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Beautiful Abelian Sandpiles

I can’t remember where I first saw them, but ever since, I have been unable to forget them: abelian sandpiles. I’m far from the only one. They’re remarkably simple, yet produce lovely symmetric patterns. I loved them so much that I adorned the title banner of this blog with an animation of an abelian sandpile. […]

10 Years of Let’s Encrypt

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On September 14, 2015, our first publicly-trusted certificate went live. We were proud that we had issued a certificate that a significant majority of clients could accept, and had done it using automated software. Of course, in retrospect this was just the first of billions of certificates. Today, Let’s Encrypt is the largest certificate authority […]

So You Want to Speak at Software Conferences?

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Posted by Dylan Beattie on 08 December 2025 • permalink I run a .NET user group here in London, and we host a lot of talks from people who are relatively inexperienced presenters. Sometimes they’ve done presentations internally but never spoken before a public audience. Sometimes they’re developers who have been in theatre or played […]

If You’re Going to Vibe Code, Why Not Do It in C?

Stephen Ramsay Or hell, why not do it in x86 assembly? Let’s get a few things out of the way before I go any further with this seemingly impertinent thought, because it’s nowhere near as snarky as it sounds. First, I don’t particularly like vibe coding. I love programming, and I have loved it since […]

PeerTube is recognized as a digital public good by Digital Public Goods Alliance

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Donating the Model Context Protocol and Establishing the Agentic AI Foundation

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Today, we’re donating the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to the Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF), a directed fund under the Linux Foundation, co-founded by Anthropic, Block and OpenAI, with support from Google, Microsoft, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Cloudflare, and Bloomberg. Model Context Protocol One year ago, we introduced MCP as a universal, open standard for connecting […]

Clearspace (YC W23) Is Hiring a Founding Designer

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About Clearspace Clearspace is building the intentionality layer of the internet. Our mission is to build technology as effective at protecting human attention as social media is at exploiting it (infinite scrolling, short-form feeds, manipulative notifications, etc). Our category defining mobile app has been featured on Huberman Lab, New York Times Wirecutter, NPR Marketplace, Forbes, […]

Show HN: Local Privacy Firewall-blocks PII and secrets before ChatGPT sees them

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👋 If you’re trying PrivacyFirewall, please star the repo! It helps others discover the project and motivates development. Takes 2 seconds → ⭐ (top right) PrivacyFirewall is a local-first PII and secrets firewall for AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini.It blocks risky paste events, warns as you type, and (optionally) uses a lightweight on-device […]