What's the largest software project AI can complete on its own? https://epoch.ai/MirrorCode
Epoch AI
MirrorCode: What's the largest software project AI can complete on its own? | Epoch AI
MirrorCode is Epoch AI's benchmark for long-horizon coding: AI can reimplement entire programs end-to-end, with no access to the original source code.
Launch HN: Hoplite (YC S26) – Effortlessly deploy cloud coding agents https://hoplite.sh
Hoplite
Effortless cloud coding agents that feel good to use.
Windows XP 2002 for the Itanium: Unbridled rage https://virtuallyfun.com/2026/08/03/windows-xp-2002-for-the-itanium-unbridled-rage/
Replacing the Kobo Libra H2O Battery https://ei3lh.eu/2025/11/20/replacing-the-kobo-libra-h2o-battery/
Amazonian civilization had estimated 3M people in 3% of forest area https://www.science.org/content/article/odd-shapes-hidden-dense-amazon-rainforest-reveal-sprawling-ancient-civilization
Science
Odd shapes hidden in dense Amazon rainforest reveal sprawling ancient civilization
Newly found earthworks suggest about 3 million people might have lived in just about 3% of the forest’s entire area
There Will Come Soft Rains (1950) [pdf] https://users.wpi.edu/~zrbutzke/Docs/BradburyStories(1).pdf
KisakCOD – Open-source reimplementation of Call of Duty 4 Multiplayer https://github.com/SwagSoftware/KisakCOD
GitHub
GitHub - SwagSoftware/KisakCOD: COD4 Open Source Reimplementation
COD4 Open Source Reimplementation. Contribute to SwagSoftware/KisakCOD development by creating an account on GitHub.
Show HN: Run an 80B Qwen in 4.3 GB of RAM on a Mac, and a 35B on an iPhone https://github.com/leonickson1/Swiftlet
GitHub
GitHub - leonickson1/Swiftlet
Contribute to leonickson1/Swiftlet development by creating an account on GitHub.
That time when I failed the Microsoft interview https://ochagavia.nl/blog/that-time-when-i-failed-the-microsoft-interview/
Adolfo Ochagavía
That time when I failed the Microsoft interview
The year was 2015, halfway through my Computer Science bachelor’s degree. I had spent a few months contributing to open source and my confidence levels were high, so I thought: why not aim for a summer internship at Microsoft?
Microsoft, of all places, might…
Microsoft, of all places, might…
Harness Engineering for Self-Improvement https://lilianweng.github.io/posts/2026-07-04-harness/
lilianweng.github.io
Harness Engineering for Self-Improvement
The concept of recursive self-improvement (RSI) dates back to I. J. Good (1965), where he defined an “ultraintelligent machine” as a system that can surpass humans in all intellectual activities and design better machines to improve itself. Yudkowsky (2008)…
The US is not a democracy but an oligarchy, study concludes (2014) https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2014/04/16/The-US-is-not-a-democracy-but-an-oligarchy-study-concludes/2761397680051/
UPI
The US is not a democracy but an oligarchy, study concludes
WASHINGTON, April 16 (UPI) -- Oligarchy is a form of government in which power is vested in a dominant class and a small group exercises control over the general population.
You don't need React: creating a minimal UI library in Vanilla JavaScript https://pedroth.github.io/?p=post/NoNeedReact
U.S. used 'virtually all' of its long-range precision missiles during Iran war https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/04/us-has-used-virtually-all-of-its-long-range-precision-missiles-report.html
CNBC
U.S. has used 'virtually all' of its long-range precision missiles during Iran war: Reuters
The U.S. Army has used up much of its stockpile of highly accurate long-range missiles during its war with Iran, people familiar with the data told Reuters.