Software Engineering Hacker News

The development pipeline is a production system

An exploration of the concept that the development pipeline itself should be treated as a production system to ensure reliability and stability.

AI/ML Hacker News

Flint: A Visualization Language for the AI Era

Introduction of Flint, a new visualization language specifically designed for the AI era to handle complex data representation.

Software Engineering Hacker News

Printing floating point numbers in binary

A technical deep dive into the methods of printing floating point numbers in binary format.

AI/ML Reddit SelfHosted

Absolute Cinema this week: Anthropic wants to ban open source models.

Discussion on Anthropic's push to ban open source models, with critics arguing this creates a dependency on corporate-controlled AI.

Homelab/Self-Hosting Reddit SelfHosted

I stopped leaving my self hosted apps running all night. Now the first request wakes them

A user shares their homelab setup using KEDA to scale self-hosted apps to zero and wake them on the first request to save resources.

Homelab/Self-Hosting Reddit SelfHosted

Switched to lightweight monitoring stack (from Grafana and Prometheus)

A homelabber switches from the Prometheus/Grafana stack to a lighter monitoring stack consisting of Beszel, Dockhand, and Hawser.

Homelab/Self-Hosting Reddit SelfHosted

Trakt has locked the creation of new API applications behind a paywall and seemingly disabled all applications and API keys for free users. What are currently the best options for self-hosted alternatives, preferably with good mobile web support?

Trakt users discuss alternatives to the service after it locked API access behind a paywall for free users.

Homelab/Self-Hosting Reddit SelfHosted

Question about domains/subdomains and security posture

A beginner self-hoster asks for advice on whether to use separate domains for services with different exposure profiles to improve security.

Other Lobste.rs

Methinks it is a weasel

A discussion thread on Lobste.rs regarding the phrase 'Methinks it is a weasel'.

Software Engineering Lobste.rs

Interactive Raylib with Common Lisp

A project demonstrating the integration of Raylib with Common Lisp for interactive graphics programming.

Software Engineering Lobste.rs

DOOM, Emacs

A discussion on Lobste.rs regarding DOOM and Emacs.

Hardware/Chips Liliputing

Zinwa Q27 smartphone with BlackBerry-style design now available for pre-order

The Zinwa Q27 is a new Android smartphone featuring a physical QWERTY keyboard, reminiscent of the BlackBerry Classic.

Software Engineering Hacker News

Software for One

A discussion on the concept of 'Software for One,' exploring the philosophy of building software that serves a single user rather than a scalable product.

Hardware/Chips Hackaday

Turning Glass Into a Touch-Sensitive Button

A guide on creating touch-sensitive buttons using glass with an Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) coating.

Tech Business/VC Lobste.rs

Stripe Just Wants a Number

A critical look at Stripe's API design and their tendency to simplify complex financial transactions into a simple number/value.

Software Engineering Lobste.rs

what the double-fork?

An exploration of the 'double-fork' technique in Unix-like systems to avoid zombie processes.

Software Engineering Lobste.rs

Dead Software Walking: The ongoing evolution of relayd(8) and httpd(8)

A detailed look at the evolution and legacy of relayd(8) and httpd(8) within the OS environment.

Software Engineering Lobste.rs

Accepting a messy git history

A discussion on whether to maintain a clean git history via rebasing vs. accepting a 'messy' history for authenticity.

AI/ML Lobste.rs

Full flattening of nested data parallelism

A technical discussion on the full flattening of nested data parallelism to improve performance in computing.

Open Source Lobste.rs

The State of Chez Scheme in Debian

A discussion on the current state of the Chez Scheme implementation and its packaging in Debian.