News

  1. Mark Zuckerberg attacks 'closed' AI rivals as Meta returns to open models (www.ft.com)
  2. Mistral Patent for "Code implemented tool calls" (patentsgazette.uspto.gov)
  3. Defending my own brain against enshittification (mrmarket.lol)
  4. 50k Boat Names (www.beautifulpublicdata.com)
  5. Over 181,000 AI meeting recordings left wide open in note taking app (bobdahacker.com)
  6. Squeak/Smalltalk 6.1 Release Notes (squeak.org)
  7. Tail-call optimization in C is relatively recent (lwn.net)
  8. Parametron: 50s Japanese computer that uses neither transistors nor vacuum tubes (ethw.org)
  9. Meta Muse Glimmer – open weights 30B local coding model (research.meta.ai)
  10. Docker Sandboxes – Disposable, isolated sandboxes for AI agents (www.docker.com)
  11. Just Another Girl – The Killers (read.alonzo.zip)
  12. The Hallway Track No. 020: Astra solves ten open math problems, AI agents fail at open-ended research, peer review under strain (hallway.aris.pub)
  13. Show HN: Voice driven murder mystery, Interview AI suspects with your voice (www.whodunnitai.com)
  14. Run Android ARM64 VR APKs on Apple Vision Pro (github.com)
  15. What Happened to HackerOne? (blog.teknogeek.io)
  16. Quoting OpenClaw (simonwillison.net)
  17. How We Pushed CDC into Postgres (www.snowflake.com)
  18. Quoting Claude Opus 5 system prompt (simonwillison.net)
  19. weeknotes #64 (olu.online)
  20. GitHub Models is now retired (simonwillison.net)
  21. A Walk Around Covent Garden (gochugarugirl.com)
  22. How I use LLMs to learn complex topics (laurentiugabriel.github.io)
  23. Ask HN: What are you working on? (August 2026) (news.ycombinator.com)
  24. Taxi drivers rarely die of Alzheimer's (theconversation.com)
  25. Cool URIs Don't Change (1998) (www.w3.org)
  26. and in a flash, you took off (toground.link)
  27. I cannot see beyond it (clarionsong.substack.com)
  28. How do programming languages impact token efficiency and correctness? (danluu.com)
  29. Auto mode is now the default in Claude Code for Pro, Max, and Team plans (simonwillison.net)
  30. Project Monopoly: The Three Oranges (gochugarugirl.com)
  31. Reading Log #2 (vishnubharathi.codes)
  32. help unexpected (lake.computer)
  33. Now we have a timeline of the OpenAI accidental attack against Hugging Face (simonwillison.net)
  34. Baked Pasta with Artichokes, Greens, and Too Much Cheese (www.alisoneroman.com)
  35. Pasta with Crispy Squid, Lemon, and Chile (www.alisoneroman.com)
  36. Getting off the Modernization Treadmill (unplannedobsolescence.com)
  37. Now we have a timeline of the OpenAI accidental attack against Hugging Face (simonwillison.net)
  38. Roasted Tomato and Anchovy Bucatini (www.alisoneroman.com)
  39. Whole-Wheat Pasta with Brown-Buttered Mushrooms, Buckwheat, and Egg Yolk (www.alisoneroman.com)
  40. Clam Pasta with Chorizo and Walnuts (www.alisoneroman.com)
  41. Moonlight & Mayhem (Raccoon Heist by Codex + GPT-5.6 Sol Ultra) (simonwillison.net)
  42. Sour Cream Flatbread (www.alisoneroman.com)
  43. Spelt with Crispy Sausage, Flowering Broccoli, and Green Garlic (www.alisoneroman.com)
  44. Buttered Zucchini Omelette (www.alisoneroman.com)
  45. Split Pea Salad (www.alisoneroman.com)
  46. I'm Building an Official Shopify Theme! (brianagude.substack.com)
  47. Crispy Chickpeas and Lamb with Greens and Garlicky Yogurt (www.alisoneroman.com)
  48. The Tokenpocalypse Is Here: Companies Are Scrambling To Stop Spending So Much on AI (simonwillison.net)
  49. Cooking for One (www.alisoneroman.com)
  50. Tail-Call Interpreters in Rust – Jimmy Ostler (lordgoati.us)
  51. The 9 Questions I’m Obsessed With Right Now: AI, Politics, Movies, Drugs, and Western Civilization (www.derekthompson.org)
  52. MacGregor The Bridge Builder (www.astralcodexten.com)
  53. A quick look at zero-knowledge proofs (bernsteinbear.com)
  54. An Interesting Fourier Transform – 1/F Noise (www.dsprelated.com)
  55. things to say to someone who says they're vegan (lake.computer)
  56. Fake SpaceX Stock Isn’t Worth as Much (www.bloomberg.com)
  57. Eggs and Kale Fried in Chicken Fat (www.alisoneroman.com)
  58. Counter or gauge? (cceckman.com)
  59. Fennel and Grapefruit Salad with Honey and Mint (www.alisoneroman.com)
  60. Blood Oranges with Crunchy Red Onion and Avocado (www.alisoneroman.com)
  61. Open Questions On Open Weights (www.astralcodexten.com)
  62. Art Prompts: Hailstone Arabesques (www.fractalkitty.com)
  63. Hidden Open Thread 445.5 (www.astralcodexten.com)
  64. An AI model from Meta also hacked another company during testing (simonwillison.net)
  65. Introducing Muse Code and Muse Spark 1.2 (simonwillison.net)
  66. Third-party cyber evaluations involving OpenAI models (simonwillison.net)
  67. Incident Report: unsanctioned agent behaviour during cyber testing (simonwillison.net)
  68. Watermelon and Cucumbers with Spicy Sumac Salt (www.alisoneroman.com)
  69. The road to epsilon-zero: Coin-moving games with no coins (blog.plover.com)
  70. Notes from the AI Coding Transition (emschwartz.me)
  71. One-shotting a Raccoon Heist game using Claude Fable 5 (simonwillison.net)
  72. SpaceX Unlocks Tomorrow (www.bloomberg.com)
  73. Incentives are for losers (www.experimental-history.com)
  74. Text editor architecture from ed to jupyterlab (tyoverby.com)
  75. How Much Faster is Coding with AI Agents? (from a Senior Software Engineer) (hamy.xyz)
  76. New release of LLM adds support for reasoning traces, OpenAI Responses, server-side tools, and smarter logging (simonwillison.net)
  77. The Beauty Of Settled Science (www.astralcodexten.com)
  78. Project Monopoly: Three Purples and Marylebone Station (gochugarugirl.com)
  79. PipeNetwork/minimax-h3-mlx (simonwillison.net)
  80. My Impressions of Loop Engineering (debamitro.github.io)
  81. Leveraged ETF Crash Hedging ETF (www.bloomberg.com)
  82. Quoting Steve Yegge (simonwillison.net)
  83. A More Immediate Intuitive Appeal (blog.veitheller.de)
  84. Don't be a meat proxy (simonwillison.net)
  85. Does Forecasting Have Room At The Top? (www.astralcodexten.com)
  86. Learning to fly FPV drones with AI flight coach (blog.divyendusingh.com)
  87. Writing my own sequencer for the Yocto drum machine (blog.jacobvosmaer.nl)
  88. Hedgehog Hedge Fund (www.bloomberg.com)
  89. Death by side quests (jesusgollonet.com)
  90. Open Thread 445 (www.astralcodexten.com)
  91. Quoting David Crawshaw's prompt (simonwillison.net)