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I discovered that maintaining a consistent sleep schedule matters far more for longevity than simply hitting a specific number of hours. While many obsess over getting eight hours, the rhythm of your…
We are releasing Inkling, a new open-weights model trained from scratch to reason across text, images, and audio. With 975 billion total parameters and a one-million token context window, Inkling bal…
Stripe and private equity firm Advent International have jointly offered $60.50 per share to acquire PayPal, valuing the payments giant at more than $53 billion. This proposal, backed by $50 billion…
I am learning to live with severe depression after losing two jobs due to poor communication and declining performance. Blaming external factors didn't work; I realized my lack of transparency caused…
I explored the enigmatic world of Telegram's data centers, uncovering how their global network operates behind the scenes. Despite strict privacy claims, the infrastructure reveals surprising vulnera…
I am introducing Grok Build, a powerful terminal-based AI coding agent developed by SpaceXAI. This full-screen TUI understands your codebase, edits files, executes shell commands, and searches the we…
I managed to run Google's Gemma 4 26B model on a thirteen-year-old HP StoreVirtual server with no GPU. After an initial failure due to missing AVX2 instructions, I used Claude to diagnose the issue a…
I have curated Clocks.dev, a vibrant showcase of unique digital clock designs ranging from minimalist interfaces to complex binary displays. Every clock in this collection is open source, inviting de…
I designed Ambiance to liberate LLMs from chat interfaces by leveraging their existing knowledge of Unix systems. By treating everything as files within a familiar hierarchy, this harness reduces cog…
misa77 is a high-performance LZ-based codec designed for the write-once, read-many niche, delivering decompression speeds 1.5 to 3 times faster than LZ4 on both x86 and ARM architectures. While it tr…
Experience the real Firefox browser running entirely within a single web tab, powered by the Gecko engine compiled to WebAssembly. This innovative project delivers a complete Firefox interface with W…
I teamed up with GlitchyZorua to archive the Ibiblio Icon Browser, a 1990s collection by Gioacchino La Vecchia that was nearly lost. The site used tricky server-side imagemaps that made downloading i…
I am thrilled to share that Misfits Attic has secured funding from Max McGuire's Stray Signal for Duskers 2.0. This sequel expands the original's survival loop into a deeper narrative about reviving…
I argue that SQLite, despite being the industry standard for local storage, suffers from dangerous defaults like ignored foreign keys and loose type checking. These settings lead to silent data corru…
I created Brainless, a set of Shadcn components designed to replicate the sleek interfaces of Claude Code, Codex, and Grok. These tools allow developers to instantly add familiar AI terminal aestheti…
I believe our letters are a millennia-old baton passed through countless human hands, shaped by physical friction and cultural evolution. Generative AI tools like Midjourney and ChatGPT cannot replic…
After debating Richard Stallman on open source in the 1980s, I now see the same fight unfolding in AI. While frontier models become increasingly closed, we risk locking away the very knowledge drivin…
As a judge for major awards like the Pulitzer and National Book Award, I've learned that the process is far more personal than people assume. Small groups of judges with idiosyncratic tastes decide w…
I invite you to explore Voxatron, a unique fantasy console where every game is built from colorful voxels. This platform includes powerful design tools to create your own animations, characters, and…
We created an open-source guide to help developers build better command-line programs by updating traditional UNIX principles for today. Our focus is on human-first design, ensuring tools are simple,…
I explore a third path between rational fundamentals and a bubble, showing how temporary AI overvaluation can permanently boost our economy. Even if prices correct, the capital installed during the b…
I used to design APIs for humans, prioritizing simplicity and defaults. Now, with agents consuming most code, I believe in explicitness over convenience. Agents can read entire documentation instantl…
We reverse the core design principles behind the Macintosh human interface guidelines to envision the future of the Internet desktop. By violating assumptions like metaphors and direct manipulation,…
I have been successfully using Large Language Models to configure MikroTik networks, turning a traditionally complex task into a manageable process. By leveraging the REST/JSON API and tools like CAP…
I explore how Metal-Organic Frameworks, or MOFs, act as ultra-porous sponges capable of harvesting water from desert air and capturing carbon emissions. Pioneered by Omar Yaghi through reticular chem…
Henry Edward Roberts founded Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems to fund his dream of owning a plane and attending medical school. After struggling with model rocketry products, the company p…
I present PairDrop, a simple tool for transferring files between devices using WebRTC. You can pair devices permanently or join temporary public rooms to share data instantly. If direct connections f…
I explain how SQLite allows NUL characters in strings but truncates them in functions like length() and quote(), leading to confusing results. You might think a string is short, but it actually conta…
libargus is a high-performance, model-agnostic inference engine designed for Java 22+ developers. It unifies LLM text generation, speech-to-text, and multimodal vision pipelines into a single, zero-a…
One More Letter is a fresh daily word game that challenges players to solve puzzles using a unique letter-based mechanic. Unlike traditional word games, this experience focuses on strategic letter pl…
E-- is a unique programming language that allows developers to write code in plain, canonical English which compiles deterministically into Python. It solves the reproducibility and debugging issues…
I discovered that job queues are far more complex than they appear, especially when balancing throughput and latency. While trying to optimize git repo repacking at my workplace, I realized that simp…