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What toolchains are people using for desktop app development in 2025?
https://akkartik.name/freewheeling
https://avaloniaui.net/
https://beeware.org/project/toga/
https://caniuse.com/native-filesystem-api
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/FileSystemObserver
https://flutter.dev/multi-platform/desktop
https://www.get-notes.com/
https://github.com/mappu/miqt
https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/154
https://github.com/ocornut/imgui
https://github.com/reciperium/temporis/
https://github.com/wailsapp/wails
https://kivy.org/
https://www.lazarus-ide.org/
https://linklever.net/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44800048
https://xojo.com
How can ChatGPT serve 700M users when I can't run one GPT-4 locally?
https://artificialanalysis.ai/?models=gpt-oss-20b%2Cgemma-3-27b%2Cgemma-3-12b%2Cgpt-4-turbo%2Cgpt-4
https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.09343
https://www.baseten.co/resources/guide/the-baseten-inference-stack/#the-challenge-of-building-fast-cost-efficient-and-reliable-inference
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52407177.amp
https://bdachelp.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/23196026000027-BD12NWES-12-000-BTU-Inverter-Technology-Window-Air-Conditioner
https://www.cerebras.ai/system
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/27/openai-sees-5-billion-loss-this-year-on-3point7-billion-in-revenue.html
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/09/google-will-let-companies-run-gemini-models-in-their-own-data-centers.html
https://docs.vllm.ai/en/stable/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autoscaling
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logistics_engineering
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenAI
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Agency_for_International_Development
https://fin.ai/research/think-fast-reasoning-at-3ms-a-token/
https://futurism.com/chatgpt-bleach-vinegar
https://www.infracloud.io/blogs/inference-parallelism/
https://jax-ml.github.io/scaling-book/
https://lmsys.org/blog/
https://medium.com/@wearegap/a-brief-introduction-to-optimized-batched-inference-with-vllm-deddf5423d0c
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44149238
https://openai.com/api/pricing/
https://openai.com/index/march-20-chatgpt-outage/
https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/openai-taps-google-unprecedented-cloud-deal-despite-ai-rivalry-sources-say-2025-06-10/
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ai-energy-carbon-emissions-chatgpt
https://www.seangoedecke.com/inference-batching-and-deepseek/
https://www.supermicro.com/en/products/system/gpu/48u/srs-gb200-nvl72
https://tomforsyth1000.github.io/blog.wiki.html#%5B%5BWhy%20didn%27t%20Larrabee%20fail%3F%5D%5D
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g60763-d477541-Reviews-Rice_to_Riches-New_York_City_New_York.html
https://ut.philkr.net/advances_in_deeplearning/
https://xcancel.com/sama/status/1876104315296968813
Advice for someone who wants to try AI-assisted coding?
https://hn.algolia.com/?query=%22Claude%22&type=comment&dateRange=pastYear
Why is Usenet not coming back?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September
What's your favorite CLI tool for integrating LLMs into your terminal workflow?
https://github.com/block/goose
Best way to get a land line for my kids?
https://www.cell2jack.com/setup.html
https://twenty7tech.com/product/pots-adapater/
https://youtu.be/fdM1V98iIQI
What trick of the trade took you too long to learn?
https://adr.github.io/madr/
https://www.amazon.com/Atomic-Habits-Proven-Build-Break/dp/0735211299
https://www.calculator.net/inflation-calculator.html?cstartingamount1=300%2C000&cinmonth1=6&cinyear1=1995&coutmonth1=6&coutyear1=2025&calctype=1&x=Calculate#uscpi
https://diataxis.fr/
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.2/#how-the-documentation-is-organized
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keypunch#Program_card
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareto_principle
https://git-scm.com/docs/git-bisect
https://github.com/btrettel/specialized-bibs
https://github.com/mystor/git-revise
https://github.com/tmux/tmux/wiki
https://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/manual/html_node/Field-Splitting-Summary.html
https://www.howtomeasureanything.com/3rd-edition/
https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/etf/bitcoin-etf-vanguard-not-allowed-trading-crypto-brokerage-asset-manager-2024-1?op=1
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44377380P
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44787374
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44793595
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/upshot/buy-rent-calculator.html
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/upshot/buy-rent-calculator.html
https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/15-401-finance-theory-i-fall-2008/
https://www.prokanban.org/scrum-flow-metrics
https://rationalreminder.ca/podcast/323
https://research-tools.pwlcapital.com/research/rent-vs-buy
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4009412/how-to-use-arguments-from-previous-command
https://supportcenter.lexisnexis.com/app/answers/answer_view/a_id/1100511/~/finding-legislative-history
https://www.themusicstand.com/Drum-Rudiments-Playing-Cards-p/623629.htm?srsltid=AfmBOorWr-Xsk6kZBjpXOOdfNwHgzsmF1JCV5m0ye3vVvVbhSf2cKMbj
https://users.ece.utexas.edu/~adnan/pike.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1_YhlXiuxE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZeIEiBrT_w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyiMOmCqu00
What's Going on with AI Psychosis?
https://futurism.com/chatgpt-psychosis-antichrist-aliens
Has any of the Pivotal Tracker replacement attempts succeeded?
https://app.velocitytracker.co/
https://bye-tracker.net
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43378925
Tell HN: Anthropic expires paid credits after a year
https://alltrades.substack.com/p/the-bank-of-starbucks
https://www.anthropic.com/legal/credit-terms
https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=19.240&full=true#19.240.020
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/resources/cloud-computing-dictionary/what-is-aiaas
https://www.berkshirehathaway.com/letters/2009ltr.pdf
https://www.bitsaboutmoney.com/archive/accounting-for-saas-and-swords/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actuarial_science
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_run
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakage_(accounting)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Certificate_of_deposit
https://local12.com/news/local/ohio-allocates-billions-from-unclaimed-residents-funds-stadium-projects-sports-sport-athletes-cincinnati-bengals-cleveland-browns-reds-cavaliers-concert-venues-facilities-money-cash-projects-revenue-repay-tax-taxes-claims
ChatGPT 5 is slow and no better than 4
https://cdn.openai.com/pdf/8124a3ce-ab78-4f06-96eb-49ea29ffb52f/gpt5-system-card-aug7.pdf
https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/chat/create
In which programming language is it better to make your own language?
https://www.antlr.org/
https://www.boost.org/library/latest/spirit/
https://github.com/dabeaz/ply
https://github.com/lark-parser/lark
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28479120
What do you dislike about ChatGPT and what needs improving?
https://github.com/egberts/vim-syntax-nftables
https://www.scriptslug.com/script/margin-call-2011
OpenAI GPT-5 API seems to be significantly slower – is this expected?
https://bsky.app/profile/rickcarlino.bsky.social/post/3lvycsxu6k22c
ChatGPT-5 Can't Do Basic Math
https://bsky.app/profile/emollick.bsky.social/post/3lvtm64scrc2y
https://chatgpt.com/share/689652e0-c2ac-8004-811b-0856a76fe245
Would you get a CS degree today?
https://admissions.umich.edu/costs-aid/costs
https://www.coursera.org/degrees/bachelor-of-science-computer-science-london
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/technology/coding-ai-jobs-students.html?unlocked_article_code=1.dE8.4zeE.l0GErhqxORua&smid=url-share
https://www.paulgraham.com/hs.html
How do you find honest tech reviews?
https://kagi.com/smallweb
https://mfelix.org/reviews/mammotion-luba2/
GPT-5 streaming requires submission of biometric data
https://restofworld.org/2024/worldcoin-argentina/
Tell HN: Chrome and Spotify dropping support for macOS11
https://dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Legacy-Patcher
https://www.reddit.com/r/linux4noobs/comments/14iuxun/linux_on_macbook_pro_2014_apple_no_longer/
Tell HN: Charles Irby has passed away
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Irby
https://thedemoat50.org/symposium/speakers/charles-irby/
https://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/index.php%3Fdate=2012%252F09%252F30.html
Which processor to pick for learning assembly?
https://cpulator.01xz.net/?sys=arm
Why Did Mercurial Die?:(
https://github.com/facebook/sapling
https://hg-edge.mozilla.org/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43969827
https://sapling-scm.com
https://youtu.be/idLyobOhtO4
What change enabled you to consistently finish your side projects?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanban
https://mastodon.social/@UP8/tagged/photography
White Paper: Contribution-Based Governance for Developer Communities
https://www.gistfans.com/whitepaper