A backdoor in a LinkedIn job offer

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A recruiter sent a LinkedIn message asking me to review a GitHub repo, which turned out to be a backdoored Node project. I caught the trap by using a read-only agent and reported the repo to GitHub and the recruiter to LinkedIn.

Microsoft turns to AWS as GitHub faces AI capacity crunch

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Microsoft is adding AWS capacity for GitHub after AI-driven usage strained the developer platform, exposing Azure constraints and the infrastructure cost of agentic coding.

Banned Book Library in a Wi-Fi Smart Light Bulb

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The user had an idea to hack a WiFi smart light bulb to create a digital dead drop hosting banned books, inspired by a short story and Cory Doctorow's book, and decided to use Tasmota firmware to create the Banned Book Library. After purchasing a bulb with Tasmota pre-installed, the user modified the firmware to create a custom web server and storage system, but encountered several ...

Iroh 1.0

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Iroh is a secure, open-source networking library that allows devices to connect directly using keys, providing a stable and efficient internet experience. Its 1.0 release offers a mature networking stack, supporting multiple languages and protocols, and is already running on hundreds of thousands of devices.

Amazon Announces Multibillion-Dollar Data Center in Missouri

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Amazon is investing in a multibillion-dollar data center campus in Missouri, creating over 400 jobs and generating hundreds of millions in tax revenue. The campus will support cloud computing and AI workloads, with Amazon committing to community contributions and sustainable practices.

TinyWind: A pixel pirate sailing game with real wind physics (380k+ kms sailed)

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Tinywind is a pixel-art pirate sailing game in your browser. Outsail the Royal Navy across 7 islands with real sailing physics — beam reach, tack, jibe, broadside. Free to play, no install, 5-minute voyages.

Ask HN: Has anyone replaced Claude/GPT with a local model for daily coding?

You're looking for local LLM setups for coding. Some users have tried Gemma 4 on Apple M4 and DeepSeek V4 Flash with RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell, achieving 160 tok/s but lower than cloud offerings.

I Hacked into the Worst E-Bike and Fixed It [video]

I Love the Computer

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The author's love for technology began with a computer his mother brought home from work in the early 90s, which sparked a lifelong passion for computers and programming. Now, the author feels disillusioned with the current state of technology, overrun by marketers and capitalists who exploit its potential for profit.

Why I email complete strangers

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The author overcame low self-esteem to send emails to strangers, finding it a meaningful way to communicate. Email's longevity and flexibility make it a special method for connecting with others.

Cohere's First Model for Developers

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Cohere launches North Mini Code, an open-source agentic coding model with 30B parameters, offering strong software development performance without demanding extensive hardware. It's available for free on Hugging Face and Model Vault, allowing developers to build and shape the future of sovereign models.

The 90-year-old idea behind JEPA models: Canonical Correlation Analysis

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Harold Hotelling introduced Canonical Correlation Analysis (CCA) in 1936, which is connected to Joint Embedding Predictive Architecture (JEPA) models. JEPA models can be viewed as non-linear enhancements layered on top of CCA, with the same objective function of finding maximal correlation between sets of multidimensional data.

My Homelab AI Dev Platform

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You set up OpenCode with Git access for homelab management, using AI for container updates and healthchecks. OpenCode runs on a VM with persistent coding sessions, synced across devices, and integrates with GitOps for deployment.

Peopleless economy? Not technically impossible

Hetzner Price Adjustment

Price adjustment applies to new orders and rescales from June 15, 2026, 8 AM CEST. Limited offerings will be available until supply lasts, with prices defined by hardware availability and procurement costs.

Fox to buy Roku

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What every coder should know about Gamma Correction

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Gamma correction is crucial for accurate image processing, but most graphics libraries and image viewers still get it wrong. Using sRGB encoded data with image processing algorithms can produce incorrect results, especially for gradients, blending, and resizing.

Launch HN: Drafted (YC P26) – Models for residential architecture

Nick is the founder of Drafted, a platform training AI to generate residential architecture from structured design constraints. Drafted aims to make home design more accessible and affordable by allowing users to create custom floor plans and elevations in seconds.

Reviews have become expensive, rewrites have become cheap

LLMs generate overly complex code due to their nature, making review more time-consuming. Rewriting AI-generated code is now cheaper, allowing for more efficient simplification and planning upfront.

Salesforce to Acquire Fin (formerly Intercom) for $3.6B

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Salesforce acquires Fin for $3.6 billion to enhance customer support with AI Agent technology. The acquisition will improve autonomous resolution, reduce costs, and accelerate AI adoption for service organizations.

US battery manufacturing output continues to break records

How TimescaleDB compresses time-series data

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TimescaleDB achieves up to 98% compression for time-series data using its hypercore engine and specialized algorithms like delta encoding and run-length encoding. This results in significant storage cost savings and faster analytical queries.

Game Engine White Papers Commander Keen

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A book about Commander Keen's game engine has been released in paper and digital formats, with source code available on GitHub. The book details game development in the late 80s and early 90s, covering hardware and engine specifics.

Copper transport drug restores memory and clears toxic Alzheimer's proteins

Monash University researchers found a copper-based drug reduces toxic Alzheimer's proteins and improves memory by repairing a vital waste-clearing pump. The treatment has potential to combat Alzheimer's and may empower the brain's immune cells to consume toxic plaques.

Show HN: Veterinarian turned founder, AI lawn diagnosis

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Upload photos of your lawn, enter your ZIP code, and get an instant AI diagnosis — with a personalized treatment plan built for your exact region, grass type, and season. Better photos = more accurate diagnosis. Upload up to 4 shots: an overview of the whole lawn, a close-up of the problem, the edge where healthy meets damaged, and a blade or soil detail.

What job interviews taught me about Kubernetes

You've noticed a shift in the tech industry where Kubernetes is now widely adopted by companies of all sizes. The main reasons for this adoption are uniformity, shared knowledge, and traceability, which provide non-technical benefits such as easier onboarding and compliance.

Claude Corps

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Anthropic launches Claude Corps, a fellowship program to teach 1,000 young professionals AI skills and place them in nonprofits to advance missions. The program aims to equip host organizations with valuable tools and systems, and fellows with AI skills for their careers.

Laser Phase Plate Cryo-Electron Microscopy

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Inside every living cell, tens of thousands of different types of proteins are at work: ferrying molecular cargo, relaying signals, repairing DNA, deciding whether a cell should divide or die. Most of these proteins are too small to image with existing microscopes. Those that can be imaged must be pulled out of the cell and studied in isolation — not in the crowded, dynamic environments that ...

Show HN: Fata – Spaced repetition to fight skill rot from AI coding

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You can't direct what you don't understand. fata builds the full-stack fundamentals to lead a coding agent through frontend, backend, and the technical design that holds up in production. AI can generate code but it doesn't build skill.Daily reps with fata sharpen your edge over time.

An O(x)Caml book that runs

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The author built a "Functional Programming with OCaml" course on NPTEL with a unique website where code runs in the browser, eliminating the need for installation and server administration. The course uses a combination of OCaml toplevel, a full Linux machine in the browser, and a build pipeline to ensure consistency and correctness, and is open for enrolment on NPTEL until 27 July 2026.