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🪐 What’s happening in tech today, February 26, 2026?
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The Man Who Wrote the Rules of Freedom for Software
By @zbruceli [ 22 Min read ] Richard Stallman — the man whose code runs the internet but whose philosophy the industry ignores. Read More.
I Was Ready to Return My DGX Spark. Then NVIDIAs January Update Changed Everything.
By @paoloap [ 8 Min read ] I almost returned the $4,000 DGX Spark. Then NVIDIA dropped 30 playbooks, 2.5x performance gains, and hybrid routing. Read More.
Swift: Master of Decoding Messy json
By @unspected13 [ 7 Min read ] The next time you’re faced with a messy API, remember: don’t let the backend dictate your frontend architecture. Read More.
How I Built a 1 GB Observability Stack for My Go Startup Using Prometheus, Loki, and Grafana
By @krus210 [ 27 Min read ] How to set up Prometheus, Loki, and Grafana on a free VPS with just 1 GB of RAM for a Go service. Stack comparison, configs, and Grafana dashboards Read More.
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