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Since its inception on 2000-05-29, SQLite has been implemented in generic C. C was and continues to be the best language for implementing a software library like SQLite. There are no plans to recode SQLite in any other programming language at this time.
[This is a guest post by Amit Sahai. This blog post was initially written in a different file format and converted using AI. — T.] When I was an undergraduate student, I remember talking with…
I didn't expect to get so tired of reading LLM output.
We turned a MacBook into a touchscreen using only $1 of hardware and a little bit of computer vision.
Thank you for the support, this blog post got featured on the front page of Hacker News (YCombinator).
On Friday Oct 2, 09:35am, 333 infected exit nodes started a coordinated campaign to intercept SSH connections and gather as much unencrypted data as possible.
Apple announced iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max, delivering an advanced pro camera system and improved battery life and performance.
AI is doing to programming what framework-brain did to the frontend before. Deskilling, or just working at a higher level of abstraction?
There was a time not too long ago when using Linux entailed some professional risk 1 . First there was compatibility: you may not have been able to render a Word document or PowerPoint correctly, and you might have had to trust Open Office’s export capability to render docs the way you wanted. There might have been…
I built a device to measure end-to-end input latency, then used it to find out what actually moves the needle.
I used to wonder why I see so many more bugs than most people. I easily observe hundreds to thousands of bugs per week and nothing seems to work , but most people I talk to don't see anything like this . For a long time, I thought this had something to do with how I use computers but, over time, I've realized that…
Chinese AI lab Moonshot AI announced Kimi K3 this morning, describing it as their “most capable model to date, with 2.8 trillion parameters”. It’s currently available via their website and …
I read a lot of printed papers these days. While I enjoy reading on a laptop as much as the next guy, marking up a printed document engages me better. Also, there's something about sitting with a whit…
LM Studio 0.4.0 introduced llmster and the lms CLI. Here is how I set up Gemma 4 26B for local inference on macOS that can be used with Claude Code.
We’re pleased to announce the release of LibreOffice 26.2, the newest version of the free and open source office suite trusted by millions of users around the world. This release makes it easier than ever for users to create, edit and share documents on their own terms. Designed for individuals and organizations…
Relax or experiment with over 500 materials in this falling sand simulator.
How do you migrate 2.4 million lines of code?
There is a weird collection of arguments for appraising the value of humans and their creative artifacts. It usually goes something like this: In the age of AI, we should still prefer humans in certain roles because AI could never perform the tasks required for that role. Or, a human can at least do it better. Or…
Announcement for the sunsetting of Gemini CLI in favor of Antigravity CLI, a more robust, agent-first platform designed to handle the multi-agent complexities of 2026.
We’re releasing Gemma 4 quantization-aware training checkpoints, reducing memory requirements and improving on-device performance.
How coding models respond when familiar engineering tasks ask for something different.
Is your vibe-coded app a Crapject or a Gift?
There's a moment in the movie Good Will Hunting which perfectly summarizes all the problems with AI slop and online noise and infinite advice content. Sean (played by Robin Williams) is sitting next to Will (Matt Damon) on a bench in Boston Public Garden. I live here, so I know it well. The area
I've written more shell scripts than I can count, but I still stumble upon tricks that honestly blow my mind far too often than I care to admit. Latest thing that blew my head clean off? The shell colon.
turbopuffer is pushing the frontier of search. To do that, we have to fundamentally redesign our storage architecture so the vector index is no longer primary.
Based on its own charter, OpenAI should surrender the race
I can't play an instrument, so I worked out music theory in JavaScript instead. Twelve notes, scales and chords, derived from scratch with code you can hear.
