Reduce GVisor Cold Starts with GPU Snapshotting
If you run AI models in production, you have a relationship with cold starts whether you want one or not. A three-minute startup time changes how you scale. You keep GPUs warm that could have been released. You over-provision to avoid making users wait. You stretch cooldown periods because scaling down too quickly creates pain […]
How We Made IPFS Content Publishing 10x Faster
Introduction Publishing content in Distributed Hash Tables (DHTs) has traditionally been a slow operation, especially when: i) the network is large, and ii) the nodes participating in the network are churning frequently. The case is no different for IPFS’s Amino DHT, which meets both of these conditions. The ProbeLab team identified this problem years ago, […]
Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2026)
Quantum Rise | Chicago or NYC (preferred), Remote for the right candidate | Full-time | No visa sponsorship | https://www.quantumrise.com/ Quantum Rise is an AI-forward consulting startup serving the mid-market in the US. We see companies in multiple industries struggling to understand how to leverage artificial intelligence in their day-to-day operations, trying to understand what […]
Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (July 2026)
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SpudCell: The first synthetic cell with a complete cell cycle
SpudCell: The first synthetic cell with a complete cell cycle Overview Prof. Kate Adamala and her team at the University of Minnesota have built SpudCell, a cell-like system constructed entirely from known chemical components that can perform a complete cell cycle. The system contains 36 purified enzymes, a 90,000 base pair genome spread across nine […]
For First Time, a Cell Built from Scratch Grows and Divides
For the very first time, biologists packed nonliving components into a cell-like membrane, piece by piece, and witnessed the bag of molecules start to behave like life. The lab-made synthetic cell grew, replicated its DNA, and divided, demonstrating the basic functions of a cell cycle. It’s “an impressive step,” said Jack Szostak, who studies the […]
FFmpeg 9.1’s new AAC encoder
Hi, I recently did a full rewrite of FFmpeg’s AAC encoder. Everything from rate control, RDO, and all coding tools (PNS, TNS, I/S and M/S) was reengineered. Metrics-wise (Google’s new Zimtohrli, ViSQOL, and my own hearing) it’s apparently the best AAC encoder, compared to qaac and fdk-aac: kbps 8.1 fast 8.1 twoloop nmr fdk-aac apple […]
Monetization Gateway
Today, we are announcing the Cloudflare Monetization Gateway, an engine that will give Cloudflare customers the ability to charge for any asset protected by Cloudflare: web pages, datasets, APIs, or MCP tools. It will provide a single control plane to manage payment policies and access controls across your applications, while also protecting your origin from […]
Launch HN: Parsewise (YC P25) – Reason Across Documents with an API
Hi all, it’s Greg and Max, founders of Parsewise here Parsewise transforms a bucket of unstructured data into schema compliant data retaining lineage for values resolved across documents. Imagine giving Claude a bunch of files and asking for a CSV or JSON output. If you have tried this, you know both the system limitations (number […]
Why I Stopped Arguing with People
I am a software engineer, and I used to enjoy arguing with people for technical correctness. Code reviews, design meetings, mailing-list threads, dinner tables. If someone was wrong, I wanted them to know it, and I wanted them to know exactly why. I collected counterarguments the way I collected patches. I believed that if I […]