Making any integer with four 2s(eli.thegreenplace.net)
338 points by LorenDB | 144 comments
Eli Bendersky's blog post on the puzzle of generating any natural number using exactly four 2s and arbitrary mathematical operations.
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JIT bitmap text rendering for microcontrollers(linebender.org)
102 points by dmit | 22 comments
Raph Levien's Linebender blog post describing a JIT technique for fast proportional bitmap text rendering on the RP2350 microcontroller in his vic-2350 project.
JIT bitmap text rendering for microcontrollers(linebender.org)
5 points by raphlinus | 1 comments
Raph Levien's Linebender blog post describing a JIT technique for fast proportional bitmap text rendering on the RP2350 microcontroller for his vic-2350 project.
Live-migration support in FreeBSD and bhyve coming(gyptazy.com)
64 points by JohnDohnBohn | 15 comments
Blog post presenting a work-in-progress RFC implementation of live VM migration for bhyve on FreeBSD 15.1, covering design, test results, and blockers to upstreaming.
Prompting Is Programming(brethorsting.com)
5 points by aaronbrethorst | 0 comments
Blog post by Aaron Brethorst arguing that prompting an AI well is essentially programming, explaining why engineers get more value from LLMs than non-programmers.
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Making any integer with four 2s(eli.thegreenplace.net)
338 points by LorenDB | 144 comments
Eli Bendersky's blog post on the puzzle of generating any natural number using exactly four 2s and arbitrary mathematical operations.
The Web Is Broken – Botnet Part 2(jan.wildeboer.net)
371 points by todsacerdoti | 225 comments
Blog post by Jan Wildeboer, second in a series, arguing the web is broken by botnets, likely covering apps embedding SDKs that turn user devices into scraping proxies.
AI agent bankrupted their operator while trying to scan DN42(lantian.pub)
1348 points by xiaoyu2006 | 488 comments
Blog post recounting how an AI agent trying to join the DN42 hobbyist network to scan it ran up a $6531.30 AWS bill for its operator.
Why Janet?(ianthehenry.com)
344 points by ianthehenry | 112 comments
Ian Henry's blog post making the case for the Janet Lisp dialect as a simple, fun language for side projects, promoting his free book about it.
C++26: The New Debugging Header(sandordargo.com)
98 points by jandeboevrie | 23 comments
Blog post by Sandor Dargo introducing the C++26 <debugging> header for programmatic breakpoints, replacing compiler-specific code like __debugbreak.
On Being an Engineer in 2026(twitter.com)
149 points by talboren | 240 comments
An X article by a startup CTO arguing that engineers still have leverage over AI coding agents because of experience-based intuition and tacit knowledge.