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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.

EyesOff Spots Shoulder Surfers Using a Privacy-First Approach

https://www.eyesoff.app/blog/how-eyesoff-spots-shoulder-surfers
1•Two_hands•5s ago•0 comments

But Nothing Has Changed on Our Side

https://cacm.acm.org/blogcacm/but-nothing-has-changed-on-our-side/
1•visha1v•3m ago•1 comments

I can build anything, but only the void sees it

1•urbanogt5•5m ago•0 comments

AI researchers ran a secret experiment on Reddit users (2025)

https://www.livescience.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/ai-researchers-ran-a-secret-experi...
1•rolph•9m ago•1 comments

Verizon is About to Break our Watches

https://www.jefftk.com/p/verizon-is-about-to-break-our-watches
2•jefftk•10m ago•0 comments

AI bots ignore evidence. Can we trust them with science?

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ai-ignore-evidence-trust-science
1•rolph•11m ago•0 comments

1-click-unpaywall Bookmarklet via Nopaywall.net

https://www.nopaywall.net/bookmarklet
1•MajesticWombat•13m ago•0 comments

What do nuns give up

https://silvestro2026.substack.com/p/what-do-catholic-nuns-give-up
1•silvestromedia•17m ago•0 comments

Moe Estimator – Simulate decode speed with layer-major prefetch hiding

https://www.agrillo.it/AI/Calculators/MOE-tieredstreaming.html
1•ConteMascetti71•20m ago•0 comments

Microsoft GDID telemetry includes full browsing and gaming history

https://old.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/1undrrd/microsoft_gdid_tracks_all_windows_installations/
2•jjbinx007•21m ago•0 comments

Show HN: A home for short stories generated from 5 random emojis

https://www.moon-zine.net/
1•riedhes•23m ago•0 comments

Reading Is Fun

https://github.com/baturyilmaz/readingisfun
1•k3030•25m ago•0 comments

BareMetal RAM Dumper – Bare-metal x86 tool for Cold Boot Attack experiments

https://github.com/pIat0n/BareMetal-RAM-Dumper
5•liffik•25m ago•1 comments

Spending a Day on Sweden's $200M Stealth Warship [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5lHWgMmrt8
1•dataflow•26m ago•0 comments

Zenú Gold: Reassessing Matriarchy in Pre-Contact Colombia (2025)

https://archaeolog.substack.com/p/zenu-gold-reassessing-matriarchy
1•BaseBaal•28m ago•0 comments

Historic Photos of NASA's Cavernous Wind Tunnels

https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2018/05/historic-photos-of-nasas-cavernous-wind-tunnels/560660/
1•ohjeez•34m ago•0 comments

Why don't people use Git properly?

https://deadsimpletech.com/blog/why-dont-people-use-git-properly
2•mmphosis•34m ago•2 comments

AI Has Hacked the Code of Human Civilization – Yuval Noah Harari

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBtVGwuJzpk
1•doener•38m ago•0 comments

Sick leave: Germany rising but not the worst in Europe

https://www.dw.com/en/sick-leave-germany-rising-but-not-the-worst-in-europe/a-77815488
5•bushwart•44m ago•0 comments

What should a personal website be?

https://ratfactor.com/cards/personal-website
1•tolerance•44m ago•1 comments

Elon Musk posted twice as often on UK race and immigration as about SpaceX IPO

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/04/elon-musk-uk-race-immigration-spacex-ipo
10•iamflimflam1•44m ago•0 comments

National Institute of Standards and Technology | NIST | Official US Time

https://time.gov/
1•Bender•44m ago•0 comments

No more than 100 000 faint satellites should orbit Earth

https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2607/
10•Breadmaker•45m ago•0 comments

Review-flow – automate 80% of code review so humans focus on the 20%

https://github.com/DGouron/review-flow
2•DGouron•45m ago•0 comments

Lessons from a Year of Exploring Common Ground

https://americans-agree.org/insights/lessons-from-a-year-of-exploring-common-ground
2•quadtree•47m ago•0 comments

Only 1 of the Top 5 AI Coding Models on WebDev Arena Isn't Chinese

https://arena.ai/leaderboard/code/webdev?rankBy=labs
4•SweetSoftPillow•49m ago•1 comments

Using Local Coding Agents – By Sebastian Raschka, PhD

https://magazine.sebastianraschka.com/p/using-local-coding-agents
2•rbanffy•50m ago•0 comments

Game Boy Advance Dev: Logging to the Console

https://www.mattgreer.dev/blog/gba-dev-logging/
1•jandeboevrie•51m ago•0 comments

Shipping post-quantum cryptography to Python – The Trail of Bits Blog

https://blog.trailofbits.com/2026/06/30/shipping-post-quantum-cryptography-to-python/
2•rbanffy•51m ago•0 comments

MITS - Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems

https://www.abortretry.fail/p/micro-instrumentation-and-telemetry
2•rbanffy•54m ago•0 comments