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You can absolutely have an RSS dependent website in 2026
2 months ago
- The author chose not to offer an email newsletter due to cost and a desire to avoid holding user data.
- Sending emails without monetization is financially unsustainable; the author's security strategy is to never collect data.
- The author's RSS-based approach was dismissed by peers, but it proved viable: 50% of traffic comes from RSS feeds.
- RSS traffic is spread across the day, indicating real human readers, not bots.
- The RSS ecosystem is stable and loyal, making it a reliable alternative to email newsletters for building an audience.
Is dit een soevereine cloud? - Bert Hubert's writings
2 months ago
- American cloud providers cannot offer sovereign solutions due to US surveillance laws and sanctions, regardless of server location.
- European alternatives often overstate their capabilities, lacking equivalent services to major providers like AWS or Azure.
- True sovereignty requires confidentiality, availability, and control over data and services.
- US companies' promises like air-gapped clouds or source code escrow are ineffective due to dependency on US updates or complexity.
- Organizations can reduce reliance on Big Tech by hosting their own servers or using simpler European hosting.
Kilo Code has been acquired by Anaconda
2 months ago
- Anaconda acquires Kilo Code to address enterprise AI data and token visibility issues.
- Enterprises lack visibility into AI token usage and data security, risking uncontrolled spending and dependency on single model providers.
- Kilo orchestrates trillions of tokens monthly, highlighting the scale of AI workflows and the need for consolidated management.
- The acquisition aims to eliminate the false trade-off between AI development speed and governance, offering a unified platform.
- Anaconda provides trusted AI foundations, while Kilo adds agentic engineering, enabling any IDE and model with governance.
- Early results show 30-50% token consumption reduction via intelligent routing in the Anaconda Platform.
- The vision promotes open, flexible AI to avoid vendor lock-in, with open source as a key component.
- For builders, it offers tool freedom with governance; for leaders, consolidated visibility and policy enforcement across AI activities.
- The platform covers the full AI development lifecycle, emphasizing speed, capability, and trust for enterprise-scale deployment.
A bear eats a software engineer (satire)
2 months ago
- Dan, a software engineer, was killed by a bear while camping, resulting in data loss as he couldn't push his latest work.
- The company's response focuses on operational and security concerns rather than human loss, including declaring a 'fire' incident, discussing data recovery from Dan's brain and laptop, and developing bear-related policies.
- Cybersecurity proposes extreme measures like snipers and honey-coated hair to protect intellectual property from bear attacks.
- People Resources resists bear safety training due to legal risks, arguing it could imply liability or create hostile work environment claims.
- A new bear encounter SOP leads to another employee's death during an office party when he follows protocol to assess a bear, highlighting absurd corporate priorities.
AI notetakers promise easy meeting recaps, but some question their use
3 months ago
- AI notetakers can provide quick meeting summaries but raise significant privacy concerns.
- They turn spoken words into data, risking exposure of confidential information like trade secrets and personnel details.
- Key risks include uncertain data storage, creation of voiceprints without consent, and potential loss of legal privileges.
- Professionals advise checking for AI notetakers in meetings and establishing boundaries against unauthorized recording.
- Some states, like Illinois, have laws regulating voiceprint collection, requiring consent and data retention policies.
- Users should understand where data goes, including if it's used to train AI models or stored indefinitely.
- Tips include asking for consent, stating company policies against recording, and shutting off notetakers for sensitive discussions.
Show HN: Free Online GIS Viewer and Format Converter
3 months ago
- GeoDataViewer is a free online GIS viewer and format converter that processes data locally in the browser using WebAssembly, ensuring no data leaves your device.
- It supports over 20 geospatial formats, including Shapefile, KML, GeoJSON, GPX, DXF, DWG, GeoPackage, and more, with conversion between 19 format families.
- The tool offers professional features like viewing data on interactive maps, inspecting attribute tables, filtering data, styling maps, and exporting to formats like GeoJSON or FlatGeobuf.
- No installation, uploads, accounts, or server use is required; it works directly in any modern browser on Windows, Mac, or Linux.
- It is designed for quick data inspection, previewing, and conversion, complementing but not replacing full GIS software like QGIS or ArcGIS.

data security

You can absolutely have an RSS dependent website in 2026

Is dit een soevereine cloud? - Bert Hubert's writings

Kilo Code has been acquired by Anaconda

A bear eats a software engineer (satire)

AI notetakers promise easy meeting recaps, but some question their use

Show HN: Free Online GIS Viewer and Format Converter