Semlib: Semantic Data Processing
Semlib is a Python library for building data processing and data analysis pipelines that leverage the power of large language models (LLMs).
Anish Athalye
Anish Athalye's blog. I write about math, computer science, programming, and software and hardware hacks.
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Inverting PhotoDNA
Ribosome inverts Microsoft PhotoDNA hashes using machine learning.
Organizing Data Through the Lens of Deduplication
Periscope gives you "duplicate vision" to help you organize and de-duplicate your files without losing data.
Experiments in Constraint-based Graphic Design
Basalt is system for graphic design that allows a designer to think in terms of relationships between objects, and it makes it easy to build and reuse abstractions.
Gemini: A Modern LaTeX Poster Theme
Gemini is a modern LaTex beamerposter theme, with a focus on being clean, minimal, and looking great out of the box.
Turning a MacBook into a Touchscreen with $1 of Hardware
We turned a MacBook into a touchscreen using only $1 of hardware and a little bit of computer vision.
A Step-by-Step Guide to Synthesizing Adversarial Examples
Synthesizing adversarial examples for neural networks is surprisingly easy.
Seashells
Seashells is a service that lets you pipe output from command-line programs to the web in real-time.
Testing Distributed Systems for Linearizability
Testing distributed systems is challenging due to concurrency and nondeterminism.
μWWVB: A Tiny WWVB Station
μWWVB is a watch stand that automatically sets the time on atomic wristwatches where regular WWVB signal isn't available.
Gavel: An Expo Judging System
Gavel is an automated end-to-end project expo judging system that has been used to automate judging at over 40 events.
Lumen: Magic Auto Brightness Based on Screen Contents
Lumen is a menu bar application for macOS that magically sets the screen brightness based on your screen contents.
Who's in the Office? (Space-oriented Personal Location Sharing)
OffiX is a WiFi-based presence tracking system for our office.
ChatOps at HackMIT
HackMIT has turned Slack into our centralized monitoring and command-and-control hub for our software and services.
An AI That Can Mimic Any Artist
I wrote an open-source implementation of neural style on top of TensorFlow, Google's new deep learning library.
Implementing a Scalable Judging System
Good competition judging methods are hard to scale.
Algorithms in the Real World: Host Matching
HackMIT guaranteed every hacker a host by solving the host matching problem optimally.
git-remote-dropbox
Now there is a good way of using Dropbox as a true Git remote: git-remote-dropbox.
Such Confuse: HackMIT 2015 Puzzle Guide
Every year, HackMIT releases a puzzle as a fun thing for hackers to do over the summer.
Designing a Better Judging System
Coming up with fair methods to select rankings is difficult, and it's especially hard to design judging methods for large-scale events.
Clickbait in the Physical World: A Social Experiment
I ran a simple social experiment to see how people interact with the blackboards in the Stata Center, the home of MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory.
An Asynchronous Shell Prompt
An asynchronously updating shell prompt can lead to a smoother user experience.
Git Live
Git Live is a real-time visualization of interactions on GitHub from across the world.
Managing Your Dotfiles
Your dotfiles will most likely be the longest project you ever work on. For this reason, it is worthwhile to organize your dotfiles project in a disciplined manner for maintainability and extensibility.