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==== Attendees

. link:https://x.com/Alpastx[Alpesh Bhagwatkar^]
. link:https://twitter.com/bhavesh878789[Bhavesh Kukreja^]
. link:https://twitter.com/SirusTweets[Darshan Rander^]
. link:https://twitter.com/harshgkapadia[Harsh Kapadia^]
. link:https://twitter.com/KartikSoneji_[Kartik Soneji^]
. link:https://twitter.com/PranavDani3[Pranav Dani^]
. link:https://twitter.com/rishit_dagli[Rishit Dagli^]
. link:https://twitter.com/Darth_Sid512[Siddharth Bhatia^]
. Abhi Singh
. Abhinav Singh
. Ayush More
. Janvi Matani
. Manan Gandhi
. Nafi
. Nirmal
. Ved Piyush
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Date: 25-07-2026

Duration: 2 hrs 19 mins

==== Topics Discussed

* Janvi discussed her latest project: a search engine and database designed to help developers and researchers track and find the latest AI/ML models and research papers.
* Abhi, a Java backend developer, shared his journey of transitioning into the AI/ML space.
** He broke down his current tech stack (Spring Boot, Kafka, AWS, Prometheus, Grafana) and the group shared advice on learning paths and frameworks.
* Kartik explained the history and mechanics of link:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just-in-time_compilation[Just-in-Time (JIT) compilation^], tracing its conceptual roots back to Toyota's manufacturing supply chain optimization.
* Nirmal showcased link:https://aimlse.org[AIMLSE^], a framework he is working on to reduce boilerplate code for AI/ML developers.
** This sparked a debate between Kartik, Alpesh, and Nafi about trusting AI-generated code in production, vulnerability testing, and whether human reviews are strictly necessary for enterprise code.
* Siddharth brought an amazing blast from the past: the original author of the link:https://www.sandroid.org/TurboC[Turbo C to GCC porting project^] replied to his email after two full years!
** The group geeked out over C macros, GCC data types, and the deep complexities of making legacy C code compile on modern Linux systems.
* Rishit shared his deep-dive research into world models and AI physics simulators.
** He shared examples of models (like link:https://mira-wm.com[MIRA^]) playing Rocket League by generating video frames purely from input data, completely bypassing traditional physics engines.
* The group had a discussion on the future of self-driving cars.
** Kartik expressed that we should modify road infrastructure (like embedding RFID chips) to make autonomous driving safer and easier.
** Nafi and Rishit defended the generalist AI approach (like Waymo and Tesla FSD), arguing that changing global infrastructure is economically impossible.
* The conversation shifted to space tech, with Harsh highlighting India's historic Vikram-1 rocket launch by Skyroot Aerospace—the country's first privately designed orbital rocket.
* Harsh and Nafi debated the growing industry trend of "Rewriting it in Rust."
** They specifically discussed Ubuntu replacing decades of battle-tested GNU Core Utils (written in C) with Rust alternatives, and the trade-offs between memory safety and introducing fresh bugs into stable systems.
* Ayush highlighted a new Anthropic program offering free access to their agentic models specifically for open-source contributors (link:https://claude.com/contact-sales/claude-for-oss[Claude for OSS^]).
* Nafi shared how his startup, Nebula, built their CLI wrapper in Go, while Ayush recommended DevOps learning resources, pointing toward creators like Nana and Shubham Londe.

==== Additional Links
* link:https://worldmodels.github.io[World Models Research^]
* link:https://www.reddit.com/r/MachineLearning/comments/1upofuw/mira_multiplayer_interactive_world_models_trained[MIRA: Multiplayer Interactive World Models (Reddit Discussion)^]
* link:https://www.thonking.ai/p/strangely-matrix-multiplications[Strangely Matrix Multiplications (Blog on optimizing code on GPUs)^]
* link:https://youtu.be/eNtADpJ2EC4?is=dh0whlymfZaeTdga[The Most Ambiguous Concept in Computer Science (by Core Dumped)^]
* link:https://youtu.be/CXSvKcLovAk?is=Q2vCY4heglFRhfHN[The most controversial rewrite in history just shipped... (by Fireship)^]
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