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.

Glyph @glyph@mastodon.social
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Shared by Paolo Melchiorre

If you're a Python developer, definitely make your voice heard here: pyfound.blogspot.com/2026/01/y

I filled it out. I feel like it was briefer than previous years? And obviously there are a bunch of questions about genAI junk, which I suspect will end up showing up as very widely used, so I hope some of you skeptics will also fill it out and at least we might be legible as a meaningful minority

Your Python. Your Voice. Join the Python Developers Survey 2026!

This year marks the ninth iteration of the official Python Developers Survey. We intentionally launched the survey in January (later than ye...

pyfound.blogspot.com · Python Software Foundation Blog

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Python Package Index @pypi@fosstodon.org
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Shared by Paolo Melchiorre

Over the past year (and a half!), our inaugural PyPI Support Specialist, Maria Ashna, helped tackle backlogs, improve support processes, and keep running smoothly for the community.

Read the full reflection on what that work looked like 👇
blog.pypi.org/posts/2026-01-26

Dispatch from PyPI Land: A Year (and a Half!) as the Inaugural PyPI Support Specialist - The Python Package Index Blog

A look back on the first year and a half as the inaugural PyPI Support Specialist.

blog.pypi.org

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Marco @macromare@mastodon.social
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Shared by Paolo Melchiorre

We need more scientists giving feedback here:

🇪🇺 European Open Digital Ecosystems: Call for Feedback

⏰ Deadline: Feb 3, 2026

➡️ 🔗 ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-r

EU Commission collects feedback from the community to shape strategies for boosting open source. Scientists need to share insights on how open source can boost and .




Image shows a pie-chart of feedback to European Open Digital Ecosystems Call by category of respondent. Most feedback comes from EU citizens, very little feedback (so far) from scientists or research institutions.
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Stefan Bohacek @stefan@stefanbohacek.online
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"In the beginning, the Web was simple. When I first encountered it in early 1993 (working for O'Reilly's Global Network Navigator[...]), there was only one browser for viewing web pages and it ran exclusively on the Unix platform. There were about a dozen tags that made any difference. Designing a web page was a relatively simple task."

cybercultural.com/p/1993-globa

1993: Global Network Navigator and the first web designer image

1993: Global Network Navigator and the first web designer

It's difficult to apply design to a website in 1993, but that doesn't stop O'Reilly & Associates from launching an 'online magazine' called GNN. Suddenly Jennifer Niederst, a book designer, has a new career.

cybercultural.com · Cybercultural

Link author: Richard MacManus@ricmac@mastodon.social

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BrianKrebs @briankrebs@infosec.exchange
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The WSJ reports that Google has moved to seize dozens of domains belonging to IPIDEA, a Chinese residential proxy service and the largest by far with ~10M proxies for rent. Google has also taken steps to remove hundreds of apps affiliated with the company from Android devices

wsj.com/tech/google-aims-knock

Earlier this month, we broke the news about how the world's biggest botnet -- Kimwolf -- grew very quickly to well more than 2 million devices by exploiting a weakness in IPIDEA that allowed them to probe the local networks of proxy endpoints, and infect unofficial Android devices like TV boxes.

krebsonsecurity.com/2026/01/th

IPIDEA's proxy service has become synonymous with these Android TV boxes, which generally come backdoored at purchase. According to Synthient, the proxy tracking startup that figured out how Kimwolf was spreading, the majority of traffic being funneled through IPIDEA proxies is for account takeover activity and ad fraud.

Here's the announcement from Google: cloud.google.com/blog/topics/t

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Hacker News 50 @hn50@social.lansky.name
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Apple to Soon Take Up to 30% Cut from All Patreon Creators in iOS App

Link: macrumors.com/2026/01/28/patre
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4

Apple to Soon Take Up to 30% Cut From All Patreon Creators in iOS App

Apple has set a new deadline of November 1, 2026 for all Patreon creators to switch from Patreon's legacy billing system to the App Store's in-app purchase system in the Patreon app on the iPhone and iPad, as reported by TechCrunch. Note: This image has been edited to include a pile of cash. Patreon is a platform where creators such as YouTubers can receive payments from fans, which can be a valuable revenue stream alongside ads and sponsorships.

www.macrumors.com · MacRumors

Link author: Joe Rossignol@rsgnl@mastodon.social

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BrianKrebs @briankrebs@infosec.exchange
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Shared by Paolo Melchiorre

We knew this was coming, but now the clock is running. From Privacy International:

"Yesterday the Trump Administration announced a proposed change in policy for travellers to the U.S. It applies to the powers of data collection by the Customs and Border Police (CBP)."

"If the proposed changes are adopted after the 60-day consultation, then millions of travellers to the U.S. will be forced to use a U.S. government mobile phone app, submit their social media from the last five years and email addresses used in the last ten years, including of family members. They’re also proposing the collection of DNA."

PI linked to and summarized a Federal Register entry describing the proposed requirements:

-All visitors must submit ‘their social media from the last 5 years’

-ESTA (Electronic System for Travel Authorization) applications will include ‘high value data fields’, ‘when feasible’
‘telephone numbers used in the last five years’
-‘email addresses used in the last ten years’
-‘family number telephone numbers (sic) used in the last five years’
-biometrics – face, fingerprint, DNA, and iris
-business telephone numbers used in the last five years
-business email addresses used in the last ten years.

privacyinternational.org/news-

The Federal Register entry says comments are encouraged and
must be submitted (no later than February 9, 2026) to be assured of consideration.

Federal Register entry: govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-202

Feet standing in front of faded orange 'welcome' message on ground

The Trump Administration wants your DNA and social media

Yesterday the Trump Administration announced a proposed change in policy for travellers to the U.S. It applies to the powers of data collection by the Customs and Border Police (CBP).

www.privacyinternational.org · Privacy International

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かにぢる:crab_dancing: @kanidiru@misskey.io
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よく「沼の終焉」とか「最初からこれを買っておけばよかった」とかの見出しで動画とか出してる人いるけど、そんなことないよね
沼の終焉は次の沼の出発点なのだ・・・

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에스텔 뉴스계정 @transborder.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy
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남자가 여자화장실 들어온다? 동성애 싫다고 말하면 처벌받는다? ‘차별금지법 괴담’ 팩트체크 수정 2026.01.27 10:03 www.khan.co.kr/article/2026...

[다시, 차별금지법] 남자가 여자화장실 들어온다? 동성...

[다시, 차별금지법] 남자가 여자화장실 들어온다? 동성애 싫다고 말하면 처벌받는다? ‘차별금지법 괴담’ 팩트체크

지난 9일 발의된 차별금지법안에는 입법예고 종료를 하루 앞둔 26일 기준으로 3만건이 넘는 의견이 달렸다. 대부분은 반대 의견이다. “남자가 여자 화장실에 들어와도 처벌 못한다” “동성애가 싫다고 말하면 처벌받는다” 등 근거 없는 주장이 온라인 커뮤니티, 단톡방 등에서 떠돈다. 차별금지법은 ‘고용·노무 제공, 재화·용역의 공급이나 이용, 교육·직업훈련...

www.khan.co.kr · 경향신문

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Hacker News 50 @hn50@social.lansky.name
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Jellyfin LLM/"AI" Development Policy

Link: jellyfin.org/docs/general/cont
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4

LLM/"AI" Policies | Jellyfin

The rise of LLMs as a useful development tool over the last year or so has been significant. The power and flexibility of tools like Claude Code and ChatGPT have given a lot of functionality both to experienced developers and new developers alike. But there are trade-offs.

jellyfin.org

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Street Art Utopia shared the below article:

Skeleton Art (15 Photos)

STREET ART UTOPIA @streetartutopia@streetartutopia.com

Skeletons are taking over the streets! These 15 artworks prove that there is plenty of life in old bones. From giant murals to tiny, funny installations, artists around the world are using skeletons to make us smile and think. Check out this collection from cities like Crotone, Barcelona, Melbourne, and Paris. More!: Skeleton Art (23 Photos) 💀 1. The Architect — By INSANE 51 in Crotone, Italy This mural is a real head-turner. If you look through special glasses, the woman's face turns […]

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Simon Willison @simon@fedi.simonwillison.net
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I wrote about a localStorage trick I've been using to add dynamic per-user features to my blog despite it being served behind a 15 minute Cloudflare cache meaning everyone gets the exact same HTML simonwillison.net/2026/Jan/28/

Adding dynamic features to an aggressively cached website

My blog uses aggressive caching: it sits behind Cloudflare with a 15 minute cache header, which guarantees it can survive even the largest traffic spike to any given page. I’ve …

simonwillison.net · Simon Willison’s Weblog

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