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Visit website →Servo is now available on crates.io
Servo has been publicly released on crates.io as v0.1.0.
Someone bought 30 WordPress plugins and planted a backdoor in all of them
A supply chain backdoor was planted in more than 30 WordPress plugins.
Generating All Elementary Functions from a Single Binary Operator
It presents a way to construct elementary functions and constants using just one EML.
datahike - A Version-Controlled, High-Performance, Distributed Datalog Engine
A Datomic-compatible Clojure Datalog DB that lets you freely query past states.
Show GN: oh-my-openagent-toolkit - A local ops toolkit that started with Claude Code and settled into OpenCode/oh-my-openagent
Introducing a local ops toolkit that attaches project-specific work rules to an AI coding agent.
pip install torch Done in One Line — Is Python Packaging's Long-Standing Problem Finally Being Solved?
A next-generation Python packaging standard proposal that works across CPU and GPU alike
GitButler — Git Redesigned for the AI Era by a GitHub Co-founder, Raises $17M Series A from a16z
GitButler has raised $17M from a16z, positioning itself as a redesign of Git for the AI era.
boringBar, a taskbar-style Dock replacement for macOS
boringBar is a window-focused taskbar app that replaces the macOS Dock.
Breached Without a Vulnerability — Inside 'Trust-Based' Attacks Targeting Open Source Developers
This is a case of an attack on open source developers that targets not vulnerabilities but trust.
Show GN: md-to-naver-blog: A library that converts Markdown into Naver Blog-compatible HTML
It's a conversion library that turns Markdown posts into HTML for Naver Blog.
Show GN: winclipshot: a tool that lets you paste screenshots with Ctrl+V in Windows Terminal
A tool that works around Windows Terminal's image-pasting limitation.
Most cities and towns in Lebanon have disappeared from Apple Maps
Place name display and search on Apple Maps have been severely broken in the Lebanon region.
Writing an MCP Server Using Only Notepad
A case study implementing an MCP server using only Windows Notepad and a built-in runtime.
iOS update makes it impossible to type Czech characters, leading to iPhone lockout cases
After iOS 26.4, a Czech háček input error blocked device unlock.
pgmicro - An In-Process PostgreSQL Built on SQLite
An in-memory embedded DB that compiles PostgreSQL SQL into SQLite bytecode.
Anthropic shortens cache TTL from 1 hour to 5 minutes on March 6, 2026
The shortened Claude Code cache TTL caused a sharp spike in cache regeneration costs and quota consumption.
Claude Code Pro Max 5x plan quota exhausted in just 1.5 hours even with moderate usage
A cache_read calculation error in the Pro Max 5x plan causes quota to be consumed rapidly.
Docker Pull Failures Occur in Spain Due to Cloudflare's Football-Related Blocking
Cloudflare's blocking policy in Spain blocked Docker Hub downloads.
How to Run Multiple $10K/Month Companies on a $20/Month Stack
An operating approach that drastically minimizes SaaS infrastructure using a single VPS, Go, and SQLite.
How to bypass the 2-VM limit on Apple Silicon (2023)
An analysis of the macOS VM limit of 2 on Apple Silicon and a method to bypass it via a kernel variable.