LLMs Will Replace 8-Track Duplication Engineers
8-tracks are human-solved NP-hard problems
Why Can't We Agree on a Plugin Format?
A small template repo for authoring AI coding plugins in a tool-agnostic format and transpiling them into Claude Code, Copilot CLI, OpenCode, and Codex bundles.
Claude Code is a chainsaw
“Wood, chainsaw, tree” by pb826 on Pixabay I first picked up a chainsaw two summers ago. I was staying with a friend at his farm on Dartmoor. We spent a drizzly afternoon splitting logs with a hatchet, clunking and thunking our way through the pile until the t…
I sped up the test suite by 2x with one simple change
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Building the systems that build the software
Clojure is almost as fast as C (with some help)
I have a stress test written in C: 100,000 cubes flying around in space. The CPU rebuilds every cube’s 4x4 transform matrix on every frame and sends all of them to the GPU. That is around 900,000 sine evaluations and 6 MB of matrix data per frame, and after th…
denkthoughts | Instagram is obsessed with me
🥴 Instagram is obsessed with me
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Remote work is bad for you
Lately I've been emailing people at random between 4am-6am, right as I have my first cup of coffee. I've been emailing CEOs of small startups I have a pos...
Detecting and Steering Sycophancy in Qwen
Sycophancy has always interested me in large language models. I think if you've used any of these models for any amount of time, even very non-power users are able to realize that these models have a high amount of bias toward whatever the user says, aka the m…
A backdoor in a LinkedIn job offer
A fake recruiter, a crypto repo, and a remote code execution payload hidden in a test file.
The KV Cache, Explained: Why Long Context Eats Your VRAM (and How to Fit More)
You quantized the model and it fits — then it runs out of memory at long context. The culprit is the KV cache, and at 128k tokens it can dwarf the model itself. Here's the math, the fix, and what it means for buying local-LLM hardware.
Distributed Compaction in SlateDb — Ryan Dielhenn
A visual and written explanation of Distributed Compaction (RFC-0025 in SlateDb) and discussion of future work
Organize Files & Folders Effectively: Best Practices & Examples
Learn the best file and folder organization methods, naming conventions, and cloud storage tips with examples for an efficient and clutter-free system.
My LSM Tree Was Slower Than a B-Tree. Then I Profiled It.
A few weeks ago I wanted to understand how the storage engine inside RocksDB actually works. Not read about it. Build it.
Cursor for X: key standards for vertical products offering agent workflows
Cursor for X: key standards for vertical products offering agent workflows
Would You Believe that This is It?
A band and their song, making decisions, and the nature of Liberal Democracy.
Fable’s approach analysis
Documenting my journey in the world of AI and RL.
MAKC.CO - Welcome
The personal site of Makc Criswell. A propagandist for pickled red onions, rare meat activist, barely-monetizable YouTuber and Captian of the sailling vessel Argo.
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The Grain of Thought
Redesigning text to preserve the writer. An essay on reading and writing in the age of generation.
Tethys
Iroh 1.0 - Dial Keys, not IPs
Iroh 1.0 is out. Now is the time to build.
CrankGPT — Local Human-powered AI
A human-powered, fully local, fully private AI solution.
Tinywind — Pixel Pirate Sailing Game
Outsail the Royal Navy in your browser. Real sailing physics, 5-minute voyages, 30 historical treasures to recover. Free to play.
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What the Fuck Happened to Nerds
<p>I've befriended some of the most thoughtful, brilliant, curious, eccentric, and sincere people I've ever met in the tech industry. Many of my dearest frie...
Apple Foundation Models
Use Claude on Apple platforms through the Foundation Models framework with the Claude for Foundation Models Swift package.
“Why do I need an account for this” Windows 11 users call out new requirements
A Reddit discussion about local accounts turns into a bigger debate over privacy, transparency, and user control on Windows 11.
curl summer of bliss
The curl project will not accept or otherwise handle any vulnerability reports during the month of July 2026. We call it the curl summer of bliss. curl's submission form on Hackerone will be paused starting July 1, 2026. Summer of bliss starts: July 1, 2026. 0…
Your EPUB Is Fine. Kobo Disagrees. Blame Adobe
Adobe isn’t exactly a beloved company these days. People begrudgingly use their stuff, because the Creative Suite is an industry standard (read: monopoly) or there are simply no worthwhile alternatives,...
AI GPUs probably live longer than three years
People who think current AI use is unsustainable often rely on the claim that inference GPUs only last “three years at the most” under load1. The idea here is that once the AI bubble money drains away, current infrastructure will rapidly become obsolete, and t…