📡 /signal — Week #4

AGENTS, CURES & CODE LOOPS

Hey builders,

We’re opening up the stack.

Over the next few weeks, you’ll see posts across our three publishing lanes:

• /build for devlogs and tool reflections

• /govern for systems and default critiques

• /dream for speculative tech, rituals, and futures

This isn’t a content calendar. It’s a pipeline — one designed to help us prototype smarter, document clearer, and imagine wider. You’re not just reading this; you’re early enough to shape it.

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🔍 Hacker News Pulse — Curated for Builders

Here’s what made us pause, squint, and open new tabs this week:

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🧬 A Personalized Cure, Delivered by Code

A child with a rare genetic condition received a bespoke gene-editing treatment — built specifically for her mutation. It’s the first time a human has been treated using a one-off genetic script. Beyond the biotech milestone, it signals a future where code becomes care — compiled not for scale, but for the singular.
→ Read via NYTimes

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🧠 AlphaEvolve: LLM as Algorithmic Co-Designer

DeepMind launched AlphaEvolve — a Gemini-powered agent that doesn’t just write code, but helps evolve algorithms. The framing shifts from “copilot” to “collaborator,” hinting at a future where devs pair not just on syntax, but on strategy.
→ Read via DeepMind

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👁️ “Human” — A System with No People

A short narrative gained traction this week: a world emptied of people, filled with logic, processors, and quiet machines. Less news, more tone. But it landed because it asks the same question we do: What do you want to exist in?
→ Read via Quarter Mile

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🧮 The Love-Hate of NumPy

A dev called it out: NumPy’s API is powerful but increasingly awkward — especially in a post-LLM, vector-first world. Indexing quirks. Broadcasting pain. This critique isn’t trash talk; it’s a call for clearer ergonomics in our foundational tools.
→ Read via Dynomight

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🚀 Voyager 1 Lives On, Thanks to a Hack

Engineers extended the life of Voyager 1 — the interstellar spacecraft launched in 1977 — using a last-ditch thruster fix. It’s not just a systems story. It’s a reminder: some things only work because someone kept showing up.
→ Read via The Register

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🔁 Agent Loops That Actually Work

Sketch.dev shared their experience building an LLM agent loop with tool use — and why it worked better than expected. The architecture is simple, repeatable, and fast. Less about prompts, more about protocol.
→ Read via Sketch.dev

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🧾 Writing Better SQL with AI

Google Cloud’s update shows how AI can now write useful, optimized SQL — not just syntax-correct blocks. This isn't novelty; it’s interface evolution for analysts, ops, and builders with prompt-first workflows.
→ Read via Google Cloud

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🧵 One Year of Free-Threaded Python

Python’s free-threading project just hit the one-year mark. The Quansight team shared what worked, what didn’t, and how CPython 3.14 changed their architecture. For devs building in Python or designing for concurrency — this one’s worth the read.
→ Read via Quansight

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🎨 Material 3 and Emotion-Driven UX

Google’s design research team dropped their most “feeling-forward” system update yet. Material 3 Expressive isn’t just new buttons — it’s a UX shift driven by emotional context. Think: interface as affective system, not static skin.
→ Read via Google Design

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🧰 Ollama Goes Multimodal

Ollama released a new engine supporting local multimodal models — including Meta Llama 4 and Gemma 3 with vision inputs. For builders experimenting with grounded AI interfaces, this update opens doors to visual agents, hybrid workflows, and local-first prototyping.
→ Read via Ollama

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