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AI Built an Algorithm That Beats Dijkstra. Then You Try to Run It.
I found the news late one night. Vals AI used 10 Claude Opus 5.5 agents. In 15 hours, they generated 289 files, built the C-HD shortest path algorithm, and passed Lean Kernel verification. The headline said: beats Dijkstra.
By Jin9 days ago in Education
Computer Science Didn't Explode. The Job Market Did.
At a job fair, the computer science booth has a line. The civil engineering booth has empty chairs. Online, people say CS is dead. In group chats, students still ask how to transfer into it. Both things are true. They are just about different problems.
By Jin9 days ago in Education
Maternity and Pregnancy Redundancy Protections Every Expectant UK Worker Needs to Know
If you are pregnant, on maternity leave, or recently returned to work and your employer announces redundancies — the legal rules are completely different for you. Most employers do not fully understand these protections. Most employees do not either. This guide breaks down exactly when your protection starts, how the priority redeployment rule works, and what to do if your role is put at risk.
By myredundancyrights9 days ago in Education
How to Detect Supply Chain Disruptions Before They Cause Delivery Delays. AI-Generated.
Supply chain disruptions rarely appear out of nowhere. A shipment may start moving later than planned, a carrier may revise an estimated arrival time, or a milestone may remain incomplete longer than expected. Individually, these events can look minor. Together, they can signal a growing problem that eventually affects customer deliveries, production schedules, inventory levels, or transportation costs.
By Chudovo10 days ago in Education
How to Build an E-Commerce Platform Around Complex Business Workflows. AI-Generated.
E-commerce is often presented as a straightforward digital storefront: customers browse products, add items to a cart, pay, and receive an order confirmation. That model works well for businesses with relatively simple catalogs and standardized purchasing processes. It becomes much harder when commerce is closely connected to the way a company actually operates.
By Chudovo11 days ago in Education
How to Prevent Data Gaps Between Glucose Devices, Mobile Apps, and Backends. AI-Generated.
Continuous glucose monitoring and connected glucose meters can generate valuable streams of health data, but getting a reading from a device into a backend is not always a continuous process. A CGM may temporarily lose its connection to a phone. A mobile operating system may restrict background activity. A user may close an app, lose internet access, or switch devices. The backend may receive readings late or receive the same reading more than once.
By Chudovo11 days ago in Education
China Has More PhDs Than Donkeys. The Joke Is Hiding a Harder Truth.
The Number That Started the Joke In 2025, China had close to 1.48 million people with a doctoral degree. In the same year, the national donkey inventory was expected to fall below 1.2 million. Put those numbers together and you get a viral line: China has more PhDs than donkeys. If Afanti were alive today, he might ride an old PhD instead of a donkey.
By Jin11 days ago in Education
Managing Up Safely: How to Report a Bullying Boss Without Risking Your Career
HR exists to protect the company — not you. This guide gives you the exact strategic playbook to build an unassailable paper trail, frame bullying as institutional risk, and force executive action while keeping your career completely protected.
By myredundancyrights12 days ago in Education
How to Bring a Complex Software Workflow From Technical Blocker to Production. AI-Generated.
When a Critical Workflow Becomes a Technical Blocker A software workflow can be perfectly understood from a business perspective and still be extremely difficult to implement. The internal team may know exactly what users need, where the process starts, and what the desired outcome should be. Yet delivery stalls when the workflow crosses several systems, depends on legacy infrastructure, uses inconsistent APIs, or requires technologies that are not part of the team's everyday expertise.
By Chudovo12 days ago in Education
Was My Redundancy Legal?
Most people accept their redundancy without ever knowing whether their employer followed the correct legal process. These 8 questions take less than 3 minutes to answer — and the result could indicate grounds for an unfair dismissal claim, a stronger settlement negotiation, or a formal challenge. Don't accept the outcome before you know whether it was lawful.
By myredundancyrights12 days ago in Education
How to Untangle ERP Integrations Before a Major System Change. AI-Generated.
Replacing or modernizing an enterprise resource planning system is rarely limited to the ERP itself. Over the years, an ERP becomes connected to dozens or even hundreds of surrounding applications, databases, scripts, interfaces, and business processes. Some connections are formally documented, while others may exist only because a developer created a workaround years ago.
By Chudovo12 days ago in Education
How to Modernize Enterprise Software Without Replacing Every Existing System. AI-Generated.
Enterprise software modernization is often associated with replacing outdated applications, migrating everything to a new platform, or rebuilding an entire technology landscape from scratch. For many organizations, however, that approach is neither necessary nor practical.
By Chudovo12 days ago in Education