Show HN: A working 3D model of an Enigma machine(enigma.design)

87 points by primitivesuave 27 days ago | 32 comments

An interactive 3D model of the WWII Enigma cipher machine that lets visitors explore how its internal mechanics encrypt messages.

Show HN: The Magic of Code – book about the wonders and weirdness of computation(themagicofcode.com)

90 points by arbesman 1 year ago | 25 comments

Stanford’s Robotics Legacy (2019)(news.stanford.edu)

18 points by doat 3 years ago | 2 comments

The Prehistory of Computing, Part II(oranlooney.com)

57 points by olooney 1 year ago | 7 comments

Britannica11.org – a structured edition of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica(britannica11.org)

325 points by ahaspel 6 months ago | 107 comments

Britannica11.org is a structured online edition of the 1910–1911 Eleventh Edition Encyclopædia Britannica, browsable by articles, contributors, and topics.

How the Lobsters front page works(atharvaraykar.com)

42 points by g0xA52A2A 9 months ago | 14 comments

Opus 4.5 is not the normal AI agent experience that I have had thus far(burkeholland.github.io)

797 points by tbassetto 9 months ago | 1203 comments

Burke Holland's blog post arguing that Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.5 is a step change in AI coding agent experience.

Tesla takes on $30B in credit as it approaches unprofitability(electrek.co)

80 points by ciconia 26 days ago | 93 comments

Electrek article reporting that Tesla is taking on $30 billion in credit as the company nears unprofitability.

Do the simplest thing that could possibly work(seangoedecke.com)

1015 points by dondraper36 1 year ago | 364 comments

Blog post by Sean Goedecke arguing engineers should understand the current system deeply and then do the simplest thing that could possibly work.

AI agents: Less capability, more reliability, please(sergey.fyi)

393 points by serjester 1 year ago | 230 comments

Blog post by Sergey Filimonov arguing AI agents should prioritize reliability over expanded capability, critiquing flight-booking demos.

PeerTube is a free, decentralized and federated video platform(github.com)

592 points by doener 3 months ago | 274 comments

GitHub repository for PeerTube, an AGPL-licensed ActivityPub-federated video streaming platform that uses P2P delivery in the browser.

The force-feeding of AI features on an unwilling public(honest-broker.com)

330 points by imartin2k 1 year ago | 279 comments

Ted Gioia essay on The Honest Broker arguing tech companies are forcing unwanted AI features on users, calling it tyranny rather than innovation.