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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.

Move 37 Is the Moment AI Changes Everything. It's Suddenly Happening Everywhere

https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/move-37-ai-demis-hassabis-google-deepmind-alphago-ec832a41
1•kjhughes•2m ago•0 comments

Late passengers desperate to catch their Russian flight

https://www.the-sun.com/news/16813454/late-passengers-run-tarmac-catch-flight/
2•DivingForGold•3m ago•1 comments

AI Code Is Insane Trash

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwLW11Ucnps
1•root-parent•4m ago•0 comments

Show HN: A replayable A2A jury for tracing how agents influence decisions

https://github.com/nMaroulis/protolink/tree/main/examples/ai_courtroom
1•nmaroulis21•5m ago•0 comments

X Is Changing How Creators Get Paid in 2026

https://www.bestmillionstartups.com/best/x-original-content-rewards-2026
2•brevn•5m ago•0 comments

The Rogue Scholar

https://rogue-scholar.org/
2•jruohonen•5m ago•0 comments

ZoomIt for Mac

https://github.com/microsoft/ZoomitForMac
2•rochansinha•5m ago•0 comments

Corrupted Apostrophes

https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/08/07/corrupted-apostrophes/
2•ibobev•7m ago•0 comments

Corals Spin Tiny Vortices to Get Oxygen, but Not If It's Too Hot

https://www.quantamagazine.org/corals-spin-tiny-vortices-to-get-oxygen-but-not-if-its-too-hot-202...
2•ibobev•8m ago•0 comments

How Does Touch Lead to Pain or Pleasure?

https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-does-touch-lead-to-pain-or-pleasure-20260806/
2•ibobev•8m ago•0 comments

We Were Simply Animals

https://www.equator.org/articles/we-were-simply-animals-turati?src=longreads
2•Michelangelo11•9m ago•0 comments

Social Media Makes Our Lives Smaller

https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/2026/08/how-social-media-makes-our-lives-smaller/688213/
2•vcfgdev•9m ago•0 comments

Show HN: RunOnMine – local policy and approvals for AI access to your machine

https://github.com/ademisler/RunOnMine
2•ademisler•10m ago•0 comments

gpt-5.6-sol agent harness in 17 lines PHP

https://github.com/smol-env/smol/blob/main/smol.php
1•tosh•11m ago•0 comments

AI Barons Are Ready to Give Away Their Fortunes

https://www.wired.com/story/ai-billionaires-are-pledging-their-wealth-good-or-bad/
2•joozio•14m ago•1 comments

You need a machine that never sleeps

https://mineti.dev/articles/always-on-server/
2•mineti•16m ago•0 comments

How a Drone 'Hellscape' Might Stop a Chinese Invasion of Taiwan

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/09/world/asia/taiwan-drone-china-invasion.html
3•hodgesrm•16m ago•0 comments

Show HN: GlyPho – Generate editable SVGs from simple AI prompts

https://www.glypho.app/
1•shenyi•17m ago•0 comments

DeepMind AI gives an extra day of warning ahead of deadly cyclones

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2583547-deepmind-ai-gives-an-extra-day-of-warning-ahead-of-d...
1•doener•18m ago•0 comments

AI Settles a 25 Year-Old Problem We Left Behind

https://xcancel.com/i/article/2086158118354887060
2•famouswaffles•20m ago•0 comments

AI push is putting banks at mercy of tech firms, warns Moody's

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/aug/09/ai-push-banks-tech-firms-moodys-risks-financial-...
1•Brajeshwar•22m ago•0 comments

People Who Will Thrive in the AI Age

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/06/ai-open-ai-anthropic/687689/
1•tosh•23m ago•0 comments

UC Berkeley 8500 sq foot incubator for social good

https://soco.place/
1•brandon-pampuch•26m ago•0 comments

...24 Years Ago (2013)

https://sis.web.cern.ch/archives/history_CERN/historical_images/24-years-ago
1•jruohonen•28m ago•0 comments

The Lymphaterian Formula

https://www.scribd.com/document/533666733/Stanislaw-Lem-Formula-Lymphatera
1•root-parent•32m ago•0 comments

iOS 26 Gets First Jailbreak Thanks to Dopamine

https://www.macrumors.com/2026/08/07/ios-26-dopamine-jailbreak/
2•akyuu•32m ago•0 comments

Banksy works cost public almost £150k

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2vnny7j5zo
8•alvis•42m ago•9 comments

Show HN: Ember – Redshift safe color palettes

https://github.com/carpdiem/ember
2•carpdiem•48m ago•0 comments

FCC moves to ban Lidar-equipped foreign drones from US

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/drones/fcc-moves-to-ban-lidar-equipped-foreign-drones-...
16•f-serif•50m ago•1 comments

Personal Software Is Getting Cheaper to Build, So I Killed My LinkedIn Feed

https://andrewpollack.dev/blog/fixing-linkedin-customizing-the-web/
5•andrewpollack•50m ago•0 comments