21 June 2025

18 links · Saturday

Stuck Between 24 Rocks and an NP-hard Place

I became interested in the ) after my friend, who has incredible number sense, told me a story[^1] about how he dominated the game when he played it in eleme...

The long-term cost of short-term platforms

Most platforms get you online fast - but trap you later. Let's unpack the hidden cost of short-term convenience, and why flexibility matters.

Pytorch Reshaping With None

Currently I am learning attention mechanism from Dive into Deep Learning book. In the book I see following implementation in masked softmax:

Why doesn't OpenAI build GPT Search Console?

More and more people are using an LLM instead of a traditional search engine. As a result, website owners can observe that an increasing share of their website audience is coming from an LLM chat, most often chatgpt.com. These users are also very relevant - fa…

AbsenceBench: Language Models Can't Tell What's Missing

Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly capable of processing long inputs and locating specific information within them, as evidenced by their performance on the Needle in a Haystack (NIAH) test. However, while models excel at recalling surprising inform…

Weekly Recap - 2025-06-20

Check out this week from Dev Leader! Here's a list including articles and videos on software engineering, career development, and programming in C#!

Practices that set great software architects apart

Great software architects don’t just make technical decisions—they balance competing priorities, navigate messy org charts, and align engineering with business strategy. This post explores the habits and mindset that separate competent architects from truly im…