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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.

Could Earth have sent life to Jupiter's moon Europa?

https://phys.org/news/2026-06-earth-life-jupiter-moon-europa.html
1•pseudolus•2m ago•0 comments

Color Picking OKLCH for Mortals

https://hugodaniel.com/posts/color-picking-oklch/
1•hugodan•2m ago•0 comments

Is MCP a sign of the reopening of the internet?

https://bakkenbaeck.com/tech/is-mcp-the-reopening-of-the-internet
1•_n_nym__s•3m ago•0 comments

Zlib-Rs in Firefox

https://trifectatech.org/blog/zlib-rs-in-firefox/
1•mcraiha•4m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: Does your mind drift while waiting for AI prompts to finish?

1•cryptoSympozium•11m ago•4 comments

The MRV engine for carbon removal

https://www.cula.tech/
1•doener•11m ago•0 comments

Against essential and accidental complexity (2020)

https://danluu.com/essential-complexity/
1•pramodbiligiri•11m ago•0 comments

Magnetically Hovering Guitar Strings

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueCO4spGNPs
1•SweetSoftPillow•12m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: How much we change since LLM era?

1•modinfo•14m ago•0 comments

Dear Pinboard, I'm breaking up with you. It's me and it's you

https://michaelharley.net/posts/2026/06/16/dear-pinboard-im-breaking-up-with-you-its-me-and-its-you/
1•shaunpud•15m ago•0 comments

The Internet Isn't in the Cloud. It's on the Ocean Floor

https://axisbrief.substack.com/p/the-internet-isnt-in-the-cloud-its
2•Axis_Brief•15m ago•0 comments

Google: The New SDLC with Vibe Coding (2026)

https://www.kaggle.com/whitepaper-the-new-SDLC-with-vibe-coding
1•kubik369•18m ago•0 comments

W Social, Public Institutions and the Theater of European Digital Sovereignty

https://blog.elenarossini.com/w-social-public-institutions-and-the-theater-of-european-digital-so...
2•rapnie•18m ago•0 comments

Mastra NPM Supply Chain Attack: 140 Packages Backdoor via easy-day-JS Typosquat

https://www.stepsecurity.io/blog/mastra-npm-packages-compromised-using-easy-day-js
1•shaunpud•20m ago•0 comments

Show HN: OpenTalk2HTML – Convert video meeting transcripts to readable HTML

https://github.com/Aimino-Tech/opentalk2html
1•xducn1•22m ago•0 comments

AI Scenarios 2030: Helping policymakers plan for the future of AI

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ai-scenarios-2030-helping-policymakers-plan-for-the-fu...
1•hunglee2•22m ago•0 comments

The (Fake) Long Decline of Fertility

https://lymanstone.substack.com/p/the-fake-long-decline-of-fertility
1•barry-cotter•23m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Noema64 – an open-source LLM chess engine (still in beta though)

https://github.com/ahmeddyounis/noema64
1•ahmed_duski•25m ago•1 comments

Pipkin's Light Bulb Moment

https://spark.iop.org/pipkins-light-bulb-moment
1•redbell•25m ago•0 comments

SwissJURA3D – 3D geological model of the Swiss Jura

https://www.swisstopo.admin.ch/en/jura3d-en
1•bschne•27m ago•0 comments

AI Made Internal Tools Easy to Build. Keeping Them Alive Is the Hard Part

https://www.dforge.io/blog/internal-tools-built-to-last
1•andreypt•28m ago•0 comments

Chrome Extensions: The Hidden Risks No One Talks About and How to Stay Safe

https://old.reddit.com/r/AgentContext_dev/comments/1u862iu/chrome_extensions_the_hidden_risks_no_...
1•javaeeeee•30m ago•0 comments

Nanowar of Steel – Kotlin (Official Power Point Video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsfXZjKLT9A
2•thinker5555•31m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Open-Source RAG Security Kit for Zero-Trust Retrieval

https://blog.aetherguard.ai/building-a-zero-trust-security-layer-for-rag-pipelines
1•aamir_m•31m ago•0 comments

Engineering vs. Software

https://crackedbeefcake.com/on/engineering/
1•lazerjesus•33m ago•0 comments

A tale of two path separators

https://alexwlchan.net/2021/slashes/
1•dbaupp•34m ago•0 comments

How many Americans are using AI – and how?

https://usafacts.org/articles/how-many-americans-are-using-ai-and-how/
1•giuliomagnifico•35m ago•0 comments

Half-Life 2 RTX has shrunk from 80 GB to 50 GB

https://www.nvidia.com/en-gb/geforce/news/rtx-remix-agent-skills-update/
3•HelloUsername•35m ago•1 comments

Can you self host an open source productivity suite in 2026?

https://medium.com/tech-stackups/is-it-feasible-to-self-host-an-open-source-eu-sovereign-producti...
1•ritzaco•36m ago•0 comments

The State of Fable, the Jailbreak Problem, SpaceX Acquires Cursor

https://stratechery.com/2026/the-state-of-fable-the-jailbreak-problem-spacex-acquires-cursor/
2•swolpers•43m ago•0 comments