Frame of preference: A history of Mac settings, 1984–2004. This fascinating deep dive traces 20 years of Mac settings evolution from the iconic 1984 Control Panel to Mac OS X, revealing how Apple's design philosophy shifted from charming simplicity to complex functionality. Marcin explores each major system update through interactive emulators, showing how settings panels reflected broader struggles with user interface design, technical limitations, and the eternal tension between customization and usability. MORE

Vibing a Non-Trivial Ghostty Feature. Mitchell Hashimoto shares his complete AI-assisted development process for building a macOS update notification feature for Ghostty terminal, including every coding session, costs ($15.98), and 8 hours of work. He demonstrates how to effectively use AI as a coding assistant while maintaining human oversight and code quality through 16 separate sessions. MORE

Dan Koe, who has millions of followers across platforms, reveals his exact AI-powered content creation system that generates viral posts, newsletters, and YouTube videos from just 2 hours of daily writing. He shares specific prompts and workflows for using Claude and ChatGPT to systematically break down high-performing content, extract psychological patterns, and create endless variations while maintaining authenticity and avoiding generic AI-generated posts. MORE

Documentary on how Vite revolutionized JavaScript development by solving Webpack's slow build times, growing from a Vue-specific tool to the foundation powering most modern web frameworks. The film shows how Evan You's late-night prototype became the "United Nations of JavaScript," uniting competing communities around shared tooling infrastructure. MORE

Retrospective Survey of 2024/2025 Open Source Supply Chain Compromises. Lack of memory safety is such a predominant cause of security issues that we have a responsibility as professional software engineering to robustly mitigate it in security-sensitive use cases—by using memory safe languages. MORE

Google launched a dedicated AI Vulnerability Reward Program, separate from their general bug bounty, offering up to $30,000 for AI security flaws. The program has already paid researchers over $430,000 since 2023 but excludes content issues like jailbreaks, focusing instead on data theft and unauthorized access vulnerabilities. MORE

Bun 1.3 launches as a full-stack JavaScript runtime with built-in MySQL/Redis clients, frontend dev server with hot reloading, and major performance improvements. The release includes 800+ Node.js compatibility fixes, new security features, and significantly faster crypto operations. MORE

The proven blueprint to go from $0 to $1M. This YouTube video breaks down Daniel Priestley's proven 10-step framework for building a million-dollar business from scratch, starting with a 90-day side hustle and scaling through systematic processes. MORE

Tomasz Tunguz offers comprehensive startup guides covering everything from AI implementation to customer success strategies. These evergreen resources synthesize insights from analyzing thousands of companies to help founders and operators build successful businesses. MORE

Guide to Big Companies: Retaining great people. Companies struggling with retention don't have a people problem. They have a winning problem. Marc Andreessen argues that great talent only stays at companies that are winning, and offers tactical advice on cleaning house, promoting stars, and changing the narrative to start winning again. MORE

Stop Avoiding Politics. Engineers who avoid workplace politics aren't staying pure. They're letting bad decisions win by default. This piece argues that politics is just human coordination, and the best technical leaders master it to get good ideas implemented and protect their teams. MORE

Nick Milo reveals 10 productivity apps that actually improved his daily work, from CleanShot's powerful screenshot tools to Obsidian for note-taking. These aren't typical recommendations - they're battle-tested tools that quietly transformed how he captures ideas, communicates with teams, and organizes thoughts. MORE

Cursor Agent: 10 Pro Tips. Including plan mode for feature planning, custom commands, image input, and context management. MORE

Mastering the iterative design process. Iterative design uses repeated cycles of prototyping, testing, and refinement to create better digital products by incorporating user feedback early and often. This methodology reduces risks, saves time and money by catching issues before launch, and allows teams to build flexibility into their development process rather than relying on "one-and-done" approaches. MORE

YouTuber Ali Abdaal breaks down his 2025 everyday carry setup, featuring a Peak Design 30L backpack packed with productivity essentials like MacBook Pro, iPad, cameras, and even a portable bidet. The comprehensive kit includes everything from tech accessories and notebooks to baby changing supplies, showing how one bag can handle work, content creation, and daily life needs. MORE

Master Clipboard History in Raycast. Raycast's clipboard history feature lets you access everything you've copied with advanced tricks like pinning items, editing entries, and integrating with AI chat. Learn hotkey shortcuts, permanent storage options, and CleanShot X integration to supercharge your copy-paste workflow. MORE

@gr3pme officially became a co-host of the Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast (@ctbbpodcast), joining fellow hosts @Rhynorater and @rez0__ - Congrats! MORE

Julia Evans shares her 3-month journey switching from Vim to Helix editor, highlighting built-in language server support and better search functionality. She found the transition easier than expected despite 20 years of Vim muscle memory, though notes some limitations with Markdown editing and occasional crashes. MORE

Bashbunni spent a week testing Omarchy (created by DHH) and found it surprisingly polished with seamless WiFi/Bluetooth, though the Mac-inspired shortcuts felt jarring to longtime Linux users. She recommends it for Mac users wanting to try Linux but wishes it better taught terminal skills instead of abstracting users away from core Linux concepts. MORE

OpenAI's Sora video app has dominated app store charts by letting anyone create AI videos with friends, while Meta's Vibes focuses on passive consumption. This shift reveals AI is becoming a "bicycle for the mind" that unlocks creativity for millions, potentially disrupting Meta's attention-based business model as people prefer making content over just watching it. MORE

Spaceraccoon continues his journey with hardware hacking. This time looking at the Nokia Beacon 1 Router: UART, Command Injection, and Password Generation with Qiling. MORE

No More Saving Face. The struggles of being gay, Korean, and American. A Korean-American actor shares his 30-year journey navigating family expectations while being gay in a conservative Christian household. After coming out and getting engaged, he ultimately chose self-acceptance over his mother's conditional love and financial dependence. MORE

Inspo.page curates website design inspiration organized by specific UI components like layouts, overlays, and scroll effects rather than full sites. The platform features video examples from top studios and sends curated animation drops only when they discover standout designs worth sharing. MORE

How to rapidly drain a MacBook battery for testing by using the Unix yes command to max out CPU usage. The simple trick involves running yes > /dev/null & multiple times to create continuous processing streams that consume maximum power. MORE

Automate your marketing with one cursor rule. You ship features every week, but nobody knows about them. This Cursor rule turns your git commits into blog posts, tweets, emails, changelogs, and press releases automatically. MORE

The Internet Archive's Wayback Machine lets investigators uncover deleted websites, track changes to pages over time, and search through archived TV news broadcasts. This OSINT tutorial reveals five key techniques for finding vanished content that governments and organizations thought they had permanently erased. MORE

Indefinite Backpack Travel. Jeremy Maluf has lived out of just a laptop backpack for 10 years, owning only what fits in 9 liters of space. His detailed gear list shows how extreme minimalism enables spontaneous travel and removes every airport hassle. MORE

The Inverse Law of Conference Speaking. Om argues there's an inverse relationship between how often someone speaks at conferences and the quality of their insights—frequent speakers just repeat the same talking points while rare speakers like Andy Bechtolsheim deliver genuine value. He critiques how conferences have become revenue-driven spectacles featuring celebrity speakers over substantive content, advocating for smaller events focused on emerging topics with lesser-known but knowledgeable presenters. MORE

Look For Yes. When legal or security teams flag risks, product teams often interpret guidance as a hard "no" instead of seeking paths forward. Both sides need to improve: risk managers should frame advice to empower decisions, while product teams should dig deeper into concerns to find workable solutions. MORE

Kevin Kelly argues that authors should pay AI companies to include their books in training data, not the other way around. As AIs become the primary arbiters of truth and knowledge, being excluded from their training means virtual obscurity for creators. MORE

Two security researchers chained together multiple small vulnerabilities - a local file read, exposed credentials, and command injection - to earn $40,000 in bug bounties from a single target. The walkthrough demonstrates how proper reconnaissance and methodical web application testing can turn minor findings into major payouts. MORE

How brands make an entire year's revenue on Black Friday. This video reveals how top brands like Apple, Magic Mind, and AG1 generate massive revenue during Black Friday week using strategic sales techniques beyond simple discounts. The hosts break down proven methods including gift bundles, store credit tactics, renewal pushes, and gamified promotions that can make or break a company's entire year. MORE

DOM XSS: Bypassing Server-side Cookie Overwrite, Chrome innerHTML Quirk, and JSON Injection. MORE

Voorivex discovered multiple critical vulnerabilities in Veeam backup software, earning $30,000 in bug bounties through CVEs including authentication bypass and remote code execution flaws. MORE

One Token to rule them all. Dirk-jan discovered a critical vulnerability that could have allowed complete compromise of any Microsoft Entra ID tenant worldwide using undocumented "Actor tokens." The flaw bypassed all security controls including Conditional Access and left no audit trails, potentially giving attackers Global Admin access to millions of organizations. MORE

NCC Group researchers discovered a vulnerability in Tesla's Telematics Control Unit that allowed attackers with physical access to bypass ADB security restrictions and gain root access to the vehicle's TCU. The exploit used file write capabilities through ADB to execute malicious scripts, but Tesla has patched the issue in firmware version 2025.14. MORE

Next.js Security Testing Guide for Bug Hunters and Pentesters. This comprehensive guide covers security testing Next.js applications for common vulnerabilities like SSRF, XSS, CSTI, CSRF, and data leaks. Learn practical testing techniques, tools, and attack vectors specific to Next.js frameworks used on 25+ million websites. MORE