FFmpeg 9.0

117 gyan 2026-08-04 09:32:47 UTC github.com/ffmpeg Full Share 9

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LLMs reward expertise

974 MaxMussio 2026-08-03 21:32:47 UTC seangoedecke.com Llama Share 412

Using large language models like LLMs requires domain knowledge to get the most out of them. A skilled prompter like Terence Tao can steer the model with expertise in the domain, but this skill is not easily replicable by following tips.

Bending Spoons makes first post-IPO acquisition with $1.3B Airtable deal

26 riffraff 2026-08-04 09:32:47 UTC live.euronext.com Llama Share 17

Bending Spoons agreed to buy Airtable in an all-cash deal worth $1.285 billion, marking its first acquisition since its Nasdaq debut. The deal values Airtable at $2.25 billion, with the transaction expected to close by the end of the year.

Harness Engineering for Self-Improvement

60 tosh 2026-08-04 06:32:47 UTC lilianweng.github.io Llama Share 7

Harness engineering is a crucial component of recursive self-improvement (RSI) in AI, enabling models to improve their own performance and adapt to new tasks through workflow design, context management, and optimization. Recent research has focused on developing automated design of agentic systems, meta-harnesses, and evolutionary search methods to improve harness engineering, with ...

Show HN: Run an 80B Qwen in 4.3 GB of RAM on a Mac, and a 35B on an iPhone

188 leonickson 2026-08-04 02:32:47 UTC github.com/leonickson1 Llama Share 82

Swiftlet is a Swift + Metal runtime for Qwen3-Next and Qwen3.5/3.6 models, allowing them to run on iPhone with 2.5 GB of RAM. It streams weights from storage and activates only 3B parameters per token.

You don't need React: creating a minimal UI library in Vanilla JavaScript

39 pedro_movai 2026-08-04 08:32:47 UTC pedroth.github.io Full Share 27

DeepSeek V4 Flash on a Single AMD MI300X

4 zhoutong 2026-08-04 10:01:47 UTC github.com/ryanzhou Prefix Share 0

This repository contains the configuration and patches I use to run deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731 on one AMD MI300X in production. It includes the Docker Compose stack, SHA-256-pinned file overlays, reference diffs against upstream, and tuning tables. The checkpoint runs as shipped, without additional weight quantization or offload. ≈ 7.9–8.5K tok/s (6,988–7,019 tok/s on fresh prompts in ...

Ten advances in mathematics and theoretical computer science

542 milkshakes 2026-08-03 16:32:47 UTC openai.com Full Share 833

Devtools must be open source

615 bryanmikaelian 2026-08-03 14:32:47 UTC blog.exe.dev Llama Share 206

Software engineers used to rarely write personal software, but now agents can easily manage customizing software, making it easier to personalize and maintain. Agents can build and manage custom software with minimal programming, allowing for more efficient and flexible use of software.

Amazonian civilization had estimated 3M people in 3% of forest area

156 marojejian 2026-08-04 00:32:47 UTC science.org Full Share 128

The US is not a democracy but an oligarchy, study concludes (2014)

41 giov4 2026-08-04 09:40:47 UTC upi.com Llama Share 14

A new study found that the US government represents the interests of the rich and powerful rather than the majority of citizens. This suggests that democracy in America is threatened as policymaking is dominated by business organizations and affluent Americans.

Archaeologists Find Ancient Glyphs in the Amazon

7 wglb 2026-08-04 08:32:47 UTC nytimes.com Full Share 4

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CollectWise (YC F24) Is Hiring

0 2026-08-04 07:32:47 UTC ycombinator.com Llama Share

CollectWise is a Y Combinator-backed startup using generative AI to automate debt collection. They're hiring an AI Agent Engineer to build voice AI infrastructure and prompting systems to reach $10 million in annual revenue within the next year.

That time when I failed the Microsoft interview

65 wofo 2026-08-04 02:32:47 UTC ochagavia.nl Llama Share 116

The author, a Computer Science student, applied for a Microsoft internship in 2015 after contributing to open source projects. They received a phone interview invitation, prepared using a book on Big Tech interviewing practices, but displayed honesty when unable to solve a brain teaser, which may have affected their chances.

There Will Come Soft Rains (1950) [pdf]

162 pmg101 2026-08-03 23:32:47 UTC users.wpi.edu Full Share 58

Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2026)

179 whoishiring 2026-08-03 22:32:47 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 169

Bucket Robotics: Senior Fullstack Engineer, San Francisco, CA (On-site) - Own massive surface area, build customer-facing app, scale internal tooling, and design data pipelines. Product-minded engineer with systems thinking and curiosity.

Prevent cognitive debt by manually retyping LLM-generated code

488 mpweiher 2026-08-03 10:32:47 UTC ankursethi.com Llama Share 402

The user uses coding assistants to fast-forward through boring parts of projects, but manually types generated code to understand and adapt it, valuing comprehension over productivity. This workflow helps them build a mental model of their codebase and detect potential issues, allowing them to work faster and more efficiently.

Smaller, faster, safer: running Kimi and GLM at scale

221 ascorbic 2026-08-03 17:32:47 UTC blog.cloudflare.com Llama Share 55

Workers AI optimizes large models on GPUs by quantizing the KV cache to FP8, compressing model weights to INT4, and protecting the cache with integrity checks. These techniques enable efficient serving of models like Kimi K-series and GLM with no change in accuracy, supporting more customers at lower costs.

Beauty in my backyard

25 footest 2026-08-04 06:32:47 UTC worksinprogress.co Llama Share 8

The theory that people oppose development due to ugly buildings is not supported by evidence, as many beautiful developments still face opposition, and the timing of zoning restrictions and modernist architecture does not align. Instead, the rise of conservationism and restrictive zoning is likely due to the growing opposition among people who do not live near developments, who are motivated ...

Twenty Years of Pandoc

269 fiddlosopher 2026-08-03 15:32:47 UTC pandoc.org Llama Share 31

John MacFarlane created the document converter pandoc in 2006 using the Haskell programming language, which he chose for its strong type system and clean representation of structured documents. Over the next 20 years, pandoc evolved into a powerful tool supporting 51 input and 76 output formats, with over 600 contributors and a reputation for reliability and determinism, despite the potential ...

Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (August 2026)

119 whoishiring 2026-08-03 21:32:47 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 284

Several professionals with AI, data, and software engineering backgrounds are seeking roles in various locations, including Brazil, Canada, India, Russia, and the US, with expertise in technologies like Python, SQL, Generative AI, LLMs, and Rust. They are looking for opportunities as Senior AI Engineers, Applied AI, Search/Relevance, RAG, Data/AI Lead, and AI Solutions roles, with some open ...

MiniMax H3 Day-0 Support in ComfyUI: Open Weights, Native Audio, and 2K Video

298 vblanco 2026-08-03 14:32:47 UTC blog.comfy.org Llama Share 86

MiniMax H3 is a next-generation open-weights video model that generates 2K video with real stereo sound up to 15 seconds. It combines text, images, video, and audio inputs with a prompt to create a single video clip, reducing five tasks into one model.

Trembling Photons in Non-Abelian Electric Fields

9 bookofjoe 2026-08-04 07:32:47 UTC physics.aps.org Prefix Share 1

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Launch HN: Hoplite (YC S26) – Effortlessly deploy cloud coding agents

72 BenceRed 2026-08-03 18:32:47 UTC hoplite.sh Full Share 59

Effortless cloud coding agents that feel good to use.

Andy Pavlo joins ClickHouse to establish ClickHouse Labs

314 nikolay_sivko 2026-08-03 14:32:47 UTC clickhouse.com Llama Share 67

I'm joining ClickHouse to lead ClickHouse Labs, a research team focused on advancing database technology. Our goal is to conduct impactful research and transform ideas into technology that benefits users, building on ClickHouse's strong foundation and exploring emerging AI and agentic technologies.

Celebrating 45 Years of Kermit with the First New C-Kermit Release in 15 Years

166 roryirvine 2026-08-03 17:32:47 UTC changelog.complete.org Full Share 43

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200 Milliseconds

287 dimitarpanov 2026-08-03 19:32:47 UTC 200ms.thenodebook.com Full Share 87

See what really happens in the ~200ms after you press Enter: a single HTTP request traced in real time through DNS, TCP, TLS, the Linux kernel, Node's event loop, and Postgres — then back to the pixel. Scroll distance equals time.

Windows XP 2002 for the Itanium: Unbridled rage

107 jandeboevrie 2026-08-03 22:32:47 UTC virtuallyfun.com Full Share 60

Replacing the Kobo Libra H2O Battery

78 austinallegro 2026-08-03 20:32:47 UTC ei3lh.eu Llama Share 29

User had a Kobo Libra H2O with a faulty battery, which was difficult to replace due to lack of suitable options. They found a replacement battery on Ali Express and successfully replaced it with a soldering iron and basic tools.

Bonsai: Janestreet's UI Library

357 KolmogorovComp 2026-08-03 10:32:47 UTC github.com/janestreet Llama Share 147

Bonsai is a UI library for building performant, reactive web applications in OCaml, inspired by Elm. It allows for composable state machines and incremental rendering, making it easy to manage state and UI updates.