SpaceX has announced plans to construct a second Starbase spaceport facility in Louisiana, valued at $100 billion. The company intends to break ground on the project in 2027. If construction proceeds on schedule, a Starship rocket could potentially launch from the new site as early as 2029. The new spaceport would complement SpaceX's existing Starbase facility located in Boca Chica, Texas.
AWS CloudFormation is Amazon's infrastructure-as-code service that allows developers to define cloud resources like EC2 instances, S3 buckets, and databases using JSON or YAML templates instead of manual console configuration. When a template is deployed, CloudFormation creates a 'stack' — a managed collection of all specified resources — and automatically handles the correct order of creation and deletion based on dependencies. The service supports 'change sets,' which let users preview modifications before applying updates, reducing the risk of unexpected changes. Infrastructure defined through CloudFormation can be version-controlled in Git, enabling consistent, repeatable deployments across development, staging, and production environments. There is no additional charge for using CloudFormation itself; users pay only for the underlying AWS resources that are provisioned.
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A developer building Tenant Evidence Kit, an open-source TypeScript toolkit for private multi-tenant evidence workflows on Supabase, shared the project with the community and received a detailed security review. The feedback highlighted issues including overly flat authorization roles, unclear deletion privileges, undocumented Row Level Security assumptions, and the absence of behavioral tests. Rather than treating the critique as a documentation exercise, the developer translated it into a tightly scoped implementation task for OpenAI's Codex agent. The first Codex-generated pass introduced regressions, requiring a correction round before producing a shippable result. Version 0.1.3 was ultimately released with operation-specific permissions, an upgrade-safe migration file, pgTAP behavioral tests, and explicit RLS boundary documentation.
New Mexico officials have acquired nearly 11,000 acres of land along the Mimbres River, establishing it as a new public wildlife preserve. The conservation effort secures critical water rights and protects desert habitats that support native wildlife in the region. The newly designated area will also open access to the public, encouraging outdoor recreation and boosting local tourism. Authorities expect the initiative to deliver lasting environmental and economic benefits to surrounding communities.
A developer and writer at DEV Community recently reflected on the declining standards of shippable software after struggling to set up multiple online utility accounts following a home move. He encountered a range of frustrating issues including misconfigured forms, pages crashing, and accounts failing to update to new service numbers. Despite the ordeal, he noted that his trash collection company's outdated-looking website offered the smoothest experience, with helpful error handling and a quick setup process. He argues that modern UX complexity has paradoxically made software less reliable, with form submissions now routinely failing a significant portion of the time. The piece raises broader concerns about users having normalized broken interactions and the responsibility developers carry toward their own users.
A developer has published an unofficial Node.js module called 'myanimelist-module' (version 1.0.5) on NPM, enabling programmatic access to MyAnimeList data. The package allows developers to query anime and manga information using the official MyAnimeList API by providing a client ID. Key features include searching by name or ID, fetching seasonal anime, retrieving rankings, and paginated responses with optional NSFW filtering. The module is not affiliated with or endorsed by MyAnimeList, and users must obtain their own API credentials from the MyAnimeList developer portal. It supports customizable parameters such as result limits, offsets, and specific data fields for tailored API responses.
TechCrunch is inviting the public to vote on which sessions will be featured at its upcoming Founder Summit. The event is scheduled to take place in Boston on November 4. Each year, the platform receives a large number of applications from speakers hoping to present at TechCrunch events. The Audience Choice voting process gives the community a direct say in shaping the summit's agenda.
A software development guide published on DEV Community outlines seven key technical decisions that teams should make before building a Minimum Viable Product. The core argument is that an MVP does not need to be built for massive scale from day one, but should avoid architectural choices that make future changes costly or block learning. The guide recommends starting by framing the product idea as a testable hypothesis with a clear success metric and an abandonment condition, rather than replicating all features of an established product. It also advises teams to model core domain concepts early, use a modular monolith over microservices for most MVPs, and treat the data model as a high-priority decision since schema changes become harder to reverse once history accumulates. Additional recommendations cover integration design, observability, and data minimisation, particularly when handling personal information.
Born on January 19, 1946, in Tennessee, Parton grew up in a poor family and was one of 12 children. She began writing songs when she was about six years old. Her first known song, "Little Tiny Tasseltop", was about a corncob doll made with corn-silk hair. Parton was married to Carl Dean from 1966 until his death in 2025. He generally stayed away from the public spotlight.
The Trusted Computing Group has released new technical requirements to help organizations assess whether their Trusted Platform Modules are ready for post-quantum cryptography threats. The framework is built around the PC Client Platform TPM Profile 1.07, which serves as the minimum benchmark for quantum-safe hardware readiness. Two formal designations have been introduced — PQC-ready TPM for modules that already meet the 1.07 profile, and PQC-upgradable TPM for hardware capable of achieving compliance through future firmware updates. TCG president Joe Pennisi stressed that true quantum resilience requires a hardware-anchored root of trust, not merely swapping cryptographic algorithms. The move aims to eliminate vague vendor claims and bring standardized accountability to long-term security planning, especially as data secured today may need protection for decades to come.
The United States has recorded its first two measles-related deaths of the year, marking a concerning milestone in a country that had largely controlled the disease through vaccination. The fatalities come against a backdrop of declining immunization rates across the country. President Donald Trump has added to the controversy by calling for the combined MMR vaccine to be split into separate doses. Public health experts have long warned that reduced vaccine uptake raises the risk of measles outbreaks and associated deaths. The developments have intensified debate over vaccine policy and public health messaging in the US.
Microsoft has unveiled the Designed for Xbox 25th Anniversary collection, a limited-edition lineup of gaming accessories now available for pre-order. The collection pays tribute to the Halo special edition of the original Xbox, with most items featuring a translucent 'OG Green' design. It complements the Xbox Series X25 limited-edition console announced at E3 in June. The lineup includes Razer's Basilisk V3 Pro 35K mouse, BlackWidow V4 75% keyboard, and Hammerhead V3 X HyperSpeed earbuds in the signature color. An 8BitDo Ultimate charging dock for Xbox Series X/S and Xbox One controllers in translucent green is also part of the collection.
For most SaaS platforms, an emailed single-use reset link is the recommended default for password recovery, as it keeps the login identifier, recovery channel, and support workflow in one place. SMS OTP may seem faster but introduces added complexity around phone-number verification, regional compliance, number reassignment, and delivery reliability. Developers are advised to model completed recoveries rather than raw message sends when comparing costs across the two methods. SMS should only be added when users genuinely lack email access or when the product already maintains continuously verified phone numbers — not simply because entering a short code feels smoother in a demo. Neither channel is a universal fallback, and the core goal remains safely returning the right person to their account without creating openings for account takeover.
PostgreSQL's error code 40001 signals a serialization failure that aborts the entire transaction, not just the individual query that triggered it. Retrying only the failed query — a common developer instinct — is ineffective because the connection enters an aborted transaction state, causing all subsequent statements to fail with a different error code. The popular Node.js ORM ecosystem largely sidesteps the problem: a TypeORM feature request for automatic transaction retry has remained unimplemented since February 2023, and the widely used typeorm-transactional library offers no retry mechanism despite 188,000 weekly downloads. Further investigation revealed that where PostgreSQL surfaces the 40001 error is unpredictable, varying across versions and query plans — sometimes at commit, sometimes mid-transaction. The only correct approach is to wrap and retry the entire transaction from the start, not individual queries within it.
A developer documented hard-won lessons from producing a 10-episode AI-generated video series using image-to-video models. Unlike real cameras, these models have no spatial memory — they invent new pixels by statistically guessing what should fill any area outside the original still image. Continuity must be manually re-declared every clip, as the model has no awareness that consecutive shots share the same character or setting. The model also tends to hallucinate extra figures, clutter, and environmental details unless explicitly instructed otherwise in every prompt. The author concludes that directing such a model is less about choosing what to show and more about carefully restricting what the model is allowed to imagine.
National Security Advisor Ajit Doval arrived in Beijing on Monday for a two-day official visit. The trip is widely viewed as part of ongoing diplomatic efforts between India and China to restore bilateral relations. Ties between the two neighbours deteriorated sharply following the deadly Galwan Valley clashes in June 2020. Doval's visit signals continued engagement at the senior security level as both sides work to normalise the relationship.
