LLMs as Compilers(resync-games.com)

28 points by kadhirvelm 1 year ago | 38 comments

How linear regression works intuitively and how it leads to gradient descent(briefer.cloud)

307 points by lucasfcosta 1 year ago | 98 comments

Linear sent me down a local-first rabbit hole(bytemash.net)

399 points by jcusch 1 year ago | 191 comments

Blog post describing how using Linear's fast project management app led the author to explore local-first software architecture and sync engines.

How uv got so fast(nesbitt.io)

1179 points by zdw 10 months ago | 405 comments

Blog post by Andrew Nesbitt examining the design decisions and packaging standards that make the uv Python package installer much faster than pip.

Skills in Web, iOS, and Android(x.ai)

29 points by surprisetalk 5 months ago | 4 comments

Don't answer the first question(lalitm.com)

71 points by lalitmaganti 5 months ago | 39 comments

That's not an abstraction, that's a layer of indirection(fhur.me)

546 points by fagnerbrack 1 year ago | 213 comments

A blog post arguing that many so-called abstractions in codebases are merely layers of indirection that add complexity and hurt performance without real value.

Htmx Is the Future(quii.dev)

741 points by quii 3 years ago | 553 comments

Chris James' blog post arguing that HTMX offers a simpler alternative to SPA frameworks like React and Angular for building smooth web applications.

Hello World(thecoder08.github.io)

386 points by fbrusch 2 years ago | 65 comments

A blog post taking a deep dive into the layers of abstraction behind a modern Hello World program written in C.

Leaving serverless led to performance improvement and a simplified architecture(unkey.com)

441 points by vednig 1 year ago | 240 comments

Unkey blog post about moving away from serverless, which improved performance and simplified their architecture; the capture shows only a Vercel browser check.

AI has access to a vastly larger working memory than the human brain(davidepiffer.com)

524 points by rzk 2 months ago | 452 comments

A Substack essay by Davide Piffer arguing that AI's edge over mathematicians comes from a vast symbolic working memory rather than superior reasoning.

My old job feels distant now(pinecoder.dev)

28 points by speckx 10 days ago | 27 comments

A personal blog post on pinecoder.dev reflecting on how the author's previous job now feels distant.