Why I Am a Programmer

Overgrown, when plants invade your abandoned tabs

A fun little project that came out of a creative exercise around the word 'Overgrowth'.

Eunice is almost here

Active incident at Dreamhost forcing password reset

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The State of Context Engineering

As models improve, they bring surprising challenges for those building apps and harnesses. How context engineering has changed this year, and where it’s headed.

What goes into making an animated film?

From sequence to shot to frame, explore our studio pipeline.

A 10-year-old CNN outperforms frontier LLMs for skin cancer diagnosis

I am a dermatologist. I tested the ability of GPT-6 Astra and Claude Fable 5.1 to diagnosis skin cancer and found that they were less accurate than I expected. I compared to a 10-year old CNN and to my surprise found that this was superior.

We should be more ambitious with the software we build

Show HN: Hurston-1 open source TTS that speak Southern American and Afro-English

We’re on a journey to advance and democratize artificial intelligence through open source and open science.

I refuse to accept a censored Internet. Join Me at FOSDEM 27

AI use leads UC Berkeley math professor to see 'no point' in grading homework

Richard Borcherds, a UC Berkeley professor and Fields medalist, no longer grades his students’ homework. After seeing how many of his students used AI to consistently receive top scores, he,<p>Richard Borcherds, a UC Berkeley professor and Fields medalist, no longer grades his students’ homework. After seeing how many of his students used AI to consistently receive top scores, he felt there was “no point” in paying readers to grade for correctness in homework, as AI use is now unavoidable.</p>

The U.S. Power Grid

An interactive 3D model of the U.S. power grid: generation, transformers and transmission, frequency and inertia, electricity markets, AC-DC-AC ties, black start, and replays of real grid emergencies.

Oregon Police Are Charging a Local News Outlet $2.5M for Records About One Cop

Eugene-based Double Sided Media requested police officer Justin Peckels’s records. The city slapped the publication with an exorbitant fee.

Dolly Parton's Imagination Library

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free books to children from birth until they begin school in participating areas.

Gheist campaign plants secret-dumping workflows using stolen GitHub tokens

An automated campaign is planting secret-dumping workflows in every repository that stolen GitHub tokens can reach. It uses no C2 server, is actively evolving, and has been significantly disrupted by recent GitHub security improvements.

JetBrains Thinkrail

Vibe code with pi in a lightweight, real IDE that customises itself around the way you work — The Vibe You Need - JetBrains/thinkrail

Recreate the Apollo Guidance Computer

Commercial aircraft avionics engineer Michael Newton built an accurate Apollo DSKY replica using modern technology and techniques.

UTS #39: Unicode Security Mechanisms

Where the Romans Fought (interactive map)

Every named land and sea battle of the Romans, 753 BCE to 1475 CE: 1,709 battles on an interactive map by period and year, the Roman win-draw-loss record by opponent, state and period, and the full list with sources, doubts and the composition of the Roman armies.

VCF Southwest 2026, but Edited on Silicon Graphics for '90s TV [video]

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.