The Beam Engine(glinscott.github.io)

438 points by glinscott 3 months ago | 87 comments

An illustrated interactive explainer by Gary Linscott on how the steam beam engine worked and powered the Industrial Revolution.

Hobby CAD, CNC machining, and resin casting (2015)(lcamtuf.coredump.cx)

157 points by hughgrunt 2 years ago | 89 comments

Design for 3D-Printing(blog.rahix.de)

743 points by q3k 1 year ago | 184 comments

A long blog post collecting tips, tricks, and rules for designing parts that print well on 3D printers.

Hobby CNC machining and resin casting (2015)(lcamtuf.coredump.cx)

26 points by achierius 6 months ago | 8 comments

Patterns, Predictions, and Actions – A story about machine learning(mlstory.org)

10 points by vinhnx 1 year ago | 0 comments

Elektročas HH3 – the most accurate pendulum clock on the planet(dvaluch.web.cern.ch)

86 points by tverbeure 1 year ago | 36 comments

AI Made Writing Code Easier. It Made Being an Engineer Harder(ivanturkovic.com)

343 points by saikatsg 7 months ago | 242 comments

Blog post by Ivan Turkovic arguing that AI tools make producing code easier while making the broader job of being a software engineer harder.

AI is a tool and using it well takes skill(yyhh.org)

742 points by layer8 14 days ago | 573 comments

Blog post by Huahai on yyhh.org rebutting Rich Hickey's "AI is Not a Tool" essay, arguing LLMs are tools that require skill to use well.

Artificial intelligence is losing hype(economist.com)

453 points by bx376 2 years ago | 663 comments

An Economist Free exchange column arguing that artificial intelligence is losing hype and asking whether that signals the technology will eventually succeed.

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.

I'm Tired of Talking to AI(orchidfiles.com)

1753 points by theorchid 5 months ago | 850 comments

A personal essay recounting frustration with people replying using copy-pasted AI answers, including on GitHub discussions and from an employer sharing ChatGPT screenshots.

Formal methods and the future of programming(blog.janestreet.com)

322 points by eatonphil 4 months ago | 99 comments

Jane Street Blog post on formal methods and their role in the future of programming, illustrated with OCaml-style specification code.