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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.

Gemini 3.8 Flash

https://deepmind.google/models/model-cards/gemini-3-8-flash/
1•KinetiNode•40s ago•0 comments

Making LEDs from an Epiwafer

https://www.semiconductor.diy/guides/making-leds/
1•quantumwannabe•3m ago•0 comments

Show HN: JarPeek – Online JAR viewer, decompile classes locally (no upload)

https://jarpeek.com/
2•xooch_95•8m ago•0 comments

Rust 1.98.1

https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/09/03/Rust-1.98.1/
3•theemathas•10m ago•0 comments

The 1990s Web vs. today's AI

https://arnoldkling.substack.com/p/the-1990s-web-vs-todays-ai
3•paulpauper•14m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: Why do many websites use a sign-in code instead of a password?

3•bariumbitmap•14m ago•1 comments

Is controllability becoming the real bottleneck for computer-use agents?

https://twitter.com/markchen90/status/2095597534412673109
2•oliviayii•16m ago•0 comments

Agentic Search

https://mistral.ai/news/agentic-search/
4•gmays•21m ago•0 comments

An 'Exercise Pill' Just Cleared Its First Human Test

https://gizmodo.com/an-exercise-pill-just-cleared-its-first-human-test-2000800380
2•tempestn•24m ago•1 comments

Tesla opens search for Cybercab fleet sales, but FSD owners are still left out

https://electrek.co/2026/09/03/tesla-opens-search-for-cybercab-fleet-sales-but-fsd-owners-are-sti...
3•jijojv•25m ago•0 comments

Nvidia Acquiring HuggingFace

https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/nvidia-to-acquire-hugging-face/
3•zezaggering•27m ago•0 comments

The Impact of AI-Generated Text on the Internet

https://ai-on-the-internet.github.io
5•alphabetatango•29m ago•0 comments

How Much of the Internet Is Written with AI?

https://www.pewresearch.org/data-labs/2026/08/20/how-much-of-the-internet-is-written-with-ai/
3•alphabetatango•32m ago•0 comments

Post-Training Language Models for Gold-Medal Performance in Coding Competitions

https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.02849
2•sbulaev•33m ago•0 comments

Wan 3.0 – 30-second native-audio video from text, images, docs, or web

https://wan30.io
2•yoxi1•34m ago•0 comments

DEF Con 34 – Hacking AI – Bruce Schneier [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEBv0STiYhI
5•jonbaer•38m ago•0 comments

Probabilistic population forecasting: Short to long-term

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169207021001394
2•andsoitis•40m ago•0 comments

Study projects human population up to 2300

https://populationconnection.org/blog/study-projects-human-population-up-to-2300/
3•andsoitis•41m ago•0 comments

Never Forget How Eagerly Apple and Google Coddled Fascism

https://karlbode.com/never-forget-how-eagerly-apple-and-google-coddled-fascism/
31•ExMachina73•42m ago•3 comments

A Mysterious Kidney Disease Has Arrived in Texas

https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/ckdu-kidney-disease-immigration/
6•johntfella•45m ago•1 comments

Why Does Rust Need Send and Sync?

https://gmcgoldr.github.io/2026/09/03/send-sync-rust.html
3•garrinm•46m ago•0 comments

WireGuard Protocol Implementation in D

https://github.com/Geod24/wireguard
3•mhh__•49m ago•0 comments

OT Isolation Plan: What You Can Disconnect When It Matters

https://www.emberot.com/resources/blog/ot-isolation-plan/
4•TheWiggles•50m ago•0 comments

How to Parallelize a Transformer for Training

https://ezyang.github.io/interactive-parallelize-transformer/
2•gmays•55m ago•0 comments

Virtual Memory from First Principles

https://blog.codingconfessions.com/p/virtual-memory
1•signa11•56m ago•0 comments

From Hookswitch to Grave

https://computer.rip/2026-06-14-hookswitch-to-grave.html
7•Sniffnoy•59m ago•0 comments

Blue Continuum, from the Founder of Nautilus

https://www.bluecontinuummag.com
3•dnetesn•1h ago•1 comments

LogPoints in Intelleji

https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/whatsnew/
1•irannam31•1h ago•0 comments

Duck Hunt: Moving Bauplan from DuckDB to DataFusion

https://bauplanlabs.com/post/duck-hunt-moving-bauplan-from-duckdb-to-datafusion
1•ihnorton•1h ago•0 comments

Tesla opens "Help us grow out fleet" after opening robotaxi to the public

https://www.tesla.com/robotaxi/interest
2•frankacter•1h ago•3 comments