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The Build Log

I picked two links each on AI, security, software engineering, and general interest, all published in the last seven days. They range from a CPU inside a model to a Windows program from 1992 that still runs.

A CPU in a model, a nine-bit key, and a 1992 CD player

Plus Docker, print styles, a PCB factory, and a skin cancer test with two leading models.

Type
Resource
Author
Sujauddin
Date
29 October 2026

AI

Qwenputer: a fully functioning, deterministic RISC-V CPU inside Qwen3.5

A stock 4B model with a RISC-V CPU in its weights, running C and MicroPython inside the model’s forward pass.

divagr.com · 22 Oct 2026

A 10-year-old CNN outperforms frontier LLMs for skin cancer diagnosis

A dermatologist tested GPT-6 Astra and Claude Fable 5.1 on skin cancer images; a 10-year-old CNN scored higher.

Lynch Lab · 25 Oct 2026

Security

The case of the 9 bit AES key

In MuPDF, only nine bits of random state affect the AES-256 key, so the key can be found in 512 tries.

V12 · 27 Oct 2026

GitLab security incident: attempted exploitation of CVE-2026-97229

An attacker tried a GitLab bug a week after its fix; Alpine found no proof it worked, but rebuilt the server anyway.

Alpine Linux · 28 Oct 2026

Software Engineering

Docker is weird

A developer built a small container runtime and explains what Docker actually does: containers are processes with limits.

Code and Cake · 22 Oct 2026

Websites Should Be Printable

A developer shares the print stylesheet that fixes font sizes, links, headers, and code blocks when a page goes to paper.

Brennen Puth · 24 Oct 2026

Trending

Unveiling The Grid: PCBs made in America, twice as fast as Shenzhen

A Massachusetts factory uses one robot to move each board along its own route, so a one-off run is no harder than a long one.

CircuitHub · 26 Oct 2026

Oldest GUI application that still runs on Windows 11

A CD player from 1992 still runs on Windows 11 without changes, because Windows still includes the DLL it needs.

enlyth · 26 Oct 2026

Until next time 🌱
Sujauddin

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