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Wordgard: ProseMirror creator ships a new schema-based rich-text editor
Marijn Haverbeke, the developer behind ProseMirror and CodeMirror, has released Wordgard, an open-source JavaScript library for building in-browser rich-text ed
A graphics programmer's roadmap: master the GPU, the CPU, and write your own path tracer
Modern rendering splits into two hard-to-learn-simultaneously halves: the CPU side (explicit APIs like DirectX12, Vulkan, or Metal, plus the engine plumbing to
A Software Engineer's Case Against Winning Arguments
A software engineer reflects on abandoning his long habit of arguing for technical correctness in code reviews, design meetings, and online threads. His core re
Anthropic's @claudeai Account Announces "Fable 5 Is Back"
A post from Anthropic's official @claudeai account on X states simply that "Fable 5 is Back." Fable 5 is one of Anthropic's current-generation Claude models (mo
Box2D creator ships Box3D, an open-source 3D physics engine
Erin Catto, the author of the widely used Box2D physics library, has released Box3D, a 3D physics engine now available on GitHub. It began as a fork of Dirk Gre
Cloudflare will let sites charge AI agents per request via x402 micropayments
Cloudflare is building a Monetization Gateway that lets its customers put a price on any resource behind its edge — web pages, APIs, datasets, or MCP tool calls
F-Droid Frames Google's Mandatory Android Developer Verification as 'Malware'
F-Droid, the open-source Android app repository, has published a polemic recasting Google's upcoming Android Developer Verification (ADV) program as malware. Th
Frog-gut bacterium wipes out tumors in mice — but it's one preclinical study
A peer-reviewed paper in Gut Microbes reports that Ewingella americana, a naturally occurring bacterium isolated from amphibian and reptile gut microbiomes, eli
GitHub Copilot adds Kimi K2.7 Code, its first open-weight model option
GitHub Copilot now offers Kimi K2.7 Code, marking the first time an open-weight model has appeared as a selectable choice in Copilot's model picker. GitHub host
Google open-sources its Zero-Knowledge Proof libraries for private age checks
Google has released its Zero-Knowledge Proof (ZKP) cryptographic libraries under an open-source license, publishing the code as 'longfellow-zk' on GitHub. The m
How an Internal Combustion Engine Works, Built Up From First Principles
Bartosz Ciechanowski's interactive explainer reconstructs the internal combustion engine from scratch, starting with the simplest way to produce rotational moti
IPFS Cuts Content Publishing From 20 Seconds to Under 1 With Optimistic Provide
IPFS has long suffered from slow content publishing on its Amino DHT, where announcing a new piece of content to the network could take dozens of seconds and oc