We reduced a container image from 800GB to 2GB
This case study is a real-world story from the Sealos platform engineering team. We believe in transparency, and this is a detailed account of how we diagnosed and resolved a critical production issue, sharing our hands-on experience to help the broader cloud-native community. TL;DR We tackled critical container image bloat on our Sealos platform, fixing […]
Don’t forget these tags to make HTML work like you expect
I was watching Alex Petros’ talk and he has a slide in there titled “Incantations that make HTML work correctly”. This got me thinking about the basic snippets of HTML I’ve learned to always include in order for my website to work as I expect in the browser — like “Hey I just made a […]
Rust cross-platform GPUI components
UI components for building fantastic desktop applications using GPUI. Richness: 60+ cross-platform desktop UI components. Native: Inspired by macOS and Windows controls, combined with shadcn/ui design for a modern experience. Ease of Use: Stateless RenderOnce components, simple and user-friendly. Customizable: Built-in Theme and ThemeColor, supporting multi-theme and variable-based configurations. Versatile: Supports sizes like xs, sm, […]
WorldGrow: Generating Infinite 3D World
Sikuang Li1*, Chen Yang2*, Jiemin Fang2✉, Taoran Yi3, Jia Lu3,Jiazhong Cen1, Lingxi Xie2, Wei Shen1, Qi Tian2✉ 1Shanghai Jiao Tong University 2Huawei 3Huazhong University of Science and Technology*Equal contribution ✉Corresponding author We propose WorldGrow — a generative method which creates infinite EXPLICIT 3D worlds, an alternative to the extensible, realistic, interactive world simulator. WorldGrow is […]
The last European train that travels by sea
Gioia, an English teacher from Catania, tells me about the “community” this joint mode of travel creates. “It’s very sociable, together with everybody on deck,” she says. “You really feel the travel because all the senses are involved.” She notes that being on the ferry pulls people into conversation – “about why are you going […]
What Happened to Running What You Wanted on Your Own Machine?
When the microcomputer first landed in homes some forty years ago, it came with a simple freedom—you could run whatever software you could get your hands on. Floppy disk from a friend? Pop it in. Shareware demo downloaded from a BBS? Go ahead! Dodgy code you wrote yourself at 2 AM? Absolutely. The computer you […]
Why JPEG XL Ignoring Bit Depth Is Genius (and Why AVIF Can’t Pull It Off)
People often ask me what I mean when I say “JPEG XL is simply the best thought out and forward thinking image formats there is. Nothing else is close.” This is article is just one example of why. When I heard that JPEG XL’s encoder doesn’t care about bit depth, it sounded almost reckless (and […]
Recall for Linux
Are you forced to work with Linux?Do you miss the convenience of Microsoft spying on you and keeping track of everything? Fear not! This amazing tool will bring back all those great Windows Recall features that you have been missing: 🌲 Stores all you sensitive data in an convenient, easily accessible database ⏲️ 24/7 screencaptures […]
We’re in the wrong moment
August 20th, 2011: Marc Andreessen proclaims ‘Software is eating the world.’ That was over ten years ago. Today, software is still eating the world, but this is no longer a groundbreaking proclamation nor a surprise to anyone. In the years that followed, software would become integral to our daily lives, business, and attention. My Story […]
How I turned Zig into my favorite language to write network programs in
2025-10-26 I’ve been watching the Zig language for a while now, given that it was created for writing audio software (low-level, no allocations, real time). I never paid too much attention though, it seemed a little weird to me and I didn’t see the real need. Then I saw a post from Andrew Kelley (creator […]