Game Engine White Papers Commander Keen
Game Engine White Papers Commander Keen March 28, 2026 Game Engine White Papers Commander Keen Finally, The Game Engine White Papers: Commander Keen is here, more than 35 years after the original game was released in December 1990. The book is available in two formats: – Paper version on Amazon (USA, NL, and many more).– […]
How TimescaleDB compresses time-series data
TimescaleDB can achieve compression of up to 98% for typical time-series data. Compressing time-series data requires a fundamentally different approach than the general-purpose algorithms used in OLTP databases. In TimescaleDB this is handled by the hypercore engine — a hybrid row-columnar engine that uses specialized algorithms: delta encoding, delta-of-delta, Gorilla XOR and run-length encoding. This […]
Typst 0.15.0
This section documents all changes to the Typst language and compiler between Typst 0.14.2 and 0.15.0. If you are migrating an existing document to Typst 0.15, make sure to check out the Migration guide. It walks you through changes you may need to make to your existing documents to ensure compatibility with Typst 0.15. Highlights […]
Launch HN: Drafted (YC P26) – Models for residential architecture
I’m Nick, founder of Drafted (https://www.drafted.ai). We’re training models that generate residential architecture from structured design constraints. Product demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QkJ7jNU9y4 Residential architecture is still one of the most expensive, slow, and inaccessible creative processes in the world. Designing a custom home typically costs $10,000–$50,000 or more, takes months, and requires making major decisions before most […]
Memory safety CVEs differ between Rust and C/C++
CVE is a database used for categorizing and reporting security vulnerabilities in software. There are various kinds of vulnerabilities that can be reported. Some of them are caused simply by bugs in the program logic (like a recent CVE reported in Cargo), but some of the most nasty ones are caused by memory unsafety, which […]
Show HN: Exploiting Slack’s video embeds to achieve E2EE communication
Versión en Español aquí; gh:v1ctorio/e2ee-slack Introduction Some time ago, while exploring Slack’s Block Kit reference, I noticed something peculiar: the video block. When I saw that it accepted a video_url, the first thing I thought was: how does it distinguish between any content and an actual video? Would there be any particular requirement or limitation […]
Iroh 1.0
It’s a simple idea really, and it’s the right abstraction for the future of the internet. IP addresses can break, without warning, and it’s outside of your device’s control. Keys, however, are created & controlled by you. They stay the same as your device moves, and are yours to throw away, or not. IP addresses […]
My Homelab AI Dev Platform
I set up OpenCode Web UI with Git access to make my homelab easier to manage. OpenCode pushes to Git, I approve the PRs, GitOps deploys the changes. Best of all, OpenCode runs as a server with persistent coding sessions synced across devices. I’ll share my homelab setup soon. There are about a dozen docker […]
Ask HN: Has anyone replaced Claude/GPT with a local model for daily coding?
I have good results with this setup: Hardware: – GPU: AMD 7900xtx, 24gb vram – CPU: AMD 5950x, AM4 – RAM: 64gb DDR4 3600 Software: – OS: Bazzite (atomic fedora – this machine is running Steam ”big picture” mode on my TV when not in use for LLM tasks) – Virtualization: Podman Quadlets, which allows […]
Hetzner increased dedicated server prices 3-4x
It really is an absolute massive jump. Have no clue what’s going on in the back to warrant a 3x increase… 25-50%, sure.. but 3x is wild. This is just the reality of hardware costs now. RAM and Disk are scarce, prices have skyrocketed. I wonder how much leverage the hyperscalers like AWS/GCP/Azure have on […]