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Bento redefines presentations by packing the entire deck, viewer, and editor into a single, self-contained HTML file. It eliminates the need for installations, accounts, or external servers, ensuring…
I explored a conversation where ChatGPT analyzed a proposed counterexample to the Jacobian Conjecture. The AI successfully verified polynomial isomorphisms and confirmed that the new construction mat…
We share the heartbreaking news that John C. Dvorak has passed away at the age of 74. He was a cherished husband, father, and the beloved host of the No Agenda Show. Our family and the community mour…
I tested seven frontier models across 48 animal-vehicle prompts to see if labs were optimizing for the famous pelican-on-a-bicycle benchmark. By generating over 1,000 images and analyzing them with a…
I built GigaToken to solve the bottleneck of slow text processing in language modeling. This Rust-based tool offers a drop-in replacement for HuggingFace Tokenizers and Tiktoken, delivering speeds up…
I distilled two years of Postgres battles into a practical guide for engineers, moving beyond basic indexing. We cover essential schema design, optimizing reads and writes, and managing migrations wi…
As a seasoned developer and instructor, I find deep fulfillment in the act of making things by hand, from code to carpentry. While AI accelerates high-level problem solving, relying on it for creatio…
Reddit now requires a login to access old.reddit.com, claiming it prevents abusive scraping and ensures safety. As a user who relies on the lean, plain HTML interface for genuine human content, I fin…
A recruiter offered me an unusually high-paying Python role with a take-home assignment. Suspicious of the lack of vetting, I inspected the provided zip file and discovered malicious Git hooks design…
Many engineers dismiss SIMD as too complex or niche, but I believe it is simple and essential for anyone processing large datasets. By following a common five-step pattern, you can transform standard…
After months of testing alternatives like Google, DuckDuckGo, Brave Search, and a custom SearxNG instance, I have re-subscribed to Kagi. While other options struggled with result quality, rate-limiti…
I visited a Filipino restaurant that recently replaced its menu with AI-generated images, resulting in an uncanny and unappetizing design. While the food tasted like home-cooked comfort, the disturbi…
Tens of billions in AI debt are backed by GPU clusters whose value depends on invisible operational knowledge. Unlike aircraft or ships, these assets lack standardized pricing, making their true wort…
I argue that the standard cut and paste workflow is fundamentally flawed because it is not atomic, causes unnecessary document reflow, and fails to fully undo clipboard changes. To solve this, I intr…
Reflecting on my time as a library shelver, I discovered that browsing curated stacks offered a superior form of auto-didacticism compared to modern search engines. To recapture this serendipity, I b…
I built CrucibleBench, a proof-of-concept using a persistent MUD to test how language models handle trust and social objectives over 50 turns. By placing models in a constrained text world where mist…
I bought an NVIDIA DGX Spark as a daily driver and found it surprisingly capable for general computing, gaming, and local LLM inference. The compact ARM-based machine runs Ubuntu smoothly, handles AA…
For centuries, rumors claimed Grand Duke Francesco I de' Medici and his wife were murdered by arsenic. Now, ancient DNA analysis from their skeletal remains confirms they died of malaria, not poison.…
I am excited to share the release of Safari Technology Preview 248, now available for macOS Golden Gate and macOS Tahoe. This update introduces the TC39 BigInt Math proposal, enabling powerful mathem…
I automated my manual workflow of copying GitHub issues into Org Agenda by building a custom tool in Emacs. Leveraging the GitHub CLI and Elisp, I created a lightweight solution that treats external…
I tackled the challenge of enabling the Fairphone 6 ultra-wide camera on mainline Linux for QR scanning. By porting existing drivers for the Qualcomm milos SoC and fixing a critical bus width configu…
Cactus Hybrid introduces a breakthrough in on-device AI by post-training models like Gemma 4 E2B to self-assess their accuracy. Every generated answer includes a structured confidence score, enabling…
We built Unlayer to let you embed powerful content creation tools directly into your product. Our platform offers visual builders for emails, pages, documents, and popups, all backed by templates, AI…
I decided to explore OCaml and its Eio concurrency framework after hearing about its recent renaissance. While I found Real World OCaml challenging, the CS3110 course provided a better starting point…
I argue that existing benchmarks for Text-to-SQL models are misleading because they rely on simplified datasets that ignore the complexity of real-world data stores. True evaluation must account for…
I present a tale of the Whispering Earring, an artifact that offers infallible advice to maximize the wearer's happiness. While users achieve extraordinary success and contentment, the earring gradua…
I present a collection of artifacts from the fifty years when the web was built solely by human hands, from ARPANET to the dawn of ChatGPT. This era, defined by vision and stubbornness without machin…
I analyzed 35 studies to understand why children assign human traits to LLM chatbots. My review reveals that features like human-like personas and supportive companionship drive this anthropomorphism…
I read every word of Christopher Alexander's massive A Pattern Language to save you the effort of tackling its 1,100+ pages alone. By posting one pattern daily on Twitter, I distilled the entire opus…
We tackled the bottleneck of slow video decoding in robot learning pipelines by redesigning our LeRobot reader in Daft. Instead of opening remote files for every single frame, we now batch decode req…
I created MemoryPack, my fourth serializer, to deliver extreme performance for C# and Unity by using a zero-encoding design that copies memory directly. Leveraging .NET 7 and C# 11 source generators,…
I found traditional fretboard memorization too labor-intensive and limited to specific tunings. Instead, I developed a system using modular arithmetic modulo 12 to map notes to fret positions. By ass…
I explore the fundamental problem of induction through the 'Petals Around the Rose' game, testing various machine learning algorithms to see how they learn patterns. The results reveal that a model's…
We created a 4D digital viewing system to capture the full embodied process of Ikebana. Using twenty-two synchronized cameras and an eye tracker, we record body motion, evolving flower arrangements,…