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  1. Ask HN: You have 50k USD and want build an inference rig without GPUs. How?

    This is more like a thought experiment and I am hoping to learn the other developments in the LLM inference space that are not strictly GPUs. Conditions: 1. You want a solution for LLM inference and LLM inference only.…

    3 points 1
  2. Ask HN: Is it feasible to have just a REST API as a back end for web app?

    Read about this approach at a few places: Have only a REST API as a backend and do everything else in the frontend JS framework. I don't know enough about web architectures to evaluate this approach. Is it possible to…

    2 points 3
  3. Ask HN: What is the “modern approach” to web/app development?

    I am a backend dev and know little of web dev. Assuming you are designing a web app, and corresponding mobile apps in 2018 from scratch, how would you go about structuring it? What would be the best practices? What…

    2 points 2
  4. Ask HN: Recommend a command line tool to generate neat-looking graphs/charts?

    I have used gnuplot for basic tasks in the past. This time I am trying to generate graphs that'll be sent to the customers and it's important that they look neat and aesthetically pleasant. Spent last 3 hours on…

    2 points 1
  5. Ask HN: Would you pay for a personal email server?

    I am trying to validate if hosting people's personal email servers would be a viable business. In short, you just buy a domain and point it to the service's name server. Everything else is taken care of including…

    2 points 5
  6. Startup jobs with low salary and negligible equity, what gives?

    Hi HN, I am a developer in my 30s with over a decade of experience. Being on a lookout for a new job, I have been researching lots of jobs lately (since I don't mind moving, been looking in most parts of the US). I am…

    133 points 143
  7. Ask HN: What is the most useful thing I can develop in C++ and opensource it?

    I am a C++ programmer with about 10 years of experience, have been reading HN for some time now. I am based in Europe and looking for a job change (may be move to US). Lately, it seems like most good places in the US…

    1 points 2
  8. Researchers see signature of “Majorana particles” inside superconducting iron (scientificamerican.com)
    120 points 53
  9. Creating optical cables out of higher density air (phys.org)
    2 points 0
  10. Solar has won. Even if coal were free to burn, power stations couldn't compete (theguardian.com)
    21 points 1
  11. Email in the 18th century: the optical telegraph (lowtechmagazine.com)
    1 points 0