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20 Aug 2026 edition

873 articles · 63 sources · 505 papers ·

Top topics: AI · AI Research · General

Python AI Django

ChatGPT search now uses the site:operator at scale

ChatGPT search now uses the site:operator at scale Promptwatch is part of the emerging "GEO" space, for Generative Engine Optimization - the chatbot version of SEO, where companies offer tools and consulting to help…

Source: Simon Willison's Weblog
Rust

How to write a method which works with any type int?

Recently I needed a method converting time in 24 hours format in the twelve hours format. AI gave me a perfect solution as: pub fn convert_24_to_12(hour_24: u32) -> Result<(u32, bool), Box<dyn Error>> { // Validate…

Source: Rust Users Forum MOCKBA
Rust

Mystery of the `clib` and `inwelling` crates

I'm trying to use the tcl crate, which provides bindings for the Tcl programming language. However, I get compile errors from the crate not generating the raw bindings during build time that it uses to provide the…

Source: Rust Users Forum joseph-b-baud
AWS

Amazon Timestream for InfluxDB now supports customer managed keys

Amazon Timestream for InfluxDB now supports AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS) customer managed keys for encrypting data at rest in InfluxDB 2 database instances, InfluxDB 2 Read Replicas, and InfluxDB 3 clusters.…

Source: AWS What's New aws@amazon.com

This or that? Imaxxing edition

Let's play "this or that?" with the developer behind the viral Imaxxing app, Andrew Baker! Built with Google Cloud Run and Temporal, the viral app is a theater ticket notification system that helps users snag tickets…

Source: Google Cloud Tech Google Cloud Tech
DevSec AWS

AWS Network Firewall now supports rule hit count

As firewall rule sets grow in complexity, security teams face a common challenge: manual log analysis is used to determine which rules are actively matching traffic and which are consuming capacity without being…

Source: AWS Security Blog Preetkumar Shah
Rust

Rust commercial apps and public SDK/plugins

Hi! First off bear with me I'm a hobbyist C++ guy, and I basically have zero Rust experience (yet). I mostly build apps that are targeted to the creative industry, think 3D viewers, media players, etc... Lots of UI, GPU…

Source: Rust Users Forum alex-v-dev

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