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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.

Name the UK Space Agency's Active Debris Removal Mission

https://space.blog.gov.uk/2026/10/15/name-the-uk-space-agencys-first-national-mission-%f0%9f%9b%b...
1•helsinkiandrew•2m ago•0 comments

Do At-Proto Users Know This Is Public?

https://melaniekat.com/blog/public-on-pds/
1•birdculture•3m ago•0 comments

Why Do I Sometimes Hate Myself

https://tomaszdziurko.substack.com/p/why-do-i-sometimes-hate-myself
2•Tiwariparth6165•3m ago•0 comments

Essays on the Nature and Role of Mathematical Elegance by Edsger Dijkstra

https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~EWD/transcriptions/EWD06xx/EWD619.html
1•rramadass•6m ago•1 comments

Getting Google Cast on My Soundbar

https://codon.org.uk/~mjg59/blog/p/getting-google-cast-on-my-soundbar/
1•robin_reala•13m ago•0 comments

The First Agentic Native Hobby Operating System

https://github.com/vahmoh/Veda
1•sevda11•18m ago•0 comments

FK Sofa – Truck

https://www.truck-furniture.co.jp/en/backstories/fk-sofa/
2•Michelangelo11•27m ago•1 comments

Faststrap: Component-based FastHTML extension that provides reusable UI elements

https://github.com/Faststrap-org/Faststrap
1•indigodaddy•29m ago•0 comments

Power of Raycast, Now on iOS

https://www.raycast.com/ios
2•rene_d•46m ago•0 comments

Punchy – a security Tamagotchi that boxes the internet

https://punchy.virtualserv.uk
1•raister•55m ago•0 comments

What if your ChatGPT conversations have a dashboard that can track things

https://chatgpt.com/plugins/plugin_asdk_app_6ad58e43cfe881919841205d69cff9cf
2•vasanthps•57m ago•0 comments

Good writing is a business advantage (2020)

http://adaged.blogspot.com/2020/04/good-writing-is-business-advantage.html
1•zenincognito•1h ago•0 comments

Non-autoregressive NC LLM spits tokens 21x faster than text diffusion

https://hazyresearch.stanford.edu/blog/2026-10-12-ncm
2•LarsDu88•1h ago•0 comments

Junglia theme park in Okinawa posted ¥17.3B (US$109.84) loss in first year

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/09/26/junglia-okinawa-first-year-loss/
1•guessmyname•1h ago•0 comments

Farewell – ETAOIN SHRDLU – 1978 [video]

https://vimeo.com/127605643
1•apical_dendrite•1h ago•0 comments

Ask HN: Is the Microsoft buyout just a long overdue correction?

2•sky2224•1h ago•2 comments

Push Ifs Up and Fors Down

https://matklad.github.io/2023/11/15/push-ifs-up-and-fors-down.html
3•dboon•1h ago•0 comments

From the Analytics Department to a Lone Operator with a Laptop

https://medium.com/@smoking2man/from-the-analytics-department-to-a-lone-operator-with-a-laptop-ho...
1•Aldus551•1h ago•0 comments

Digital Minimalism

https://vitalik.eth.limo/general/2026/10/31/digital_minimalism.html
4•wilbertliu•1h ago•0 comments

Mexico urges respect for treaties after Texas seizes nine islands on Rio Grande

https://english.elpais.com/usa/2026-10-30/mexico-urges-respect-for-treaties-after-texas-seizes-ni...
2•geox•1h ago•0 comments

Ask HN: Is anyone else struggling with AI wealth FOMO?

2•kadhirvelm•1h ago•4 comments

Automated Subtle Emergent Misalignment Research

https://alignment.anthropic.com/2026/automated-em-search/
2•pretext•1h ago•0 comments

UTF-34 BASE-4: Codespace 4^34 = 2^68, Zero-Waste Theorem, and 1M Binary Codes

https://media.githubusercontent.com/media/anhkhoavanhua/utf34/refs/heads/main/utf34_base4_1M_bina...
1•jackhua18112001•1h ago•0 comments

Cold showers benefit the environment and your health

https://www.unibas.ch/en/News-Events/News/Uni-Research/cold-showers-health-environment.html
5•DeepLogin•1h ago•1 comments

Tier 1 ISPs react to unfair pricing

https://www.datacenterknowledge.com/networking/cogent-unplugs-telia-in-peering-dispute
1•countWSS•1h ago•1 comments

Google Adopts New AI Training Control

https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ai-training-control-42430.html
2•thm•1h ago•1 comments

Spanish minister refuses to resign over second major train crash on his watch

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/spain-transport-minister-resign-train-crash-6507826
2•Markoff•1h ago•2 comments

Language Models Need Sleep: Learning to Self-Modify and Consolidate Memories

https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.03979
4•olalonde•1h ago•0 comments

Tell HN: Claude is using my limits even though it's infra is failing

4•throwaw12•1h ago•4 comments

How hard is it to check for whitespace?

https://serce.me/posts/2026-10-30-how-hard-is-it-to-check-for-whitespace
2•SerCe•1h ago•0 comments