Show HN: Base, an SQLite database editor for macOS https://menial.co.uk/base/
Menial
Base - SQLite editor for macOS
Base is the SQLite database editor Mac users love. Designed for everyone, with a comfortable interface that makes database work so much nicer.
Google will allow only apps from verified developers to be installed on Android https://9to5google.com/2025/08/25/android-apps-developer-verification/
9to5Google
Google will require developer verification to install Android apps, including sideloading
Google has announced that only apps from developers that have undergone verification can be installed on certified Android devices in 2026...
Deploying DeepSeek on 96 H100 GPUs https://lmsys.org/blog/2025-05-05-large-scale-ep/
lmsys.org
Deploying DeepSeek with PD Disaggregation and Large-Scale Expert Parallelism on 96 H100 GPUs | LMSYS Org
<p>DeepSeek is a popular open-source large language model (LLM) praised for its strong performance. However, its large size and unique architecture, which us...
Essential Coding Theory [pdf] https://cse.buffalo.edu/faculty/atri/courses/coding-theory/book/web-coding-book.pdf
Wikipedia as a Graph https://wikigrapher.com/paths
Wikigrapher
explore wikipedia as a knowledge graph
John Carmack's arguments against building a custom XR OS at Meta https://twitter.com/ID_AA_Carmack/status/1961172409920491849
X (formerly Twitter)
John Carmack (@ID_AA_Carmack) on X
I had been meaning to comment on @Jonathan_Blowβs βWhy canβt we even conceive of writing a new OS todayβ post. Coincidentally, I just got an email that opened with:
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Hey John,
2 years ago I pitched you LIBBA - a dedicated OS for smart glasses.β¦
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Hey John,
2 years ago I pitched you LIBBA - a dedicated OS for smart glasses.β¦
Do the simplest thing that could possibly work https://www.seangoedecke.com/the-simplest-thing-that-could-possibly-work/
Seangoedecke
Do the simplest thing that could possibly work
When designing software systems, do the simplest thing that could possibly work. Itβs surprising how far you can take this piece of advice. I genuinely thinkβ¦
15-Fold increase in solar thermoelectric generator performance https://www.nature.com/articles/s41377-025-01916-9
Nature
15-Fold increase in solar thermoelectric generator performance through femtosecond-laser spectral engineering and thermal management
Light: Science & Applications - A spectral engineering and thermal management strategy is developed to significantly increase STEG power generation. It consists of a fs-laser-treated W-SSA, a...
βThis telegram must be closely paraphrased before being communicated to anyoneβ https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/79371/this-telegram-must-be-closely-paraphrased-before-being-communicated-to-anyone
History Stack Exchange
"This telegram must be closely paraphrased before being communicated to anyone." Why?
Some historical documents from WWII have a notice on them stating
This telegram must be closely paraphrased before being communicated to anyone.
The documents I've seen were received by the United
This telegram must be closely paraphrased before being communicated to anyone.
The documents I've seen were received by the United
Why haven't quantum computers factored 21 yet? https://algassert.com/post/2500
Algassert
Why haven't quantum computers factored 21 yet?
Craig Gidney's computer science blog
We should have the ability to run any code we want on hardware we own https://hugotunius.se/2025/08/31/what-every-argument-about-sideloading-gets-wrong.html
hugotunius.se
What Every Argument About Sideloading Gets Wrong
Refuting the common and flawed argument of
Bear is now source-available https://herman.bearblog.dev/license/
α( α )α Herman's blog
Bear is now source-available
Updates to the Bear license