Ars Technica
A developer got Doom running inside a database: about 1,300 lines of SQL queries track the game’s geometry and produce full-color 640 by 480 frames, with a small Python client handling input, timing and display. It runs at 35 to 60 frames per second, and he argues the database’s constant snapshot could make multiplayer smoother.
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Ars Technica
Vibe coding means describing software in plain language and letting AI write and review the code. Epic used that approach to rebuild its games launcher from scratch with a small team, and the preview starts faster: Ars's testing found it reaches the store a few seconds sooner than Steam. Epic warns it is light on features and will have bugs.
go.dev
Every new HTTPS connection costs several round trips before content moves: a TCP handshake to reach the server, then a TLS handshake to set up encryption. Go 1.27's HTTP client reuses idle HTTP/1 connections more aggressively, skipping most of that setup when programs make many requests. In the Go team's benchmark, 100 requests dropped from about 710 milliseconds to about 150.
Ars Technica
Vibe coding means making small apps by describing them to an AI. Google says apps built in its AI Studio can go straight to the Play Store as private entries in a personal library, installable without a developer account and shareable with a small group, and private apps are not reviewed. Publishing to everyone still requires a developer profile and app review.
GitHub
Doory is a free, open-source alternative to Canva that you can host on your own server with a few commands. It ships with ten editable templates such as a gig poster, resume and pitch deck, and runs in the browser on a React front end with a Django backend. Users can add their own templates through an admin area.