What is Hackers' Pub?

Hackers' Pub is a place for software engineers to share their knowledge and experience with each other. It's also an ActivityPub-enabled social network, so you can follow your favorite hackers in the fediverse and get their latest posts in your feed.

Over the weekend I got Pi-hole up and running (first time user), and it sure is eye-opening seeing what your devices are up to.

The screenshot that's all red, for example, is my Samsung smart TV, which is constantly talking to Netflix (and other domains, even when using my PC and not interacting with the "smart hub".) I haven't opened the Netflix app in at least two weeks.

The other one all in green (allowed for now), is my Echo Dot with Alexa. That thing is talking to Amazon constantly...

Table-like dark interface showing repeated timestamped DNS entries (2026-01-04 with times from 21:20:10 to 21:22:16) with columns for a red blocked symbol, record TYPE (A or AAAA), and DOMAIN (logs.netflix.com).Dark-themed log table showing timestamps, green status icons, record type "A", and domain names (api.amazon.com, various aws.dev diagnostic networking hostnames, cloudfront.net, msh.amazon.com, api.amazonalexa.com).
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ended and I went back to on . It was a low key day.

A couple things I've continued to do since starting vacation:

1.) The hour-long solo hikes before work. This has done wonders for my .

2.) Decreasing my "reliance" on . Still using the flip phone for daily comms. My is on silent, usage is significantly less, and only check in with notifications and messages a couple times a day.

Not that I am a sedentary person. Quite the opposite but as a and for a , self-care time is, by several orders of magnitude, significantly less.

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うっふ〜ん❤たかし❤❤クリスタログボ忘れちゃったの?❤❤❤そんなウッカリさんは…こう!❤❤パフン❤❤パフフフン❤❤パフフフフフフフゥ〜ン❤❤❤フゥ〜!!

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AI models don’t really 'get' the BSDs. As a result, they often provide incomplete, imprecise, or flat-out wrong answers by defaulting to Linux paradigms. When it comes to illumos-based systems, they just completely lose the plot.

This is becoming a serious issue for the BSDs and illumos ecosystems. We are seeing entire websites flooded with AI-generated tutorials and guides that are totally incorrect. Most people don't realize this; they follow the instructions, fail, and then assume that the BSDs doesn't work well or are 'unstable' because they have supposedly changed since the guide was written.

Luckily, some people eventually find my blog, reach out, and finally understand what's actually going on. Others, unfortunately, end up on major social sites or comments, claiming that these systems are broken.

In 2026, one of our greatest challenges will be teaching people how to vet their sources and filter information.
And I see this as a very, very uphill battle.

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아니 뭐 나도 클린한 인간은 아니라 누굴 비난하고 그럴 류는 못되는데.. 그래도 보이는 데서까지 추해지진 말아야지 싶은거ㅇㅇ 전기세 오른다고 하면 극빈층 생존 걱정보다 한전 주식 이야기부터 하는 부류 종종 봐서 좀 그러함.

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Hallo Bubble,

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Wir beraten Organisationen in IT-Sicherheit, so weit, so standard. Wir möchten aber nicht klassisches Consulting anbieten, sondern nachhaltigere IT-Sicherheitskonzepte entwickeln. Wenn Kund*innen uns nicht mehr brauchen, dann haben wir eigentlich alles richtig gemacht :-)

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Effect is now in public preview! It's an architecture-agnostic effect system that makes side effects (such as I/O, networking, and concurrency) controllable and testable while keeping application code linear and procedural (no UDF!). Effect Handlers enable natural composition of behaviors. Mock-less testing with step-by-step execution by catching and resuming effects with just-in-time test data. No invasive scaffolding and test-only abstractions common in DI libs.
github.com/Alex-Ozun/swift-eff

Swift Effect
Algebraic Effect and Effect Handlers for Swift
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ciao a tutti, quanti verranno questo fine mese al FOSDEM a Bruxelles?

Siamo già un bel gruppo da M1, circa 7 e ci stiamo organizzando su telegram. Se avete in programma di venire a Bruxelles possiamo incontrarci, bere un caffè (o una blanche) e condividere che incontriamo, vi aspettiamo nel gruppo FOSDEM1: t.me/+0yztIytU0V8yYmZk

:opensource: Messaggio rilanciato nel gruppo Open Source: @opensource

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Did you know that Japan has 72 microseasons? Ranging from "tourists burst out of east Kyoto buses" in the lovely autumn leaves season, to "life-giving Pocari Sweat bottle produces its own sweat" in the muggy summer months: we have now entered the microseason "scaly hands absorb entire bottle of lotion in one week" 😌

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Loops segmented notifications are a vibe.

When we ship DMs, your most recent convos will appear here, along with a new Messages section.

Also, being able to notify all users with System notifications about new features is also super cool, can't wait to ship the next one.

Yeah it's heavily inspired by TikTok, but users do love it. TikTok copied a lot from others, like Stories.

Loops Notifications screen in the mobile app
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클로드 코드 쓰고있으니 더 나은 VCS에 대한 욕심이 커진다. 나는 클로드가 브랜치를 더 자주 쪼개서, 원하는 시점으로의 롤백이 더 편해졌으면 좋겠다.

하나 생각나는 아이디어는 브랜치 명을 hierachial하게 만들어서 가령 fix-bug-1/refactor-class-foo/fix-function-bar 이런식으로, 무슨 일하는지의 맥락을 브랜치명에 나타내는 것이다. 그리고 a/b 브랜치는 a 브랜치의 자식이어야 한다는 제약도 강제한다.

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기술에는 선악이 없단.ㄴ 말이 무슨 의미로 하는 말인지도 알고 거기에 동의하기도 하지만 역시 기술은 가치중립적이라는 이야기에는 거부감이 들어요. 기술과 그 기술이 세상에서 어떻게 이용되는지는 대체로 분리 불가능한 영역아닐까요

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