Postgres LISTEN/NOTIFY does not scale https://www.recall.ai/blog/postgres-listen-notify-does-not-scale
www.recall.ai
Postgres LISTEN/NOTIFY does not scale
Postgres LISTEN/NOTIFY can cause severe performance issues under high write concurrency due to a global lock during commit. Learn why it doesn't scale and how to avoid outages.
The ChompSaw: A benchtop power tool that's safe for kids to use https://www.core77.com/posts/137602/The-ChompSaw-A-Benchtop-Power-Tool-Thats-Safe-for-Kids-to-Use
Core77
The ChompSaw: A Benchtop Power Tool That's Safe for Kids to Use
Of all freestanding power tools, perhaps the jigsaw or scrollsaw would be the most fun for kids to use, as they allow freeform cuts. They're also pretty darn dangerous, with the jigsaw being powerful enough to remove fingers. A much safer way to introduce…
Bill Atkinson's psychedelic user interface https://patternproject.substack.com/p/from-the-mac-to-the-mystical-bill
Substack
From The Mac to The Mystical: Bill Atkinson’s Psychedelic User Interface
How an Apple legend approached the world’s most powerful psychedelic as a user-experience problem to be solved.
Upgrading an M4 Pro Mac mini's storage for half the price https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/upgrading-m4-pro-mac-minis-storage-half-price
Repasting a MacBook https://christianselig.com/2025/07/repaste-macbook/
Christianselig
You should repaste your MacBook (but don't)
My favorite memory of my M1 Pro MacBook Pro was the whole sensation of “holy crap, you never hear the fans in this thing”, which was very novel in 2021.
Four years later, this MacBook Pro is still a delight. It’s the longest I’ve ever owned a laptop, and…
Four years later, this MacBook Pro is still a delight. It’s the longest I’ve ever owned a laptop, and…
Andrew Ng: Building Faster with AI [video] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNJCfif1dPY
YouTube
Andrew Ng: Building Faster with AI
Andrew Ng on June 17, 2025 at AI Startup School in San Francisco.
Andrew Ng has helped shape some of the most influential movements in modern AI—from online education to deep learning to AI entrepreneurship.
In this talk, he shares what he’s learning now:…
Andrew Ng has helped shape some of the most influential movements in modern AI—from online education to deep learning to AI entrepreneurship.
In this talk, he shares what he’s learning now:…
ETH Zurich and EPFL to release a LLM developed on public infrastructure https://ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/eth-news/news/2025/07/a-language-model-built-for-the-public-good.html
ETH Zurich
A language model built for the public good
ETH Zurich and EPFL will release a large language model (LLM) developed on public infrastructure. Trained on the “Alps” supercomputer at the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS), the new LLM marks a milestone in open-source AI and multilingual excellence.
OpenAI’s Windsurf deal is off, and Windsurf’s CEO is going to Google https://www.theverge.com/openai/705999/google-windsurf-ceo-openai
The Verge
OpenAI’s Windsurf deal is off — and Windsurf’s CEO is going to Google
Key researchers are joining Google DeepMind, too.
New Date("wtf") – How well do you know JavaScript's Date class? https://jsdate.wtf
jsdate.wtf
new Date("wtf")
How well do you know JavaScript's Date class?
Malware found in official gravityforms plugin indicating supply chain breach https://patchstack.com/articles/critical-malware-found-in-gravityforms-official-plugin-site/
Patchstack
Malware Found in Official GravityForms Plugin Indicating Supply Chain Breach - Patchstack
Update 7-12-2025 06:00 UTC: We have observed some activity in regard to one of the backdoors that involves a gf_api_token parameter. The IP address 193.160.101.6 tries to request, for every site, the following URLs with a spoofed user agent: Update 7-11-2025…
First malaria treatment for babies approved for use https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c89e872jdjxo
Bbc
First malaria treatment for babies approved for use
Until now, there had only been drugs for older children which carried an overdose risk for the young.
The fish kick may be the fastest subsurface swim stroke yet (2015) https://nautil.us/is-this-new-swim-stroke-the-fastest-yet-235511/
Nautilus
Is This New Swim Stroke the Fastest Yet?
The surprising performance and physics of the fish kick.
Proposed NOAA Budget Kills Program Designed to Prevent Satellite Collisions https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/proposed-noaa-budget-kills-program-to-prevent-satellite-collisions/
Sky & Telescope
Proposed NOAA Budget Kills Program That Was Designed to Prevent Satellite Collisions
Trump’s first administration helped establish the Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS). His second administration wants to dismantle it.
Arizona resident dies from the plague less than 24 hours after showing symptoms https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/arizona-plague-death-cases-b2787325.html
The Independent
Victim dies from the plague in Arizona
Amid a prairie dog die-off near Flagstaff, one person in Northern Arizona has died from the plague after being hospitalized with severe symptoms.
Working through 'Writing A C Compiler' https://jollygoodsw.wordpress.com/2025/03/13/working-through-writing-a-c-compiler/
Jolly Interesting Stuff
Working through ‘Writing A C Compiler’
Some time ago I decided I wanted to create a c compiler for the Hack processor in the nand2tetris book. After several dead end attempts that I might describe later I found this book : Writing a C C…