We scaled PgBouncer to 4x throughput

ClickHouse Managed Postgres scaled PgBouncer's throughput by 4x by running multiple PgBouncer processes (one per CPU core) instead of a single process, with the kernel load-balancing connections…

2026-07-11 · 15:28 UTC
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OpenAI bets on families as ChatGPT goes deeper into households

2026-07-11 · 14:13

ChatGPT is hiring a dedicated product manager to build experiences for families, caregivers, and older adults, according…

Show HN: Learn by rebuilding Redis, Git, a database from scratch

2026-07-11 · 13:40

CodeCrafters is a free learning platform that teaches programming through hands-on projects where users build real…

Speculations Concerning the First Ultraintelligent Machine (1965) [pdf]

2026-07-11 · 13:33

I cannot provide a summary of this article because the text provided is only the PDF file metadata and encoding…

Nano Banana 2 Lite vs. Nano Banana 2: When to Save Your Money and When to Upgrade

2026-07-11 · 13:01

Google's cheapest, fastest image model is a genuinely capable tool—until you need it to be great.

Networking and the Internet, from First Principles

2026-07-11 · 12:30

Modern internet communication relies on a decentralized system where data is converted into radio waves, electrical…

pgrust passes 100% of the Postgres regression tests

2026-07-11 · 11:14

pgrust, a PostgreSQL rewrite in Rust, has successfully passed 100% of PostgreSQL's regression and isolation tests while…

Your code is fast – if you're lucky

2026-07-11 · 10:50

A developer discovered that modern compilers like Clang can optimize sorting algorithms to use fast, branch-free…

Show HN: Richest people in the world by wealth creation instead of ownership

2026-07-11 · 09:54

The article presents a ranking of the world's wealthiest people based on the value they created through their companies…

A font that humans can read but AI cannot

2026-07-11 · 09:36

Ghost Font is an experimental anti-AI font that uses motion, video, noise, and decoys to create messages readable by…

Companies are scrambling to curtail soaring AI costs

2026-07-11 · 08:29

Wall Street Banks Tighten Rules on Prediction Market Trading 

2026-07-11 · 06:30

Wall Street banks are tightening rules on employees’ use of prediction market platforms as regulators pay closer…

What's the best way to do authentication in modern applications

2026-07-11 · 06:09

Modern authentication in frontend applications involves trade-offs between different token storage approaches, each with…

US cyber agency CISA had to build its incident playbook during the incident, agency reveals

2026-07-11 · 01:01

CISA said it "missed" an opportunity to get ahead of the security incident by not creating a response plan ahead of time.

FreeCAD in the Browser

2026-07-11 · 00:44

FreeCAD, a complex parametric 3D CAD application with over 2 million lines of code, has been successfully ported to run…

Choosing the Right AI Agent Memory Strategy: A Decision-Tree Approach

2026-07-11 · 00:43

The article provides a framework for designing effective memory systems in AI agents by classifying information into…

Meta pulls new AI image feature after days of backlash

2026-07-11 · 00:40

Meta has removed a new AI image generation feature called Muse Image after just days of backlash over privacy concerns.

Phia accused of ‘cookie stuffing,’ taking affiliate credit on purchases it didn’t earn

2026-07-11 · 00:29

Phia, the shopping startup founded by Bill Gates’ daughter, Phoebe, and her friend, Sophia Kianni, is under fire for a…

Show HN: We beat Cloudflare's bot detection (open-source stealth browser)

2026-07-11 · 00:26

Developers building AI agents face a critical problem: Cloudflare and other bot-detection services return block pages…

Meta pulls new AI image feature after days of backlash

2026-07-11 · 00:17

Meta's release this week of an AI feature that let people alter Instagram content drew swift blowback.

Meta removes controversial AI feature on Instagram after backlash

2026-07-10 · 23:55

Meta told Dylan Byers, of Puck News, that it had nixed the feature after backlash from its user base.

Apple sues OpenAI, its employees claiming theft of trade secrets

2026-07-10 · 22:54

Apple said in a Friday lawsuit that OpenAI’s nascent hardware business is “rotten to its core.”

AI Can't Recreate the Thrust Game (But It Can Help You Understand It)

2026-07-10 · 22:04

When asked to recreate the classic 1986 game Thrust in the browser, Claude AI produced poor-quality output that captured…

Bluesky’s interim CEO, Toni Schneider, drops the ‘interim’

2026-07-10 · 21:51

Schneider, who formerly served as the CEO of Automattic and is a partner at True Ventures, says he is "all in" on the…

Apple Sues OpenAI, Claims Former Employees Stole Trade Secrets

2026-07-10 · 21:50

Apple alleges former employees took confidential designs, supplier information, and engineering files before joining…

Apple Sues OpenAI, Accusing It of Stealing Company Secrets

2026-07-10 · 21:20

Moss (YC F25) Is Hiring

2026-07-10 · 21:11

Moss, a Y Combinator-backed startup providing real-time semantic search for conversational AI, is hiring a Senior or…

Prismata: Confining cross-site prompt injection in web agents

2026-07-10 · 21:03

Researchers have developed Prismata, a security system that protects autonomous web agents from cross-site prompt…

GPT-5.6, Grok 4.5, Claude, and Muse Spark build the same 4 apps

2026-07-10 · 20:52

Twelve AI models were tested building the same four applications to compare their coding capabilities, including…

Apple sues OpenAI, accuses ex-employees of stealing trade secrets

2026-07-10 · 20:47

Apple has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging that former Apple employees, including ex-VP of product design Tang…

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