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Lobsters<p>Petnames: A humane approach to secure, decentralized naming <a href="https://lobste.rs/s/worahh" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">lobste.rs/s/worahh</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/networking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>networking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/practices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>practices</span></a><br><a href="https://files.spritely.institute/papers/petnames.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">files.spritely.institute/paper</span><span class="invisible">s/petnames.html</span></a></p>
Lobsters<p>IDE for PostgreSQL in VS Code via <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/@RunxiYu" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>RunxiYu</span></a></span> <a href="https://lobste.rs/s/udnkwz" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">lobste.rs/s/udnkwz</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/databases" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>databases</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/practices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>practices</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vscode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vscode</span></a><br><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/adforpostgresql/announcing-a-new-ide-for-postgresql-in-vs-code-from-microsoft/4414648" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">techcommunity.microsoft.com/bl</span><span class="invisible">og/adforpostgresql/announcing-a-new-ide-for-postgresql-in-vs-code-from-microsoft/4414648</span></a></p>
Lobsters<p>Everything’s a bug (or an issue) <a href="https://lobste.rs/s/yobqtg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">lobste.rs/s/yobqtg</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/practices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>practices</span></a><br><a href="https://www.bozemanpass.com/everythings-a-bug-or-an-issue/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bozemanpass.com/everythings-a-</span><span class="invisible">bug-or-an-issue/</span></a></p>
Lobsters<p>My Technological Regrets <a href="https://lobste.rs/s/m3wugb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">lobste.rs/s/m3wugb</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/practices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>practices</span></a><br><a href="https://jezenthomas.com/2025/01/my-technological-regrets/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">jezenthomas.com/2025/01/my-tec</span><span class="invisible">hnological-regrets/</span></a></p>
Lobsters<p>The AI Engineering Stack <a href="https://lobste.rs/s/fgqn0n" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">lobste.rs/s/fgqn0n</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/practices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>practices</span></a><br><a href="https://newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/the-ai-engineering-stack" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newsletter.pragmaticengineer.c</span><span class="invisible">om/p/the-ai-engineering-stack</span></a></p>
Lobsters<p>When rethinking a codebase is better than a workaround <a href="https://lobste.rs/s/aowulr" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">lobste.rs/s/aowulr</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/practices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>practices</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rust</span></a><br><a href="https://sniffnet.net/news/rethink-over-workaround/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">sniffnet.net/news/rethink-over</span><span class="invisible">-workaround/</span></a></p>
Lobsters<p>Not causal chains, but interactions and adaptations <a href="https://lobste.rs/s/bo7gil" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">lobste.rs/s/bo7gil</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/practices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>practices</span></a><br><a href="https://surfingcomplexity.blog/2025/05/19/not-causal-chains-but-interactions-and-adaptations/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">surfingcomplexity.blog/2025/05</span><span class="invisible">/19/not-causal-chains-but-interactions-and-adaptations/</span></a></p>
Lobsters<p>Interview with Donald Knuth (2008) <a href="https://lobste.rs/s/6ql67o" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">lobste.rs/s/6ql67o</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/historical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>historical</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/practices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>practices</span></a><br><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20250320043324/https://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1193856" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">web.archive.org/web/2025032004</span><span class="invisible">3324/https://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1193856</span></a></p>
Hacker News Discussions<p>Ditching Obsidian and building my own</p><p><a href="https://amberwilliams.io/blogs/building-my-own-pkms" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amberwilliams.io/blogs/buildin</span><span class="invisible">g-my-own-pkms</span></a></p><p>Discussions: <a href="https://discu.eu/q/https://amberwilliams.io/blogs/building-my-own-pkms" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">discu.eu/q/https://amberwillia</span><span class="invisible">ms.io/blogs/building-my-own-pkms</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/practices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>practices</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vibecoding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vibecoding</span></a></p>
Lobsters<p>Ditching Obsidian and building my own <a href="https://lobste.rs/s/loggq6" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">lobste.rs/s/loggq6</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/practices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>practices</span></a><br><a href="https://amberwilliams.io/blogs/building-my-own-pkms" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amberwilliams.io/blogs/buildin</span><span class="invisible">g-my-own-pkms</span></a></p>
Lobsters<p>A Beginner's Guide to SourceHut via <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/@RunxiYu" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>RunxiYu</span></a></span> <a href="https://lobste.rs/s/p9lo9w" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">lobste.rs/s/p9lo9w</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/practices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>practices</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vcs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vcs</span></a><br><a href="https://btxx.org/posts/beginners-guide-sourcehut/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">btxx.org/posts/beginners-guide</span><span class="invisible">-sourcehut/</span></a></p>
Lobsters<p>SemVer Is Not About You via <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/@RunxiYu" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>RunxiYu</span></a></span> <a href="https://lobste.rs/s/tkvc6j" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">lobste.rs/s/tkvc6j</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>philosophy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/practices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>practices</span></a><br><a href="https://matklad.github.io/2024/11/23/semver-is-not-about-you.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">matklad.github.io/2024/11/23/s</span><span class="invisible">emver-is-not-about-you.html</span></a></p>
Lobsters<p>Most stale bots are anti-user and anti-contributor, but they don't have to be (2024) via <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/@RunxiYu" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>RunxiYu</span></a></span> <a href="https://lobste.rs/s/xyyfg6" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">lobste.rs/s/xyyfg6</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>culture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/practices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>practices</span></a><br><a href="https://jacobtomlinson.dev/posts/2024/most-stale-bots-are-anti-user-and-anti-contributor-but-they-dont-have-to-be/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">jacobtomlinson.dev/posts/2024/</span><span class="invisible">most-stale-bots-are-anti-user-and-anti-contributor-but-they-dont-have-to-be/</span></a></p>
Lobsters<p>Push Ifs Up And Fors Down <a href="https://lobste.rs/s/goqzff" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">lobste.rs/s/goqzff</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/practices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>practices</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a><br><a href="https://matklad.github.io/2023/11/15/push-ifs-up-and-fors-down.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">matklad.github.io/2023/11/15/p</span><span class="invisible">ush-ifs-up-and-fors-down.html</span></a></p>
Lobsters<p>Defending technology in the age of AI slop <a href="https://lobste.rs/s/s2khva" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">lobste.rs/s/s2khva</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/practices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>practices</span></a><br><a href="https://sizeof.cat/guest/defending-technology-in-the-age-of-ai-slop/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">sizeof.cat/guest/defending-tec</span><span class="invisible">hnology-in-the-age-of-ai-slop/</span></a></p>
Pyrzout :vm:<p>Top 10 Best Practices for Effective Data Protection – Source:thehackernews.com <a href="https://ciso2ciso.com/top-10-best-practices-for-effective-data-protection-sourcethehackernews-com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ciso2ciso.com/top-10-best-prac</span><span class="invisible">tices-for-effective-data-protection-sourcethehackernews-com/</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/rssfeedpostgeneratorecho" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rssfeedpostgeneratorecho</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/CyberSecurityNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CyberSecurityNews</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/TheHackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheHackerNews</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/practices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>practices</span></a></p>
Yet another Josh :donor:<p>Im here in the USA, but wonderful news!!!</p><p>1,017,297 / 1,000,000 for the " <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Ban" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ban</span></a> on <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/conversion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conversion</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/practices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>practices</span></a> in the <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/europeanunion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>europeanunion</span></a> " succeeded!</p><p><a href="https://eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#/screen/home" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#/</span><span class="invisible">screen/home</span></a></p>
Lobsters<p>There's More To That Nugget of Wisdom (2023) <a href="https://lobste.rs/s/m7wss7" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">lobste.rs/s/m7wss7</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/practices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>practices</span></a><br><a href="https://www.stackstaves.net/post/2023-12-07-theres-more-to-that/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">stackstaves.net/post/2023-12-0</span><span class="invisible">7-theres-more-to-that/</span></a></p>
Lobsters<p>Skills Rot At Machine Speed? AI Is Changing How Developers Learn And Think <a href="https://lobste.rs/s/mzw6pl" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">lobste.rs/s/mzw6pl</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/practices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>practices</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vibecoding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vibecoding</span></a><br><a href="https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbestechcouncil/2025/04/28/skills-rot-at-machine-speed-ai-is-changing-how-developers-learn-and-think/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">forbes.com/councils/forbestech</span><span class="invisible">council/2025/04/28/skills-rot-at-machine-speed-ai-is-changing-how-developers-learn-and-think/</span></a></p>
Compsci Weekly<p>Stop using REST for state synchronization</p><p><a href="https://www.mbid.me/posts/stop-using-rest-for-state-synchronization/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">mbid.me/posts/stop-using-rest-</span><span class="invisible">for-state-synchronization/</span></a></p><p>Discussions: <a href="https://discu.eu/q/https://www.mbid.me/posts/stop-using-rest-for-state-synchronization/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">discu.eu/q/https://www.mbid.me</span><span class="invisible">/posts/stop-using-rest-for-state-synchronization/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/compsci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>compsci</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/networking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>networking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/practices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>practices</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a></p>