ESPN’s AI-generated recap of U.S. soccer legend Alex Morgan’s final professional match failed to even mention her, focusing instead on teammate Kennedy Wesley’s performance. This highlights the limitations of AI in replicating the perspective and emotional impact human writers bring to sports coverage. Despite ESPN’s claims that a human editor reviews each recap for accuracy, […]
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JSON diff and patch jd is a commandline utility and Go library for comparing and updating JSON and YAML data. It supports jd format, JSON Merge Patch (RFC 7386), and JSON Patch (RFC 6902). The unique feature is using `-setkeys` to identify which keys determine object matches when comparing. To install, use ‘brew install jd’, […]
Core is an innovative approach to game development, presenting an Action-RPG Maker Tool&Engine&Property-Editor. Using a component system similar to clojure vectors and maps, the game’s state is stored in a single atom. Errors can be easily fixed without restarting the JVM. The application’s content is stored in one resources/properties.edn file and validated with malli-schemas. Unique […]
In this post, the author dives deeper into simplifying web development by using Semantic HTML, shoing that HTMX eliminates the need for JS while promoting Pico CSS for minimal cognitive load on the style side. The post contrasts Pico CSS with Bootstrap and Tailwind, showing how Pico CSS focuses on Semantic HTML. The author shares […]
Fennel is a programming language that combines Lua’s simplicity with a lisp syntax and macro system. It offers full Lua compatibility, zero overhead, and compile-time macros. Fennel can be embedded in other programs for extensibility and supports interactive development. You can run Fennel code wherever you can run Lua code. The documentation includes setup instructions, […]
In the fast-paced world of development, security vulnerabilities can easily be overlooked. A recent discovery of a severe exploit chain, starting from a publicly exposed .git directory, led to a full server takeover. Many websites still expose their .git directories, which store sensitive information and credentials. By accessing the .git/config file, the author found credentials […]
Summary: The blog post explains how to create a Git commit using low-level Plumbing commands instead of high-level Porcelain commands. It covers the basics of Git states and project sections, as well as the concepts of blob, tree, and commit objects. The post guides readers through the process of crafting a commit by creating blob […]
The author dives into the intricate details of how Linux moves from an awake to a hibernating state and restores all state. The investigation is split into various parts, with the first part focusing on filesystem synchronization when invoking hibernation. The system files /sys/power/state and /sys/power/disk allow debugging hibernation. An interesting autosleep system originally from […]
DevHub is a feature-rich offline application designed to support developers’ daily tasks while ensuring high security for their data. The developer aims to release weekly updates and maintain a lean footprint with over 100 utilities that offer a diverse array of tools. The application goes beyond being a coding companion and includes tools like SSL […]
Joseph Carboni discusses the challenge of parsing dollar figures in PDF reports, highlighting a crucial issue with negative values being converted into positive ones. He delves into the Unicode trickery involving different types of hyphens, ultimately providing a solution using Unicode categories to accurately identify the hyphen preceding the dollar symbol. This unique insight showcases […]