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121. Claude Advanced Tool Use
Claude can now discover, learn, and execute tools dynamically to enable agents that take action in the real world. Here’s how.
122. The Bitter Lesson of LLM Extensions
From ChatGPT Plugins to Agent Skills, a look at how we've been trying (and failing) to extend LLMs for the last three years.
123. Notes on the Troubleshooting and Repair of Computer and Video Monitors
124. Fifty Shades of OOP
This post talks about the many different aspects under the umbrella term OOP
125. A million ways to die from a data race in Go
126. In 1982, a physics joke gone wrong sparked the invention of the emoticon
A simple proposal on a 1982 electronic bulletin board helped sarcasm flourish online.
127. Nearby peer discovery without GPS using environmental fingerprints
I propose a peer discovery technique to detect nearby devices by comparing similarity in their observed environments, such as WiFi or Bluetooth networks. Using locality-sensitive hashing and private set intersection, peers can compare their environments without disclosing the full details. With sufficient similarity between environments, peers can conclude they are near each other.
128. The Bughouse Effect
129. Has the bailout of generative AI begun?
Or is pouring a pile of government money in just a coincidence?
130. Downsampling: Largest-Triangle-Three-Buckets and the Fourier Transform
131. Inflatable Space Stations
If we ever want to live in space, we need to work out a way of creating artificial gravity.
132. Using an Array of Needles to Create Solid Knitted Shapes
133. The Tesla Model Y Just Scored the Worst Reliability Rating in a Decade
134. Unison 1.0 Release
After years of engineering, design, and community collaboration, we're excited to release Unison 1.0. This version delivers a refined programming workflow and a mature toolchain. Join us as we celebrate this milestone and look ahead to the future of Unison.
135. OpenAI needs to raise at least $207B by 2030 so it can continue to lose money
136. What They Don't Tell You About Maintaining an Open Source Project
i built kaneo.app - an open source, self-hosted kanban board. turns out shipping code is the easy part. here's what maintaining it actually looks like.
137. Design Follows Data Structures
Performance concerns can motivate different choices for data representation, but changing representations can be extremely invasive, and OO is often of littl...
138. Set Theory with Types
139. Most Stable Raspberry Pi? 81% Better NTP with Thermal Management
140. Serflings is a remake of The Settlers 1
141. Don't be a scary old guy: My 40s survival strategy with charm
142. Bad UX World Cup 2025
Build a bad date picker and win a shit trophy! Presented by Nordcraft.
143. PS5 now costs less than 64GB of DDR5 memory. RAM jumps to $600 due to shortage
If you've been eyeying a memory upgrade, forget about it. You can literally get an entire console for the price of a high-end 64 GB DDR5 kit, and the best part is that experts speculate this inflated pricing to only go up in the coming months.
144. Three Years from GPT-3 to Gemini 3
From chatbots to agents
145. Docker Superpowers You Forget to Use
Ten field-tested Docker techniques - from BuildKit secrets to Compose profiles - that quietly reduce image size, harden workloads, and save developer hours.
146. An Economy of AI Agents
Abstract page for arXiv paper 2509.01063: An Economy of AI Agents
147. A time-travelling door bug in Half Life 2
Attached: 1 image Recent discussion about the perils of doors in gamedev reminded me of a bug caused by a door in a game you may have heard of called "Half Life 2". Are you sitting comfortably? Then I shall begin.
148. Secrets in unlisted GitHub gists are now reported to secret scanning partners
149. Is DWPD Still a Useful SSD Spec?
Once a trusted benchmark for SSD endurance, DWPD now shows its limits. This article breaks down how manufacturers define it, what it misses, and smarter ways to evaluate drive lifespan.
150. The Untold Story of Charlie Munger's Final Years