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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.

Meta's Muse agent is attacking one of the economy's most profitable weak spots

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/27/meta-muse-ai-personal-agent.html
1•pseudolus•2m ago•0 comments

Touch-tone digits produced zero output in the STT pipeline I tested

https://github.com/IAgentic-LLC/voice-agents
1•adrianssebuliba•2m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Kosh – Give your bookmarks a shape worth keeping

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/kosh/
1•havu12•4m ago•0 comments

Linux Server Hardening Best Practices: Essential Steps to Secure Your Server

https://mobilestuff2026.blogspot.com/2026/09/linux-server-hardening-best-practices.html
1•techGuardpro•6m ago•0 comments

Show HN: I started surfing and ended up building forecasts for 50k beaches

https://ariasurf.com/en
1•henriemategui•6m ago•1 comments

FAA investigates software glitch in 737 MAX during aborted landings

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/boeing-737-max-software-glitch-aborted-landings-faa-investigation/
1•thm•8m ago•0 comments

The India shock: exporting workers to the world

https://www.ft.com/content/afb910e4-5425-4d3e-b0ef-c1d260f29945
2•toomuchtodo•9m ago•1 comments

An OpenAI Engineer and His Friends Debate the Future

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-documentary/an-openai-engineer-and-his-friends-d...
1•gmays•9m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Asimov's 4 Laws for AI Contexts

https://github.com/davidsonff/asimov4laws
2•davidsonff•11m ago•0 comments

Moon Illusion

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_illusion
1•thunderbong•13m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Lofi Cities – Pixel-art city nights with browser-generated lofi

https://loficities.com/
2•safaelmali•13m ago•1 comments

Lockheed Martin and Saildrone Demonstrate Launch from USV Platform

https://www.lockheedmartin.com/en-us/index.html
1•kamaraju•16m ago•0 comments

Israeli Settlers Can Get Away with Murder [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62_JDWywvEI
6•computerex•16m ago•2 comments

He's Terrified of AI–and He's About to Make Billions Off It

https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/jaan-tallinn-anthropic-ai-f513f181
1•thm•18m ago•0 comments

Some of Anthropic's first employees are eyeing remote land to escape to

https://madrobot.blog/2026/09/27/anthropic-early-employees-remote-land-ai-doomers-wsj/
1•AIfanboy•19m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Orglet, an open source desktop app for your own team of cute AI workers

https://orglet.codepawl.com/
1•codepawl•20m ago•0 comments

Anthropic/OpenAI sound alarm on AI safety and seek to shape how to control it

https://apnews.com/article/ai-slowdown-midterms-anthropic-openai-ipo-9a057de94eb8f30a2fdb5b938918...
4•billybuckwheat•23m ago•2 comments

Nobody likes spoilers, especially agents

https://github.com/lukstei/curtain
2•lukstei•25m ago•2 comments

Textbooks That Run

https://kcsrk.info/ocaml/teaching/nptel/llm/2026/09/26/textbooks-that-run/
2•ibobev•25m ago•0 comments

Minimal Neighborhoods for Evaluating Jittered Voronoi Grids

https://www.boristhebrave.com/2026/09/26/minimal-neighborhoods-for-evaluating-jittered-voronoi-gr...
1•ibobev•26m ago•0 comments

Digital Audio on the ZX Spectrum's 1-Bit Beeper

https://bumbershootsoft.wordpress.com/2026/09/26/digital-audio-on-the-zx-spectrums-1-bit-beeper/
3•ibobev•27m ago•0 comments

How (and why) to be an effective meat proxy

https://www.vivekhaldar.com/articles/how-to-be-an-effective-meat-proxy/
2•gandalfgeek•31m ago•0 comments

My Six Favorite YouTube IDs

https://blog.greg.technology/2026/09/26/my-six-favorite-youtube-ids.html
2•gregsadetsky•32m ago•0 comments

X Files – Ghost in the Machine

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0751131/
1•danielovichdk•33m ago•0 comments

Almost nobody gets XML sitemaps right

https://joost.blog/broken-sitemaps/
2•taubek•33m ago•0 comments

Ex-CIA officer's novel alleges grave dysfunction in deep-cover operations

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/09/27/ex-cia-officers-novel-alleges-grave-d...
2•7777777phil•36m ago•0 comments

Duke Builder: An experimental level editor for Duke Nukem 3D

https://github.com/aheck/dukebuilder
1•aheck•37m ago•1 comments

Screw Is Needed for Missiles and Planes. Buying One Can Take Years

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/business/ball-screws-military-production.html
1•Animats•38m ago•1 comments

Generate realistic Postgres test data from DDL, without a database

https://weavori.com/blog/postgres-test-data-without-database
2•ammarmalik17•38m ago•0 comments

Why Do Clinical Trials for Cancer Drugs Take So Long?

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/opinion/clinical-trials-cancer-drugs.html
2•elo2000•42m ago•0 comments