Show HN: TurboQuant-WASM – Google’s vector quantization in the browser
Experimental WASM + relaxed SIMD build of botirk38/turboquant for browsers and Node.js. Based on the paper ”TurboQuant: Online Vector Quantization with Near-optimal Distortion Rate” (Google Research, ICLR 2026). Live Demo — vector search, image similarity, and 3D Gaussian Splatting compression running in the browser. What this adds npm package with embedded WASM — npm install […]
Show HN: I made open source, zero power PCB hackathon badges
These are zero-power hackathon badges I designed for the overglade hackathon in singapore! They’re powered by the RP2040 and have passive NFC and an onboard e-ink driver! Custom Features Passive NFC tap for whatever your heart desires E-ink support so that you don’t need any battery 20 GPIO’s broken out onto header pins for programming […]
Components of a Coding Agent
In this article, I want to cover the overall design of coding agents and agent harnesses: what they are, how they work, and how the different pieces fit together in practice. Readers of my Build a Large Language Model (From Scratch) and Build a Large Reasoning Model (From Scratch) books often ask about agents, so […]
Mbodi AI (YC P25) Is Hiring
About Mbodi Join Mbodi AI (YC X25), an AI robotics startup founded by two former Googlers committed to pushing the boundaries of physical intelligence. Mbodi is an embodied AI platform that makes robots learn and operate like humans. Anyone can teach robots new skills by talking to them — and execute those skills reliably in […]
The CMS is dead. Long live the CMS
I saw a post on LinkedIn the other day from a self-proclaimed 20 year agency veteran of WordPress saying that was it, they’re moving the entire agency off of WordPress and onto AI. Now, because I, too, am a 20 year veteran of WordPress, this kind of story catches my attention. He posted that they […]
Tesla Is Sitting on a Record 50k Unsold EVs
Tesla has never had so many new cars sitting on lots. The company experienced an uptick in sales during the first quarter, but production significantly exceeded deliveries. Recently, Tesla discontinued the Model S and Model X to focus more on robotics and automation. Tesla manufactured significantly more electric cars in the first quarter than it […]
Apple: Embarrassingly Simple Self-Distillation Improves Code Generation
Abstract:Can a large language model (LLM) improve at code generation using only its own raw outputs, without a verifier, a teacher model, or reinforcement learning? We answer in the affirmative with simple self-distillation (SSD): sample solutions from the model with certain temperature and truncation configurations, then fine-tune on those samples with standard supervised fine-tuning. SSD […]
A brief history of instant coffee
The convenience of instant coffee masks a surprisingly difficult problem. Coffee’s appeal lies in the hundreds of volatile compounds that create its flavor and aroma, exactly the substances most likely to disappear during processing. Creating instant coffee required developing techniques to extract the soluble molecules in coffee from the insoluble plant matter without destroying the […]
LÖVE: 2D Game Framework for Lua
LÖVE is an awesome framework you can use to make 2D games in Lua. It’s free, open-source, and works on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS. Documentation We use our wiki for documentation. If you need further help, feel free to ask on our forums, our Discord server, or our subreddit. Repository We use the […]
Some Unusual Trees
One of my favorite pastimes is exploring old bookstores. A few months ago, I spotted a complete set of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, 15th edition, published in 1975, but that particular set was too expensive for me. A couple of weeks ago, however, I found a good deal in an another bookstore and bought it. What […]