Observable Notebooks Data Loaders
Observable Notebooks Data loaders | Observable Data loaders are special cells that run “ahead” at build time via an interpreter, rather than “live” when you view a notebook in the browser. Data loaders are useful for preparing static data, ensuring consistency and stability, and improving performance. Think of data loaders as a generalization of database […]
Bild AI (YC W25) Is Hiring
Puneet and I (Roop) founded Bild AI to tackle the mess that is blueprint reading, cost estimation, and permit applications in construction. It’s a tough technical problem that requires the newest CV and AI approaches, and we’re impact-driven to make it more efficient to build more houses, hospitals, and schools. Featured on Business Insider. You’ll […]
Introduction to GrapheneOS
Written by Solène, on 12 January 2025.Tags: #android #security #privacy This blog post is an introduction to the smartphone and security oriented operating system GrapheneOS. GrapheneOS official project web page Thanks to my patrons support, last week I have been able to replace my 6.5 years old BQ Aquaris X which has been successfully running […]
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I didn’t bring my son to a museum to look at screens
When I was a kid in the ’80s, one of my two favorite places on Earth was The Franklin Institute (TFI) in downtown Philadelphia. We lived a couple hours away so a visit was a rare and precious thing. I think I only visited two or three times but it left an indelible impression on […]
TikTok has turned culture into a feedback loop of impulse and machine learning
Photo by Solen Feyissa on Unsplash As of September 2025, approximately 170 million Americans spend, on average, one hour every day in an app that is designed to maximize psychological grip. While Congress fixates on TikTok’s data collection usages, what hasn’t received enough attention is how the platform has successfully industrialized human attention itself. Where […]
Launch HN: Recall.ai (YC W20) – API for meeting recordings and transcripts
Hey HN, we’re David and Amanda from Recall.ai (https://www.recall.ai). Today we’re launching our Desktop Recording SDK, a way to get meeting data without a bot in the meeting: https://www.recall.ai/product/desktop-recording-sdk. It’s our biggest release in quite a while so we thought we’d finally do our Launch HN 🙂 Here’s a demo that shows it producing a […]
The Origin Story of Merge Queues
If you use GitHub or GitLab today, merge queues feel like a built-in feature of modern development. But their story goes back over a decade, long before “merge queue” was a product term. It started with a simple problem: How do you keep your main branch green when dozens of developers are merging code simultaneously? […]
The Scam Called “You Don’t Have to Remember Anything”
Dear Zettlers, This scam is decades old now and it is quite surprising that people still fall for it. The search engines, old note-taking apps (you know, those with an elephant icon and the like) and AI have something in common: They claim that the effort of remembering things is outdated like using a candle […]
The Socratic Journal Method: A Simple Journaling Method That Works
Why I Created the Socratic Journal Method Over the years, I’ve perfected my journaling habit. It didn’t happen overnight; like most people, I started and stopped more times than I can count. Journaling has a long list of benefits (I’ll get to those soon), but what surprised me most was what I discovered when reflecting […]