From Vivado 2026.1, AMD's free Standard edition is Windows-only. What exactly changed, how to keep Linux builds and CI working, and where the open-source Yosys/nextpnr flow fits, with a working GitHub Actions example.
Zig and Rust solve different problems well. An honest look at when moving a Zig codebase to Rust is worth it, when it isn't, and how to migrate one module at a time over the C ABI, with working code.
Learn to read PostgreSQL EXPLAIN and EXPLAIN ANALYZE output using real plans from a reproducible test database, verify the planner's cost formula by hand, tune random_page_cost and work_mem, and find the queries worth fixing with pg_stat_statements.
A developer's guide to decentralized social: how ActivityPub, the AT Protocol, Farcaster and Lens work, what changed when Farcaster and Lens changed hands in January 2026, a working Bluesky posting script, and realistic first projects.
"Private" isn't a security setting. A hands-on checklist for securing private Git repositories: account and token hygiene, keeping secrets out with Gitleaks, branch rules and CODEOWNERS, signed commits, CI/CD hardening, Dependabot, and what GitHub charges for.
A practical guide to open-source terminal coding agents: what they do, how to install Gemini CLI, Codex CLI, Aider and Goose, how to choose between them, running local models, and safety habits for letting an agent touch your repo.
CRAB tests AI agents on tasks that span a desktop and a phone, with graph-based checkpoints and efficiency metrics. What it measures, what its 2024 results showed, how to run it, and how it compares with OSWorld and AndroidWorld.
Set up a practical code review workflow on GitHub in under an hour, with CI checks, branch rulesets, CODEOWNERS and a PR template. Then the evidence-based habits (small PRs, fast responses, clear feedback) that make reviews worth doing.
In March 2026 the FCC added foreign-produced consumer routers to its Covered List, blocking new models from authorization unless makers win Conditional Approval. Here's what the rule covers, what it doesn't, and what home users should actually do.
Why do JavaScript projects install hundreds of tiny packages? James Garbutt's essay names three causes: old runtime support, atomic packages, and ponyfills that outlived their purpose. Here's what each means and the tools and code changes that help.
