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Propsal: Deprecate the culture tag, for a bit
(sorry for adding yet another meta discussion folks, but since we're trying to keep [collaboration](https://lobste.rs/s/s1gzie/adding_politics_related_tag#c_gfr5my) up I figured it was about time) ## Summary *Deprecate the culture tag.* ## Context Here's a listing of the last 15 or 16 `c...
Can we fix (or retire) the vibecoding tag?
There've been a lot of stories under the new `vibecoding` tag that seem to suggest it's unfocused. Check [here](https://lobste.rs/t/vibecoding). * [This one](https://lobste.rs/s/42qb2p/i_am_disappointed_ai_discourse) is reflections on the discourse around AI, not actually about vibecoding. * [Th...
Simple sabotage for software (erikbern.com)
A terrible schema from a clueless programmer (rachelbythebay.com)
Soldat goes open source (github.com)
Debian “buster” 10.0 Released (debian.org)
Don’t include social engineering in penetration tests (jacobian.org)
Why is This Website Port Scanning me (nullsweep.com)
Dumbass Home 2.0 (vas3k.com)
Nix 2.4 released (discourse.nixos.org)
How to use downvotes correctly
Folks! Inspired by [this thread](https://lobste.rs/s/wei3a9/downvote_category_for_inappropriate), I figured it might be time to go and kick off a refresher/discussion on the different downvotes we have here, and how we use them. The current list of downvote types are: * Off-topic * Incorre...
NixOS 25.05 released (nixos.org)
Is this the simplest (and most surprising) sorting algorithm ever? (arxiv.org)
Re-Licensing Sentry (blog.sentry.io)
The Secret Behind Valve's Flickering Lights (alanzucconi.com)
We rendered a million web pages to find out what makes the web slow (catchjs.com)
Things Every Hacker Once Knew (catb.org)
10 Things I Hate About PostgreSQL (rbranson.medium.com)
Half of the websites using WebAssembly use it for malicious purposes (zdnet.com)
My unusual hobby (stephanboyer.com)
Math Breakdown: Anime Homing Missiles (blog.littlepolygon.com)
The tools you'd miss if you left a company (rachelbythebay.com)
Tech Workers Need to Keep Organizing (jacobinmag.com)
My (somewhat) complete salary history as a software engineer (humanwhocodes.com)
Inspect This Snake (matthewrayfield.com)
Plan 9 Desktop Guide (pspodcasting.net)
Why the GOV.UK Design System team changed the input type for numbers (technology.blog.gov.uk)
Challenge: Write a bouncy window manager (jvns.ca)
What Gödel Discovered (stopa.io)
Curl to shell isn't so bad (arp242.net)