Qwen 3.8 27B is excellent, but it defaults to overthinking things | 57

simonwillison.net
Qwen 3.8 27B is excellent, but it defaults to wildly overthinking things
Friday’s big release was Qwen 3.8 27B, an Apache 2 licensed 27B parameter vision-capable LLM from Alibaba’s Qwen research lab. I’ve been looking forward to this one: 27B is an …
Beware the Permanent Periphery | 10

asteriskmag.com
Beware the Permanent Periphery—Asterisk
Most countries will never have frontier AI. They’re the ones who should be worrying.
A third world engineer responds to “RISC-V: They should have known better” | 42
rvembedded.com
A Third World Embedded Engineer Responds to "RISC-V: They Should Have Known Better"
Anthropic's 'watermark' text adulteration in Claude is a perversion of writing | 77

daringfireball.net
Daring Fireball: Anthropic’s ‘Watermark’ Text Adulteration in Claude Is a Perversion of Writing
It’s unacceptable for a tool to sacrifice an iota of clarity, coherence, meaning, quality, etc. for the purpose of embedding hidden clues within the text to suggest its provenance. The idea that anything other than *my* needs should factor into the generation of text *for me* is patently offensive.
Claude: System Prompts | 67
platform.claude.com
System Prompts - Claude Platform Docs
See updates to the core system prompts on [claude.ai](https://claude.ai) and the [Claude iOS app](https://anthropic.com/ios) and [Claude Android app](https://anthropic.com/android).
HackEurope 2026: A short rant on AI and hackathons | 8
duti.dev
HackEurope 2026: A short rant on AI and hackathons - Insomniac's Log
AGI-64 Brings Sierra Adventures to the Commodore 64 | 6
meanhamster.com
AGI-64 Brings Sierra Adventures to the Commodore 64 — Mean Hamster Software
A long-awaited AGI interpreter for the Commodore 64 is in production. Space Quest 1 is completely playable at roughly 75% complete, and AGI-64 will be a free download when it is ready.
Rhombus 1.1 is now available | 7
blog.racket-lang.org
Rhombus v1.1
Rhombus version 1.1 is now available! We are pleased to announce Rhombus 1.1 is now available from https://rhombus-lang.org/. _Rhombus is a general-purpose programming language that is easy to use and uniquely customizable._ As of this release:: A...
GIMP Development Update | 12

gimp.org
Development Update, August 2026 - GIMP
Development Update, August 2026
Show HN: Vocal Slice – Cut audio by selecting text, fully on-device | 15

vocalslice.com
Vocal Slice — cut audio by selecting text
Cut voice recordings by selecting text. Vocal Slice transcribes podcasts, interviews and voiceover locally — word-accurate, source-quality, fully offline.
How do I permanently disable random Google Photos popup to backup photos? (2024) | 18
support.google.comhttps:
https://support.google.com/photos/thread/256212140/how-do-i-permanently-disable-google-photos-pop-up-prompt-to-backup-my-photos-i?hl=en
SIMD in the 90s: Programming Intel's Pentium MMX | 12
pikuma.com
Pikuma: SIMD in the 90s: Programming Intel's Pentium MMX
If you used PCs in the 90s, you probably remember the 'Intel Inside MMX' stickers. This article explores Intel's major attempt at bringing SIMD instructions to mainstream desktop CPUs.
Design 3D-printable parts by talking | 8
nurb.dev
nurb · describe the part, print the part
Describe the part in plain words. Your AI models it live in your browser, nurb checks it against print physics, and you download a file your printer understands. No CAD software.
Interview with Amit Patel, Creator of “Solar Realms Elite” (2013) | 7

breakintochat.com
Amit Patel, creator of "Solar Realms Elite" - Break Into Chat
In 1990, Amit Patel created the BBS door game "Solar Realms Elite." In his other life he has worked with programming languages, scientific equipment, data analysis, visualization, geological exploration, simulation of complex systems, economic modeling, maps, trend analysis, artificial intelligence, and web software. He's now working on interactive reference materials for game developers.
Dancing with friends and enemies: boids' swarm intelligence (2012) | 5

community.wolfram.com
Dancing with friends and enemies: boids' swarm intelligence - Online Technical Discussion Groups—Wolfram Community
Wolfram Community forum discussion about Dancing with friends and enemies: boids' swarm intelligence. Stay on top of important topics and build connections by joining Wolfram Community groups relevant to your interests.
The AI Credit Resale Economy | 36
vectoral.com
Who Are the Token Brokers? | Vectoral
A look at the brokers buying unused AI credits from startups and reselling them — the marketplaces, the bulk-discount routers, and the message boards where off-market inference changes hands
Prolly: A content-addressed ordered map built on prolly trees | 4
crabbuild/prollyGitHub - crabbuild
GitHub - crabbuild/prolly: Prolly is a content-addressed ordered map built on prolly trees. It gives applications immutable snapshots, cheap branching, structural sharing, efficient diffs and merges, sync primitives, and verifiable key/range proofs. · GitHub
Prolly is a content-addressed ordered map built on prolly trees. It gives applications immutable snapshots, cheap branching, structural sharing, efficient diffs and merges, sync primitives, and verifiable key/range proofs. - crabbuild/prolly
Red queen hypothesis – A new way forward for self-improving AI | 11
cst.cam.ac.uk
The Red Queen hypothesis - a new way forward for self-improving AI | Department of Computer Science and Technology
At a time when there's widespread interest in self-improving AI, researchers here have tackled one of the central challenges affecting its development by using an approach adapted from evolutionary biology.
Tell HN: Cloudflare silently injects its analytics when you switch nameservers 40
news.ycombinator.com
Tell HN: Cloudflare silently injects its analytics when you switch nameservers
A few hours ago I switched my nameservers to Cloudflare in order to enable R2 bucket serving through my own subdomain, and I found out that it silently had injected a JS analytics snippet in my HTML-only JS-free site textlog.cc — I had to go to the Analytics dashboard, Add the site to the analytics and <i>then</i> disable the snippet. I find this approach entirely invasive, you should opt-in to features like that not have to opt-out. Just a warning out there to folks who might not be aware of this.
Protobuf has LSP support | 17

buf.build
Protobuf finally has LSP support. You’re welcome. · Buf
Buf is proud to announce the first fully-featured, production-grade LSP server for Protobuf. The Language Server Protocol is the standard API for integrating language support into your favorite IDE or text editor, such as VSCode, IntelliJ, or Neovim. An LSP server provides the smarts that power go to definition, code completion, finding references, and semantics-aware syntax highlighting.
MathCode, Mathematical Coding Agent | 12
math-ai-org.github.io
MathCode — A Frontier Mathematical Coding Agent
MathCode is a terminal AI coding agent with a built-in math formalization engine: describe a problem in plain language and it converts it into a Lean 4 theorem and attempts a formal proof.
