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GitLab, open source github clone, reaches 3.0
Original EnglishIt's rather lightweight and is easy to setup on a low end VPS.
Preferring throwaway code over design docs
Original EnglishWe had to build and launch something by a deadline in order to avoid renewing a contract that would have cost $x mil.
Browser AI: stepwise control makes failures easier to inspect
Stagehand’s creators added AI operations to Playwright rather than delegating the entire workflow to an autonomous agent.
Retain visibility and control at each step.
German developer guilty of 'hacking' for exposing hardcoded credentials in app
Original EnglishI literally spent 4 hours this morning working around a vendor API bug.
How to drive away your best engineers
Original English[1] Although I'd used makefiles to compile tools for over a decade, I never learned the syntax.
Ask HN: Is having a personal blog/brand worth it for you?
Original EnglishI run Debian server and let unattended-upgrades do my maintenance.
Bluesky's stackable approach to moderation
Original EnglishAt present there are somewhere around 60 data servers with one large one we run; one aggregator infra; and probably around 10 actively developed clients.
A friendlier face for Postgres: what matters beyond the UI
The Mathesar discussion highlights relationships, permissions, and existing data structures behind a friendly table interface.
Choose data tools by how they work with your existing database.
Show HN: I ranked news websites by speed
Original EnglishI also use TCP clients to make HTTP requests and fetch the HTML, then I read the HTML with the text-only browser.