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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.

Hired to Code, He Built Hudson River Trading and a $27B Fortune

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-09-10/how-jason-carroll-built-hudson-river-trading-a...
1•aanet•3m ago•1 comments

Vivaldi 8.2 for mobile: the browser. Your rules. Your extensions

https://vivaldi.com/blog/vivaldi-on-mobile-8-2/
1•thunderbong•3m ago•0 comments

A mini-game around fake news

https://unspin.hidden-pond-5e6a.workers.dev/
1•azermite•5m ago•0 comments

How My Students Think About AI

https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/ySXuvJcqRindQwAk7/how-my-students-think-about-ai
2•paulpauper•5m ago•0 comments

In Japan, Television Viewing Doesn't Have to Take a Back Seat (2013)

https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887323296504578397020440247856
1•libpcap•7m ago•0 comments

How do Necco wafers, paper receipts, and farmers almanacs still exist?

https://thehustle.co/newsletters/09-09-2026
2•paulpauper•7m ago•0 comments

AI #185: Preference Cascade

https://thezvi.substack.com/p/ai-185-preference-cascade
1•paulpauper•8m ago•0 comments

Allow Carriers on Planes

https://www.jefftk.com/p/allow-carriers-on-planes
2•luu•13m ago•0 comments

Sky sphere representation in language models (29 Jul 2026)

https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.27092
1•throwaway81523•16m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Benzi – A Code Intillegence/Harness Beating Claude Code and CodeGraph

https://benzi.fly.dev/benchmark
3•tweedler290•16m ago•2 comments

A fossil feather in dinosaur poop may explain why birds survived mass extinction

https://phys.org/news/2026-09-fossil-feather-dinosaur-poop-birds.html
1•wglb•18m ago•1 comments

Continuous video of black hole radio observations challenges shock wave theory

https://phys.org/news/2026-09-video-black-hole-radio-theory.html
1•wglb•22m ago•1 comments

Zero heap allocation chess engine in OxCaml

https://github.com/ericlovesmath/oxcaml-chess
2•0xsn3k•22m ago•0 comments

Developer created an app to detect nearby Meta glasses

https://www.businessinsider.com/zuckoff-app-detects-meta-ai-smart-glasses-recording-privacy-2026-9
3•CarbonCycles•23m ago•1 comments

A galaxy with almost no stars? New Cloud-9 observations strengthen the case

https://phys.org/news/2026-09-galaxy-stars-cloud-case.html
1•wglb•23m ago•0 comments

I built a simulator for the iPhone Duo

https://progressier.com/iphone-duo-simulator
2•kbst•25m ago•1 comments

PanoDrop

https://www.panodrop.app/
2•dueffects•27m ago•0 comments

GE Acquires NBC – 1985

https://www.s-1.site/s/ge-acquires-rca-1985.html
1•anthonybourdain•29m ago•0 comments

OpenAI Is Open to Slowing Cutting-Edge AI, CEO Sam Altman Tells Staff

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-11/openai-is-open-to-slowing-cutting-edge-ai-ceo-...
3•mfiguiere•33m ago•1 comments

YouTuber, or someone, wants to send nice emails to active military personnel

https://mic.sandboxx.us/
5•tempestrose•35m ago•4 comments

Towards a taxonomy of cliches in Space Opera

https://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2016/03/towards-a-taxonomy-of-cliches-.html
2•rznicolet•38m ago•0 comments

Mexican student creates an acoustic fire extinguisher to put out fire in seconds

https://www.upsocl.com/en/16-year-old-mexican-student-creates-an-acoustic-fire-extinguisher-that-...
3•rguiscard•38m ago•0 comments

Show HN: TIL in AI

https://buildyard.ai/til
1•buildyard•39m ago•0 comments

The Poisoned Chalice and the Court of the Opened Eye

https://danverbraganza.com/writings/the-poisoned-chalice-and-the-court-of-the-opened-eye
2•nvader•40m ago•0 comments

SmartDB Todo tu trabajo con datos, en el contexto de tu proyecto

https://smartdb.bytss.com/
2•luiscasasanchez•41m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Botbin.io – Pastebin for AI agent artifacts with MCP

https://botbin.io/?mcp=true
1•obilgic•43m ago•0 comments

Herdr Studio

https://powerfooI.github.io/herdr-studio/
4•throwaway888abc•44m ago•0 comments

Identity Verification in Japan: What Happens Behind the Scenes

https://www.tokyodev.com/articles/identity-verification-in-japan
2•pwim•45m ago•0 comments

I built a margin tracker for builders after watching them guess in spreadsheets

https://tryobra.com/
1•mytinyrocket•49m ago•0 comments

Donald Trump boxed his party in

https://www.economist.com/united-states/2026/09/10/how-donald-trump-boxed-his-party-in
2•Anon84•50m ago•1 comments