What I’m reading this week
📚 Weekly brain food! Here’s what got me thinking this week:
A regex chess engine
This one blew my mind - Carlini built a chess engine using just regular expressions! It’s one of those projects that makes you rethink what’s possible with basic tools. Love seeing developers push simple primitives to their limits.Obvious things C should do
Found myself vigorously nodding along to Bright’s suggestions. Compile-time function evaluation in C? Yes, please! Some really solid proposals here that could modernize C while keeping its spirit intact.Oh shit git
Do yourself a favor and bookmark this one if you use git (and who doesn’t these days?). Pro tip: try “git reflog” when you need to see the complete history of all references. Has saved my bacon more than once!Is the world becoming insurable?
This hits close to home. Having dealt with California’s FAIR plan myself, the rising insurance challenges from climate change are very real. Really feeling for our LA neighbors dealing with the current fires. This isn’t just academic discussion anymore.Core CPI rises less than forecast
Markets liked the cooler CPI print this week (hello, green indexes! 📈). My take? This might give the Fed room for more easing, potentially fueling one final leg up in this bull market… before a serious correction hits. Keep your eyes peeled.
What caught your attention this week? Drop your thoughts below 👇