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Article URL: https://andrewshell.org/2026/07/i-%e2%99%a5-rss/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49136063 Points: 129 # Comments: 71
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NetBSD 11.0

Article URL: https://blog.netbsd.org/tnf/entry/netbsd_11_0_released Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49136736 Points: 107 # Comments: 22
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Postmortem for Kernel Soundness Bug #14576

Article URL: https://leodemoura.github.io/blog/2026-8-1-postmortem-for-kernel-soundness-bug-14576/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49137060 Points: 49 # Comments: 18
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The OG reading app just got a big update

Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 138, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, happy August, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I've been reading about microwave sounds and Meta glasses and Alex vs. Alix, testing the […]
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The Mermaid Mask is a perfect vacation murder mystery

The Mermaid Mask, the next point-and-click game from Tangle Tower developer SFB Games, has everything you could ask for in a great murder mystery. It starts with a compelling setup: The captain of a submarine is found dead in a locked room, his body next to a mysterious cauldron with blood trickling across the floor. […]
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You could be taking way better photos on your phone

Your smartphone photos can look way better. If you're willing to put in a little extra work, use third party apps and spend a bit of time editing, it's possible to take photos that - under the right circumstances - can rival dedicated digital cameras. I post a lot of smartphone photos online, and "How […]
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The Verge’s 2026 back-to-school shopping guide

Knowing exactly what your student needs for the school year ahead is next to impossible. Sure, you'll probably nail the essentials, but there will likely be a few items you forgot to buy, or didn't think they'd need to have. We're pulling our weight during the back-to-school season with a new shopping guide that's a […]
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Trump blames Tim Walz for water hacks even though it’s probably Iran

The FBI, the EPA, and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have stopped short of officially blaming Iran for a spate of cyberattacks on Minnesota's water systems, but consensus is that Iran is likely behind them. That, of course, hasn't stopped Donald Trump from sharing his own theory - that Governor Tim Walz is […]
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What’s the best handheld mini fan?

From premium Shark and Dyson offerings to random Amazon devices, these mini fans will make your sweaty summer a little more managable.
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React Mastery Series – Day 8: Understanding React Rendering & Component Lifecycle

Welcome back to the React Mastery Series ! In the previous article, we learned about State in React and how state changes make our applications interactive. Today, we will understand one of the most important concepts for every React developer: How does React render components? Many developers know how to write React code, but understanding when and why React renders is what separates a beginner from an advanced React developer. A strong understanding of rendering h...
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I Keep Forgetting to Delete My AWS Test Resources, So I'm Building a Tool to Yell at Me Instead

We've all done it. You spin up an RDS instance to test something on a Friday afternoon. You attach an EBS volume to a t3.micro that you kill three days later — but the volume just... stays. You allocate a static IP for a load test, and the load test ends, but the IP doesn't know that. None of this shows up as an error. Nothing crashes. There's no red banner in the console screaming at you. It just quietly sits there, accruing charges, until you open your AWS bill a month later and go "wait...
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Building My First AI Registration chatbot

Building My First AI Registration Chatbot Using Python Introduction As part of my internship, I developed an AI Registration Chatbot using Python. The main goal of this project was to create a chatbot that interacts with users, collects their registration details, validates the information, and confirms successful registration. This project helped me understand the basics of chatbot development and improve my Python programming skills. Project Objective The obj...
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What Is Model Context Protocol (MCP)?

The Model Context Protocol is an open standard, introduced by Anthropic in November 2024, for connecting AI models to the tools, data, and systems they need to be useful. The easiest way to understand it is through the metaphor most people in the space now reach for: MCP is "USB-C for AI." Before USB-C, plugging a device into a computer meant hunting for the right proprietary cable. MCP solves the equivalent problem for AI — before it existed, every AI application that wanted to talk to an exter...
My determinism test passed for months while the two builds played different games
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My determinism test passed for months while the two builds played different games

I compiled the rules engine of a shipped Android game to the browser. Same Java, two compilers. Then I checked whether the two agreed. They did not — and the test I already had for exactly this had been green the whole time. The same command twice: green against the current engine, then against the committed recording of the broken build. Play it as a terminal session if you want to select the text. The setup The rules live in one module with no Android on its cl...
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LLD Data Structures in Design Context: Why Some Problems Need the "Best" Result Instead of Any Result

"Finding something quickly and finding the best thing quickly are two completely different engineering problems." So far in this series, we've explored one of the most common behaviours in software systems: Fast lookup. Whenever a system already knows what it's looking for—a User ID, Product ID, Order ID or Session ID—a HashMap becomes an excellent choice. But not every software problem works this way. Imagine you're building a ride-sharing application. A rider requests a...
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React Mastery Series – Day 9: Event Handling in React – Making Applications Interactive

Welcome back to the React Mastery Series ! In the previous article, we explored React Rendering and Component Lifecycle . We learned: What causes a component to re-render How React reconciliation works The difference between rendering and DOM updates How lifecycle behavior is handled using Hooks Now let's learn how React applications respond to user interactions. Every modern application depends on events: Clicking buttons Typing into forms Selecting options ...
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LLD Data Structures in Design Context: Heap — A Data Structure Built for Continuous Decision Making

"A HashMap helps you find what you already know. A Heap helps you decide what should happen next." In the previous article, we discovered that not every software problem is about finding a specific object. Sometimes, the system already knows exactly what it's looking for. Find User ID = 1024 ↓ Return User Other times, the system doesn't know the answer in advance. Instead, it has to repeatedly answer questions like: Which task should run next? Which driver s...
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The Unbuffered Channels In Go Lesson I Think Has Finally Clicked for Me 🤷🏽‍♂️

While struggling to understand channels in go, I would try out many things in my sandbox repository. I encountered deadlock errors and stuff about go routes being asleep. I came to understand that the order of execution played a role and that with unbuffered channels you need a sender and a receiver ready at the same time (kind of). I wrote a short article on my blog site about the experience The Unbuffered Channels In Go Lesson I Think Has Finally Clicked for Me 🤷🏽‍♂️
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LLD Data Structures in Design Context: The Heap Property — The Simple Rule That Makes Heaps Powerful

"A Heap doesn't stay useful because everything is sorted. It stays useful because every parent follows one simple rule." In the previous article, we learned that a Heap is built for continuous decision-making. Whether it's assigning the nearest driver, scheduling the next process, or selecting the most urgent support ticket, the system always needs one thing: The next best candidate But that raises an interesting question. How can a Heap always know the best candi...
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AI Agent Security: Stop Model Exfiltration and API Key Leaks

Why AI Agents Expand the Security Perimeter AI agents do more than generate text. They call tools, query databases, retrieve documents, execute code, and communicate with external services. Every connection introduces a potential path for model exfiltration or credential leakage. Model exfiltration includes direct theft of model weights, systematic extraction of proprietary behavior, and reconstruction of sensitive training data through repeated queries. Attackers may also inject instruct...