Native Secure Enclave backed SSH keys on macOS
It turns out that MacOS Tahoe can generate and use secure-enclave backed SSH keys! This replaces projects like https://github.com/maxgoedjen/secretive There is a shared library /usr/lib/ssh-keychain.dylib that traditionally has been used to add smartcard support to ssh by implementing PKCS11Provider interface. However since recently it also implements SecurityKeyProivder which supports loading keys directly from the secure […]
JOPA: Java compiler in C++, Jikes modernized to Java 6 with Claude
A totally Claude’d effort in modernizing jikes, the historical independent javac implementation in C++. Could be useful for bootstrap purposes. Java 5 & 6 Support This fork adds comprehensive Java 5 (J2SE 5.0) and Java 6 (Java SE 6) language features: Java 5 Features ✅ Generics – Type erasure with generic classes, methods, and bounded […]
Are consumers just tech debt to Microsoft?
I’m not saying this will definitely happen, but I think we could be on the cusp of a significant shift in Windows market share for consumer computers. It is not going to drop to 2% in a year or anything, but I feel like a few pieces are coming together that could move the needle […]
HumanLayer (YC F24) Is Hiring Founding Engineers
At HumanLayer, we’re on a mission to change how teams build software with AI. If we had a motto it would be “no vibes allowed” – we believe that AI agent-enabled coding is a deeply technical engineering craft, and we’re building CodeLayer to unlock it at scale. A Stanford study from June 2025 said AI […]
Dark Mode Sucks
The fetish modern Internet users have with “dark mode” has to stop, as does the rhetoric they typically use to advance their arguments, stuff like: blasts my eyeballs with full-beam daylight. or Every time I open it, I physically recoil like a Victorian child seeing electricity for the first time. or My retinas and I […]
Calculus for Mathematicians, Computer Scientists, and Physicists [pdf]
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Raycast for Windows Is Here
You know the feeling. Search that can’t find your files. Apps buried in menus. Simple tasks that take too many clicks. Your computer should be faster than this. It should feel like everything is at your fingertips. That’s why we built Raycast. For the past five and a half years, hundreds of thousands of people […]
Mount Proton Drive on Linux using rclone and systemd
This guide automates the process of mounting Proton Drive on a Linux system using rclone and systemd. Tested on Arch Linux, but should work on most Linux distributions with minor adjustments. 🔧 Features Mounts Proton Drive at login via systemd –user Uses rclone with –vfs-cache-mode writes for compatibility Enables background service with logging Adds FUSE […]
Court filings allege Meta downplayed risks to children and misled the public
Sex trafficking on Meta platforms was both difficult to report and widely tolerated, according to a court filing unsealed Friday. In a plaintiffs’ brief filed as part of a major lawsuit against four social media companies, Instagram’s former head of safety and well-being Vaishnavi Jayakumar testified that when she joined Meta in 2020 she was […]
UK minister ducks cost questions on nationwide digital ID scheme
A UK tech minister has declined to put a figure on the cost of the government’s digital ID plans as MPs question the contributions expected from central departments. Speaking to a House of Commons select committee this week, minister for digital government and data Ian Murray defended the government’s decision not to publish budgeted costs […]