KetchUp – Open-source SketchUp alternative built with Rust and WebGPU

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KetchUp is a free, open-source 3D modeling app for woodworking and furniture design. It allows users to create and edit models with various tools and features before exporting them as OBJ files or saving locally.

Chimera Vocal Synth

CHIMERA: a physically modelled voice synthesizer. Every sound comes from a simulated airway.

Herb Sutter: When a language's creator and its owners strongly disagree [pdf]

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Ask HN: What are you working on? (November 2026)

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Dux: Free, open-source Wayland desktop shell with file manager and theming

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Dux Modular Shell is a fast, customizable file manager with features like tabs and search. It's free to use, but donations support its development and releases.

Declarative Dragging

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Researchers created a system called D2, which allows users to make elements draggable by specifying future states without writing code. This declarative dragging approach enables smooth and responsive interactions in various applications, including math games and programming interfaces.

Outlook.com Is Quietly Rejecting Email from Domains Without DMARC

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Microsoft's consumer mail service is rejecting emails from domains without a DMARC record, starting November 5, 2026. Adding a single TXT record with v=DMARC1; p=none can fix the issue and improve domain security.

Goldman Sachs is pulling Claude Code from its bankers and traders

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Goldman Sachs has restricted access to AI coding tools, including Anthropic's Claude Code and Microsoft's GitHub, for most traders and bankers. The bank now limits these tools to its engineers only.

The Web Is More Than Enough, by Paul Ford

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The author launched a web-based office suite, TinyLittleOffice.com, which gained significant attention and became the top ten on Product Hunt. The success highlights how powerful web browsers have become for app development, making it easier and cheaper to create software.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's letter to staff about affair

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang admitted to having a romantic relationship with a suspected Chinese spy, apologizing to his family and promising cooperation in an investigation. He vowed to earn back trust from colleagues and shareholders after damaging the company's reputation.

Llama-modchip: 284B DeepSeek on 64GB RAM, no GPU

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This project demonstrates that a 64 GB CPU can run large MoE models, such as 284B DeepSeek-V4-Flash and 30B Nemotron-3.5-A3B, at full context using zero GPUs.

Edward Hopper's Iconic Painting, "Nighthawks

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Edward Hopper created Nighthawks in late 1941, influenced by his experiences during wartime New York. The painting reflects the anxiety and resilience of Americans during this time, with its iconic diner symbolizing a haven of light amidst darkness.

The History of Djgpp (1998)

DJGPP was created in 1989 by DJ as a custom version of GCC for MS-DOS, initially called djgcc. It evolved into a full-fledged programming platform with various versions and features added over the years.

Writing as a thinking tool

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Playing with the STM32MP2

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The author has been working on a project using the STM32MP2 microcontroller, which they found to have a silicon bug in its Resource Isolation Slave unit (RISAF) that allows for potential TrustZone bypass. This bug can be exploited by sending 32-bit read transactions to the PCIe configuration and BAR address spaces, resulting in all-zero readbacks instead of actual values. The author has ...

The Kekulé Problem – Cormac McCarthy

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Cormac McCarthy's work explores the tension between ancient unconscious processes and human language. The unconscious, a biological system, struggles to communicate through language, preferring images and dreams.

Show HN: Vegetable Gardening for Engineers

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This document provides a comprehensive guide to growing vegetables at home, focusing on indoor and balcony gardening using hydroponics and container gardening. It covers various environmental factors such as light, temperature, water, nutrition, and oxygen levels that affect plant growth.

Goodbye Claude, hello Pi

The author has retired Claude Code as their main coding harness due to frustrations with its features and stability. They're now using Pi, a more stable and customizable alternative that offers better performance and user experience.

Nvidia Board of Directors Is Investigating Jensen Huang

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NVIDIA's Board is launching an independent investigation into reports of a foreign intelligence effort targeting CEO Jensen Huang. The inquiry will examine all available information to ensure U.S. national and economic security interests are protected.

I'm not a fan of Deno's security model (2024)

The author criticizes Deno's permission system as fundamentally insecure and misleading, citing issues with its terminal prompt feature and environment variable handling. This approach allows for potential sandbox escapes and security risks due to the lack of proper isolation.

A Little Snitch for Windows

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PacketHound is a Windows tool that enhances the firewall by asking for permission before outgoing connections, allowing users to block specific apps or websites. It integrates with Windows Firewall and doesn't collect any data, making it a useful alternative to traditional firewalls.

Porting Android 16 to my blind mother's keypad phone

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The author upgraded their mother's Kapsys SmartVision3 phone from Android 11 to LineageOS 23.2 with Android 16, bypassing the manufacturer's limitations and enabling features like a custom keypad and accessibility improvements. The upgrade was achieved through a combination of manual backups, debugging, and patching of the device's software.

Playing Zork 1 on a CP/M emulator on Linux (2021)

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The article guides users on how to run CP/M 3.0 on Linux using the z80pack Z80 emulator, specifically to play Zork 1, a classic text-based adventure game. Users need to download and build z80pack and cpmtools before setting up virtual disks for the game files.

How I Fight AI Brain Fry

The author shares their solution to managing multiple tasks with AI tools, using a priority queue in Git and a script that prioritizes items waiting on human judgment. This approach helps focus on one task at a time, reducing mental exhaustion and improving productivity.

Starship Flight 15 on 11/13 plans to catch both booster and ship

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SpaceX's Starship is set to launch on November 13, with a live webcast and potential hours of live views from orbit. The mission aims to deploy 26 Starlink V3 satellites and test the first full recovery of an orbital launch system.

Claude Code's "Don't Ask Again" exposes passwords in 1,122 public GitHub files

Apiiro is a control plane for agentic development security, offering various solutions to protect AI environments. It provides tools such as Guardian Agent and Auto Fix to secure agentic development.

The Reconstruction of Torn Documents

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The Federal Archives in Germany are reconstructing MfS records after the Stasi Records Agency dissolved, with manual reconstruction continuing alongside a virtual process. The archives have been working to restore 16,000 bags of torn-up documents since 2008.

How to prove equations using diagrams, part 1

The author discusses e-graphs, a data structure for maintaining congruence relations on expression trees. They introduce the concept of initial functors and how they can be used to reason with diagrams in a finitely presented category.

JIT bitmap text rendering for microcontrollers

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The author has developed a text rendering technique for the RP2350 microcontroller board, using bitmap fonts and a "just-in-time" (JIT) compiler to generate optimized code. The JIT compiler runs under 100µs before scanout of the video line, making it suitable for real-time applications like racing-the-beam rendering.

Agent memory needs its OpenTelemetry moment

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The author proposes a shared format for agent memory, building on existing proposals and tools like OpenTelemetry. A standard agreement is needed to avoid fragmentation and allow different tools to read each other's data.