When square pixels aren’t square: why video pixel aspect ratio matters
TL;DR A developer found embedded videos mis-sized on web pages because their code used stored pixel dimensions instead of display…
Zero-Code Instrumentation of an Envoy TCP Proxy Using eBPF and Docker
TL;DR An engineer investigating intermittent HTTP 499 errors on an Envoy network proxy used OpenTelemetry eBPF Instrumentation (OBI) to capture…
Why unglamorous, decades-old software still powers the modern global infrastructure
TL;DR A long-running opinion piece argues that many decades-old technologies — from COBOL and mainframes to C, SQL, Linux and…
zpdf: a high-performance PDF text extractor library written in Zig
TL;DR zpdf is an alpha-stage PDF text extraction library implemented in Zig that emphasizes speed through memory mapping, SIMD-accelerated routines…
F-Droid replaces core server with donated hardware to speed builds
TL;DR F-Droid has replaced a key piece of infrastructure — its core build-and-publish server — using community donations. The new…
73 Programming Project Ideas to Inspire and Challenge Developers Worldwide
TL;DR CodeCrafters published a curated list of 73 programming project ideas aimed at developers who want meaningful side projects. The…
Everything as Code: Managing Our Entire Company in One Monorepo
TL;DR Kasava keeps its entire platform — apps, backend, marketing, docs, and more — inside a single monorepo so one…
Professional Software Developers Don’t Vibe, They Control: AI Agent Use in 2025
TL;DR A December 2025 study analyzed how experienced software developers integrate AI agents into coding workflows. Using field observations and…
Zpdf: Zig PDF text extraction library — up to 5x faster than MuPDF
TL;DR Zpdf is a zero-copy PDF text-extraction library written in Zig that emphasizes memory-mapped I/O, SIMD string ops and parallel…
F-Droid upgrades core server with donated hardware to boost build speed
TL;DR F-Droid used community donations to replace a core server, improving build and publish performance across its main repository. The…