The artificial intelligence landscape has been jolted by the rapid ascent of DeepSeek, a Chinese startup whose AI chatbot has surged to the top of app stores and ignited fierce debates about the future of AI dominance. In a matter of days, DeepSeek’s R1 model has become a household name, challenging...

Buckwheat is one of those foods that’s been around forever but somehow doesn’t get the attention it deserves. Despite its name, it’s not related to wheat at all—it’s actually a pseudocereal, meaning it’s a seed that’s used like a grain. It’s been a staple in many cultures for thousands of years, yet...

The concept of bootstrapping in programming is one of those elegant, almost magical ideas that feels like it shouldn’t work—until it does. At its core, bootstrapping is the process of using a tool to build a better version of itself. In the context of compilers, it’s the act of writing a compiler in...