#640 – August 24, 2025
how they work and what are the privacy implications
Secure boot, TPM and anti-cheat engines
about 1 hour by Andrew Moore
In order to understand why anti-cheat vendors are now relying on those security features, we must first understand how they work, what are the privacy implications, and why they could be effective at significantly reducing one specific kind of cheating.
MCP Authorization in 5 Easy OAuth Specs
sponsored by WorkOS
Securely authorizing access to an MCP server used to be an open question. Now there's a clear answer: OAuth. This guide breaks down the five specs that make it work in practice, covering delegation, token exchange, and scoped access. WorkOS packages everything into one API so you can skip building your own OAuth stack.
Code review can be better
5 minutes by Alex Kladov
A lot of people are unsatisfied with GitHub’s code review process. One of the primary issues is that GitHub poorly supports stacked pull requests and interdiff reviews. Alex attempts to create a more integrated code review tool but in the end he puts it on hold despite some promising aspects.
Left to right programming
6 minutes by Graic
Graic advocates for programming languages and APIs that maintain valid program states during typing, allowing developers to discover functionality naturally through their editors rather than requiring prior knowledge of function names.
How to keep services running during failures?
4 minutes by Sid
In software applications, a server can fail, a database can become unresponsive, or a sudden traffic surge can overload the system. Most of the time, this is bad news. But what if there was a way to survive the chaos? What if your app, instead of crashing completely, could keep its cool and deliver a working, if slightly reduced, experience? This is where Graceful Degradation comes into the picture.
Traps to developers
20 minutes by qouteall
The article summarizes common programming pitfalls across various technologies. Things that are easily misunderstood and cause bugs.
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