Briar: Peer to Peer Encrypted Messaging https://briarproject.org/how-it-works/
briarproject.org
How it works - Briar
Briar is a messaging app designed for activists, journalists, and anyone else who needs a safe, easy and robust way to communicate. Unlike traditional messaging apps, Briar doesn’t rely on a central server – messages are synchronized directly between the…
Why do transit agencies keep falling for the hydrogen bus myth? https://cleantechnica.com/2025/03/13/why-do-transit-agencies-keep-falling-for-the-hydrogen-bus-myth/
CleanTechnica
Why Do Transit Agencies Keep Falling for the Hydrogen Bus Myth? - CleanTechnica
Transit agencies keep choosing hydrogen buses due to cognitive biases like anchoring, operational tunnel vision, and reliance on misleading narratives.
Decrypting encrypted files from Akira ransomware using a bunch of GPUs https://tinyhack.com/2025/03/13/decrypting-encrypted-files-from-akira-ransomware-linux-esxi-variant-2024-using-a-bunch-of-gpus/
Tinyhack.com
Decrypting Encrypted files from Akira Ransomware (Linux/ESXI variant 2024) using a bunch of GPUs
I recently helped a company recover their data from the Akira ransomware without paying the ransom. I'm sharing how I did it, along with the full source code.
The code is here: https://github.com/yohanes/akira-bruteforce
To clarify, multiple ransomware…
The code is here: https://github.com/yohanes/akira-bruteforce
To clarify, multiple ransomware…
Kerning, the Hard Way https://home.octetfont.com/blog/kerning-hard.html
Athena landed in a dark crater where the temperature was -280° F / -173° C https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/03/athena-landed-in-a-dark-crater-where-the-temperature-was-minus-280-f/
RubyLLM: A delightful Ruby way to work with AI https://github.com/crmne/ruby_llm
GitHub
GitHub - crmne/ruby_llm: Stop juggling AI SDKs! RubyLLM offers one delightful Ruby interface for OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Bedrock…
Stop juggling AI SDKs! RubyLLM offers one delightful Ruby interface for OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Bedrock, OpenRouter, DeepSeek, Ollama & compatible APIs. Chat, Vision, Audio, PDF, Images,...
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Milk Kanban https://brodzinski.com/2025/03/milk-kanban.html
Pawel Brodzinski on Leadership in Technology
Milk Kanban - Pawel Brodzinski on Leadership in Technology
We ten to consider Kanban as (digital) whiteboards with columns and sticky notes, while its original meaning was just (any) visual signal.
Docs – Open source alternative to Notion or Outline https://github.com/suitenumerique/docs
GitHub
GitHub - suitenumerique/docs: A collaborative note taking, wiki and documentation platform that scales. Built with Django and React.
A collaborative note taking, wiki and documentation platform that scales. Built with Django and React. - GitHub - suitenumerique/docs: A collaborative note taking, wiki and documentation platform ...
DiceDB https://dicedb.io/
DiceDB
DiceDB - an open-source, fast, reactive, in-memory database optimized for modern hardware.
DiceDB is an open-source, fast, reactive, in-memory database optimized for modern hardware. Commonly used as a cache, it offers a familiar interface while enabling real-time data updates through query subscriptions. It delivers higher throughput and lower…
That Time I Recreated Photoshop in C++ https://f055.net/technology/that-time-i/that-time-i-recreated-photoshop-in-c/
F055
That time I recreated Photoshop in C++ • F055
As I’m getting older I look back on all the things I’ve done as a creative developer, and I see so many cool projects! But I never wrote down any development
Did the Particle Go Through the Two Slits, or Did the Wave Function? https://profmattstrassler.com/2025/03/13/did-the-particle-go-through-the-two-slits-or-did-the-wave-function/
Of Particular Significance
Did the Particle Go Through the Two Slits, or Did the Wave Function?
In the quantum double-slit experiment, did the particle go through the slits or did the wave function? 1920's quantum physics has a simple answer: "NO".
Launching RDAP; sunsetting WHOIS https://www.icann.org/en/announcements/details/icann-update-launching-rdap-sunsetting-whois-27-01-2025-en
ICANN
ICANN Update: Launching RDAP; Sunsetting WHOIS
The Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP) is the successor to WHOIS, which is being sunsetted on 28 January 2025.
HTTP/3 is everywhere but nowhere https://httptoolkit.com/blog/http3-quic-open-source-support-nowhere/
Httptoolkit
HTTP/3 is everywhere but nowhere
HTTP/3 has been in development since at least 2016, while QUIC (the protocol beneath it) was first introduced by Google way back in 2013. Both are now...
Rippling sues Deel over spying https://twitter.com/parkerconrad/status/1901615179718406276
X (formerly Twitter)
Parker Conrad (@parkerconrad) on X
Rippling sued @Deel today. Our lawsuit alleges Deel cultivated a spy at Rippling & orchestrated a long-running trade-secret theft. The spy searched “deel” in our systems 23 times per day on avg, letting him spy on Deel’s own customers who were considering…
Block YouTube ads on AppleTV by decrypting and stripping ads from Profobuf (2022) https://ericdraken.com/pfsense-decrypt-ad-traffic/
Ericdraken
Block YouTube Ads on AppleTV by Decrypting and Stripping Ads from Profobuf
Apple TV and iOS YouTube ads are not blocked by Pi-hole, so I researched this and discovered a flaw in Protobuf that allows me to restrict YouTube ads.
Google to buy Wiz for $32B https://www.reuters.com/technology/cybersecurity/google-agrees-buy-cybersecurity-startup-wiz-32-bln-ft-reports-2025-03-18/
Reuters
Alphabet to buy Wiz for $32 billion in its biggest deal to boost cloud security
Alphabet will buy fast-growing startup Wiz for about $32 billion in its biggest deal ever, the Google parent said Tuesday, as it doubles down on cybersecurity to sharpen its edge in the cloud-computing race against Amazon.com and Microsoft.
Show HN: I made a tool to port tweets to Bluesky mantaining their original date https://bluemigrate.com
Bluemigrate
Migrate your tweets and follows to Bluesky in a few clicks