How I Bypassed Amazon's Kindle Web DRM Because Their App Sucked
As it turns out they don't actually want you to do this (and have some interesting ways to stop you)
Distributed Ray-Tracing
An overview of how distributed ray-tracing enhances realism by addressing the limits of traditional ray-tracing, using Monte Carlo sampling to simulate effects like soft shadows, gloss, depth of fi...
Claude Skills: Customize AI for your workflows
Build custom Skills to teach Claude specialized tasks. Create once, use everywhere—from spreadsheets to coding. Available across Claude.ai, API, and Code.
Why we're leaving serverless | Unkey
Every millisecond matters when you're in the critical path of API authentication. After two years of fighting serverless limitations, we rebuilt our entire API stack and slashed the end-to-end latency.
New Alpha Release: Tor Browser 15.0a4 | Tor Project
Tor Browser 15.0a4 is now available from the Tor Browser download page and also from our distribution directory.
Why Most Apps Should Start as Monoliths – Randy Shoup Explains
#SoftwareArchitecture #RandyShoup #MonolithVsMicroservices #Microservices #SoftwareEngineering #TechLeadership #SystemDesign #StartupTech #DevTalks Boost your coding skills by joining Scrimba: https://scrimba.com?via=DevToolsMadeSimple https://youtu.be/MjPoo…
Implementing Beekeeping in my Farming Game!
Wishlist HomeGrown on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1894560/HomeGrown/ Support the channel on Patreon and get access to the game & code for Homegrown, the city-builder, and Equilinox: https://www.patreon.com/thinmatrix Play my previous game "Equi…
The Blues Brothers: Jukebox Adventure (Commodore Amiga) - Games That Weren't
As we crept into 1994, there were still very decent Amiga titles seeing release - and yet another promising looking title was the sequel to Blues Brothers - The Blues Brothers: Jukebox Adventure. This time though, it was just Amiga users who would get delights…
Procedural Generation with Wave Function Collapse
An In-Depth Explanation in C++, From First Principles to Practical Implementation
Emulator Bugs: Metal Max 2 Kai
This is a post on a bug that broke Metal Max 2 Kai for the Game Boy Advance, a port of the Super Famicom game Metal Max 2. The text box is definitely not supposed to do that! This was caused by slightly inaccurate timing.
Mapgen4’s use of WebGL2
I try to avoid big software rewrites. But sometimes the rewrites are just an excuse to re-familiarize myself with the code. I rationalized rewriting Mapgen4’s renderer by saying I wanted to use WebGL2. And I did use WebGL2, but the improvements turned out to b…
Half-Space Test
An explanation of the math behind half-space testing
GitHub - IRS-Public/fact-graph: Fact Graph
Fact Graph . Contribute to IRS-Public/fact-graph development by creating an account on GitHub.
Retiring Windows 10 and Microsoft's move towards a surveillance state | Scott Larson
Windows When? Windows Now - Zed Blog
From the Zed Blog: Zed for Windows is finally here. Download it today.
Using CockroachDB in Secure Mode Locally | no dogma blog
It's not immediately obvious how to use CockroachDB in secure mode locally. In this post, I walk through the process of creating and using the necessary certificates.
Dungeon Master, the Premier Atari ST Game
By 1986, the Atari ST was flying high, leading to the amazing Dungeon Master game being released in 1987.
Please Stop Splitting Things - Alek's Blog
As engineers, we learn from the very beginning that bundling too many things together is bad. Be it writing a huge function or a class file, having thousands of lines. The same holds true for non-technical aspects such as project documentation, project tickets…
Automating HTB with LLM-driven n8n Agent — Technical Writeup | luciuswayne.com
Learn how an LLM-powered n8n workflow automated end-to-end exploitation of Hack The Box's Editor machine, from reconnaissance to flag extraction, and discover the pitfalls and safety considerations of automated red team operations.
How banks create money (with your money)
Let's say NewBank just opened its first branch. They start off with $0 in customer deposits. You walk into the bank with a big sack of cash with $100K in it and the bank manager says, "Hey, it looks like we have our first customer!"
The Dreamseeker’s Vision of Tomorrow - Dhole Moments
Since I have your attention for the moment, I’d like you to ask yourself a question: What is it that drives you in life? Do you yearn for the feeling of safety? By seeking power, status, weal…
How I Learned to Spot Inflated Bids (and What You Can Do Too)
After two decades as a hobbyist builder, I've learned to spot when contractors are pricing the job—or pricing the lifestyle. Here's how to protect your budget and get fair quotes.
I hate acrobat
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Deep Work (Sometimes) Pays Off – Asad Memon
Asad Memon's homepage.
Homogeneous by Design – Jon C. Phillips
We have unlimited design possibilities, infinite color palettes, and AI that can create anything. So why does every website look exactly the same? Wel…
Empty Intervals are Valid Intervals
Summary: whenever a programmer works with intervals (whether pixel intervals for graphics, time intervals for logs or databases, salary intervals for payroll applications, etc), they should keep in mind these three rules:
ClaunkedIn
I've engaged in more software planning and development discourse with Claude models than any individual human. An aggregate history of my Anthropic accoun...
Dinosaurs Eat Everybody :: Just Use a Laptop
My most millennial trait is that big purchases must happen in a big laptop screen.
A Hack is Not Enough / GioCities
Twisted Sister's "there ain't no way we'll lose it" political theory has not held up
Why I still use Perl in 2025
October 15th, 2025
Inverse Collatz's Tape
Consider an empty tape with all unmarked cells, such that the reading head (standing initially in the middle of the tape) applies the collatz function to a starting n: