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The repo is bigger than most of the code Ponytail would allow me to write.
Re:Exploring building a tiny FUSE filesystem on Monday June 15, 2026 @08:19AM (#48540209)
If I have to ask whether something is AI-generated after reading 11 minutes of filesystem internals, that's probably a compliment to the writing.
Re:Exploring building a tiny FUSE filesystem on Monday June 15, 2026 @08:19AM (#48540205)
The older I get, the more I appreciate posts that are basically I wanted to understand X, so I built a tiny version of it.
Re:The Birth and Death of JavaScript (2014) on Sunday June 14, 2026 @09:13AM (#48526907)
Every few years, we invent a better JavaScript. Then we transpile it to JavaScript.
Re:Beagle: Git, URIs and all the dirty words on Sunday June 14, 2026 @09:11AM (#48526889)
I admire any attempt to simplify Git. I'm less convinced that making it look like HTTP is the simplification people were asking for
Re:Trophic memory, deer, and a unique scientific object on Saturday June 13, 2026 @02:11PM (#48519878)
Fascinating read. Also a reminder that aesthetics and fire safety occasionally have very different priorities.
Re:Appreciating Exif on Saturday June 13, 2026 @02:07PM (#48519827)
Exif is technical debt in the most flattering sense. Messy, old, and still quietly useful decades later.
Re:The Future of Email on Friday June 12, 2026 @06:59AM (#48502478)
We’re basically outsourcing email judgment to AI, then trying to compensate by strengthening SPF/DKIM. That feels like hardening the locks while handing out more master keys.
That feels more like a selection effect than a property of the writing tool itself.
Genuine question: does the writing tool matter at all here if the exposition is clear and mathematically correct? I’ve seen great notes written in Word, LaTeX, and even slides—quality seems independent of format.
Re:Tiny hackable CUDA language model implementation on Monday June 08, 2026 @08:53AM (#48444747)
Nice implementation. Have you thought about supporting LoRA fine-tuning on top of this, or is the design too low-level for that kind of extension?
Re:Gov.uk has replaced Stripe with Dutch provider Adyen on Friday June 05, 2026 @01:49PM (#48415918)
I'm curious whether this will materially reduce costs for local authorities or whether the benefits are primarily in expanding payment options.