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Fast Software, the Best Software

https://craigmod.com/essays/fast_software/
2•pbardea•18h ago

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davydm•17h ago
Fast is good.

Reliable is better. Functionality is king.

Doesn't matter how fast it runs if I'm expecting it to crash out any time. Think of a game which gets 200fps but is unstable vs 120fps, but stable. Give me reliable functionality any day. If it's fast, that would be nice too.

Literacy lag: We start reading too late

https://www.theintrinsicperspective.com/p/literacy-lag-we-start-reading-too
1•jger15•1m ago•0 comments

Show HN: I built a voice-first tool for Twitter, pivoted to cursor for X

https://x11.social/
1•siim•2m ago•0 comments

Can Airships Outperform Satellites in Internet Service?

https://spectrum.ieee.org/high-altitude-platform-station-softbank
1•pseudolus•5m ago•0 comments

Starspace: Learning embeddings for classification, retrieval and ranking

https://ai.meta.com/tools/starspace/?_fb_noscript=1
1•klaussilveira•6m ago•0 comments

US lightning flash was longest on record at 515 miles, scientists say

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/31/us-lightning-flash-longest-on-record-515-miles
1•pseudolus•6m ago•0 comments

Everything Is Cringe

https://jamie.sh/posts/everything-is-cringe/
2•kikki•8m ago•0 comments

"No Tax on Tips" Is an Industry Plant

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/08/04/no-tax-on-tips-is-an-industry-plant
3•littlexsparkee•15m ago•1 comments

Directory of Open Access Journals

https://doaj.org/
1•bookofjoe•16m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Calystone – privacy-first note- & task-mnger that works with your files

https://github.com/joaomelo/calystone
1•joaomeloplus•20m ago•0 comments

Benchmarking MicroPython

https://blog.miguelgrinberg.com/post/benchmarking-micropython
2•ibobev•20m ago•0 comments

TypeScript 5.9 RC – TypeScript

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/typescript/announcing-typescript-5-9-rc/
2•bpierre•21m ago•0 comments

Energy in Britain has gotten scarce–and thus expensive

https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:fidlfwaezwm2zmmszdfabgy2/post/3lvbtvem6da2d
2•neehao•25m ago•0 comments

Flexflex: Typeface responds to spatial requirements rather than imposing them

https://github.com/ronikaufman/flexflex
2•sebg•25m ago•0 comments

The Case for and Against Palo Alto Networks Acquiring CyberArk

https://strategyofsecurity.com/p/the-case-for-and-against-palo-alto-networks-acquiring-cyberark
2•mooreds•26m ago•0 comments

Webflow CEO Post Mortem

https://webflow.com/blog/july-2025-webflow-availability-incident
3•franze•26m ago•0 comments

Nonogram: Complexity of Inference and Phase Transition Behavior

https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.07283
1•PaulHoule•27m ago•0 comments

Phoenix LiveView 1.1 Released

https://www.phoenixframework.org/blog/phoenix-liveview-1-1-released
3•clessg•30m ago•0 comments

Elevated Rail Is an Urbanism Cheat Code

https://shakeddown.substack.com/p/elevated-rail-is-an-urbanism-cheat
1•rognjen•31m ago•0 comments

Agile Is (Half) Dead

https://thealephengine.substack.com/p/agile-is-half-dead
1•enjeyw•31m ago•0 comments

The Anti-Abundance Critique on Housing Is Dead Wrong

https://www.derekthompson.org/p/the-anti-abundance-critique-on-housing
5•rbanffy•34m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: Fine‑Tuning vs. Prompt Engineering: Which One Saves You Money?

1•riyanapatel•39m ago•0 comments

Let's Upgrade a 2010 iMac – The Retro Millennial

https://retropunk.substack.com/p/lets-upgrade-a-2010-imac
2•rbanffy•40m ago•0 comments

Vibe Coding in Prod [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHWFF_pnqDk
1•yomismoaqui•40m ago•0 comments

Peacock feathers can function as lasers

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-04039-8
1•JackAcid•41m ago•0 comments

TSA might like facial recognition but passengers not so much

https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/31/tsa_facial_recognition/
2•raybb•42m ago•1 comments

Show HN: FakeFind is working again – AI tool to detect fake reviews

2•FakeFind_ai•42m ago•1 comments

New budget financial API, based on EDGAR data

4•jgfriedman1999•44m ago•1 comments

You, Your Tools, and Your Team of AI Agents – By Owen Zanzal

https://medium.com/devops-ai/you-your-tools-and-your-team-of-ai-agents-5bb4122e656d
1•JnBrymn•46m ago•0 comments

Vercel Adapts Their SEO Strategy for LLM Visibility

https://vercel.com/blog/how-were-adapting-seo-for-llms-and-ai-search
1•jenthoven•46m ago•0 comments

Symposium Driven Development: A Not So New Paradigm for Software Creation

https://medium.com/devops-ai/symposium-driven-development-a-not-so-new-paradigm-for-software-creation-566d7be2a341
1•JnBrymn•46m ago•0 comments