🦀 Announcing Rust 1.91.0
A strong milestone that broadens Rust’s platform coverage while maintaining its safety-first philosophy. Full ARM Windows support marks a major win for cross-platform developers.
The Rust team released version 1.91.0, promoting 64-bit ARM for Windows (aarch64-pc-windows-msvc) to Tier 1 support. The update adds a new lint to detect unsafe dangling pointer returns and brings API stabilizations and refinements across Rust, Cargo, and Clippy.
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💰 Teaching Kids to Invest with a One-File HTML App
A clever mix of coding and parenting—showing how simple tech can turn abstract money lessons into something visual and fun for kids.
A developer created ‘D-iNvestments,’ a minimal Progressive Web App built in a single HTML file to teach children about investing and compound growth. Running on an old phone mounted to a fridge, it visualizes daily, weekly, and monthly portfolio growth, turning financial education into an interactive family experience.
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🎨 Affinity Studio Now Free
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☁️ Secret ‘Wink’ Clause in Google and Amazon’s Israel Cloud Deal
A striking look into how geopolitical power plays intersect with corporate cloud infrastructure—raising serious questions about transparency and accountability in tech.
A Guardian investigation found that Israel’s $1.2 billion Project Nimbus contract required Google and Amazon to use a secret ‘winking’ code to confirm data transfers under gag orders. The agreement reportedly bars the companies from limiting Israel’s cloud access even amid human-rights concerns. Experts warn the setup is legally and ethically unprecedented.
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🧠 Why Free Software Intimidates Everyday Users
A timely reminder that great software isn’t just about freedom or features—it’s about empathy and design that meet people where they are.
Daniel Delaney argues that open-source software often alienates average users by catering to experts with overly complex interfaces. Through his ‘Magicbrake’ project—a simplified UI for Handbrake—he illustrates how thoughtful design can balance simplicity and power. He urges developers to prioritize accessibility without sacrificing depth.
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🧩 The Math Mode Puzzle in Typst
A meticulous look at language ergonomics, showing how even tiny parsing choices can affect mathematical readability and developer experience.
The author analyzes ambiguities in Typst’s math-mode parser, where sub- and superscripts can attach unexpectedly due to how function calls are parsed. They trace the issue to Typst’s handling of symbols and implicit multiplication and propose several fixes—ultimately recommending a return to Typst 0.3 behavior for more intuitive math expression handling.
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🌐 GHC Now Runs in Your Browser
A big accessibility win for Haskell enthusiasts—showcasing how WebAssembly blurs the line between local and cloud-based development environments.
The Glasgow Haskell Compiler (GHC) can now run entirely in the browser via WebAssembly. Early testers report minor bugs with persistent compiler options and runtime flags, but the experiment highlights the feasibility of bringing full compilers to the web.
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📜 LISP: Reflections on Its Past and Future (1980)
A timeless read that reveals how early programming pioneers were already grappling with ideas—like modularity and verification—that still shape software engineering today.
In this 1980 essay, John McCarthy reviews Lisp’s first 21 years, calling it nearly optimal yet in need of modernization—particularly in its libraries and formal correctness foundations. A 1999 addendum shows his lasting belief in Lisp’s design philosophy and potential.
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