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Bun is a versatile toolkit for JavaScript and TypeScript, offering a range of capabilities from running scripts to building full-stack applications. The latest update, Bun 1.1, is a significant leap forward with over 1,700 commits. Notably, Bun now fully supports Windows, providing a faster alternative to npm on this platform. Additionally, Bun introduces .bunx files […]
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Lumos is a cutting-edge Language Agents system with a General Agent Modular Framework that unifies a variety of interactive tasks with competitive performance. Trained with ~40K diverse high-quality subgoal/action annotations, Lumos surpasses GPT-series agents on complex QA tasks and outperforms domain-specific agents by a large margin on unseen tasks like WebShop. Lumos also exceeds larger […]
HeyForm is an open-source form builder that simplifies the creation of conversational forms for surveys, questionnaires, quizzes, and polls without requiring coding skills. The platform offers versatile inputs, smart logic, powerful integrations, and advanced theming options to customize forms to match brand identity. Users can gain insights through insightful analytics and easily export form results […]
Microchess for the Kim-1, developed in 1976, was the first game program sold for home computers. Initially priced at $245, this game ran on systems like Apple, Tandy, Commodore, and more. The creator spent sleepless nights developing it, using a Kim-1 system with just 1K of memory. Over time, Microchess became a success, reflecting the […]
In 1988, GCC 1.27 was released, the first version supporting the x86 CPU. A blog post by Mikhail Maltsev detailed building and using this 29-year-old compiler on a modern system. Updating paths and configurations for a 64-bit Ubuntu system was necessary, despite issues with the ancient GCC version not understanding system headers. Enabling the DBX […]
Summary: This web content discusses a method called refix, which makes builds reproducible, debuggable, and fast. It involves a small Rust program that post-processes build outputs to ensure debug information points to the correct source path. The method can be applied to C/C++ source code, as well as other languages and binary formats. The content […]
Wireproxy is a wireguard client that functions as a socks5/http proxy or tunnels, operating in userspace. It offers a way to connect to specific sites via a wireguard peer without the need to set up a new network interface. Users can utilize wireproxy for proxying traffic without requiring root permissions to change wireguard settings. Notably, […]
The author shares an unexpected true story about their home internet connection, revealing that the Wi-Fi only works when it’s raining due to interference from a neighbor’s tree. Despite the bizarre situation, the author, who comes from a family of engineers, embarks on a determined journey to solve the issue. Through physical hardware debugging, they […]
For just $250, you can build and control your own robot arm using Dynamixel XL430 and Dynamixel XL330 servo motors. The arm is lightweight and fast, with the first two joints being powered by the stronger XL430 motors. The build includes a cheaper adapter board to connect the servos to a computer, as the official […]
Rob Landley’s toybox project offers a range of Linux command-line tools, including the compact and complete awk implementation called wak. This tool is designed to seamlessly integrate with toybox but can also be used on its own. Named wak because all the good awk names are already taken, this C99-coded implementation relies on the C […]