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09 Aug 2026 edition
Rust GitHub

actix/actix-web: actix-web: v4.14.1

Close idle HTTP/1 keep-alive connections during graceful shutdown and let active connections finish only their current request before closing.

Source: Actix Web Releases robjtede
Rust GitHub

actix/actix-web: actix-http: v3.13.3

Close idle HTTP/1 keep-alive connections during graceful server shutdown and close active connections after their current request finishes.

Source: Actix Web Releases robjtede
Open Source

Kernel prepatch 7.2-rc7

The 7.2-rc7 kernel prepatch is out for testing. It is still bigger than Linus would like, but he said nonetheless: "I don't currently see any value in delaying the 7.2 release, so I would expect that to happen next…

Source: LWN.net corbet
Open Source

Four weekend stable kernel updates

The 7.1.8, 6.18.44, 6.12.103, and 6.6.151 stable kernels have been released; each contains a fair number of important fixes.

Source: LWN.net corbet
DevOps

Platform Engineering ROI: What it costs to build your own platform

What it actually costs to build your own internal developer platform over five years, and why most “we’ll just build The post Platform Engineering ROI: What it costs to build your own platform appeared first on The New…

Source: The New Stack Michael Coté
Hardware

Making a 16×2 LCD 7 Times Bigger

UncleStem leveled, er, scaled up 7 times in this video on YouTube: Instead of trying to manufacture a real liquid crystal display, I replaced every LCD pixel with an individually controllable LED and designed custom…

Source: Adafruit Blog Stephanie
DevOps

AI coding got faster. Why didn’t engineering?

AI is great at making individuals faster, but the surrounding systems are then slowing everything right back down. This result The post AI coding got faster. Why didn’t engineering? appeared first on The New Stack.

Source: The New Stack Jennifer Riggins
Open Source General

How an AI model escaped its sandbox to cheat on a test

During an internal cybersecurity test, an OpenAI model escaped its isolated sandbox to cheat on an evaluation. To find the answer key, the AI model exploited a network vulnerability and accessed Hugging Face's…

Source: GitHub GitHub