C++ says “We have try…finally at home” — cleanup via destructors and scope guards
TL;DR Many modern languages provide a finally clause for guaranteed cleanup; C++ accomplishes the same goal using destructors and RAII-style…
Copilot in 2025: a broken text-adventure experience dubbed ‘PromptQuest’
TL;DR A journalist likens day-to-day work with Microsoft Copilot to old text-adventure games, arguing that unreliable outputs and changing behaviours…
How Much Melatonin Should You Take? Guidance, Risks, and Alternatives
TL;DR Melatonin dosing varies by individual; the author and sleep expert David Kuhlmann recommend consulting a clinician before starting. Kuhlmann…
The Best PS5 Games of 2025 — Sony’s Standouts Despite Fewer Exclusives
TL;DR 2025 saw the console landscape move further toward multiplatform releases, but Sony still shipped noteworthy experiences on and for…
One UI 8.5 test builds appear for more Samsung Galaxy Tab models
TL;DR Samsung's next incremental update, One UI 8.5, is already being tested on a wider set of Galaxy tablets after…
Flight-Tested and Reviewed: The 10 Best Drones of 2025 for Every Budget
TL;DR A year-end roundup tests and ranks ten drones across price tiers, adding several new models and noting regulatory shifts…
How a few Android apps unlocked the Onyx Boox Note Air5 C’s value
TL;DR The author, an experienced Onyx Boox user, says the Note Air5 C is a capable color E Ink tablet…
Growing Up in 404: Life Inside China’s Secret Nuclear City in the Gobi
TL;DR A first-person memoir recounts childhood in a closed, state-built industrial city in the Gobi Desert known by the code…
Claude Code creator says Claude wrote all his code for the last month
TL;DR On Dec. 27, 2025, a user identified as Boris Cherny tweeted that, over the past 30 days, every contribution…