Stories by s-e-m

An Algorithm for Proving Combinatorial Infeasibility

Thinking with Looped Flows

Revisiting Spectral Representations in Generative Diffusion Models

Show HN: Manage flexible access profiles for your personal context

Semi-Implicit Pairwise Descent for Nonlocal Continuum Mechanics

Bongard Problems and the blurry line between pattern matching and reasoning

Show HN: GPT 6 Astra in Lanes

Kalman Delta Networks

Efficient Exploration Is Enough

Astra replicates Adobe Lightroom

Show HN: The Million Dollar Prompt

A teardown of the Claude desktop app

Show HN: EdgePad – tool for configuring edge touchpad gestures on Linux laptops

The Foundations of Modern AI: Generalization, Data Selection, and Epiplexity

The postmodern build system (updated 2025)

AI Philosophy Competition

Show HN: Personal Context MCP

Diffusion as a Training Curriculum for Timestep-Free Iterative Reasoning

Show HN: Give every agent the right data, access and context to get work done

Unlocking Lossless Speedups in LLMs via Discrete Diffusion (5000 Tk/S)

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