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Ramanujan-Computing / Ramanujan

Ramanujan

The Ramanujan Platform aims to harness the idle computational power of various digital devices to create a powerful distributed network. This platform allows any device with basic arithmetic capabilities and internet connectivity to contribute to the network's computational power.

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What it is

The Ramanujan Platform aims to harness the idle computational power of various digital devices to create a powerful distributed network. This platform allows any device with basic arithmetic capabilities and internet connectivity to contribute to the network's computational power.

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 12:54:37 PM UTC.

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HN mentions by month3 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2025-07-13 12:23:33 UTC to 2026-08-28 15:08:45 UTC.

0122025-07-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-08-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 1 submissions, 1 commentsJul 20252025-08-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-09-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-09-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-10-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-10-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-11-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-11-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-12-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-12-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-02-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 commentsJan 20262026-02-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-03-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-03-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-04-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-04-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-05-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-05-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-06-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-06-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-07-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-07-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-08-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-08-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-09-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 commentsAug 2026

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What Hacker News says

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Show HN: Ramanujan-computing: use idle computation to run scientific computing

In 1969, humans landed on moon using Apollo-Guidance-Computer (AGC) whose compute power was equivalent to today's scientific calculator. Today we have billions of device which are alteast million times more powerful than AGC lying mostly idle. With this inspiration, have created Ramanujan-Computing which can harness idle computation to run scientific simulations. There is a project BOINC which tries to solve this problem, however for any new kind of simulation, the developer has to create new binary, distribute that binary to the devices that can provide its computation power. This problem gets solved with Ramanujan-computing. Any device that wants to give its compute-power, just need to install Ramanujan interpreter, and can run any kind of simulation. So, developer can submit any kind of simulation and the idle device can run it without
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a need for a new binary. On Ramanujan computing have been able to run physics n-body simulation [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5H3jmGoi1k], Phi3 3.8B model inference[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqM3rXKzurE]. This project is MIT-licensed. Seeking your feedback on the project. And, also, the project is open for contribution. The interpreter is in nascent stage and currently its running more optimally than CPython [15% faster], 20X faster than Octave [matlab]. There is lot to build and help science move forward.
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Ramanujan-Computing: Distributed Computing with Idle Smart Devices: Open-Source

We're excited to share Ramanujan, a new open-source programming language and distributed computation platform that aims to unlock the vast, untapped processing power of modern smart devices. Imagine all those idle smartphones and smart TVs contributing to scientific research! The inspiration is simple: an Apollo guidance computer's CPU was as powerful as a modern scientific calculator. Today's smart devices are millions of times more powerful, yet they're mostly idle. Ramanujan helps utilize this power for scientific advancement. What is Ramanujan? Ramanujan is designed for distributed computation. Unlike platforms like BOINC, which often require project-specific clients, Ramanujan offers a universal interpreter. Project owners submit their code in the Ramanujan language, and participating devices, having installed the Ramanujan client on
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ce, can execute any submitted computation. The interpreter is written in C++ and demonstrates significant performance gains: ~14% faster than CPython for a Gradient Descent algorithm (~350ms vs ~410ms). Over 20X faster than MATLAB for a Whale Optimization Algorithm (2.5 sec vs 55 sec for optimizing 10 functions). Key Features & Future Goals Performance: Faster than CPython and MATLAB for scientific computations. Open-Source: MIT licensed project, code available on GitHub. Device Compatibility: Binaries available for Android, macOS, and Ubuntu. Windows support is coming soon. Technically, any internet-connected device capable of basic arithmetic can run the interpreter once compiled for its architecture. Ease of Use: A new portal (portal.ramanujan.dev) makes it easy for anyone to run Ramanujan jobs. An installer is also available for local desktop machines (Ubuntu, MacOS). Our near-future goals are focused on Python compatibility: Full Python Adoption: Allow state-of-the-art Python research code to run seamlessly on Ramanujan without modifications, by adopting Python constructs and grammar. CFFI Integration: Enable associated CFFI code to run alongside Python scripts. Expanded Device Support: Make clients available for a wider range of smart devices (fridges, washing machines, etc.) to maximize global compute contributions. This project has the potential to significantly reduce e-waste and carbon emissions by leveraging existing hardware. We believe it can revolutionize computing for scientific research. Get Involved! Ramanujan is in its nascent stage, and we're actively seeking contributors! Whether you're passionate about programming, compilers, distributed systems, or simply want to contribute to an impactful open-source project, we invite you to join us. Students are especially welcome to learn about compilers, distributed orchestration (our current service orchestrates thousands of computations with just a 2-core CPU!), and large-scale systems. Checkout the project: Portal: https://portal.ramanujan.dev GitHub: https://github.com/Ramanujan-Computing/Ramanujan Let's collaborate to push Ramanujan forward!
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