Child prodigies rarely become elite performers

N started playing tennis at 4, moved to Germany at 12, and won his first major at 20. He now has 23 majors and has spent the most time ranked number one in the world.

Voxtral Transcribe 2

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Voxtral Transcribe 2 includes two models: Voxtral Mini Transcribe V2 for batch transcription and Voxtral Realtime for live applications with ultra-low latency. Both models offer state-of-the-art transcription quality, diarization, and support for 13 languages.

Postgres Postmaster does not scale

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Recall.ai's unusual workload of processing millions of meetings led to a bottleneck in their Postgres database due to the single-threaded main loop in the postmaster process. The team discovered that adding additional postmasters on the same host can linearly increase connection throughput, revealing an artificial constraint that has warped the shape of the developer ecosystem around it.

Sqldef: Idempotent schema management tool for MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite

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sqldef is a CLI tool for diffing two SQL schemas. You can use it to manage the migration of RDBMSs using regular SQL DDLs. The online demo uses the WebAssembly build of sqldef to diff two SQL schemas and generate DDLs.

OpenClaw is what Apple intelligence should have been

Apple missed an opportunity to own the AI agent layer by not building an agentic AI that automates tasks on Macs, instead letting third-party projects like OpenClaw do it. This decision may cost Apple future platform revenue and a potential trillion-dollar moat.

Claude Code: connect to a local model when your quota runs out

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To avoid Anthropic quota limits, use a local open source model like GLM-4.7-Flash from Z.AI or Qwen3-Coder-Next in LM Studio. Connect Claude Code to LM Studio by following the instructions and setting environment variables.

Why More Companies Are Recognizing the Benefits of Keeping Older Employees

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Companies are beginning to recognize the value of older workers, with studies showing that they can improve productivity, reduce turnover, and increase profits, but many organizations still design careers to push people out early. To adapt to aging populations and retain experienced talent, companies should map their age profile, redesign roles and career paths, and invest in mid- and ...

AI is killing B2B SaaS

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SaaS companies are facing an existential threat from agentic AI, also known as vibe coding, which allows customers to build custom tools and apps. To survive, SaaS companies must evolve into platforms that let customers build on top of them.

Remarkable Pro Colors

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The user purchased a Remarkable Pro to use alongside their Remarkable 2 for reading and writing, but was disappointed with the pen precision and pressure curve. They created a color profile to improve color accuracy on the Pro.

Claude Code for Infrastructure

Ansible Playbook: httpd-setup

Building a 24-bit arcade CRT display adapter from scratch

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The user built a custom CRT display adapter to connect a Raspberry Pi to a vintage arcade machine's CRT display, and later decided to use a STM32 microcontroller to improve the display's resolution and color depth. After several iterations of design and testing, the user successfully created a USB display adapter that can output 24-bit color at 60 Hz to the CRT display, greatly improving the ...

A case study in PDF forensics: The Epstein PDFs

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The US Department of Justice released a new dataset of 10,593 PDF files under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which were analyzed for technical aspects such as PDF syntax, malformations, and redaction effectiveness. The analysis found that while the DoJ correctly redacted the EFTA PDFs in Datasets 01-07, some PDFs in the new dataset contain incorrect and ineffective redactions, and the ...

Microsoft's Copilot chatbot is running into problems

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Lily Programming Language

This code defines a Reverse Polish Notation (RPN) parser that evaluates mathematical expressions. It uses a stack to store operands and performs operations based on the input string.

How not to securely erase a NVME drive (2022)

User had issues securely erasing a Samsung PM961 NVMe SSD using various methods, including shred, blkdiscard, and nvme-cli, due to a USB to NVMe converter limitation. They tried multiple alternatives, including Lenovo EFI and firmware updates, but none worked.

Show HN: Bunqueue – Job queue for Bun using SQLite instead of Redis

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Bunqueue is a Redis alternative for single-node deployments, offering persistence and queue features without operational overhead. It uses SQLite with WAL mode for high throughput, up to 286K ops/sec.

Tractor

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The user built an electric tractor for children, powered by a 350W DC motor and a 36v Li-ion ebike battery, with adjustable seat and cable-operated disc brake. The tractor has poor handling characteristics for adults but is suitable for small children, and the user encountered various challenges during its construction.

Attention at Constant Cost per Token via Symmetry-Aware Taylor Approximation

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Researchers improved self-attention in AI models to reduce costs and energy demands. Their efficient formulation enables unbounded token generation at a fixed cost, reducing infrastructure and energy needs.

Listen to Understand

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You discussed how you used to respond to your girlfriend's problems by talking about yourself or giving advice, but then you found a new approach by actively listening to understand her. This approach helped you connect with her on a deeper level and made her feel safe to share her thoughts and feelings.

A sane but bull case on Clawdbot / OpenClaw

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The user has been experimenting with OpenClaw (ClawDBot) and found it to be incredibly helpful in automating various tasks, such as calendar organization, text message summarization, and price tracking, and has given it access to sensitive information like bank accounts and 2FA codes. Despite the risks, the user believes that the benefits of using ClawDBot outweigh the risks and has found ...

As Rocks May Think

The author discusses the rapid advancements in AI, particularly in reasoning and logic, and how it is transforming various fields such as science, engineering, and even warfare. The author predicts that automated thinking will create a massive demand for inference compute, potentially rivaling the electricity consumption of air conditioning, and that this will have significant implications ...

Claude is a space to think

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Claude will remain ad-free to maintain its integrity as a genuinely helpful assistant for work and deep thinking. This choice aligns with Claude's Constitution, prioritizing users' interests over potential revenue from advertising.

Converge (YC S23) Is Hiring Product Engineers (NYC, In-Person)

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Converge is a consumer brand growth platform with 200+ clients, seeking engineers to ship end-to-end product and work directly with customers.

Coding Agent VMs on NixOS with Microvm.nix

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The user wants to safely run coding agents without access to personal files by using ephemeral Virtual Machines (VMs) on NixOS. They use the microvm.nix project to create VMs with no persistent data, accessible through SSH.

Show HN: Morph – Videos of AI testing your PR, embedded in GitHub

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Glance automatically tests UI changes in PRs with video recordings and error logs. It integrates with GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, and other CI environments for seamless testing.

A real-world benchmark for AI code review

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Qodo's code review benchmark evaluates AI-powered code review systems, focusing on code correctness and quality. Qodo outperforms 7 other leading AI code review platforms with an F1 score of 60.1%.

RS-SDK: Drive RuneScape with Claude Code

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RS-SDK is a research-oriented starter kit for RuneScape-style bots with a TypeScript SDK, agent documentation, and a server emulator. It allows automating game tasks, leveling accounts, and experimenting with agentic development techniques in a safe, bot-only setting.

Data Poems

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Short stories I tried to tell with numbers.

Steam Hardware: Launch timing and other FAQs

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The SUPPORT sign has multiple language options for users to report translation problems. Users can select their preferred language to report issues.

Arcan-A12: Weaving a Different Web

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The article discusses the concept of a decentralized web, drawing inspiration from Bulletin Board Systems (BBS) and the need for a more personal and interactive web experience. It introduces the A12 protocol, which enables a "one desktop, many devices" approach, allowing for seamless composition of interactive media sources and sinks over a network.