<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: birdculture</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=birdculture</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 12:21:47 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=birdculture" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[Seriously, what is the large code-model even for?]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://fzakaria.com/2026/07/26/seriously-what-is-the-large-code-model-even-for">https://fzakaria.com/2026/07/26/seriously-what-is-the-large-code-model-even-for</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49080648">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49080648</a></p>
<p>Points: 1</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 07:42:41 +0000</pubDate><link>https://fzakaria.com/2026/07/26/seriously-what-is-the-large-code-model-even-for</link><dc:creator>birdculture</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49080648</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49080648</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quick and Easy Parser Combinators]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://www.cyan.sh/blog/posts/tutorial-quick-easy-parser-combinators.html">https://www.cyan.sh/blog/posts/tutorial-quick-easy-parser-combinators.html</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49076837">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49076837</a></p>
<p>Points: 2</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 23:13:35 +0000</pubDate><link>https://www.cyan.sh/blog/posts/tutorial-quick-easy-parser-combinators.html</link><dc:creator>birdculture</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49076837</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49076837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Softmax Approximation for FPGAs Using Taylor Series and Pade Approximants]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://leetarxiv.substack.com/p/approximating-softmax-for-fpgas">https://leetarxiv.substack.com/p/approximating-softmax-for-fpgas</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49075224">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49075224</a></p>
<p>Points: 1</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 20:39:46 +0000</pubDate><link>https://leetarxiv.substack.com/p/approximating-softmax-for-fpgas</link><dc:creator>birdculture</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49075224</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49075224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Languages as Designed Latent Spaces]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://blog.jsbarretto.com/post/languages-as-latent-spaces">https://blog.jsbarretto.com/post/languages-as-latent-spaces</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49069329">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49069329</a></p>
<p>Points: 2</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 13:19:34 +0000</pubDate><link>https://blog.jsbarretto.com/post/languages-as-latent-spaces</link><dc:creator>birdculture</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49069329</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49069329</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm running the ICFP programming contest]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://eieio.games/blog/im-running-the-icfp-programming-contest/">https://eieio.games/blog/im-running-the-icfp-programming-contest/</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49066490">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49066490</a></p>
<p>Points: 4</p>
<p># Comments: 1</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 08:06:33 +0000</pubDate><link>https://eieio.games/blog/im-running-the-icfp-programming-contest/</link><dc:creator>birdculture</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49066490</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49066490</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Himalaya v2.0.0: CLI to manage emails]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@pimalaya/116983467890532240">https://fosstodon.org/@pimalaya/116983467890532240</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49064055">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49064055</a></p>
<p>Points: 5</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 01:09:24 +0000</pubDate><link>https://fosstodon.org/@pimalaya/116983467890532240</link><dc:creator>birdculture</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49064055</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49064055</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to self-host servers in your living room on static IPs]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://vimuser.org/l2tp.html">https://vimuser.org/l2tp.html</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49063456">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49063456</a></p>
<p>Points: 15</p>
<p># Comments: 3</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 23:35:26 +0000</pubDate><link>https://vimuser.org/l2tp.html</link><dc:creator>birdculture</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49063456</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49063456</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I Find Problems to Solve as a Staff Engineer]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://lalitm.com/post/find-problems-staff-engineer/">https://lalitm.com/post/find-problems-staff-engineer/</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49060685">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49060685</a></p>
<p>Points: 15</p>
<p># Comments: 2</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 18:07:51 +0000</pubDate><link>https://lalitm.com/post/find-problems-staff-engineer/</link><dc:creator>birdculture</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49060685</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49060685</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We Are Not Special (2021)]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://www.hillelwayne.com/post/we-are-not-special/">https://www.hillelwayne.com/post/we-are-not-special/</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49059386">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49059386</a></p>
<p>Points: 6</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 15:53:09 +0000</pubDate><link>https://www.hillelwayne.com/post/we-are-not-special/</link><dc:creator>birdculture</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49059386</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49059386</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The perils of parsing type inference declarations in C]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://sebsite.pw/w/20260725-auto.html">https://sebsite.pw/w/20260725-auto.html</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49056892">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49056892</a></p>
<p>Points: 4</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 11:12:22 +0000</pubDate><link>https://sebsite.pw/w/20260725-auto.html</link><dc:creator>birdculture</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49056892</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49056892</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Emacs Writing Machine]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://chainsawriot.com/postmannheim/2026/07/25/writeredeck.html">https://chainsawriot.com/postmannheim/2026/07/25/writeredeck.html</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49056294">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49056294</a></p>
<p>Points: 5</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 09:34:10 +0000</pubDate><link>https://chainsawriot.com/postmannheim/2026/07/25/writeredeck.html</link><dc:creator>birdculture</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49056294</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49056294</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stinkpot: SQLite-Backed Shell History]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://tangled.org/oppi.li/stinkpot">https://tangled.org/oppi.li/stinkpot</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49053089">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49053089</a></p>
<p>Points: 3</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 23:55:54 +0000</pubDate><link>https://tangled.org/oppi.li/stinkpot</link><dc:creator>birdculture</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49053089</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49053089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I Tried Coding My Own Graphics Library]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JGMgpyCTsY">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JGMgpyCTsY</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49050887">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49050887</a></p>
<p>Points: 3</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 19:48:16 +0000</pubDate><link>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JGMgpyCTsY</link><dc:creator>birdculture</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49050887</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49050887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writing a (valid) C program without main()]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://labs.iximiuz.com/tutorials/c-program-without-main-a1eea557">https://labs.iximiuz.com/tutorials/c-program-without-main-a1eea557</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49048901">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49048901</a></p>
<p>Points: 21</p>
<p># Comments: 8</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 16:21:13 +0000</pubDate><link>https://labs.iximiuz.com/tutorials/c-program-without-main-a1eea557</link><dc:creator>birdculture</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49048901</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49048901</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FreeBSD ports frozen after someone commits the 150MB Linux Copilot binary]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://www.osnews.com/story/145593/freebsd-ports-frozen-after-someone-commits-the-entire-150mb-linux-copilot-binary/">https://www.osnews.com/story/145593/freebsd-ports-frozen-after-someone-commits-the-entire-150mb-linux-copilot-binary/</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49048797">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49048797</a></p>
<p>Points: 7</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 16:06:46 +0000</pubDate><link>https://www.osnews.com/story/145593/freebsd-ports-frozen-after-someone-commits-the-entire-150mb-linux-copilot-binary/</link><dc:creator>birdculture</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49048797</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49048797</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Git rebase -I is not that scary]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://cachebag.sh/journal/interactive-rebasing/">https://cachebag.sh/journal/interactive-rebasing/</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49046949">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49046949</a></p>
<p>Points: 2</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 12:17:08 +0000</pubDate><link>https://cachebag.sh/journal/interactive-rebasing/</link><dc:creator>birdculture</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49046949</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49046949</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Query cycles: A compiler murder mystery]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://ferrous-systems.com/blog/query-cycles-a-compiler-murder-mystery/">https://ferrous-systems.com/blog/query-cycles-a-compiler-murder-mystery/</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49042254">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49042254</a></p>
<p>Points: 1</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 22:13:37 +0000</pubDate><link>https://ferrous-systems.com/blog/query-cycles-a-compiler-murder-mystery/</link><dc:creator>birdculture</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49042254</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49042254</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accountability]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://addisoncrump.info/research/on-accountability/">https://addisoncrump.info/research/on-accountability/</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49040334">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49040334</a></p>
<p>Points: 1</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 19:08:52 +0000</pubDate><link>https://addisoncrump.info/research/on-accountability/</link><dc:creator>birdculture</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49040334</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49040334</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Database Engine Written in SWI-Prolog]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://asa-db.kocoygroup.site/">https://asa-db.kocoygroup.site/</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49037653">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49037653</a></p>
<p>Points: 3</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 16:05:43 +0000</pubDate><link>https://asa-db.kocoygroup.site/</link><dc:creator>birdculture</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49037653</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49037653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Selfhost Your Mail (In 2026)]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://blog.haschek.at/2026/you-should-selfhost-your-mail.html">https://blog.haschek.at/2026/you-should-selfhost-your-mail.html</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49037238">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49037238</a></p>
<p>Points: 5</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 15:37:37 +0000</pubDate><link>https://blog.haschek.at/2026/you-should-selfhost-your-mail.html</link><dc:creator>birdculture</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49037238</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49037238</guid></item></channel></rss>