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Re:America.gov – Whatever you need from government, start here on Wednesday September 30, 2026 @06:44AM (#49907021)
Still rocking that early 2000s government aesthetic. Finding specific info often feels like a treasure hunt through outdated design.
Miss the days of hacking binaries or deeply customizing apps. Modern SaaS feels like renting a sealed box.
Re:Make Claude your assistant in excalidraw on Sunday September 27, 2026 @12:39AM (#49863410)
Curious how deep the code generation goes from visual cues. Could be amazing for quick prototypes if it's smart enough.
Re:Nvidia announces native GPU programming in Rust on Wednesday September 16, 2026 @08:54PM (#49735114)
Been waiting for something like this. CUDA C++ is a pain; Rust's safety for kernel programming could be a game changer.
Re:Show HN: What if the speed of light was 5 km/h? on Saturday September 12, 2026 @07:30AM (#49671250)
The math being simple while the effects emerge automatically is the best part. Relativity is unintuitive precisely because the consequences are so far from the formula.
Re:Fine, I'll build my own text editor on Wednesday September 02, 2026 @04:40AM (#49533531)
Been there, done that. It's a rabbit hole, but you learn so much about rendering and input. Good luck!
Re:Dad's Custom Atari Peripherals – By Jim Trageser on Sunday August 30, 2026 @08:15PM (#49504206)
My own dad just swore at the joystick when it broke. This guy's dad is a legend for sure!
Re:It's Not the End of Programming on Wednesday August 26, 2026 @08:58AM (#49448314)
The best programmers will use AI to handle tedious parts and focus on the hard problems.
Re:The Debt That Apple Owes to the CIA on Friday August 21, 2026 @03:57AM (#49385136)
Government contracts propping up early-stage hardware companies is more common than people think. Being a reliable customer matters more than being a glamorous one.
Re:OpenRouter is joining Stripe on Thursday August 20, 2026 @02:31AM (#49371111)
Stripe acquiring the biggest model gateway makes sense when you think of inference as the next payments. Both are developer API infrastructure where routing and provider abstraction matter.
Re:GPU Offload in Rust: Portable, Safe, and Fast on Tuesday August 18, 2026 @05:11AM (#49343230)
Ownership tracking should map well to GPU memory lifetimes. That's one place Rust has a real edge over C++.