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b-aaz /

bmake-extravaganza

Mandelbrot set renderer written in pure [BSD] Makefiles

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NohWai-Software /

RayTention

RayTention – Self-Attention via Geometric Signal Extraction

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kzekiue /

kosh

Kosh – a self-hosted personal finance app

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20#958
thomasblc /

qwen-ondevice-bench

On-device Qwen benchmark: the 4B ties the 9B, and more findings

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20#960
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nmdra /

notebrain-cli

Local-first CLI to make Obsidian vaults searchable for AI agents

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20#961
LazoVelko /

neverclick

Neverclick: Desktop application for performing mouse actions with your keyboard

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20#962
FossPrime /

Steam-Controller-Auto-Charge

Steam Controller Auto-Charge – pilot to magnetic charging puck using CV

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20#963
WinterSnowfall /

d7vk

D7VK 1.12, a DXVK fork for Direct3D 3-7 on top of Vulkan

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veracium-ai /

Veracium

Veracium – agent memory keeping third-party claims from becoming facts

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20#965
igor84 /

wcc

Implementation of "Writing a C compiler" in Zig

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20#966
Shpigford /

knockoff

Knockoff: A browser extension that filters pseudo-brand junk out of Amazon

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20#967
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nuemaan /

skewadam

SkewAdam – A tiered optimizer that cuts MoE state memory by 97%

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gaia-research /

gaia-skill-tree

Open-source CLI for SKILL.md registry and parser lookup

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20#969
Jott2121 /

graph-guard

Graph-guard, a knowledge graph behind RAG for multi-hop retrieval

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20#970
dahan8473 /

snake-and-commits

Snake-and-commits: Turn your GitHub contribution graph into a real game of Snake

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20#971

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