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datasette 1.0a40

Release: datasette 1.0a40 Same security fix as 0.65.5, plus some neat new features and bug fixes: Plugins can now launch and manage background tasks using the new datasette.add_background_task() method. Thanks, Alex…

datasette 0.65.5

Release: datasette 0.65.5 Security fix for an issue where a trailing newline in a requested table name could bypass table permissions and expose private rows, reported by dpfkdlemtp in GHSA-h547-rmjf-5m2m. Tags:…

Cannot return value referencing local variable in closure

Hello! I am writing my pet app and spent a lot of time trying to figure out why this error occurs. I am building a future stream of ip's, which should ping each ip in parrallel, so I guess i must use buffer_unordered on…

Java Verbosity Is Cheap, Ambiguity Is Expensive

A clarifying question from the agent costs a full round trip. A type declaration costs a handful of tokens. Verbose Java is the cheaper option. Ambiguity costs a turn, verbosity costs tokens. A wrong guess costs a full…

Node.js 26.9.0 (Current)

Claude Cowork and chat are now one Claude

Claude Cowork and chat are now one Claude In hopefully good news for anyone who, like me, was increasingly confused at Cowork v.s. Claude v.s. Claude Code: Starting today, Claude Cowork and chat are merging into one…

Why do admonitions for `rustdoc` consist only of a warning block?

In AsciiDoc and GitHub's Markdown, admonitions (a.k.a. callouts or alerts) consist of five types (NOTE, TIP, IMPORTANT, CAUTION, and WARNING). Asciidoctor Docs AsciiDoc - Admonitions A documentation page for AsciiDoc.…

Quoting Mustafa Suleyman

We should not treat models as though they have feelings, preferences, rights, or any entitlement to our welfare. Consciousness is the foundation of our ethical, legal, and political systems. To invite another entity to…

Logpoints Walkthrough

Modern development tools, especially IntelliJ IDEA, have such comprehensive debugging support that for virtually any niche use case, there is a specialized tool for the job. This can make it hard to know where to begin.…

IntelliJ IDEA 2026.2.3 Is Out!

We’ve just released IntelliJ IDEA 2026.2.3. You can update to this version from inside the IDE, using the Toolbox App, or using snaps if you are a Ubuntu user. You can also download it from our website. The latest…

Can someone explain to me how Rust's `Future` trait works?

I’m not sure why... but I find the poll method of the Future trait to be quite abstract State? Polling? Anonymous functions? Also, are we relying too heavily on the tokio crate.. 6 posts - 6 participants Read full topic

Intrusive data structure benefits over normal ones

hello, I am trying to understand intrusive data structure with this linked list example. I understand that for T to be an element of a single linked list it must store a pointer to next inside of T, and thus containing…

Spring Office Hours Podcast: S5E23 - Java 27 Release Party with Billy Korando

Join Dan Vega and DaShaun Carter for the latest updates from the Spring Ecosystem. In this episode, Dan and DaShaun are joined by Kansas City JUG organizer and Java Developer Advocate, Billy Korando. In this episode, we…

JDK 27 Security Enhancements

JDK 27 was released on September 15, 2026! As with my previous blogs, I have compiled a list of what I think are the most interesting and useful security enhancements in this release. I have also grouped them into…

Java 27 Launch Stream

On September 15 we celebrated the release of Java 27! We covered what’s coming in JDK 27—from key enhancements and platform changes to the latest developments at the intersection of Java and AI.

Size-Specialized Memory Allocation

Go 1.27 improves performance of small allocations using size-specialized allocation functions.

You Probably Don't Need That npm Package: 6 Native Web APIs That Made Our Tools 100% Dependency-Free

Every JavaScript developer knows the feeling: you need to generate a random ID, count words accurately, or compute a checksum, and your immediate instinct is: npm install uuid crypto-js lodash Before you know it, your…

Scary Challenges by Inithouse is a free 18+ horror card game: what that category actually means in the browser

10,000 plays across 23 decks, and people still ask us the same question: is Scary Challenges a party game or a horror game? The honest answer: it started as the first and turned into the second. The difference matters…

Ned Batchelder: Silence is golden lightning talk

This is a lightning talk I did at PyCon US 2026: Silence is Golden. The overall message is to leave some quiet time so that reluctant speakers have a chance to participate. I start with a jokey disclaimer because I…

Google Home mở cho AI agent: người Việt dùng được chưa?

Originally published on NextFuture Google vừa mở Google Home cho bất kỳ AI agent nào hỗ trợ MCP, nghĩa là Claude hay ChatGPT có thể đọc lịch sử sự kiện và điều khiển thiết bị trong nhà bạn. Trước khi đổi cả hệ sinh thái…