This repository offers a fully C++ implementation of Stable Diffusion-based image synthesis that includes original txt2img, img2img, and inpainting capabilities and a safety checker. The library allows for the integration of Stable Diffusion into almost any application and is particularly useful for developers of real-time graphics applications and games. The implementation stores mathematical models using […]

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Tailscale has introduced passkeys, a secure and convenient alternative to passwords. Passkeys do not require the user to remember yet another password and are unique for each account and site visited. Synchronized across devices using services like Google Password Manager, iCloud Keychain from Apple, and 1Password, each passkey is tied to the specific app or […]

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Winter is coming, but fear not, we’ve conquered the darkness before. Our early ancestors learned how to control fire to tame the night. And today, we have even more efficient lighting technology than our candles, lanterns, and gas lamps. The libertarian Cato Institute’s HumanProgress project highlights that a person would need to gather, chop and […]

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This short message is simple but significant for those in the tech industry. The commit being referred to in this statement was signed with the committer’s verified signature, indicating the authenticity and security of the code being produced. While this may seem like a small detail, it is crucial in ensuring the safety and reliability […]

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At a recent Linux Storage, Filesystem, Memory-Management, and BPF Summit, the discussion centered on the frustrations of the kernel development process, as experienced by developers and maintainers. The main issue was that patch sets are proposed but may not be applied or rejected, making it hard for companies to know the outcome of a development […]

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The author discusses their struggle with monitoring all the applications they host on their server, which has about forty running Docker containers. They prefer to use the open source solution Grafana, which is a web-based data visualization platform that uses plugins to consume data from different sources and support custom dashboard visualizations. They explain the […]

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The author discusses various C and C++ APIs for encoding conversions, including their strengths and weaknesses. They provide detailed tables comparing the features of different libraries and APIs, and highlight the deficiencies in the standard C and C++ interfaces. In particular, the author explores why wchar_t is a problematic data type and why encoding conversions […]

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Daft is a powerful solution for developers handling multimodal data, providing a distributed dataframe library that brings familiarity to developers already acquainted with pandas or polars. With native support for complex types and memory formats, such as images, Daft maximizes the performance potential of modern hardware, including SIMD optimizations through Rust computation engine. Additionally, Daft […]

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Rui Ueyama, creator of the mold linker open source tool, talks about his experience in launching his own open source software business. While he was successful in making mold linker a popular open source software, he struggled to monetize it in a way that gave him a big return. Ueyama shares four ways to monetize […]

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Gliglish is the first AI-based language teacher that helps you improve your fluency and speak with confidence in many different languages, including English, Bulgarian, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Swedish. Powered by the same technology behind ChatGPT, Gliglish is friendly, helpful, and feels like talking to a real person, making it great […]

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