The author spent a summer at Recurse Center, a programming retreat in Brooklyn, participating in study groups on LLMs and agents, deep learning, mathematics, and board game AI, while also completing a programming language project called dodo and implementing DEFLATE.
Yamtam.nyc is a mass-transit guide to New York City that explains Manhattan's grid system, street and avenue patterns, and how to navigate the city using public transportation. The site provides detailed information about Manhattan's layout, notable exceptions to the grid, and self-guided tours for visitors exploring different neighborhoods and attractions.
Ronald Spektor, 23, from Brooklyn, ran a phishing scheme impersonating Coinbase support to steal nearly $16 million from about 100 victims across the US. He bragged about the scheme online, was indicted on 31 counts in December 2025, pleaded guilty in September 2026, and received a 4 to 12-year prison sentence with orders to pay $16 million in restitution.
A person describes using large language models to analyze personal lifelogging data—journals, financial records, sleep data, and notes—to generate weekly AI-powered summaries that provide emotional and cognitive insights. The practice has proven emotionally impactful and cognitively useful, though it raises questions about human-AI relationships and the limits of what machines can understand about meaningful human experiences.