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Micrograd a 24kb pure Python autodiff lib

https://github.com/brief-ds/micrograd
2•aglassofred•1y ago

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aglassofred•1y ago
A tiny Autograd engine whose only dependency is NumPy. Implements backpropagation (reverse-mode autodiff) over a dynamically built DAG and a small neural networks library on top of it with a PyTorch-like API. Both are tiny.

- 24 kilobytes code without tests - as portable as Python and NumPy - loads 10x faster than PyTorch, 30x faster than TensorFlow

This version is capable of working with matrices and higher-order tensors. For @karpathy's original scalar-based version, locate the code with tag scalar.

Show HN: Verified business dashboards inside ChatGPT and Claude via MCP Apps

https://www.corpusiq.io/docs/hermes/mcp/mcp-apps-interactive-ui
1•corpusiq_io•43s ago•0 comments

Stop Making TUIs

https://sockpuppet.org/blog/2026/08/20/stop-making-tuis/
1•finnigja•54s ago•0 comments

Human brain organoids record the passage of time over multiple years

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10877-x
1•bookofjoe•3m ago•0 comments

Why compiling Rust to WASM is slow

https://00f.net/2026/08/19/why-compiling-rust-to-webassembly-is-slow/
2•fanf2•4m ago•0 comments

Visualizing FEC data for our city

https://data.dailycal.org/2026-08-19-candidate/
1•notmysql_•5m ago•0 comments

The Complete Fun to Imagine with Richard Feynman [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1ww1IXRfTA
1•efavdb•5m ago•0 comments

A release tool born from porting Counter-Strike 1.6 to WASM

https://yohimik.github.io/dispat/
1•yohimik•6m ago•0 comments

U.S. preparing to force Netherlands to ban ASML from selling to China

https://nltimes.nl/2026/08/20/us-preparing-force-netherlands-ban-asml-selling-china
4•pizzaiolo•7m ago•0 comments

Dashboard Touch DIY touch sensor for Mac

https://www.anildash.com/2026/08/20/introducing-dashboard-touch/
1•bitslayer•8m ago•0 comments

3D FPS SVG XML game engine with oscilloscope output Xbox controller support

https://svgfpsaiagents.github.io/svgfpsgameAI/oscgame.svg
1•edgemafia•8m ago•1 comments

Google explains undocumented way to disavow TLDs

https://www.seroundtable.com/google-disavow-tld-41061.html
1•1970-01-01•11m ago•0 comments

BC Tribunal: Companies Liable for Information Provided by AI Chatbot (2024)

https://www.americanbar.org/groups/business_law/resources/business-law-today/2024-february/bc-tri...
2•mooreds•13m ago•0 comments

Scientists unveil more than 600 new tissue models of human cancer

https://news.mit.edu/2026/scientists-unveil-600-new-tissue-models-human-cancer-0805
2•gmays•13m ago•0 comments

Treasury demand has become materially more valuation-sensitive

https://www.ft.com/content/f72df19f-29f2-4330-8e27-c69919d56972
2•root-parent•14m ago•1 comments

Creating Reliable AI for an Adversarial World

https://gertlabs.com/blog/adversarial-customer-service
1•gertlabs•15m ago•0 comments

Association of Physical Activity and Sedentary Time from Childhood ToAdolescence

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2•Anon84•16m ago•0 comments

Spade: Self-Play in Adaptive Synthetic Executable Environments

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1•ironyman•18m ago•0 comments

New AirPods leak reveals built-in cameras and Visual Intelligence

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3•GuinansEyebrows•19m ago•0 comments

The Troubling Global Ramifications of the EU's Digital Markets Act

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1•RickJWagner•21m ago•1 comments

Poolside Strikes $6B Licensing Deal with Nvidia

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4•amrrs•22m ago•0 comments

Software 2.0: A Security-Critical Project Where I Don't Read the Code

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1•mooreds•23m ago•0 comments

The ATProto Spaces Alpha Is Live – At Protocol

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3•grappler•23m ago•1 comments

Regex is horrible, yet regex is amazing

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1•Curiositry•24m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Sourcery – Benchmark for search APIs on the sources they return

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1•sameerhimati•24m ago•1 comments

The Many Faces of a Paradigm

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1•jhartikainen•24m ago•0 comments

Treasury plan to subdue yields fails

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4•root-parent•28m ago•0 comments

Catches decisions and commitments you missed across work tools

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2•julianacunadc•32m ago•1 comments

AI-Driven Development Means Test-Driven Development

https://meiert.com/blog/ai-and-tdd/
1•speckx•32m ago•0 comments

Why.com: A $17K domain held for 27 years becomes an AI curiosity engine

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4•rasheed106•34m ago•1 comments

The Mundaneum, XX Century "Internet" Put World Knowledge on Millions Index Cards

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2•mdp2021•34m ago•0 comments