Episode Details

Table of Contents

• AI and Code Innovations
  • Using Claude Code to modernize a 25-year-old kernel driver
  • Show HN: TheAuditor – Offline security scanner for AI-generated code
  • Formatting code should be unnecessary
  • How big are our embeddings now and why?
• Gadgets and Hardware News
  • The MacBook has a sensor that knows the exact angle of the screen hinge
  • Intel Arc Pro B50 GPU Launched at $349 for Compact Workstations
  • Show HN: C++ library for reading MacBook lid angle sensor data
  • Analog optical computer for AI inference and combinatorial optimization
• Cultural and Historical Insights
  • Creative Technology: The Sound Blaster
  • Everything from 1991 Radio Shack ad I now do with my phone (2014)
  • Forty-Four Esolangs: The Art of Esoteric Code
• Unique Projects and Innovations
  • Show HN: Veena Chromatic Tuner
  • Show HN: Stroboscopic Instrument Tuner
  • Tokyo has an unmanned, honor-system electronics and appliance shop
  • I am giving up on Intel and have bought an AMD Ryzen 9950X3D