Unrolling the Codex agent loop

83 tosh 2026-01-23 21:25:49 UTC openai.com Llama Share 37

Codex CLI is a software agent that uses an LLM to generate responses to user input, with an agent loop that iterates between model inference and tool calls. The agent loop manages context window and uses prompt caching to optimize performance, with compaction enabled to avoid running out of context window.

New YC homepage

58 sarreph 2026-01-23 20:25:49 UTC ycombinator.com Llama Share 26

YC creates a highly productive environment among founders, fostering a sense of urgency and community. It pushes founders to new levels of speed and productivity, resetting their expectations.

Proof of Corn

261 rocauc 2026-01-23 18:25:49 UTC proofofcorn.com Llama Share 191

seth responds to @fredwilson, saying AI can't directly affect the physical world, but it can orchestrate systems and people to achieve tasks, like a farm manager. Claude Code is an AI that aggregates data, makes decisions, and coordinates human operators to grow real corn.

Gas Town's agent patterns, design bottlenecks, and vibecoding at scale

197 pavel_lishin 2026-01-23 16:25:49 UTC maggieappleton.com Llama Share 226

Steve Yegge's Gas Town is a chaotic, vibecoded agent orchestrator that sparks debate on the future of software development. Despite its inefficiencies, it reveals useful patterns for future agentic systems and highlights the need for better design and agent orchestration.

Banned C++ Features in Chromium

29 szmarczak 2026-01-23 21:25:49 UTC chromium.googlesource.com Llama Share 15

Chromium's C++ style guide bans certain language and library features due to various reasons such as incomplete toolchain support, security concerns, or overlap with existing Chromium code. The guide requires proposing changes to the status of a feature by sending an email to [email protected].

Microsoft gave FBI set of BitLocker encryption keys to unlock suspects' laptops

475 bookofjoe 2026-01-23 18:25:49 UTC techcrunch.com Llama Share 339

BitLocker recovery keys are uploaded to Microsoft's cloud by default, allowing authorities to access encrypted data. This raises concerns about privacy and security risks, including potential hacking of Microsoft's cloud infrastructure.

Route leak incident on January 22, 2026

91 nomaxx117 2026-01-23 18:25:49 UTC blog.cloudflare.com Llama Share 10

On January 22, 2026, an automated routing policy configuration error caused a 25-minute BGP route leak from Cloudflare's Miami data center, affecting multiple external parties and causing congestion, elevated loss, and higher latency for some Cloudflare customer traffic. Cloudflare has apologized for the incident and is taking steps to improve routing security, including patching the failure ...

Mental Models (2018)

14 hahahacorn 2026-01-23 21:25:49 UTC fs.blog Llama Share 3

The text discusses various mental models and concepts that help us understand the world, make better decisions, and spot opportunities. These models include velocity, reciprocity, thermodynamics, inertia, friction, and leverage, which can be applied to various aspects of life to achieve success and progress.

TrueVault (YC W14) is hiring a Growth Lead to test different growth channels

0 2026-01-23 21:25:49 UTC ycombinator.com Llama Share

TrueVault is a Y Combinator-backed company seeking a Growth Lead to establish growth at the company. The role involves experimenting with various acquisition channels, running structured experiments, and identifying viable channels to drive growth.

Vargai/SDK – JSX for AI video, declarative programming language for Claude Code

30 alex_varga 2026-01-23 20:25:49 UTC varg.ai Llama Share 11

The SDK unifies AI video, image, voice, and music generation under one API with a custom JSX runtime and caching for faster performance and lower costs. It requires FFmpeg and server-side access, supports Node.js and Bun, and is licensed under Apache 2.0 with no SDK cost.

Gold fever, cold, and the true adventures of Jack London in the wild

20 janandonly 2026-01-23 20:25:49 UTC smithsonianmag.com Llama Share 0

Jack London, a 21-year-old writer, joined the Klondike gold rush in 1897 and spent nine months in the Yukon Territory, where he drew inspiration for his famous novel "The Call of the Wild." London's experiences as a prospector and his relationships with the people and dogs he met shaped his writing and made him a celebrated author.

Notes on the Intel 8086 processor's arithmetic-logic unit

55 elpocko 2026-01-23 18:25:49 UTC righto.com Llama Share 6

The 8086 processor has a 16-bit ALU that performs arithmetic and logic operations, with a two-step process involving microcode instructions to configure the ALU and retrieve results. The ALU control circuitry generates control signals based on micro-instructions and machine code instructions.

EquipmentShare (YC W15) goes public

6 subsequent 2026-01-23 21:34:49 UTC ycombinator.com Prefix Share 4

When we first met the founders of EquipmentShare in Winter 2015, they didn’t come from Silicon Valley or Wall Street. They came from rural Missouri: the “Show Me” state. Their background is one where you learned to build things yourself, fix what was broken, and work with what you had. EquipmentShare’s founders grew up in a commune where rules were strict, and self-reliance wasn’t a slogan — ...

Killing the ISP Appliance: An eBPF/XDP Approach to Distributed BNG

52 chaz6 2026-01-23 18:25:49 UTC markgascoyne.co.uk Llama Share 14

The user built an open-source, eBPF-accelerated BNG that runs directly on OLT hardware to solve ISP edge infrastructure problems. This distributed architecture is more resilient, has lower latency, and is operationally simpler than traditional centralized appliances.

KORG phase8 – Acoustic Synthesizer

148 bpierre 2026-01-23 15:25:49 UTC korg.com Llama Share 80

phase8 is an 8-voice acoustic synthesizer merging physical and electronic sound generation. It features envelope shaping, sequencing, and modulation, with interchangeable resonators for custom sound creation.

Booting from a vinyl record (2020)

249 yesturi 2026-01-23 11:25:49 UTC boginjr.com Llama Share 97

A person created a bootable record for a PC using a record player, amplifier, and custom ROM. The record contains a 64K RAM drive with a FreeDOS kernel and loads through the PC's cassette interface.

Waypoint-1: Real-Time Interactive Video Diffusion from Overworld

39 avaer 2026-01-23 18:25:49 UTC huggingface.co Llama Share 11

Waypoint-1 is a real-time interactive video model that can create a world you can step into and interact with via text, mouse, and keyboard controls. It's a latent model trained on 10,000 hours of video game footage with fast inference and zero latency.

Nobody likes lag: How to make low-latency dev sandboxes

42 mnazzaro 2026-01-23 18:25:49 UTC compyle.ai Llama Share 11

Compyle's initial architecture for ephemeral cloud dev environments had slow startup times and extra network hops, causing unbearable lag in terminals and IDEs. By simplifying the architecture, removing socket servers, and keeping warm pools in multiple regions, Compyle achieved significant performance improvements and reduced terminal roundtrip time from over 200ms to 14ms.

Proton Spam and the AI Consent Problem

446 dbushell 2026-01-23 07:25:49 UTC dbushell.com Llama Share 301

The user received a newsletter for Lumo despite opting out and Proton Support initially denied it was a Lumo email. The user believes Proton and GitHub are abusing their services by ignoring opt-out requests.

Floating-Point Printing and Parsing Can Be Simple and Fast

71 chmaynard 2026-01-23 17:25:49 UTC research.swtch.com Llama Share 1

The user discusses the history of floating-point printing and parsing, citing various researchers and their contributions to the field, including Coonen, Slishman, Steele, and White. The user presents a new approach called unrounded scaling, which combines and simplifies earlier works to provide fast and accurate floating-point printing and parsing.

Show HN: Whosthere: A LAN discovery tool with a modern TUI, written in Go

178 rvermeulen98 2026-01-23 12:25:49 UTC github.com/ramonvermeulen Llama Share 66

Whosthere is a Go-based LAN discovery tool with a modern TUI that performs unprivileged scans using mDNS, SSDP, and ARP. It can be configured via a YAML file and provides a friendly way to discover devices on your network.

Nanotimetamps: Time-Stamped Data on Nano Block Lattice

5 Imustaskforhelp 2026-01-23 21:25:49 UTC github.com/serjaimelannister Full Share 1

Let me share the video here, It seems that my project in the end is interesting so I will try to add more information in this wiki page hopefully one day

Show HN: Zsweep – Play Minesweeper using only Vim motions

54 oug-t 2026-01-23 15:25:49 UTC zsweep.com Full Share 25

Play Zsweep, a fast-paced, keyboard-centric Minesweeper game inspired by Monkeytype. Track stats, use Vim motions, and enjoy a distraction-free experience.

Neko: History of a Software Pet (2022)

21 mifydev 2026-01-23 21:25:49 UTC eliotakira.com Llama Share 7

Neko is a long-living software project created in the 1980s by Naoshi Watanabe, with various versions developed for different platforms. The project has been recreated and adapted by the community over the years, with a public code repository serving as a historical archive.

Show HN: New 3D Mapping website - Create heli orbits and "playable" map tours.

25 dobodob 2026-01-23 18:25:49 UTC easy3dmaps.com Full Share 12

Create captivating interactive map tours of the best spots in your area with interactive fly-to maps.

The tech monoculture is finally breaking

79 at1as 2026-01-23 16:25:49 UTC jasonwillems.com Llama Share 103

The tech industry has shifted from a golden era of variety and innovation in the 90s and early 2000s to a period of consolidation and homogenization, but now new paradigms are emerging with a focus on unique personalities and experiences. This shift is driven by consumer demand for alternatives, nostalgia, and a desire for devices that feel personal, leading to a potential new golden era of ...

Anthropic Economic Index report: economic primitives

94 malshe 2026-01-23 13:25:49 UTC anthropic.com Llama Share 53

The report analyzes Claude usage in November 2025, revealing geographic variation, real-world estimates of AI task horizons, and a basis for revised assessments of Claude's macroeconomic impact. The data shows that usage remains concentrated among certain tasks, but is becoming more evenly distributed across US states, with a potential equalization of usage per capita in 2-5 years.

Radicle: The Sovereign Forge

238 ibobev 2026-01-23 14:25:49 UTC radicle.xyz Llama Share 117

Radicle is a decentralized, open-source code collaboration platform built on Git, allowing users to control their data and workflow. It enables censorship-resistant collaboration, local-first functionality, and easy data migration with a modular stack and various interfaces.

Zotero 8

144 bouchard 2026-01-23 18:25:49 UTC zotero.org Llama Share 28

Zotero 8 introduces a unified citation dialog and various improvements, including a new appearance panel and support for reader themes. It also adds features like note tabs, automatic attachment filename syncing, and a version for Linux running on ARM64 devices.

European Alternatives

525 s_dev 2026-01-23 13:25:49 UTC european-alternatives.eu Llama Share 283

We help find European alternatives for digital services and products to support local businesses and jobs. Buying from European companies also ensures better data protection and VAT refunds.