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Last updated: June 28, 2026, 8:30 PM ET

Developer Community Briefing

Operating Systems & Search

A new operating system project, QSOE, is emerging with a QNX-inspired design, offering the flexibility of selectable kernels. Separately, a Canadian startup has launched Xonaly, an independent search engine aiming to provide an alternative to dominant players, though it currently faces limited traction with only 11 comments on Hacker News.

Machine Learning & AI

Research into knowledge distillation techniques for large language models is progressing, with a paper exploring methods to transfer capabilities from black-box models. This work seeks to make powerful AI models more accessible and efficient by distilling their essence into smaller, more manageable versions.