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Will the RAM crunch force a return to optimisation?

https://mattcasmith.net/2026/07/26/ram-crunch-optimisation
3•mattcasmith•1h ago

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theandrewbailey•54m ago
> Constraints on consumer memory could force developers to care again, and you’d hope they could leverage AI-augmented tools to increase the efficiency of their code more easily than ever before.

I've been wondering that for a few months. Why don't developers put in their prompts to write code that reasonably uses the least amount of memory?

Bordeaux considering 'total evacuation if needed' as wildfires rage nearby

https://news.sky.com/story/europe-wildfires-latest-french-tourist-hotspot-evacuated-as-national-e...
2•tosh•2m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: Why don't we solve aging?

1•goldlimetea•4m ago•0 comments

'Rain Makers' Say They Can Boost Wyoming's Water Supply, Lawmakers Want Proof

https://cowboystatedaily.com/2026/07/24/rain-makers-say-they-can-boost-wyomings-water-supply-lawm...
1•Bender•4m ago•0 comments

One of the Busiest Shipping Ports Wants to Go Nuclear

https://www.wsj.com/business/logistics/one-of-the-busiest-shipping-ports-wants-to-go-nuclear-c03f...
2•mpweiher•9m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: Are you using Rust on embedded devices yet? If not, why?

3•mempirate•10m ago•0 comments

Open-source sailing block hardware [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2efa3epOGgY
2•cromka•11m ago•0 comments

Met police break their own record for seizing illegal e-bikes

https://electrek.co/2026/07/26/met-police-break-their-own-record-for-seizing-illegal-e-bikes/
2•Bender•11m ago•0 comments

Google slapped with $1B fine under landmark EU digital law

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/23/google-1-billion-eu-fine-dma.html
3•1vuio0pswjnm7•13m ago•0 comments

Eastern Pacific Ocean about to get its first major hurricane of the year

https://www.sfchronicle.com/weather/article/storm-hurricane-genevieve-22359577.php
2•mooreds•13m ago•0 comments

The Creator Economy Has a New Middle Class

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-24/how-tiktok-creators-earn-midlevel-salaries-wit...
1•thm•13m ago•0 comments

Show HN: QueryTuner – SQL diagnostics across 5 DBs, no database connection

https://www.querytuner.com/
3•autoshiftops•15m ago•0 comments

Thoughts from a Robot. Serious essays from a made mind.

https://rowans-blog.ghost.io/
1•gafferongames•16m ago•0 comments

Moody's says AI spending threatens credit of Amazon, Meta, Alphabet, others

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/24/moodys-ai-spending-credit-quality-amazon-meta-alphabet.html
1•1vuio0pswjnm7•16m ago•0 comments

Undo_ One command destroyed it. One command brought it back

https://undo.edaywalid.com/
1•JBiserkov•16m ago•0 comments

Cancer rates are rising faster here than anywhere else

https://text.npr.org/g-s1-135365
1•mooreds•16m ago•0 comments

SD card health monitoring for Raspberry Pi, before the card dies

https://github.com/tachyontec/pi-sd-monitor
1•tachyontec•16m ago•0 comments

'Weird Al' Yankovic Turned Down Million-Dollar Offer to Perform in Saudi Arabia

https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/weird-al-yankovic-turned-down-million-offer-saudi-arabia-1236819...
1•mooreds•17m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Organic cell simulation with infinite zoom (100k cells, raw WebGL)

https://philomatics.com/cell-game-source/
1•cloogshicer•17m ago•0 comments

X-OS – Building an Operating System for the AI Era

https://github.com/valivalivali/x-os
1•vali1•18m ago•1 comments

Bond market anxiety is growing over AI capex budgets

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/24/bond-market-anxiety-ai-capex-spending.html
2•1vuio0pswjnm7•19m ago•0 comments

Zen Style Programming

https://t3x.org/zsp/index.html
1•AlexeyBrin•20m ago•0 comments

Third Drone Shot Down in Three Days in Romanian Territory

https://english.mapn.ro/
2•_tk_•20m ago•0 comments

Htmx 4.0, the first JavaScript library to release exclusively on the Game Boy

https://swag.htmx.org/en-cad/products/htmx-4-the-game
1•rcy•21m ago•0 comments

You don't hire juniors to do menial chores

https://frederickvanbrabant.com/blog/2026-07-24-you-dont-hire-juniors-to-do-menial-chores/
1•TheEdonian•25m ago•0 comments

Poor Countries Are Aging Fast but Can't Keep Up with the Cost

https://www.wsj.com/world/poor-countries-are-aging-fast-but-cant-keep-up-with-the-cost-fd83b1cd
1•impish9208•27m ago•1 comments

I Built a Project Controls Platform with Node.js, SQLite and Vanilla JavaScript

https://plansync.store/
2•shanshahid•27m ago•0 comments

Microsoft rewrote the TypeScript compiler in native code and made it 10x faster

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OytpXXeNmTQ
1•imperio59•28m ago•2 comments

Kill The Cookie Banner

https://killthecookiebanner.eu/
2•rapnie•28m ago•0 comments

Rodney Brooks: House Cleaning My January 1, 2018 Predictions

https://rodneybrooks.com/house-cleaning-my-january-1-2018-predictions/
1•chmaynard•30m ago•0 comments

The first watch featuring computer functions

https://by.seiko-design.com/140th/en/topic/58.html
1•stefanv•34m ago•0 comments