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A website for debloated open source alternatives
open-source replacements for bloated vendor software
open-source replacements for bloated vendor software Source: debloat.dev (272 points, 91 comments) Hacker News discussion
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Why Sal Khan't: On Learning by Making but Teaching by Telling
Two pieces crossed my feed recently, both about Sal Khan and the AI tutoring revolution that wasn’t. The first was Matt Barnum’s reported piece in Chalkbeat, where Khan himself acknowledged that…
Two pieces crossed my feed recently, both about Sal Khan and the AI tutoring revolution that wasn’t. The first was Matt Barnum’s reported piece in Chalkbeat, where Khan himself acknowledged that… Source: punyamishra.com (142 points, 88 comments) Hacker...
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My favorite nonfiction books about cults, scams, and schemes
Emily Paulson wrote Hey, Hun. These are their favorite books on nonfiction about cults, scams, and schemes.
Emily Paulson wrote Hey, Hun. These are their favorite books on nonfiction about cults, scams, and schemes. Source: bookdna.com (201 points, 68 comments) Hacker News discussion
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Implementation of GPT-2 in pure CMake
Implementation of the GPT-2 model in pure CMake.
Implementation of the GPT-2 model in pure CMake. Source: github.com/alpindale (38 points, 11 comments) Hacker News discussion
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Malware infects Android-based automotive head unit firmware
Kaspersky expert has discovered new Android malware designed to serve ads and build a proxy botnet. It's delivered through legitimate software for DoFun head units.
Kaspersky expert has discovered new Android malware designed to serve ads and build a proxy botnet. It's delivered through legitimate software for DoFun head units. Source: securelist.com (215 points, 107 comments) Hacker News discussion
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How Complex Systems Fail (1998)
(Being a Short Treatise on the Nature of Failure; How Failure is Evaluated; How Failure is Attributed to Proximate Cause; and the Resulting New Understanding of Patient Safety)
(Being a Short Treatise on the Nature of Failure; How Failure is Evaluated; How Failure is Attributed to Proximate Cause; and the Resulting New Understanding of Patient Safety) Source: complexsystems.fail (249 points, 62 comments) Hacker News discussion
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What Is a Harness?
An agent harness is a piece of software that provides an environment for an AI model to operate within.
An agent harness is a piece of software that provides an environment for an AI model to operate within. Source: earendil.com (319 points, 137 comments) Hacker News discussion
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My agent.md to improve LLM-assisted code quality
The first time I tried to use an LLM to speed up coding was in mid-2025. I was not impressed. I was working on libadbmdns back then, an mDNS implementation in Rust. The code produced would not even compile.
The first time I tried to use an LLM to speed up coding was in mid-2025. I was not impressed. I was working on libadbmdns back then, an mDNS implementation in Rust. The code produced would not even compile. Source: fabiensanglard.net (178 points...
