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Top Articles of the Day | 20-May-2026

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AI & Data

Pick #1
Show HN: Forge – Guardrails take an 8B model from 53% to 99% on agentic tasks
Hacker News 338 points

A Python framework for self-hosted LLM tool-calling and multi-step agentic workflows - antoinezambelli/forge

Pick #2
Understanding Reinforcement Learning with Human Feedback Part 2: Aligning Pretrained Models
Dev.to 2 min read 15 reactions

In the previous article, we explored the concept of pre-training and its limitations without a...

Pick #3
Can ClickHouse DELETE Data? A 2026 PR-by-PR Analysis
Dev.to 31 min read 6 reactions

TL;DR ClickHouse has supported DELETE operations since 2018. As of 2026, it ships four...

Product

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The Concept of Automatic Fallbacks And How Bifrost Implements It
Dev.to 5 min read 39 reactions

The promise of AI is transformative. The reality is distributed, fragile, and increasingly complex....

Pick #2
I’ve joined Anthropic
Hacker News 1,234 points

Personal update: I've joined Anthropic. I think the next few years at the frontier of LLMs will be especially formative. I am very excited to join the team here and get back to R&D. I remain deeply passionate about education and plan to resume my work on it in time.

Pick #3
API Calls Done Right: From Messy Fetch to Clean Data Layer
Dev.to 10 min read 22 reactions

I've seen this file in almost every frontend project I've ever touched. It's usually called api.js...

Programming

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Dumb ways for an open source project to die
Hacker News 11 min read 169 points

How your dependencies became Bernies

Pick #2
What If Every Phone in the Room Was a Game Controller — in the Age of AI?
Dev.to 12 min read 45 reactions

Building an open-source framework for the age of vibe-coded party games, and what nine developers built with it in seven hours.

Pick #3
Build Your Own CLI Agent: A Step-by-Step Guide
Dev.to 7 min read 5 reactions

I love JavaScript. Even though I have learned several languages, JavaScript has become my first...

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