Model your domain, derive the rest.

In this post, I want to shed some light on something I’ve been wondering about for a while: How exactly are mipmap levels selected when sampling textures on the GPU? If you already know what mipmapping is, why we use it, and what pixel derivatives (ddx()…

In a recent post, I talked about a proof of concept tool to verify estimates automatically. Since that post, I have overhauled the tool twice: first to turn it into a rudimentary proof assistant th…

Discover why Nextcloud file uploads for Android app are not working properly, and how Google’s app store rules are hurting Nextcloud users.

In March of 2023 we announced that we were starting work on a safer high performance AV1 decoder called rav1d, written in Rust. We partnered with Immunant to do the engineering work. By September of 2024 rav1d was basically complete and we learned a lot during…

Why birth rates are collapsing — and why it’s not about selfishness, but survival.

The USPS offered to print your email for you. Only spammers said yes.

A high-resolution imaging system captures distant objects by shining laser light on them and detecting the reflected light.

It's not you. HDR confuses tons of people. In this post, we finally explain what HDR actually means, the problem it presents, and three ways to solve it.

Fewer cars. Faster travel. Less honking. And some questions we still can’t answer.

A NASA team found signs of the remnants of Camp Century, which shows the extent of Washington’s longtime involvement in the Arctic island.

CI is chaotic, bursty, spiky, and short-lived. That chaos is a nightmare unless you’re built for it. Blacksmith’s serverless CI cloud thrives on unpredictability: more customers = more noise = smoother utilization = lower costs for everyone. Multitenancy…

Experts predicted that artificial intelligence would steal radiology jobs. But at the Mayo Clinic, the technology has been more friend than foe.

New AI agent evolves algorithms for math and practical applications in computing by combining the creativity of large language models with automated evaluators