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From CSV to Professional Reports in One API Call
21+ min ago (780+ words) I watched someone spend 45 minutes formatting a sales report. They had all the numbers in a spreadsheet. The layout was the same as last week. But they still had to copy data into a Word template, fix the alignment, recalculate…...
Understanding LSTMs – Part 6: How LSTM Produces Its Final Output
27+ min ago (219+ words) In the previous article we went through the input gate, in this article we will explore the next component. This final stage updates the short-term memory. We begin with the new long-term memory and use it as the input to…...
I Built a Programming Language with an LLVM Backend at 15. Here's How It Actually Works
58+ min ago (576+ words) I wanted something with Java's clean syntax, Rust's memory safety, and C's raw speed. Nothing out there gave me all three so I just built it myself. That's Apex. A compiled, statically typed language that compiles to native machine code…...
Celebrating Herman Hollerith: Giant of Information Processing
2+ hour, 9+ min ago (193+ words) Herman Hollerith was born in Buffalo, New York on February 29th, 1860. So today is the closest we come to the 166th anniversary of his birth. An engineer and inventor, he devised a highly efficient punch card tabulator and formed a company that…...
Tales of the Algorhymer: Supply Stacks
2+ hour, 26+ min ago (164+ words) Yet another Computer Science story with a soundtrack! Last time, the story was about a rigged... Tagged with programming, computerscience, dsa, algorithms. Yet another Computer Science story with a soundtrack! This story will bring you waay back to the Cold…...
Introducing and Deprecating WoFBench — LessWrong
2+ hour, 57+ min ago (217+ words) Benchmarks are important tools for tracking the rapid advancements in model capabilities, but they are struggling to keep up with LLM progress: frontier models now consistently achieve high scores on many popular benchmarks, raising questions about their continued ability to…...
PostgreSQL global statistics on partitionned table require a manual ANALYZE
3+ hour, 22+ min ago (470+ words) PostgreSQL auto-analyze collects statistics on tables with rows. For partitioned tables, it excludes the parent as it has no rows by itself. So how does the query planner estimate cardinality when a query spans multiple partitions? Here is the real…...
Building a Greenwashing Scanner for EU Green Claims Directive Compliance
3+ hour, 26+ min ago (98+ words) The EU's Green Claims Directive (ECGT) will require companies to substantiate any environmental claims they make. "Eco-friendly," "green," "sustainable" " these words will need scientific backing or face penalties. We built Greenwashing Checker to help companies scan their websites for problematic…...
Stop Storing LLM API Keys in Plaintext `.env` Files — Introducing LLM Key Ring (`lkr`)
3+ hour, 31+ min ago (666+ words) Storing LLM API keys in .env files carries risks that have become harder to ignore in the age of AI agents. I built LLM Key Ring (lkr) " a CLI tool written in Rust that stores keys in the macOS Keychain…...
From Tables to Trends: Understanding Joins and Window Functions in SQL
3+ hour, 31+ min ago (755+ words) SQL (Structured Query Language) is primarily used for managing and manipulating data in relational databases. It is the common language for communicating with databases such as Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and MySQL, allowing users to carry out a variety…...