AI Driven Testing
Task Try once “Can my user actually do this?” Ad-hoc. You’re building a new flow and you want to know if it works for a real user, without scheduling a research session. Write the task, watch the agent try, read the screenshot of where it got stuck. Experiment Compare two builds “Which design wins?” Run […]
Simplifying and Refactoring Introductory Calculus
Abstract:First year calculus is often taught in a way that is very burdensome to the student. Students have to memorize a diversity of processes for essentially performing the same task. However, many calculus processes can be simplified and streamlined so that fewer concepts can provide more flexibility and capability for first-year students.
Stop sending me huge PRs; a rant
I’m tired boss. I’m tired of reviewing one, two, three thousand line PRs because some agent was able to ”one shot the whole issue.” Small PRs were never asked for because they’re easier to write, it’s always been for the benefit of the reviewer. AI is such a boon to the industry, but it’s becoming […]
RISC-V: They should have known better
RISC-V: They Should Have Known Better Table of Contents Everything for Everyone Optionality Missing Obvious Pieces Ridiculous encoding Alleged Fixes How Did We Get Here and Where to Now? Does This Mean RISC-V is Doomed? Comments… I am often asked to explain my distaste for RISC-V and I often find myself explaining it piecewise. The […]
eigendrum
how it works A drumhead clamped at its rim can only vibrate in certain shapes, at certain frequencies. Those shapes and frequencies are the solutions of −∇²u = λu inside the shape, u = 0 on the edge Each solution u is a mode, a standing wave, and each λ gives a frequency proportional to […]
Everything is about to ”go dark”
I’m coming down from spending a few days at Usenix Security, right here in Baltimore. This means that my days have been taken up with two kinds of conversation: first, explaining to colleagues why Baltimore isn’t actually like The Wire. And second, trying not to talk about AI. Here I’m going to break both of […]
Study links coffee consumption to metabolic health and sex hormones
Coffee is one of the world’s most widely consumed beverages, and previous research has linked its consumption to a lower risk of conditions such as type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. However, the biological mechanisms behind these benefits remain unclear. A new Finnish study links habitual coffee consumption to healthier body composition and metabolic markers, while […]
Anthropic Risk August 2026 [pdf]
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What You Gain by Building Your Own Game Engine
According to VGInsights, about 13% of games released on Steam in 2024 used a custom engine, down from 71% in 20121. So looking at this trend, why should anybody try to make their own game engine?
How Claude’s text watermarking works
Future Claude models will generate text that contains a watermark. This is a way of determining the likelihood that Claude was involved in writing the text, and we, along with several other major AI providers, are implementing this change to comply with the EU AI Act. In this article, we share answers to some of […]