Bridge Anonymization: Local, reversible PII scrubber for translation pipelines
TL;DR A TypeScript library called bridge-anonymization masks and later restores PII to enable safe use of external translation and LLM…
X-ray: Python library that finds faulty redactions and exposed text in PDFs
TL;DR Free Law Project released x-ray, an open-source Python tool that detects ineffective redactions in PDF files. It scans PDFs…
2025: When data centers moved from invisible infrastructure to a public flashpoint
TL;DR Protests and political debates over new data-center projects spread across the U.S. in 2025 as local communities raised concerns…
Avoid Mini-Frameworks: Why Small Internal Frameworks Cause Lasting Pain
TL;DR An engineer who worked on Google Ads infrastructure warns against teams building 'mini-frameworks' on top of shared stacks. These…
How compilers turn simple loops into closed-form math: a surprising optimization
TL;DR A code example summing integers up to a value triggered markedly different optimizations in GCC and clang. GCC kept…
SPICE at 40: The open-source simulator that shaped modern IC design
TL;DR SPICE, originally developed at UC Berkeley, was celebrated as a four-decade open-source success with an IEEE Milestone designation and…
Vibium: Browser automation for AI agents and human developers
TL;DR Vibium is a new browser automation tool that bundles a small Go binary with a JavaScript client to let…
NIST considered disabling NTP feeds after Boulder blackout caused clock drift
TL;DR A prolonged utility power outage at NIST’s Boulder campus disrupted the institute’s atomic time scale and prompted an attempt…