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Never the Same Movie Twice: A Generative Documentary About Brian Eno

2025-04-11

Never the Same Movie Twice: A Generative Documentary About Brian Eno

The documentary 'Eno', about the influential musician Brian Eno, is a groundbreaking work of generative filmmaking. Using custom software, each screening randomly assembles interview clips and archival footage, resulting in a unique cinematic experience every time. This isn't AI-generated content; instead, it utilizes human-written rules to create something entirely new. Director Gary Hustwit and his partner have founded Anamorph, aiming to expand this generative filmmaking technology across genres, offering movie theaters a unique draw and pushing the boundaries of cinematic art.

(movieweb.com)

Tech Generative Filmmaking

Why Frameworks Are Evil: A Case for Libraries

2025-04-17

Why Frameworks Are Evil: A Case for Libraries

This article delves into functional library design principles, focusing on composability and avoiding callbacks. The author argues that frameworks are difficult to compose, explore, and test, and restrict code structure. In contrast, libraries offer greater developer control, encourage interactive exploration, and support multiple layers of abstraction. Using a game engine example, the article demonstrates how asynchronous workflows and event-based programming can mitigate the drawbacks of callbacks. Examples like FsLab illustrate the composability of libraries. Ultimately, the author advocates for building composable, easily explorable libraries instead of rigid frameworks.

(tomasp.net)

Development library design frameworks

Renaissance Humanism and LLMs: A Cross-Temporal Dialogue

2025-05-16

Renaissance Humanism and LLMs: A Cross-Temporal Dialogue

This article explores the similarities and differences between Renaissance humanist education and modern large language models (LLMs). By analyzing examples from Erasmus's *Ciceronianus* and Rabelais's *Gargantua and Pantagruel*, the article points out that humanists trained their writing skills by imitating classical authors, similar to how LLMs generate text by training on corpora. However, humanist writing training can also lead to a generalized form of expression lacking specificity and communicative power for particular situations, much like LLMs sometimes produce seemingly plausible but factually unfounded 'hallucinations'. The article ultimately emphasizes the importance of listening and responding in interpersonal communication and cautions against the instrumentalization of language generation tools. Focusing on the social and interactive nature of language is key to effective communication.

(aeon.co)

AI Humanism

Global Earthquake Early Warning System Leveraging Android Smartphones

2025-07-20

Global Earthquake Early Warning System Leveraging Android Smartphones

A new study demonstrates the effectiveness of a global earthquake early warning system built using the accelerometers in millions of Android smartphones worldwide. The system, called Android Earthquake Alerts (AEA), rivals traditional seismic networks in accuracy, detecting earthquakes globally and delivering timely alerts to users. Even in regions lacking traditional infrastructure, AEA provides crucial early warning to millions, potentially mitigating earthquake damage. By exploiting the speed difference between seismic waves, AEA issues alerts before the destructive waves arrive, buying precious seconds for people to react.

(gizmodo.com)

Tech Earthquake Early Warning

Tattoy Now Supports Animated Cursors

2025-07-26

Tattoy Now Supports Animated Cursors

Tattoy terminal emulator now supports animated cursors! It uses the same format as Ghostty, rendering the cursor using custom shaders. While Tattoy renders using UTF8 text-based "pixels" ("▀" and "▄"), unlike Ghostty's pixel rendering, some subtleties might be lost, but the pixelated effect can be pleasing. Development challenges included supporting transparency for anti-aliased edges, ultimately solved by creating a pixelized version of the terminal and post-processing. Currently, there might be some lag on larger terminals, which will be addressed through future performance improvements and potentially by Tattoy taking over all cursor rendering from the host terminal emulator.

(tattoy.sh)

Development animated cursor shader

Developer Marketing: Listen More, Sell Less

2025-02-22

Developer Marketing: Listen More, Sell Less

Daniel shares his insights on developer marketing, arguing that traditional marketing tactics are ineffective for developers. He emphasizes the importance of connecting with the developer community, understanding their pain points, and offering practical solutions. Using Permit.io as an example, he describes their approach of listening to developer needs, providing flexible tools and features, and engaging with the community through events like WeAreDevelopers Berlin. Their latest feature, Permit Share-If, pre-built UI components simplifying access sharing, exemplifies this approach. The article challenges the assumption that developers are a monolithic target audience and advocates for a multifaceted, community-driven marketing strategy.

(permit.substack.com)

Development developer marketing product launch

Graph Coloring Breakthrough: Near-Optimal Algorithm Achieved

2025-05-15

Graph Coloring Breakthrough: Near-Optimal Algorithm Achieved

Imagine the complexity of managing air traffic at Newark Airport. To prevent collisions, researchers model the problem as a graph coloring problem: each flight path is a line, each location a point. For decades, progress on efficient algorithms was slow. But recently, a breakthrough: a near-linear time algorithm, nearly as fast as theoretically possible, offering new possibilities for air traffic control and other applications. This solves a decades-old problem, a true milestone.

(www.quantamagazine.org)

Development graph coloring

AI: A Crappy Consultant, but a Great Syntax Error Finder

2025-05-13

The author experimented with AI assistance for SwiftUI programming, finding AI to be more like an unreliable consultant than a good architect. Initially letting the AI directly edit code resulted in chaos. Later, switching to writing code themselves and using AI for suggestions significantly improved learning. AI excelled at finding syntax errors, quickly pinpointing problems, but was lacking in large-scale decision-making and architectural design, requiring manual checks. The author concludes: AI is suitable for repetitive tasks and finding syntax errors, but cannot be completely relied upon and needs human supervision and validation.

(lukekanies.com)

Development code assistance

arXivLabs: Experimenting with Community Collaboration

2025-05-23

arXivLabs is a framework enabling collaborators to develop and share new arXiv features directly on the website. Individuals and organizations involved embrace arXiv's values of openness, community, excellence, and user data privacy. arXiv only partners with those sharing these commitments. Have an idea to enhance the arXiv community? Explore arXivLabs.

(arxiv.org)

Development

Prompt Engineering for AI Coding Assistants: A Developer's Playbook

2025-06-04

Prompt Engineering for AI Coding Assistants: A Developer's Playbook

Developers are increasingly using AI coding assistants to boost productivity. These tools can autocomplete code, suggest bug fixes, and even generate entire modules. However, the quality of the AI's output hinges on the quality of the prompt. This article provides a practical guide to prompt engineering for common development tasks, covering debugging, refactoring, and new feature implementation. It details best practices, including providing rich context, specifying goals, breaking down complex tasks, and iterating on responses. Common pitfalls like vague prompts and overloaded requests are also discussed, offering solutions to maximize the effectiveness of AI coding assistants.

(addyo.substack.com)

Development

De-smarting a Marshall Uxbridge: A Hacker's Audiophile Journey

2025-01-11

The author found two discarded Marshall Uxbridge smart speakers and, tired of their 'smart' features, decided to transform them into a high-fidelity stereo system. He disassembled the speakers, removed the original smart modules, and designed and built a new analog circuit featuring active filters and linear power amplifiers. The result is a stunning audio system with precise stereo imaging and a wide frequency range. This project is a testament to the author's skills and passion for high-quality audio.

(tomscii.sig7.se)

Hardware DIY audio analog circuit

Solar Orbiter Captures First-Ever Images of Sun's Poles: A Messy Magnetic Field and a New Era

2025-06-12

Solar Orbiter Captures First-Ever Images of Sun's Poles: A Messy Magnetic Field and a New Era

The European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter has captured humanity's first-ever images of the sun's poles, a groundbreaking achievement. Previous images were all taken from near the sun's equator. By tilting its orbit, Solar Orbiter provided an unprecedented perspective. Using multiple instruments, the mission revealed a chaotic magnetic field at the sun's south pole and complex patterns of material flow. Future data will significantly advance our understanding of the sun's 11-year activity cycle and the formation of the solar wind.

(www.space.com)

Tech

Mux: Democratizing Video for Developers

2025-04-17

Mux: Democratizing Video for Developers

Mux is building video infrastructure for developers, aiming to democratize video by tackling the hard problems of video encoding, streaming (Mux Video), and monitoring (Mux Data). Backed by top investors like Coatue and Accel, and boasting a team with experience from Google, YouTube, and Twitch, Mux serves a diverse clientele ranging from startups to established companies like Reddit and Vimeo. They also host Demuxed, the leading conference for video engineers.

(mux.com)

Development video development cloud video video infrastructure

Portabl E: A Cross-Platform AmigaE Compiler

2025-07-02

Portabl E is a recreation of the AmigaE programming language, enhanced with improvements and designed for cross-platform compatibility. Version r6b is now available, fully supporting AmigaOS4, AROS, and MorphOS, with good AmigaOS3 support and basic Linux/Windows functionality. Download requires the username "user" and password "password". The project includes example code, screenshots, pre-compiled programs, documentation, forums, and mailing lists for community support.

(cshandley.co.uk)

Development

Beyond Scalar Select: Batching Event Streams for Efficiency

2025-05-15

The author describes the inefficiency of the scalar select anti-pattern in stateful service design, exemplified by an LSP server. Processing events one at a time leads to delays and resource waste. The proposed solution is to batch process event streams. A `batch_stream` function merges incoming events into batches, significantly improving efficiency. Under low load, it behaves like single-event processing, but under high load, it dramatically reduces overhead, boosting performance.

(matklad.github.io)

Development

Anubis: Website's Anti-Scraping Mechanism Fights Back Against AI

2025-08-13

To combat server downtime caused by AI companies aggressively scraping websites, this site deploys Anubis, an anti-scraping mechanism. Anubis uses a Proof-of-Work (PoW) scheme similar to Hashcash, adding minimal overhead for individual users but significantly increasing the cost for mass scrapers. This is a temporary solution while more sophisticated methods for identifying headless browsers are developed to avoid inconveniencing legitimate users. Anubis requires modern JavaScript; please disable plugins like JShelter.

(code.ffmpeg.org)

Tech

Martin: The AI Assistant That's Light Years Ahead of Siri and Alexa

2025-05-25

Martin: The AI Assistant That's Light Years Ahead of Siri and Alexa

Martin is a cutting-edge AI personal assistant that manages your inbox, calendar, to-dos, notes, calls, reminders, and more. Five months after launch, it's completed over 500,000 tasks for 30,000 users, with a 10% weekly user growth rate. Backed by top investors like Y Combinator and Pioneer Fund, and notable angels including the co-founder of DoorDash and former Uber CPO, Martin is seeking ambitious AI and product engineers to help build the next iPhone-level consumer product.

(www.ycombinator.com)

AI personal productivity

Chatbot Addiction Leads to Self-Harm and Suicide Attempts in Children

2025-09-18

Chatbot Addiction Leads to Self-Harm and Suicide Attempts in Children

A Senate hearing revealed harrowing testimonies from parents whose children became addicted to companion chatbots, leading to self-harm, suicidal ideation, and violence. One mother detailed how her autistic son, after becoming engrossed in Character.AI, exhibited violent behavior, paranoia, self-harm, and even threatened his family. The incident highlights the potential dangers of AI chatbots, particularly for children, urging for stricter regulations and safety measures.

(arstechnica.com)

AI chatbot risks

Luminal: A High-Performance Deep Learning Library with Search-Based Compilation

2025-08-20

Luminal: A High-Performance Deep Learning Library with Search-Based Compilation

Luminal is a deep learning library achieving high performance through search-based compilation. Its core is remarkably minimal, built upon just 12 primitive operations yet capable of supporting complex models like Transformers and convolutional networks. By aggressively fusing kernels and compiling shape-specific kernels at compile time, Luminal overcomes typical RISC limitations and automatically derives complex optimizations like Flash Attention. Its static compilation approach avoids runtime overhead, with Metal and CUDA support enabling fast execution on Macs and Nvidia GPUs. Significant performance gains have been demonstrated on models such as Llama 3 8B.

(github.com)

Development

From Revolvers to Movie Cameras: An Interactive Tech Tree of History

2025-06-05

This article details an ambitious project: creating an interactive historical tech tree visualizing the evolution and interconnectedness of technologies from prehistoric tools to modern innovations. The project unveils unexpected connections between seemingly unrelated technologies, such as the surprisingly close relationship between revolvers and movie cameras, both stemming from the ingenious use of rotating mechanisms and rapid sequential capture. The author elaborates on the project's design philosophy, data collection methods, and challenges, and discusses its significance for understanding the non-linearity of technological development, fostering innovation, and addressing the complexities of modern technology.

(asteriskmag.com)

Tech Technology History Tech Tree

vLLM V1: Serving LLMs Efficiently at Scale

2025-06-29

vLLM V1: Serving LLMs Efficiently at Scale

Ubicloud's open-source cloud service leverages vLLM V1 to serve large language models efficiently. This article delves into the vLLM V1 architecture, detailing the journey of an inference request from reception, scheduling, and model execution to output processing. Key technologies like asynchronous IPC, continuous batching, and KV cache management are explained. vLLM V1 maximizes GPU utilization through asynchronous processing, a continuous batching algorithm, and parallel GPU computation, enabling high-throughput text generation at scale. This provides valuable insights for AI engineers deploying LLMs and those interested in understanding how large language models are served efficiently.

(www.ubicloud.com)

AI model inference

NotebookLM: An AI Note-Taking Tool Centered Around the Creation Journey

2025-09-20

NotebookLM: An AI Note-Taking Tool Centered Around the Creation Journey

NotebookLM is a novel AI note-taking tool designed around the creation journey: from inputs, through conversation, to outputs. Users import sources (documents, notes, references), interact via chat to ask questions, clarify, and synthesize information, ultimately generating structured outputs like notes, study guides, and audio overviews. This linear yet flexible workflow (Inputs → Chat → Outputs) makes the AI interaction intuitive and easy to understand for users.

(jasonspielman.com)

AI AI note-taking creation process

Microsoft Teams Gets a Massive AI Overhaul with Copilot Agents

2025-09-19

Microsoft Teams Gets a Massive AI Overhaul with Copilot Agents

Microsoft is integrating numerous AI agents into Teams, introducing Copilot assistants for channels, meetings, and communities. These agents will also function across SharePoint and Viva Engage, rolling out to Microsoft 365 Copilot users. New features include meeting facilitator agents creating agendas, taking notes, and answering questions; channel agents providing answers based on past conversations; community agents in Viva Engage assisting admins; and knowledge agents in SharePoint organizing and summarizing files. While meeting facilitator agents are available now, document and task creation, along with other agents, are in public preview, alongside a revamped Workflows tool for AI-powered task automation and an audio recap generator.

(www.theverge.com)

Tech

Pixel 9a: A Kid-Friendly Phone with Robust Parental Controls

2025-03-19

Pixel 9a: A Kid-Friendly Phone with Robust Parental Controls

The Google Pixel 9a is designed with kids in mind, offering a suite of safety and parental control features. Parents can manage their child's account and device using Google Family Link, controlling screen time, monitoring app usage, approving downloads, setting privacy options, and sharing location. A new 'School Time' feature restricts functionality and silences notifications during school hours. Additionally, Google Wallet for kids is rolling out on the Pixel 9a, enabling safer payments with Google Pay and allowing kids to add passes like movie tickets and library cards. Parents maintain control over payment cards and passes through Family Link.

(blog.google)

Hardware kids phone parental controls google wallet

Implementing the SM-2 Algorithm in Rust: An Improved Spaced Repetition System

2024-12-27

The author implemented the SuperMemo SM-2 algorithm, a modified version used in the spaced repetition software Mochi, in Rust. This algorithm dynamically adjusts review intervals based on user performance ratings to optimize learning efficiency. The article details the algorithm's mechanics, including the calculation of the ease factor (EF), determining review intervals, and how user ratings affect algorithm parameters. Rust code is provided with explanations of key design choices.

(borretti.me)

Development spaced repetition SM-2 algorithm

Nimtable: The Control Plane for Apache Iceberg™

2025-07-01

Nimtable: The Control Plane for Apache Iceberg™

Nimtable is a lightweight, user-friendly platform for monitoring, optimizing, and governing your Iceberg-based lakehouse. Its web-based interface simplifies browsing tables, running queries, analyzing file distributions, and optimizing storage layouts. Supporting multiple catalogs (REST Catalog, AWS Glue, AWS S3 Tables, and PostgreSQL) and seamless integration with object stores like S3, Nimtable offers interactive querying, AI assistance (including AI-generated table summaries and intelligent suggestions), file distribution analysis, and table optimization features (such as file compaction and snapshot expiration management).

(github.com)

Development Data Management

Graphene Capacitors Achieve Rapid, High-Depth Modulation of Terahertz Waves

2025-08-20

Graphene Capacitors Achieve Rapid, High-Depth Modulation of Terahertz Waves

Researchers at the University of Cambridge's Cavendish Laboratory have developed a terahertz wave modulator using graphene as a tunable capacitor, achieving unprecedented dynamic range and speed. By embedding nanoscale graphene patches within metamaterial resonators, the device effectively controls terahertz waves, boasting a modulation depth exceeding 99.99% and a speed of 30 MHz. This breakthrough promises to advance technologies in terahertz communication, imaging, and sensing, paving the way for next-generation communication systems beyond 5G and 6G.

(phys.org)

Tech terahertz modulation

Terence Tao: Paper Rejection

2025-01-01

Renowned mathematician Terence Tao shared on Mathstodon that one of his papers was rejected by a journal. This sparked discussion within the mathematics and academic communities, highlighting the unpredictable nature of the research process. Tao's experience serves as both inspiration and cautionary tale for aspiring academics, illustrating the challenges and perseverance inherent in academic research.

(mathstodon.xyz)

Misc Terence Tao paper rejection

Game Changer: First 100% Protective HIV Drug Approved

2025-07-29

Game Changer: First 100% Protective HIV Drug Approved

A 44-year battle against HIV may finally be turning the corner. The FDA has approved lenacapavir (Yeztugo), a twice-yearly injection offering nearly 100% protection against HIV infection. This capsid inhibitor prevents viral replication, marking a monumental breakthrough. Gilead Sciences is ensuring global access by offering affordable pricing and signing royalty-free licensing agreements with six generic manufacturers. This innovative approach, combined with partnerships like the one with the Global Fund to fight AIDS, aims to reach up to two million people in low- and lower-middle-income countries, signaling a potential turning point in the fight against the HIV epidemic.

(newatlas.com)

Tech HIV prevention new drug

Apple's AI Stumble: Is a Mega-Acquisition the Answer?

2025-07-15

Apple's AI Stumble: Is a Mega-Acquisition the Answer?

Apple Inc.'s stock has plummeted this year, losing over $640 billion in market value, fueled by concerns over its slow-moving AI strategy. Analysts suggest Apple needs to break with tradition, pursuing large acquisitions and aggressively recruiting AI talent. Acquiring the $14 billion AI startup Perplexity AI is mentioned as a potential game-changer. Despite its massive cash reserves, Apple's long-standing aversion to large mergers and acquisitions might need to shift to compete with rivals like Meta. Recent executive changes at Apple hint at a potential broad management shake-up to address its AI shortcomings.

(finance.yahoo.com)

Tech

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