Daily News Digest — Night Update

Night update, generated 2026-08-19.

18 new stories since Lunch.

PostgreSQL for Everything

Sources: Hacker News, Lobsters

HN: 221 points, 154 comments (discussion)

This isn't just theory either, for example: Revolut is a bank that does all its event persistence and streaming on top of postgres. No traditional message queues/brokers in their stack. https://medium.com/revolut/recording-more-events-but-where-w...

Also linked: Lobsters

Go 1.27

Sources: Hacker News, Lobsters

HN: 93 points, 11 comments (discussion)

Introducing MicroLighter

Sources: Hacker News, Lobsters

HN: 16 points, 2 comments (discussion)

CISA: Medusa Ransomware Hit Over 500 Critical Infrastructure Orgs

Sources: Slashdot

Epic Games dismisses Apple's simplified EU App Store fees as 'junk'

Sources: The Register

Historical Hack: Henri Griffard’s Steam Injectors

Sources: Hackaday

Moderna, Merck Say mRNA Vaccine Prevents Melanoma From Returning

Sources: Slashdot

Flock surveillance backlash mounts as fiendish Halloween plans circulate

Sources: The Register

Smarting Up a Doorbell with Zigbee

Sources: Hackaday

A joke domain purchase turned in geopolitical warfare

Sources: Hacker News

HN: 529 points, 68 comments (discussion)

Why I still hand write my commit messages

Sources: Lobsters

X's Algorithm Feeds Off Ragebait and Impacts Democrats More, Study Finds

Sources: Slashdot

More than half of Americans now view AI negatively

Sources: The Register

Hackaday Europe 2026: The 1-Bit CPU That Ran Factories

Sources: Hackaday

Devices with GrapheneOS support should be available in 2027

Sources: Hacker News

HN: 521 points, 323 comments (discussion)

Specific devices: >At the time of writing, within ~12 months, in 2027, the 2027 Signature, Razr fold, and Razr flip will meet the hardware security requirements and should have official GrapheneOS support. Motorola is currently porting GrapheneOS to their devices. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?i...

Plain Text Accounting is Pretty Cool

Sources: Lobsters

Army Unit Offers 4-Day Pass to Play GTA VI As Reenlistment Incentive

Sources: Slashdot

ISS spacewalkers discover there's no such thing as a quick antenna job

Sources: The Register