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CODA: Rewriting Transformer Blocks as GEMM-Epilogue Programs (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-22 | get Transformer Model Optimization Kit → | tags: coda, transformer, gemm

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Show HN: KVBoost – chunk-level KV cache reuse for HuggingFace, 5–48x faster TTFT (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-22 | get Hugging Face Transformers Book → | tags: huggingface, kvboost, flashattention

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This Week Feels Like Christmas for Fans of ‘Transformers: The Movie’ (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-19 | get Transformers Movie Collectible → | tags: transformers, the movie, 1986

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When Fast Fourier Transform Meets Transformer for Image Restoration (2024) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-18 | get Fourier Transform Image Filter → | tags: fast fourier transform, transformer, image restoration

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When Fast Fourier Transform Meets Transformer for Image Restoration (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-18 | get FFT Image Processing Kit → | tags: fft, transformer, beihang university

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GenCAD (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-17 | get GenCAD Software Suite → | tags: gencad, cad, b-rep

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Autoregressive next token prediction and KV Cache in transformers (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-17 | get Transformer Model Cache Kit → | tags: transformers, autoregressive, kv cache

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After 8 years, I rewrote my open-source PyTorch curvature library (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-14 | get PyTorch Curvature Library → | tags: pytorch, hessian-eigenthings, lanczos

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Former Tesla exec and Heron Power CEO Drew Baglino has founded a heat pump startup (techcrunch.com)

2026-05-12 | by Tim De Chant | get SmartHeat Pump Controller → | tags: tesla, heron power, sadi thermal machines

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I've tested dozens of power stations - here's how I'm preparing for summer blackouts (zdnet.com)

2026-05-12 | by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes | get Portable Power Station → | tags: power stations, solar panels, public safety power shutoffs

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Survey shows that nearly half of Americans don't want new data centers built near their homes — 47% oppose the construction of new AI data centers in their neighborhood (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-06 | by Jon Martindale | get Smart Home Noise Insulation → | tags: ai data centers, hyperscalers, ipsos

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A polynomial autoencoder beats PCA on transformer embeddings (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-05 | get Autoencoder for Dimensionality Reduction → | tags: pca, transformer, quadratic decoder

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Train Your Own LLM from Scratch (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-05 | tags: nanogpt, gpt-2, pytorch

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Transformers Are Inherently Succinct (2025) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-04 | get Transformers Model T-Shirt → | tags: transformers, 2025, artificial intelligence

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Transformers Are Inherently Succinct (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-04 | get Transformers Model Neural Network → | tags: transformers, succinct, language models

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Why are neural networks and cryptographic ciphers so similar? (2025) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-02 | tags: neural networks, cryptographic ciphers, sha-3

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Advanced Quantization Algorithm for LLMs (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-01 | get Quantization Toolkit for AI → | tags: autoround, transformers, signroundv1

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Show HN: TRiP – a complete transformer engine in C built from scratch just by me (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-30 | get Transformer Engine C Kit → | tags: transformer, llama 2, gpt-2

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The AI industry’s massive bet on transformer models may not be enough for true AGI (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-04-30 | get AI Research Book → | tags: transformer models, agi, big tech

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VibeVoice: Open-source frontier voice AI (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-28 | get VibeVoice Voice Assistant Kit → | tags: vibevoice, hugging face, asr

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Microsoft VibeVoice: Open-Source Frontier Voice AI (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-28 | get VibeVoice Voice AI Kit → | tags: vibevoice, huging face transformers, asr

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LingBot-Map: Streaming 3D reconstruction with geometric context transformer (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-28 | get 3D Reconstruction Drone Kit → | tags: lingbot, map, 3d reconstruction

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Which one is more important: more parameters or more computation? (2021) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-24 | get NVIDIA A100 Tensor Core GPU → | tags: parameters, computation, transformers

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Soul Player C64 – A real transformer running on a 1 MHz Commodore 64 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-20 | get Commodore 64 Mini → | tags: commodore 64, soul player c64, 6502 assembly

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High-Fidelity KV Cache Summarization Using Entropy and Low-Rank Reconstruction (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-19 | by Jc Blog | tags: large language models, kv cache, transformer architecture

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Show HN: MacMind – A transformer neural network in HyperCard on a 1989 Macintosh (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-16 | get Vintage Macintosh Emulator Software → | tags: hypercard, hypertalk, macintosh

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This energy startup’s bet on 100-year-old grid tech is paying off (techcrunch.com)

2026-04-15 | by Tim De Chant | get Smart Grid Power Meter → | tags: grid tech, ayr energy, iron-core transformers

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Veteran Windows dev shows off AI running on 47-year-old PDP11 with 6 MHz CPU and 64KB of RAM — 'gloriously absurd' project runs transformer model written in PDP-11 assembly language (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-14 | by Mark Tyson | get Vintage PDP-11 Emulator Kit → | tags: pdp-11, neural network, transformers

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What leaked "SteamGPT" files could mean for the PC gaming platform's use of AI (arstechnica.com)

2026-04-10 | get SteamGPT AI Plugin → | tags: steamgpt, valve, ai tools

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Show HN: Gemma Gem – AI model embedded in a browser – no API keys, no cloud (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-06 | get AI Model Browser Extension → | tags: gemma gem, webgpu, huggingface transformers