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Caddy - The Ultimate Server with Automatic HTTPS

Caddy is an advanced HTTPS server featuring automatic TLS certificate management, a RESTful config API, and compliance with PCI, HIPAA, and NIST standards. The server offers robust PKI capabilities, dynamic backend support, and extensive PHP optimization through FrankenPHP, making it a comprehensive solution for modern web hosting needs.

Vim After Bram: A Core Maintainer on How They’ve Kept It Going

Following Bram Moolenaar's passing in August 2023, Vim maintainer Christian Brabandt and the community worked to ensure the text editor's continuity, facing infrastructure challenges while maintaining development momentum. The project successfully transitioned leadership, released Vim 9.1 in January 2024, and now operates in maintenance mode while focusing on community health and backward compatibility.

blunderchess.net

A parody chess website promoting intentional blundering as a gameplay strategy, featuring both online and local play options. The humorous platform turns the typical chess mistake of 'blundering' into a deliberate approach to the game.

Finding Flow: Escaping Digital Distractions Through Deep Work and Slow Living

An exploration of focus, flow states, and digital distractions in modern life, drawing parallels between behavioral conditioning and social media's impact on attention. The text discusses practical strategies for maintaining focus, achieving flow states, and embracing slow living while highlighting the importance of environment, breaks, and disconnection from technology.

50 Years of Travel Tips

An experienced traveler shares comprehensive insights and practical tips gained from 50 years of global adventures, covering various travel styles and approaches. The guidance emphasizes two primary travel modes: retreat (R&R) and engagement (E&E), with a focus on authentic experiences and cultural immersion. The author provides detailed recommendations for maximizing travel experiences, from packing strategies to destination selection.

Rust is Eating JavaScript | Lee Robinson

Mozilla-created Rust programming language is increasingly being adopted to optimize JavaScript tooling, offering significant performance improvements in areas like minification, transpilation, and bundling. Major tech companies and open-source projects are leveraging Rust's memory efficiency and speed to enhance developer tools, with projects like SWC showing 3-5x performance gains.

GitHub - dvershinin/gixy: NGINX configuration static analyzer

Gixy is a security-focused tool for analyzing Nginx configurations, detecting potential misconfigurations and vulnerabilities. The fork maintains support for Python 3.6 through 3.13, offering features like Server Side Request Forgery detection and HTTP Splitting prevention. Available through PyPI, yum, or Docker, Gixy helps automate security flaw detection in Nginx setups.

calculator-app

Google hired Hans-J. Boehm to develop a calculator app that would provide mathematically correct answers, leading to an innovative solution combining rational arithmetic with recursive real arithmetic (RRA). The journey involved exploring various number representation methods, from bignums to constructive real numbers, ultimately resulting in a hybrid approach using rational numbers multiplied by RRA numbers with symbolic representations.

How Trump’s Medical Research Cuts Would Hit Colleges and Hospitals in Every State

The Trump administration's proposal to reduce NIH grant funding for indirect costs to 15% would significantly impact medical research institutions nationwide, potentially cutting $4-5 billion annually. Major research universities and hospitals could face individual losses exceeding $100 million per year, affecting their ability to maintain research infrastructure and continue current research levels. The policy change could particularly affect complex research areas like genetics and disproportionately impact institutions in states like North Carolina, Missouri, and Pennsylvania.

Martin Escardo (@MartinEscardo@mathstodon.xyz)

Recent concerns emerge about potential US government interference with academic platforms like arXiv, GitHub, and university IT systems, particularly regarding DEI policies and federal funding. ArXiv's cloud-based infrastructure and dependence on federal funding through Cornell University raise questions about its vulnerability, though bulk download options exist for data preservation.

PAROL6 DOCS

PAROL6 is an open-source, 3D-printed desktop robotic arm designed to match industrial robot standards in mechanics, control, and usability. The project provides comprehensive documentation, building instructions, and control software under GPLv3 license, enabling users to build and operate their own 6-axis robot for educational and small-scale automation purposes.

Trump administration wants to un-fire nuclear safety workers but can’t figure out how to reach them

NBCUniversal's Cookie Notice details how the company and its partners use tracking technologies across their digital services, including websites, applications, and connected devices. The policy explains various cookie types, their purposes, and provides comprehensive options for users to manage their cookie preferences and opt-out of different tracking mechanisms.