ZCode – Harness for GLM-5.2

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User built a standalone browser-based Gomoku game from scratch using ZCode 3.0, implementing heuristic AI and win detection. The game renders a 15x15 board, tracks turns, and supports restarting with optional AI focus area overlay.

Oomwoo, an open-source robot vacuum you build yourself

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oomwoo is an open-source home robot vacuum that owners build themselves with affordable 2D LiDAR and local navigation. It's built on Raspberry Pi, ROS 2, and 3D printing, with a community-driven development process.

Senior SWE-Bench: open-source benchmark that assesses agents as senior engineers

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Senior SWE-Bench introduces realistic tasks with natural language instructions and a validation agent to evaluate solutions. It also scores tasteful solves by combining runtime correctness tests with quality metrics.

For first time, a cell built from scratch grows and divides

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Scientists created a synthetic cell that grows, replicates DNA, and divides, demonstrating basic cell functions. The cell is not alive but shows promise for generating life from non-life and could lead to breakthroughs in materials and disease research.

Bring back crappy forums

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The web forum, which was once a popular way for people to connect online, has largely been replaced by social media due to its limitations and the novelty of new technologies. Despite its flaws, the web forum has left a lasting legacy, with its concepts and tools influencing modern platforms and even being used in game development.

What to learn to be a graphics programmer

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To be hireable as a graphics programmer, learn modern graphics APIs like DirectX12, Vulkan, or Metal, and understand rendering techniques, lighting, and shading. Familiarize yourself with C++ and shader languages like HLSL or GLSL, and consider learning path tracing and physically based rendering.

Opening up 'Zero-Knowledge Proof' technology to promote privacy in age assurance

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Google open sourced Zero-Knowledge Proof libraries to support EU age assurance and digital ID solutions, making it easier for developers to build private and secure applications. This move aligns with the European Union's eIDAS Regulation, set to take effect in 2026.

FFmpeg 9.1's new AAC encoder

Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2026)

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How do wombats poop cubes?

Wombats produce nearly 100 cubic feces daily due to their unique intestinal structure with elastic grooves and varying muscle thickness. This ability helps them create flat-sided cubes that don't roll off when marking territory.

The Underhanded C Contest

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The 2015 Underhanded C Contest had over 40 submissions, with many using NaN poisoning attacks, but the winner, Linus Åkesson, used a clever type confusion bug to misinterpret double-precision floating-point numbers as single-precision numbers. This allowed a host country to leave behind a small amount of fissile material and place something else in the test object to produce a substantial ...

Show HN: Searchable directory of 22k+ products from worker-owned co-ops

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Find worker-owned coffee shops and restaurants across the US. Search by city to discover cooperatively owned cafes, bakeries, and restaurants in your area.

Qualcomm Linux 2.0

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Qualcomm Linux 2.0 is a unified platform with a single open-source foundation, upstream-first development model, and production-ready modular architecture. It is generally available today, June 30, 2026, with a focus on meeting customer and developer needs.

Learn Vim motions with an ice-cream van

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The game teaches Vim motions one at a time through badges on the town map. Players match keystroke patterns to clear levels and earn Wizard rank.

Database Traffic Control

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PlanetScale introduces Database Traffic Control, a Postgres traffic management system that enforces flexible budgets on database traffic. It allows users to set resource limits on specific query workloads using custom tags and rules.

Weave Robotics launches Isaac 1, a $7,999 home robot with Fall 2026 deliveries

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Isaac 1 is a home robot designed to handle tedious tasks like laundry and room reset. It's autonomous and controlled through a smartphone app, with teleoperation assistance available when needed.

Internal Combustion Engine (2021)

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An internal combustion engine is explained step by step, starting with a simple crank mechanism that converts linear force into torque, then using a cannon to generate a strong force that pushes a piston down a cylinder, and finally adding valves and a camshaft to control the flow of air and fuel. The engine's components, including the engine block, crankshaft, pistons, cylinder head, and ...

Monetization Gateway: Charge for any resource behind Cloudflare via x402

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Cloudflare introduces the Monetization Gateway, allowing customers to charge for digital assets with usage-based pricing. The gateway uses the x402 protocol for sub-second payment settlement in stablecoins.

Chip Off The Old Block

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The author reflects on how having children has given him a new appreciation for old poetry and how his kids are exhibiting traits similar to his own, such as train obsession and OCD tendencies, but also unique characteristics like his wife's love of bugs. The author navigates the complexities of parenting by establishing a "feudal code" of rules and negotiations with his children, which ...

Avo 4 released – 15 months and 2000 commits later

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Avo 4 is here with a new themable and accesible UI, new addons, and hundreds of improvements The two tiers have been split into one big subscription, three bundles or 17 addons (soon 21). You get to pick and choose. 14-day trial is available. Avo 3 customers get 50% off for the first three months and a nice upgrade path. If you don't plan on updating to Avo 4, you can keep using Avo 3 ...

The <Usermedia> HTML Element

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The &lt;usermedia&gt; element in Chrome 151 provides a declarative and user-activated experience for accessing camera and microphone streams. It reduces boilerplate code, improves security, and provides a seamless recovery path for users who have previously denied access.

Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (July 2026)

I am a software engineer with 10+ years of experience in UI/UX design and full-stack development, proficient in various technologies including Python, AI, MERN, and Big Data, and I am looking for a Senior/Lead software engineer role in the USA.

The vibration of the pager has a sound all its own

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The author, a volunteer EMT, realized that the principles of emergency medicine can be applied to leadership, helping leaders stay calm and make better decisions under pressure. By developing a framework and training in advance, leaders can become more competent and prepared to handle crises.

Proliferate (YC S25) Is Hiring

Proliferate is a platform for running AI agents in parallel, locally and in the cloud, aiming to democratize access to AI. It's hiring a software engineer to work closely with founder Pablo, offering a fast-paced, ownership-driven environment.

Why jet engines aren't made in China

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China's state-capitalist model excels in industries with fast iteration cycles and well-known manufacturing processes, but struggles with complex technologies like jet engines that require slow iteration speeds and accumulated knowledge. The jet engine industry's high regulatory burden, extreme cost sensitivity, and reliance on a network of specialized suppliers make it nearly impossible for ...

Global review confirms mRNA vaccines are safe, effective and full of promise

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mRNA vaccines are safe and highly effective in preventing infectious diseases, with potential applications for various diseases including cancer and autoimmune disorders. A comprehensive review affirms their safety and efficacy, providing evidence-based information to support healthcare providers and the public.

The Apple Disk II Controller Card (2021)

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The Apple II Disk II controller card is a software-driven design that uses minimal hardware to enable flexible floppy disk storage, but pushes complexity onto the software, requiring extra code for manipulating the stepper, locating sectors, and performing GCR decoding. The Disk II controller's design, conceived by Woz and Randy Wigginton in 1977, uses a state machine to read and write bits ...

Healthy but sedentary people show early decline in cellular energy production

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Researchers found that sedentary individuals have decreased muscle mitochondrial function, which may lead to diseases like cancer, diabetes, and Alzheimer's. Regular exercise helps maintain cellular health by improving mitochondrial function and metabolic flexibility.

Launch HN: Parsewise (YC P25) – Reason Across Documents with an API

Greg and Max, Parsewise founders, transform unstructured data into schema compliant data with lineage. Their platform simplifies ETL and allows business experts to validate results quickly.

How We Made IPFS Content Publishing 10x Faster

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Optimistic Provide is a new optimization for IPFS's Amino DHT that reduces content publication time by over one order of magnitude and network overhead by 40%. It achieves this by using statistical heuristics to predict when the 20 closest peers have been discovered, allowing for sub-second record storage and improved performance in delay-sensitive applications.