A deep dive into SpacetimeDB's TypeScript SDK and how to wire it into a Next.js 15 App Router application for live visitor tracking and realtime features.
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Open-source bash stdlib for AI agents. Signals systems-level engineering range. Shows open-source authorship.
Pure bash runtime · Agent working memory primitives
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SpaceX, Anthropic, and OpenAI’s hot IPO summer
The IPO market is back, and it’s not the same companies leading the charge. FAANG had a good run, but a new acronym is taking over: MANGOS — Meta (or Microsoft, depending on who you ask), Anthropic, Nvidia, Google, OpenAI, and SpaceX. Half of that bu
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Building Realtime Apps with SpacetimeDB and Next.js 15
A deep dive into SpacetimeDB's TypeScript SDK and how to wire it into a Next.js 15 App Router application for live visitor tracking and realtime features.
3 min read · spacetimedb · next.js
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SpaceX, Anthropic, and OpenAI’s hot IPO summer
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aitechHF· 44m ago↑ RISING
olmo-eval: An evaluation workbench for the model development loop
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airesearchTC AI· 49m ago↑ RISING
It’s hot IPO summer, and the MANGOS are ripe
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aitechVERGE· 14m ago↑ RISING
A trillion dollars is a stupid amount of money
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techaiVERGE· 15m ago↑ RISING
Elon Musk is the world’s first trillionaire
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techaiLOB· 2h ago↑ RISING
Nix Flakes and their Guix Equivalents
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PropertyJunk.com — junk removal SaaS platform
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TaxScout.app — commercial real estate tax optimization
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01Attention Is All You Need (re-read)
02The Pragmatic Programmer — 2nd ed.
03Designing ML Systems — Chip Huyen
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