The State of Context Engineering
AI summary The article discusses the challenges of context engineering in AI, highlighting its evolving nature and the need for clear instructions.
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What goes into making an animated film?
AI summary Animated films require collaboration across departments, starting with development and continuing through production.
Focused Company Operating Principles
AI summary The company's operating principles guide interactions with clients and employees, shaping culture and collaboration.
Eunice is almost here (William Gibson, Agency)
AI summary William Gibson's 2020 novel 'Agency' features an AI named Eunice, which predicts modern AI developments.
Moderna and Merck say their mRNA cancer vaccine cut death, recurrence by 42%
AI summary Moderna and Merck's mRNA cancer vaccine reduced death or recurrence by 42% in a late-stage trial for melanoma.
Why I Am a Programmer
AI summary A child expresses his desire to create impactful computer programs that change people's perceptions.
Gheist campaign plants secret-dumping workflows using stolen GitHub tokens
AI summary Gheist campaign uses stolen GitHub tokens to plant workflows that leak secrets from repositories.
Where the Romans Fought (interactive map)
AI summary An interactive map shows all Roman battles from Romulus to 1475, including locations, opponents, and results.
I made a virtual pet fruit fly that Twitch chat can interact with
Little Fly Pip | Live virtual pet • !treat !dew !toy !pet !pollen | First Mac stream test | Streaming science & technology.
Dolly Parton's Imagination Library
AI summary Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, started in 1995, gives free books monthly to children globally.
All you need is Wide Events, not "Metrics, Logs and Traces"
AI summary The article discusses confusion in the tech industry about observability concepts like logs, metrics, and traces, blaming OpenTelemetry for complicating understanding.
Oregon Police Are Charging a Local News Outlet $2.5M for Records About One Cop
AI summary A Oregon news outlet was charged $2.5 million for records about a police officer accused of misconduct.
Fuck Nuance (2015)
AI summary A paper titled 'Fuck Nuance' critiques the overemphasis on nuanced theories in sociology, arguing that complexity does not guarantee significance.
Scientists rediscover how to make ancient Roman colour-changing glass
AI summary Scientists at the University of Sheffield replicated the optical properties of the ancient Lycurgus Cup, a Roman glass artifact that changes color.
A 10-year-old CNN outperforms frontier LLMs for skin cancer diagnosis
AI summary A 10-year-old CNN outperformed advanced LLMs in diagnosing skin cancer, with 62% accuracy compared to 42% for GPT-6 Astra and Claude Fable 5.1.
Sabre Wulf Remastered
Sabre Wulf Remastered: Ultimate's 1984 jungle maze rebuilt for the Commodore 64 by Genesis Project. New graphics, new music, a map, screenshots, instructions and download.
UTS #39: Unicode Security Mechanisms
AI summary Unicode Technical Standard UTS#39 outlines security mechanisms to detect potential vulnerabilities in Unicode usage.
Jukebox-OS: Deterministic time-travel replay and ACID tool sandbox for AI agents
🍒🔮 JUKEBOX-OS: Deterministic Flight-Recorder, Copy-on-Write ACID Tool Sandbox & Time-Travel Runtime for Multi-Agent Systems (Rust + Python) - socrates6969/jukebox-os
AI use leads UC Berkeley math professor to see 'no point' in grading homework
AI summary UC Berkeley math professor Richard Borcherds no longer grades homework due to AI use, focusing on completion instead.
Anthropic Wanted to Replace Engineers. Instead, They Shot Their Own Customers
AI summary AI labs aimed to replace engineers but ended up harming their customers by undercutting the software business model.
Ask HN: Can we do something about this impending AI dystopia
AI summary Developers on HN discuss concerns about rapid AI advancements in coding and their impact on the profession.
Show HN: I put employees inside S&P 500 market-cap bubbles
AI summary An interactive visualization shows S&P 500 companies as bubbles, with employee count represented by stick figures.
A few thoughts on intensity
AI summary The article highlights intensity as the key trait for successful startups, based on observation and logic.
Show HN: Farol – a risk map of a pull request for the person who approves it
Know the risk of merging a pull request, and where it lives. Free, open-source CLI and GitHub Action: after your AI review, farol shows the riskiest files, what they reach, diff…
US inequality is getting worse in ways you might not expect
AI summary U.S. inequality is increasing, with the top 1% gaining significant wealth while the middle class loses ground, according to recent data and research.
Samsung TVs look for microphones in your house via Bluetooth and then spy events
Samsung TVs look for microphones in your house via Bluetooth and then spy events like dogs barking or babies crying. They also spy what you do on YouTube and other apps. Thanks…