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Writing a BPF packet filter on macOS in Go
59+ min ago (1282+ words) In a recent change to qcontroller, I removed the dependency on QEMU Guest Agent (QGA) for discovering a VM's IP address. Previously, users had to install QGA inside every VM'easy enough with cloud-init, but still a hard requirement just to…...
Most read stories for the week of Feb. 12-18
1+ hour, 12+ min ago (78+ words) Most read stories for the week of Feb. 12-18 Finance & Commerce//February 19, 2026// Most-read stories on finance-commerce.com, week of Feb. 12-18, 2026 Eagan approves one-year moratorium on large data centers Lyra at Riverdale Station sold in Coon Rapids Twin Cities tenant group plans…...
Designing Error Flows: Exceptions, Success Flags, or Discriminated Unions?
1+ hour, 27+ min ago (846+ words) Recently, I needed to integrate with an external API to synchronize data. From past experience, I have learned that failures are not a question of if but when. Network issues, timeouts, validation errors, authentication failures, unexpected payloads, and third-party outages…...
World of Warcraft's newest short is making fans want an animated TV show
2+ hour, 10+ min ago (735+ words) World of Warcraft reveals the backstory of Liadrin, one of Midnight's prominent supporting characters, in a new gorgeous animated short for the upcoming expansion. On February 18, 2026, Blizzard Entertainment released a new animated short film for the upcoming World of Warcraft…...
Chess grandmaster once dubbed ‘the best of the West’ dies aged 74
2+ hour, 18+ min ago (314+ words) Jan Timman, the revered Dutch chess grandmaster once dubbed "the best of the West" during an era of Soviet supremacy, has died at 74, the Dutch Chess Federation announced on Thursday. A nine-time Dutch champion, Timman ascended to second place in…...
WTT Singapore Smash 2026: Updated schedule, fixtures, results, live streaming details
2+ hour, 55+ min ago (273+ words) The WTT Singapore Smash 2026, one of the most prestigious tournaments in the World Table Tennis calendar, is set to take place in Singapore from February 19 to March 1. This elite WTT Grand Smash event features the world's top-ranked players competing for…...
This $15 Pathfinder bundle gets you an entire library for D&D's biggest rival, at 97% discount
3+ hour, 10+ min ago (275+ words) For only 15 bucks, Paizo's latest Introduction to Pathfinder bundle packs in 26 digital books, map sets, and more worth over $450. With the DnD release schedule for 2026 looking as bare as Minsc's head, taking a dip into Pathfinder Second Edition is well…...
A Warhammer 40k Menace spinoff would wipe the floor with every XCOM out there
3+ hour, 42+ min ago (411+ words) Menace has taken over the Wargamer offices, and hot damn do I want to see what Overhype Studios could do with the Warhammer 40,000 license. Now, the narrative framing for Menace is nothing like Warhammer 40k, more of a near future military…...
Go 1.26 Refines Language Syntax
3+ hour, 45+ min ago (305+ words) Go 1.26 has been released with two significant refinements to the language'syntax and type system. The changes modify the built-in new function, and simplify the use of generic types.' Since its initial development by Google where it was designed as a…...
Prometheus and OpenTelemetry finally play nice
3+ hour, 45+ min ago (241+ words) The often-misunderstood controversies regarding Prometheus and OpenTelemetry arise more from technical incompatibilities that have since been resolved. Without going into the history of those controversies, it can be said that Prometheus remains the gold standard for metrics from Kubernetes deployments....