6.9.25 | LLMs illustrated by pelicans, Kagi hits 50k users, supercomputers for autocrats threaten democracy

The last six months in LLMs, illustrated by pelicans on bicycles
https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/6/six-months-in-llms/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44215352

Kagi Reaches 50k Users
https://kagi.com/stats?stat=members
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44221450

Building supercomputers for autocrats probably isn't good for democracy
https://helentoner.substack.com/p/supercomputers-for-autocrats
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44219519

FSE meets the FBI
https://blog.freespeechextremist.com/blog/fse-vs-fbi.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44220860

Why Android can't use CDC Ethernet (2023)
https://jordemort.dev/blog/why-android-cant-use-cdc-ethernet/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44219405

Self-hosted x86 back end is now default in debug mode
https://ziglang.org/devlog/2025/#2025-06-08
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44219857

Tracking Copilot vs. Codex vs. Cursor vs. Devin PR Performance
https://aavetis.github.io/ai-pr-watcher/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44188839

Administering immunotherapy in the morning seems to matter. Why?
https://www.owlposting.com/p/the-time-of-day-that-immunotherapy
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44217876

Gaussian integration is cool
https://rohangautam.github.io/blog/chebyshev_gauss/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44215603

My first attempt at iOS app development
https://mgx.me/my-first-attempt-at-ios-app-development
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44188214