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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.

Quad9 Rejects French Piracy Blocks, Weighs Exit as BeIN Seeks Up to €580K a Day

https://torrentfreak.com/dns-resolver-quad9-rejects-french-piracy-blocks-weighs-exit-as-bein-seek...
1•Cider9986•33s ago•0 comments

The City of Seattle Accidentally Gave Me 32M Emails for 40 Dollars (2017)

https://mchap.io/that-time-the-city-of-seattle-accidentally-gave-me-32m-emails-for-40-dollars4997...
1•corvad•45s ago•0 comments

Apple may soon track when Google promotes Chrome inside Safari

https://9to5mac.com/2026/10/05/apple-may-soon-track-when-google-promotes-chrome-inside-safari/
1•tech234a•1m ago•0 comments

Use GNU Emacs the Plain Text Computing Environment

https://www2.lib.uchicago.edu/keith/emacs/
1•dargscisyhp•3m ago•0 comments

Show HN: AI Agents: Zero to Hero – Learn AI Agents from Scratch in Pure Python

https://github.com/tradertanmay/ai-agents-zero-to-hero
1•tradertanmay•4m ago•0 comments

Serving my blog via a govt.nz domain

https://utf9k.net/blog/government-proxied-blog/
2•OuterVale•6m ago•0 comments

Mind control of smart devices enabled by space-time-coding metasurface

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-63326-0
1•bookofjoe•14m ago•0 comments

British Army Brings Cavalry Back – Like with Horses

https://united24media.com/world/british-army-brings-cavalry-back-this-time-for-modern-battlefield...
1•Gaishan•18m ago•0 comments

A Man Behind the Soups (1989)

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1989/01/23/albert-yeganeh-the-real-soup-nazi
1•thunderbong•20m ago•1 comments

Install script does rm -rf /usr (2011)

https://github.com/MrMEEE/bumblebee-Old-and-abbandoned/issues/123
2•colinprince•22m ago•0 comments

The computer will turn society upside down – Krishnamurti [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kqv4-eoxbIA
1•remir•24m ago•1 comments

GPU Style Sheets

https://www.gss-lang.dev/
1•ilreb•25m ago•0 comments

Doing Math Without Showing the Work

https://thefreemanmag.substack.com/p/doing-math-without-showing-the-work
1•Ariarule•31m ago•0 comments

I am building an Online Adobe Illustrator

2•freelancerfreel•32m ago•1 comments

Mosquito research: saving lives with pantyhose and paperclips (2014) [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dh0pJdgY6Lc
2•thelastgallon•34m ago•0 comments

Amazon Nova 2.5 Sonic: speech-to-speech model for voice agents

https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/10/amazon-nova-2.5-Sonic/
2•acossta•34m ago•0 comments

Drakey83's Steam Deals

https://github.com/Drakey83/steam-deals
1•drakey83•36m ago•1 comments

Jenesis: A Java-native build ecosystem

https://jenesis.build/
2•ibobev•46m ago•0 comments

Broadcasting conglomerates are attempting a takeover of over-the-air television

https://place.reeseric.ci/writings/2026-10-04/
1•ibobev•47m ago•0 comments

Can you predict earthquakes?

https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/can-you-predict-earthquakes
1•teleforce•47m ago•1 comments

Implementing Undo [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6PqsZ65Mg4
1•ibobev•47m ago•0 comments

Metal Gear Solid Running Natively on the ESP32-S3

https://velxio.dev/blog/posts/metal-gear-solid-on-esp32-s3/
2•andrewstuart•51m ago•0 comments

The End of Software Secrecy

https://twitter.com/esrtweet/status/2106983467141509385
2•perilunar•51m ago•1 comments

The Economist wrote about tinubu and the coming general election

https://pressearn.it.com/blog/2026/10/04/%f0%9f%92%a5the-economist-wrote-about-tinubu-and-the-com...
1•Bpyegroup•55m ago•1 comments

Ask HN: How are AI budgets changing in your company?

1•bobby-cb•57m ago•1 comments

Take Back Your Control

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.versanyx.explainmy_phone&hl=en_US
1•Globe_18•59m ago•0 comments

One year later: have any lessons from TARmageddon been learnt?

https://edera.dev/stories/1-year-later-lessons-from-tarmageddon
2•ivytheaxolotl•59m ago•0 comments

Third conversation with Claude that Anthropic reported to police since August

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/anthropic-reports-florida-woma...
3•felineflock•1h ago•1 comments

State of Devs 2026

https://2026.stateofdevs.com/en-US
2•absqueued•1h ago•0 comments

Opus 5.5 builds a working game engine in one prompt (TheCherno) [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_uf5OfMGio
2•TheRoque•1h ago•1 comments