Launch HN: Onyx (YC W24) – The open-source chat UI
Hey HN, Chris and Yuhong here from Onyx (https://github.com/onyx-dot-app/onyx). We’re building an open-source chat that works with any LLM (proprietary + open weight) and gives these LLMs the tools they need to be useful (RAG, web search, MCP, deep research, memory, etc.). Demo: https://youtu.be/2g4BxTZ9ztg Two years ago, Yuhong and I had the same recurring problem. […]
Apt Rust requirement raises questions
It is rarely newsworthy when a project or package picks up a new dependency. However, changes in a core tool like Debian’s Advanced Package Tool (APT) can have far-reaching effects. For example, Julian Andres Klode’s declaration that APT would require Rust in May 2026 means that a few of Debian’s unofficial ports must either acquire […]
Brain has five ‘eras’ with adult mode not starting until early 30s
Scientists have identified five major “epochs” of human brain development in one of the most comprehensive studies to date of how neural wiring changes from infancy to old age. The study, based on the brain scans of nearly 4,000 people aged under one to 90, mapped neural connections and how they evolve during our lives. […]
Making Crash Bandicoot (2011)
As one of the co-creators of Crash Bandicoot, I have been (slowly) writing a long series of posts on the making of everyone’s favorite orange marsupial. You can find them all below, so enjoy. If you are on mobile and cannot see the grid of posts, click here.
What you can get for the price of a Netflix subscription
A couple of weeks ago, I decided to do away with my Netflix subscription. I simply was barely using it, and whenever I did it was more out of habit than it really being the thing I wanted to do with my time. Sure, there’s still some decent stuff on there, but the vast majority […]
Most Stable Raspberry Pi? 81% Better NTP with Thermal Management
I’ve written before about building microsecond-accurate NTP servers with Raspberry Pi and GPS PPS, and more recently about revisiting the setup in 2025. Both posts focused on the hardware setup and basic configuration to achieve sub-microsecond time synchronization using GPS Pulse Per Second (PPS) signals. But there was a problem. Despite having a stable PPS […]
Human brains are preconfigured with instructions for understanding the world
Press Inquiries Press Contact Key takeaways New findings suggest the brain has preconfigured, structured activity patterns even before sensory experiences occur. UC Santa Cruz researchers used brain organoids to study the brain’s earliest electrical activity. Understanding early brain patterns could have important implications for diagnosing and treating developmental brain disorders. Humans have long wondered when […]
Why I (Still) Love Linux ?
I know, this title might come as a surprise to many. Or perhaps, for those who truly know me, it won’t. I am not a fanboy. The BSDs and the illumos distributions generally follow an approach to design and development that aligns more closely with the way I think, not to mention the wonderful communities […]
Windows GUI – Good, Bad and Pretty Ugly (2023)
Windows launched way back in 1985, when I was still using a Commodore 64 and PCs were all of four years old–barely out of diapers. The GUI or Graphical User Interface, has changed a lot over the years and I thought it might be fun/horrifying to rank every major version of the Windows GUI, from […]
Claude Advanced Tool Use
The future of AI agents is one where models work seamlessly across hundreds or thousands of tools. An IDE assistant that integrates git operations, file manipulation, package managers, testing frameworks, and deployment pipelines. An operations coordinator that connects Slack, GitHub, Google Drive, Jira, company databases, and dozens of MCP servers simultaneously. To build effective agents, […]