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RISCBoy: an open-source handheld console built from a custom RISC-V chip up
RISCBoy is a from-scratch, open-source portable games console — effectively a Game Boy Advance reimagined as if RISC-V had existed in 2001. The project spans th
Show HN: A platform for learning systems by rebuilding Redis, Git, and more from scratch
ShipThatCode is a coding-education platform built around a single premise: you learn infrastructure by reconstructing it yourself rather than reading about it.
Terence Tao Uses AI Agents to Revive Dead Java Applets and Build New Ones
Mathematician Terence Tao describes migrating his decades-old web materials to a maintainable repository with the help of modern AI coding agents. The centerpie
The Case for STRICT Tables in SQLite
SQLite's default flexible typing lets you shove text into an integer column, invent nonexistent datatypes like UUID or JSON, and even omit column types entirely
Vint Cerf, TCP/IP co-creator, retires from Google after 20 years
Vinton Cerf, the 83-year-old computer scientist who co-designed TCP/IP with Robert Kahn in the 1970s, is stepping down as Google's chief internet evangelist, a
When 'Just Ask Claude' Becomes a Polite Way to Dodge a Hard Question
The author makes a distinction that gets lost in the reflexive push toward AI tools: the value of asking an experienced human isn't information retrieval, it's
Who really invented the SVD? Tracing linear algebra's workhorse to the 1870s
G.W. Stewart's 1993 essay reconstructs how the singular value decomposition — now a staple of numerical computing, statistics, and machine learning — was discov
Why Doctors Choose to Die Gently — and Refuse the Care They Give Patients
Retired family physician Ken Murray argues that doctors, when facing terminal illness, consistently opt for far less aggressive treatment than they routinely ad
A Hackable Web Toy Reimagines the Clock in Base 10, Binary, and Hex
A developer's browser-based project revisits an old gripe: the day's division into 24 hours of 60 minutes of 60 seconds is historical baggage, not sane math. To
AI 2040: A Deliberate Delay to Superintelligence as an Alternative to the Race
The AI Futures Project—the group behind the widely-circulated AI 2027 forecast—has published 'Plan A,' a scenario laying out how humanity might reach superintel
Apple sues OpenAI, alleging ex-staff funneled trade secrets into its hardware push
Apple has filed suit in the Northern District of California against OpenAI, its hardware unit io Products, and former Apple employees Tang Tan and Chang Liu, cl
Big Buttons, Analog Dials: The Lost Aesthetic of Soviet Control Rooms
A photo collection revisits the control rooms of the Soviet era, when critical infrastructure was managed through walls of physical switches, illuminated button