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NASA's new chief rebukes Boeing, space agency over problem-plagued Starliner mission
just now (1039+ words) An independent review of the first " and so far, only " piloted flight of Boeing's troubled Starliner spacecraft concluded that the test represented a potentially life-threatening "Type A" mishap resulting from multiple technical problems and management miscues, NASA officials said Thursday....
Your App Has Zero Monitoring and You Don't Know It's Broken. Here's the Minimum Setup.
just now (393+ words) Your users are discovering bugs before you do. Right now, someone is getting a 500 error on your checkout page, and your dashboard shows all green because you're monitoring server CPU (which is at 12%) instead of user-facing errors (which are at…...
Client-Side Security: Why Our Developer Tools Never Touch Your Data
1+ min ago (425+ words) Every time you paste sensitive data into an online tool, you're trusting that server with your information. What if you didn't have to? Developer tools handle sensitive data constantly. Base64-encoded JWT tokens contain user sessions. IBAN numbers are real bank…...
How We Built 19 Developer Tools in 3 Weeks
2+ min ago (216+ words) 19 sites. 3 weeks. Zero burnout. Here's the playbook. Developer utility tools " Base64 decoders, IBAN generators, IMEI validators, JSON formatters " are the kind of thing you Google, use once, and close. But every existing option was either bloated with ads, painfully slow, or…...
NASA report paints damning picture of Boeing mishap that stranded two astronauts in space
2+ min ago (820+ words) NASA on Thursday released the results of its investigation into Boeing's bungled 2024 flight to the International Space Station, which stranded two astronauts there for months. The findings were damning for both Boeing and NASA, describing inadequate testing, breakdowns in communication…...
Microsoft's AI safety team proposed technical standards for detecting AI-generated content, but its CSO declined to commit to using them across its platforms
2+ min ago (49+ words) James O'Donnell / MIT Technology Review: Microsoft's AI safety team proposed technical standards for detecting AI-generated content, but its CSO declined to commit to using them across its platforms This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared…...
Hurricane Helene recovery efforts continue in Spartanburg Co.
2+ min ago (301+ words) SPARTANBURG COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA) " Hurricane Helene recovery efforts remain underway in Spartanburg County, nearly a year and a half after the hurricane first made landfall. Recovery and Mitigation Specialist, Lilia Millner said the county isn't expected to fully recover from Helene…...
Professor to discuss ‘Understanding the Economics of Cybercrime’ at local event
6+ min ago (374+ words) Every day, millions of people use the internet for work, banking, communication, and entertainment. But with this convenience comes a hidden danger " cybercrime. All are invited to hear UCSD Profes" Every day, millions of people use the internet for work,…...
Enhancing Mite Control: Advancing Treatments to Support Beekeepers
7+ min ago (842+ words) In the ongoing battle to safeguard honeybee colonies from one of their most formidable adversaries, varroa mites, groundbreaking research conducted by scientists from the USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) reveals a promising…...
We Moved to Microservices and Our Delivery Speed Dropped by 40%. Here's What We Should Have Done.
7+ min ago (865+ words) The CTO said: "We need to move to microservices. Our monolith is too complex." Eighteen months later: 23 services, 4 message queues, a service mesh, 3 different databases, and a team that spends more time debugging distributed systems than building features. Our deploy…...