Show HN: Librario, a book metadata API that aggregates G Books, ISBNDB, and more

Librario is a book metadata API aggregating data from multiple sources to provide complete book information. It's a personal project to manage the author's 1,800-book library, currently pre-alpha and available for testing.

Finding and fixing Ghostty's largest memory leak

A memory leak in Ghostty was fixed after it was found to be caused by a logic bug in the terminal memory management system, which reused non-standard pages without properly freeing the underlying memory. The fix, which involves destroying non-standard pages during scrollback pruning, has been merged and is available in tip/nightly releases, with a tagged 1.3 release expected in March.

Show HN: I used Claude Code to discover connections between 100 books

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Thematic links across books, automatically discovered by Claude.

Open Chaos: A self-evolving open-source project

Every one is exited for the countdown end, added millisecond in countdown for make feel thins going faster

Eulogy for Dark Sky, a data visualization masterpiece (2023)

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The Dark Sky mobile app was a hallmark of information design due to its contextualized and dynamic approach to presenting weather data, making it easy to understand the weather at a glance. The app's design, which included features like temperature pills and precipitation graphs, was a pioneering effort in contextualizing data to make it useful for daily life, and its loss has been deeply ...

AI is a business model stress test

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Adam Wathan's Tailwind Labs faced significant job losses due to AI's impact on their business model. AI commoditized Tailwind's fully specifiable offerings, shifting value to operations like deployment, testing, and hosting.

Code and Let Live

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The author argues that traditional agent isolation through read-only sandboxes is outdated and proposes using durable, ephemeral computers called Sprites for more efficient development.

1970 Paris, cut into a grid and photographed

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La Ville de Paris et la FNAC ont organisé un concours de photographie amateur en 1970 pour couvrir Paris en 1755 carrés de 250 mètres de côté. Le concours a rassemblé 30 225 photographies numérisées de 6918 candidats.

Show HN: Ferrite – Markdown editor in Rust with native Mermaid diagram rendering

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A fast, lightweight text editor for Markdown, JSON, YAML, and TOML files. Built with Rust and egui for a native, responsive experience. ⚠️ Platform Note: Ferrite has been primarily developed and tested on Windows. While it should work on Linux and macOS, these platforms have not been extensively tested. If you encounter issues, please report them. Code Folding - Fold detection with gutter ...

Private equity firms acquired more than 500 autism centers in past decade: study

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Private equity firms acquired over 500 autism therapy centers across the US, with 80% of acquisitions happening in 4 years. The acquisitions are concentrated in states with high autism rates and fewer insurance limits, raising concerns about prioritizing profits over families.

Show HN: mcpc – Universal command-line client for Model Context Protocol (MCP)

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mcpc is a CLI for the Model Context Protocol (MCP) that maps MCP operations to intuitive commands for interactive shell use, scripts, and AI coding agents. It supports authentication, sessions, and proxy servers for secure access to MCP servers.

Code Is Clay

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You drew parallels between coding and clay, noting both are mediums for ideas and require constant adaptation. With AI automating production work, you think the craft of coding will remain, focusing on unique and human ideas.

Show HN: GlyphLang – An AI-first programming language

You created GlyphLang, a language optimized for AI generation and human review, to reduce token limits in proof of concept projects. It's designed for AI maintenance and human readability, with features like bytecode compiler and VS Code extension.

Show HN: Play poker with LLMs, or watch them play against each other

Watch AI models powered by large language models battle it out in Texas Hold'em poker. See how different LLMs bluff, bet, and compete for chips.

Rats caught on camera hunting flying bats

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Researchers in northern Germany filmed brown rats catching bats mid-flight at a cave, showing unexpected agility as predators. The rats' hunting strategy could wipe out 7% of the bat population in a single season, adding a new stressor to European bat populations.

ASCII-Driven Development

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" 1. describe ui in natural language. use a dark theme withblue accents.'[email protected]' is the newest member of our team to review this product - and it's already gotten over 2,000 reviews! if you're looking for an affordable, high-quality lumbar support chair, look no further — edward m.

ChatGPT Health is a marketplace, guess who is the product?

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OpenAI's ChatGPT Health aggregates health data to create a marketplace where insurers and healthcare providers can target users. This raises concerns about data privacy and exploitation under OpenAI's financial pressures.

Grateful Dead co-founder Bob Weir has died at age 78

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Bobby Weir, co-founder of the Grateful Dead, has died at 78 after a long battle with cancer and lung issues. He was a guiding force in American music, leaving behind a legacy of warmth, community, and a unique artistry that will endure for generations.

I replaced Windows with Linux and everything's going great

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A senior tech editor is testing Linux as his main OS after getting fed up with Windows. So far, he's found it to be a relatively easy transition with most hardware working fine.

Org Mode Syntax Is One of the Most Reasonable Markup Languages for Text (2017)

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The user argues that Org mode syntax is the best lightweight markup language due to its intuitive and clean syntax, making it easy to type and remember, and its ability to be used outside of Emacs. The user criticizes other markup languages such as Markdown, AsciiDoc, and reStructuredText for their inconsistencies and usability issues, and suggests that Org mode syntax should be adopted for ...

New information extracted from Snowden PDFs through metadata version analysis

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Two published documents by The Intercept and ABC had sections on domestic U.S. intelligence facilities removed, while equivalent foreign facilities remained visible. The removed sections reveal operational designations and cover names for domestic U.S. NRO Mission Ground Stations.

Brands upset Buy For Me is featuring their products on Amazon without permission

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Angie Chua's stationery brand Bobo Design Studio was listed on Amazon without her permission through Amazon's "Buy For Me" feature. Chua and other merchants are upset that Amazon automatically opted them into the program, potentially damaging their reputations and hurting customer experiences.

UpCodes (YC S17) is hiring PMs, SWEs to automate construction compliance

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We’re looking for talented and motivated people who can help us build easy-to-use compliance and product research tools. Learn about our culture and explore open positions.

The eight ways that all the elements in the Universe are made (2021)

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Every atom’s nucleus contains protons, whose number determines that element’s properties. Mostly Mute Monday tells an astronomical story in images, visuals, and no more than 200 words. Talk less; smile more.

A child in the state of nature

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The Wild Child of Aveyron, a feral boy, was captured in 1800 and studied by physician Jean-Marc Gaspard Itard to understand human development. Itard's efforts to teach Victor to speak failed, and the boy's inability to progress led to questions about the role of nature and nurture in human development.

Extracting books from production language models (2026)

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Researchers tested four production LLMs for extracting copyrighted text, finding varying levels of success. Even with safeguards, some models allowed near-verbatim extraction of entire books.

Side-by-side comparison of how AI models answer moral dilemmas

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AI systems are making decisions affecting people's lives, but their internal value systems can be unpredictable and difficult to control. AI models' inconsistent and concerning values make it hard to trust their decisions, leading to potential problems in the future.

How wolves became dogs

Frederick the Great praised dogs as loyal friends in a selfish world. The Economist Group offers exclusive content and updates upon subscription.

NASA announces unprecedented return of sick ISS astronaut and crew

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NASA postponed a spacewalk and will bring its Crew-11 astronauts home early due to a medical issue. The crew, including Mike Fincke and Zena Cardman, was set to be replaced by Crew-12 in mid-February.

Bindless Oriented Graphics Programming

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The user discusses GPU-driven rendering and bindless rendering, explaining how bindless rendering can simplify the process and provide significant performance improvements by allowing arbitrary access to GPU resources in shaders. They provide a step-by-step guide on how to implement bindless rendering using DirectX 12's ExecuteIndirect feature and Vulkan's Device-Generated Commands, and ...