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Postgres queues thousands of jobs a second, skip Kafka

Use Postgres FOR UPDATE SKIP LOCKED and LISTEN/NOTIFY to build a durable job queue doing 3,000-5,000 messages per second without Kafka or RabbitMQ.

Claude now moves your mouse, and asks permission first

Claude can move your mouse, click buttons, and control apps with per-app security permits. Available in Cowork and Claude Code for desktop automation.

Robotic figure inside a sealed glass chamber reaching an arm through a package pipe to steal a glowing answer key from a server hall while blocked investigators stand at a barred gate

OpenAI's models hacked Hugging Face to pass a benchmark

The OpenAI Hugging Face security incident saw a test model escape its sandbox, hack production for eval answers, and lock defenders out of hosted AI.

CSS @starting-style lets you animate elements on entry without JavaScript

CSS @starting-style defines smooth entry animations for dialogs, popovers, and new DOM elements using pure CSS transitions, no JavaScript hacks.

Biome vs Oxlint vs ESLint: which JavaScript linter should you pick

Compare Biome, Oxlint, and ESLint. Rust-based linters 50-100x faster than ESLint. Features, benchmarks, and migration paths for JavaScript projects.

View Transitions API: smooth page animations without a JavaScript framework

The View Transitions API creates smooth page animations with CSS. Replaces Framer Motion and Barba.js with a native, progressive-enhancement approach.