The Brutalist Report

Hacker News

• Steering interpretable language models with concept algebra [52d] [hn]
• Larry Page has moved to Florida [52d] [hn]
• Banned in California [52d] [hn]
• Origin of the rule that swap size should be 2x of the physical memory [52d] [hn]
• First Website [52d] [hn]
• How Will OpenAI Compete? [52d] [hn]
• Deterministic Programming with LLMs [52d] [hn]
• Leaked Documents Show Meta Cracking Down on Access to Abortion Information [52d] [hn]
• ECS Survivors Parts VII – X [52d] [hn]
• An autopsy of AI-generated 3D slop [52d] [hn]
• A Fuzzer for the Toy Optimizer [52d] [hn]
• SQL vs. NoSQL: How to Answer This Interview Question in 2026 [52d] [hn]
• I made MCP cheaper in one command [52d] [hn]
• RK3588 and RK3576 video decoders support merged in the upstream Linux Kernel [52d] [hn]
• SpacetimeDB ThreeJS Support [52d] [hn]
• Jimi Hendrix Was a Systems Engineer [52d] [hn]
• PA Bench: Evaluating Frontier Models on Multi-Tab Pa Tasks [52d] [hn]
• Reverse engineering the KakaoTalk app so I can build a Beeper Bridge [52d] [hn]
• The third era of AI software development [52d] [hn]
• Google API keys weren't secrets, but then Gemini changed the rules [52d] [hn]
• 5,300-year-old 'bow drill' rewrites story of ancient Egyptian tools [52d] [hn]
• Devirtualization and Static Polymorphism [52d] [hn]
• Attyx – tiny and fast GPU-accelerated terminal emulator written in Zig [52d] [hn]
• Show HN: I ported Tree-sitter to Go [53d] [hn]
• The Slow Death of the Power User [53d] [hn]
• Woxi: Wolfram Mathematica Reimplementation in Rust [53d] [hn]
• Show HN: I ported Manim to TypeScript (run 3b1B math animations in the browser) [53d] [hn]
• The Appeal and Reality of Recycling LoRAs with Adaptive Merging [53d] [hn]
• Ghosts'n Goblins – "Worse danger is ahead" [53d] [hn]
• The Pentagon Threatens Anthropic [53d] [hn]
• om [53d] [hn]
• Time-Travel Debugging: Replaying Production Bugs Locally [53d] [hn]
• Sandboxes won't save you from OpenClaw [53d] [hn]
• A Man Who Stole Infinity [53d] [hn]
• Bcachefs creator insists his custom LLM is female and 'fully conscious' [53d] [hn]
• Windows 11 Notepad to support Markdown [53d] [hn]
• Trellis AI (YC W24) is hiring deployment lead to accelerate medication access [53d] [hn]
• Why isn't LA repaving streets? [53d] [hn]
• Racket v9.1 [53d] [hn]
• Large-scale online deanonymization with LLMs (using HN posts) [53d] [hn]
• Following 35% growth, solar has passed hydro on US grid [53d] [hn]
• Show HN: Sgai – Goal-driven multi-agent software dev (GOAL.md → working code) [53d] [hn]
• The Misuses of the University [53d] [hn]
• The United States needs fewer bus stops [53d] [hn]
• Seeing Like a Sedan [53d] [hn]
• I asked Claude for 37,500 random names, and it can't stop saying Marcus [53d] [hn]
• Our Computer Using agent just solved CAPTCHA up to Level 6 [53d] [hn]
• GNU Texmacs [53d] [hn]
• More Cows, More Wives [53d] [hn]
• The archivist preserving decaying floppy disks [53d] [hn]
• Sub-second volumetric 3D printing by synthesis of holographic light fields [53d] [hn]
• Ask HN: Have top AI research institutions just given up on the idea of safety? [53d] [hn]
• US orders diplomats to fight data sovereignty initiatives [53d] [hn]
• New accounts on HN 10x more likely to use EM-dashes [53d] [hn]
• Show HN: Django Control Room – All Your Tools Inside the Django Admin [53d] [hn]
• What was the first life restoration of a sauropod? [53d] [hn]
• Show HN: Respectify – a comment moderator that teaches people to argue better [53d] [hn]
• Show HN: Clocksimulator.com – A minimalist, distraction-free analog clock [53d] [hn]
• Launch HN: TeamOut (YC W22) – AI agent for planning company events [53d] [hn]
• What are the best coping mechanisms for AI Fatalism? [53d] [hn]
• Python Type Checker Comparison: Empty Container Inference [53d] [hn]
• Never Buy A .online Domain [53d] [hn]
• Red Hat takes on Docker Desktop with its enterprise Podman Desktop build [53d] [hn]
• AIs can't stop recommending nuclear strikes in war game simulations [53d] [hn]
• I rendered 1,418 confusables over 230 fonts. Most aren't confusable to the eye [53d] [hn]
• Inventing the Lisa user interface – Interactions [53d] [hn]
• Event Horizon Labs (YC W24) Is Hiring [53d] [hn]