# headline (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 4 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover headline. Page: Feed: --- ## [RECAP - The Weekly Challenge - 386](https://theweeklychallenge.org/blog/recap-challenge-386/) _2026-08-17 · The Weekly Challenge_ TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. HEADLINES 2. STAR CONTRIBUTORS 3. CONTRIBUTION STATS 4. GUESTS 5. LANGUAGES 6. CENTURION CLUB 7. DAMIAN CONWAY's CORNER 8. ANDREW SHITOV's CORNER 9. PERL SOLUTIONS 10. RAKU SOLUTIONS 11. PERL & RAKU SOLUTIONS HEADLINES Thank you Team PWC for your continuous support and encouragement. STAR CONTRIBUTORS Following members shared solutions to both tasks in Perl and Raku as well as… ## [The Weekly Challenge - 387](https://theweeklychallenge.org/blog/perl-weekly-challenge-387/) _2026-08-17 · The Weekly Challenge_ TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. HEADLINES 2. SPONSOR 3. RECAP 4. PERL REVIEW 5. RAKU REVIEW 6. CHART 7. NEW MEMBERS 8. GUESTS 9. TASK #1: Rearrange Binary String 10. TASK #2: Atoms Count HEADLINES Welcome to the Week #387 of The Weekly Challenge . The week #386 had the least guest contributions in 2026 . Even the regular contributions was not that high. I am aware some of the regular members have taken a… ## [The Weekly Challenge - Guest Contributions](https://theweeklychallenge.org/blog/guest-contribution/) _2026-08-16 · The Weekly Challenge_ As you know, The Weekly Challenge , primarily focus on Perl and Raku . During the Week #018 , we received solutions to The Weekly Challenge - 018 by Orestis Zekai in Python . It was pleasant surprise to receive solutions in something other than Perl and Raku . Ever since regular team members also started contributing in other languages like Ada , APL , Awk , BASIC , Bash , Bc , Befunge-93 , Bourne… ## [RECAP - The Weekly Challenge - 385](https://theweeklychallenge.org/blog/recap-challenge-385/) _2026-08-10 · The Weekly Challenge_ TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. HEADLINES 2. STAR CONTRIBUTORS 3. CONTRIBUTION STATS 4. GUESTS 5. LANGUAGES 6. CENTURION CLUB 7. DAMIAN CONWAY’s CORNER 8. ANDREW SHITOV’s CORNER 9. PERL SOLUTIONS 10. RAKU SOLUTIONS 11. PERL & RAKU SOLUTIONS HEADLINES Thank you Team PWC for your continuous support and encouragement. STAR CONTRIBUTORS Following members shared solutions to both tasks in Perl and… ## [The Weekly Challenge - 386](https://theweeklychallenge.org/blog/perl-weekly-challenge-386/) _2026-08-10 · The Weekly Challenge_ TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. HEADLINES 2. SPONSOR 3. RECAP 4. PERL REVIEW 5. RAKU REVIEW 6. CHART 7. NEW MEMBERS 8. GUESTS 9. TASK #1: Reverse Base 10. TASK #2: Rational Numbers HEADLINES Welcome to the Week #386 of The Weekly Challenge . I am surprised by the dip in contributions in guest languages. Could it be the type of challenges we are working with reently? I can’t say for sure. We have group… ## [PAGI::FastAPI + WebSocket](https://theweeklychallenge.org/blog/pagi-fastapi-websocket/) _2026-08-08 · The Weekly Challenge_ DISCLAIMER: Image is generated using ChatGPT . For last week or so, I have been playing with PAGI::FastAPI . This is my latest creation also my first attempt in creating async micro web framework. I have been, Dancer2 fan all my life. It has done all I wanted without any extra effort. While going through my old notes, I came across Python’s FastAPI . I decided to port it to Perl . Using PAGI… ## [Access / Refresh Token](https://theweeklychallenge.org/blog/access-refresh-token/) _2026-08-03 · The Weekly Challenge_ DISCLAIMER: Image is generated using ChatGPT . Couple of months ago, I shared my experience with JSON Web Token (JWT) in the post titled: JWT with Dancer2 . Having done that, I keep getting mixed up with Access Token and Refresh Token . In this post, I will try to get to the bottom of it. Access Token It’s like a wristband, short-lived, e.g. expires in 15 minutes . You present it at every… ## [PAGI::FastAPI + DBIx::Class::Async](https://theweeklychallenge.org/blog/pagi-fastapi/) _2026-08-03 · The Weekly Challenge_ DISCLAIMER: Image is generated using ChatGPT . Yesterday, I released PAGI::FastAPI , the first draft of new asynchronous, type-safe micro framework with dependency injection and OpenAPI UI. As soon as I released v0.0.1 , I noticed a bug in how routes are processed. So I prepared a quick patch. While I was working on the bug fix, I thought of adding an example that integrates with… ## [RECAP - The Weekly Challenge - 384](https://theweeklychallenge.org/blog/recap-challenge-384/) _2026-08-03 · The Weekly Challenge_ TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. HEADLINES 2. STAR CONTRIBUTORS 3. CONTRIBUTION STATS 4. GUESTS 5. LANGUAGES 6. CENTURION CLUB 7. DAMIAN CONWAY’s CORNER 8. ANDREW SHITOV’s CORNER 9. PERL SOLUTIONS 10. RAKU SOLUTIONS 11. PERL & RAKU SOLUTIONS HEADLINES Thank you Team PWC for your continuous support and encouragement. STAR CONTRIBUTORS Following members shared solutions to both tasks in Perl and… ## [The Weekly Challenge - 385](https://theweeklychallenge.org/blog/perl-weekly-challenge-385/) _2026-08-03 · The Weekly Challenge_ TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. HEADLINES 2. SPONSOR 3. RECAP 4. PERL REVIEW 5. RAKU REVIEW 6. CHART 7. NEW MEMBERS 8. GUESTS 9. TASK #1: Uncommon Words 10. TASK #2: Outermost Parentheses HEADLINES Welcome to the Week #385 of The Weekly Challenge . Today is the first Monday of the month and time to declare our next champion. With greate pride, I announce, Ali Moradi , as the Champion of the Month . He… ## [Trade Bitcoin and Ethereum Today (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/6EjJgSfFtQnF) _2026-08-02 · **Sponsored**_ Buy, sell, and margin trade BTC and ETH with EUR, USD, CAD, GBP, or JPY. ## [Reflection / MOP](https://theweeklychallenge.org/blog/reflection-or-mop/) _2026-07-31 · The Weekly Challenge_ DISCLAIMER: Image is generated using ChatGPT . The inspiration for writing this blog post came from creation of this LinkedIn post . Reflection refers to a programming language’s capacity to analyse, alter, and execute its own code or structure during program’s execution. There was no distinction between data and instructions in the early computers. During that period, the programs… ## [RECAP - The Weekly Challenge - 355](https://theweeklychallenge.org/blog/recap-challenge-355/) _2026-07-29 · The Weekly Challenge_ TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. HEADLINES 2. STAR CONTRIBUTORS 3. CONTRIBUTION STATS 4. GUESTS 5. LANGUAGES 6. CENTURION CLUB 7. DAMIAN CONWAY’s CORNER 8. ANDREW SHITOV’s CORNER 9. PERL SOLUTIONS 10. RAKU SOLUTIONS 11. PERL & RAKU SOLUTIONS HEADLINES Thank you Team PWC for your continuous support and encouragement. STAR CONTRIBUTORS Following members shared solutions to both tasks in Perl and… ## [I Got Pi Working Inside Tidewave](https://growwithless.com/posts/tidewave-pi/) _2026-04-14 · Grow With Less_ I got Pi working inside Tidewave. Not the terminal version where Pi talks to Tidewave’s MCP server — the version where Pi runs as a Tidewave External Agent, inside Tidewave’s own UI, with access to the shared browser window. It works. It’s been working well since the fixes. What Pi is Pi is a minimal terminal coding agent by Mario Zechner. It’s intentionally stripped down —… ## [Germany Used to Know How to Change](https://growwithless.com/posts/germany-used-to-know-how-to-change/) _2026-04-04 · Grow With Less_ I grew up in Houilles, a suburb of Paris, and my first real encounter with Germany was a trip to Berlin when I was about sixteen. I was visiting my penpal Juliane. I remember thinking I wanted to be there forever. The city felt like an infinite canvas, raw and open and full of possibility. The remnants of the Wall were everywhere, and what struck me wasn’t just the history but how Germany… ## [Is Your Language Learning App Lying to You?](https://growwithless.com/honest-pronunciation-feedback/) _2026-03-29 · Grow With Less_ A user emailed us this week asking for a refund. “Your app doesn’t understand my pronunciation. I used Rosetta Stone before and never had to repeat phrases five or six times.” My first instinct was to investigate. Maybe our speech recognition was broken. Maybe there was a bug. So I pulled up her session data, watched her replays, checked every error log. Nothing was broken. The… ## [Edenred's negative shareholder equity](https://marketunpack.com/edenreds-negative-shareholder-equity/) _2026-01-11 · Starling · Market Unpack_ Warren Buffet says it's a good idea to pay $0.50 to buy $1. What about paying 18€ for -3€? Let's talk about the surprisingly successful company Edenred. ## [Martingale simulator](https://marketunpack.com/martingale-simulator/) _2025-12-25 · Starling · Market Unpack_ A martingale is a kind of betting strategy where you double your wager on every loss such that the first win recovers all previous losses plus a profit equal to the initial wager. It's pretty obvious this doesn't work in practice, but let's visualise it. Introducing the Martingale Simulator. ## [Retail CfD losses leaderboard](https://marketunpack.com/retail-cfd-losses-leaderboard/) _2025-12-12 · Starling · Market Unpack_ CfDs are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money, or so the warning goes. Many brokerages show this banner and say what percentage of retail clients lose money on CfDs with them. For the fun of it, let's rank them. ## [The Vine: December 1, 2025](https://tomatonation.com/vine/the-vine-december-1-2025/) _2025-12-02 · Sarah D. Bunting · Tomato Nation_ Dear Sars, I was surprised and delighted to learn that there’s new Vine material when I checked in recently for the annual 9/11 essay. Yay! I used to LIVE for Vine day. You have no idea. ... ## [I was living the dream, then my dream collapsed](https://growwithless.com/page/about/) _2025-10-31 · Grow With Less_ Everything was going great. My blog French Together had just hit 357k monthly visitors, the French Together course had exceeded $300k in sales. Then COVID happened. My traffic slowly started to decrease, conversions got worse. I ignored it at first, I guess I was in denial. I kept thinking things would get better and my traffic would magically reappear. Except it didn’t. It just got worse.… ## [Find it on Amazon (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/PV9ezYWf6kor) _2025-10-30 · **Sponsored**_ Open the Amazon product listing to see details and availability ## [Why I'm Shutting Down Lorelight (And What It Taught Me About GEO)](https://growwithless.com/shutting-down-lorelight/) _2025-10-31 · Grow With Less_ I’m shutting down Lorelight. Not because it didn’t work. Not because I ran out of money. But because I realized something that probably should have been obvious from the start. Let me explain. What Was Lorelight? A few months ago, I launched Lorelight—a generative engine optimization (GEO) platform designed to help businesses improve their visibility in AI search engines like ChatGPT,… ## [Boosting revenue with vendor financing](https://marketunpack.com/boosting-revenue-with-vendor-financing/) _2025-10-29 · Starling · Market Unpack_ AI companies made headlines recently because of circular vendor financing. Basically, Nvidia invests in OpenAI which buys services from Oracle which buys chips from Nvidia. Surprisingly, this setup lets you boost ecosystem revenue by over 100% of money spent. ## [J.P. Morgan's OpenAI loan is strange](https://marketunpack.com/j-p-morgans-openai-loan-is-strange/) _2025-10-13 · Starling · Market Unpack_ In October, OpenAI secured a 4 billion dollar revolving credit facility from J.P. Morgan and several other banks. I was surprised when I heard this because OpenAI is a young company with no earnings. Shouldn't all their capital come from investors? Let's run some numbers. ## [Bad headlines](https://marketunpack.com/bad-headlines/) _2025-10-01 · Starling · Market Unpack_ A pet peeve of mine is formulaic financial news, the kind that just reads a few points off a price chart and calls it a day. Lots of newspapers are guilty of doing this, but none come close to Les Echos. Let's marvel at their terrible headlines together. ## [Gifts to reduce the US debt](https://marketunpack.com/gifts-to-reduce-the-us-debt/) _2025-09-24 · Starling · Market Unpack_ It turns out you can donate money to the Treasury to pay off the US national debt. Some people actually do this. ## [On Japan's national debt](https://marketunpack.com/on-japans-national-debt/) _2025-09-15 · Starling · Market Unpack_ National debts, sovereign bonds, and yields have been in the news a lot this year. This made me realize I don't have a feel for what the numbers mean or what mechanisms affect the headline stats. So, let's look into the national debts of several countries, starting with Japan. ## [Celebrations](https://tomatonation.com/stories-true-and-otherwise/celebrations/) _2025-09-11 · Sarah D. Bunting · Tomato Nation_ Pizza, TV, a lunatic Frenchman in ballet slippers, and a makeshift cake. "Welcome Back," indeed. ## [The Vine: May 22, 2025](https://tomatonation.com/vine/the-vine-may-22-2025/) _2025-05-29 · Sarah D. Bunting · Tomato Nation_ A friend-group update and a short-story quest. ## [Adjusting interest for inflation](https://marketunpack.com/adjusting-interest-for-inflation/) _2025-03-28 · Starling · Market Unpack_ What's better: a 5% EUR bond subject to 3% inflation, or a 10% RON bond subject to 8% inflation? Let's calculate. ## [A model for market prices](https://marketunpack.com/a-model-for-market-prices/) _2025-03-26 · Starling · Market Unpack_ Market prices are weird—when news comes out that should move them one way, they sometimes move the other way instead. What's going on? I have a hypothesis and a simple model. ## [Stream Torrents and IPTV Instantly (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/WC4CIyLtOkJE) _2025-03-26 · **Sponsored**_ Search, index, and play music, movies, books, and live TV in your browser. ## [Dissecting the "Euro area bank interest rate statistics" report](https://marketunpack.com/dissecting-the-euro-area-bank-interest-rate-statistics-report/) _2025-03-17 · Starling · Market Unpack_ Every month, the ECB publishes a new snapshot of the interest rates in the euro area. How are the rates broken down and how did they evolve over the last year? ## [Bootstrapping corruption](https://marketunpack.com/bootstrapping-corruption/) _2025-03-11 · Starling · Market Unpack_ In early February, DOGE sent every government employee an email asking them to list five things they've accomplished the previous week. This is obviously stupid, so why do it? In this post, I argue it's to bootstrap corruption into the system. ## [Ørsted's write-offs](https://marketunpack.com/orsteds-write-offs/) _2025-03-07 · Starling · Market Unpack_ Ørsted has had quite a few write-offs these last couple of years which led to a halving of the share price. Let's construct a timeline. ## [Dissecting the "Monetary developments in the euro area" report](https://marketunpack.com/dissecting-the-monetary-developments-in-the-euro-area-report/) _2025-03-04 · Starling · Market Unpack_ Every month, the ECB publishes a report on recent monetary developments. Let's break the last one down and see what we can glean from it. ## [Dissecting the "Euro area monthly balance of payments" report](https://marketunpack.com/dissecting-the-euro-area-monthly-balance-of-payments-2/) _2025-02-26 · Starling · Market Unpack_ Every month, the ECB publishes a new "Euro area monthly balance of payments" report. Let's dive in and figure out what's in these. ## [Sleep](https://tomatonation.com/culture-and-criticism/sleep/) _2025-02-13 · Sarah D. Bunting · Tomato Nation_ Whether it's a noun, plus what to read if you can't. ## [The Vine: January 21, 2025](https://tomatonation.com/vine/the-vine-january-21-2025/) _2025-01-21 · Sarah D. Bunting · Tomato Nation_ First of all, welcome back! I kept TN in my bookmark bar hoping you’d be back. :-) The question is about a book that might be a fever dream. I read this book more than 20 ... ## [Bob & David & Pete & Donald](https://tomatonation.com/baseball/bob-david-pete-donald/) _2025-01-17 · Sarah D. Bunting · Tomato Nation_ Thanks to Reader Gretchen, I have more Bob Uecker-iana than some Brewers fans: multiple bobbles, a Uecker Magic 8 Ball, and an old-school alarm clock that ticks so loudly I had to banish it from ... ## [Dear Professor](https://tomatonation.com/stories-true-and-otherwise/dear-professor/) _2024-12-31 · Sarah D. Bunting · Tomato Nation_ International hero Victor Brombert left us last month. We couldn't spare him. ## [The Vine: December 4, 2024](https://tomatonation.com/vine/the-vine-december-4-2024/) _2024-12-05 · Sarah D. Bunting · Tomato Nation_ Dear Sars, Welcome back! Dear cracking dry hands season, not so much. I’m here to ask you/the readers about a product I could swear I saw mentioned on the Vine ages ago, but I can’t find ... ## [The Vine: November 8, 2024](https://tomatonation.com/vine/the-vine-november-8-2024/) _2024-11-08 · Sarah D. Bunting · Tomato Nation_ Hey. I don’t know what we do now either. I DO know that we’ll need each other going forward, as we always have, for support, mutual aid, and information on where to get high-quality wide-calf ... ## [Bonded Pairs](https://tomatonation.com/stories-true-and-otherwise/bonded-pairs/) _2024-09-11 · Sarah D. Bunting · Tomato Nation_ It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a lonely girl in possession of a library card must be in want of a twin. The child who spends a lot of time in books also spends a lot of time thinking about the lost or secret twin she must have – "must have" meaning surely has, but "must have" in the sense of "needs," also – that mirror child who loves her, IS her, holds her hand always.