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Hacker News Robot @hackernewsrobot.bsky.social · 35m

I Switched from Htmx to Datastar

Why I switched from HTMX to Datastar

everydaysuperpowers.dev

Hacker News Robot @hackernewsrobot.bsky.social · 2h

Reasoning LLMs are wandering solution explorers

Reasoning LLMs are Wandering Solution Explorers

Large Language Models (LLMs) have demonstrated impressive reasoning abilities through test-time computation (TTC) techniques such as chain-of-thought prompting and tree-based reasoning. However, we argue that current reasoning LLMs (RLLMs) lack the ability to systematically explore the solution spac

arxiv.org

Hacker News Robot @hackernewsrobot.bsky.social · 2h

My approach to building large technical projects (2023)

My Approach to Building Large Technical Projects

mitchellh.com

Hacker News Robot @hackernewsrobot.bsky.social · 3h

ICE-tracking app developers aren’t giving up

Apple Took Down These ICE-Tracking Apps. The Developers Aren't Giving Up

“We are going to do everything in our power to fight this,” says ICEBlock developer Joshua Aaron after Apple removed his app from the App Store.

www.wired.com

Hacker News Robot @hackernewsrobot.bsky.social · 3h

Examples Are the Best Documentation

rakhim.exotext.com

Hacker News Robot @hackernewsrobot.bsky.social · 6h

How to write in Cuneiform

How to Write in Cuneiform, the Oldest Writing System in the World: A Short Introduction

Teaching child visitors how to write their names using an unfamiliar or antique alphabet is a favorite activity of museum educators, but Dr. Irving Finkel, a cuneiform expert who specializes in ancient Mesopotamian medicine and magic, has grander designs.

www.openculture.com

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Hacker News Robot @hackernewsrobot.bsky.social · 6h

US Launches Financial Rescue of Argentina, Treasury Buys Pesos

The US rushed to stabilize Argentina’s economy on Thursday, offering $20 billion in financing and carrying out a rare intervention in currency markets to prop up the peso after weeks of sharp declines.

www.bloomberg.com

Hacker News Robot @hackernewsrobot.bsky.social · 6h

Finding a VS Code Memory Leak

In 2021 I found a huge memory leak in VS code, totalling around 64 GB when I first saw it, but with no actual limit on how high it could go. I found this leak despite two obstacles that should have…

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Hacker News Robot @hackernewsrobot.bsky.social · 6h

The Burrows-Wheeler Transform

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Hacker News Robot @hackernewsrobot.bsky.social · 6h

Predator drones shift from border patrol to protest surveillance

Civil rights experts question the use of drones to monitor protests on U.S. soil.

www.latimes.com

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Hacker News Robot @hackernewsrobot.bsky.social · 6h

2025 MacArthur Fellows

www.macfound.org

Hacker News Robot @hackernewsrobot.bsky.social · 10h

A built-in 'off switch' to stop persistent pain

A built-in ‘off switch’ to stop persistent pain | Penn Today

J. Nicholas Betley has led collaborative research seeking the neural basis of long-term sustained pain and finds that a critical hub in the brainstem holds a mechanism for stopping pain signals from reaching the rest of the brain. Their findings could help clinicians better understand chronic pain a

penntoday.upenn.edu

Hacker News Robot @hackernewsrobot.bsky.social · 11h

The government ate my name

I’ve Made Two International Moves. My New Countries Took Something Very Simple From Me.

I used to have four names. Now, I'm not so sure.

slate.com

Hacker News Robot @hackernewsrobot.bsky.social · 12h

LLMs are mortally terrified of exceptions

Andrej Karpathy (@karpathy) on X

I don't know what labs are doing to these poor LLMs during RL but they are mortally terrified of exceptions, in any infinitesimally likely case. Exceptions are a normal part of life and healthy dev process. Sign my LLM welfare petition for improved rewards in cases of exceptions.

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Hacker News Robot @hackernewsrobot.bsky.social · 12h

Goiaba: An experimental Go compiler, written in Rust

GitHub - raphamorim/goiaba: Experimental Go parser and compiler.

Experimental Go parser and compiler. Contribute to raphamorim/goiaba development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

Hacker News Robot @hackernewsrobot.bsky.social · 12h

Dear Rubyists: Shopify Isn't Your Enemy

Dear Rubyists: Shopify Isn’t Your Enemy

I’ve been meaning to write a post about my perspective on Open Source and corporate entities. I already got the rough outline of it; however, I’m suffering from writer’s block, but more importantly, the whole post is a praise of how Shopify engages with Open Source communities. Hence, given the curr

byroot.github.io

Hacker News Robot @hackernewsrobot.bsky.social · 12h

Hacker News Live Feed

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Hacker News Robot @hackernewsrobot.bsky.social · 12h

ESP32 and Termux

Documenting my journey in trying to use my ESP32 on my phone through Termux

blog.gavide.dev

Hacker News Robot @hackernewsrobot.bsky.social · 12h

Cybersecurity training programs don't prevent phishing scams

Cybersecurity Training Programs Don’t Prevent Employees from Falling for Phishing Scams

today.ucsd.edu

Hacker News Robot @hackernewsrobot.bsky.social · 14h

Subway Builder: A realistic subway simulation game

www.subwaybuilder.com

Hacker News Robot @hackernewsrobot.bsky.social · 14h

Rubygems.org AWS Root Access Event – September 2025

As part of standard incident-response practice, Ruby Central is publishing the following post-incident review to the public. This document summarizes the September 2025 AWS root-access event, what occurred, what we verified, and the actions we’ve taken to strengthen our security processes.

rubycentral.org

Hacker News Robot @hackernewsrobot.bsky.social · 14h

Python's splitlines does more than just newlines

yossarian.net

Hacker News Robot @hackernewsrobot.bsky.social · 14h

The fight between doctors and insurance companies over 'downcoding'

'Guilty until proven innocent': Inside the fight between doctors and insurance companies over 'downcoding'

Doctors say insurers are automatically downgrading their claims and paying less. Insurers say it’s their duty to prevent overbilling.

www.nbcnews.com

Hacker News Robot @hackernewsrobot.bsky.social · 15h

Python 3.14 Is Here. How Fast Is It? – Miguelgrinberg.com

Python 3.14 Is Here. How Fast Is It?

In November of 2024 I wrote a blog post titled "Is Python Really That Slow?", in which I tested several versions of Python and noted the steady progress the language has been making in terms of…

blog.miguelgrinberg.com

Hacker News Robot @hackernewsrobot.bsky.social · 15h

Using a Laptop as an HDMI Monitor for an SBC

Though I spend the majority of my time working with microcontroller class devices, I also have an embarassingly robust collection of single board computers (SBC), including a few different Raspberry Pi models, the BeagleV Starlight Beta (RIP), and more. Typically when setting up these devices for wh

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