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Podcast: Roq: Leveraging Quarkus to Build Static Sites at the Speed of Go
Andy Damevin, a developer who worked on Quarkus for almost a decade, talks about Roq. A project that started as an experiment to try to see if it’s possible to build a static web site generator on top of quarkus. He touches on the rationale for choosing Java and Quarkus, how to migrate to Roq, and the platform's future. By Andy Damevin
Article: From Batch to Micro-Batch Streaming: Lessons Learned the Hard Way in a Delta Index Pipeline
This article describes how a production delta-index pipeline migrated from scheduled batch to micro-batch Spark Structured Streaming. It covers why record-level streaming was rejected, how partition-based watermarks replaced fragile S3 completion markers, overlap-window correctness, and restart-as-design strategies for better predictability in object-store–based ingestion systems. By Parveen Saini
The bottleneck was never the code
270 points, 185 comments on Hacker News
DoorDash Used Copilot to Convert Its XCTest-Based iOS Test Suite to Swift Testing
Using Copilot along with strong reliability safeguards, DoorDash migrated their iOS XCTest-based test suite to Swift Testing, thus modernizing a large test suite quickly, safely, and with measurable performance gains, says DoorDash engineer Matheus Gois. By Sergio De Simone
GameStop makes $55.5B takeover offer for eBay
Article URL: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn0p8yled1do Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48006402 Points: 24 # Comments: 3
Critical cPanel Vulnerability Weaponized to Target Government and MSP Networks
A previously unknown threat actor has been observed targeting government and military entities in Southeast Asia, alongside a smaller cluster of managed service providers (MSPs) and hosting providers in the Philippines, Laos, Canada, South Africa, and the U.S., by exploiting the recently disclosed vulnerability in cPanel. The activity, detected by Ctrl-Alt-Intel on May 2, 2026, involves the
Java News Roundup: OpenJDK JEPs, GlassFish, Spring AI, JReleaser, A2A Java SDK, Google ADK, Gradle
This week's Java roundup for April 27th, 2026, features news highlighting: OpenJDK JEPs for JDK 27; the fifth milestone release of Spring AI 2.0; the second milestone release of GlassFish 9.0; point releases of Quarkus, JReleaser, Gradle, LangChain4j and Google ADK for Java; the second beta release of Hardwood; and the first beta release of A2A Java SDK 1.0. By Michael Redlich
Over 8M Thermos jars and bottles recalled after 3 people lost vision
Article URL: https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/living/story/8-million-thermos-jars-bottles-recalled-after-3-132568152 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48006123 Points: 25 # Comments: 20
What are you doing this week?
What are you doing this week? Feel free to share! Keep in mind it’s OK to do nothing at all, too.
Native macOS app to track YouTube channels, no Google login required
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CARA 2.0 – “I Built a Better Robot Dog”
157 points, 19 comments on Hacker News
Global Crackdown Arrests 276, Shuts 9 Crypto Scam Centers, Seizes $701M
A coordinated international operation involving U.S. and Chinese authorities has arrested at least 276 suspects and shut down nine scam centers used for cryptocurrency investment fraud schemes targeting Americans, resulting in millions of dollars in losses. The crackdown was led by the Dubai Police, under the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Ministry of Interior, in partnership with the U.S. Federal
Feds Fine Durham Energy Efficiency Co $722M
7 points, 6 comments on Hacker News
Stitch together lots of little HTML pages with navigations for interactions
Article URL: https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2026/small-html-pages/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48004734 Points: 50 # Comments: 27
Designing microkernel IPC
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Humanoid Robot Actuators
Article URL: https://www.firgelli.com/pages/humanoid-robot-actuators Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48004380 Points: 127 # Comments: 54
Make some art with your phone sensors
56 points, 9 comments on Hacker News
How OpenAI delivers low-latency voice AI at scale
How OpenAI rebuilt its WebRTC stack to power real-time Voice AI with low latency, global scale, and seamless conversational turn-taking.
Why I Created phpc.tv
17 points, 3 comments on Hacker News
Debunking the CIA's “magic” heartbeat sensor [video]
Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVTPv4sI_Jc Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48002839 Points: 20 # Comments: 9
Let's Buy Spirit Air
Article URL: https://letsbuyspiritair.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48002777 Points: 236 # Comments: 191
Blue Ridge Ruby 2026
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The 'Hidden' Costs of Great Abstractions
Article URL: https://jdgr.net/the-hidden-costs-of-great-abstractions Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48002607 Points: 81 # Comments: 18
Agentic Coding Is a Trap
Article URL: https://larsfaye.com/articles/agentic-coding-is-a-trap Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48002442 Points: 248 # Comments: 174
DeepClaude – Claude Code agent loop with DeepSeek V4 Pro, 17x cheaper
Article URL: https://github.com/aattaran/deepclaude Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48002136 Points: 226 # Comments: 101
Introduction to Atom
Article URL: https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/atom.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48002089 Points: 51 # Comments: 11
Broadcasting GPS on the local network
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Make Your Own Microforest
Article URL: https://ambrook.com/offrange/environment/a-forest-in-your-pocket Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48000507 Points: 27 # Comments: 4
Statue of a man blinded by a flag put up by Banksy in central London
Article URL: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/attributed-to-banksy-a-new-statue-of-a-suited-man-blinded-by-a-flag-and-walking-off-a-ledge-appeared-in-central-london-180988662/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48000152 Points: 170 # Comments: 125
Talking to Transformers
Article URL: https://miraos.org/blog/2026/05/02/talking-to-transformers Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47999776 Points: 17 # Comments: 2
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