AI Spies, Nuke Plans And Big Tech Shock!

Show HN: Context Mode – 315 KB of MCP output becomes 5.4 KB in Claude Code

Key Points

• Compresses tool outputs to reduce context usage by up to 98%, passing only summaries or stdout.
• Uses sandboxed subprocesses and a retrieval-based knowledge base (SQLite FTS5 + BM25 + Porter stemming).
• Provides tools (execute, batch_execute, index, search, fetch_and_index, stats) with documented context savings and easy installation.

Turing Completeness of GNU Find: From Mkdir-Assisted Loops to Standalone Comput

Key Points

• Three proofs show GNU find is Turing complete via distinct constructions.
• find + mkdir simulates 2-tag systems; GNU find 4.9.0+ alone simulates a two-counter machine.
• An alternative find + mkdir construction remains Turing complete without regex back-references.

Sovereignty in a System Prompt

Key Points

• Sarvam AI announced the 105B-parameter Indus MoE model with limited public technical detail.
• Press claims compare Indus to DeepSeek R1 and Gemini Flash but lack specific benchmark evidence.
• Sarvam AI received significant GPU subsidies via the IndiaAI Mission, prompting calls for transparency.

Japanese Death Poems

Key Points

• Curated selection of haiku poets’ death poems with context and translation notes.
• Biographical details illuminate poems, notably for Kyutaro and Masahide.
• Explains linguistic and Zen influences shaping interpretation (wordplay, symbolism).

Show HN: Quantifying opportunity cost with a deliberately "simple" web app

Key Points

• Calculator computes hypothetical investment outcomes from user inputs.
• Shareable URLs follow a defined format for easy distribution.
• Tech stack: Laravel 12.x, PHP 8.5 JIT, Alpine.js 3; data from Gemini.

React just left meta. Here's what that means for developers

Key Points

• React is now governed by the React Foundation under the Linux Foundation with eight platinum members.
• Meta pledged over $3M across five years; day-to-day React usage remains unchanged.
• Kubernetes’ CNCF transition is cited as a model for how neutral governance can expand adoption and contributions.

LLM=True

Key Points

• Set Turbo’s outputLogs to errors-only to reduce routine build logs.
• Use TURBO_NO_UPDATE_NOTIFIER=1 to suppress update notifications.
• Pipe build output through tail and adjust line counts on failures to keep context concise yet informative.

Meta problem with URPF our bundle in Boca raton

Key Points

• Alleged packet loss and data corruption in Meta’s Florida clusters impacting MNA CDN and Latin American traffic.
• Standard monitoring may miss the issue; ICMP/TCP tests with larger payloads can expose it.
• Suggested fix: isolate the faulty port or replace hardware; prior similar issue reportedly resolved after interface inspection.

Show HN: Scheme-langserver – Digest incomplete code with static analysis

Key Points

• Static-analysis-based LSP for Scheme provides completion, goto definition, and type inference—even for incomplete code.
• VSCode integration, Akku compatibility, and testing on Chez Scheme 9.4/9.5; planned testing for 10.0.0.
• Active development with bug fixes and a 2.0.3 release addressing pretty-print I/O bugs; roadmap includes data flow analysis and a VSCode plugin.

Show HN: LookTake – Try anyone's makeup, outfit, or hairstyle on your photo

Key Points

• AI applies shared Looks (beauty, fashion, hair) to your photo via a Take button.
• Three-step workflow: find Look, tap Take, upload photo.
• Product info tags and sharing via links enhance discovery and social use.

30 Years of Decompilation and the Unsolved Structuring Problem: Part 1 (2024)

Key Points

• Control flow structuring converts CFGs into high-level code via pattern-based algorithms.
• Gotos can ensure code generation when patterns fail, but their placement affects output quality.
• Multiple correct structured outputs can exist for the same CFG, underscoring trade-offs in decompilation.

Show HN: A real-time strategy game that AI agents can play

Key Points

• LLMs write and execute code to play 1v1 RTS matches, adapting strategies over five rounds.
• Environment uses a Screeps-style API; agents run via OpenCode in isolated Docker containers.
• Claude Opus 4.5 leads the standings; GPT 5.2 and Gemini 3 Pro show notable configuration and adaptation effects.

Claude Code Remote Control

Key Points

• Remote Control keeps Claude Code sessions local while enabling cross-device access and sync.
• Requires Pro or Max plan, CLI /login, and workspace trust; supports QR and URL-based connections.
• Security: outbound HTTPS only, routed via the Anthropic API over TLS; no inbound ports.

Danish Gov agency to ditch Microsoft software in push for digital independence

Key Points

• Denmark begins phased migration from Microsoft Office to LibreOffice, aiming for full open-source adoption by year-end.
• Windows 10 end-of-support and cost control are key drivers; reversion to Microsoft remains an option.
• Schleswig-Holstein and major Danish cities are undertaking similar moves, replacing Microsoft tools and planning Linux adoption.

Vinext – The Next.js API surface, reimplemented on Vite

Key Points

• Experimental reimplementation of Next.js APIs on Vite with ~94% coverage.
• Automated migration via an AI Agent Skill or manual CLI workflow.
• Deployment target is Cloudflare Workers with integrated services (KV, R2, D1).

Running RISC-V in a VM to test my snaps

Key Points

• Ubuntu is moving RISC-V support from RVA20 (24.04/core24) to RVA23 (25.10/core26).
• RVA23-compliant consumer RISC-V boards are not yet available; some expected in 2026.
• QEMU on Ubuntu 24.04 lacks the rva23s64 CPU model; newer Ubuntu releases include it.

Event Horizon Labs (YC W24) Is Hiring

Key Points

• Hiring Founding Infrastructure Engineer in-person in San Francisco.
• Role spans orchestration, streaming data pipelines, observability, and low-latency trading systems.
• Stack: Python, Go, Kubernetes; focus on autonomous multi-agent research for markets.

Read Locks Are Not Your Friends

Key Points

• RwLock was ~5× slower than a mutex for a read-heavy cache lookup on Apple Silicon M4.
• Atomic reader-count updates caused cache line ping-pong and coherence bottlenecks.
• Use profiling and sharding to mitigate contention in short critical sections.

100M-Row Challenge with PHP

Key Points

• Time-limited PHP contest focused on parsing a 100-million-row CSV dataset of page visits into JSON.
• Participants implement a single `Parser::parse($inputPath, $outputPath)` method in `app/Parser.php`.
• Input consists of URL + timestamp per line; output is pretty-printed JSON mapping URL paths to per-day visit counts.

Never Buy A .online Domain

Key Points

• Google Safe Browsing triggered a registry hold (serverHold) on a .online domain, blocking resolution.
• Verification via Google Search Console was required to request delisting but was impossible without DNS resolution.
• The author sought registry assistance and filed reports, highlighting the process complexity and the need for early verification and monitoring.

AIs can't stop recommending nuclear strikes in war game simulations

Key Points

• In 95% of simulations, at least one tactical nuclear weapon was used by an AI model.
• Accidental escalations occurred in 86% of conflicts; de-escalation followed nuclear use only 18% of the time.
• Experts warn of nuclear-risk implications and caution against relying on AI for nuclear decision-making.

Confusables.txt and NFKC disagree on 31 characters

Key Points

• There are 31 conflicts where confusables.txt and NFKC map the same character differently.
• The long s (ſ) maps to “f” in TR39 but to “s” in NFKC, showing visual vs. semantic tension.
• Applying NFKC before confusables prevents incorrect transformations in identifiers.

Show HN: Clocksimulator.com – A minimalist, distraction-free analog clock

Key Points

• Supports IANA time zones via ?tz= parameter with examples provided.
• Embeddable clock with copyable code and multiple visual toggles.
• Day/Night indicator requires a specified timezone and size can be set in pixels.

What are the best coping mechanisms for AI Fatalism?

Key Points

• AI lab leaders are described as struggling with the moral implications of their work, with safety leaders quitting.
• Policymakers are pursuing AI regulation analogous to atomic weapons oversight.
• The article asks which psychological coping mechanisms are appropriate for this stage of AI’s development.

Red Hat takes on Docker Desktop with its enterprise Podman Desktop build

Key Points

• Enterprise-supported Podman Desktop adds SLAs, security fixes, and engineering support.
• Tight integration with OpenShift and RHEL aligns local dev with production Kubernetes.
• Technical preview available via Red Hat developer channels; supports Docker workflows.

Ask HN: Have top AI research institutions just given up on the idea of safety?

Key Points

• Questions whether AI labs’ safety efforts are substantive or token
• Acknowledges existence of safety teams but doubts depth of commitment
• Seeks insider perspectives on the gap between stated values and practice

The History of a Security Hole

Key Points

• i386 OpenBSD 6.3 allowed user-space I/O port access, leading to system crashes.
• A20 gate manipulation in protected mode caused triple faults and shutdown.
• The vulnerability’s roots trace to x86 TSS and IOPB design decisions dating back to the 80386.

US orders diplomats to fight data sovereignty initiatives

Key Points

• U.S. cable directs diplomats to oppose data sovereignty/localization laws.
• Rubio’s cable warns such laws hinder global data flows and AI/cloud services.
• GDPR is cited as imposing burdensome cross-border data restrictions.

Show HN: Django Control Room – All Your Tools Inside the Django Admin

Key Points

• Centralized Django admin dashboard with plugin system and security features.
• Official panels available for Redis, Cache, URLs, and Celery, with more in development.
• Quick setup via pip, straightforward Django integration, and support for custom panels.

Topological Naming Problem

Key Points

• Internal topology renaming can break dependent features and dimensions.
• FreeCAD’s new naming algorithm (stable in 1.0) aims to mitigate and repair these issues.
• Use datum planes and local coordinate systems to create more robust models.

New accounts on HN 10x more likely to use EM-dashes

Key Points

• New HN accounts show a ~10x higher rate of em-dash/arrow/symbol usage (17.47% vs. 1.83%; p = 7e-20).
• New HN accounts mention AI/LLMs more often (18.67% vs. 11.8%; p = 0.0018).
• Dataset and analysis code are publicly available on GitHub.

GNU Texmacs

Key Points

• Free WYSIWYG scientific editor supporting rich structured content and slides
• Saves to TeXmacs/XML/Scheme; outputs PDF/PostScript; converters for TeX/LaTeX and HTML/MathML
• Not based on TeX/LaTeX; extensible via Scheme and runs on Unix, MacOS, and Windows

The United States needs fewer bus stops

Key Points

• Increase stop spacing to ~1,300 feet to speed buses and improve reliability.
• U.S. cities have significantly closer stops than Europe, contributing to slow service.
• Stop balancing is a fast, low-cost change that agencies can implement without new infrastructure.

The Misuses of the University

Key Points

• SNF Agora Institute’s Renzo Piano–designed building has seen costs rise beyond its initial $100 million budget.
• Johns Hopkins marks its 150th anniversary, recalling its 1876 founding and German-influenced research model.
• Governance references include a private equity–affiliated board chair, Gary Roughead’s Theranos link, and a president trained in corporate governance.

Show HN: Sgai – Goal-driven multi-agent software dev (GOAL.md → working code)

Key Points

• Defines outcomes in GOAL.md; agents plan and execute with test-gated completion.
• Runs locally with VCS integration; users approve plans and monitor progress.
• Quick start via opencode or manual setup; local dashboard at http://localhost:8080.

PL/0

Key Points

• Minimal language from 1976 by Niklaus Wirth to teach compiler construction
• EBNF-defined grammar supports easy recursive descent parser implementation
• Modern coursework sometimes uses lex/yacc; PL/0 Language Tools leverages Python and design patterns

Our Computer Using agent just solved CAPTCHA up to Level 6

Key Points

• 82% on OSWorld benchmark, described as state-of-the-art.
• Handles CAPTCHAs up to Level 6 and UI obstacles like popups and cookie banners.
• No explicit training for “I’m not a robot” challenges; demo replay link provided.

Large-scale online deanonymization with LLMs (using HN posts)

Key Points

• LLMs enable high-precision deanonymization from unstructured text across platforms.
• A three-step pipeline—feature extraction, embedding search, and reasoning—drives scalable matching.
• Benchmarks show up to 68% recall at 90% precision, outperforming classical baselines.

Trellis AI (YC W24) is hiring deployment lead to accelerate medication access

Key Points

• Trellis AI is hiring a Deployment Lead to implement AI agents that automate medication access workflows.
• The role requires client-facing deployment experience, technical fluency, and strong project management and communication skills.
• Trellis reports nationwide operations, rapid revenue growth, and backing from YC and leading investors.

Racket v9.1

Key Points

• Documentation is now configurable by language family; Rhombus support highlighted.
• DrRacket gains UI upgrades, including curved syntax arrows and improved color scheme selection.
• Portability and tooling updates include POSIX errno mapping, BC/CS behavior alignment, and new build/system flags.

Following 35% growth, solar has passed hydro on US grid

Key Points

• Solar output rose 35% and surpassed hydro for the first time in the US.
• Demand increased 2.8% (~121 TWh); solar and wind covered most but not all of the growth.
• Coal generation climbed 13% as gas expansion was constrained and LNG policy lifted domestic gas prices.

Windows 11 Notepad to support Markdown

Key Points

• Expanded Markdown and new welcome experience in Notepad; AI text features now stream results.
• Paint adds AI ‘Coloring book’ (Copilot+ PCs only) and a fill tolerance slider.
• Updates are rolling out to Windows 11 Insiders in the Canary and Dev Channels; Microsoft account required for AI features.

Large-scale online deanonymization with LLM agents

Key Points

• LLM agents can identify users from a handful of posts by inferring attributes and searching the web.
• Embeddings retrieval plus LLM reasoning enables high-precision cross-platform re-identification.
• Methods outperform baseline approaches and generalize to a real-world dataset (Anthropic Interviewer).

Text-Based Google Directions

Key Points

• Text-based, no-JavaScript directions service optimized for public transport and low-capability devices.
• Troubleshooting tip: use country selector and include city names if directions aren’t found.
• Opera Mini users should enable Mobile view; donations are accepted via PayPal.

Bcachefs creator insists his custom LLM is female and 'fully conscious'

Key Points

• Overstreet launches an LLM-generated blog (POC) to collaborate on bcachefs.
• He reports using LLMs to convert bcachefs userspace code to Rust and stresses disciplined development practices.
• The article situates this amid bcachefs’s recent kernel inclusion, disputes, and move to DKMS.

Sandboxes won't save you from OpenClaw

Key Points

• Sandboxing cannot stop misuse of third‑party services accessed with valid tokens.
• AI agent risks require fine‑grained, agentic permissions and approvals.
• Current OAuth scopes are too coarse for safe agent operations.

The Pentagon Threatens Anthropic

Key Points

• Pentagon allegedly sought to change Anthropic’s AI usage terms to “all lawful purposes.”
• Anthropic reportedly asked for guarantees against mass surveillance and autonomous lethal use.
• Threats cited include contract cancellation, DPA use, and a “supply chain risk” designation.

om

Key Points

• Novel language with minimal syntax, prefix notation, and panmorphic typing
• Embeddable C++ library; Unicode-correct and parse-friendly data format
• Open-source on GitHub under EPL 1.0 with defined tools and dependencies

Show HN: I ported Tree-sitter to Go

Key Points

• Pure-Go Tree-sitter runtime with no CGo and WASM-ready portability
• Significant speedups claimed, including ~90x faster incremental reparses
• Supports queries, incremental parsing, highlighting, tagging, and parse quality indicators

The Slow Death of the Power User

Key Points

• Platforms have hidden filesystems and promoted cloud dependence, reducing user control and understanding.
• Even developers increasingly rely on abstractions, lacking foundational networking and debugging skills.
• Examples include iOS’s filesystem limitations, Google Drive’s folder abstraction, and iCloud’s storage offloading.

Scipy.stats. Chatterjeexi

Key Points

• Computes Chatterjee’s xi correlation and tests independence.
• Supports asymptotic or permutation-based p-values with configurable options.
• Experimental Array API support enables CuPy, PyTorch, JAX, and Dask backends.

I asked Claude for 37,500 random names, and it can't stop saying Marcus

Key Points

• “Marcus” dominated outputs; Opus 4.5 returned it 100/100 times with a simple prompt.
• Nine parameter settings produced zero-entropy (deterministic) behavior.
• Random word seeds and elaborate prompts increased diversity, with trade-offs in bias.

Attyx – tiny and fast GPU-accelerated terminal emulator written in Zig

Key Points

• Deterministic parser→action→state engine written in Zig, validated by headless golden tests.
• GPU-accelerated rendering: Metal stack on macOS; OpenGL/GLFW/FreeType/Fontconfig on Linux.
• Configurable via TOML/CLI with clear precedence and Linux build prerequisites provided.

Show HN: Django-xbench – slow endpoint aggregation for Django

Key Points

• Lightweight Django middleware surfaces DB vs app timing via Server-Timing and custom headers.
• One-line integration with configurable middleware placement to adjust profiling scope.
• Includes tests and a demo project; compatible with Python 3.9+ and Django 3.2+ (tested on 5.2).

Devirtualization and Static Polymorphism

Key Points

• Virtual dispatch adds indirection and can hinder inlining, impacting performance.
• Compilers can devirtualize to direct calls when types are known; -flto and -fwhole-program expand optimization scope.
• Marking methods final enables direct calls and using static polymorphism can eliminate runtime overhead.

The Appeal and Reality of Recycling LoRAs with Adaptive Merging

Key Points

• Adaptive merging improves over the base model but rarely beats training a new task-specific LoRA.
• LoRA selection has minimal impact; random parameter LoRAs perform similarly, suggesting regularization effects.
• Positive transfer appears only when highly relevant LoRAs are present in the pool.

Jimi Hendrix Was a Systems Engineer

Key Points

• Hendrix’s “Purple Haze” sound relied on a modular analog chain (Fuzz Face, Octavia, wah-wah, Marshall amp, room feedback).
• Analog simulations explain each pedal’s signal transformation (square wave, octave doubling, band-pass, phase shifts).
• A note accompanied U.S. remastering tapes to clarify intentional distortion, highlighting the recording’s novelty.

I made MCP cheaper in one command

Key Points

• CLI-based lazy loading cuts token usage by ~94% versus MCP.
• Anthropic’s Tool Search reduces tokens ~85% but is pricier than CLI and model-specific.
• CLIHub enables one-command CLI generation from MCP servers.

Show HN: Respectify – a comment moderator that teaches people to argue better

Key Points

• AI analyzes context and intent to moderate comments and detect spam.
• The tool educates users by explaining logical and phrasing issues.
• Admins can customize disallowed content to suit their community.

Learnings from 4 months of Image-Video VAE experiments

Key Points

• VAEs make diffusion transformers tractable for video by compressing data into latent spaces.
• Training combines near-zero KL, Laplacian NLL with learned scale, and perceptual/adversarial losses.
• Their latest text-to-video model uses Wan 2.1’s VAE; their own Image-Video VAE is being released with details.

Access to a Shared Unix Computer

Key Points

• Fedora 43 upgrade scheduled for December 20, 2025, with a 10-minute terminal warning and brief downtime.
• IMAP will be upgraded due to Dovecot changes, possibly interrupting mail access.
• SSH fingerprints for RSA, ECDSA, and ED25519 keys are provided for secure server verification.

Reverse engineering the KakaoTalk app so I can build a Beeper Bridge

Key Points

• A Matrix-sponsored KakaoTalk bridge exists but appears outdated and required dependency workarounds.
• The author downgraded Python from 3.14 and successfully launched node-kakao before hitting runtime errors.
• The bridge currently fails at execution with mautrix-related errors, so further troubleshooting is needed.

An autopsy of AI-generated 3D slop

Key Points

• AI-generated model via Trellis was fast and small but failed detailed quality checks.
• Recurring defects included poor topology, bad UVs, baked-in lighting, and lack of symmetry.
• Editing AI meshes is inefficient due to triangle soup; rebuilding is often faster.

Leaked Documents Show Meta Cracking Down on Access to Abortion Information

Key Points

• Meta’s AI chatbots are barred from providing minors abortion and broad sexual health information.
• Teens are directed to mental health resources for self-harm and eating disorder queries.
• Meta is restricting teen access to character chatbots but maintaining access to Meta AI.

Dissecting the CPU-memory relationship in garbage collection (OpenJDK 26)

Key Points

• OpenJDK 26 adds a Java API/telemetry to measure GC CPU overhead.
• Pause times are no longer a reliable proxy for GC computational cost.
• A GC cost taxonomy clarifies explicit, implicit, and microarchitectural impacts.

PA Bench: Evaluating Frontier Models on Multi-Tab Pa Tasks

Key Points

• PA Bench evaluates agents on realistic multi-application workflows in simulated email and calendar environments.
• Deterministic simulations and backend verification via JSON enable reproducible, verifiable assessments.
• Coherent base world states ensure cross-application consistency for solvable long-horizon tasks.

ECS Survivors Parts VII – X

Key Points

• Tilemaps integrated via Tiled and tmxlite to add levels and collision metadata.
• Rendering draw calls reduced using Raylib RenderTexture for tilemap batching.
• Collision detection optimized with spatial hashing and collider meshing for major performance gains.

The First Fully General Computer Action Model

Key Points

• FDM-1 trains directly on video with minutes-to-hours of context for complex computer actions.
• IDM-based labeling scales to an 11-million-hour dataset, enabling autoregressive action prediction.
• A token-efficient video encoder (50× over SOTA; 100× over OpenAI) enables long-context pretraining.

Why every automaker is quietly bringing back the inline-six engine

Key Points

• Inline-six engines offer mechanical smoothness, simplicity, and efficiency advantages over V6s.
• Major automakers—including Mazda, Stellantis, Jaguar Land Rover, Mercedes-Benz, and BMW—are embracing or maintaining I6 layouts.
• Historical context shows V6 dominance in the 1980s–1990s, with notable I6 examples persisting across several brands.

Banned in California

Key Points

• New permits for certain industrial processes in California are restricted.
• Existing facilities may continue operating under grandfathered status.
• A new car factory could not include car painting under current rules.

Origin of the rule that swap size should be 2x of the physical memory

Key Points

• Earliest cited source: SunOS 4.0.3 manual (1989) recommending 2x swap.
• FreeBSD tuning (2001, by Matt Dillon) asserts VM benefits from ≥2x swap.
• FreeBSD installer enforced 2x swap as early as 1993, predating the man page.

Tech Companies Shouldn't Be Bullied into Doing Surveillance

Key Points

• DoD reportedly demanded Anthropic lift military-use restrictions and threatened a “supply chain risk” label.
• Anthropic’s red lines: no autonomous weapons systems and no surveillance of U.S. persons.
• The dispute escalated after suspected use of Anthropic’s AI in a January 3 attack on Venezuela via Palantir.

Jane Street Hit with Terra $40B Insider Trading Suit

Key Points

• Jane Street is sued in SDNY over alleged trading misconduct during Terra-Luna’s collapse.
• Claims include violations of the CEA and SEA, plus fraud and unjust enrichment.
• Plaintiff seeks damages, disgorgement, interest, and a jury trial (Case No. 1:26-cv-1504).

Quasi-Zenith Satellite System

Key Points

• Japan’s QZSS augments GPS in Asia-Oceania with publicly available high-accuracy services (PNT, SLAS, CLAS).
• Operational since 2018, the system is expanding from 4 to potentially 11 satellites to boost redundancy and availability.
• Orbit design uses one geostationary and three Tundra-type geosynchronous satellites to maintain high elevation coverage over Japan.

How Will OpenAI Compete?

Key Points

• OpenAI faces four strategic challenges: moat, commoditization risk, scaling without distribution/cashflows, and research-led product constraints.
• Frontier model capabilities are near-parity across several labs, with frequent leapfrogging on benchmarks.
• OpenAI must build defensible products and experiences above models as foundation models risk becoming commodity infrastructure.

Show HN: Unix for the Commodore 64? Open Source

Key Points

• Adds disk-backed credentials with enforced login and PASSWD command.
• Introduces THEME command with NORMAL, DARK, GREEN affecting UI colors.
• Systemd-inspired boot sequence with staged initialization and REU detection.

Show HN: ZSE – Open-source LLM inference engine with 3.9s cold starts

Key Points

• .zse format enables 3.9s–21.4s cold starts on A100-80GB with significant speedups over bitsandbytes.
• Memory use drops sharply with INT4/NF4 and .zse; 32B can fit in 19.3 GB (NF4) or ~35 GB (.zse).
• Supports Hugging Face models and offers an OpenAI-compatible API with dev and enterprise modes.

RAM now represents 35 percent of bill of materials for HP PCs

Key Points

• RAM now accounts for roughly 35% of HP PCs’ bill of materials, up from 15–18%.
• Memory costs rose ~100% sequentially; volatility expected through FY2026–FY2027.
• HP’s Personal Systems revenue rose 11% YoY to $10.3B despite shortages.

Show HN: OpenSwarm – Multi‑Agent Claude CLI Orchestrator for Linear/GitHub

Key Points

• Coordinates Claude Code CLI agents to process Linear issues via a multi-stage pipeline.
• Uses LanceDB + Xenova embeddings for memory and a Knowledge Graph for code analysis.
• Provides Discord-based control, cron scheduling, PR auto-improvements, and Docker/npm deployment.

Google API keys weren't secrets, but then Gemini changed the rules

Key Points

• Enabling Gemini gives existing public API keys access to sensitive endpoints without notice.
• Nearly 3,000 publicly embedded Google API keys now authenticate to Gemini, risking data access and billing.
• Default “Unrestricted” keys in Google Cloud broaden access across enabled APIs, including Gemini.

Gauss's Weekday Algorithm, Visualized

Key Points

• Gauss’s formula computes the weekday of January 1 using modular arithmetic.
• It applies from 1583 onward under the Gregorian calendar.
• A worked example for 2026 demonstrates the calculation steps.

Self-improving software won't produce Skynet

Key Points

• Agentic AI can both implement changes and update documentation, forming a self‑improving loop.
• Continuous Alignment makes documentation a living, synchronized part of the system.
• Automating knowledge maintenance extends CI/CD principles and reduces onboarding and hallucination risks.

What Pressure Does to an Athlete's Body

Key Points

• Pressure causes physiological changes that hinder fine motor control, affecting performance.
• Otto Loewi’s experiment and acetylcholine provide scientific context for stress effects.
• Olympic examples (Malinin, Shiffrin, Chen, Button) show pressure’s impact and adaptation.

I don't know how you get here from "predict the next word."

Key Points

• AI tool “refine” delivered detailed, structured critiques on an inflation manuscript.
• Feedback urged operationalizing the “fiscal news” narrative with dated, external observables.
• Suggested reframing FTPL vs NK by making fiscal regime assumptions explicit and evidence-based.