The 14 Steps it takes to open my office door with a new phone
https://shub.club/writings/2026/august/14-steps-to-open-a-door/
https://shub.club/writings/2026/august/14-steps-to-open-a-door/
shub.club
The 14 steps it takes to open my office door with a new phone
Personal website of Shubham Naik
From MIT: AI financial advice is surprisingly good
https://mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-to-matter/ai-financial-advice-surprisingly-good-especially-if-you-ask-right-questions
https://mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-to-matter/ai-financial-advice-surprisingly-good-especially-if-you-ask-right-questions
MIT Sloan
AI financial advice is surprisingly good — especially if you ask the right questions | MIT Sloan
Large language models encourage smart financial behavior, but they fall short on the more subtle aspects of saving and investing, according to MIT Sloan’s Taha Choukhmane and co-authors.
Morph (YC S23) Is Hiring Member of Technical Stuff
https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/morph/jobs/0Z8vI3K-member-of-technical-staff
https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/morph/jobs/0Z8vI3K-member-of-technical-staff
Y Combinator
Member of Technical Staff at Morph | Y Combinator
Morph was a 1 person company from 0 → 10M of revenue. We will be the first 10 person $10b company.
Every employee should contribute >30M of revenue/yr to the company.
The best candidates would be top 1% at multiple parts of the inference stack, yet have…
Every employee should contribute >30M of revenue/yr to the company.
The best candidates would be top 1% at multiple parts of the inference stack, yet have…
Stop fucking around with database commits and transactions
https://www.droppedasbaby.com/posts/db-commits/
https://www.droppedasbaby.com/posts/db-commits/
droppedasbaby - engineering blog | home of swe word vomit
Stop fucking around with database commits and transactions
A stray commit buried multiple levels deep cost me months. Why the DB layer must own every commit and transaction plus how to enforce these rules using AST and linters.
RFC 10015: Deprecating Obsolete Key Exchange Methods in TLS 1.2 and DTLS 1.2
https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc10015.html
https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc10015.html
www.rfc-editor.org
RFC 10015: Deprecating Obsolete Key Exchange Methods in TLS 1.2 and DTLS 1.2
For (D)TLS 1.2, this document deprecates the use of two key exchanges, namely Diffie-Hellman (DH) over
a finite field and RSA. It also discourages the use of static Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman (ECDH)
cipher suites.
These prescriptions apply only…
a finite field and RSA. It also discourages the use of static Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman (ECDH)
cipher suites.
These prescriptions apply only…
Kobuk the Destroyer – Tales from the Wild, Unseen World of Test Engineering
https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324051299
https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324051299
Wwnorton
Kobuk the Destroyer
An exuberant exploration of why the stuff we use (mostly) works—and a celebration of the unsung engineers who ensure it does., Kobuk the Destroyer, And Other Tales from the Wild, Unseen World of Test Engineering, Alex Davies, 9781324051299
The Greenhouse and the Lens: Two Modes of Agentic AI Work
https://www.brethorsting.com/blog/2026/08/the-greenhouse-and-the-lens-two-modes-of-agentic-ai-work/
https://www.brethorsting.com/blog/2026/08/the-greenhouse-and-the-lens-two-modes-of-agentic-ai-work/
Aaron Brethorst
The Greenhouse and the Lens: Two Modes of Agentic AI Work
A greenhouse and a lens both run on sunlight, and they do opposite things with it. The greenhouse traps ambient heat and holds it, so everything inside grows a…
Walsh: Multi-agent research pipeline with risk manager that can veto trades
https://github.com/ats4321/walsh
https://github.com/ats4321/walsh
GitHub
GitHub - ats4321/walsh: A repository for walsh
A repository for walsh. Contribute to ats4321/walsh development by creating an account on GitHub.
Persistent State Machines: LLM Attention with INT4 In-Memory Cells
https://zenodo.org/records/21753002
https://zenodo.org/records/21753002
Zenodo
Persistent State Machines: Complete Mathematical Proofs and Vivado Implementation Synthesis (Version 8.0)
Persistent State Machines: Complete Mathematical Proofs and Vivado Implementation Synthesis (Version 8.0) ABSTRACT We present a formal discrete framework for attention operators in Large Language Models via Persistent State Machines (PSMs). Computation is…
Four Time Scales for Technology Development and Deployment
https://rodneybrooks.com/four-time-scales-for-technology-development-and-deployment/
https://rodneybrooks.com/four-time-scales-for-technology-development-and-deployment/
MkLinux and the pimped-out Apple Workgroup Server 9150
http://oldvcr.blogspot.com/2026/08/mklinux-and-pimped-out-apple-workgroup.html
http://oldvcr.blogspot.com/2026/08/mklinux-and-pimped-out-apple-workgroup.html
Blogspot
MkLinux and the pimped-out Apple Workgroup Server 9150
As is typical here in the Floodgap lab, it all started so innocently: rebuilding a flaky Apple Workgroup Server 9150, the odd duck of the Wo...
Futurism says Meta has "almost nothing" to show for AI. The numbers say
https://runtimewire.com/article/futurism-says-meta-has-almost-nothing-to-show-for-ai-the-numbers-say-otherwise
https://runtimewire.com/article/futurism-says-meta-has-almost-nothing-to-show-for-ai-the-numbers-say-otherwise
RuntimeWire
Meta ships competitive AI models as capital spending tests returns
Meta has competitive Muse AI models and distribution to 3.6 billion daily users, but Zuckerberg's $130B-$145B capex plan is crushing free cash flow.
OpenAI's claimed disproof of Connes' Rigidity Conjecture is invalid [pdf]
https://philarchive.org/archive/NIEWTCv17
https://philarchive.org/archive/NIEWTCv17
Running Kimi K3 on MI355X at Better Performance per Dollar Than B300
https://www.wafer.ai/blog/kimi-k3-mi355x
https://www.wafer.ai/blog/kimi-k3-mi355x
Wafer
Is memory the moat? | Wafer
The fastest inference for open models.
Australia's social media ban has failed
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/australia-defends-teen-social-media-ban-after-study-shows-most-still-online-2026-08-01/
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/australia-defends-teen-social-media-ban-after-study-shows-most-still-online-2026-08-01/