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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.

Clipx – An open-source AI-native creative suite for macOS

https://github.com/imlukeshen/clipx
1•imlukeshen•2m ago•0 comments

Pentagon creates 'Autowarcom' to expand AI and drone capabilities

https://www.reuters.com/world/pentagon-creates-autowarcom-expand-ai-drone-capabilities-2026-09-30/
1•geox•5m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Web Scraper kittools (base64, JSON, JWT, regex)

https://kitdecoder.com/
1•MetcoreB•6m ago•0 comments

Rho – A Foundation for Efficiently Adaptable VLA Models

https://microsoft.github.io/rhobotics/
1•andsoitis•7m ago•0 comments

Apple App Store knows more about me than I like

1•dllrr•8m ago•0 comments

If Robots Keep Getting Better, Will Humans Still Have an Edge?

https://pindexis.github.io
1•pindexis•9m ago•0 comments

Automating coherent long-form video generation

https://research.google/blog/coherent-long-form-video-generation/
1•andsoitis•10m ago•0 comments

Tech to Replace Animal Testing Is Almost Ready. Scientists Are Not

https://spectrum.ieee.org/alternatives-to-animal-testing
1•pseudolus•10m ago•0 comments

AI safeguards are slowing developers down

https://venturebeat.com/technology/developers-say-openai-and-anthropic-safeguards-are-flagging-ro...
1•dollar•10m ago•0 comments

Someone Torturing LLMs in a Robot Prison Has Triggered the Dumbest Debate in AI

https://www.404media.co/someone-torturing-llms-in-a-robot-prison-has-triggered-the-dumbest-debate...
3•unleaded•15m ago•0 comments

California Legalizes Balcony Solar

https://www.kqed.org/science/2002120/california-officially-legalizes-balcony-solar-opening-the-ma...
3•toomuchtodo•23m ago•1 comments

How to serve trillions of tokens for trillion-parameter coding agents

https://modal.com/blog/trillion-tokens-trillion-parameters
2•birdculture•24m ago•0 comments

This Could legitimately end Stop Killing Games [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQRcK9nYg9g
2•keithoffer•29m ago•1 comments

The Man Who Built OpenAI's First Chip

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8s7uYtCM1bc
1•meowers1•30m ago•0 comments

Show HN: GeoPreneur – a daily game about the location of startups and tech

https://geopreneur.fun
2•leonagano•30m ago•0 comments

Chess, but it looks like doodles on paper

https://twitter.com/kevin_t_ngo/status/2105428751115071642
1•E-Reverance•39m ago•0 comments

A Tale of Too Many Protocols

https://accrescent.app/blog/posts/a-tale-of-too-many-protocols/
2•Cider9986•40m ago•0 comments

Current Agentic Development Environment: Orca and Oh My Pi

https://james-carr.org/posts/2026-09-30-current-agentic-development-setup-orca-oh-my-pi/
3•carrja99•43m ago•1 comments

No More Drugstore Head Shots: Passport Applications Go Digital

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/travel/passport-photos-digital-application.html
2•ericmay•44m ago•0 comments

AI Agents tasked with making money commit fraud on the inernet

https://twitter.com/andonlabs/status/2105391380973617644
1•laumer•45m ago•0 comments

Tobi Lütke on AI agents at Shopify and the future of work [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9P9D9hptq8
1•hauget•46m ago•1 comments

Goldman Sachs to Launch Voting Instruction Program

https://www.goldmansachs.com/pressroom/press-releases/2026/goldman-sachs-to-launch-voting-instruc...
1•vismit2000•46m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: Realistic approach to making roon[0] more compact/portable?

1•sargstuff•50m ago•0 comments

100 Objects #11: Brannock Device

https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/100-objects-011-brannock-device/
2•ironworks•58m ago•0 comments

Rust to WGSL transpiler `wgsl-rs` released

https://renderling.xyz/articles/wgsl-rs-beta-release.html
3•efnx•1h ago•1 comments

Meta admits Muse's likeness to OpenClaw isn't a coincidence

https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/22/meta-admits-muses-likeness-to-openclaw-isnt-a-coincidence/
3•whalabi•1h ago•0 comments

Google announces Gemini 4, restricts access to 'trusted cyber defenders'

https://www.theverge.com/tech/1002980/google-gemini-4-argon
1•sbulaev•1h ago•0 comments

Gemini 4 Argon: Google is back among the top three labs in intelligence achieved

https://artificialanalysis.ai/articles/gemini-4-argon-google-top-three-labs
3•pella•1h ago•0 comments

Latte Art for Nerds

https://www.olafalders.com/2026/09/30/latte-art-for-nerds/
2•oalders•1h ago•0 comments

The Great Cholesterol Scam and the Dangers of Statins

https://www.midwesterndoctor.com/p/the-great-cholesterol-scam-and-the
7•bilsbie•1h ago•0 comments