Response to Ruby Is Not a Serious Programming Language
The question Sheon Han poses — “Is Ruby a serious programming language?” — says a lot about what someone thinks programming is supposed to feel like. For some folks, if a tool feels good to use… that must mean it isn’t “serious.” Ruby never agreed to that definition. If it did, I missed the memo. […]
After 40 years of adventure games, Ron Gilbert pivots to outrunning Death
If you know the name Ron Gilbert, it’s probably for his decades of work on classic point-and-click adventure games like Maniac Mansion, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, the Monkey Island series, and Thimbleweed Park. Given that pedigree, October’s release of the Gilbert-designed Death by Scrolling—a rogue-lite action-survival pseudo-shoot-em-up—might have come as a bit of […]
Better Auth (YC X25) Is Hiring
About us We’re a small, fast-moving team on a mission to make high-quality authentication something every developer can own. Better Auth is one of the fastest-growing auth solutions in the world. We serve 10M+ downloads a month across our frameworks, and our OSS projects – Better Auth (23.5k⭐) and NextAuth/Auth.js (27k⭐) are two of the […]
A New AI Winter Is Coming
Like many people, I got pretty excited when it was discovered that the transformer neural network architecture appeared to break through many years of stagnation in AI research. Chatbots suddenly had emergent capabilities, derived almost entirely from unstructured, unsupervised learning, far surpassing older technologies. My first experiences were with unreleased models, pre-ChatGPT, and I was […]
Boston’s subway system replacing 1890s-era wooden catenary system
Service changes are taking place in December to support Orange Line signal modernization and the replacement of overhead wire troughs on the Green Line. The MBTA today announced service changes in December on the Orange and Green lines. Riders can find more information on service changes through in-station signage, in-station public announcements, and at […]
Contextualization Machines
Contextualization Machines ~/ ~/blog ~/projects ~/bookmarks Contextualization Machines March 10, 2025 Introduction This post is meant to be an illustration of my mental model of a transformer, a sort of synthesis of a bunch of thoughts and ideas I’ve had over the past few months. It assumes knowledge on what a transformer architecture is. I […]
ImAnim: Modern animation capabilities to ImGui applications
Animation Engine for Dear ImGui ImAnim brings modern animation capabilities to ImGui applications. Write smooth, UI animations with minimal code. // Animate anything in one line float alpha = iam_tween_float(id, channel, hovered ? 1.0f : 0.5f, 0.3f, ease, policy, dt); Why ImAnim? Immediate-mode friendly – Works naturally with ImGui’s paradigm Zero dependencies – Only requires […]
Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (December 2025)
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Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2025)
The Boeing Company | Berkeley, MO | Digital Transformation Architect | Onsite | Full-time We’re modernizing a major aerospace/defense program and need a senior architect to lead the digital transformation: cloud migration, DevOps, CI/CD, IaC, Kubernetes, automation, the works. High autonomy, big scope in the Air Dominance division of Boeing Defense, Space & Security. You’ll […]
DeepSeek-v3.2: Pushing the frontier of open large language models [pdf]
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