Other The Verge

You could be taking way better photos on your phone

Tips on how to improve smartphone photography using third-party apps and editing.

Open Source Phoronix

MPEG-4 Patent Expiration, RADV On Windows, Open-Source AI & Other July Highlights

A summary of July's top open-source and Linux news, including MPEG-4 patent expiration and Open-Source AI.

Software Engineering Lobste.rs

wiff

Discussion regarding the 'wiff' tool on Lobste.rs.

Homelab/Self-Hosting Reddit SelfHosted

I built a CLI that turns your saved Instagram reels into a searchable local knowledge base for your LLM (self-hosted, no cloud)

A self-hosted CLI tool called reelMind that converts saved Instagram reels into a searchable local knowledge base for LLMs.

AI/ML Hacker News

Google kills Earth AI generator after one day

Google has shut down its Earth AI generator shortly after its initial launch.

Other The Verge

The Mermaid Mask is a perfect vacation murder mystery

The Verge reviews The Mermaid Mask, a new point-and-click murder mystery game developed by SFB Games.

Other Lobste.rs

Norway's first adventure games

A discussion or retrospective on the earliest adventure games developed in Norway.

Software Engineering Hacker News

RipGrep musl binaries occasionally segfault during very-large searches

RipGrep musl binaries are experiencing occasional segmentation faults during searches involving very large datasets.

AI/ML Hacker News

Show HN: Free AI Prompt Gen – A local-first, open-source prompt engineering tool

Free AI Prompt Gen is an open-source, local-first tool designed to assist developers with prompt engineering.

Software Engineering Hacker News

The First Idempotency Key

An exploration of the history and implementation of the first idempotency key to ensure reliable API requests.

Other Ars Technica

After noise complaints, judge orders Waymo to stop overnight charging in Santa Monica

A judge has ordered Waymo to cease overnight charging of autonomous vehicles in Santa Monica following noise complaints from residents.

Cybersecurity Lobste.rs

Test the Email Verification Protocol with an origin trial

Google is introducing an origin trial for the Email Verification Protocol to improve email sender authentication.

Homelab/Self-Hosting Reddit SelfHosted

Safebucket v0.7.0 - Self-hosted file sharing, now with admin settings page, curl download and new integrations

Safebucket v0.7.0 is an open-source, S3-agnostic file sharing alternative to Dropbox and WeTransfer with new cloud storage integrations.

Homelab/Self-Hosting Reddit SelfHosted

Searxng or degoog

A user is seeking advice on choosing between SearXNG and Degoog for self-hosting a meta-search engine.

Software Engineering Reddit SelfHosted

Deja v0.4.0 - smarter zsh autosuggestion (now knows when to shut up)

Deja v0.4.0 is an open-source zsh autosuggestion tool that uses fuzzy matching and directory context for smarter predictions.

Tech Business/VC Hacker News

Kontigo (YC S24) Is Hiring

Kontigo, a YC S24 startup, is currently hiring.

Other Hacker News

Manual: •.,:;?·

A presentation of a manual for a specific, possibly esoteric, set of symbols or a niche system.

Other The Verge

The OG reading app just got a big update

A roundup of various tech interests and product reviews from The Verge, including keyboard testing and the history of chatbots.

Open Source Phoronix

Prominent Arch Linux Developer Resigns After 10 Year Run

Prominent Arch Linux developer and security team member Morten Linderud resigns after a decade of contributions.

Software Engineering Lobste.rs

Rewriting SupportMail's sharding system

A detailed technical account of rewriting the sharding system for SupportMail.