Using AI to write better code more slowly

102 signa11 2026-05-25 23:24:09 UTC nolanlawson.com Llama Share 31

The author argues that LLMs can be used to write high-quality code more slowly, rather than just spewing out low-quality code quickly. They use a combination of models to find and prioritize bugs in code, resulting in more careful and methodical coding.

Norway's 2 petabytes of Huawei flash storage and LLM training

152 rbanffy 2026-05-25 20:24:09 UTC blocksandfiles.com Llama Share 73

Norway's National Library is developing a sovereign AI model trained in Norwegian language using 2 PB of Huawei storage. The project aims to create a locally trained AI that understands Norway's history, news, and culture, which a globally trained English-speaking AI would not know.

Taking a walk may lead to more creativity than sitting, study finds (2014)

40 bilsbie 2026-05-25 23:24:09 UTC apa.org Llama Share 21

Walking improves creative thinking by 81-100% compared to sitting. Regular walking can temporarily boost free-flowing thoughts and creativity without requiring intense exercise.

Exit IP VPN servers mitigation rollout

260 Cider9986 2026-05-25 18:24:09 UTC mullvad.net Full Share 41

Below are the servers with the new mitigation applied.

California moves to exempt Linux from its age-verification law after backlash

631 rbanffy 2026-05-25 18:24:09 UTC tomshardware.com Llama Share 272

California lawmakers may exempt most open-source operating systems from age-verification requirements. The proposed amendment would exclude software distributed under open-source licenses from the Digital Age Assurance Act.

How Shamir's Secret Sharing Works

22 subract 2026-05-25 23:24:09 UTC ente.com Llama Share 3

A company uses Adi Shamir's 1979 secret sharing scheme to split a secret into pieces, where any smaller number reveals nothing, but any required number can recover it. This scheme hides the secret behind random coefficients, making too few shares contain no information about the secret.

Show HN: Write your BPF programs in Go, not C

57 boratanrikulu 2026-05-25 20:24:09 UTC github.com/boratanrikulu Llama Share 28

gobee is a Go tool that transpiles a subset of Go into BPF C, generating typed Go bindings for the userspace side and gating loads against the running kernel. It reuses clang's mature BPF backend for codegen, BTF, and CO-RE relocations.

Hacker News front page as a site

107 thatxliner 2026-05-25 20:24:09 UTC thefrontpage.dev Llama Share 41

The article discusses various topics including Mullvad's solutions, gobee, Riscrithm, HetznerCloud, Gnutella, film reviewer A.S. Hamrah, and more, highlighting technical approaches and innovations in data integrity, AI, and software development. It also covers news on Microsoft, Firefox, NordVPN, DeepSeek API, scams, and other topics related to technology, security, and innovation.

CVE-2026-28952: Apple macOS 26.5 Kernel Vuln found by Claude

54 dragonsenseiguy 2026-05-26 00:24:09 UTC support.apple.com Llama Share 17

Apple doesn't disclose security issues until patches are available. Recent releases are listed on the Apple security releases page.

Magnifica Humanitas

1327 theletterf 2026-05-25 10:24:09 UTC vatican.va Llama Share 746

The Church calls for a shared discernment process to navigate the challenges of emerging technologies and build a more just world. Christians must choose between constructing a Tower of Babel or rebuilding Jerusalem, prioritizing human dignity and communion over profit and self-sufficiency.

Toshifumi Suzuki, founder of Seven-Eleven Japan, has died

115 L_Rahman 2026-05-25 16:24:09 UTC referenceforbusiness.com Llama Share 50

Toshifumi Suzuki revolutionized Japan's retail sector by introducing franchising and transforming the convenience store industry with Seven-Eleven Japan. He implemented innovative data systems and streamlined distribution, improving productivity and profitability.

Microsoft Copilot Cowork Exfiltrates Files

180 Kneenex 2026-05-25 22:24:09 UTC promptarmor.com Llama Share 37

Microsoft Copilot Cowork is vulnerable to file exfiltration attacks via indirect prompt injection due to insecure automatic action approvals. This allows attackers to exfiltrate files by sending emails and Teams messages that trigger network requests when opened.

Squares in Squares

13 carlos-menezes 2026-05-25 23:24:09 UTC kingbird.myphotos.cc GoogleT5 Share 1

10 $s = 3 + 1over 2sqrt 2 =nn3.70710678118654$found by frits göbel in early 1979.proved by walter stromquist in 2003.explore group 11 $a = 0 = $n - 3.87708359002281 $rigid. 55 $d = 7.0077100750391$

Show HN: OpenBrief – Local-first video downloader/summarizer

22 tantara 2026-05-25 22:24:09 UTC github.com/tantara Llama Share 2

OpenBrief is a Tauri desktop app that imports media, extracts transcripts, and generates summaries. It supports local files, URLs, and exports reusable notes in a searchable library.

Jensen–Shannon Divergence

74 teleforce 2026-05-25 18:24:09 UTC en.wikipedia.org Llama Share 12

The Jensen-Shannon divergence is a method of measuring the similarity between two probability distributions, based on the Kullback-Leibler divergence, and is symmetric and always has a finite value. It is bounded by 0 and 1 for two discrete probability distributions.

C extensions, portability, and alternative compilers

138 xngbuilds 2026-05-25 14:24:09 UTC lemon.rip Llama Share 48

C code often relies on non-standard behaviors and language extensions to work around bugs and gaps in different compilers and libraries. Many codebases attempt to support various environments through preprocessor checks and guards, but these attempts are often finicky or broken.

Riscrithm – An intuitive RISC-V assembler and optimizer coded in Go

23 patrick-ghetea 2026-05-25 21:24:09 UTC github.com/ghetea-patrick Llama Share 1

Riscrithm is a high-level macro-assembly dialect that compiles to pure RISC-V assembly, offering a bridge between readability and raw hardware control. The compiler operates on a two-pass system, sanitizing and optimizing code before generating human-readable assembly files.

The Lottery – Shirley Jackson (1948)

5 jxmorris12 2026-05-26 00:24:09 UTC newyorker.com Prefix Share 1

The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full-summer day; the flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass was richly green. The people of the village began to gather in the square, between the post office and the bank, around ten o’clock; in some towns there were so many people that the lottery took two days and had to be started on June 26th, but in this ...

Yoti age checks share facial photos and device fingerprints with third parties

106 Lihh27 2026-05-25 21:24:09 UTC techxplore.com Full Share 23

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Weave (YC W25) is hiring ML, AI, product, & design engineers

0 2026-05-25 18:24:09 UTC jobs.ashbyhq.com Full Share

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Everyone Against Us (2023)

53 NaOH 2026-05-25 17:24:09 UTC chicagomag.com Llama Share 8

A former Cook County public defender, Allen Goodman, describes the injustices he witnessed in the US justice system. He worked in the Cook County public defender's office from 1996 to 2004, handling cases from Chicago's North and West Sides.

The Skeuomorphism Nobody Talks About [video]

16 zdw 2026-05-25 21:24:09 UTC youtube.com Embed Share 4

Gnutella: A Protocol Outliving the World That Created It

208 rickcarlino 2026-05-25 08:24:09 UTC rickcarlino.com Llama Share 67

Gnutella is a decentralized file-sharing protocol that scaled to millions of users in the early 2000s, but its popularity declined as the internet and user behavior changed. Despite being largely forgotten, Gnutella remains operational today, thanks to its robust design and ability to adapt to new technologies and challenges.

IBM Spins Off the First Pure-Play Quantum Chip Foundry

142 rbanffy 2026-05-25 10:24:09 UTC futurumgroup.com Llama Share 60

IBM's Anderon foundry receives $1 billion in CHIPS incentives to establish a 300mm quantum wafer fabrication facility. The funding structure creates a two-tier quantum ecosystem, favoring superconducting silicon architectures over competing modalities.

Launch HN: Chert (YC P26) – Twilio for iMessage

50 garygao 2026-05-25 15:24:09 UTC trychert.com Llama Share 178

Twilio's Chert delivers peer-to-peer iMessage threads with blue bubbles, read receipts, and tapbacks, offering higher open and reply rates than A2P SMS. It exposes a REST API and webhooks for integration with CRMs, sales tools, and data stores.

CPPL: A Circuit Prompt Programming Language

33 chrsw 2026-05-25 16:24:09 UTC arxiv.org Llama Share 6

CPPL is a compiler-mediated design framework that uses LLMs for hardware generation, making it statically checkable and reliable. It improves functional correctness and reduces synthesis complexity compared to direct Verilog and CIRCT IR generation.

Netherlands Seizes 800 Servers, Arrests 2 for Aiding Cyberattacks

263 jruohonen 2026-05-25 14:24:09 UTC krebsonsecurity.com Llama Share 69

Dutch authorities arrested two men, Andrey Nesterenko and Youssef Zinad, for violating sanctions law by aiding Russia's cyberattacks. They were arrested for their roles in operating MIRhosting and WorkTitans, which provided infrastructure for pro-Russian cyberattacks.

Tidy PSU – PD-64 C64 PSU Brings USB PD to Commodore 64

9 IronWolve 2026-05-25 20:24:09 UTC theoasisbbs.com Prefix Share 1

Side Project’s Lab returns with the PD-64 C64 PSU, a new video focused on a compact USB PD replacement for the original Commodore 64 PSU. The video explains why the classic brick remains a concern for many owners, then shows how PD-64 supplies the voltages the C64 needs without a bulky external unit. The Commodore 64 needs two separate feeds: 5V DC and 9V AC at 50 or 60 Hz. That AC line ...

Nobody cracks open a programming book anymore

80 zdw 2026-05-25 23:24:09 UTC unix.foo Llama Share 98

The sales of programming books have declined due to the rise of chatbots and AI tools that provide instant answers and explanations. This shift has made the traditional format of programming books, which required readers to type and practice, obsolete.

Agentic Patterns

5 kinlan 2026-05-25 23:24:09 UTC veso.ai Prefix Share 2

Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, Gemini CLI, LangGraph, CrewAI, Google ADK, Amazon Bedrock — built by different companies, in different languages, under different constraints. They converged on the same design. Not because they copied each other. Because the constraints are physics. Finite context windows. Tools that need a protocol. Safety that can’t depend on the model obeying. Tasks too complex ...