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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.

How much AI can a maintainer get away with using without losing their humanity?

https://www.jvt.me/posts/2026/08/02/ai-maintainer/
1•zdw•2m ago•0 comments

My Personal Software Journey: Self-Hosting Agent-Built Apps on a Mac Mini

https://metedata.substack.com/p/016-my-personal-software-journey
1•young_mete•7m ago•0 comments

I ran a 1998 artificial life SIM at 560x speed and caught a rare easter egg [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5GRwnCE2Y0
1•robinduckett•8m ago•0 comments

How AI is expanding what people do at work

https://openai.com/index/how-ai-is-expanding-what-people-do-at-work/
2•gmays•9m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Testimonials.Free ~1 KB embed widget, zero layout shift

https://testimonials.free/
1•nadermx•19m ago•0 comments

Flock – Chilling Effects: Long Island's Emerging Open-Air Prison

https://www.11971.com/
2•mediaeater•20m ago•0 comments

Dan, a compression toolkit for anime line art with honest benchmarks

https://github.com/adnqcr7-code/Data-Adaptive-Network
1•kairos_agent•20m ago•0 comments

NY files $36B lawsuit against Kalshi, alleging illegal gambling operation

https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/new-york-files-36-billion-lawsuit-a...
4•randycupertino•21m ago•1 comments

Do not trust the marketing IOPS on Consumer SSD

https://bsid.io/writing/the-ssd-that-cried-etcd
1•humbfool2•22m ago•0 comments

Let kids be kids: When collectibles lose their playfulness

https://quarters.captaintouch.com/blog/posts/2026-08-02-let-kids-be-kids:-when-collectibles-lose-...
1•capitain•24m ago•0 comments

Google Removes New Earth AI Tool a Day After Users Create Fake Disasters

https://deltiasgaming.com/google-removes-new-earth-ai-tool-a-day-after-users-create-fake-disasters/
2•randycupertino•32m ago•2 comments

Recovering a SM T225N and Overclocking Its PowerVR Rogue GE8320

https://xdaforums.com/t/recovering-a-hard-bricked-galaxy-tab-a7-lite-with-only-a-phone-github-cod...
1•kirito1337•32m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Rubiks Cube Solver

https://github.com/punnerud/MPErubiks
1•punnerud•33m ago•0 comments

Should You Use AI for a Task?

https://elezea.com/2026/08/should-you-use-ai-for-a-task-heres-a-simple-way-to-decide/
3•conqrr•34m ago•0 comments

The Quest to Track Down Every Official Liberty Bell Replica Created by Congress

https://tomlovesthelibertybell.com/the-57-u-s-treasury-liberty-bell-replica-locations/
1•gscott•36m ago•0 comments

I built a prompt injection detector using only Go's standard library

https://towardsdev.com/i-built-a-prompt-injection-detector-using-gos-standard-library-f4528c13d03...
1•cheikhdev•36m ago•0 comments

Understanding Raft Leader Election by building from scratch

https://sushantdhiman.dev/blog/raft/
1•birdculture•40m ago•0 comments

Show HN: I implemented the Kimi K3 paper from scratch in PyTorch

https://github.com/TimRots/kimi3
4•ENOMEM•41m ago•0 comments

WireguardTCP: WireGuard over TCP

https://wireguardtcp.net/
11•kaliszad•41m ago•4 comments

What Is Decispher?

2•cool_coder12•43m ago•1 comments

Tell HN: On the Boardwalk

3•kmstout•43m ago•0 comments

Design by Contract and effects are essential for LLM-generated code

https://gavinray97.github.io/blog/design-by-contract-and-effects-for-llms
1•gavinray•44m ago•0 comments

Hyper-Reality (2016)[video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJg02ivYzSs
1•EndXA•45m ago•0 comments

Eating less protein could slow aging, major review finds

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260801042811.htm
3•OutOfHere•48m ago•3 comments

Maximum Overkill

http://www.os2museum.com/wp/maximum-overkill/
1•userbinator•49m ago•0 comments

Bubble Memory

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubble_memory
8•jacquesm•1h ago•0 comments

Show HN: Draco – A single-binary, self-hostable Firecrawl alternative in Rust

https://github.com/0xchasercat/draco/
9•ccheshirecat•1h ago•1 comments

AI Mania: From Tulips to Tokens

https://seanhelvey.com/tools-and-their-tools/
34•Lambda11•1h ago•22 comments

Estimating Fable and Sol model sizes

https://twitter.com/anpaure/status/2083993647268405602
7•grahamsfde•1h ago•0 comments

EU Age Verification Project Mandates Hardware-Bound Attestation

https://linuxiac.com/eu-age-verification-project-mandates-hardware-bound-attestation/
26•RobotToaster•1h ago•10 comments