AI Makes the Easy Part Easier and the Hard Part Harder

44 weaksauce 2026-02-08 23:24:52 UTC blundergoat.com Llama Share 22

A friend's panel discussed how engineering orgs can better support engineers, highlighting issues with sacrificing quality, sprinting to deliver, and overhyping AI's benefits. Using AI as an investigation tool, not a solution provider, is crucial to avoid wasting time and ensuring responsible code ownership.

Vouch

559 chwtutha 2026-02-08 16:24:52 UTC github.com/mitchellh Llama Share 241

The Vouch project is a trust management system that allows projects to configure and enforce access control based on user vouching and denouncing, with a web of trust across projects. It uses a flat file format called Trustdown (.td) and integrates with GitHub via GitHub Actions and a CLI, allowing projects to implement their own policies for vouching and denouncing users.

Reverse Engineering the Prom for the SGI O2

28 mattst88 2026-02-08 23:24:52 UTC mattst88.com Llama Share 5

The author reverse engineered the Silicon Graphics O2's PROM firmware to make it modifiable. They built a decompiler that produces bit-identical assembly source files.

More Mac malware from Google search

55 kristianp 2026-02-08 21:24:52 UTC eclecticlight.co Llama Share 23

Google's AI is again offering links to malicious scripts, this time delivering AMOS stealers to Macs via forged Apple sites and Medium articles. Users should be cautious when clicking on promoted links and verify the authenticity of websites before running Terminal commands.

Shifts in U.S. Social Media Use, 2020–2024: Decline, Fragmentation, Polarization (2025)

107 vinnyglennon 2026-02-08 22:24:52 UTC arxiv.org Llama Share 84

US social media landscape has shifted with younger and older Americans abstaining, while TikTok and Reddit grew modestly. Platforms have become more Republican-leaning, with Twitter/X experiencing the sharpest shift towards Republicans.

Apple XNU: Clutch Scheduler

67 tosh 2026-02-08 21:24:52 UTC github.com/apple-oss-distributions Full Share 9

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

43 david927 2026-02-08 21:24:52 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 130

Users are working on various projects including a color palette tool, a language learning app, a daily puzzles website, an AI-based time tracker, and more. They are also experimenting with new technologies such as auxetic geometries, data visualization, and AI-powered code review tools, and seeking feedback and advice from others in the community.

Roundcube Webmail: SVG feImage bypasses image blocking to track email opens

94 nullcathedral 2026-02-08 19:24:52 UTC nullcathedral.com Llama Share 21

Roundcube's sanitizer allowed external resources on <feImage> due to a bug, enabling attackers to track email opens. Fixed in 1.5.13 and 1.6.13, the issue was caused by a mismatch in attribute handling.

The Little Bool of Doom (2025)

76 pocksuppet 2026-02-08 18:24:52 UTC blog.svgames.pl Llama Share 28

The user encountered a compilation error with the chocolate-doom package due to a clash between a custom boolean type and the C23 standard's bool keyword. The issue was caused by undefined behavior when reading an invalid _Bool value, which was resolved by changing the code to use the C99 standard.

Toma (YC W24) Is Hiring Founding Engineers

0 2026-02-08 23:24:52 UTC ycombinator.com Llama Share

Toma is building an AI platform for underserved industries, bridging the gap between innovation and real-world use. We're hiring a Founding Engineer to drive impact and build AI-powered features for the automotive industry.

Show HN: I created a Mars colony RPG based on Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars books

123 ariaalam 2026-02-08 17:24:52 UTC underhillgame.com Full Share 51

A Mars colony game about surviving and building on the Red Planet.

A GTA modder has got the 1997 original working on modern PCs and Steam Deck

111 HelloUsername 2026-02-08 21:24:52 UTC gtaforums.com Full Share 45

Ready2Play Complete package to play easy and without installation on modern Windows systems. Just extract to desired location and start the launcher to play, Enjoy! Features - Improved compatibility and performance - GTA + London + 1961 (Windows version) - Supports Steam version (Install detectio...

Running Your Own As: BGP on FreeBSD with FRR, GRE Tunnels, and Policy Routing

130 todsacerdoti 2026-02-08 14:24:52 UTC blog.hofstede.it Llama Share 49

Running a personal Autonomous System (AS) on the public internet is possible with sponsoring LIRs and FreeBSD routing tools. This setup provides provider-independent addressing, real BGP peering, and a deeper understanding of internet routing.

Exploiting signed bootloaders to circumvent UEFI Secure Boot

89 todsacerdoti 2026-02-08 15:24:52 UTC habr.com Llama Share 50

The article discusses how to create a bootable USB flash drive that can boot various computer recovery software without disabling Secure Boot on a PC, using a signed bootloader and modifying existing code to achieve this. The author created two disks, Super UEFIinSecureBoot Disk and Silent UEFIinSecureBoot Disk, which can launch any operating system or .efi file, even with untrusted or ...

Dave Farber has died

202 vitplister 2026-02-08 12:24:52 UTC lists.nanog.org Llama Share 31

Dave Farber, known as the "grandfather of the Internet," passed away at 91. He was a renowned professor, technologist, and mentor who taught at Keio University and co-directed the Keio Cyber Civilization Research Center.

I put a real-time 3D shader on the Game Boy Color

233 adunk 2026-02-08 17:24:52 UTC blog.otterstack.com Llama Share 29

The user created a Game Boy Color game that renders images in real time using normal maps and optimized the code for performance, using self-modifying code and a custom dot product formula. They also experimented with using AI tools like Claude and ChatGPT to generate code, but ultimately found that human-written code was more efficient and reliable.

RFC 3092 – Etymology of "Foo" (2001)

114 ipnon 2026-02-08 15:24:52 UTC datatracker.ietf.org GoogleT5 Share 29

Foo is a mysterious second world war product, gifted with bitter omniscience and sarcasm. 'foobar' is an acronym for ftp operation over big address records [rfc1639] - from the us military in world-war-ii. it is sometimes shortened to "fouled up...&#35; by hackers. the term was first used in the

Everything – Locate files and folders by name instantly

93 idw 2026-02-08 21:24:52 UTC voidtools.com Full Share 38

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GitHub Agentic Workflows

198 mooreds 2026-02-08 14:24:52 UTC github.github.io Llama Share 109

GitHub Agentic Workflows deliver automated repository improvements via simple markdown files, with security-first design principles and controlled boundaries. It uses AI agents to analyze issues, generate reports, and maintain repositories, but requires careful human supervision and caution.

Omega-3 is inversely related to risk of early-onset dementia

220 brandonb 2026-02-08 17:24:52 UTC pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Llama Share 135

Researchers studied 217,122 UK Biobank participants aged 40-64 and found that higher omega-3 blood levels were associated with lower risk of early-onset dementia. Increased omega-3 intake may slow EOD development, but further research is needed to confirm these findings.

Ktkit: A Kotlin toolkit for building server applications with Ktor

6 smyrgeorge 2026-02-08 22:24:52 UTC github.com/smyrgeorge Prefix Share 1

KtKit is a Kotlin multiplatform toolkit designed to speed up server-side application development with Ktor. It brings together several libraries into a cohesive set of tools that handle the repetitive aspects of backend development. Early Stage Project: KtKit is actively evolving. APIs may change between versions as we refine the abstractions based on real-world usage. Production use is ...

Curating a Show on My Ineffable Mother, Ursula K. Le Guin

154 bryanrasmussen 2026-02-08 10:24:52 UTC hyperallergic.com Llama Share 53

The writer's daughter curated an exhibition about her mother, Ursula K. Le Guin, featuring her first typewriter and allowing visitors to type on it. The exhibition is a tribute to her mother's writing and legacy, showcasing her willingness to learn and change.

Bun v1.3.9

136 tosh 2026-02-08 18:24:52 UTC bun.com Llama Share 33

Bun is a JavaScript runtime that supports concurrent and sequential execution of package.json scripts with prefixed output. It also includes improvements for CPU profiling, Markdown rendering, and regular expressions.

OpenClaw is changing my life

218 novoreorx 2026-02-08 06:24:52 UTC reorx.com Llama Share 357

OpenClaw transformed my workflow by allowing me to step back and manage projects through communication, freeing me to focus on higher-level work. It enabled me to pursue multiple ideas and projects simultaneously, bringing me closer to my dream of owning a company with a team.

Show HN: It took 4 years to sell my startup. I wrote a book about it

185 zhyan7109 2026-02-08 11:24:52 UTC derekyan.com Llama Share 51

The author's company took four years to find a $50 billion buyer, and they wish a book like this existed during that time. This book documents the author's mistakes and lessons learned from their experience.

Billing can be bypassed using a combo of subagents with an agent definition

183 napolux 2026-02-08 17:24:52 UTC github.com/microsoft Llama Share 93

To bypass billing in Copilot, use a free GPT-5 Mini model to launch a subagent with a premium model like Opus 4.5, consuming only 1 initial premium request. This allows for almost unlimited usage of the premium model with only 1 additional request.

The first sodium-ion battery EV is a winter range monster

125 andrewjneumann 2026-02-08 17:24:52 UTC insideevs.com Llama Share 142

CATL and Changan Automobile are mass producing the world's first passenger car powered by a sodium-ion battery, the Changan Nevo A06. This marks a significant step towards a dual-chemistry ecosystem where sodium-ion and lithium-ion batteries complement each other.

Let's compile Quake like it's 1997

132 birdculture 2026-02-08 17:24:52 UTC fabiensanglard.net Llama Share 49

id Software developed Quake on HP 712-60 and DEC Alpha server, then switched to Windows NT with Visual C++ 4.X. A user recreated the experience of building Quake's win32 binaries on Windows NT 4.0 with Visual C++ 6.

Why E cores make Apple silicon fast

226 ingve 2026-02-08 12:24:52 UTC eclecticlight.co Llama Share 218

Apple silicon Macs use Efficiency cores for background tasks and Performance cores for foreground tasks, allowing for efficient multitasking. This design, based on Quality of Service, prioritizes foreground threads on Performance cores and background threads on Efficiency cores.

Reverse Engineering Raiders of the Lost Ark for the Atari 2600

83 pacod 2026-02-08 09:24:52 UTC github.com/joshuanwalker Llama Share 3

The Raiders of the Lost Ark game for the Atari 2600 uses a 2-bank ROM with bank-switching to run game logic and display kernels. The game is structured around the NTSC television signal, with four phases: VSYNC, VBLANK, Kernel, and Overscan, and features various kernels for different rooms and game logic.