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31.

Laws of Software Engineering (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-21 | by Dr. Milan Milanović | get Software Engineering Book → | tags: conway's law, hyrum's law, cap theorem

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Mastodon was hit by a 'major' DDoS attack that briefly took down parts of the service (engadget.com)

2026-04-20 | get DDoS Protection Service → | tags: mastodon, ddos attack, mastodon.social

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Optimizing Tail Sampling in OpenTelemetry with Retroactive Sampling (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-18 | get OpenTelemetry Collector Plugin → | tags: opentelemetry, retroactive sampling, victoriametrics

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Google and Pentagon in talks to run custom AI chips inside classified environments — Google pushes for tight controls for TPUs surrounding use for mass surveillance and autonomous weapons (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-17 | by Luke James | tags: google, tensor processing unit, google distributed cloud

35.

Bluesky blames DDoS attack for server outages (engadget.com)

2026-04-17 | get DDoS Protection Service → | tags: bluesky, ddos attack, social media

36.

Everyone Can Build a Product Now — the Real Advantage Is Getting People to Care About Yours. Here’s How. (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-04-16 | by Faturoti Kayode | get Build Your Own Robot Kit → | tags: ai-assisted development, entrepreneur, distribution channels

37.

Artifacts: Versioned storage that speaks Git (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-16 | get GitHub Desktop → | tags: artifacts, git, source control

38.

PiCore - Raspberry Pi Port of Tiny Core Linux (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-15 | get Raspberry Pi 4 Case → | tags: raspberry pi, tiny core linux, pi core

39.

Why Zorin OS 18.1 is simply the best Linux distro - for anyone (zdnet.com)

2026-04-15 | by Jack Wallen | get Zorin OS 18.1 Laptop Bundle → | tags: zorin os, linux distro, zorin os 18.1

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You can use Linux 7.0 on these 7 distros today - here's what to expect (zdnet.com)

2026-04-15 | by Steven Vaughan-Nichols | get Linux Mint 21. → | tags: linux, linux 7.0, linus torvalds

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You can try Linux 7.0 now on these distros - here's what's new (zdnet.com)

2026-04-14 | by Steven Vaughan-Nichols | get Linux Mint 21.1 → | tags: linux 7.0, linus torvalds, rust

42.

Man Who Threw Molotov at Sam Altman’s House Warned AI Will Exterminate Humankind (futurism.com)

2026-04-14 | by Joe Wilkins | get AI Safety and Ethics Book → | tags: openai, sam altman, arson

43.

Multi-Agentic Software Development Is a Distributed Systems Problem (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-14 | by Kiran Gopinathan | get Distributed Systems Development Kit → | tags: multi-agent systems, choreographic language, large language models

44.

Blu-ray lives on as Verbatim and I-O Data pledge support with new drives and discs (techspot.com)

2026-04-12 | get Verbatim Blu-ray Disc Pack → | tags: verbatim, i-o data, blu-ray

45.

Carol's Causal Conundrum: a zine intro to causally ordered message delivery (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-10 | by Lindsey Kuper | get Causal Ordering Message Queue → | tags: causally ordered messaging, distributed programming, choreographic programming

46.

The Raft consensus algorithm explained through "Mean Girls" (2019) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-10 | tags: raft, consensus algorithm, distributed systems

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The Raft Consensus Algorithm Explained Through "Mean Girls" (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-10 | get Raft Consensus Algorithm T-Shirt → | tags: raft consensus, mean girls, distributed systems

48.

The solution to America’s energy crisis starts with homes (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-04-09 | get Smart Home Energy Monitor → | tags: residential solar, battery storage, winter storm fern

49.

My top 5 Linux desktops of 2026 (so far) - and I've tried them all (zdnet.com)

2026-04-09 | by Jack Wallen | get Ubuntu Desktop 2026 → | tags: cosmic, linux distributions, zdnet

50.

Four steps for better focus from a cognitive scientist (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-04-09 | get Focus Booster App → | tags: cognitive scientist, attention-grabbers, focus

51.

Hackers steal and leak sensitive LAPD police documents (techcrunch.com)

2026-04-08 | by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai | get LAPD Police Document Scanner → | tags: lapd, distributed denial of secrets, world leaks

52.

Mysteries of Dropbox: Testing of a Distributed Sync Service (2016) [pdf] (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-07 | get Dropbox Sync Service Guide → | tags: dropbox, distributed sync, testing

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Mysteries of Dropbox: Property-Based Testing of a Distributed Sync Service [pdf] (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-07 | get Dropbox Sync Service Guide → | tags: dropbox, property-based testing, distributed sync

54.

Why AI Systems Fail Quietly (spectrum.ieee.org)

2026-04-07 | by Varun Raj | get AI Failure Detection Kit → | tags: distributed ai platform, autonomous systems, language model

55.

Book review: There Is No Antimemetics Division (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-06 | by Stephen Diehl | tags: antimemetics, distributed systems, data loss

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Book Review: There Is No Antimemetics Division (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-06 | by Stephen Diehl | tags: antimemetics, sam hughes, qntm

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How to Design Your Way Out of Delay and Build Simple Systems That Make Procrastination Almost Impossible (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-04-06 | by Aytekin Tank | get Time Management Planner Notebook → | tags: parkinson’s law, entrepreneur, productivity tools

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I tested the 'survival computer' that has all the offline utility you need - including AI (zdnet.com)

2026-04-06 | by Jack Wallen | get Raspberry Pi 4 Kit → | tags: project nomad, offline ai, linux distro

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People Ignore a Ticking ‘Tax Bomb’ That Can Decimate Retirement. Here’s How to Stay Safe, According to a Former JPMorgan Executive. (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-04-01 | by Amanda Breen | get Retirement Planning Book → | tags: retirement tax, jpmorgan, iras

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Ask HN: Distributed data centers in our basements (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-31 | get Home Server Rack → | tags: distributed data centers, hot water heating, basement servers