWeek.

The PDP-11 was a 16-bit minicomputer that was very influential in its time. That’s what inspired [vanheusden] to start working on an emulator for the machine in 2018, which has since been developed to run on a wide variety of platforms.  The emulator, named “Kek,” is...

Cloudflare has used AI to automate processing of incoming reports to its bug bounty program for $58 a month using Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet model and chose it partly because using the AI company’s security-specific Mythos model would burn through around $200,000 a...

Article URL: https://blog.rootsofprogress.org/why-did-we-wait-so-long-for-the-bicycle Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49162787 Points: 11 # Comments: 1

China has changed its legal definition of semiconductors. The National Intellectual Property Administration yesterday issued an expert opinion on recent changes to the regulations governing intellectual property laws as applied to chips. That document, attributed to...