I Think about Kubernetes
Kubernetes is most often described as a container orchestration tool, but after you’ve spent some time with it, that mental model doesn’t always feel like the most useful way to think about what’s happening. In many cases for me Kubernetes feels less like an orchestrator and more like a platform where you declare the desired […]
Gaussian Splatting 3 Ways
Tkinter + OpenGL desktop app for training and viewing 3D Gaussian splats from casual captures. It wraps COLMAP for camera poses, uses PyTorch + gsplat for training, and stores everything in a reproducible cache tree so scenes can be resumed later. What it does nullsplats_720p30_h265_under10MB_noaudio.mp4 Ingest a video or image folder, extract and score frames, […]
Rob Pike got spammed with an AI slop “act of kindness”
26th December 2025 Rob Pike (that Rob Pike) is furious. Here’s a Bluesky link for if you have an account there and a link to it in my thread viewer if you don’t. F you people. Raping the planet, spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable equipment while blowing up society, yet taking the time to have […]
MongoBleed
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A Proclamation Regarding the Restoration of the Em-Dash
Posted on Fri 26 December 2025 WHEREAS, the em—dash (—) has long served as the elegant scaffolding of the English sentence, providing the necessary breadth for parenthetical thought, sudden turns of phrase, and rhythmic pause; WHEREAS, a modern and unfounded prejudice has arisen, wherein the presence of the em—dash is viewed with suspicion and cited as […]
How uv got so fast
uv installs packages faster than pip by an order of magnitude. The usual explanation is “it’s written in Rust.” That’s true, but it doesn’t explain much. Plenty of tools are written in Rust without being notably fast. The interesting question is what design decisions made the difference. Charlie Marsh’s Jane Street talk and a Xebia […]
Experts Explore New Mushroom Which Causes Fairytale-Like Hallucinations
By Colin Domnauer Picture this: You’re enjoying a delicious bowl of mushroom soup, when suddenly you notice hundreds of tiny people dressed in cartoonish clothing marching across your tablecloth, jumping into your bowl, swimming around, and clinging to your spoon as you lift it for another taste. You’re not dreaming — you’ve just experienced the […]
C/C++ Embedded Files
▸ Sometimes it is desirable to embed resource files in c or c++ programs. There are many ways to go about it but in most cases you must convert the files with external tools or scripts. For image files, image-magick can be used: $ imagick input.png output.h Another common tool that can convert all types […]
Show HN: AutoLISP interpreter in Rust/WASM – a CAD workflow invented 33 yrs ago
AutoLISP Interpreter in Rust/WASM – acadlisp.de Try the Interactive Demo What is acadlisp? acadlisp is an AutoLISP interpreter written in Rust and compiled to WebAssembly. It runs AutoLISP code directly in the browser – no AutoCAD installation required. The Story: Schematic Generator 1991 In 1991, a small electrical company in Bavaria, Germany faced a challenge: […]
Show HN: Xcc700: Self-hosting mini C compiler for ESP32 (Xtensa) in 700 lines
Why look into this project? A compiler you can fully grasp and tweak, on a modern platform where small is still cool. Basic features, not too entrenched, easy to morph into your language of choice. Reusable ELF writer, and a basic Xtensa bytecodes emitter. Possibly useful for hotfixes, CI, quick test/debug turnaround on esp32. Sample […]