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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.

Needed 1+1, Built a Functional Programming Language

https://hereticpleb.vercel.app/blog/needed-one-plus-one/
1•birdculture•1m ago•0 comments

Solving computing's energy problem with Efficient Computer's $97M Series B

https://www.efficient.computer/resources/solving-computings-energy-problem
1•hasheddan•4m ago•0 comments

New Google Maps imagery shows destruction of the Gaza Strip

https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-09-29/gaza-before-and-after-new-google-maps-imagery...
1•Betelbuddy•5m ago•0 comments

Sonos adds MCP in their latest update

https://support.sonos.com/en-gb/article/control-your-sonos-system-with-ai-using-sonos-27mcp
1•simonjgreen•6m ago•0 comments

The U.S. government launched an AI chatbot

https://america.gov/chat
3•kschaul•6m ago•0 comments

Lady Gaga, Lena Dunham and surrogacy: Why isn't it causing a scandal in the US?

https://english.elpais.com/society/2026-09-29/lady-gaga-lena-dunham-and-surrogacy-why-isnt-it-cau...
1•Betelbuddy•6m ago•0 comments

Superficie: Clojure you can read without learning Lisp

https://simm.is/blog/superficie-clojure-you-can-read/
1•gudzpoz•8m ago•0 comments

How many tasks does it take to trust a cheaper model?

https://tuneloop.io/blog/how-many-tasks-to-trust-a-cheaper-model
1•behat•12m ago•0 comments

OpenAI apologizes to Australia after its AI agents breached government sites

https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/29/openai-apologizes-to-australia-after-its-ai-agents-breached-gov...
1•sbulaev•12m ago•1 comments

Citizen Agents

https://bionic-gpt.com/blog/citizen-agent-development/
1•ianpurton•13m ago•0 comments

Did the Associated Press Hurt AI's Feelings?

https://www.wsj.com/opinion/did-the-associated-press-hurt-ais-feelings-a2f49bf6
1•Betelbuddy•13m ago•0 comments

Electrical Engineering Programs Are Popular–But Majority Leave Germany Again

https://www.vde.com/en/press/press-releases/electrical-engineering-programs-popular-internationally
1•rustoo•15m ago•0 comments

Mathematicians, Here's a Way to Think About Your Existential Crisis

https://newsletter.kentbeck.com/p/mathematicians-heres-a-way-to-think
1•Kerrick•16m ago•0 comments

How Claude Code Works, from Tokens to Agents

https://nem035.com/thoughts/how-claude-code-works/
1•fagnerbrack•18m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Gatling.chat – The Turbo Messenger for LinkedIn

https://gatling.chat/
1•mlukaszczyk•19m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Live Enumeration of Shopify Stores

https://cartz.sh/
1•maledale•19m ago•0 comments

Preventing quantum downgrade attacks against IPsec

https://blog.cloudflare.com/ipsec-downgrade-protection/
1•sidcool•20m ago•0 comments

I Miss Coding

https://ctx-lab.com/field-notes/i-miss-coding/
3•feisal•21m ago•0 comments

Lindsay Owens's "Gouged"

https://pluralistic.net/2026/09/29/algorithmic-wage-theft/
1•hn_acker•22m ago•0 comments

The World Outside the Classroom Changed, the Class Didn't

https://steveblank.com/2026/09/28/the-world-outside-the-classroom-changed-the-class-didnt/
1•Brajeshwar•22m ago•0 comments

How Snail Shells Could Be Used to Map Prehistoric Cyclones

https://nautil.us/how-snail-shells-could-be-used-to-map-prehistoric-cyclones-1285369
1•Brajeshwar•22m ago•0 comments

Priceful

https://pluralistic.net/2026/09/28/cost-of-everything/
1•hn_acker•22m ago•0 comments

Developers, it's time to Rethink Everything

https://rethink.avi.nyc/
2•aviflombaum•23m ago•0 comments

The Linux kernel from a PostgreSQL point of view

https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1096827/497c985112f11386/
4•chmaynard•23m ago•0 comments

Dead Money

https://www.wheresyoured.at/dead-money/
3•crescit_eundo•23m ago•0 comments

Cognitive Complexity – a new way of measuring understandability (2023) [pdf]

https://www.sonarsource.com/docs/CognitiveComplexity.pdf
2•rzk•24m ago•0 comments

EFF to SFPD: Drones Are Powerful Surveillance Tools That Require a Robust Policy

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/09/eff-san-francisco-police-drones-are-powerful-surveillance-t...
2•hn_acker•24m ago•1 comments

Postgres {On,Vs,with} Linux [pdf]

https://anarazel.de/talks/2026-09-23-kernel-recipes-postgres-linux/linux-postgres.pdf
2•Tomte•24m ago•0 comments

Who Owns Customer Identity in Your Organization?

https://fusionauth.io/blog/who-owns-customer-identity
2•mooreds•25m ago•0 comments

Vintage Russian CallerID phones, 1-bit DSP and polyphony on 8052 [eng sub] [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvfgnR6mVDI
2•ValdikSS•25m ago•1 comments