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PostgreSQL Maintenance Without Superuser

news.ycombinator.com Radim Marek 2025-09-15 06:17:29

How many people/services have superuser access to your PostgreSQL cluster(s)? Did you ever ask why your software engineers might need it? Or your BI team? Why those use cases require same privileges as someone who can drop your databases? The answer isn't because these operations are inherently dangerous - it's because PostgreSQL historically offered limited options for operational access or simply because not enough people are aware of the options. So the common practice is to either got basic

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Google Discover is going to start showing social media posts and YouTube Shorts

engadget.com Unknown 2025-09-21 06:57:54

Google's Discover content feed is getting some new features . It'll soon include more than just articles from throughout the web. The company says the platform will be incorporating stuff like social media posts from platforms like Instagram and X along with YouTube Shorts. “In our research, people told us they enjoyed seeing a mix of content in Discover, including videos and social posts, in addition to articles,” the company wrote in an announcement. These changes will start showing up in the

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Google will put posts from X and Instagram in your Discover feed

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-09-21 10:00:00

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Google’s Discover feed will soon include more than just articles from around the web. In the coming weeks, Google plans on incorporating YouTube Shorts alongside posts from platforms like Instagram and X. The Discover feed lives on your homescreen in the Google

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Pgstream: Postgres streaming logical replication with DDL changes

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-26 08:28:24

pgstream - Postgres replication with DDL changes pgstream is an open source CDC command-line tool and library that offers Postgres replication support with DDL changes to any provided target. Features Schema change tracking and replication of DDL changes Support for multiple out of the box targets Elasticsearch/OpenSearch Webhooks PostgreSQL Initial and on demand PostgreSQL snapshots (for when you don't need continuous replication) Column value transformations (anonymise your data on the g

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Which colours dominate movie posters and why?

news.ycombinator.com Stephen Follows 2025-09-24 16:43:26

Colour is one of the quickest ways a poster can tell you what kind of film it’s selling. Before you’ve read the title or registered the actors, your brain has already clocked the palette and filed it against a lifetime of genre expectations. Over the past century, marketing teams have shifted from painterly illustration to photography and from saturated Technicolor hues to today’s more controlled, strategic colour use. I wanted to take a data-led look at colours on movie posters, so I gather

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An open-source maintainer's guide to saying “no”

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-26 17:20:01

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FFglitch, FFmpeg fork for glitch art

news.ycombinator.com Ramiro Polla 2025-09-26 15:54:34

Gallery There are some artists out there doing some amazing work using FFglitch. I put this page up so that I don’t have to go hunting for examples every time I want to show someone what can be done with FFglitch. Thomas Collet has a lot of work using FFglitch on vimeo, instagram, and reddit. A bunch more from Thomas: Kaspar Ravel wrote a blog post about a collaboration he did with Thomas Collet which resulted in this gem: Here’s the blog post: https://www.kaspar.wtf/blog/encoding-

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FFglitch, FFmpeg fork for glitch arch

news.ycombinator.com Ramiro Polla 2025-09-27 01:54:34

Gallery There are some artists out there doing some amazing work using FFglitch. I put this page up so that I don’t have to go hunting for examples every time I want to show someone what can be done with FFglitch. Thomas Collet has a lot of work using FFglitch on vimeo, instagram, and reddit. A bunch more from Thomas: Kaspar Ravel wrote a blog post about a collaboration he did with Thomas Collet which resulted in this gem: Here’s the blog post: https://www.kaspar.wtf/blog/encoding-

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Why do browsers throttle JavaScript timers?

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-27 17:35:08

Posted August 31, 2025 by Nolan Lawson in performance, Web. Tagged: timers. 9 Comments Even if you’ve been doing JavaScript for a while, you might be surprised to learn that setTimeout(0) is not really setTimeout(0) . Instead, it could run 4 milliseconds later: const start = performance.now() setTimeout(() => { // Likely 4ms console.log(performance.now() - start) }, 0) Nearly a decade ago when I was on the Microsoft Edge team, it was explained to me that browsers did this to avoid “abuse.” I.

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Mastodon rolls out quote posts with protections to prevent ‘dunking’

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2025-09-28 06:38:53

Mastodon, an open source, decentralized alternative to X, is rolling out a somewhat controversial feature by adding quote posts, which will launch next week. The feature, which allows a user to quote someone else’s post and re-share it with their own response or commentary, has contributed to a culture of “dunking” on X, where users often deride other people by responding with snark or insulting humor. To address this concern, Mastodon says it’s implementing quote posts with safety controls. T

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Mastodon is bringing quote posts to the fediverse

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-09-28 14:07:59

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Mastodon is officially rolling out quote posts. Starting next week, you’ll see an option to quote another user by selecting the repost — or “boost” — button, allowing you to add your thoughts to someone else’s post. The decentralized platform initially planned

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Our website looks like an operating system

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-28 20:45:36

I have a problem with many large, technical websites. Often times, I’ll want to refer to different pages at the same time. So I’ll CMD + click “a couple times” while browsing around and before I know it, I have 12 new tabs open – all indistinguishable from each other because they share the same favicon. PostHog.com has the same problem – especially as the site has grown from supporting a handful of paid products to over a dozen. As I looked for ways to solve this explosion of pages, I started

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Why our website looks like an operating system

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-29 01:45:36

I have a problem with many large, technical websites. Often times, I’ll want to refer to different pages at the same time. So I’ll CMD + click “a couple times” while browsing around and before I know it, I have 12 new tabs open – all indistinguishable from each other because they share the same favicon. PostHog.com has the same problem – especially as the site has grown from supporting a handful of paid products to over a dozen. As I looked for ways to solve this explosion of pages, I started

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PgEdge Goes Open Source

news.ycombinator.com Dave Page 2025-10-01 08:01:57

In November last year after nearly two decades at my previous gig, I came to the conclusion that I didn’t want to work at what seemed to be rapidly becoming an AI-focused company and moved to pgEdge where the focus is well and truly on distributed PostgreSQL and Postgres generally. Distributed databases (and particularly Postgres of course) have always been a passion of mine – even being a key topic of my master’s dissertation many years ago. Moving to pgEdge was a breath of fresh air. Not only

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Source code for the X recommendation algorithm

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-04 05:11:57

X's Recommendation Algorithm X's Recommendation Algorithm is a set of services and jobs that are responsible for serving feeds of posts and other content across all X product surfaces (e.g. For You Timeline, Search, Explore, Notifications). For an introduction to how the algorithm works, please refer to our engineering blog. Architecture Product surfaces at X are built on a shared set of data, models, and software frameworks. The shared components included in this repository are listed below:

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X open sourced their latest algorithm

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-05 06:11:57

X's Recommendation Algorithm X's Recommendation Algorithm is a set of services and jobs that are responsible for serving feeds of posts and other content across all X product surfaces (e.g. For You Timeline, Search, Explore, Notifications). For an introduction to how the algorithm works, please refer to our engineering blog. Architecture Product surfaces at X are built on a shared set of data, models, and software frameworks. The shared components included in this repository are listed below:

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Meta Whistleblowers Allege Company Buried Info on Child Safety

gizmodo.com Matt Novak 2025-10-05 10:45:27

Whistleblowers allege Meta has suppressed research on risks for young children involving virtual reality devices and apps, including information about child predators, according to a new report from the Washington Post. The newspaper reports that Congress has received thousands of pages of documents related to Meta’s virtual reality programs, with four researchers coming forward to discuss their experiences with the company. Two of the researchers currently work for Meta, and two are former emp

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Bluesky finally has a private bookmarking feature

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-06 10:41:10

Bluesky has added a built-in bookmarking feature so users finally have a way to privately save posts on the platform. The update is out now on Bluesky's website and app. Bookmarks on Bluesky work pretty much like they do on any other service. Save a post and you can revisit it later from the "saved posts" section of the app and website. It's overall a basic feature — there's currently no way to organize your saves into folders, for example — but it's a very long overdue addition to the platform

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Sam Altman says that bots are making social media feel ‘fake’

techcrunch.com Julie Bort 2025-10-06 10:24:42

X enthusiast and Reddit shareholder Sam Altman had an epiphany on Monday: Bots have made it impossible to determine whether social media posts are really written by humans, he posted. The realization came while reading (and sharing) some posts from the r/Claudecode subreddit, which were praising OpenAI Codex. OpenAI launched the software programming service that takes on Anthropic’s Claude Code in May. Lately, that subreddit has been so filled with posts from self-proclaimed Code users announc

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Bluesky adds private bookmarks

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2025-10-06 22:40:51

Social networking startup Bluesky is rolling out one of users’ most in-demand features — no, not an edit button! — bookmarks. The company on Monday announced the new addition, which it calls Saved Posts. The feature is accessible through a new bookmark icon underneath each post, next to the heart for favoriting. Your saved posts can then be viewed at any time from the new “Saved” section in the app’s main navigation. While it may seem redundant to have both likes and bookmarks on a social app

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E Ink posters might just save my poor, bare walls from crippling indecision

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-08 11:40:25

Stephen Schenck / Android Authority There’s nothing on my walls. As a renter, part of that is practical, as anything I put up there is likely to leave its indelible mark despite my best efforts to the contrary — and ding my security deposit accordingly — but a hugely contributing factor is also my indecision. If I’m not absolutely in love with what I’m hanging up, why expose myself to that headache? But I’m also not a monster who actually wants to live in a featureless void, and do look to sma

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A Navajo weaving of an integrated circuit: the 555 timer

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-08 02:57:27

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Trump’s New Labor Stats Guy is a Jan 6 ‘Bystander’ Accused of Unhinged Posts

gizmodo.com Lucas Ropek 2025-10-08 14:05:16

President Trump recently fired Erika McEntarfer, the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, accusing her of having “rigged” job reports. In her place, Trump has selected E.J. Antoni, a former Heritage Foundation economist who was photographed at the January 6th debacle (but who claims he was just a “bystander” to the chaos) and who, according to reports from CNN and Wired, formerly ran a Twitter account that posted all sorts of gnarly stuff. Earlier this month, Wired reported that a since-dele

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Meta is fixing threads on Threads

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-08 22:01:23

Meta is finally fixing how threads work on its social network Threads. Prior to this, there was no real way to know how long a thread was or even if a post was part of a longer discussion. The company has made "several changes that display threaded posts more clearly." These include a new "view more" label that indicates a post is part of a longer thread. This is an easy way to instantly know if someone's thoughts continue past an initial post. Meta There's also a new design element that auto

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Threads is testing long-form posts with support for formatted text [U: Launched]

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-10-10 22:44:32

Update, Sep 4: The feature is now live. Find the new details below. While Threads already allows up to 500 characters per post (which is more than enough for casual users used to the microblogging format), it is now testing support for long-form posts through “text attachments”. Here’s how it works. Meta has confirmed the test, but has no ETA for the feature As spotted by app researcher Radu Oncescu (via TechCrunch), Threads is testing a new “text attachment” feature on iOS, which could repla

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Threads posts now support 'text attachments' up to 10,000 characters

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-11 14:00:00

That was fast. A week after a new feature for sharing long-form text was spotted in the Threads app, Meta is making the experiment official. Threads users will now be able to append text snippets of up to 10,000 characters to their posts in a feature Meta says is meant to support journalists and creators on the platform. As Engadget detailed last week, the feature is fairly basic for now. Selecting "text attachment" from the post composer opens up a simple text editor that has some formatting o

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You can now attach 10,000 character blogs to your Threads posts

theverge.com Jay Peters 2025-10-11 14:00:00

is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Meta is adding a new feature to let you add a bunch of extra text to Threads posts — no screenshots of text blocks required. Starting today, Meta is rolling out a tool that lets you attach up to 10,000 characters of text to Threads posts, giving you a way to build upon the 500-characte

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How to Prevent Tech Neck and Sit Properly With Your Laptop (2025)

wired.com Luke Larsen 2025-10-12 06:00:00

I’m a laptop reviewer, meaning I spend most of my time hunched over a new laptop, obsessively testing the display, keyboard, and performance. I’m also 6'2" and often find myself at tables designed for eating, not working. I don’t always have daily access to the laptop stands and ergonomic accessories that fill my home office. Throw in my young kids that I’m always chasing around our house, and surprise, surprise: I’ve got some lower back pain. Turns out, laptops were never designed to be our go

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Instagram Finally Debuts Native iPad App. It Only Took 15 Years

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-13 09:15:00

Following earlier rumors in 2025, iPad users finally saw a dedicated Instagram app arrive on their devices on Wednesday. Since the iPad's original release 15 years ago, Instagram had never been available in the App Store as a download for Apple's tablet. Instead, users had been stuck with the workaround mobile version, which awkwardly failed to stretch to the iPad's larger screen size. It's not clear why Instagram took so long to appear on the iPad. (We're baffled by it just as much as you are.

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Instagram App Finally Appears on iPads, After 15 Years of Neglecting Apple's Tablet

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-13 14:15:55

After rumors earlier in 2025, iPad users finally saw the Instagram app arrive on their devices on Wednesday, appearing in the App Store after 15 years of avoiding the iPad. Since its original release, Instagram has never been available as a download for Apple's larger screen. While it's not certain why Instagram took so long to appear on the iPad, we've tested out the app and found it ready to download and fully functional. However, Instagram has made a few changes that indicate its latest prio

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PostgreSQL Maintenance Without Superuser

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E Ink posters might just save my poor, bare walls from crippling indecision

A Navajo weaving of an integrated circuit: the 555 timer

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