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The real cost of random I/O

https://vondra.me/posts/the-real-cost-of-random-io/
24•jpineman•3d ago

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Normal_gaussian•37m ago
In some ways I found this a little surprising; however the final paragraph about real working data not being accessed as randomly as you think is my experience.

I'm curious about ways to live automatically tune this. You can use SET LOCAL to transaction scope a value, yet this would mean managing it completely in your application.

I built a demo of what AI chat will look like when it's "free" and ad-supported

https://99helpers.com/tools/ad-supported-chat
88•nickk81•1h ago•42 comments

Microgpt

http://karpathy.github.io/2026/02/12/microgpt/
1127•tambourine_man•12h ago•207 comments

Decision trees – the unreasonable power of nested decision rules

https://mlu-explain.github.io/decision-tree/
162•mschnell•4h ago•19 comments

We do not think Anthropic should be designated as a supply chain risk

https://twitter.com/OpenAI/status/2027846016423321831
614•golfer•16h ago•323 comments

10-202: Introduction to Modern AI (CMU)

https://modernaicourse.org
103•vismit2000•6h ago•19 comments

Why is the first C++ (m)allocation always 72 KB?

https://joelsiks.com/posts/cpp-emergency-pool-72kb-allocation/
57•joelsiks•4h ago•6 comments

Switch to Claude without starting over

https://claude.com/import-memory
265•doener•6h ago•144 comments

An ode to houseplant programming (2025)

https://hannahilea.com/blog/houseplant-programming/
61•evakhoury•1d ago•11 comments

Robust and efficient quantum-safe HTTPS

https://security.googleblog.com/2026/02/cultivating-robust-and-efficient.html
46•tptacek•1d ago•2 comments

The real cost of random I/O

https://vondra.me/posts/the-real-cost-of-random-io/
24•jpineman•3d ago•1 comments

Show HN: Vertex.js – A 1kloc SPA Framework

https://lukeb42.github.io/vertex-manual.html
6•LukeB42•2h ago•1 comments

Obsidian Sync now has a headless client

https://help.obsidian.md/sync/headless
509•adilmoujahid•21h ago•172 comments

Flightradar24 for Ships

https://atlas.flexport.com/
9•chromy•2h ago•4 comments

The happiest I've ever been

https://ben-mini.com/2026/the-happiest-ive-ever-been
542•bewal416•3d ago•290 comments

Rydberg atoms detect clear signals from a handheld radio

https://phys.org/news/2026-02-rydberg-atoms-handheld-radio.html
22•Brajeshwar•1d ago•7 comments

The Windows 95 user interface: A case study in usability engineering (1996)

https://dl.acm.org/doi/fullHtml/10.1145/238386.238611
296•ksec•15h ago•210 comments

Block the “Upgrade to Tahoe” Alerts

https://robservatory.com/block-the-upgrade-to-tahoe-alerts-and-system-settings-indicator/
262•todsacerdoti•18h ago•129 comments

H-Bomb: A Frank Lloyd Wright typographic mystery

https://www.inconspicuous.info/p/h-bomb-a-frank-lloyd-wright-typographic
104•mrngm•3d ago•29 comments

Sub-second volumetric 3D printing by synthesis of holographic light fields

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10114-5
73•zdw•3d ago•13 comments

Pigeons and Planes Has a Website Again

https://www.pigeonsandplanes.com/read/pigeons-and-planes-has-a-website-again
13•herbertl•3d ago•1 comments

Hardwood: A New Parser for Apache Parquet

https://www.morling.dev/blog/hardwood-new-parser-for-apache-parquet/
52•rmoff•2d ago•4 comments

MCP server that reduces Claude Code context consumption by 98%

https://mksg.lu/blog/context-mode
440•mksglu•1d ago•92 comments

Woxi: Wolfram Mathematica Reimplementation in Rust

https://github.com/ad-si/Woxi
306•adamnemecek•3d ago•123 comments

Our Agreement with the Department of War

https://openai.com/index/our-agreement-with-the-department-of-war
333•surprisetalk•17h ago•235 comments

Addressing Antigravity Bans and Reinstating Access

https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/discussions/20632
242•RyanShook•23h ago•202 comments

Show HN: Now I Get It – Translate scientific papers into interactive webpages

https://nowigetit.us
252•jbdamask•1d ago•116 comments

Verified Spec-Driven Development (VSDD)

https://gist.github.com/dollspace-gay/d8d3bc3ecf4188df049d7a4726bb2a00
197•todsacerdoti•20h ago•105 comments

Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is killed in Israeli strike, ending 36-year rule

https://www.npr.org/2026/02/28/1123499337/iran-israel-ayatollah-ali-khamenei-killed
351•andsoitis•15h ago•565 comments

Qwen3.5 122B and 35B models offer Sonnet 4.5 performance on local computers

https://venturebeat.com/technology/alibabas-new-open-source-qwen3-5-medium-models-offer-sonnet-4-...
410•lostmsu•17h ago•218 comments

The Eternal Promise: A History of Attempts to Eliminate Programmers

https://www.ivanturkovic.com/2026/01/22/history-software-simplification-cobol-ai-hype/
291•dinvlad•4d ago•200 comments