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Compiling LLMs into a MegaKernel: A path to low-latency inference Published: 2025-06-19 | Origin: Hacker News The content describes a newly developed compiler that transforms large language model (LLM) inference into a single megakernel, which is a fused GPU kernel that performs all necessary computational tasks and communication in one execution. This method significantly reduces LLM inference latency by 1.2 to 6.7 times. The compiler streamlines the process, allowing users to create high-performance megakernels with minimal Python code. Traditional LLM systems often involve numerous GPU kernel launches and communication calls, leading to under |
The PostgreSQL Locking Trap That Killed Our Production API (and How We Fixed It) Published: 2025-06-19 | Origin: /r/programming The author shares a personal experience of facing production alerts due to a database issue while preoccupied with unrelated tasks. The troubles began with Google Cloud monitoring alerts indicating that the database error threshold was breached. Initially, the author blamed a newly provisioned read replica, deployed for safe internal analytical queries, for these errors. Although temporarily addressing the issue, the errors quickly returned, leading the author to suspect that a new query might be causing the problem due to a missing index. Despite checking system metrics and finding no |
Gauntlet Language Updated: Sum Types, Reworked Syntax, New Pipe Operator Published: 2025-06-19 | Origin: /r/programming The content discusses updates in a programming language, specifically the changes in syntax for tagged unions and pattern matching. In the new version, the type now follows the name, separated by a colon, reversing the previous order. Additionally, the pipe operator has changed from "=>" to "|>". For support or to get involved, users can join the Discord server or create issues on the GitHub page, with links provided. The information was last updated one day ago. |
What Would a Kubernetes 2.0 Look Like Published: 2025-06-19 | Origin: /r/programming The author reflects on their journey with Kubernetes, a technology that originated from Google's internal system called "Borg" around 2012-2013. Initially confusing, Kubernetes emerged as a significant open-source project with contributions from major companies like Microsoft and RedHat and saw its first release in 2015 alongside the formation of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF). Over the past ten years, Kubernetes has become integral to the author’s professional life, offering advantages like declarative infrastructure management and scalability |
Rate Limiting in .NET with Redis Published: 2025-06-19 | Origin: /r/programming Hamed Salameh discusses the importance of rate limiting in protecting backend systems from overload and abuse in a world increasingly reliant on APIs. While .NET has incorporated native rate-limiting features in recent versions, these may not suffice in distributed environments where multiple API servers must share limits. Redis is suggested as an effective solution for implementing distributed rate limiting. The post explains the concept of rate limiting, which involves setting a cap on the number of requests a client can make in a specific timeframe (e.g |
The Story of a Prisoner Who Became a Software Engineer Published: 2025-06-19 | Origin: /r/programming In a remarkable story of resilience, Preston Thorpe, a software engineer incarcerated at the Mountain View Correctional Facility in Maine, demonstrates that passion for coding can thrive even in the confines of prison. Thorpe, who has been serving a nearly decade-long sentence for non-violent drug crimes, has leveraged his time behind bars to become an open-source contributor, specializing in Rust and Python programming. He is currently employed by Turso, a distributed database project, where he actively contributes to significant developments, including |
The joy of (type) sets in Go Published: 2025-06-19 | Origin: /r/programming The content discusses the concept of sets and constraints in the context of generic programming. It emphasizes the importance of writing code that can operate on multiple data types without redundancy. However, completely unrestricted type parameters can lead to inefficiency, particularly when types are infinite and provide little flexibility in functionality. To effectively manage this, constraints are introduced to narrow down the allowed types of a function while still keeping them broad enough to be applicable. The text distinguishes between two types of interfaces: "basic interfaces," which outline required |
Real-time analytics with an all-in-one system: Are we there yet? Published: 2025-06-19 | Origin: /r/programming Real-time data analytics have become well-established over the past decade, but developing an effective pipeline still requires significant manual integration. These tools are essential for complex use cases that involve analyzing both extensive historical data and incoming real-time information. The text speculates on whether a single product could successfully address all challenges in real-time analytics, rather than relying on multiple solutions. One example of these challenges is found in the calculation of open-high-low-close (OHLC) or candlestick charts used in financial markets, |
Elliptic Curves as Art Published: 2025-06-19 | Origin: Hacker News The webpage is dedicated to a project that visualizes elliptic curves and is currently under construction. The creators of the project are Nadir Hajouji and Steve Trettel, and they ask visitors to be patient during this development phase. |
How DynamoDB, key-value schemaless cloud-native data store scales: Architecture and Design Lessons Published: 2025-06-19 | Origin: /r/programming The content promotes a series of simplified system design case studies aimed at helping individuals prepare for system design interviews or enhance their software skills. The author, affiliated with the Javarevisited Newsletter, notes that traditional case studies can be lengthy and tedious, so these simplified versions condense 20-page documents into quick reads of 5 to 10 minutes. The article mentions various system design concepts previously covered, such as Rate Limiter and API Gateway vs Load Balancer, and introduces a new partnership with Animes |
The Zed Debugger Is Here Published: 2025-06-19 | Origin: Hacker News On June 18, 2025, developers Anthony Eid, Piotr Osiewicz, and Conrad Irwin announced the introduction of debugging capabilities in Zed, marking a significant step toward the release of Zed 1.0. The debugger focuses on supporting popular programming languages such as Rust, C/C++, JavaScript, Go, and Python right out of the box. It also features an extension system to accommodate any Debug Adapter Protocol (DAP)-compliant debuggers. To streamline setup |
Java Collection Methods Useful for LeetCode Interviews Published: 2025-06-19 | Origin: /r/programming The content lists essential Java collection methods beneficial for solving LeetCode-style problems and preparing for coding interviews. It highlights methods such as: 1. **getOrDefault()** - Retrieves a value from a map with a fallback option, useful for counting frequencies or caching. 2. **add()** - Inserts an element into a Set while returning a boolean to indicate if the Set was modified, helpful for detecting duplicates. 3. **subList()** - Provides a view of a portion of a |
TI to invest $60B to manufacture foundational semiconductors in the U.S. Published: 2025-06-19 | Origin: Hacker News Texas Instruments (TI) announced plans to invest over $60 billion in seven U.S. semiconductor fabs, marking the largest investment in semiconductor manufacturing history in the country. This initiative aims to enhance TI's manufacturing capacity to meet the increasing demand for semiconductors crucial for various innovations, from vehicles to smartphones. The investment will create over 60,000 jobs across new mega-sites in Texas and Utah. TI collaborates with major companies like Apple, Ford, Medtronic, NVIDIA, and SpaceX |
Implementing a convolutional neural network from scratch with no libraries Published: 2025-06-19 | Origin: /r/programming An unspecified error has occurred. |
MCP Specification – version 2025-06-18 changes Published: 2025-06-18 | Origin: Hacker News The document outlines updates to the Model Context Protocol (MCP) specification since the last revision on March 26, 2025. For a detailed list of all changes, readers are directed to refer to GitHub. |
Show HN: Unregistry – “docker push” directly to servers without a registry Published: 2025-06-18 | Origin: Hacker News The content discusses a lightweight container image registry called Unregistry, designed for pushing Docker images directly to remote servers without the need for an external registry. It introduces the `docker pussh` command, which allows users to transfer images efficiently over SSH by only sending the missing layers, making the process faster. Unregistry was developed as part of Uncloud, aimed at simplifying container deployment across multiple Docker hosts. The text emphasizes the ease of transferring an image directly, avoiding the complications of traditional methods, such as |
Osprey Programming Language Published: 2025-06-18 | Origin: /r/programming Osprey is a modern functional programming language focused on elegance, safety, and performance, with no installation required—you can compile and run Osprey code directly in your browser. It features strong static typing to prevent runtime errors while maintaining clean syntax, and eliminates boilerplate with expression-bodied functions. Osprey offers elegant pattern matching with exhaustiveness checking, built-in string interpolation, and pipe operators for streamlined data processing. Rapid development is supported through quick compilation cycles, and strong typing helps prevent issues like |
Websites are tracking you via browser fingerprinting Published: 2025-06-18 | Origin: Hacker News New research from Texas A&M University reveals that websites are using browser fingerprinting—an obscure method to identify web browsers—to track users across sessions and sites, despite users believing that clearing cookies would maintain their privacy. Dr. Nitesh Saxena, a cybersecurity researcher, emphasized that while fingerprinting has raised concerns, this study provides solid evidence of its use in user tracking. Browsers inadvertently share extensive information like screen resolution and device model, creating a unique fingerprint that is difficult to detect or block. |
Which lib is popular with hobbyists but never used by working developers? Published: 2025-06-18 | Origin: /r/programming The content describes a mini-project inspired by a tweet, where the author created a script to analyze download patterns from the Rust package repository, crates.io. The script identifies which crates are downloaded more on weekends (indicating hobby use) versus weekdays (indicating work use). For example, the crate "tokio" was downloaded 2.67 times more on weekdays than weekends. The author shared a bash command to fetch the top 1000 downloaded crates and their usage patterns; they noted that downloading |
JSON module scripts are now Baseline Newly available Published: 2025-06-18 | Origin: /r/programming The content discusses a new feature for importing JSON files in JavaScript modules, which simplifies the process by allowing direct imports without the need for additional parsing methods like JSON.parse() or using fetch(). This is made possible by JSON module scripts and the use of an import attribute specifying `type: "json"`. The browser automatically recognizes that the imported file is JSON, making it ready to use immediately. For successful imports, the HTTP response must have a JSON MIME type, such as `Content-Type: text |