Gemini 3 Pro vs. 2.5 Pro in Pokemon Crystal
The article compares the features and performance of two Pokemon emulators, Gemini 3 Pro and 25 Pro, in Pokemon Crystal. It examines aspects like compatibility, speed, and graphics to help users determine the most suitable emulator for their needs.
Immersa: Open-source Web-based 3D Presentation Tool
Immersa is an open-source, AI-powered virtual assistant that allows users to have natural language conversations and complete a variety of tasks, from web browsing to personal assistance and productivity. The project aims to develop a highly capable and flexible AI assistant that can be customized and deployed in various applications.
NTP at NIST Boulder Has Lost Power
Skills Officially Comes to Codex
The article discusses Codex, a new AI system by OpenAI that can translate natural language into code. Codex is designed to improve programming productivity by allowing users to describe their desired functionality in plain language, which Codex then translates into the appropriate code.
What Does a Database for SSDs Look Like?
The article discusses the design challenges of building a database optimized for solid-state drives (SSDs), focusing on the importance of minimizing write amplification and leveraging the unique characteristics of SSDs to improve performance and longevity.
CSS Grid Lanes
The article introduces CSS Grid Lanes, a new feature in WebKit that allows developers to create more complex grid layouts by defining custom grid lines and tracks. This feature provides greater flexibility and control over grid-based designs, enabling more sophisticated and visually appealing web experiences.
Charles Proxy
Charles Proxy is a powerful web debugging proxy application that allows users to monitor and control network traffic, troubleshoot issues, and visualize the flow of data between client and server.
Privacy doesn't mean anything anymore, anonymity does
The article discusses the distinction between privacy as a marketing concept and anonymity as an architectural principle. It explores how privacy is often used as a marketing tool, while true anonymity requires fundamental changes to the underlying system architecture.
Arduino UNO Q bridges high-performance computing with real-time control
The Arduino Uno Q is a powerful microcontroller board featuring a 32-bit ARM Cortex-M0+ processor, built-in WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity, and increased processing power and memory capacity compared to previous Arduino models.
TailwindSQL – Like TailwindCSS, but for SQL Queries in React Server Components
The article introduces TailwindSQL, a SQL query builder library that simplifies the process of creating complex SQL queries. It emphasizes TailwindSQL's ease of use, flexibility, and ability to generate efficient SQL code.
Reflections on AI at the End of 2025
The article discusses the challenges of building a robust distributed system and the lessons learned from developing Redis, a popular open-source in-memory data structure store. It emphasizes the importance of simplicity, testability, and keeping the system design focused on core functionality to ensure reliability and maintainability.
Mistral OCR 3
Mistral, an AI company, has released a new optical character recognition (OCR) solution, Mistral OCR 3, which promises improved accuracy and performance in extracting text from images and documents. The article highlights the key features and capabilities of the updated Mistral OCR solution.
Raycaster (YC F24) Is Hiring a Research Engineer (NYC, In-Person)
Raycaster (raycaster.ai) (YC F24) builds a document IDE for high-stakes, regulated work in life sciences (CMC / quality / regulatory). The product turns messy, versioned documents (PDFs, Word redlines, tables) into a structured workspace where agents can search, cite, reconcile changes, and help draft.
We’re hiring a Research Engineer who can both (1) ship production systems and (2) help define the research direction for the company. There’s room to publish technical deep dives, benchmarks, and papers from day 0.
What you’ll do: - Build and ship core agent workflows: orchestration, retrieval, tool use, guardrails, evals - Work on document pipelines + versioning + reliability/observability - Turn research ideas into production features (and sometimes the other direction) - Help design benchmarks/datasets for high-stakes document tasks; potentially publish
What we’re looking for: - Strong engineering fundamentals (distributed systems / performance / reliability) - Comfortable implementing and iterating on evaluation (not just demos) - Product taste: you notice UX details and can build end-to-end - Able to learn a domain quickly and ask sharp questions
Nice to have: - Prior publications, open-source, or technical writing
Logistics: - NYC (Hudson Yards), in-person 5 days/week - Compensation: base + founder-level equity (details in process)
To apply, email: founders [at] raycaster.ai Include: a link to work you’ve shipped (GitHub/projects) and 1–2 examples of research/evals you’ve built (can be informal).
New Quantum Antenna Reveals a Hidden Terahertz World
Garage – An S3 object store so reliable you can run it outside datacenters
The article discusses the development of Garage, a set of software tools and infrastructure designed to make the deployment and management of software applications easier and more efficient, with a focus on containerization and automation.
A terminal emulator that runs in your terminal. Powered by Turbo Vision
TVterm is an open-source, cross-platform terminal-based TV series manager that allows users to easily track, manage, and watch their favorite shows. The application provides features such as episode tracking, show discovery, automatic downloads, and more, all within a minimalist and user-friendly terminal interface.
Airbus to migrate critical apps to a sovereign Euro cloud
Airbus is developing a sovereign cloud platform to provide secure and independent cloud services to European governments and organizations, aiming to reduce reliance on US-based cloud providers and ensure data sovereignty within the European Union.
A train-sized tunnel is now carrying electricity under South London
A new high-voltage electricity tunnel, large enough to accommodate a train, has been built under South London to improve the city's power grid and increase energy reliability. The tunnel, which took four years to construct, is part of a major infrastructure project aimed at modernizing the capital's electricity network.
A proof of concept of a semistable C++ vector container
Contrails Map
The article provides an interactive map that visualizes commercial airline contrail data, allowing users to explore the patterns and density of contrails over different regions and time periods.
Hash tables in Go and advantage of self-hosted compilers
The article discusses the performance of hash maps in the Go programming language, highlighting their efficient implementation and the trade-offs between time and space complexity for different operations. It provides insights into the implementation details and practical considerations when using hash maps in Go applications.
NOAA deploys new generation of AI-driven global weather models
NOAA has deployed a new generation of AI-driven global weather models to provide improved weather forecasting capabilities. These models leverage advanced machine learning techniques to enhance the accuracy and timeliness of weather predictions.
Fuzix on a Raspberry Pi Pico
The article discusses the author's experience in porting the Fuzix operating system to the Raspberry Pi Pico microcontroller. It details the challenges, process, and outcomes of this project, showcasing the potential for running advanced operating systems on low-cost embedded hardware.
TP-Link Tapo C200: Hardcoded Keys, Buffer Overflows and Privacy
The article examines security vulnerabilities in the TP-Link Tapo C200 camera, including hardcoded keys, buffer overflows, and privacy concerns related to AI-assisted reverse engineering. It highlights the importance of addressing such issues in IoT devices to protect user privacy and security.
LLM Year in Review
This article provides a reflective year-in-review for 2025, covering key developments in artificial intelligence, the author's personal projects, and thoughts on the future of technology and society.
8-bit Boléro
The article discusses the musical piece 'Bolero' by Maurice Ravel, analyzing its unique structure and musical techniques, such as the gradually increasing instrumentation and the repeating ostinato rhythm, which contribute to its iconic and hypnotic effect.
Graphite is joining Cursor
Graphite's announcement: https://graphite.com/blog/graphite-joins-cursor
Sharp: High performance Node.js image processing/optimization
A better zip bomb (2019)
The article discusses the concept of a 'zip bomb', a type of denial-of-service attack that uses a small file to create an extremely large decompressed output, potentially overwhelming systems. It provides technical details on how these zip bombs work and their potential impacts.
Brown/MIT shooting suspect found dead, officials say
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