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Confluence Cloud offers four native ways to embed live Jira reports, each with distinct uses.

Confluence Cloud provides four built-in methods for displaying live Jira data to avoid outdated screenshot status reports. These include the Jira Issues macro for lists or counts, the Jira Chart macro for various visualizations, and embedded views for dashboards or boards via Smart Links. None of the native options can group or total data by the Atlassian Team field, as Jira's own charts lack this statistic type. For per-team reports, users must employ one macro per team or use a third-party app. The methods were documented and compared based on Atlassian's support pages as of October 2026.

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Temporal's Rust SDK 1.0 demoed on custom ESP32 conference badges

A developer created a demo to announce Temporal's Rust SDK 1.0 release at RustConf. The project involved running the SDK on Replay 2026 conference badges, which are ESP32-S3 based devices. These badges functioned as genuine Temporal Activity Workers, polling a cloud Task Queue and handling user input. The 'Durable Trivia' game demonstrated the SDK's capabilities, including heartbeating and activity completion on constrained hardware.

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RabbitMQ message loss revealed during broker failure test, prompting code corrections

A developer testing RabbitMQ 4.3 terminated the broker during a burst of 20,000 orders, resulting in 467 unaccounted messages. The test revealed that publisher acknowledgments only confirm local buffering, not broker receipt, creating a blind spot. Part 1 of the series contained two incorrect claims that failed under testing, including a broken retry counter mechanism. The developer has corrected Part 1 and implemented publisher confirms to prevent such data loss.

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ProgrammingHacker News ·

Your C Is Not Standard C: Compiler Extensions Quietly Diverge From the Spec

A blog post titled "Your C is not standard C" argues that code many developers consider ordinary C often relies on compiler-specific extensions rather than the language standard. The article, published on sebsite.pw, has drawn attention on Hacker News, where it gathered 81 points and 45 comments. The piece encourages programmers to check whether their code would compile under strictly conforming settings. The discussion reflects ongoing debate about portability and the practical gap between C standards and real-world toolchains.

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ProgrammingHacker News ·

Database engineer compares internal architectures of InnoDB and Apache Iceberg

A technical blog post analyzes and compares the internal architectures of the InnoDB database engine and the Apache Iceberg table format. It examines how each system handles similar data processing tasks, despite their different foundational designs. The article was recently published and shared on the Hacker News forum. This comparative analysis aims to provide insights for developers and engineers working with data storage technologies.

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ProgrammingHacker News ·

Hypermass launches open-source CLI tool to stream live open data

A solo UK-based developer has launched Hypermass, a service and open-source CLI tool for streaming live open data. The tool allows users to subscribe to multiple live data streams, such as solar imagery and disaster alerts, with files delivered sequentially to a local folder. It aims to simplify access to real-time but infrequent data by handling common technical issues like ordering and reconnection centrally. The project, developed over a year, currently operates on a freemium model and seeks user feedback on its technical approach and utility.

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ProgrammingHacker News ·

HRT Uses eBPF to Trace Unexplained Network Traffic Across Its Global Compute Cluster

Hudson River Trading describes how its engineers used eBPF, a Linux kernel tracing technology, to investigate mysterious network traffic in its global compute cluster. The article, published on the firm's HRT Beat blog, focuses on the bandwidth challenges that arise when running large-scale research workloads. The source material provided here is limited to the article link and basic metadata, so the specific findings, methods, and outcomes are not detailed in this summary. The piece was shared on Hacker News, where it had gathered a small number of points at the time of capture.

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ProgrammingHacker News ·

Sqlthon library offers Pythonic interface for SQLite database operations

Developer saums-1391 has released Sqlthon, a lightweight Python library for working with SQLite databases. The tool aims to provide a more Python-friendly layer for database interactions compared to standard SQLite interfaces. The project was announced on Hacker News, where it garnered community attention. The library is hosted on GitHub and appears to be in early stages of community engagement.

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ProgrammingDEV Community ·

The technical steps from typing a URL to a page loading in your browser

Entering a URL initiates a multi-step technical process before a webpage loads. First, the browser translates the domain name into a numerical IP address via DNS, checking various local and network caches for efficiency. With the IP address, the browser establishes a connection to the server using the TCP protocol's three-way handshake. For secure HTTPS sites, a TLS negotiation then occurs to establish an encrypted connection. Finally, the browser sends an HTTP request for the page content and renders the HTML response.

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Top CLI coding agents emerge after 2026 industry consolidation

In 2026, the terminal-based AI development tool market saw significant consolidation. Major events included Google ending its Gemini CLI in June and SpaceX acquiring Cursor in August. As a result, developers are re-evaluating their tools for workflow resilience and privacy. This has led to a focus on a select group of surviving command-line coding agents. These agents are powerful but require careful permission management due to their ability to modify files directly.

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ProgrammingDEV Community ·

IonQ acquires cybersecurity startup Elisity for up to $1.3 billion in stock

Quantum computing firm IonQ announced an all-stock acquisition of Zero Trust security startup Elisity on October 12, 2026. The deal is valued at up to $1.3 billion, with $1.15 billion paid at closing and additional payments tied to future revenue targets. IonQ stated the purchase grants it access to Elisity's enterprise and government customer relationships rather than representing a quantum computing breakthrough. The company's leadership cited impending government deadlines for upgrading encryption standards as a key driver for the acquisition, despite no current quantum computer being capable of breaking modern encryption.

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Software Engineer Details Method to Diagnose Service Chain Failures

A software engineer describes a diagnostic method for distributed systems. The approach involves breaking down data flow into distinct, owner-assigned links instead of testing only the final endpoint. This shift helps identify where data is missing in a chain of services, moving beyond just checking if an API call succeeded. The method uses simple, fast count checks on each link to pinpoint failures efficiently.

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Microsoft and Samsung launch new devices designed for powerful local AI processing

Microsoft and Samsung have announced new devices engineered to run advanced AI workloads directly on hardware. The Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra utilizes Nvidia's RTX Spark platform, while Samsung's Galaxy Tab S12 series is powered by MediaTek's Dimensity 9500 chipset. These devices enable AI-assisted productivity and creative applications without relying solely on cloud servers. This shift allows developers to build applications with reduced latency and local data handling, though it imposes constraints from device memory and power. Choosing between local and cloud AI depends on the specific task, model requirements, and user needs.

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ProgrammingDEV Community ·

Cron job failures often go undetected because monitoring misses silent non-events

A common system outage occurs when scheduled cron jobs fail to run at all, rather than fail during execution. Standard monitoring that only checks for process exit codes cannot detect this, as no error is generated if the job never starts. The article lists numerous silent causes, such as cron being disabled after a reboot or a full disk preventing script execution. It recommends implementing a 'dead man's switch,' where jobs proactively signal their start and completion to an external monitor to detect their absence.

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Five physics-based browser games remain popular and accessible in 2026.

An article from DEV Community highlights five enduring physics browser games in 2026. The list includes NoomiClone, a swing-based game by jamesnorth, as well as classics like QWOP, Line Rider, Happy Wheels, and World's Hardest Game. These games require no installation and are playable directly in a web browser. They are noted for their challenging physics mechanics and lasting appeal. The article is unofficial and not affiliated with the games' creators.

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Idempotence crucial for safe retry of bulk operations, says expert

A technology expert writing on DEV Community advises that bulk operations must be designed to be safely retryable. Such processes can fail midway due to network issues or timeouts, requiring restarting. A dangerous design would create duplicates or double-process records if rerun without safeguards. The author states idempotence—applying an operation multiple times without changing the final result—requires stable keys, explicit states, and logs to track progress. This deliberate design ensures 'run it again' is a safe instruction.

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Docker Agent project highlights AI team orchestration and security configuration

A developer tested Docker's open-source Docker Agent runtime by creating a weekend project called 'release-gate-crew'. The project used four AI agents to review container and CI configurations before service releases, producing PASS/BLOCK reports. Docker Agent allows teams to define agent teams, tools, and guardrails in a single configuration file that can be reviewed like infrastructure. The developer discovered and documented a permissions trap in the system while testing example rules. The tool works with multiple AI providers and is available in Docker Desktop 4.63+ or as a standalone binary.

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