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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.

The Distinct in Your Count

https://boringsql.com/posts/distinct-in-your-count/
1•gmcabrita•29s ago•0 comments

Large genome models used to design new viruses

https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/08/large-genome-models-used-to-design-new-viruses/
1•pera•1m ago•0 comments

xAI Ignores Laws and Profits: Rules for Thee, Not for Me

https://illegal.solutions/posts/xai_pollution
1•speckx•2m ago•0 comments

After 23 years, I finished my indie video game

https://www.missilemassacre.com
2•jevonsparadox•5m ago•1 comments

The Judgment Decorator

https://www.insideainative.com/p/the-judgment-decorator
1•mmayernick•5m ago•0 comments

Landscape and Perspective on Recursive Self-Improvement from a Neolab

https://poetiq.ai/posts/rsi_perspective/
1•gkapur•5m ago•0 comments

Emacs project adds official AGENTS.md

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2026-08/msg00077.html
2•untilted•5m ago•0 comments

We're Suing the Makers of I-Ready

https://www.educationprogress.org/p/were-suing-the-makers-of-i-ready
1•barry-cotter•7m ago•0 comments

Why ARM Disassembly Looks "Too Simple"

https://comuniq.xyz/post?t=1512
2•01-_-•7m ago•0 comments

AI designs a novel E. coli killer (first publicly announced AI-designed virus)

https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2026/08/evo-2-ai-tool-e-coli-killer-bacteriophages
2•alephnerd•7m ago•1 comments

Anhedonia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anhedonia
1•klaussilveira•8m ago•0 comments

EV8: The Post-Ultimate Alpha [pdf]

https://research.ac.upc.es/pact01/keynotes/emer.pdf
1•twoodfin•11m ago•0 comments

Anybody tried Laguna S 2.1 (by Poolside)?

2•spottedmarley•13m ago•0 comments

Cloudflare Connect 2026

https://www.cloudflare.com/connect/
1•guessmyname•13m ago•0 comments

Amazon to Offer GLP-1 Weight-Loss Drugs to Medicare Part D Patients

https://www.wsj.com/health/pharma/amazon-to-offer-glp-1-weight-loss-drugs-to-medicare-part-d-pati...
2•bookofjoe•13m ago•1 comments

Horse-Drawn Railway

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horsecar
1•CGMthrowaway•13m ago•0 comments

The age of "no code" has passed

https://blog.exe.dev/the-end-of-no-code
3•zazuke•14m ago•0 comments

AI and the Enshittification Era with Cory Doctorow [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dAIJRjb-Bw
3•CharlesW•15m ago•0 comments

Sticky or slippery? Snails can change their slime to meet the moment

https://www.npr.org/2026/08/06/nx-s1-5920383/snail-slime-mucus-inspire-new-materials
1•speckx•16m ago•0 comments

Demise of the monoculture: many have never heard UK's record-breaking No 1 song

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/aug/05/demise-monoculture-why-have-so-many-never-heard-uk-...
2•coloneltcb•17m ago•0 comments

Personal AGI [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRrc1pUY5oU
1•tosh•17m ago•0 comments

Software Giant SAP Stops Most Travel and Hiring Because of AI's Soaring Cost

https://www.404media.co/software-giant-sap-stops-most-travel-and-hiring-because-of-ais-soaring-cost/
1•cdrnsf•18m ago•0 comments

Qwen3.8-Max reproduce a research paper

https://github.com/QwenLM/qwen-code
1•dyfang•19m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Gitdebt.com, open source repo stats and star history for GitHub repos

https://gitdebt.com/
2•andrewzeno•20m ago•0 comments

Japanese Governmen Asks US Government to Stop Using Mario, Pokemono Meme Posting

https://mainichi.jp/articles/20260803/k00/00m/010/133000c
2•m463•22m ago•0 comments

Agentsview – Browse, search, and track costs across all your AI coding agents

https://github.com/kenn-io/agentsview
1•gilad•22m ago•0 comments

SCTPhantom: An 18-Year-Old SCTP Asconf Transport Use-After-Free

https://matrix.tencent.com/en/2026/08/06/sctphantom-CVE-2026-64564
1•eyberg•23m ago•0 comments

East Frisian Tea: The German Tea Culture You've Never Heard of (2025) [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiCLHO-vbNE
1•Tomte•25m ago•0 comments

After Decades of Drought, Water Is Rising in the African Sahel

https://e360.yale.edu/features/sahel-groundwater-climate-monsoon
2•BigTTYGothGF•26m ago•0 comments

Seiche

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seiche
1•thunderbong•26m ago•0 comments