1. Production-ready detection and response queries for osquery (github.com)

Production-ready detection & response queries for osquery - chainguard-dev/osquery-defense-kit

The article discusses a set of detection and response queries designed for osquery, aimed at enhancing security measures in production environments. It provides practical tools for developers and security teams to improve their incident response capabilities.

2. Pi coding agent: config folder is out of place on Linux (github.com)

Hi there! (thank you for the great work and articles on coding agents, very inspiring) I'm using pi on Linux, and noticed that the config folder is located directly within the user's $HOME director...

A user raises a concern about the placement of the config folder for the Pi coding agent on Linux, noting it’s in an unexpected location within the user’s home directory. The discussion highlights potential implications for organization and usability in coding environments.

7. The Marxist Case for the Technofeudal Hypothesis (jacobin.com)

Yanis Varoufakis has called Big Tech’s overweening power to shape the modern economy β€œtechnofeudalism.” Writing for Jacobin, he argues that this isn’t a moral critique but one based in the dynamic of capital accumulation today.

10. Strong Gravitational Lensing and Microlensing of Supernovae (infoscience.epfl.ch)

Strong gravitational lensing and microlensing of supernovae (SNe) are emerging as a new probe of cosmology and astrophysics in recent years. We provide an overview of this nascent research field, starting with a summary of the first discoveries of strongly lensed SNe. We describe the use of the time delays between multiple SN images as a way to measure cosmological distances and thus constrain cosmological parameters, particularly the Hubble constant, whose value is currently under heated debates. New methods for measuring the time delays in lensed SNe have been developed, and the sample of lensed SNe from the upcoming Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) is expected to provide competitive cosmological constraints. Lensed SNe are also powerful astrophysical probes. We review the usage of lensed SNe to constrain SN progenitors, acquire high-z SN spectra through lensing magnifications, infer SN sizes via microlensing, and measure properties of dust in galaxies. The current challenge in the field is the rarity and difficulty in finding lensed SNe. We describe various methods and ongoing efforts to find these spectacular explosions, forecast the properties of the expected sample of lensed SNe from upcoming surveys particularly the LSST, and summarize the observational follow-up requirements to enable the various scientific studies. We anticipate the upcoming years to be exciting with a boom in lensed SN discoveries.

Recent advancements in strong gravitational lensing and microlensing of supernovae are offering fresh insights into cosmology. This overview discusses how time delays between multiple images of lensed supernovae can help measure cosmological distances and refine our understanding of the contentious Hubble constant.

14. Webmaster a Manifesto for Everyone (brennan.day)

I'm reclaiming the title of 'webmaster' as the multidisciplinary creator who designs, develops, writes, and advocates for their own corner of the web and will save the world. Tracing the history from 1993 to the present, I argue that anyone can become a webmaster with minimal tools. Webmastery is an act of digital repatriation and human agency against corporate platforms and AI orchestration.

The piece advocates for a return to the role of β€˜webmaster’ as a multifaceted creator who can shape their own online space. It discusses the evolution of this role from 1993 to today, emphasizing the potential for individuals to reclaim their digital agency amidst corporate and AI influences.

17. Show HN: Eve Software Factory (github.com)

Meet Foreman, an eve Software Factory. Contribute to vercel-labs/eve-software-factory-template development by creating an account on GitHub.

Create a software factory quickly using this open-source template, designed to streamline your development process. It’s a practical tool for developers looking to boost efficiency without starting from scratch.

20. Show HN: LLMs each trading $100K vs. a frozen rulebook – the rulebook leads (aitradingcompetition.com)

Four frontier AIs β€” GPT-5.6, Claude Fable 5, Grok, and Gemini β€” trade $100,000 each against a rules-based System. Chess and poker nightly. Paper trading β€” real prices, simulated money. Watch free for 7 days.

Four advanced AI models are competing against a traditional rule-based trading system in simulated chess and poker games, each starting with $100,000. The results show that the rulebook consistently outperforms the AIs, offering insights into the effectiveness of structured strategies versus AI-driven approaches.

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