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Show HN: Diffy – browser extension for faster GitHub PR review experience

I built diffy, a browser extension that improves GitHub PR review experience and even works on large PRs. It gives you a full-screen scrollable diff with a searchable file tree, side-by-side and unified view, 50+ themes, inline comments, and review workflow. All of this in <2MB.Try it (no account needed) Chrome (https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/diffy/oaakiockkfndn...) and Firefox (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/dif

Emacs Musings: Week 14

Emacs Musings: Week 14I lied, I spent more time with F#.While I was still struggling with omnisharp, FSAutocomplete seems to work pretty much perfectly out of the box! You do need to add the :AutomaticWorkspaceInit init option to get it working though.I’m still torn on the keybinds for editing files. I feel like I would be much happier with evil mode enabled… navigating files with the emacs defaults still feels really clunky in comparison. It *probably* doesn’t help that I sti

leipzig 2026

linux stuff? from the 90s

I have been using FreeBSD for my desktop, but once it is repaired, I think I will switch back to a more traditional Linux...

I have been using FreeBSD for my desktop, but once it is repaired, I think I will switch back to a more traditional Linux distro. It isn’t compatible enough with the games I want to play unfortunately (I do have some games I still enjoy). It was pretty fun getting it set up and using it though - CDE was blazing fast, getting my tools set up the way that I want in order to have the workflow I wanted was an interesting challenge. I will probably continue to use BSD servers for my homelab, as

ZX2C4

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Here Are 26 Clever Ways To Address All The Outdoor Eyesores You’re Sick Of Gawking At

You unfortunately can't 100% conceal your AC unit, but you *can* cover it with a pretty planter.

Show HN: Strata, real-time Markdown editor you can mount as a filesystem

Hi HN. Strata is a real-time markdown editor built around document portability across agentic workflows. The same docs live on the web, mount to disk on Linux/macOS with live CRDT collaboration intact, and render inside any MCP app (claude.ai, ChatGPT). There's also a CLI, MCP server, and API. Demo video shows live sync as ClaudeCode reads and writes legal guidance.FUSE is really neat. It can mount entire filesystems on Linux without materializing files until requested, which immediate

Show HN: Matrix, an open-source cloud computer for coding agents

Matrix is an operating system for cloud computers (vps).Just like a normal computer, you can use it for anything that can run on "linux" computers. Matrix adds visual ui that's accessible from web, mobile, desktop and cli.I started Matrix OS in the Anthropic hackathon back in feb and got to the top 20 finalists.We are building Matrix inside Matrix ourselves, running all our coding agents, cron jobs, ... on it.You can ofc use it for running openclaw/hermes as well.here's

Rust sort_unstable_by with more complex closure unexpectedly shrunk binary

Thing I stumbled upon:I added boolean argument and if statement inside sort_unstable_by closure:``` //from|&a, &b| compare(a, b)//to|&a, &b| if is_reverse { compare(b, a) } else { compare(a, b) } ```I expected binary to grow slightly, but actually it became ca 1KB smaller.I dug into with bloaty and found that the reason is: quicksort fn became 980 bytes smaller.Still not sure why. Inlining looks same, quicksort just has fewer instructions.target: arm-unknown-l

It’s Linux, On A Sega Megadrive

If you were in the market for a games console in 1990, the chances are that the object of your desire was either a Super ...

‘DirtyClone’ Linux Kernel Vulnerability Leads to Root Access

DirtyClone, tracked as CVE-2026-43503, is a Linux kernel vulnerability that allows any local user to gain root privileges.

Android Phones Don't Have to Die After Four Years, Linux-Based postmarketOS Assures Second Life

postmarketOS 26.06 adds support for 254 devices, including devices like the Google Pixel 3a, Samsung Galaxy S9, OnePlus 6 and Xiaomi Poco F1, which have largely reached the end of their official Android support despite remaining perfectly functional.

Microsoft's Linux U-Turn Continues With Its Own Azure Linux Distribution

Linux now powers much of Azure, and Microsoft maintains its own Linux distribution to support cloud infrastructure and ...

Your Steam Deck Is Secretly a Linux PC. Here Are 10 Ways to Unlock Its Full Potential

Valve's SteamOS hides a powerful Linux desktop beneath its console-like interface. With a few button presses, you can unlock features that make the Steam Deck feel more like a PC than a gaming handheld.

Vendefoul Wolf is a Linux distro that goes against the grain with terrific results

Vendefoul Wolf is a Linux distro that goes against the grain with terrific results ...

Linux Foundation Unveils New Open Source Security Project Akrites

The Linux Foundation introduces Akrites, a joint effort to report, fix, and disclose vulnerabilities in open source software.

Your Linux PC has a Secure Boot problem - what to do first (and the workaround to avoid)

Your Linux PC has a Secure Boot problem - what to do first (and the workaround to avoid) ...

Microsoft called Linux a cancer, now ships its own free distro that’s nothing like Ubuntu or Fedora

Azure Linux 4.0 is Microsoft's own Fedora-derived Linux distro for Azure cloud workloads. Here is how it compares to Ubuntu, Fedora, and RHEL

I finally understand why Arch Linux isn't for me—and probably isn't for you either

With great power comes great responsibility ...