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Why I Chose SQLite Over Postgres

I have been building a little project called Librarian: a local-first assistant for my EPUB collection. The basic idea is that I can point it at a folder of books, have it extract and chunk the text…

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A Million Go Map Entries Take 38MB, Not 16MB

A few months ago, I noticed an issue with the internal structure of the new Go map—specifically regarding empty slots! So I decided to figure out why a map[int64]int64 theoretically appears to be 16…

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iOS 27: Use Visual Intelligence in the Camera App

In iOS 27, available now, Apple has made some changes and additions to the iPhone's stock Camera app, including the addition of a new Siri mode. Available in addition to the Video, Photo, and other camera modes, Siri mode can be accessed by swiping across the mode carousel at the bottom of the screen.

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iPhone 18 Pro Reviews: Excellent Yet... Meh?

The first iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max reviews have been published today by selected tech websites and YouTube channels, ahead of the devices beginning to arrive to customers and launching in stores this Friday, September 18.

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Security updates for Wednesday

Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (kernel, kernel-rt, libkcapi, nginx, nginx:1.24, openssl, osbuild-composer, perl, perl:5.32, python-tornado, rsync, and rust), Debian (cjose and nginx)…

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Hackers Got Inside a Flock Camera

Article URL: https://www.wired.com/story/hackers-flock-camera-data-shows-how-system-works/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49726586 Points: 310 # Comments: 150

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