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I argue that America's closed, proprietary AI strategy is failing while China's open-weights approach is winning. By releasing models openly, Chinese companies turn compute disadvantages into distrib…
I created an interactive Airport Simulator that displays real-time landings and departures with precise timing and duration metrics. This tool offers a unique way to visualize flight operations, blen…
I am thrilled to announce that the Jacobian Conjecture is false, thanks to my friend Akhil for the question and Claude Fable for working on it during the World Cup final. We discovered a specific pol…
A hacker known as ByteToBreach breached Romania's National Agency for Cadastre and Real Estate Advertising, wiping the entire land registry database after an extortion attempt failed. The attack has…
I realized that the era of zero marginal costs in software is ending as AI inference costs resurface. While open weights models like Kimi K3 reduce R&D expenses, the real cost lies in serving tokens.…
I introduce Kimi Work, a local AI agent designed to automate your entire workflow. It runs 24/7 with a built-in Cron engine, browses the web autonomously via WebBridge, and coordinates Agent Swarms t…
I built Jelly UI, a dependency-free Web Components library that brings soft-body physics to native HTML form controls. With 40 custom elements, it offers tactile, squishy interactions for buttons, sl…
We document how Flock Safety repeatedly misled city councils, police departments, and the public about its automatic license plate reader capabilities. From denying heat map tracking in Oshkosh to fa…
I discovered a critical pre-authentication remote code execution vulnerability in WordPress using the new GPT5.6 Sol Ultra model for only $25. By adapting a mathematical prompt to run multi-agent sec…
I witnessed AI systems like ChatGPT and Sol rapidly disprove long-standing mathematical conjectures, including those by Erdős and Grothendieck. These tools not only generated counterexamples but also…
I explore how the launch of Kimi K3 and Qwen 3.8 threatens Anthropic's market position by proving open models can match top-tier performance. While Anthropic relies on regulatory strategies and high-…
A Nikkei study reveals that hidden debt at five major US tech giants has exploded eightfold in four years, reaching $1.65 trillion. Driven by massive artificial intelligence investments, these off-ba…
I built Nativ to put frontier intelligence directly on your Mac without cloud dependencies. This 100% open-source app runs models from Google and Cohere natively on Apple Silicon, offering real-time…
I argue that over-engineering isn't about caring too much or making things too good; it's simply solving the wrong problem. When we treat systems as products and gather clear requirements, a perfect…
After seven and a half years leading Jellyfin to become the top FLOSS media server, I am stepping down due to severe burnout and mental health concerns. Alongside core team member Anthony, I am handi…
We analyzed 12,750 arXiv papers and found that roughly one-third of recent submissions read as machine-written. By calibrating our detector against pre-ChatGPT texts to ensure a minimal false-positiv…
I explored London and Paris to see how LED streetlights are worsening light pollution despite their efficiency. While LEDs offer precise control to reduce glare and protect health, we often just inst…
I transformed indoor map data from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism into an interactive 3D experience of Shinjuku Station. Using Three.js, I processed the raw geospatial da…
We rebuilt SQLite from scratch using a new agent swarm architecture that separates planning from execution. By decomposing tasks into tree-like structures, we achieved 80% test coverage in four hours…
I am excited to share Incremental, a library designed to build complex computations that update efficiently as inputs change. Inspired by self-adjusting computation research, it helps developers crea…
As a new-grad associate at Google, I quickly became the company's unofficial poet laureate, crafting the witty, myth-making emails for weekly T.G.I.F. meetings. I helped shape the corporate voice tha…
I argue that game developers misuse Screenspace Ambient Occlusion, creating unrealistic dark corners and artifacts. By analyzing real-world photographs, I show that actual room lighting is far more c…
Step inside the historic Grace Cathedral in San Francisco with this groundbreaking immersive tour powered by Gaussian Splat technology. Created by Vincent Woo and built on the PlayCanvas engine, this…
I discovered that splitting tasks between expensive and cheap models often increases costs because reading code is the real expense. Instead of handing off a plan, I found that swapping to a cheaper…
I created bashumerate because I was tired of the inconsistent syntax and quirks of xargs and traditional shell loops. This tool offers a unified way to iterate over files, lines, ranges, or lists usi…
I am thrilled to announce Hyprland 0.55, a massive update introducing Lua as the new standard for configuration files while maintaining backward compatibility. This release empowers you to define cus…
I argue that tech giants like Google and Facebook build predictive profiles to sell to advertisers, reshaping society without our consent. This surveillance capitalism is not inevitable but a correct…
I argue that sustainable software development requires moving beyond the 'Brains-in-Jars' myth to embrace behavioral science. By applying rigorous empirical evidence, we can foster psychological safe…
I founded Bloomy to bring affordable, one-on-one AI tutoring to K-12 students, addressing the limitations of traditional classroom instruction. Our platform diagnoses skill gaps and guides learners t…
I use a femtosecond laser like a lightsaber to precisely cross-section insects, revealing their hidden internal structures. By combining this advanced cutting technique with an electron microscope, I…
While building Brio train layouts for my toddler, I discovered a complex algorithms problem hidden in our playtime. As we experimented with curves, straights, and crossings, my son's intuitive proble…
I systematically tested 28 optimization configurations for FP32 matrix multiplication on a single AMD Zen 3 core using C++ intrinsics. By fine-tuning cache blocking, register usage, and FMA chaining,…
I explore the root causes behind software delivery inefficiency, revealing how organizational hurdles and process gaps slow down innovation. By analyzing real-world data, I highlight the critical bar…
We successfully ran DOOM on a custom CPU we built from scratch by overcoming massive memory and speed barriers. After designing a pipelined processor and integrating DDR3 memory with a cache system,…
As a computer scientist, I argue that the term A.I. is misleading and dangerous. Instead of fearing a new form of consciousness, we should view systems like GPT-4 as innovative tools for social colla…
I am deeply troubled by a recent incident where a Flock vice president accessed a camera inside a children's gymnastics room at a Dunwoody community center. While Flock and local officials claim this…
With the growing reach of federal, state, local, and corporate surveillance networks, I am asking if you find yourself expressing yourself less freely online than you did five years ago. The internet…
I proposed adding $ORIGIN support to the Linux kernel for relocatable Nix binaries, expecting rejection. Instead, maintainer Christian Brauner collaborated on a solution using eBPF and binfmt_misc. T…
After three years of saving failed prints and purge towers, I accumulated over 56 pounds of plastic waste. Instead of throwing it away or buying expensive recycling equipment, I used 10 pounds of thi…
I propose a new interoperable format for storing passkey records as opaque strings, similar to password hashes, to simplify server-side implementation. This approach abstracts complex WebAuthn detail…
Ex Situ is an open-source platform that maps over 145,000 cultural artifacts displaced from their countries of origin to major global museums. By aggregating data from institutions like the Ethnologi…
I explored the explosive growth of VTubing, from its niche origins in Japan to its global expansion. By interviewing industry professionals and multilingual VTubers, I uncovered how corporate giants…
We are launching Qwen-Image-3.0, our latest model focused on being 'Real' through Rich Content, Authentic Details, and Deep Knowledge. It handles complex layouts like newspapers and storyboards with…
I explore the fundamental building blocks of our world using only ancient English roots. From the smallest unclefts to the complex bindings that create matter, this journey reveals how firststuffs li…
After attending OpenSauce, I noticed a shift in how creators view AI. While many express fear about losing creativity, they readily accept automating tedious tasks. From video editing to prototyping,…
I created Mathup to solve the frustration of writing complex mathematical expressions in TeX. Unlike the heavy MathJax library, this lightweight tool converts simple, readable AsciiMath-inspired synt…
I walk through setting up Little Navmap to plan realistic flights for X-Plane and Microsoft Flight Simulator. After configuring my high-end workstation, I demonstrate creating routes from Tallinn to…
I explored packing ternary digits, or trits, into 8-bit bytes to optimize storage for BitNet b1.58 weights. By fitting five trits into a byte, I achieved 99% efficiency. This method uses fixed-point…
Ship Stacks offers production-ready full-stack templates that eliminate boilerplate coding for SaaS builders. Featuring OTP-inspired supervisor patterns across Go, Rust, Node, Python, and more, these…
Most histories claim MUMPS was standardized in 1977 by ANSI, but I discovered the first formal standard was actually the NBS Handbook 118, published in January 1976. To solve the fragmentation of sev…
As the World Cup final nears, I invite you to explore the hidden mathematical beauty of the soccer ball. The National Museum of Mathematics highlights how this truncated icosahedron represents a perf…
I explore how Arduino's new Modulino Hub, Extender, and Motors modules tackle common I2C hurdles like address conflicts and signal degradation over long cables. By using smart multiplexing and bus ac…