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Create "what is my IP" site on Cloudflare in 2 minutes

Build a what is my IP page on a Cloudflare Worker. Read CF-Connecting-IP, add geo and ASN data, serve plain text to curl and HTML to browsers.

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croc has shipped for eight years with an empty bug list

croc file transfer moves files between any two computers with end to end encryption, and after eight years its issue queue holds only five open items.

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Best AI coding tools 2026

Best AI coding tools 2026 compared on free tiers: autocomplete, agentic editors, and notebooks. Which ones finish a real task before credits run out.

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jcode's tiny memory number comes with a feature turned off

jcode RAM usage is quoted at 27.8 MB, but that figure needs local embedding switched off. With defaults on, jcode uses 167 MB, more than Codex CLI.

Replace Microsoft's Secure Boot keys with your own

Replace Microsoft's Secure Boot keys with your own

Enroll your own Secure Boot keys with sbctl and mokutil, then sign kernels, bootloaders, and DKMS modules. Full control of your Linux boot chain.

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Can Kronos really forecast the next 24 hours of Bitcoin?

The Kronos financial forecasting model predicts candlesticks from 45 exchanges, but its largest 499M variant stays closed and the repo has gone quiet.

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