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Microsoft CTO confesses that 30-year-old code from the mid-90s still forms the bedrock of Windows 11 — ancient Win32 API still the backbone, but CTO says it's 'more relevant than ever in 2026' (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-08 | by Mark Tyson | get Windows 11 Win32 API Book → | tags: windows 11, win32 api, microsoft azure

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Diskless Linux boot using ZFS, iSCSI and PXE (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-07 | get ZFS Boot Server Kit → | tags: zfs, pxe, iscsi

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Unofficial Notepad++ macOS app forced to rebrand after creator objects (techspot.com)

2026-05-05 | get Notepad for Mac → | tags: notepad++, macos, andrey letov

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Usage-based pricing killing your vibe, here's how to roll your own local AI (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-04 | by Tobias Mann | tags: anthropic, github copilot, qwen3.6-27b

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Inside Google's TPU V8 strategy, delivering two chips for two crucial tasks at incredible scale — network scales up to 1 million TPUs per cluster, an advantage over Nvidia AI accelerators (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-27 | by Luke James | get Google TPU V8 Developer Kit → | tags: google tensor processing units, tpu 8t, tpu 8i

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DJI’s new Lito Series beginner drones start at less than $400 (theverge.com)

2026-04-23 | by Andrew Liszewski | get DJI Lito Series Drone → | tags: dji, lito series, lidar

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This ultra-bright Google TV projector promises not to be a pain to set up (androidauthority.com)

2026-04-23 | get Google TV Projector Stand → | tags: google tv, jmgo, n3 ultimate

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Qwen3.6-27B: Flagship-Level Coding in a 27B Dense Model (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-22 | get AI Coding Assistant Tool → | tags: qwen3.6-27b, flagship, coding

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Actively exploited Apache ActiveMQ flaw impacts 6,400 servers (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-04-21 | get Apache ActiveMQ Security Patch → | tags: apache activemq, cve-2026-34197, shadowserver

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Even 'uncensored' models can't say what they want (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-20 | get AI Text Generation Software → | tags: uncensored models, google gemini, qwen3.5

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We got 207 tok/s with Qwen3.5-27B on an RTX 3090 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-20 | get RTX 3090 GPU Cooling Fan → | tags: qwen3.5, rtx 3090, hugingface

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Kimi K2.6: Advancing open-source coding (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-20 | get Kimi K2.6 Coding Robot → | tags: kimi, open-source, qwen3.5

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Qwen3.6-Max-Preview: Smarter, Sharper, Still Evolving (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-20 | get AI Language Model Keyboard → | tags: qwen3.6-max, ai model, tech preview

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Theseus, a Static Windows Emulator (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-20 | get Windows Emulator Software → | tags: theseus, retrowin32, emulation

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How Motorola’s 2N2222 and 2N3904 transistors became the default NPNs (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-17 | get Electronics Starter Kit → | tags: motorola, 2n2222, 2n3904

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CISA flags Apache ActiveMQ flaw as actively exploited in attacks (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-04-17 | get ActiveMQ Messaging Broker → | tags: apache activemq, cisa, cve-2026-34197

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Qwen3.6-35B-A3B on my laptop drew me a better pelican than Claude Opus 4.7 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-16 | by Simon Willison | get Pelican 3D Printer Kit → | tags: qwen3.6-35b-a3b, claude opus 4.7, pelican benchmark

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Qwen3.6-35B-A3B: Agentic coding power, now open to all (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-16 | get AI Coding Assistant Keyboard → | tags: qwen3.6-35b-a3b, agentic coding, open source

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Qwen3.6-35B-A3B: Agentic Coding Power, Now Open to All (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-16 | get AI Coding Assistant Keyboard → | tags: qwen3.6-35b-a3b, agentic coding, open source

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Frontier models are failing one in three production attempts — and getting harder to audit (venturebeat.com)

2026-04-15 | get AI Model Monitoring Tool → | tags: frontier models, stanford hai, gpt-5.2

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Direct Win32 API, Weird-Shaped Windows, and Why They Mostly Disappeared (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-15 | by Ivan Rogoz | get Win32 API Programming Book → | tags: win32 api, windows xp, electron

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13-year-old bug in ActiveMQ lets hackers remotely execute commands (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-04-08 | get ActiveMQ Developer's Guide → | tags: apache activemq, cve-2026-34197, java

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Microsoft hasn't had a coherent GUI strategy since Petzold (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-05 | get Microsoft Windows 11 Laptop → | tags: windows, petzold, win32

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Samsung Frame Pro and OLED TV News: What You Need To Know in 2026 (wired.com)

2026-04-03 | by Ryan Waniata | get Samsung The Frame TV → | tags: samsung frame pro, oled tv, samsung nq4 ai gen3

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Qwen3.6-Plus: Towards real world agents (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-02 | get AI Assistant Developer Kit → | tags: qwen3.6-plus, real world agents, artificial intelligence

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Qwen3.6-Plus: Towards Real World Agents (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-02 | get AI Assistant Developer Kit → | tags: qwen3.6-plus, real world agents, ai models

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Running local models on Macs gets faster with Ollama's MLX support (arstechnica.com)

2026-03-31 | get Ollama MLX Software → | tags: ollama, mlx, apple silicon

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Windows++: C++ Application Framework for Windows by Paul DiLascia (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-31 | get Windows C Framework → | tags: windows++, c++, mfc

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Why Don't You Use String Views Instead of Passing Std:Wstring by Const& (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-30 | get C String View Adapter → | tags: win32, c++, winreg

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$500 GPU outperforms Claude Sonnet on coding benchmarks (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-26 | get NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti → | tags: gpu, qwen3-14b, rtx 5060 ti