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Effective context engineering for AI agents
In this post, we explore strategies for effectively curating and managing their context.
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How I block all 26M of your curl requests
A journey in packet filtering
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Don't Become a Scientist (1999)
Don't Become a Scientist!
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LoRA Without Regret
How LoRA matches full training performance more broadly than expected.
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Instant Checkout and the Agentic Commerce Protocol
We’re taking first steps toward agentic commerce in ChatGPT with new ways for people, AI agents, and businesses to shop together.
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Claude Sonnet 4.5
Claude Sonnet 4.5 is the best coding model in the world, strongest model for building complex agents, and best model at using computers.
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IP over Lasers
Mike Kohn's music, software, and electronics projects.
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ML on Apple ][+
Success! There is machine learning happening on my Apple ][+.
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Subtleties of SQLite Indexes
Understanding query planner quirks yielded a ~35% speedup.
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Write the damn code
You are a software engineer. Don't become a prompt refiner.
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Not all OCuLink eGPU docks are created equal
I recently tried using the Minisforum DEG1 GPU Dock with a Raspberry Pi 500+, using an M.2 to OCuLink adapter, and this chenyang SFF-8611 Cable. After figuring out there's a power button on the DEG1 (which needs to be turned on), and after fiddling around with the switches on the PCB (hidden under the large metal…
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Why friction is necessary for growth
Why I think comfort leads to stagnation and overcoming friction leads to growth.
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Code golfing a tiny demo using maths and a pinch of insanity
The number of characters was 464 characters at first, but thanks to the community it got reduced further, and the article updated accordingly.
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A SQL Heuristic: ORs Are Expensive
But this is slow! With 1,000,000 applications and 1000 users uniformly distributed on both columns, it takes over 100ms. 1
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Meta-analysis of 2.2M people: Loneliness increases mortality risk by 32%
Loneliness increases death risk by 32% but we know how to fix it. Real solutions that cut loneliness in half, from mindfulness to community…
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A simple habit that saves my evenings
As a software engineer, I often work on big tasks that require hours of continuous and focused work. However, we have plenty of meetings, colleagues asking us something in Slack, and lunch breaks. Add a colleague who comes to you and calls you for a cup of coffee if you work from the office. And usually, we don’t…
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To AI or not to AI
A two-week experiment building an app with full AI assistance, exploring both the promise and frustrations of LLM-based development workflows.
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What if I don't want videos of my hobby time available to the world?
Running around in the woods, firing small plastic pellets at other people, in pursuit of a contrived-to-be-fun mission, turns out to be, well, fun.
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90%
AI is writing 90% of the code I was in charge of
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Optimizing a 6502 image decoder, from 70 minutes to 1 minute
A little walkthrough on an image decoder algorithm's high-level optimization, in order to make more digestable for a 6502 processor.
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What is “good taste” in software engineering?
Technical taste is different from technical skill. You can be technically strong but have bad taste, or technically weak with good taste. Like taste in general…
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Zero ASIC releases Wildebeest, the highest performance FPGA synthesis tool
Democratizing silicon
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F-Droid and Google’s developer registration decree
For the past 15 years, F-Droid has provided a safe and secure haven for Android users around the world to find and install free and open source apps. When co...
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Primer on FedEx's Distribution Network (2024)
With a map!
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Go ahead, write the “stupid” code
When I finished school in 2010 (yep, along time ago now), I wanted to go try and make it as a musician. I figured if punk bands could just learn on the job, I could too. But my mum insisted that I needed to do something, just in case. So I went down to the local TAFE (this is like a trade school in Australia, though…
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We bought the whole GPU, so we're damn well going to use the whole GPU
Benjamin Spector* , Jordan Juravsky* , Stuart Sul* , Dylan Lim , Owen Dugan , Simran Arora , Chris Ré
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VMScape and why Xen dodged it
ETH Zürich’s new VMScape attack hit KVM and VMware, but Xen’s microkernel-like design kept it out of reach.
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Testing “Exotic” P2P VPN
My standard "everyday" solution when it comes to connecting computers into a single network is Wireguard. Wireguard is good, supports p2p, and generally has no downsides.
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The Weird Concept of Branchless Programming
Read THE WEIRD CONCEPT OF BRANCHLESS PROGRAMMING on sanixdk.xyz
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Why I'm not rushing to take sides in the RubyGems fiasco
We are in the midst of a Ruby drama for the ages. I'm sure a bunch of people figured we were all too old for this shit, but apparently we are not. This debate…