Signals

Exploring how Markov chains serve as foundational language models and their relationship to modern LLMs through temperature control and state transitions.

Step-by-step tutorial on building character-level language models, starting with simple bigram models and progressing to transformer architectures.

Kent Beck explores the distinction between 'vibe coding' and 'augmented coding' through building a production-ready B+ Tree library with AI assistance.

Article claiming typed languages are better for AI-assisted coding sparks heated debate about developer competence and LLM effectiveness.