11 September 2024

30 links · Wednesday

Chai Discovery

Building AI foundation models to predict and reprogram the interactions between biochemical molecules, the fundamental building blocks of life.

We Spent $20 To Achieve RCE And Accidentally Became The Admins Of .MOBI

Welcome back to another watchTowr Labs blog. Brace yourselves, this is one of our most astounding discoveries. Summary What started out as a bit of fun between colleagues while avoiding the Vegas heat and $20 bottles of water in our Black Hat hotel rooms - …

The magic of DC-DC voltage conversion

Resistor-based dividers, linear regulators, buck converters, and other ways to adjust voltages.

Apizr v6.0, Refit's resilient manager - What's new

Apizr has been updated to v6.0, still getting all the things ready to use for web API client requests, with the more resilience we can, but without the boilerplate. It relies on Refit, pushing things further by adding a lot more capabilities like fault handlin…

Yaak Is Now Open Source

I hate do admin it, but the HackerNews, Reddit, and Lobsters folks were right. Open-source doesn't have to…

Rich Friend Poor Friend

Social mobility and social relationships

Why I'm Switching to Polars - Ari Lamstein

I recently decided to switch from Pandas to Polars for my Python projects that use dataframes. I came to this decision while taking a workshop on Polars last

Why I Prefer Exceptions to Error Values

Exceptions are often a better way to handle errors than returning them as values. We argue that traditional exceptions provide better user and developer experience, and show that they even result in faster execution.

Do not mask API errors in UI

Do not mask API errors in UI. Masking errors only confuses users even more and makes things harder to debug.

Saving a dead Ubiquiti USG

After 5 years with the Unifi Security Gateway it finally packed in, stuck unable to boot with an off chirping noise that was slightly concerning. Symptoms: - Chirping noise - Only the console light flashing 0:00 /0:11 1× …

We Need an Ari Emanuel for Small OSS

We always worry about funding for open source projects. It’s nothing new. But recent attention on AI and data and a vibe shift among investors has underlined the issue among OSS developer infrastructure projects. Perhaps the agency model is a way forward.