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Like Claude Artifacts, but with a backend and database
https://xeiaso.net/blog/2024/k8s-irc-client/
Trust me, there's a reason for this
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/08/microsoft-formally-deprecates-the-39-year-old-windows-control-panel/
The Settings app has taken over, but Control Panels aren't going anywhere yet.
https://twitter.com/AdrianSumBond/status/1827105729859473773
https://fortune.com/2024/08/22/elon-musk-x-twitter-owner-list/
Organizations linked to Bill Ackman, Larry Ellison, and Sean Combs (a.k.a. Diddy) were mentioned in the filing.
https://github.com/beac0n/ruroco
Ruroco is a tool that lets you execute commands on a server by sending UDP packets. The commands are configured on the server side, so the client does not define what is going to be executed, it on...
https://purplesyringa.moe/blog/i-sped-up-serde-json-strings-by-20-percent/
I have recently done some performance work and realized that reading about my experience could be entertaining. Teaching to think is just as important as teaching to code, but this is seldom done; I think something I’ve done last month is a great opportunity to draw the curtain a bit. serde is the Rust framework for serialization and deserialization. Everyone uses it, and it’s the default among the ecosystem. serde_json is the official serde “mixin” for JSON, so when people need to parse stuff, that’s what they use instinctively. There are other libraries for JSON parsing, like simd-json, but serde_json is overwhelmingly used: it has 26916 dependents at the time of this post, compared to only 66 for simd-json. This makes serde_json a good target (not in a Jia Tan way) for optimization. Chances are, many of those 26916 users would profit from switching to simd-json, but as long as they aren’t doing that, smaller optimizations are better than nothing, and such improvements are reapt across the ecosystem.
https://phys.org/news/2024-08-evidence-stacks-poisonous-toxic-dyes.html
If you come across brightly colored, cloth-bound books from the Victorian era, you might want to handle them gently, or even steer clear altogether. Some of their attractive hues come from dyes that could pose a health risk to readers, collectors or librarians.
https://alexyancey.com/lost-airpods/
Reuniting AirPods with a few clever tricks
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/oby.24126