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How hard can it be to build a browser from scratch for three platforms anyways?

Apparently 20K lines of code and ~70 hours from first commit to last.

emsh.cat/one-human-on...

#llm #llms #ai #codex #openai
Tried #Kimi with Kimi Code because why not? And yeah, results aren't great. The goal? Make the build time faster
January 31, 2026 at 12:01 PM
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Today I'm excited to announce @sequoia.pub: a CLI for self-hosted blogs to publish @standard.site lexicons to the ATmosphere

sequoia.pub/blog/introdu...
Introducing Sequoia: Publishing for the Open Web
sequoia.pub
January 30, 2026 at 7:50 PM
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Agents perform 50% worse when working in a team than working alone.

The setup is simple: two agents, two tasks, two VMs, and one chat channel. They then evaluated whether the merged solution from both agents passes the requirements of both tasks.
January 30, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Sounds like they need ATProto and ActivityPub
European social media alternatives need more than EU hosting. They require decentralized architecture, robust safety mechanisms, public funding, and business models beyond surveillance. Read more in @aditya.myatproto.social latest: openfuture.eu/blog/what-is...
What is a “European Alternative” to X? – Open Future
European alternatives to Big Tech platforms must go beyond sovereignty—they need decentralized models, robust safety, and public funding.
openfuture.eu
January 30, 2026 at 1:36 PM
> running LLMs locally offer unparalleled room for experimentation.

People are really sleeping on this, completely different experience when you can build software and just say "Fuck it, lets fire up 5 agents, then compare their work output against each other"
Mac Studio shine in (ab)using the vast unified memory for running LLMs locally (don't expect to run Opus 4.5 class at home though).

It might still be more efficient/cheaper to rely on LLMs via APIs, but running LLMs locally offer unparalleled room for experimentation.
January 30, 2026 at 12:18 PM
I'm getting a macOS machine, either Mac Mini or Mac Studio, for at-home CI services. Which one should I get though?
January 30, 2026 at 12:03 PM
In some countries, it's not legal to drink and/or buy alcohol around election days, supposedly because it could influence your vote.

Does that mean those countries should probably also now add a internet/social media ban in the same way, for the same purpose?
January 29, 2026 at 8:12 PM
I just love it when tmux visual selection accidentally happens to line up perfectly with the command you're about to run
January 29, 2026 at 12:38 AM
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Emoji is neoliberal, not working class. We have 👮 police, 🏦 banks, 💹 stocks go up, 👔 office necktie, 🏛️ government, ⚖️ law, 🤴👸 royalty

but no wages stub, no union card, no "on strike" sign, no pink slip.

there's a levitating businessman emoji 🕴️ but no picket sign.
January 28, 2026 at 9:08 PM
@persistent.info are you the one who stole Google Reader from us?! Give it back!

Jokes aside, I do still miss it...
January 28, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Literally never seen this warning before, been using codex-cli since it was publicly available, always with the Pro plan.

Did #openai decrease the rate limits recently? Must have missed it.
January 28, 2026 at 2:32 PM
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The latest entrant in the coding-agent-constructed web browsers is here, this one by @emsh.cat, and it's REALLY impressive - 3 days of development, 20,000 lines of Rust, no Cargo dependencies and it renders HTML+CSS extremely well
simonwillison.net/2026/Jan/27/...
One Human + One Agent = One Browser From Scratch
embedding-shapes was so infuriated by the hype around Cursor's FastRender browser project - thousands of parallel agents producing ~1.6 million lines of Rust - that they were inspired to take …
simonwillison.net
January 27, 2026 at 5:00 PM
How hard can it be to build a browser from scratch for three platforms anyways?

Apparently 20K lines of code and ~70 hours from first commit to last.

emsh.cat/one-human-on...

#llm #llms #ai #codex #openai
January 27, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Shocking absolutely everybody, I wrote a new blog post titled "Good Taste" which of course is about #ai vs #human

emsh.cat/good-taste/
Good Taste
emsh.cat
January 25, 2026 at 4:15 PM
In relation to discussing #emotions, #feelings and #relationships on probably the best website to do so, HN
January 20, 2026 at 5:55 PM
This, this I'm fine with. It's when we start replacing humans that things turn to shit, but letting people chose? Good stuff reMarkable :)
January 19, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Some speed-up compare to vanilla, ~same as mold

Compiling Bevy main with a 9970X:

Vanilla Rust Linker:

1586,23s user 45,46s system 2201% cpu 1:14,11 total

Mold linker:

1589,45s user 36,75s system 2216% cpu 1:13,38 total

Wild linker:

1572,43s user 36,35s system 2196% cpu 1:13,25 total
January 17, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Cursor's latest "browser experiment" implied success without evidence

embedding-shapes.github.io/cursor-impli...

#ml #ai #llm #cursor #chatgpt #claude
Cursor Implied Success Without Evidence
embedding-shapes.github.io
January 16, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Never did I know #evil could present itself as just two button
January 2, 2026 at 6:04 PM
How do I disable the highly annoying AI sidebar from appearing automatically in #vscode forever, not just until next update? I keep disabling it, in sometimes new ways, yet after updates it keeps re-appearing?!
January 1, 2026 at 3:42 PM
#Microsoft keeps beating themselves at "dumbest UX possible" and decided that the #xbox app should also show your #steam games, without asking. Great way of hiding how little xbox games one actually plays on your PC?
December 21, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Literally the first time I've had a #llm tell me "Hey, this is complete now, stop worrying or analyzing it, we've done it all and we should stop".

Usually they keep asking/telling what to do next...
December 18, 2025 at 3:44 PM
@lindaholmes.bsky.social I don't want to block you either Linda, samesies! 🤗
December 11, 2025 at 3:21 AM
I can't believe no one made a spiritual successor to Oni (2001) yet, could be so incredibly deep and fun. Even something small like a #indiegame would do. Btw, is Oni old enough to be considered #retrogaming?
December 11, 2025 at 2:07 AM