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Kavro - New update 1.0.5

Kavro 1.0.5 6 new widgets: radio buttons, collapsing header (the widgets inside show while it’s open), table, graph (line, area or bars; live values with kv::PlotAdd), text area and number input. That makes 23 widgets. New options for every widget: drop shadow, scale on hover and press, hand cursor, Disabled and Enabled if. Auto size: right-click a widget (or press Ctrl+Shift+A) to fit it to its…

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Build log: turning one photo into a ~13-second racing meme video on Cloudflare Workers

A short racing clip has been going around on short-video apps: someone in a deep squat, flying down a highway at absurd speed, with a chase behind them. People wanted to put their own face in it.

  • Single photo transformed into 13-second racing meme video on Cloudflare Workers
  • Users can upload their own faces to create personalized meme videos
  • Pipeline includes photo checking, reference clip usage, and audio stripping

GhostKey v2.0: Decentralized P2P Hardware Biometric Auth with ZKP Ledger

Traditional authentication architectures rely on central password stores, OAuth relays, and costly SMS OTP vectors. These create central honeypots vulnerable to credential stuffing, database leaks…

  • GhostKey Protocol is a decentralized, peer-to-peer authentication system
  • Anchors to hardware security modules (WebAuthn/FIDO2) for secure substrate
  • Uses zero-knowledge commitments and tamper-proof ledger for user identity protection

I built a tested Stripe + Supabase starter so I'd never wire billing again

Every paid app needs the same boring parts: sign-in, checkout, a webhook that turns access on and off, a billing page, and account deletion that doesn't leave a live subscription behind.

  • Author created Express Track to simplify app components like billing and auth
  • Supabase and Stripe integrated for authentication, billing, and payment processing
  • Kit includes 186 unit tests, 43 security tests, and Playwright smoke tests

Why My Prefix Cache Missed Identical Requests

I enabled prefix caching in mini-vllm-rs , my Rust LLM inference engine for macOS, and submitted two identical requests concurrently to a cold cache. Neither reused a single token.

  • Prefix cache missed identical requests due to delayed page visibility
  • Incremental publication improved first token time by 48-93%
  • Early-release policy reduced TTFT by 56.9% for 2 concurrent requests

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