Toshiba plans 40TB HDD in 2027 with 12 platters – but I fear it is way too little, way too late
As Toshiba plans a 40TB 12-disk HDD for 2027, Seagate’s own roadmap shows it racing ahead.
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My First API Just Broke (And That Was the Point)
Day 1 of my internship. The task seemed simple: “Build an API endpoint that returns your profile and a cat fact.” How hard could it be? Spoiler: I learned more from this “simple” task than from watching 10 hours of tutorials. The Challenge Build a /me endpoint that: Returns my profile info Fetches random cat…
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Why Darkweb Marketplace Reviews Cannot Always Be Trusted
Darkweb marketplace reviews can be fake or misleading. Learn why they shouldn’t be trusted blindly and how to verify them. When exploring the hidden web, many users rely on darkweb marketplace reviews to decide who to trust. But here’s the hard truth — not all reviews reflect reality. In fact, fake feedback is a growing…
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HNG Internship Stage 0: Building a Profile API with Cat Facts
The first task for the HNG Internship was to build a simple RESTful API that returns my profile information along with a random cat fact. It sounds light, but it was a great way to test the fundamentals — consuming external APIs, structuring clean JSON responses, and handling dynamic data reliably. Setting Things Up I…
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Anthropic Launches Cheaper AI Model Claude Haiku 4.5
Claude Haiku 4.5 Image: Anthropic In a move that signals the rapid commoditization of high-level artificial intelligence capabilities, Anthropic has released Claude Haiku 4.5. The San Francisco-based AI startup describes Haiku 4.5 as its “fastest and most efficient small model yet,” offering near-frontier intelligence at a fraction of the cost. According to Anthropic’s announcement, the…
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The Piranha Plant Camera for Nintendo Switch 2 looks to have had a long-term price drop – is it finally worth buying?
The Hori Piranha Plant Camera for Nintendo Switch 2 appears to have had its price cut for good, but I can kinda see why.
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Dyson’s champagne-inspired Airwrap colorway is the classiest festive limited edition I’ve ever seen
Amber Silk the latest elegant theme to join Dyson’s haircare range.
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We’re entering a new age of AI moderation, but it may be too late to rein in the chatbot beast
Recent changes to AI chatbots and access to them point to a recalibrated approach, but is it too little, too late?
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Inglorious Store: a Redux-compatible state manager inspired by ECS
I love Redux. It taught me how cool functional programming can be. For a long time I even wondered if using functional programming for games could be a good fit. Some examples proved that you can indeed program games in Haskell, Lisp, or F#. But, is it worth it? A few years ago I had…
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Microkernel Architecture — Design Pattern
A concise exploration of the Microkernel (Plug-in) Architecture with a conceptual Java implementation and notes on advantages, challenges, and real-world use. Table of Contents Overview Why I Explored the Microkernel Pattern Core Concepts and Components How the Architecture Works Java Implementation 1. Plugin Interface (Contract) 2. Core Microkernel Class 3. Example Plugin: NotificationPlugin 4. Example…
