Hardware/Chips Liliputing

Raspberry Pi 4 with a slower processor is now available for a slight discount

A slower processor version of the Raspberry Pi 4 is now available at a discounted price through Cytron.

Hardware/Chips Liliputing

Dasung Link 2 is a phone-sized wireless E Ink display… for your phone

The Dasung Link 2 is a wireless E Ink touchscreen display designed to act as a portable monitor for smartphones.

Cybersecurity Lobste.rs

Anatomy of a Failed (Nation-State?) Attack

An analysis of a failed cyber attack, potentially by a nation-state actor, detailing the technical anatomy of the breach attempt.

AI/ML Lobste.rs

NLNet Labs LLM Policy

Discussion regarding NLNet Labs' policy on the use of Large Language Models (LLMs).

Other Lobste.rs

What are you doing this weekend?

A community thread for users to share their weekend projects and plans.

Open Source Lobste.rs

GuixPkgs: every Guix package, as a Nix flake

Introduction of GuixPkgs, a project that converts Guix packages into Nix flakes for better interoperability.

Software Engineering Lobste.rs

Design Patterns Suck

A critical discussion on the utility and application of classic software design patterns.

Software Engineering Lobste.rs

All you need is PostgreSQL

A technical argument for the versatility and sufficiency of PostgreSQL as a primary data store.

Software Engineering Lobste.rs

Making devenv start fast, and the whole nixpkgs with it - devenv

Technical optimizations implemented to improve the startup speed of devenv and the broader nixpkgs ecosystem.

Software Engineering Lobste.rs

Visual Basic on the PC w/Windows 3.1

A retrospective look at running Visual Basic on Windows 3.1 hardware.

Software Engineering Lobste.rs

L-system

Exploration of L-systems, a formal grammar used primarily to model the growth processes of plants.

Software Engineering Lobste.rs

How PgBouncer Works

A technical deep dive into the internal workings and architecture of PgBouncer.

Software Engineering Hacker News

WordStar: A Writer's Word Processor (1996)

A look back at WordStar, a pioneering word processor from 1996, focusing on its utility for writers.

Software Engineering Hacker News

Kamod Hooks – a Preact hooks library ported from ahooks

Kamod Hooks is a Preact hooks library ported from ahooks, providing a collection of useful hooks for Preact developers.

AI/ML Hacker News

Ask HN: MacBook vs. Dedicated GPU for LLM

A community discussion on Hacker News comparing the use of MacBooks versus dedicated GPUs for running Large Language Models (LLMs).

Other Hacker News

Foreign funds help make housing unaffordable: research

Research indicating that foreign funds are contributing to making housing unaffordable.

Hardware/Chips Phoronix

More AMD Zen 6 Prepping, Many ASUS / Lenovo / HP Laptop Improvements For Linux 7.2

Linux 7.2 includes driver improvements for AMD Zen 6 and various laptop hardware from ASUS, Lenovo, and HP.

Open Source Phoronix

Experimental Code Enables Per-Monitor Backgrounds For GNOME Shell

Experimental code has been developed to enable per-monitor backgrounds for the GNOME Shell desktop environment.

Software Engineering Phoronix

Intel ANV Vulkan Driver Now Enables Descriptor Heaps By Default

The Intel ANV Vulkan driver on Linux now enables descriptor heaps by default, improving graphics performance.

Hardware/Chips Phoronix

Linux 7.2 Fixes Where PCIe Devices Could Be Inadvertently Restricted To 2.5 GT/s

Linux 7.2 includes a fix for an issue where PCIe devices could be inadvertently restricted to 2.5 GT/s.