AI Coding & Cost Stuff

First off, there's this new AI coding agent called DeepSeek Reasonix. It's supposed to be super efficient, like, high caching and low cost, which sounds pretty sweet for dev work. Someone in the comments mentioned that DeepSeek's API for coding stuff actually uses the highest "thinking effort" no matter what settings you pick, which is kinda weird but explains why it reasons for so long. And another one pointed out how important memory caching is for these big models – like, the default RAM cache in llama.cpp is often too small for huge contexts, causing issues. Sounds like memory management is still a big deal even with fancy new AIs. Check it out here: DeepSeek Reasonix

Old School DOS Open Sourced

Dude, get this, Microsoft just open-sourced the earliest DOS source code ever found! How cool is that for history buffs? The article even says one of the READMEs is timestamped 1978, which is probably wrong, and someone in the comments joked it was written by AI, haha. It's a blast from the past, thinking about floppy viruses and writing TSRs as a "right of passage" back then. Wild to see how far we've come. Here's the link: earliest DOS source code

AI Chip Memory Costs Are Nuts

Okay, so on the AI hardware front, memory is now almost two-thirds of the cost of an AI chip. Crazy, right? Comments were all over the place, some saying this will delay everything by years, others talking about how cyclical DRAM pricing always is. Makes you wonder if this AI boom is gonna hit a wall with hardware prices. Read more here: this article about AI chip costs

Web-Based Multitrack Audio Editor

Someone showed off this really cool project called Audiomass, it's a free, open-source multitrack audio editor right in your web browser. How handy is that? People in the comments were brainstorming ideas for "git but for music" or "Figma for music" because musicians still just use Dropbox for sharing files. It seems like there's a real need for better collaboration tools in the music world. Here's the project: Audiomass

Vivado Dropping Linux Support for Free Tier

Big news for hardware folks: Vivado, that FPGA design software, is apparently dropping Linux support for its free version in 2026.1. That's a huge bummer for a lot of hobbyists and students. People are pretty mad about it in the comments, arguing about whether documentation for a product should be free and how Xilinx (now AMD) never really cared about hobbyists anyway. Just another case of big companies pulling the rug out. Link to the discussion: Vivado dropping Linux support

The Rise of "AI Washing"

And speaking of AI, there's a whole thing now called "AI washing" – basically, companies are just scrambling to rebrand themselves as tech-focused with AI, even if it's just fluff. It's like the blockchain craze all over again. One comment nailed it, saying there's a lot of acquisition money out there looking for "features, not standalone products," so founders are just throwing stuff at the wall to see what sticks. It's a pretty cynical take, but probably true. Check out the article: 'AI washing'

Four-Day Workweek in Australia Looking Good

Finally, a feel-good one: Australia just had some new insights from early adopters of the four-day workweek, and it seems to be working! People are getting the same amount done in less time, which is awesome. The comments went deep, discussing everything from progressive tax systems to how American corporations don't care about employee futures. Standard HN stuff, you know. But hey, good news for work-life balance! Here's the data: four-day workweek in Australia