Claude Code uses Bun written in Rust now
https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jul/19/claude-code-in-bun-in-rust/
https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jul/19/claude-code-in-bun-in-rust/
Simon Willison’s Weblog
Claude Code uses Bun written in Rust now
In Rewriting Bun in Rust Jarred Sumner made the following claim: Claude Code v2.1.181 (released June 17th) and later use the Rust port of Bun. Startup got 10% faster on …
What I learned selling 2,500 MIDI recorders: Hardware is not so hard
https://chipweinberger.com/articles/20260719-hardware-is-not-so-hard
https://chipweinberger.com/articles/20260719-hardware-is-not-so-hard
Chipweinberger
Hardware is not so hard - Chip Weinberger
What Chip Weinberger learned building and selling 2500 Jamcorder MIDI recorders.
I burned all my tokens researching how to save tokens
https://quesma.com/blog/custom-deep-research-pipeline/
https://quesma.com/blog/custom-deep-research-pipeline/
Quesma
I burned all my tokens researching how to save tokens - Quesma Blog
How I burned a full Claude limit in 30 minutes and built my own deep research pipeline instead: 3 subscriptions, shared memory, a clear role for each model. You can build the same from what you already pay for.
Clever hacker fits 537,000 domains in a $5 ESP32 ad-blocking dongle
https://www.tomshardware.com/networking/clever-hacker-fits-537-000-domains-in-a-tiny-usd5-esp32-ad-blocking-dongle-firmware-uses-only-around-50kb-of-ram-and-can-answer-blocked-lookups-in-10-milliseconds
https://www.tomshardware.com/networking/clever-hacker-fits-537-000-domains-in-a-tiny-usd5-esp32-ad-blocking-dongle-firmware-uses-only-around-50kb-of-ram-and-can-answer-blocked-lookups-in-10-milliseconds
Tom's Hardware
Clever hacker fits 537,000 domains in a tiny $5 ESP32 ad-blocking dongle — firmware uses only around 50KB of RAM and can answer…
This project uses a clever hashing trick to fit over half a million blocked domains into just 4MB of flash memory.
Terence McKenna's Mega Bad Trip
https://psychedelics.community/cultural-icons/terence-mckennas-mega-bad-trip
https://psychedelics.community/cultural-icons/terence-mckennas-mega-bad-trip
Psychedelics-Community
Terence McKenna's Mega Bad Trip | Psychedelics-Community
A harrowing mushroom trip in Hawaii between 1988 and 1989 profoundly altered Terence McKenna's relationship with psychedelics, although the truth is more complicated than the long-rumoured story that he stopped tripping after the experience.
C64 Basic Dungeon Crawler: Goblin Attack (C64 Basic Part 8)
https://retrogamecoders.com/c64-basic-dungeon-part8/
https://retrogamecoders.com/c64-basic-dungeon-part8/
Retro Game Coders
C64 BASIC Dungeon Crawler: Goblin Attack! (C64 BASIC Part 8)
Redefinable keys, goblins that chase you, d20 combat, and the memory bug that had the game silently overwriting itself.
Moonshot AI suspends new subscriptions due to Kimi K3 demand
https://twitter.com/kimi_moonshot/status/2078855608565207130
https://twitter.com/kimi_moonshot/status/2078855608565207130
X (formerly Twitter)
Kimi.ai (@Kimi_Moonshot) on X
Kimi K3 has received far more love than we expected, and our GPUs are feeling it.
Over the past 48 hours, demand has pushed close to the limits of our current capacity. To protect the experience of existing subscribers, we're temporarily pausing new subscriptions…
Over the past 48 hours, demand has pushed close to the limits of our current capacity. To protect the experience of existing subscribers, we're temporarily pausing new subscriptions…
Less Is More: Why Audio on SoundCloud Looks Different
https://developers.soundcloud.com/blog/less-is-more-why-soundcloud-low-passes-its-aac-transcodings/
https://developers.soundcloud.com/blog/less-is-more-why-soundcloud-low-passes-its-aac-transcodings/
Soundcloud
Less Is More: Why Audio on SoundCloud Looks Different
Last year, SoundCloud upgraded its AAC encoder for the first time in over a decade. The new one (Fraunhofer’s libfdk_aac) delivers higher perceptual audio quality across every metric we track. But if you look at a spectrogram, you may notice something unexpected.…
Modder Runs GTA III Inside GTA: San Andreas on an In-Game TV
https://videocardz.com/newz/modder-runs-gta-iii-inside-gta-san-andreas-on-an-in-game-tv
https://videocardz.com/newz/modder-runs-gta-iii-inside-gta-san-andreas-on-an-in-game-tv
Heavy TV watching associated with smaller brain structures, study finds
https://dornsife.usc.edu/news/stories/heavy-tv-watching-associated-with-smaller-brain-structures/
https://dornsife.usc.edu/news/stories/heavy-tv-watching-associated-with-smaller-brain-structures/
USC Dornsife News
Heavy TV watching associated with smaller brain structures, study finds
Reduced volume was found in areas of the brain connected to memory formation, indicating a potential link between TV watching and higher dementia risk.
A new Intel Itanium (IA-64) emulator that boots Windows
https://raymii.org/s/blog/Intel_Itanium_IA-64-Emulator_that_boots_Windows.html
https://raymii.org/s/blog/Intel_Itanium_IA-64-Emulator_that_boots_Windows.html
AI advice made people 3x less accurate but 2x confident, researchers found
https://thenextweb.com/news/ai-advice-suppresses-critical-thinking-wrong-answers-study
https://thenextweb.com/news/ai-advice-suppresses-critical-thinking-wrong-answers-study
TNW
AI advice made people three times less accurate but twice as confident, researchers found
A study found that access to AI advice collapsed people's willingness to say "I don't know" from 44% to 3%, while accuracy dropped from 27% to 9%.
How to Abandon Your Climate Commitments and Get Away with It
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/17/climate/company-climate-change-commitments-renege.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/17/climate/company-climate-change-commitments-renege.html
Nytimes
How to Abandon Your Climate Commitments and Get Away With It
Big business made big promises about saving the planet. Following through hasn’t been easy.