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LOS YORK'S PIXEL-BASED SYSTEM GIVES NETFLIX'S EYELINE A BOLD NEW VISION

The new Eyeline identity centers on the pixel as the core building block—a metaphor for creativity and technology—forming a modular grid system that scales seamlessly across its VFX, Studios, and Labs divisions, each distinguished by RGB color coding. With a typographic mix of Netflix Sans and ITC Garamond and a clean, minimal visual approach, Los York created a flexible, future-ready brand that avoids VFX clichés while unifying Eyeline's global teams and celebrating both its technical precision and cinematic creativity.

2025.11.10
the-brandidentity.com4 min readTLDR Design

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2025.11.10
qawolf.comSponsorTLDR Dev

HOW DID I GET HERE?

This website uses a custom traceroute program called ktr to visualize the journey of internet packets between the server and your IP address. The traceroute works by sending ICMP packets with increasing TTLs to map the routers and networks (autonomous systems) involved. These networks peer with each other using the Border Gateway Protocol to exchange routing information and determine the best path for data transmission.

2025.11.10
how-did-i-get-here.net14 min readTLDR Dev

WHY IS ZIG SO COOL?

Zig is a programming language that is great at compiling C code and cross-compiling to different architectures, setting it apart from other languages. This is a beginner-friendly guide to Zig that covers variable declarations, structs, loops, arrays, pointers, functions, and object-oriented programming concepts.

2025.11.10
nilostolte.github.io25 min readTLDR Dev

DEAD FRAMEWORK THEORY

React's dominance is self-reinforcing due to LLMs favoring it in code generation, creating a barrier for new frameworks, libraries, and web platform features. This is because LLMs are trained on existing data, where React is statistically dominant, and tools are incentivized to output React to meet developer demand.

2025.11.10
aifoc.us13 min readTLDR Dev

STARTUP LESSONS FROM MY PIRACY WEBSITE

This author fostered a loyal user base while running the piracy streaming site HeheStreams through prioritizing customer service, personalized communication, and honest recommendations. A key growth strategy involved using Reddit's API to encourage user referrals in relevant online communities. These principles apply to all businesses, except in this case, the author went to jail since the site itself was illegal.

2025.11.10
prison.josh.mn4 min readTLDR Dev

BECOMING A COMPILER ENGINEER

Compiler engineers implement programming languages, focusing on optimization and maintenance rather than language creation. The job market is competitive due to limited demand and high entry barriers, with opportunities in startups, larger tech companies, academia, and quant finance. Interviews for compiler engineers usually have questions on LeetCode-style data structures and algorithms (in C++), language design, intermediate representation, and compiler optimization passes.

2025.11.10
rona.substack.com13 min readTLDR Dev

VALDI

Valdi is a cross-platform UI framework developed by Snapchat designed to deliver native performance without sacrificing developer speed. It allows developers to write UI code once in TypeScript, which is then compiled directly into native views for iOS, Android, and macOS. Valdi has automatic view recycling, optimized component rendering, and a C++ layout engine for better performance.

2025.11.10
github.comGitHub repositoryTLDR Dev

MARKOJS

Marko is a declarative, HTML-based language that extends standard HTML to enable building dynamic and reactive user interfaces. It prioritizes performance with features like streaming, an optimizing compiler, and granular hydration.

2025.11.10
markojs.comToolTLDR Dev

RIBIR

Ribir is a non-intrusive Rust GUI framework that enables building cross-platform applications from a single codebase. The framework has a declarative language using Rust macros, a widget composition system, a layout system inspired by Flutter, and a theme system.

2025.11.10
github.comGitHub repositoryTLDR Dev

LEAVING META AND PYTORCH

After eleven years at Meta, including nearly eight years working on PyTorch, which he co-founded, Soumith Chintala is leaving to pursue something new and smaller, driven by curiosity and the desire to avoid regret. He's confident in PyTorch's future, as a capable and value-aligned team is in place to guide its continued evolution.

2025.11.10
soumith.ch8 min readTLDR Dev

AI ISN'T REPLACING JOBS. AI SPENDING IS

Despite claims of AI-driven job displacement, AI is not the primary cause of recent layoffs. Tech sector layoffs are more likely due to factors like over-hiring during the pandemic and financial stress from massive AI infrastructure spending that isn't generating enough revenue. Companies are using AI as a convenient excuse for cost-cutting measures when faced with financial pressures.

2025.11.10
links.tldrnewsletter.com6 min readTLDR Dev

REVERSE ENGINEERING CODEX CLI TO GET GPT-5-CODEX-MINI TO DRAW ME A PELICAN

OpenAI's open-source Codex CLI tool was reverse-engineered using Codex itself to create a command that allows direct prompting of the GPT-5-Codex-Mini model, ultimately getting it to (poorly) generate an SVG of a pelican riding a bicycle and uncovering the API endpoint used by the tool.

2025.11.10
simonwillison.net8 min readTLDR Dev

FROM WEB DEVELOPER TO DATABASE DEVELOPER IN 10 YEARS

After years as a web developer and manager, the author transitioned to a database developer role at EnterpriseDB by pursuing side projects, community involvement, and networking, landing a position focused on Postgres extensions.

2025.11.10
notes.eatonphil.com6 min readTLDR Dev

APPLE IS CROSSING A STEVE JOBS RED LINE

Apple, under Tim Cook, is betraying Steve Jobs' core principle of prioritizing customer experience over profit by introducing advertising into its products like Apple Maps and the App Store.

2025.11.10
kensegall.com4 min readTLDR Dev

THE AI TALENT WAR: AI ACQUISITIONS

AI companies are aggressively acquiring startups to secure top talent and technology. Over $10 billion was spent on 365 M&A deals in early 2025. Major players like Google and Microsoft use acquihires to gain specialized expertise and proprietary technology rapidly. This strategy, driven by intense talent competition and regulatory uncertainty, helps companies expedite AI development and maintain a competitive edge.

2025.11.10
microventures.com4 min readTLDR Founders

SATYA NADELLA'S ANNUAL LETTER: THINKING IN DECADES, EXECUTING IN QUARTERS

Microsoft, 50 years since its founding, reported a record revenue year led by significant AI transformation impacting all tech stack layers. The company emphasizes AI-driven productivity in fields like healthcare, banking, and retail, alongside major investments in cloud infrastructure, security, and quantum computing. Key efforts include launching 400+ AI-enabled datacenters, expanding AI Copilots with 100 million monthly active users, and committing $4 billion to AI education initiatives, while aiming for sustainability with increased renewable energy and water efficiency goals.

2025.11.10
linkedin.com14 min readTLDR Founders

HOW TO HELP YOUR HEAD OF MARKETING WIN EARLY

When a new Head of Marketing joins, everyone rushes in with ideas - new deck, new brand, new campaign - and nothing tied to pipeline gets finished. Slow the chaos early. Align on two or three measurable goals for the first 90 days, make them public, and be explicit about what marketing isn't touching yet. Then help them deliver something visible that earns trust - refresh the homepage, fix demo follow-ups, or launch one targeted campaign that actually brings in leads.

2025.11.10
dearstage2.com6 min readTLDR Founders

WHAT MAKES A ROUND EASY

Every round falls into one of two buckets. Either you're an attention spike - the kind of team, traction, or market that investors chase on instinct - or you're an explainer, where belief builds through conversation and time. This post breaks down how to tell which you are and why it matters.

2025.11.10
postround.substack.com4 min readTLDR Founders

YOUR ROADMAP IS A PROTOTYPE FOR YOUR STRATEGY

Product roadmaps should be treated as prototypes, focusing on adaptability and learning, rather than rigid delivery contracts. A flexible roadmap, like the Now-Next-Later model, encourages teams to test assumptions, iterate based on feedback, and keep strategies aligned with changing environments. By emphasizing the process over the end product, roadmapping builds resilience and ensures strategies remain relevant and effective.

2025.11.10
prodpad.com12 min readTLDR Founders

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2025.11.10
advertise.tldr.techSponsorTLDR Founders

REEVO

AI-native revenue operating system that integrates marketing, sales, and customer success into a unified platform.

2025.11.10
reevo.aiToolTLDR Founders

BEACON

Beacon acquires essential software businesses and accelerates their growth.

2025.11.10
beaconsoftware.comToolTLDR Founders

FOUNDER IDEOLOGY

Every founder builds from a different place. Some are missionaries who believe deeply in a mission, others are mercenaries who love the chase. There are performers too - the rebels who bend the rules and the ones who fake it until it breaks. People move between these types as they grow, fail, or win. What matters most isn't which one you start as, but who you're becoming while you build.

2025.11.10
investing101.substack.com5 min readTLDR Founders

ANGEL INVESTORS, A FIELD GUIDE

Cap space is limited, and signalling matters a lot in VC funding. Your network can go a long way in helping you signal. Choose your angels well so they can help you a lot. This guide walks readers through how to bring on angel investors. It will require a lot of luck, but it's possible to learn how to create your own luck.

2025.11.10
jeanyang.com10 min readTLDR Founders

BELONGING

Founders love to say they don't care what anyone thinks, but they still want to be invited to the right group chat.

2025.11.10
writing.nikunjk.com2 min readTLDR Founders

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DEFEND AGAINST THEM

Identity is the new attack surface, and infostealers are at the frontline - fuelling ransomware, fraud, and data breaches for bad actors. Low costs and easy access mean they're here to stay.

2025.11.10
go.flashpoint.ioSponsorTLDR InfoSec

US CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE HIT BY SUSPECTED FOREIGN CYBERATTACK

The US Congressional Budget Office (CBO) confirmed that it had suffered a cyberattack after detecting unauthorized access to its networks. Officials who discovered the breach are concerned that emails between CBO and congressional offices may have been exposed. A foreign actor is suspected.

2025.11.10
bleepingcomputer.com2 min readTLDR InfoSec

DANGEROUS RUNC FLAWS COULD ALLOW HACKERS TO ESCAPE DOCKER CONTAINERS

Three critical vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-31133, CVE-2025-52565, and CVE-2025-52881) in the runC container runtime used by Docker and Kubernetes allow attackers to exploit symlink races and bind-mount redirections to gain root-level write access to the host system, bypassing container isolation by manipulating /dev/null, /dev/console, and /proc filesystem mounts during container initialization. The flaws affect all runC versions for CVE-2025-31133 and CVE-2025-52881, while CVE-2025-52565 impacts versions 1.0.0-rc3 and later, with patches available in runC versions 1.2.8, 1.3.3, 1.4.0-rc.3 and above. Security teams should immediately update to patched runC versions, enable user namespaces without mapping host root into containers, implement rootless containers where possible, and monitor for suspicious symlink behaviors that could indicate exploitation attempts.

2025.11.10
bleepingcomputer.com2 min readTLDR InfoSec

NEW LANDFALL SPYWARE EXPLOITED SAMSUNG ZERO-DAY VIA WHATSAPP MESSAGES

A threat actor exploited CVE-2025-21042, a critical out-of-bounds write zero-day in Samsung's libimagecodec.quram.so library, to deploy LandFall spyware via malicious .DNG images sent through WhatsApp to Samsung Galaxy users (S22, S23, S24, Z Fold 4, and Z Flip 4) in the Middle East from July 2024 until Samsung patched it in April 2025. The spyware delivered a malformed DNG file with an embedded ZIP archive containing a loader and SELinux policy manipulator, enabling extensive spying such as microphone/call recording, location tracking, and access to photos, contacts, SMS, call logs, files, and browsing history while maintaining persistence and evading detection. Security professionals should ensure devices are updated with April 2025 patches, disable automatic media downloads, enable Android's Advanced Protection or iOS Lockdown Mode for high-risk users, and monitor for similar DNG exploitation patterns, given recent trends of commercial spyware leveraging image vulnerabilities.

2025.11.10
bleepingcomputer.com3 min readTLDR InfoSec

BYPASSING ENROLLMENT RESTRICTIONS TO BREAK BYOD BARRIERS IN INTUNE

Administrators can configure Intune to block bring your own device (BYOD) enrollment using the device enrollment restriction, which can prevent attackers from enrolling rogue devices after stealing login credentials. If personal devices are allowed for other operating systems (such as Android), attackers can send the Entra join request as that OS and then check in and complete enrollment as Windows. Otherwise, attackers can manipulate the check in XML to mock a device ID or mock Azure Virtual Desktop.

2025.11.10
temp43487580.github.io15 min readTLDR InfoSec

FROM KEY SPRAWL TO SCALABLE CONTROL: RETHINKING SSH ACCESS

Static SSH keys can present security issues if they are not rotated often enough or shared between teams or with external contractors, and can also add to management overhead. SSH certificates present a more modern alternative in which users present their public key to a centralized CA, which signs a certificate based on it, which can be used for a time limited authentication. This article presents an implementation of SSH certificates using Hashicorp Vault and Boundary.

2025.11.10
hashicorp.com5 min readTLDR InfoSec

BUILDING SECURITY IN OPEN SOURCE FOR FINANCIAL SERVICES: OPENSSF AT OPEN SOURCE FINANCE FORUM (OSFF) NYC

OpenSSF sponsored the Open Source in Finance Forum to address critical security challenges in financial services, where 80-90% of modern software supply chains rely on open source software, including 71% of AI components, highlighting emerging risks such as malware hidden in AI model weights, poisoned training data, and identity-based intrusions that now account for 30% of financial sector attacks. The organization is implementing proactive defense measures, including Model Signing v1.0 for AI integrity verification, MLSecOps frameworks for full AI lifecycle security, transparency tools like OpenSSF Scorecard, OSV, and GUAC, plus policy engagement across the US and EU to secure open source from development to deployment. Financial services security professionals should adopt OpenSSF's security frameworks and tools, implement model signing for AI components, establish MLSecOps practices throughout the AI lifecycle, and actively participate in cross-industry collaboration to address supply chain vulnerabilities while connecting maintainers with the organizations that depend on their work.

2025.11.10
openssf.org2 min readTLDR InfoSec

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2025.11.10
threatlocker.comSponsorTLDR InfoSec

RESTRICTEDPYTHON

RestrictedPython is a tool that defines a subset of the Python language that allows for running untrusted code.

2025.11.10
github.comGitHub repositoryTLDR InfoSec

DESTROYLIST

An up-to-date blacklist of phishing and scam domains, automatically updated by the PhishDestroy system. A reliable threat intelligence source for integration into security systems.

2025.11.10
github.comGitHub repositoryTLDR InfoSec