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authentik Explained: IdP, SSO, SAML, OAuth2/OIDC, Okta, and Auth0
A smooth primer on authentik, IdP, SSO, and login protocols that turns identity-management jargon into a usable mental model.
What if every git commit was just a folder you could browse?
Julia Evans built git-commit-folders: mount your git repo over NFS and suddenly every commit becomes a directory you can grep, vim, or pipe into anything.
The VSCode extension that robbed GitHub
GitHub confirmed ~3,800 internal repos were stolen after one employee installed a trojanized Nx Console extension - and the attackers want $50K for the data.
Hosting a website on a $1 microcontroller
One programmer squeezed a real TCP/IP stack onto a $1 AVR chip using SLIP over serial. The site is slow, the TCP is buggy, and it loads.
XS: A 2.9 MB Binary That Is an Entire Programming Toolchain
XS packs compiler, debugger, formatter, package manager, and six backends into one 2.9 MB binary that runs on Linux, macOS, ESP32, and more.
hackingtool: All-In-One Terminal Arsenal for Pentesters
The Python TUI putting 185+ security tools - BloodHound to Nuclei - one search command away. A catalog, not a weapon.
Obsidian: Why Plain Text Notes Win in the End
Obsidian is a free, local-first Markdown app that links your notes into a personal knowledge graph. Here's why half the internet switched from Notion.
Project Gutenberg is somehow still the best part of the internet
A 1971 hobby project is still the most quietly impressive thing on the web - and HN noticed it again, with 900+ upvotes.
Maigret: The OSINT Detective That Finds Every Account
OSINT tool that checks 3,000+ platforms for a username, recursively hunts linked accounts, and generates full HTML/PDF dossiers; no API keys required.
Yellorn: The Browser Tab I Wanted for Dirty Data and Webhook Debugging
Tour Yellorn: repair broken JSON, XML, YAML, and CSV, publish mock webhooks, send HTTP requests - all private and local in your browser.
Blitz: Autopilot for App Store Submission
Native macOS App Store Connect client that automates submissions, screenshots, IAPs and agent-driven workflows via MCP.
MarkdyScript: The Mermaid of Motion
MarkdyScript is a declarative text DSL that turns 30 lines of plain code into Web Animations API scenes, git-diffable, LLM-friendly, and zero GSAP.
MarkItDown: Everything Becomes Markdown
Microsoft's Python tool converts PDFs, Office docs, audio, and YouTube URLs to clean Markdown for LLM pipelines and RAG systems.
Project NOMAD: Offline Knowledge Bunker Architecture & Setup Guide
What is Project NOMAD? Complete guide to the offline knowledge bunker (Crosstalk-Solutions/project-nomad): run local LLMs, Wikipedia, and maps without internet.
ruanyf/weekly: The Digital Lighthouse in a Sea of Algorithmic Slop
At the end of the infinite scroll, one man is still standing.
GitHub Copilot With VS Code Tricks 101
A comprehensive guide to the most important tricks for maximizing your productivity with GitHub Copilot in VS Code.
CI/CD Pipeline: The 'Factory Assembly Line' Mental Model
Why does 'works on my machine' still happen with Docker? A mastery guide to CI/CD pipelines, GitHub Actions, and zero-downtime Blue/Green deployments.
I Built a Tool to Migrate 500+ Images to WebP in One Hour
My Lighthouse score was crying because of heavy images. So I wrote a Python ETL to bulk-convert everything to WebP and update all the URLs automatically. Here's how.
Docker vs. Kubernetes: The 'Hotel Manager' Mental Model
Why do I need K8s if I have Docker? A mastery guide to understanding Containers (Robots) vs Orchestration (The Manager).