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Compiler bootstrapping depends on more than you might think

https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/programming/CompilerBootstrappingVsOSChanges
7•gavinhoward•2d ago

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nanolith•34m ago
This is why I've made it a point with my compilers to always include a minimum subset bootstrap compiler written in C, which can compile the compiler to C via transpilation. The only dependencies are a C compiler toolchain and a POSIX compatible libc.

This does make the compiler slightly more annoying to extend, but that makes bootstrapping support for a new system easier. User experience is important.

Ultramarine 1 Flash

https://www.paperinstruments.com/ultramarine
118•i_rush_carriers•1d ago•36 comments

Tesla Roadster

https://www.tesla.com/roadster
1316•shekhar101•1d ago•2350 comments

Llama.cpp on a jailbroken PS5: run any GGUF model natively on the console

https://github.com/cobanov/PS5LM
243•Anon84•11h ago•62 comments

Claude reveals ECDSA curve origins

https://www.anthropic.com/research/ecdsa-curve-origins
789•ahlCVA•10h ago•297 comments

You could have invented transformers from memory

https://alexwang.ai/posts/associative-memory/
213•speckx•10h ago•59 comments

FLUX 3 Image Klein

https://bfl.ai/blog/flux-3-image-klein
143•gmays•9h ago•40 comments

California is building a $400M shield for Yosemite's most dangerous highway

https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/yosemite-national-park-highway-140-22463847.php
24•danso•2d ago•15 comments

Butlerian Jihad

https://dune.fandom.com/wiki/Butlerian_Jihad
144•wetwater•3h ago•76 comments

eBay Restricts Listings of Radio Equipment, but Exempts Ham-Band-Only Gear

https://www.arrl.org/arrlletterissue?issue=2026-10-15#eBay-Restricts-Listings-of-Radio-Equipment_...
201•7402•11h ago•159 comments

Apple ML Research: Muse Spark Open with MLX on Mac Studio

https://machinelearning.apple.com/research/mlx-distributed-inference
295•antipaul•15h ago•143 comments

Designing more efficient quantum circuits with Claude

https://www.anthropic.com/research/designing-efficient-quantum-circuits
120•pretext•11h ago•25 comments

A story of WiFi secrets, UART lockdowns and a damaged flash memory chip

https://adepts.of0x.cc/eufy-homestation2-firmware/
28•michidk•14h ago•2 comments

JPEG XL vs. AVIF for web use-cases

https://jakearchibald.com/2026/jpeg-xl-vs-avif/
227•farlight•13h ago•158 comments

Wireless magnetic millirobots that deliver medicine inside the beating heart

https://hub.jhu.edu/2026/10/12/magnetic-millirobots-cardiac-treatment/
84•giuliomagnifico•2d ago•11 comments

Flexport Is Hiring a Biz Ops Leader in Office of CEO

https://www.flexport.com/company/careers/
1•thedogeye•4h ago

90% of US working hours are spent on tasks not covered well by AI benchmarks

https://www.mercor.com/research/labor-index/benchmark-map/
456•speckx•12h ago•393 comments

C++26: The New Debugging Header

https://www.sandordargo.com/blog/2026/09/30/cpp26-debugging
85•jandeboevrie•10h ago•14 comments

"In every study that considered the question"

https://unsung.aresluna.org/in-every-study-that-considered-the-question/
14•zdw•1h ago•7 comments

Monte-Carlo Simulations

https://eli.thegreenplace.net/2026/monte-carlo-simulations/
86•ibobev•3d ago•19 comments

How the Claude Code team does code review

https://claude.dev/blog/solving-code-review-at-anthropic/
292•pretext•10h ago•272 comments

Show HN: Gemini 4 Argon plays StarCraft

https://starskirmish.com/bench/v0-2/
206•__cayenne__•15h ago•90 comments

New 'super ice' 10 times stronger, bringing it close to the strength of concrete

https://www.sciencealert.com/a-new-super-ice-is-10-times-stronger-bringing-it-close-to-the-streng...
91•andrewl•3d ago•67 comments

I love software rendering

https://www.jamesfmackenzie.com/2026/10/13/i-love-software-rendering/
311•speckx•16h ago•197 comments

Nine-Inch Snails

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/2026/10/giant-african-snails-florida-invasion/688850/
46•zdw•7h ago•21 comments

I built the RealWorld app in Lean 4

https://leangineer.com/blog/realworld-in-lean/
28•saviorand•2d ago•3 comments

Big Fish: Exploiting a 37-Year-Old Kernel Bug in OpenBSD

https://calif.io/research/big-fish
173•rs_rs_rs_rs_rs•14h ago•49 comments

Stolen Renoir paintings found hidden, and damaged, behind cinder block wall

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/stolen-renoir-paintings-found-behind-wall-france/
114•ohjeez•3d ago•72 comments

Coconuts in Medieval Britain (2015)

https://www.themarysue.com/monty-python-holy-grail-coconuts/
13•wolfi1•21h ago•1 comments

Show HN: Wonderhop – A daily game: guess what most people say, or what none do

https://wonderhop.io/en/
80•mtlduo•3d ago•72 comments

Waymo in Toronto

https://waymo.com/blog/2026/10/waymo-in-toronto/
304•ChrisArchitect•14h ago•410 comments