TILens Daily Edition
2026-11-04
Filters: topic=languages, github=hidden

Stats: 86 articles, 14 sources, 5 research papers
Top topics: JavaScript, Rust, Python

## News

- Joshua Mcshannon Joins the PSF as Infrastructure Engineer
  Source: pyfound-blog
  Topic: Python
  URL: https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2026/11/joshua-mcshannon-joins-psf-as.html

- Building SP Layers: Exploring São Paulo Through Photography and Cloudinary
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/victormoni/building-sp-layers-exploring-sao-paulo-through-photography-and-cloudinary-19ik

- How to get your Firefox extension Recommended on AMO (the complete process)
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/weatherclockdash/how-to-get-your-firefox-extension-recommended-on-amo-the-complete-process-b7j

- Settings and the Keybindings editor
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/jslab/settings-and-the-keybindings-editor-1fob

- Building a weather new tab extension for Firefox: wttr.in, world clocks, no backend
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/weatherclockdash/building-a-weather-new-tab-extension-for-firefox-wttrin-world-clocks-no-backend-5gpk

- OMID browserOptional describes the JavaScript environment.
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/aleksuix/omid-browseroptional-describes-the-javascript-environment-35gi

- Usestate in Reactjs
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript (+React)
  URL: https://dev.to/mukesh_tech_46/usestate-in-reactjs-1nna

- JavaScript Copy to Clipboard: Build a Kaomoji Picker
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/codingdudecom/javascript-copy-to-clipboard-d4m

- How I built a local AI assistant that admits when it didn't actually do the thing
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/kayato123_fca8d3c04a54849/how-i-built-a-local-ai-assistant-that-admits-when-it-didnt-actually-do-the-thing-25bh

- JavaScript Copy to Clipboard: Build a Kaomoji Picker
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/codingdudecom/javascript-copy-to-clipboard-build-a-kaomoji-picker-1c0k

- A Complete Free TypeScript Curriculum — 107 Chapters, From Basics to Compiler Internals
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/kandz/a-complete-free-typescript-curriculum-107-chapters-from-basics-to-compiler-internals-3llc

- How we designed a 60+ part modular boss system
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/bosslabstudio/how-we-designed-a-60-part-modular-boss-system-5g7a

- Run TypeScript in Node.js Without a Build Step: Type Stripping Tested on Node 22, 24 and 26
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/fabwaseem/run-typescript-in-nodejs-without-a-build-step-type-stripping-tested-on-node-22-24-and-26-430a

- NestJS vs Hono vs Fastify (2026): Benchmarked on Node.js 26
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/fabwaseem/nestjs-vs-hono-vs-fastify-2026-benchmarked-on-nodejs-26-41dp

- Why synchronized Got Fast: The Rise and Removal of Biased Locking
  Source: java-code-geeks
  Topic: Java
  URL: https://www.javacodegeeks.com/2026/11/why-synchronized-got-fast-the-rise-and-removal-of-biased-locking.html

- An Effective Python Development Environment
  Source: real-python
  Topic: Python
  URL: https://realpython.com/effective-python-environment/

- Positron IDE: A Hands-on Python Tutorial
  Source: real-python
  Topic: Python
  URL: https://realpython.com/positron-ide/

- Building a boss-building battler for Android with Phaser
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/bosslabstudio/building-a-boss-building-battler-for-android-with-phaser-207m

- How to embed a visual Mermaid editor in your React app
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript (+React)
  URL: https://dev.to/jointjs/how-to-embed-a-visual-mermaid-editor-in-your-react-app-318

- Five India Calculators in Plain JavaScript — EMI, SIP, FD, GST and Age, With No Backend
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/reallyoffers/five-india-calculators-in-plain-javascript-emi-sip-fd-gst-and-age-with-no-backend-24m5

- I shipped my extension in 9 languages to two stores. Here's what broke.
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/glenkit/i-shipped-my-extension-in-9-languages-to-two-stores-heres-what-broke-b5d

- Where Claude's usage limits went: from SSE to protobuf frames
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/msadofschi/where-claudes-usage-limits-went-from-sse-to-protobuf-frames-c8d

- packaged something
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript (+MongoDB)
  URL: https://dev.to/shamil_tp/packaged-something-5c66

- Engineering Sector-76: Building a Factorio-Inspired Dieselpunk MMO in the Browser (Vue 3, sass, Three.js, GSAP)
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/manukyan21/engineering-sector-76-building-a-factorio-inspired-dieselpunk-mmo-in-the-browser-vue-3-sass-27ib

- Building a Zero-Watermark Browser Meme & GIF Generator With Perspective Slots
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/illyism/building-a-zero-watermark-browser-meme-gif-generator-with-perspective-slots-4pgf

- String methods
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/sowntharya/string-methods-1m94

- How to Handle Millions of Rows in a React Data Grid: Buffered Rendering and Server-Side Data
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript (+React)
  URL: https://dev.to/vishal_porwal_e0389856c35/how-to-handle-millions-of-rows-in-a-react-data-grid-buffered-rendering-and-server-side-data-3ghb

- Buy Verified LinkedIn Accounts | Aged Profiles With ...
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/pvasmmmarket1254/buy-verified-linkedin-accounts-aged-profiles-with--a1b

- I Built a 3D Periodic Table in the Browser So Students Can Actually Explore Chemistry
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/julianneagu/i-built-a-3d-periodic-table-in-the-browser-so-students-can-actually-explore-chemistry-3kcn

- Quiz: Positron IDE: A Hands-on Python Tutorial
  Source: real-python
  Topic: Python
  URL: https://realpython.com/quizzes/positron-ide/

- Tool calling for small on-device LLMs that don't support tool calling
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript (+AI)
  URL: https://dev.to/dannickstark/tool-calling-for-small-on-device-llms-that-dont-support-tool-calling-2dh7

- A heartbeat that goes quiet when the route is dead: signed presence records with a short TTL
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/ashwar_sadh_f7abe6f82c8e9/a-heartbeat-that-goes-quiet-when-the-route-is-dead-signed-presence-records-with-a-short-ttl-26e8

- How to Programmatically Convert HEIC to PNG in Web Applications
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/robertethreet/how-to-programmatically-convert-heic-to-png-in-web-applications-41lc

- getCurrentPosition() Has No Default Timeout. That's the Trap.
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/parsajiravand/getcurrentposition-has-no-default-timeout-thats-the-trap-3h5p

- Kubernetes CPU Limits and JVM Throttling: Why p99 Spikes With Plenty of Idle CPU
  Source: java-code-geeks
  Topic: Java
  URL: https://www.javacodegeeks.com/2026/11/kubernetes-cpu-limits-and-jvm-throttling-why-p99-spikes-with-plenty-of-idle-cpu.html

- TypeScript `globalThis` Typing in 2026: Safely Adding Properties to the Global Scope Without `any`
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/jsmanifest/typescript-globalthis-typing-in-2026-safely-adding-properties-to-the-global-scope-without-any-3cm9

- How to Become a Front-End Developer: A Simple Beginner Roadmap
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript (+React)
  URL: https://dev.to/kushkrg/how-to-become-a-front-end-developer-a-simple-beginner-roadmap-4phg

- Building a Neon City Map in PixiJS: Layers, Fog and Traffic
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/denshin/building-a-neon-city-map-in-pixijs-layers-fog-and-traffic-d4c

- I built a free checker for non-US founders with a US LLC (Form 5472)
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/shubh_1a7a40ad162c0848/i-built-a-free-checker-for-non-us-founders-with-a-us-llc-form-5472-13no

- Why Your Google Maps Rank Changes Block by Block (and How to Model It in JavaScript)
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/gmbranker7759_2600ddf7348/why-your-google-maps-rank-changes-block-by-block-and-how-to-model-it-in-javascript-dec

- Building an MBTI Cognitive Functions Test in JavaScript: Data Model and Scoring
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/nicovarga/building-an-mbti-cognitive-functions-test-in-javascript-data-model-and-scoring-30e3

- A college notice board in React: a first project for web design students
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript (+React)
  URL: https://dev.to/dzimark/a-college-notice-board-in-react-a-firsreactbeginnerswebdevjavascriptt-project-for-web-design-3ci9

- Where Does Your Data Go? The Route Map, Redirects and Browser Storage of app.onepassapps.com
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/onepassapps/where-does-your-data-go-the-route-map-redirects-and-browser-storage-of-apponepassappscom-15be

- Rust Trends Issue 86 - systemd Opens the Door to Rust
  Source: this-week-in-rust
  Topic: Rust
  URL: https://rust-trends.com/newsletter/systemd-opens-the-door-to-rust/

- Towards formal verification: mbrotli and mzstd
  Source: this-week-in-rust
  Topic: Rust
  URL: https://m-compressors.github.io/2026/formal-verification-mbrotli-mzstd/

- Thinking in Traits
  Source: this-week-in-rust
  Topic: Rust
  URL: https://corrode.dev/blog/thinking-in-traits/

- Who Are You? versus Who Owns You? — What Rust Memory Safety and Wireless Addressing Have in Common
  Source: this-week-in-rust
  Topic: Rust
  URL: https://medium.com/@potto_94870/who-are-you-versus-who-owns-you-what-rust-memory-safety-and-wireless-addressing-have-in-common-b876a81468d5

- Fix Your Rust Functions
  Source: this-week-in-rust
  Topic: Rust
  URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5Bf_Udenys

- Progress Report #44: rustc_codegen_gcc can now bootstrap rustc on Aarch64!
  Source: this-week-in-rust
  Topic: Rust
  URL: https://blog.antoyo.xyz/rustc_codegen_gcc-progress-report-44

- Small Crates Behind Big Rust Systems
  Source: this-week-in-rust
  Topic: Rust
  URL: https://netstack.fm/episodes/small-crates-behind-big-rust-systems

- Migrating C to Rust with Jonas Kruckenberg
  Source: this-week-in-rust
  Topic: Rust
  URL: https://rustacean-station.org/episode/jonas-kruckenberg/

- Building fine-grained version control for agents with Rust and Durable Objects
  Source: this-week-in-rust
  Topic: Rust
  URL: https://delta.dev/blog/fine-grained-version-control-for-agents

- Rust Atomics Demystified
  Source: this-week-in-rust
  Topic: Rust
  URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8IeTvTHlxU

- sysinfo: fixing performance to retrieve process GPU usage
  Source: this-week-in-rust
  Topic: Rust
  URL: https://blog.guillaume-gomez.fr/articles/2026-10-30+sysinfo%3A+fixing+performance+to+retrieve+process+GPU+usage

- Userland Linux scheduler in Rust - faster than time
  Source: this-week-in-rust
  Topic: Rust
  URL: https://kapteko.com/userland-linux-scheduler-in-rust/

- systemd ❤️ Rust
  Source: this-week-in-rust
  Topic: Rust
  URL: https://amutable.com/blog/systemd-loves-rust

- Everything you need to know to secure your Rust projects against the wave of cyberattacks
  Source: this-week-in-rust
  Topic: Rust
  URL: https://kerkour.com/secure-rust-projects

- The Missing Future State
  Source: this-week-in-rust
  Topic: Rust
  URL: https://blog.yoshuawuyts.com/the-future-trait-has-a-missing-state

- It's the memory latency, stupid · Pivot blog
  Source: this-week-in-rust
  Topic: Rust
  URL: https://pivotlake.io/blog/its-the-memory-latency-stupid/

- Driving the OnePassApps Studios With a Keyboard: Tab Order, Live Regions and Focus Rings
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/onepassapps/driving-the-onepassapps-studios-with-a-keyboard-tab-order-live-regions-and-focus-rings-34f1

- Frost Flowers: a tap-to-plant puzzle built on a 1960s cellular automaton
  Source: devto-javascript
  Topic: JavaScript
  URL: https://dev.to/waitlab/frost-flowers-a-tap-to-plant-puzzle-built-on-a-1960s-cellular-automaton-415n

- Ruffle: Stable Releases, API, Text... and Everything Else!
  Source: this-week-in-rust
  Topic: Rust
  URL: https://ruffle.rs/blog/2026/11/04/stable-releases-and-everything-else

- “Project Detroit: From Foreign Libraries to Foreign Language Runtimes”
  Source: jvm-weekly
  Topic: Java
  URL: https://inside.java/2026/11/04/devoxxbelgium-project-detroit/

## Research

- A Computational Analysis of Women’s Suffrage in Historical Newspapers
  Source: towards-data-science
  Topic: AI Research (+AI, Python)
  URL: https://towardsdatascience.com/a-computational-analysis-of-womens-suffrage-in-historical-newspapers/

- How to Combine Contradictory Filters in DAX
  Source: towards-data-science
  Topic: AI Research (+AI, Python)
  URL: https://towardsdatascience.com/how-to-combine-contradictory-filters-in-dax/

- Let Decision Models Guide Your Voice Assistant
  Source: towards-data-science
  Topic: AI Research (+AI, Python)
  URL: https://towardsdatascience.com/let-decision-models-guide-your-voice-assistant/

- Beyond Classical: A Quantum Approach to Time-Series Prediction
  Source: towards-data-science
  Topic: AI Research (+AI, Python)
  URL: https://towardsdatascience.com/beyond-classical-a-quantum-approach-to-time-series-prediction/

- As Expected? Efficient LLM Planning via Expectation-Observation Consistency Verification
  Source: arxiv-cs-cl
  Topic: AI Research (+AI, JavaScript, React)
  URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2611.02438

## Community

- datasette-llm 0.1a10
  Source: simon-willison
  Topic: Python (+AI, Django)
  URL: https://simonwillison.net/2026/Nov/4/datasette-llm/

- Is it possible to use `Iterator::map` in a ToSocketAddrs impl? (associated types involving closures)
  Source: rust-users-forum
  Topic: Rust
  URL: https://users.rust-lang.org/t/is-it-possible-to-use-iterator-map-in-a-tosocketaddrs-impl-associated-types-involving-closures/143465

- CLI project structure in Rust
  Source: rust-users-forum
  Topic: Rust
  URL: https://users.rust-lang.org/t/cli-project-structure-in-rust/143464

- datasette-apps 0.3a0
  Source: simon-willison
  Topic: Python (+AI, Django)
  URL: https://simonwillison.net/2026/Nov/4/datasette-apps/

- Draft to Document: Why I Made My Notes Look Like LaTeX Papers
  Source: kenneth-reitz
  Topic: Python
  URL: https://kennethreitz.org/essays/2026-11-04-draft_to_document

- Python Morsels: Unnecessary syntax in Python
  Source: planet-python
  Topic: Python
  URL: https://www.pythonmorsels.com/unnecessary-syntax/

- The Python Coding Stack: The Second Opinion
  Source: planet-python
  Topic: Python
  URL: https://www.thepythoncodingstack.com/p/the-second-opinion

- death and gravity: pyinfra – simple infrastructure automation in Python
  Source: planet-python
  Topic: Python
  URL: https://death.andgravity.com/pyinfra

- LernerPython blog, from Reuven Lerner: Python set comprehension: Unique items from nested iterables
  Source: planet-python
  Topic: Python
  URL: https://lernerpython.com/2026/11/04/python-set-comprehension-unique-items-from-nested-iterables/

- Python GUIs: Change color in QProgressBar delegate — How to dynamically change QProgressBar colors in a QTableView delegate
  Source: planet-python
  Topic: Python
  URL: https://www.pythonguis.com/faq/change-color-in-qprogressbar-delegate/

- Graham Dumpleton: Twenty years of mod_wsgi, and what comes next
  Source: planet-python
  Topic: Python
  URL: https://grahamdumpleton.me/posts/2026/11/twenty-years-of-mod-wsgi/

- Launch HN: Kino AI (YC S23) – AI media manager and video editor
  Source: hacker-news
  Topic: General (+JavaScript, React)
  URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50368804

- A new Go API for JSON
  Source: lobsters
  Topic: General (+Go)
  URL: https://go.dev/blog/jsonv2

- Python on my wrist
  Source: lobsters
  Topic: General (+Hardware, Python)
  URL: https://tildeweb.nl/~michiel/python-on-my-wrist.html

- Shlemiel the Painter Is Back: How Zig’s libc Rewrite Made SQLite Slower
  Source: lobsters
  Topic: General (+Rust)
  URL: https://dennisforbes.ca/blog/microblog/2026/10/the_accidental_12000x_sqlite_slowdown/

- How to speed up the Rust compiler in November 2026
  Source: lobsters
  Topic: General (+Rust)
  URL: https://nnethercote.github.io/2026/11/04/how-to-speed-up-the-rust-compiler-in-november-2026.html

- How //go:embed Works: From Source Files to Binary
  Source: lobsters
  Topic: General (+Go)
  URL: https://internals-for-interns.com/posts/how-go-embed-works/

- Text.js: Build full-stack React apps that render inside console.log
  Source: hacker-news
  Topic: General (+JavaScript, React)
  URL: https://textjs.org/