A Decade of Slug

178 mwkaufma 2026-03-17 19:03:42 UTC terathon.com Llama Share 10

The Slug Algorithm, developed in 2016, renders fonts directly from Bézier curves on the GPU, achieving high-quality results and robustness. The algorithm's patent has been dedicated to the public domain, allowing anyone to freely implement it without a license.

Microsoft's 'unhackable' Xbox One has been hacked by 'Bliss'

387 crtasm 2026-03-17 16:03:42 UTC tomshardware.com Llama Share 160

A hacker revealed a "Bliss" exploit that can hack the Xbox One, a previously "unhackable" console. The hack uses voltage glitching to compromise the console's security, allowing for unsigned code loading and game decryption.

Python 3.15's JIT is now back on track

83 guidoiaquinti 2026-03-17 19:03:42 UTC fidget-spinner.github.io Llama Share 10

The CPython JIT project has achieved its performance goals for macOS AArch64 and x86_64 Linux, with 11-12% and 5-6% speedups respectively. The project's success is attributed to a combination of luck, the right people, and effective software engineering practices, including breaking down complex problems and encouraging new contributors.

Get Shit Done: A Meta-Prompting, Context Engineering and Spec-Driven Dev System

18 stefankuehnel 2026-03-17 20:24:42 UTC github.com/gsd-build Llama Share 11

GSD is a meta-prompting system for Claude Code and other AI tools that helps build projects consistently and efficiently. It uses context engineering and spec-driven development to ensure high-quality results.

Kagi Small Web

633 trueduke 2026-03-17 10:03:42 UTC kagi.com Llama Share 177

Kagi aims to humanize the web by surfacing people behind online posts and stories. It amplifies genuine voices on the web by showcasing lesser-known blogs and websites.

It Took Me 30 Years to Solve This VFX Problem – Green Screen Problem [video]

57 yincrash 2026-03-17 18:03:42 UTC youtube.com Embed Share 16

Curated Female Founder Cohort in SF

3 Exorust 2026-03-17 20:57:42 UTC jointheden.co Full Share 0

The Den is a curated community for early-stage, female founders — structured accountability, honest peer support, and a place that actually feels like yours.

Node.js needs a virtual file system

164 voctor 2026-03-17 15:03:42 UTC blog.platformatic.dev Full Share 144

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'The Secret Agent': Exploring a Vibrant, yet Violent Brazil (2025)

81 tambourine_man 2026-03-17 16:03:42 UTC theasc.com Llama Share 34

The Secret Agent is a visually subversive Brazilian thriller about a former teacher on the run during the country's military dictatorship. The film's cinematographer, Evgenia Alexandrova, used bright colors and dynamic camera movements to capture Brazil's dichotomous culture.

Java 26 is here

85 mfiguiere 2026-03-17 19:03:42 UTC hanno.codes Llama Share 58

Java 26 introduces several features including a GC-agnostic ahead-of-time cache, improved G1 garbage collector performance, HTTP/3 support in the HTTP client API, and structured concurrency. These features aim to improve performance, reduce latency, and make concurrency easier to manage, with some features still in the preview stage.

Toward automated verification of unreviewed AI-generated code

57 peterlavigne 2026-03-17 17:03:42 UTC peterlavigne.com Llama Share 46

The author ran an experiment to verify AI-generated code for a simplified FizzBuzz problem using property-based tests, mutation testing, and type-checking. This approach allows trusting generated code without manual review, with a small remaining space of invalid-but-passing programs.

Edge.js: Run Node apps inside a WebAssembly sandbox

36 syrusakbary 2026-03-17 18:03:42 UTC wasmer.io Llama Share 9

Wasmer's Edge.js is a JavaScript runtime that safely runs Node.js workloads for AI and Edge computing, preserving full Node compatibility and isolating unsafe parts of execution using WebAssembly. Edge.js aims to provide fast startup and runtime speeds comparable to other serverless providers, with a goal to make it the most friction-less and efficient runtime for Node workloads in sandboxed ...

OpenSUSE Kalpa

101 ogogmad 2026-03-17 14:03:42 UTC kalpadesktop.org Full Share 65

Kalpa is an atomic and transactional Linux desktop offering the Plasma Desktop Environment, From the KDE Project Zola for making deploying a website not something that makes me want to tear my hair out Juice for making it easier to have a website that doesn't make my eyes bleed

Spice Data (YC S19) Is Hiring a Product Specialist

0 2026-03-17 17:03:42 UTC ycombinator.com Llama Share

Job involves data quality management, communication, and analysis, requiring strong organizational and technical skills. Benefits include unlimited PTO, 401k, health insurance, and a salary of $80,000 - $100,000 with equity.

Show HN: Crust – A CLI framework for TypeScript and Bun

44 jellyotsiro 2026-03-17 17:03:42 UTC github.com/chenxin-yan Full Share 17

Crust is beta-quality until v1.0. Versions before 1.0 do not strictly follow semantic versioning. The core API should be relatively stable after 0.1, but expect breaking changes between minor releases.

Finding a CPU Design Bug in the Xbox 360 (2018)

138 mariuz 2026-03-17 13:03:42 UTC randomascii.wordpress.com Llama Share 41

The author, a former Xbox 360 CPU engineer, discovered a design bug in the Xbox 360 CPU due to a newly added instruction xdcbt that caused memory coherency issues. The bug was caused by speculative execution of the instruction, similar to the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities.

Ryugu asteroid samples contain all DNA and RNA building blocks

130 bookofjoe 2026-03-17 12:03:42 UTC phys.org Full Share 83

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'It's sweet. It's bitter. It's ours.' The chocolate ritual that binds my family

4 Tomte 2026-03-17 20:03:42 UTC csmonitor.com Prefix Share 0

My father’s love of dark chocolate began in the 1960s, when our family of four would pile into the car and drive an hour to the only local shop that made chocolate from scratch. It was a special outing. My parents would buy a few pounds of the darkest chocolate almond bark, while I hovered, desperate for a free sample that never came. The chocolate was packed in a crisp white box tied with a ...

FFmpeg 8.1

284 gyan 2026-03-17 15:03:42 UTC ffmpeg.org Llama Share 44

FFmpeg has released several new versions including FFmpeg 8.1 "Hoare", FFmpeg 8.0 "Huffman", FFmpeg 7.1 "Péter", FFmpeg 7.0 "Dijkstra", FFmpeg 6.1, FFmpeg 6.0 "Von Neumann", FFmpeg 5.0 "Lorentz", and FFmpeg 3.1.2, each with various new features, bug fixes, and improvements. The releases include support for new codecs, filters, and formats, as well as improvements to the Vulkan and AAC ...

The Plumbing of Everyday Magic

23 hannahilea 2026-03-17 18:03:42 UTC plumbing-of-everyday-magic.hyperclay.com Llama Share 1

The author describes the challenges of web development, where trap doors between creating and sharing a functional application can disrupt creative flow. They propose a malleable, shareable experience that combines the surface and machinery, allowing creators to shape the experience and share it immediately.

Honda is killing its EVs

100 sylvainkalache 2026-03-17 01:03:42 UTC techcrunch.com Llama Share 95

Honda has halted its electric vehicle programs citing US tariffs and Chinese competition, but lacks a viable EV strategy. This move will put Honda behind in electric drivetrains and software-defined vehicles, potentially leading to its decline in the automotive industry.

Torturing Rustc by Emulating HKTs

5 g0xA52A2A 2026-03-17 20:03:42 UTC harudagondi.space Prefix Share 0

On the 28th day of February of the year 2026, I was attempting to start writing an FP scripting language for fun. I realized that I wanted to add a way to include spans when I wanted or not. So here’s something I cooked up: Of course, since this is my project and I wanted to be a little bit silly, I went ahead and abstract this like a Java Enterprise Software Engineer but in an alternative ...

Meta and TikTok let harmful content rise to drove engagement, say whistleblowers

43 1vuio0pswjnm7 2026-03-17 20:25:42 UTC bbc.com Llama Share 14

Social media giants Meta and TikTok prioritized engagement over user safety, allowing more harmful content on their platforms to compete with rivals. Whistleblowers claim the companies knowingly allowed borderline content to increase user engagement.

Illinois Introducing Operating System Account Age Bill

183 terminalbraid 2026-03-17 19:03:42 UTC ilga.gov Llama Share 227

The Children's Social Media Safety Act requires social media platforms to verify users' ages by January 1, 2028. Violating this act is considered an unlawful practice under the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act.

Reverse-engineering Viktor and making it open source

131 zggf 2026-03-17 09:03:42 UTC matijacniacki.com Llama Share 59

User reverse-engineered AI coworker Viktor's system architecture in 2 hours, gathering documentation from logs and technical blogs. They then implemented the system based on the gathered documentation, deploying a managed instance for others to try.

Unsloth Studio

41 brainless 2026-03-17 16:03:42 UTC unsloth.ai Llama Share 2

Unsloth Studio is a no-code web UI for training, running, and exporting open models locally. It supports multi-GPU inference, various models, and data recipes, with a beta version available for testing.

Show HN: Antfly: Distributed, Multimodal Search and Memory and Graphs in Go

66 kingcauchy 2026-03-17 16:03:42 UTC github.com/antflydb Llama Share 21

Antfly is a distributed search engine combining full-text, vector similarity, and graph traversal over multimodal data. It supports hybrid search, multimodal indexing, and retrieval-augmented generation with a web dashboard and SDKs.

Show HN: March Madness Bracket Challenge for AI Agents Only

53 bwade818 2026-03-17 16:03:42 UTC bracketmadness.ai Llama Share 31

To participate in the AI Agent Bracket Challenge, use the provided REST API instructions and endpoints to register, submit bracket picks, and access bracket data. The API endpoints include GET /api/agent-instructions, POST /api/register, GET /api/bracket, POST /api/submit-bracket, and GET /api/docs.

Font Smuggler – Copy hidden brand fonts into Google Docs

137 lanewinfield 2026-03-17 11:03:42 UTC brianmoore.com Full Share 69

Google Workspace lets brands who pay enough embed custom corporate fonts into their docs and slides. Normally, these are locked to just those brands shelling out for custom typefaces, but there's one loophole: the ol' copy/paste. Below are a selection of brand fonts with which you can do exactly that. Enjoy. (but it doesn't work on Google mobile apps)

Leanstral: Open-source agent for trustworthy coding and formal proof engineering

723 Poudlardo 2026-03-16 21:03:42 UTC mistral.ai Llama Share 177

Researchers release Leanstral, an open-source code agent for Lean 4, designed for efficient proof engineering tasks. Leanstral outperforms competitors in benchmarks, offering competitive performance at a fraction of the cost, and can be used for zero-setup vibe coding and proving.