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Getting Started with LDK Node: Building a Lightning Node in Rust
7+ hour, 42+ min ago (1534+ words) If you've spent time in the Bitcoin developer space, you've probably heard of LDK, (the Lightning Development Kit). LDK gives a great deal of control. You can decide how peers connect, how channels are configured, how keys are handled, and…...
I've Been Writing About Pingoni Like It's a Company. It's Not. It's just me, $0 MRR, and a lot of 2am debugging.
11+ hour, 54+ min ago (456+ words) I'm Ayomide. Third-year CS student in Edmonton. I build Pingoni from my dorm room between classes, assignments, and trying to remember what sleep feels like. There is no "we." There's me. One laptop. A $9/month Pro tier nobody's paid for…...
Building a 100k+ Gate Digital Logic Simulator in Rust: How I Flattended Hierarchies and Maximized the L1 Cache
12+ hour, 48+ min ago (796+ words) Like many people, I was incredibly inspired by Sebastian Lague’s digital logic simulator videos. I had this "fragile dream" of building a visual, node-based sandbox where you could wire up primitive NAND gates, package them into custom sub-chips, and stack…...
Working with Industry-Standard XML Formats on Linux
6+ day, 16+ hour ago (1032+ words) XML (Extensible Markup Language) remains a widely used format for exchanging structured data between software systems. Many industries define standardized XML formats to ensure that different applications can exchange data consistently. These formats are common in healthcare, finance, insurance, government,…...
Protocol Buffers: Google's Data Interchange Format Continues to Evolve with Bazel 8+ Support and GCC 10 Testing
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (1497+ words) What Changed Protocol Buffers (protobuf), Google's widely adopted data interchange format, has undergone several recent updates focusing on build system integration, compiler support, and internal development processes. Key changes include the introduction of Bzlmod support for Bazel 8+, updates to the…...
Building and launching a Mimblewimble blockchain in Rust
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (1280+ words) aBuilding and launching a Mimblewimble blockchain in Rust I recently launched DOM Protocol, an independent Layer 1 blockchain written in Rust. The goal was to build a network focused on private electronic cash, deterministic consensus behavior, CPU-accessible mining and a launch…...
GNU Hurd Makes Progress On AArch64, Writing Translators In Rust
2+ day, 16+ min ago (195+ words) The GNU Hurd project recently issued their Q2'2026 status report to outline recently development efforts. The Hurd is still happening!.. - Categories Computers Display Drivers Graphics Cards Linux Gaming Memory Motherboards Processors Software Storage Operating Systems Peripherals GNU Hurd Makes Progress On…...
SpaceXAI Open-Sources Grok Build: The Rust Agent Harness, TUI, and Tool Layer Behind Its Coding CLI
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (336+ words) Most AI agents forget. They process a request, answer it, then drop the context. Google Cloud’s generative-ai repository now ships a sample that tackles this directly. It is the Always-On Memory Agent, a reference implementation that treats memory as a…...
Observation is not proof: three local operational evidence tools
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (390+ words) Operational tools often collapse very different claims into one reassuring word: “verified.” A timer is listed, so the job must have run. A directory hash matches, so the handoff must be authentic. Two form exports differ, so the report should…...
Building a real-time browser MMORPG with Three.js, Rust/Wasm, and Durable Objects
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (660+ words) Realm of Echoes is a real-time 3D fantasy MMORPG that runs in a normal desktop browser tab. Players can choose a Warrior or Mage and enter as a guest, so testing the game does not begin with a download or account…...