APIs

Google is shutting down its Custom Search API, forcing developers who relied on it for programmatic search to find replacements. A migration guide has been published outlining alternatives, including third-party search APIs and scraping-based options. Developers are discussing which services offer comparable pricing, quotas, and result quality as they plan their transitions.

A developer has released version 0.5.0 of PICARD, an experimental storage tool described self-deprecatingly as "a very bad Dropbox" that supports thousands of protocols as unreliable storage backends. The software automatically builds its own adapters from RFCs and API documentation, and now includes over 10,000 adapters. The author frames the project as a protocol experiment whose conclusion is still being drawn.

Revolut is reported to have moved to a self-hosted GLM deployment, running the large language model on its own infrastructure rather than through an external provider. The news drew attention among developers discussing the cost, control and data-privacy trade-offs of self-hosting AI models at a major fintech.

The Go team has published a new API for handling JSON, announced on the official Go blog. The post details a redesigned encoding/json package, expected to be faster and more flexible than the current implementation that has served the language since its early releases. Developers on Hacker News are discussing the changes, weighing the new design against existing code and migration concerns.

A developer has released OpenTaxRate, an open-source dataset providing US sales tax rates resolved down to the street-address level. The project is hosted on GitHub and is being shared with the Hacker News community for feedback. Sales tax rates in the US vary by state, county, city and special districts, making address-level accuracy valuable for e-commerce and billing software. Early reactions are limited so far, with modest engagement.

A review of CoinGecko examines the crypto data platform's coverage of 22,201 coins, its 1-10 Trust Score for rating exchange reliability, and API pricing that starts at $35 per month. The write-up assesses what the service does and does not tell users, positioning it as a starting point for market data while noting its limits.

Revolut has shifted around 2,000 developers from paid AI APIs to self-hosted GLM models, running on 56 Nvidia B200 GPUs. The company says costs dropped to roughly 30 cents per million tokens, about 90 percent less than before, with coding time down 60 percent and lead time down 70 percent. Runs operate in a regulatory sandbox with human oversight.

Financial outlets are reporting the top certificate of deposit rates available as of Wednesday, November 4, 2026, with the best accounts paying up to 4.75% APY. Savers comparing banks and credit unions are being advised to lock in these yields while they remain available, as deposit rates tend to fall when the Federal Reserve cuts interest rates.

Savers can earn up to 4.4% APY on high-yield savings accounts as of Wednesday, November 4, 2026, according to Yahoo Finance's daily rate roundup. The report tracks the best interest rates available across banks, giving depositors a snapshot of where to park cash for the strongest returns.

Milkman, an API client available at milkman.dev, is drawing attention on Hacker News with a simple pitch: a better alternative to Postman. Developers in the discussion are weighing whether the lighter-weight tool can genuinely compete with Postman, the dominant API testing platform, and what trade-offs in features and workflow it might involve.

Developers are discussing Milkman, an open-source API client presented as a better alternative to Postman. The tool's site, milkman.dev, surfaced via a Hacker News thread that has drawn modest attention, with a handful of points and comments. The pitch targets developers frustrated with Postman's growing size and commercialization, positioning Milkman as a leaner, plugin-based desktop option for testing HTTP APIs.

Honeybees defend their hives with a sting unlike that of other insects. When a worker bee stings, it detaches from its stinger and venom sac, leaving both behind to continue pumping venom into the target. The bee dies shortly after, which makes the honeybee's defensive anatomy a lasting point of fascination in biology discussions.

Treasury technology firm Embat has deployed J.P. Morgan's Account Servicing (BAS) API technology, integrating the bank's servicing capabilities directly into its platform. The move aims to give corporate treasury teams smoother access to account information and services. The news was reported in asset servicing trade coverage, though further details on rollout and client uptake were not provided.

A commentary circulating on French social media argues that conflicts pushed 'under the carpet' will not remain quietly hidden there. The author contends that the closer one gets to a tension, the better it is understood and the less dangerous it becomes, while avoiding it only makes it worse. The message urges confronting tensions directly rather than through avoidance, framing dialogue as the safer path.

Therapists say there is one thing parents must do before children will open up to them, and it needs to come first. The advice, shared via Parents, focuses on building the right conditions at home so kids feel safe enough to talk honestly about what is on their minds.