Using AI to write better code more slowly

366 signa11 2026-05-25 23:31:45 UTC nolanlawson.com Llama Share 137

The author argues that LLMs can be used to write high-quality code more slowly, rather than just spewing out low-quality code quickly. They use a combination of models to find and prioritize bugs in code, resulting in more careful and methodical coding.

Taking a walk may lead to more creativity than sitting, study finds (2014)

182 bilsbie 2026-05-25 23:31:45 UTC apa.org Llama Share 67

Walking improves creative thinking by 81-100% compared to sitting. Regular walking can temporarily boost free-flowing thoughts and creativity without requiring intense exercise.

Notes on Pope Leo XIV's Encyclical on AI

8 pretext 2026-05-26 04:47:45 UTC simonwillison.net Prefix Share 0

Dropped this morning by the Vatican: Magnifica Humanitas of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV on Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence. This is a very interesting document. It’s some of the clearest writing I’ve seen on the ethics of integrating AI into modern society. Pope Leo XIV chose the name Leo in honor of Pope Leo XIII, who is known for his 1891 Rerum novarum ...

Earthion: A New Mega Drive-Style Shoot-Em-Up

15 MrBuddyCasino 2026-05-26 04:31:45 UTC earthiongame.com Llama Share 3

Earthion is a space shooter game where Azusa Takanashi fights to save humanity from hostile invaders on Earth. The game features stunning visuals, intense gameplay, and a legendary soundtrack by Yuzo Koshiro.

How Shamir's Secret Sharing Works

131 subract 2026-05-25 23:31:45 UTC ente.com Llama Share 13

A company uses Adi Shamir's 1979 secret sharing scheme to split a secret into pieces, where any smaller number reveals nothing, but any required number can recover it. This scheme hides the secret behind random coefficients, making too few shares contain no information about the secret.

Norway's 2 petabytes of Huawei flash storage and LLM training

216 rbanffy 2026-05-25 20:31:45 UTC blocksandfiles.com Llama Share 111

Norway's National Library is developing a sovereign AI model trained in Norwegian language using 2 PB of Huawei storage. The project aims to create a locally trained AI that understands Norway's history, news, and culture, which a globally trained English-speaking AI would not know.

Ferrari Luce

151 jumploops 2026-05-25 21:31:45 UTC ferrari.com Llama Share 312

Ferrari's new architecture combines performance with luxury and spaciousness through advanced drivetrain and electric power source. The interior features tactile controls and dedicated NVH solutions for a refined driving experience.

The User Is Visibly Frustrated

6 croes 2026-05-26 04:41:45 UTC pscanf.com Prefix Share 0

Despite the usual allegations against Italians, I’m generally a composed person. Tame, even, especially at work. Yet, lately I often find myself mildly displeased, furiously hammering on my laptop “WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU DO???”. The recipient of these tirades is, you might have guessed, a coding agent. It’s completely pointless, I know. Coding agents are just probabilistic machines generating ...

Exit IP VPN servers mitigation rollout

313 Cider9986 2026-05-25 18:31:45 UTC mullvad.net Full Share 57

Below are the servers with the new mitigation applied.

Does anybody like React?

112 brazukadev 2026-05-26 02:31:45 UTC jsx.lol Llama Share 129

The author criticizes React for being a bloated, slow, and complex framework that often leads to poor code quality and performance issues. They argue that React's ecosystem has become a self-perpetuating cycle of network effects rather than technical fit, and that it's often chosen over other alternatives due to familiarity rather than suitability.

California moves to exempt Linux from its age-verification law after backlash

773 rbanffy 2026-05-25 18:31:45 UTC tomshardware.com Llama Share 334

California lawmakers may exempt most open-source operating systems from age-verification requirements. The proposed amendment would exclude software distributed under open-source licenses from the Digital Age Assurance Act.

Toshifumi Suzuki, founder of Seven-Eleven Japan, has died

166 L_Rahman 2026-05-25 16:31:45 UTC referenceforbusiness.com Llama Share 62

Toshifumi Suzuki revolutionized Japan's retail sector by introducing franchising and transforming the convenience store industry with Seven-Eleven Japan. He implemented innovative data systems and streamlined distribution, improving productivity and profitability.

Motorola phones have started hijacking the Amazon app to insert affiliate codes

37 Cider9986 2026-05-26 04:31:45 UTC 9to5google.com Llama Share 10

Motorola phones are hijacking the Amazon app to inject an affiliate code, redirecting users to a suspicious website. Disabling the pre-installed Smart Feed app stops this behavior, which is linked to a recent app update.

Designing for and against the manufactured normalcy field (2012)

15 nvader 2026-05-26 02:31:45 UTC urbanhonking.com Llama Share 5

The user discusses the Manufactured Normalcy Field, a concept by Venkatesh Rao that explains how people adapt to new technologies by creating familiar experiences. A brainstorming session at FOO camp using this concept led to creative ideas and a game where people describe normal things in a way that reveals their inherent weirdness.

Squares in Squares

53 carlos-menezes 2026-05-25 23:31:45 UTC kingbird.myphotos.cc GoogleT5 Share 4

10 $s = 3 + 1over 2sqrt 2 =nn3.70710678118654$found by frits göbel in early 1979.proved by walter stromquist in 2003.explore group 11 $a = 0 = $n - 3.87708359002281 $rigid. 55 $d = 7.0077100750391$

Performance of Rust Language [pdf]

40 tanelpoder 2026-05-26 00:31:45 UTC github.com/yugr Full Share 19

Contribute to yugr/rust-slides development by creating an account on GitHub.

What we lost when we stopped letting kids leave the front yard

131 obscurette 2026-05-25 14:31:45 UTC stevemagness.substack.com Llama Share 121

We're overprotecting our kids due to a culture of safetyism, which prevents them from developing essential life skills like autonomy, resilience, and emotional regulation. By giving kids more freedom and allowing them to navigate discomfort, we can help them build confidence and self-determination.

Show HN: Write your BPF programs in Go, not C

70 boratanrikulu 2026-05-25 20:31:45 UTC github.com/boratanrikulu Llama Share 32

gobee is a Go tool that transpiles a subset of Go into BPF C, generating typed Go bindings for the userspace side and gating loads against the running kernel. It reuses clang's mature BPF backend for codegen, BTF, and CO-RE relocations.

What it takes to transpose a matrix

25 tosh 2026-05-26 02:31:45 UTC gudok.xyz Llama Share 0

The naive matrix transpose algorithm has a read stream that can process the matrix in approximately 1.25c per element on average due to optimizations like prefetching, in-memory buffering, and high memory parallelism, but the write stream is a severe bottleneck due to strided access pattern and limited usefulness of caching. The performance of the write stream degrades as N grows, and it is ...

Hacker News front page as a site

185 thatxliner 2026-05-25 20:31:45 UTC thefrontpage.dev Llama Share 60

The article discusses various topics including Mullvad's solutions, gobee, Riscrithm, HetznerCloud, Gnutella, film reviewer A.S. Hamrah, and more, highlighting technical approaches and innovations in data integrity, AI, and software development. It also covers news on Microsoft, Firefox, NordVPN, DeepSeek API, scams, and other topics related to technology, security, and innovation.

Dehydration's role in learning and memory

19 hhs 2026-05-26 02:31:45 UTC cshl.edu Llama Share 9

CSHL Professor Hiro Furukawa and colleagues discovered how NMDARs distinguish calcium from magnesium using single-particle cryo-EM and high-performance computing. This breakthrough provides new insights into learning and memory and could impact brain development and disease.

Nobody cracks open a programming book anymore

147 zdw 2026-05-25 23:31:45 UTC unix.foo Llama Share 168

The sales of programming books have declined due to the rise of chatbots and AI tools that provide instant answers and explanations. This shift has made the traditional format of programming books, which required readers to type and practice, obsolete.

Why the smart home bubble popped

22 lxm 2026-05-26 04:31:45 UTC hackaday.com Llama Share 32

The smart home dream of 2015 has largely evaporated due to abandoned devices, subscription services, and reliability issues. A locally hosted solution like Home Assistant is available but still requires technical expertise to set up and maintain.

CVE-2026-28952: Apple macOS 26.5 Kernel Vuln found by Claude

112 dragonsenseiguy 2026-05-26 00:31:45 UTC support.apple.com Llama Share 50

Apple doesn't disclose security issues until patches are available. Recent releases are listed on the Apple security releases page.

Show HN: OpenBrief – Local-first video downloader/summarizer

39 tantara 2026-05-25 22:31:45 UTC github.com/tantara Llama Share 5

OpenBrief is a Tauri desktop app that imports media, extracts transcripts, and generates summaries. It supports local files, URLs, and exports reusable notes in a searchable library.

Weave (YC W25) is hiring ML, AI, product, & design engineers

0 2026-05-25 18:31:45 UTC jobs.ashbyhq.com Full Share

Weave Jobs

C extensions, portability, and alternative compilers

148 xngbuilds 2026-05-25 14:31:45 UTC lemon.rip Llama Share 49

C code often relies on non-standard behaviors and language extensions to work around bugs and gaps in different compilers and libraries. Many codebases attempt to support various environments through preprocessor checks and guards, but these attempts are often finicky or broken.

The Lottery – Shirley Jackson (1948)

28 jxmorris12 2026-05-26 00:31:45 UTC newyorker.com Llama Share 15

The villagers gathered in the square for the annual lottery, a tradition where one person is randomly selected to be stoned to death. The lottery was conducted by Mr. Summers, who drew slips of paper from a black box, with the Hutchinson family ultimately being chosen.

A Comma and a Question Mark

12 eigenBasis 2026-05-26 01:31:45 UTC thetypicalset.com Llama Share 4

User built a system to type plain English in terminal and get suggested commands. The system uses a 27B model to propose commands, which are then edited and executed by the user.

Jensen–Shannon Divergence

91 teleforce 2026-05-25 18:31:45 UTC en.wikipedia.org Llama Share 15

The Jensen-Shannon divergence is a method of measuring the similarity between two probability distributions, based on the Kullback-Leibler divergence, and is symmetric and always has a finite value. It is bounded by 0 and 1 for two discrete probability distributions.