A 17-year-old Pennsylvania student used code in a preprint to catalog 146 isolated noble polyhedra, then won a $250,000 prize for the result

Connor Hill won $250,000 for using computer algorithms to catalogue noble polyhedra, identifying 146 isolated shapes and two ...

Ben Affleck Blows People’s Minds With Intense Knowledge Of AI; Explains ‘Convolutional Neural Networks’, Can Write Python Code

Once you get passed the surface-level celebrity of Ben Affleck, you come to realize that the Academy Award-winning actor, writer and director is actually ...

Anthropic launches Claude Haiku 5.5 with 90% API price reduction, matching GPT-6 Luna

Anthropic calls Haiku its fastest model at standard speeds, while acknowledging that Opus in Fast Mode runs faster. It does ...
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Unpatched Critical LMCache Flaw Lets Unauthenticated Attackers Run Code Remotely

LMCache CVE-2026-105192 lets unauthenticated attackers run code when the multiprocess server is bound to a routable address; no fix exists.
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Microsoft built the best version of Windows 11 and put it behind a wall of code

Project Zenith proves that a bloat-free Windows 11 can exist. Why is Microsoft reserving it for developers with 64GB of RAM?

Rust in CPython: Python 3.16 to bring optional Rust backend for zlib

The roadmap was already presented by David Hewitt, maintainer of the Rust binding PyO3, in July at the Python Language Summit ...

How I built the writing app I needed in 2 hours for free – with Ollama and VS Code

I'm not a developer, but I was able to use locally-installed AI to create a writing app suited to my needs. Here's how.
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Writing bad code made me twice as productive—but it came with a catch

"If it works, don't touch it" is a well-known meme in the programming community. I'm glad that it's just that. A meme. Bad code didn't make me a worse developer. It made me faster, because I learned ...

I stopped Claude Code's Python overwrites with a hook. I determined the scope using 30,000 logs.

Recently, I've noticed Python code appearing on my Claude Code screen more often. Even for a single-line file fix, it writes ...
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Open-Source Python Toolbox Turns Drone Images into Plant Fluorescence Maps

Plants are constantly talking to us through light. When chlorophyll absorbs sunlight to power photosynthesis, a small ...

Pi coding agent pulls a 180 and adds MCP support

The Pi coding agent reached its 1.0 milestone on Thursday while being treated for whiplash. One of the core new inclusions is ...
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Lua Programming: Where it is Used and Why Developers Choose it

Overview Lua offers lightweight scripting capabilities for games, applications, embedded systems and networking.Developers value Lua for simplicity, portability ...