Hardware/Chips Liliputing

Lilbits: Flipper Zero’s firmware future, a new Linux gaming laptop, an E Ink monitor, and AMD’s pricey Ryzen Halo mini PC

System76 announces the updated Adder Pro Linux gaming laptop featuring Panther Lake processors and high-refresh OLED screens.

Hardware/Chips Liliputing

PocketMage PDA with E Ink screen and QWERTY keyboard hits crowdfunding for $185 and up

PocketMage PDA, a clamshell device with E Ink and OLED screens and a QWERTY keyboard, launches on crowdfunding platforms.

Other Hacker News

The Rule of 7 and the 7-Touchpoint Myth

A critique of the 'Rule of 7' marketing myth, discussing how the frequency of brand touchpoints does not linearly correlate with conversion.

Open Source Lobste.rs

I Did Not Kill Stanley Lieber: How to draw (with 9front)

A guide on how to use 9front's drawing tools to create graphics, highlighting the unique environment of the Plan 9 system.

Software Engineering Lobste.rs

Practical Algorithms for Incremental Software Development Environments

An exploration of efficient algorithms for managing incremental software development environments and build systems.

Software Engineering Lobste.rs

Announcing Rust 1.97.0

The release of Rust 1.97.0, featuring language improvements, standard library updates, and compiler optimizations.

Software Engineering Lobste.rs

Package Management as Org Chart

An analysis of how package management systems mirror the organizational structure and politics of the teams that create them.

Software Engineering Lobste.rs

Page weight matters

A discussion on the performance impact of page weight (total size of assets) on user experience and web performance.

Hardware/Chips Lobste.rs

How to build a circular LCD clock

A detailed walkthrough on building a physical circular LCD clock using hardware tinkering and custom code.

Other Lobste.rs

Conviviality in computational science

A theoretical discussion on applying the concepts of 'conviviality' to computational science and collaborative research.

Software Engineering Lobste.rs

Debugging performance regressions

A guide to strategies and tools for identifying and fixing performance regressions in complex software systems.

Software Engineering Lobste.rs

two case studies of NaN

Two case studies examining the behaviors and pitfalls of Not-a-Number (NaN) in different programming languages.

Software Engineering Hacker News

The Lindy Effect in Software

A discussion on the Lindy Effect as applied to software, exploring the idea that the future life expectancy of a piece of software is proportional to its current age.

Hardware/Chips Hackaday

Fixing the Fix for a 3dfx Voodoo Card’s Overly Bright Picture

A technical deep dive into correcting an overly bright picture on a 3dfx Voodoo graphics card by modifying the RAMDAC's Vref.

Other Lobste.rs

What are you doing this weekend?

A community thread asking users about their weekend plans and projects.

Open Source Lobste.rs

I tried NetBSD as a desktop, and it felt like stepping into the '90s in a good way

An account of using NetBSD as a desktop operating system and the nostalgia associated with its 1990s-style simplicity.

Software Engineering Lobste.rs

Adding Go to a browser code runner

A technical discussion about the implementation and integration of the Go programming language into a browser-based code runner.

Software Engineering Lobste.rs

What Every Python Developer Should Know About the CPython ABI

An explanation of the CPython Application Binary Interface (ABI), detailing critical knowledge for Python developers working with C extensions.

Software Engineering Lobste.rs

Running 1000 tests in 1s (2022)

A technical look at achieving extreme test performance, running 1000 tests in one second.

Software Engineering Lobste.rs

I converted an Android app to a webpage

A walkthrough of the process of converting an Android application into a web-based page.