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Research links deliberate rest to sustained high performance at work

Emerging thinking on productivity challenges the old model of high performers sacrificing sleep, family, and hobbies to maximize work output. Instead, the ability to rest deliberately is being framed as equally important as the ability to focus, forming a key part of sustained achievement.

Show HN: GET Together lets users post to a social feed via plain GET requests

A hobby project called GET Together implements an entire social network—posting, replying, hearting and deleting—using only HTTP GET requests instead of POST. Posts are created by hitting URLs like /post?name=alice&text=hello, with an optional session cookie enabling later deletion, and a /feed endpoint returning JSON. The system includes basic profanity and crypto-content moderation, plus a reporting mechanism for abuse review.

Qisutu 1.0.2 open-source ticketing system reaches stable release

Qisutu, a self-hosted, open-source help desk and ticketing platform built with Perl/CGI, MariaDB/MySQL and Template Toolkit, has reached version 1.0.2, marking its first stable, production-ready release. The software includes an agent and customer portal, email handling, directory login, automation, a knowledge base, CMDB, reporting and a REST API, and ships with eleven complete interface languages including English, German, French and Spanish. Installation is done via a shell script that sets up a dedicated system user and lets administrators pick their interface language during setup.