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OpenBao is a software solution that aims to manage, store, and distribute sensitive data like secrets, certificates, and keys. It operates under an open-source license and is governed by an open community. The main problem it addresses is the complexity of managing access to secrets, including key rolling, secure storage, and audit logs. OpenBao offers […]
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W4 Games, an Irish startup founded by Godot veterans, has secured a $15 million Series A funding round led by OSS Capital and Naval Ravikant, founder of AngelList. Other notable investors include Justin Hoffman, Larry Augustin, Alex Atallah, and Thomas Dohmke. W4 Games aims to leverage the Godot Engine, a free and open-source technology, to […]
In this blog post, the author discusses Spotify’s approach to shuffling songs in a playlist and the issues they faced when their algorithm was not considered random enough by users. The author then introduces an alternative algorithm inspired by a blog post from Martin Fiedler and explains how it creates an illusion of randomness while […]
Deadweight Loss as a Service, a fintech startup, has emerged from stealth mode after securing $8M in seed funding from Emergent Ventures and Thiel Capital. The platform aims to streamline charitable giving using AI and blockchain technology. It introduces two significant innovations: OmniMatch™, which matches funding up to fifty cents on the dollar, and Antidollars™, […]
Welcome to Murder Engine, the pixel art ECS game engine built on MonoGame. Please proceed with caution as this engine is still in development and subject to frequent changes and imperfections. If you’re adept at exploring examples and figuring things out, start with our game jam project or the Hello World project to understand the […]
In this web content, the author shares a personal story about spending Christmas working at a fireworks tent. He reflects on the concept of home and describes his upbringing in Mississippi. The author’s voice is casual and he shares anecdotes from his life, including his father giving him guns before starting the job and his […]
Wine development release 9.0-rc1 is now available. This release marks the beginning of the yearly code freeze period in preparation for Wine 9.0. Some notable features in this release include an upgraded version of bundled vkd3d, support for DH encryption keys with a recent GnuTLS, keyboard layouts support in the Wayland driver, and various bug […]
The addition of binary lists has been a well-studied problem in mathematics. If the sets are random, the resulting sums are typically all different. However, sets that are not random and not subgroups have been difficult to study. The Freiman-Ruzsa conjecture proposed a polynomial version of this problem, but a proof has been elusive. Recently, […]
NetworkX is a powerful Python package that allows users to create, manipulate, and explore complex networks. It provides a wide range of features, including data structures for graphs, digraphs, and multigraphs, as well as many standard graph algorithms. Users can also analyze the structure and properties of networks using various measures. What sets NetworkX apart […]
In this web content, the author discusses the importance of quality assurance (QA) measures in software projects. They highlight the common problem of companies neglecting QA due to budget constraints and time constraints. The author points out that computer science education often lacks sufficient training in QA, which is a shame considering that most students […]