Playstation 2 GS emulation – the final frontier of Vulkan compute emulation(themaister.net)

194 points by cton 2 years ago | 55 comments

A case for learning GPU programming with a compute-first mindset(themaister.net)

49 points by todsacerdoti 1 year ago | 7 comments

Perplexity Decider v1.3: Training, eval, and use cases(perplexity.ai)

92 points by gmays 5 hours ago | 19 comments

Perplexity Research blog post announcing Decider v1.3 and Decider Flash v1.3 open-weight decision/classifier models, explaining their training, evaluation, and internal use.

A thousand fewer paths to root(openai.com)

455 points by dangelosaurus 9 days ago | 331 comments

OpenAI publication describing an autonomous AI pipeline that found, exploited, and generated patches for 948 Linux kernel local privilege escalation vulnerabilities for about $1.2M in API costs.

A Critique of GPUI(blog.zortax.de)

117 points by ByteAtATime 4 days ago | 91 comments

A blog post critiquing the state models of Rust GUI frameworks GPUI and egui, arguing with benchmarks that signal-based run-once components scale better for complex desktop apps.

WASM GC isn't ready for realtime graphics(dthompson.us)

128 points by todsacerdoti 1 year ago | 71 comments

Career Development: What It Means to Be a Manager, Director, or VP (2015)(kellblog.com)

502 points by AnhTho_FR 1 year ago | 227 comments

A 2015 Kellblog post by Dave Kellogg explaining what it really means to be a manager, director, or VP, and critiquing job leveling practices.

Writing a good Claude.md(humanlayer.dev)

679 points by objcts 11 months ago | 263 comments

HumanLayer blog post by Kyle Mistele giving guidance on writing an effective CLAUDE.md (or AGENTS.md) file to give coding agents context about a codebase.

What Is PID 0?(blog.dave.tf)

344 points by todsacerdoti 2 years ago | 56 comments

Blog post by David Anderson explaining what PID 0 is in Unix/Linux, why it is hidden from userspace, and its role in booting and idle scheduling.

Making a €40 USB-C hub work as a Nintendo Switch 2 dock(blog.nozomi.space)

126 points by mkopec 4 days ago | 43 comments

A blog post describing reverse-engineering USB-PD vendor messages and patching hub firmware so a €40 Cable Matters USB-C hub works as a Nintendo Switch 2 dock with HDR.

What happens when you make a move in lichess.org?(davidreis.me)

333 points by dreis_sw 2 years ago | 135 comments

Blog post examining the network traffic and backend processes, including WebSocket connections, triggered when a player makes a move on lichess.org.

Killing Community(marginalia.nu)

495 points by dasil003 3 years ago | 350 comments

A Marginalia weblog post arguing that venture-capital-funded social media inevitably degrades online communities, citing the 2023 Reddit controversy.