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Article: The App Is Just the Tip: What It Takes to Build Mobile Infrastructure at Scale

What determines whether your app feels fast, ships often, and stays stable at scale is not the app itself. It is what sits behind it. This article is about that layer: what it does, why it exists, what it takes to design it correctly, and what happens when you try to migrate a live, high-traffic product onto it without a safety net. By Kirill Sokolov

InfoQ · EN

Amazon ECS Gateway Arrives with Generated Hostnames and No Custom Domain Support

AWS has released Amazon ECS Gateway, an account-level ingress resource letting platform teams define networking once and application teams opt services in with a connector. Each service gets a generated hostname and routing is host-based, and neither the announcement nor the documentation covers custom domains. By Steef-Jan Wiggers

InfoQ · EN

Presentation: Panel: Who Builds the Frontend Now? (And What Breaks When They Do)

The panelists explain how AI tools and vibe coding reshape frontend and mobile engineering. They share insights on evolving junior developer roles, managing AI-generated code review fatigue, designing systems for autonomous agents, enforcing architectural guardrails, and navigating economic shifts in open-source software sustainability. By Luca Mezzalira, James Hall, Danielle An, Ivan Zarea

InfoQ · EN

Inkitt Builds a One-Shot PR Creator with Resumable Agent Orchestration

Inkitt built a one-shot pull request creator that automates small, low-risk code changes from task intake to draft PR creation. Its event-driven orchestrator persists workflow state, coordinates short-lived coding agent containers, bounds retries, and enforces permission restrictions while retaining human review and approval before changes can be merged. By Leela Kumili

InfoQ · EN

October 2026 Photo Contest Winners: The Art of the Detail

The art of the detail in photography is a great way to creatively photograph closer details of grand views or subjects, that usually go unnoticed. The winning photo for October's "The Art of The Detail" photo competition is “Finding Awe in Nature” by Marty E The post October 2026 Photo Contest Winners: The Art of the Detail appeared first on Light Stalking .

Light Stalking · EN

DP-23 — Rufous-tailed Hummingbird: A Fierce Little Defender

A year after I was too sick with COVID to chase down my first Rufous-tailed Hummingbird in México, I encountered the species again in Belize—where suddenly they seemed to be everywhere.

Reflections of the Natural World · EN

BSBI: Parasitic Greater Dodder refound in Warwickshire after 64 years

Greater Dodder, a rare parasitic plant, has been recorded on the banks of the River Avon in Warwickshire: the first county record for 64 years. Because it lacks chlorophyll and can’t photosynthesise, Greater Dodder has to get all its water, nutrients and carbon from a host plant, usually nettle. The find was made this summer...

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Goodbye to the fabric bath mat: the alternative that keeps feet dry all winter is also more hygienic

Fabric bath mats stay damp and need constant washing. The stone mat replacing them, how to choose one, and the recall every buyer should know about. The post Goodbye to the fabric bath mat: the alternative that keeps feet dry all winter is also more hygienic appeared first on Trendir .

Trendir · EN

A whole new way to sit back and relax: 8 gravity chair styles that put comfort first

The whole point of a gravity chair is to take the weight off your spine so your body can stop working for a few minutes. The good ones look like furniture you’d want in your living room anyway. These 8 gravity chair designs show what that balance looks like, from true ergonomic recliners to simpler […] The post A whole new way to sit back and relax: 8 gravity chair styles that put comfort first appeared first on Trendir .

Trendir · EN

Everyone had mirrored closet doors in the ’80s: now they’re coming back, and designers use them differently

The sliding mirror door that defined the '80s bedroom is back. Why designers like it again, how the 2026 version looks, and what still feels dated. The post Everyone had mirrored closet doors in the ’80s: now they’re coming back, and designers use them differently appeared first on Trendir .

Trendir · EN

In Korea, homes have been heated this way for more than 2,000 years: no radiators, and the floor does all the work

Ondol heats the floor instead of the air, and it has done so for over two millennia. How it works, how it shaped Korean homes, and what it means for heated floors today. The post In Korea, homes have been heated this way for more than 2,000 years: no radiators, and the floor does all the work appeared first on Trendir .

Trendir · EN

Forget bright and airy bedrooms: 5 gothic designs that celebrate the beauty of dark interiors

Gothic bedrooms get a bad reputation for feeling heavy or over-the-top, but the good ones don’t. They feel calm. They feel finished. These 5 gothic bedroom ideas show you what actually works when you go dark on purpose, instead of just slapping black paint on everything and hoping it comes together. 5 Gothic Bedroom Ideas […] The post Forget bright and airy bedrooms: 5 gothic designs that celebrate the beauty of dark interiors appeared first on Trendir .

Trendir · EN

The backyard feature you never knew you wanted: 7 garden sheds that deserve a closer look

A good garden shed does more than hold tools. It becomes part of the yard: something you actually like looking at from the kitchen window. These 7 garden shed ideas show what that looks like in real backyards. 7 Garden Shed Ideas for Every Kind of Backyard The shed is usually the last thing people […] The post The backyard feature you never knew you wanted: 7 garden sheds that deserve a closer look appeared first on Trendir .

Trendir · EN

She removed the mirrors from her 1984 condo: now the vaulted living room looks like a designer home

Picture this condo as it was listed. Built in 1984. Vaulted ceiling. A real wood-burning fireplace. French doors on two sides, afternoon light pouring in. The listing almost certainly used the word “charming.” Then you walk in and it feels flat. Washed out. Smaller than the floor plan said. None of that is the carpet’s […] The post She removed the mirrors from her 1984 condo: now the vaulted living room looks like a designer home appeared first on Trendir .

Trendir · EN

Baked Ham and Cheese Pinwheels

My baked ham and cheese pinwheels take an epic sandwich combination and roll it into a savory appetizer. They are perfect for a party — especially because their preparation is as streamlined as it gets. These pinwheels use convenience items in all the right ways to achieve a sum that is greater than its parts. Refrigerated pizza crust is stretched by hand before cream cheese, cheddar, and ham are laid on thick. READ MORE...

Kitchn | Inspiring cooks, nourishing homes · EN

7 Round Kitchen Tables That Are Perfect for Smaller Spaces

Small on space, big on style. READ MORE...

Kitchn | Inspiring cooks, nourishing homes · EN

Le Creuset’s Best-Selling Dutch Ovens Are on Early Sale for Black Friday (and Selling Out Fast)

This is the time of year when I really lean into cozy cooking. So naturally, it’s also the time when I really lean on my Dutch oven — a piece of cookware durable enough to withstand hours on the stove or in the oven. It’s truly a star player in my kitchen during the fall and winter months (although I do use it all year round, especially for baking sourdough). READ MORE...

Kitchn | Inspiring cooks, nourishing homes · EN

Google Issues Patches for Critical Android Flaw That Could Allow RCE Without User Interaction

A critical Android flaw could allow an attacker to run code on a phone without any user action remotely, Google said in its November security bulletin. The flaw, CVE-2026-58868, affects Android 14 through 17. Phones get the fix with security patch level 2026-11-01 or later, which phone makers and carriers send on their own schedules. As of November 4, Google's bulletin did not report

The Hacker News · EN

Russian Police Arrest 3 Suspected VasyGrek Hackers, Dismantle Criminal Infrastructure

Russian authorities have arrested three suspected members of a threat group known as VasyGrek and dismantled its criminal infrastructure. Also known as Fluffy Wolf, the threat actor has a history of targeting Russian and international companies since 2016. The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation (MVD) said members of the group are "suspected of embezzling funds from the

The Hacker News · EN

China-Aligned Hackers Hijack Sogou Input Method DNS Requests to Deploy DarkVigil Backdoor

A China-aligned threat actor known as SlippyNunchucks has been attributed to a Domain Name System (DNS) hijacking operation abusing insecure HTTP communications in Windows versions of Sogou Input Method as part of a surveillance campaign designed to deploy an implant called DarkVigil (aka FDMTP). The campaign, observed starting July 1, 2026, is assessed to have targeted organizations and

The Hacker News · EN

Radio With No Radar: Why Agent Runtime Security Fails Without the Layers Beneath It

Nearly every agent security pitch now ends on the same promise: the product stops the bad action in real time. The promise holds for one kind of agent, the kind whose traffic passes through a gateway the enterprise owns. Most agents never touch one. One recent case shows what that gap looks like in practice. An employee asked an AI assistant to trigger a mass-email automation. The automation

The Hacker News · EN

Xen Hypervisor Flaws Let One Malicious VM Read and Write Any Other VM's Memory

Two flaws in the Xen hypervisor allow a malicious guest virtual machine (VM) to read and write the memory of other VMs on the same host, including dom0. Dom0 is the VM that, by default, has full permissions and manages the others. Patches are out, and there is no known mitigation, the Xen Project said in an advisory on November 3. All Xen versions from 4.6 onward are vulnerable,

The Hacker News · EN

Critical Rails Flaw Lets Attackers Write Server Files via Crafted ImageMagick Uploads

A critical flaw in Ruby on Rails could allow an unauthenticated attacker to write arbitrary files on an app's server by uploading a crafted file if the app processes uploads using ImageMagick. The Rails project disclosed the flaw in an advisory and fixed it in versions 8.1.4.1 and 8.0.5.2. The flaw is in Active Storage, the part of Rails that handles file uploads. Some apps store

The Hacker News · EN

APT29-Linked Hackers Hijack Web Analytics Script to Deliver iOS and Android Exploits

The Russia-linked threat actor known as APT29 is said to be behind a large-scale watering hole campaign targeting iOS and Android users through compromised websites, fake domains, and a supply chain attack involving a Ukrainian web analytics service called Plerdy SEO Tracker. "The injected JavaScript code collects browser and device attributes," Sekoia researchers Amaury-Jacques Garçon and

The Hacker News · EN