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GitHub Contribution Activity

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The Visible Zorker: Zork 1

ZORK I: The Great Underground Empire - West of House - You are standing in an open field west of a white…

How The Heck Does Shazam Work? (An Interactive Exploration)

You're at a coffee shop. A song comes on. It's right on the tip of your tongue. You pull out your phone, tap a button, and it tells you what it is in a few seconds. How does a phone listen to a few seconds of music through a noisy room and instantly…

How LLMs Work — A Visual Deep Dive

A complete walkthrough of how large language models like ChatGPT are built — from raw internet text to a conversational assistant. Based on Andrej Karpathy's technical deep dive.

The Unsung Hero of The Lord of the Rings

Tom Bombadil is one of the greatest characters in the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy. He is the oldest being in Middle-earth, completely immune to the Ring’s power, and — unfortunately — overlooked by a huge swathe of readers.

Favicons To Go

Favicons are small, customized icons that represent a website in browser tabs and bookmarks. They serve as a crucial visual identifier, enhancing a site's brand recognition immediately. Implementing a favicon improves the user experience by providing…

Diddit — A simple, shareable logbook for iPhone

Diddit is a simple application designed for logging daily activities. It functions as a digital logbook, making it easy to record memories.

XCancel — An Unofficial Twitter/X Mirror

XCancel is an instance of Nitter. Nitter is a free and open source alternative Twitter frontend focused on privacy and performance.

The only reason you’ll ever need not to write with AI — The Carlson Lab

Academic writing is a collaborative venture, and in my experience, very few researchers have a comprehensive conversation about GenAI use before they collaborate.

Recovery Key storage transition hightlights Apple’s privacy and obscurity

This article discusses the transition in how Apple handles the storage of recovery keys. It highlights Apple's stated commitment to user privacy throughout this change. The focus is on emphasizing the new security measures and protocols. These change…

Mini Retirements

Like a vacation, but much longer. Like a Sabbatical, but smaller. You can do it after finishing school, after switching to a new position or job, or to squeeze in 13 months…

Understanding Wi-Fi 4/5/6/6E/7/8 (802.11 n/ac/ax/be/bn)

The dirty little secret in the router industry is that virtually ALL routers of the same Wi-Fi generation have the SAME maximum PHY speed to YOUR 2×2 MIMO client device. And likely very similar throughput speeds when standing right next to the router.

Cloudflare Announces Agent Memory, a Managed Persistent Memory Service for AI Agents - InfoQ

Cloudflare has announced Agent Memory in private beta as part of its Agents Week, a managed service that gives AI agents persistent memory across sessions, context compactions, and restarts.

Terabytes of credentials leaked in massive supply-chain attack - Ars Technica

Terabytes of credentials leaked in massive supplychain attack The data was scraped and exfiltrated from 2,500 users of a compromised AI package. DAN GOODIN – AUG 12, 2026 4:43 PM | 80 Credit: Getty Images Terabytes worth of credentials, many belongin…

Famous Words

Famous words by the famous and not so famous

Suffer

It means I understand there is suffering in the world and I want to change it.

Butter Box - Offline Community

Butter Box broadcasts its own WiFi network. Once you join, you can install Butter, get apps, join a public chatroom, or make your own private one to share with friends. Butter Box works even when there's no Internet. Just stop by the box to download more apps or check in on your chatrooms.

Leisure vs. Luxury

Leisure vs. Luxury Inventor and author Lin Yutang on leisure vs. luxury: "The enjoyment of leisure is something which decidedly costs less than the enjoyment of…