One year ago, Bluesky Social PBC announced their intention to facilitate the creation of an independent organization to operate the Public Ledger of Credentials (PLC) directory. We are happy to announce the Public Ledger of Credentials Organization now formally exists, … Read more
I’ve re-read Sunil Pai’s “the senior engineer death spiral” several times this week. It’s very good. If you haven’t read it, start there. It’s resonating with me because I think almost every senior engineer has felt some version of being … Read more
Library Learning Resource Shader Modern game engines like Godot use many shaders under the hood. What is a shader? It’s a program that runs directly on your computer’s graphics card. Shaders control how the GPU draws 3D models, particles, 2D … Read more
What she couldn’t know at the time was that this curious cat had a secret. It would become the first new species of felid (i.e. the cat family) discovered in over 100 years, according to a study published today in … Read more
Intro This quick tutorial will help you make a meaningful contribution to OpenStreetMap (OSM) in less than 15 minutes. By the end, you will have added an official website tag to a nearby shop or amenity. Soon after, your contribution … Read more
“Stunned silence.” That’s how Bryan Roth of the University of North Carolina School of Medicine described the mood at a US National Institutes of Health Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative meeting in Bethesda, Maryland, this week … Read more
LymeAlert will hit the market in August. The latest tool against the tick-borne illness could become a medicine cabinet staple Kristen A. Schmitt | Freelance writer July 31, 2026 Of the estimated 899 species of ticks worldwide, about 90 are … Read more
HTMX 4.0, the first JavaScript library to release exclusively on the Game Boy® platform! Experience the power of HTMX, now on your favorite portable handheld. Four levels of pickle-collecting excitement. Squish client-side JS down to size, avoid slop and, if … Read more
The world’s first wrist computer system, released in 1984, consisted of a watch part and a separate “controller” console with a built-in printer. The user could input BASIC programing with a keyboard (sold separately) and enjoy playing games. It also … Read more
The researchers, writing in the journal Science, are clear – they have not done that, at least not yet. But for a planet to support life it has to have water and for that it has to be the right … Read more