The uv build back end is now stable
Note Currently, the default build backend for uv init is hatchling. This will change to uv in a future version. A build backend transforms a source tree (i.e., a directory) into a source distribution or a wheel. uv supports all build backends (as specified by PEP 517), but also provides a native build backend (uv_build) […]
CoMaps: New OSM based navigation app
Exciting News! We’re thrilled to announce the release of CoMaps to Google Play Store, Apple App Store, and F-Droid! CoMaps Highlights Offline Search and Route: Plan and navigate your trips without internet Saves battery: Efficient design that does not drain your battery Privacy-respecting: no identify people, no tracking, no data collection Free and No Ads: […]
Tools: Code Is All You Need
written on July 03, 2025 If you’ve been following me on Twitter, you know I’m not a big fan of MCP right now. It’s not that I dislike the idea; I just haven’t found it to work as advertised. In my view, MCP suffers from two major flaws: It isn’t truly composable. Most composition happens […]
Building Linux kernel on macOS natively
I’ve recently added a Linux compatibility layer to Starina operating system based on a lightweight VM approach similar to WSL2. I can cross-compile its init program with Cargo. I can prepare a container image contents using skopeo. However, I need to build the genuine Linux kernel, preferably on my daily driver: macOS. The most common […]
Take Two: Eshell
This is a contribution to the Emacs Carnival 2025-06: Take Two collection of posts on Christian Tietze’s blog. My first take with Eshell many years back did not leave a good impression. My early expectations was that it should act like any other shell, only to be unpleasantly surprised by it. It took a long […]
I scanned all of GitHub’s “oops commits” for leaked secrets
TL;DR GitHub Archive logs every public commit, even the ones developers try to delete. Force pushes often cover up mistakes like leaked credentials by rewriting Git history. GitHub keeps these dangling commits, from what we can tell, forever. In the archive, they show up as “zero-commit” PushEvents. I scanned every force push event since 2020 […]
We reimagined Transformer architectures inspired by nature’s hidden structures
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N-Back – A Minimal, Adaptive Dual N-Back Game for Brain Training
The N-Back test is grounded in decades of cognitive neuroscience research. Key studies include: Jaeggi et al. (2008) published groundbreaking research in PNAS showing that dual N-Back training can improve fluid intelligence. Their study found that participants who trained for 19 days showed significant improvements in intelligence test scores. Owen et al. (2010) conducted a […]
Can we test it? Yes, was can [video]
Astronomers discover 3I/ATLAS – Third interstellar object to visit Solar System
For only the third time in history, astronomers have discovered a new interstellar object that originated from outside our Solar System. The object, known as 3I/ATLAS, is likely a comet and is much faster than any other interstellar object found before. The object appears to be hurtling towards our Sun at about 60 kilometres a […]