Runnin' Down a Dream: How to Succeed and Thrive in a Career You Love. Bill Gurley shares how to build a dream career by studying three luminaries: Bobby Knight (basketball), Bob Dylan (music), and Danny Meyer (restaurants). His five key principles include finding your passion, obsessively learning your craft, developing mentors, embracing peers, and giving credit to others who help you succeed. MORE

Dependency cooldowns—waiting 7-14 days before updating packages—could have prevented 80-90% of recent supply chain attacks with zero cost. Most attacks have windows of just hours to days, making this simple delay incredibly effective against compromised packages. MORE

Baseball superstar Shohei Ohtani used a Japanese goal-setting framework called the Harada Method as a high school freshman to map out his path to becoming the #1 draft pick. The system breaks down big dreams into 64 actionable daily tasks across 8 key areas, proving that systematic planning can turn ambitious goals into reality. MORE

On November 18, 2025, Cloudflare experienced its worst outage since 2019 when a database permissions change caused their Bot Management system to crash, taking down major websites across the internet for over 5 hours. The issue wasn't a cyberattack but rather a configuration file that doubled in size and exceeded system limits, causing HTTP 5xx errors for millions of users trying to access Cloudflare-protected sites. MORE | HOW THEY WROTE IT

Lenny Rachitsky presents his fifth annual holiday gift guide focused on high-quality, non-obvious items with "taste" - from handcrafted maple bowls and organic cotton sheets to premium tech gadgets and stress-relief products. The curated list spans home goods, kids' items, gadgets, wellness products, and luxury splurges, all personally tested and recommended without affiliate links. MORE

Omarchy v3.2.0 introduces Ghostty as the new default terminal with native splits and tabs, plus a stable Arch mirror that lags bleeding-edge packages by a month for better reliability. The update also adds two new themes (Ethereal and Hackerman), a visual theme picker, and Bluetooth TUI configuration. MORE

Google launched Antigravity, a new AI coding IDE that goes beyond typical VS Code clones by integrating three surfaces: agent management, traditional editing, and deep browser integration via Chrome extension. The tool automatically creates "artifacts" like task lists and implementation plans as AI agents work, though it's experiencing some launch day overload issues. MORE

Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke released another episode of his internal "Context" series, featuring a conversation with Vanessa Lauren Lee about her rise from senior PM to head of all product at Shopify. The discussion covers product leadership insights and includes notable takeaways like viewing stakeholders as "editors" rather than traditional roles. MORE

Former Amazon VP Ethan Evans reveals proven tactics for getting promoted from mid-level to senior engineer (L5 to L6) and beyond at Big Tech companies. Key strategies include taking independent initiative on large projects, solving problems leadership didn't know existed, and becoming the go-to technical expert on your team. MORE

How to Start and Grow a YouTube Channel in 2026. Ali Abdaal breaks down YouTube growth into three core principles: get viewers to click, watch, and like you through compelling titles/thumbnails, strong hooks, and authentic personality. MORE

A two-person team at Kora has achieved 15x productivity by using Claude Code and AI agents to handle everything from research to pull requests, creating a "compounding engineering" workflow where each task makes the next one easier. They've moved beyond traditional coding tools like Cursor to let AI do most of the work while they focus on high-level direction and quality control. MORE

14 Snippets Ideas to add to your Raycast setup. The tutorial demonstrates how to use dynamic placeholders and team sharing features to automate repetitive typing tasks across personal and professional workflows. MORE

Master 80% of Notion with this ONE Feature. Jeff demonstrates building automated project management systems where tasks and notes automatically filter by project, eliminating clutter and creating a true "second brain" setup. MORE

Tanay Kothari, CEO of WhisperFlow, demonstrates how voice AI can replace 5 hours of daily typing with contextual dictation that formats emails, fixes mistakes, and learns your writing style. The company pivoted from a mind-reading hardware device (that actually worked!) to focus on building voice habits first, achieving 50% monthly growth by prioritizing user retention over revenue metrics. MORE

Almost that time of year again, Advent of Code 2025. The first puzzles will unlock on December 1st at midnight EST (UTC-5). MORE

Critical vulnerabilities in the popular Astro web framework that allow attackers to bypass security protections using standard HTTP headers like x-forwarded-proto. The flaws enable server-side request forgery, stored XSS attacks, and complete circumvention of path-based middleware authentication through clever URL parser manipulation. MORE

Exploiting CVE-2025-21479 on a Samsung S23. GPU microcode vulnerability in Samsung Galaxy S23 devices, to gain root access by tricking the GPU into executing privileged commands from user-controlled memory buffers. MORE

AuxClickjacking is a clever attack that tricks users into leaking iframe content by disguising malicious activity as a fun billiards game. The technique exploits browser behavior where selecting text and middle-clicking automatically pastes content, allowing attackers to steal data from hidden iframes when users think they're just playing a simple drag-and-shoot game. MORE

DownDetector's Down Detector is a meta-monitoring service that checks if the popular outage tracking website itself is working properly. The service shows DownDetector is currently up across London, Auckland, and New York with response times ranging from 282-607ms. MORE

Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals specifically for information security professionals, featuring discounts on training courses, certifications, tools, and hardware. The curated list includes vetted deals from top cybersecurity vendors like Hack The Box, OffSec, TCM Academy, and Hak5, with savings up to 90% off on security training, penetration testing tools, and red team equipment through early December. MORE

The Yoto Mini is a screen-free audio player that lets kids control their listening experience by inserting physical cards for stories, music, and learning content. With 14-hour battery life, Bluetooth connectivity, and sleep features like white noise and an OK-to-wake clock, it's designed as a portable companion for children ages 0-12+ without cameras, microphones, or ads. MORE

Simon demonstrates his automated workflow for creating Substack newsletters from blog content using a complex but elegant pipeline. His system combines Django, PostgreSQL, GitHub Actions, SQLite, and Observable JavaScript to transform blog posts into newsletter-ready HTML that requires just copy-paste and minimal manual editing. MORE

End of an era. ThePrimeagen grammer gives up his custom Dvorak keyboard layout after 10 years to switch back to QWERTY so he can code with his son on any computer. MORE

A father with no hardware experience built a custom step-sequencer synthesizer for his 3-year-old daughter's birthday, complete with sliders, OLED display, and dancing panda. The project took him through Arduino programming, PCB design, 3D printing, and CAD - proving that passion projects can be the best way to learn new tech skills. MORE

Complete Developer Tutorial for Nano Banana Pro. Discover how this next-generation AI model's advanced features—including thinking, search grounding, and stunning 4K output—will empower you to build complex and creative applications. MORE