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What’s new in Android’s August 2026 Google System Updates [U]

The monthly “ Google System Release Notes ” primarily detail what’s new in Play services, Play Store, and Play system update across Android phones/tablets, Wear OS, Google/Android TV, Auto, and PC. Some features apply to end users, while others are aimed at developers. more…

What’s new in Android’s August 2026 Google System Updates [U]

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The wait queue is just a channel: building a small distributed lock server in Go

Sooner or later you hit the same small problem: two services, on two machines, want to touch the same thing at the same moment — append to a shared file, update a row nobody is fencing, call an API…

  • Locking-Center is a compact Go lock server for distributed systems
  • Uses Go channels to implement lock-free locking mechanism
  • Includes request context map for cancellation and timeout handling

Badger: An E-Ink Badge I Use For Conferences

I attend conferences regularly, and for years I’ve wanted a badge that makes it easy for people to find me online. In 2019, I attended defcon and built defpi , a goofy raspberry pi powered badge.

  • Sean Boult developed Badgeware Badger for easy conference identification.
  • Badger features WiFi module, battery, USB-C interface, and MicroPython.
  • Simulator allows testing and deployment of Badger code.

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