Engineering
6 articles
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The Silent RAM Drain: Web Bloat, Process Isolation, and Who Pays the Bill
User-reported ~2.4 GB for two LinkedIn tabs—mechanisms (JS, isolation, WebView2), mitigations, and SignalStack’s read on performance vs. surveillance cost.
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GitLab Founder’s Health Journey, Open Data, and Parallel AI Disclosure Pressure
Sytse Sijbrandij on osteosarcoma, Evenone Ventures, and public datasets—alongside GitLab investor suits alleging overstated AI claims (allegations, not findings).
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macOS 26 Window Corners: Visual Drift, SIP Risk, and Third-Party Chrome Hacks
Uneven corner radii after macOS 26, community SIP-off mitigations versus a narrower dylib + swizzling path for third-party apps—and why integrity tradeoffs matter.
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OpenAI Winds Down Standalone Sora App: Portfolio Discipline and Compute Economics
Short-run consumer video sunsetting, reported engagement curve, enterprise pivot, and what it signals about generative video as a sustained consumer product.
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OpenRocket: Simulation-First Model Rocketry, CG/CP, and Digital Iteration
Java-based design and flight simulation—stability signals, motor DB, exports, and why engineering-style feedback loops beat guess-and-build cycles.
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Rob Pike’s Rules (1989): Measurement, Simplicity, and ‘Data Dominates’
Five enduring rules—optimize after measurement, watch constant factors, prefer simple methods, and let data structures drive design—in AI-assisted coding era.