The Slotted Counter Pattern — PlanetScale
By Sam Lambert | July 28, 2022 It is a common database pattern to increment an INT column when an…
Zynga unveils Game of Thrones: Legends — The Dragon Egg Hunt, powered by Google Maps
Zynga said its puzzle RPG Game of Thrones: Legends is hosting The Dragon Egg Hunt, a social-led sweepstakes, powered by…
Launch HN: Pinch (YC W25) – Video conferencing with immersive translation
Hey HN! I’m Christian, and my co-founder Keyu and I are building Pinch (https://startpinch.com), a virtual conferencing platform with translation…
ESL FaceIt Group and Intel renew multi-year esports partnership on Counter-Strike
ESL FaceIt Group and Intel renewed their long-standing partnership to support premier Counter-Strike esports competition worldwide. The new multi-year deal…
Microsoft is cracking down on people upgrading to Windows 11 on unsupported hardware
Summary Microsoft removes support for dodging Windows 11’s TPM 2.0 requirement. Flyby11 is now flagged as malware by Microsoft Defender….
Beamable raises $13.5M for decentralized open source backend infrastructure for games
Beamable has raised $13.5 million in funding to develop its decentralized backend infrastructure for games.Read More
Build a link blog
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Return-to-office policies are leading to increased brain drain in the U.S.
Return-to-office mandates are emerging as one of the most contentious of the post-pandemic work trends that U.S. employees have faced….
Bouncing Beholder [JS1k entry]
Bouncing Beholder My winning JS1K entry—a JavaScript platform game that fits in 1024 bytes. I gave a talk on this…
Windows 11 – There’s still nothing worth my time
Windows 11 – There’s still nothing worth my time Updated: January 15, 2025 Dedoimedo here, reporting for my periodic…
Chip sales are set to soar in 2025 — so long as there isn’t a trade war | Deloitte
Deloitte said chip sales will soar in 2025, led by GenAI and data center build-outs, even as demand from PC…
Jobs | Nango
The Product Nango simplifies the process for engineers to integrate their software with external APIs. Our open-source platform acts as…