🍓 Pi Gets Faster, Java on Wii & SSH Art

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🗞️ IN THE NEWS

• Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5Raspberry Pi releases new Compute Module 5 that is 2-3x faster than previous version, offering a mostly drop-in upgrade for existing CM4 designs.
• Python type hints may not be not for me in practiceDeveloper shares experience finding Python type hints less useful than expected in practice, despite theoretical benefits.
• I Didn't Need Kubernetes, and You Probably Don't EitherDeveloper explains why Kubernetes was overkill for their needs and how they simplified deployment by switching to Google Cloud Run.
• Executing ARM Jazelle (JVM Bytecode) on the Wii's StarletResearcher demonstrates running Java bytecode on the Wii's ARM-based security processor by leveraging its Jazelle extension.

🛠 TOOLS YOU'LL ACTUALLY USE

• SSH ArtworkGenerate ASCII art SSH banners from images. Customizes your SSH login experience.Usage: ssh-artwork image.png > /etc/ssh/sshd_config.d/banner.confStars: 605, Last commit: 3 days ago
• Htmy – Async, pure-Python rendering engineLightweight, async HTML rendering library for Python without dependencies.Usage: await htmy.render(my_component)Stars: 156, Last commit: 2 months ago

🧵 REPO OF THE WEEK

jsontr.ee

Lightweight JavaScript library to visualize JSON as an interactive graph.

Key snippet:

import { JsonTree } from 'jsontr.ee';
const tree = new JsonTree(jsonData);
tree.render('#container');

Recent changes: Initial release with core visualization features.

🤔 SHOWER THOUGHTS FOR DEVS

Why do we keep reinventing configuration formats when YAML exists and works fine 99% of the time? Is the complexity of custom parsers really worth avoiding a few curly braces?

Thanks for reading!

Andrew Pierno