RipGrep musl binaries occasionally segfault during very-large searches

8 throwaway2037 2026-08-01 12:35:44 UTC github.com/burntsushi Prefix Share 1

I originally encountered this bug in the rg bundled with OpenAI Codex. That binary is byte-for-byte identical with the one in https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/releases/download/15.2.0/ripgrep-15.2.0-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz and I've reproduced the bug from that independently of any Codex dependency. For the analysis below, I built rg-15.2 with debug symbols included by way of ...

Elevators

1377 Jrh0203 2026-07-31 15:44:44 UTC john.fun Llama Share 335

Elevators use complex algorithms like SCAN and LOOK to optimize traffic flow. The best algorithm varies depending on building size and traffic patterns, with simpler algorithms sometimes outperforming more advanced ones.

Flint: A Visualization Language for the AI Era

151 vinhnx 2026-08-01 03:44:44 UTC microsoft.github.io Full Share 55

Show HN: Free AI Prompt Gen – A local-first, open-source prompt engineering tool

4 linuxterminal 2026-08-01 12:04:44 UTC freeaipromptgen.com Prefix Share 0

Learn how an intuitive, rule-based ai prompt generator free tool transforms simple ideas into high-performing prompts for ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and Midjourney. Artificial intelligence models like ChatGPT, Claude, and Google Gemini thrive on clarity, context, and structural precision. An AI Prompt Generator is a specialized tool that transforms vague, one-line requests into engineered, ...

How to Do Great Work (2023)

45 tosh 2026-08-01 08:44:44 UTC paulgraham.com Llama Share 28

To do great work, focus on projects that excite and interest you, and work hard to learn and improve, even if it's difficult and takes time. By being earnest, optimistic, and willing to take risks, you can cultivate a mindset that allows you to make progress and achieve great things.

qm – Multiplayer agent harness for work

589 tosh 2026-07-31 18:44:44 UTC github.com/yc-software Llama Share 123

QM is a platform designed for startups, allowing employees to work independently with isolated workspaces and collaborate with an agent in channels and projects. It's built with open source in mind, allowing users to pick their own harness and model.

Kontigo (YC S24) Is Hiring

0 2026-08-01 12:01:44 UTC ycombinator.com Full Share

"Men wanted for hazardous journey. Low wages, bitter cold, long hours of complete darkness. Safe return doubtful. Honour and recognition in event of success" You gotta be in founder mode. Next.js web / React Native app. / Supabase, firebase, and Prisma. / Nest.js for WhatsApp / Open AI and Anthropic APIs for agents / Solidity and web3.js for Smart contracts. / A lot of Typescript.

How to Exist

244 walterbell 2026-08-01 00:44:44 UTC raptitude.com Llama Share 136

The human tendency is to constantly seek escape from the present moment due to an allergy to existence, often manifesting as restlessness, anxiety, and dissatisfaction. By practicing existing without trying to change it, one can develop the ability to tolerate minor discomforts and reduce the need for escape-driven habits.

A tiny holdout building in the middle of Macy’s is back in view

60 donohoe 2026-08-01 05:44:44 UTC ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com Llama Share 11

A historic five-story building at 34th Street and Sixth Avenue is being renovated after decades of billboard advertisements. The building, a holdout from Macy's expansion in the early 1900s, is finally visible again after years of being hidden behind dark netting and scaffolding.

The development pipeline is a production system

100 firefoxd 2026-08-01 03:44:44 UTC sundry.jerryorr.com Llama Share 42

Software developers should treat issues with their development pipeline as production outages, prioritizing fixes to prevent downtime and deliver value to the company. A broken pipeline prevents software production, making it a critical issue that requires immediate attention.

Solid Queue 1.6.0 now supports fiber workers

27 earcar 2026-08-01 07:44:44 UTC github.com/rails Llama Share 7

New feature allows using fibers on a single thread, replacing thread pool with Async under the hood. Requires Async dependency and fiber isolation in Rails (config.active_support.isolation_level = :fiber).

G'mic 4.0: Squaring the Pixel, Easier

41 dtschump 2026-08-01 06:44:44 UTC gmic.eu Llama Share 2

G'MIC, a free and open-source framework for digital image processing, has released version 4.0, marking a major milestone in its 18-year history. This release brings new features, including 644 image processing filters, and focuses on stability and performance.

Manual: •.,:;?·

15 behnamoh 2026-08-01 09:44:44 UTC type.today Llama Share 1

The article discusses basic punctuation characters, including the period, comma, ellipsis, bullet, and interpunct, and their various uses in different languages and contexts. The Unicode table contains several items related to bullets and interpuncts, which can be used for separating parts in a sentence or indicating omissions.

RamenHaus

116 oler 2026-08-01 09:44:44 UTC ramen.haus Full Share 65

Welcome to RamenHaus, home of rotating ramen. So far, 114 bowls have been photographed, slurped and posted. Start with the latest entry, click a bowl to continue, or browse the complete index. Inspired by Lauren's Rotating Sandwiches and everyone at Naive Yearly. Ideas, collaborations, and questions: [email protected].

AI doesn't generate working products, that's still your job

196 smckk 2026-08-01 08:44:44 UTC weeraman.com Llama Share 168

The accessibility of AI-generated code has accelerated the development process, but it has not eliminated the need for judgment and expertise in software development. To succeed in this new landscape, engineers must learn to use AI as a force multiplier on deep knowledge, rather than a replacement for it, and operate at a higher level of abstraction while keeping their roots in the fundamentals.

Software for One

139 awaxman11 2026-08-01 01:44:44 UTC ajwaxman.com Llama Share 131

The cost and complexity of building personal software have dropped significantly due to AI, allowing users to create custom apps for their specific needs without requiring extensive coding knowledge. This shift has made personal computing more accessible and has the potential to become the new baseline consumer expectation, with users expecting apps to be tailored to their individual contexts.

The Absurdity of Albert Camus

146 apollinaire 2026-07-31 21:44:44 UTC historytoday.com Full Share 65

Establishing a secure connection... Request ID: 6c6fe4ccaa52e09a6da7e3b7e31cda3f

Run Kimi K3 using 29 GB of RAM at 0.50 tok/s

269 marcobambini 2026-07-31 14:44:44 UTC github.com/sqliteai Llama Share 115

WASTE is an embeddable inference engine written in C that streams large models from disk, allowing them to fit on consumer machines. It achieves this by keeping the model trunk in memory and streaming selected experts directly from disk.

Attention Decode on AMD MI450 GPUs: A Gluon Kernel Optimization Guide

48 matt_d 2026-08-01 03:44:44 UTC rocm.blogs.amd.com Llama Share 3

The AMD Instinct MI450 GPU introduces new hardware features that improve memory access and computation for AI workloads, allowing for more efficient processing of large-scale language models. By optimizing the kernel for the MI450's architecture, including using Split-k and pipelining, a Gluon kernel achieves 85% of the peak HBM bandwidth, demonstrating significant performance improvements ...

AWS Secrets Manager Terraform: Least-Privilege Access

21 meysamazad 2026-08-01 08:44:44 UTC blog.victorsilva.com.uy Llama Share 4

You have been given access to an AWS account with a pre-baked role named LabRole that has broad permissions and cannot be edited. To securely store a database password in AWS Secrets Manager and restrict access to the application, you can attach a resource-based policy directly to the secret, which can be managed with Terraform and evaluated alongside the identity policy.

June in Servo: real world compat, media queries, SharedWorker, and more

166 iamnothere 2026-07-31 18:44:44 UTC servo.org Llama Share 50

Servo 0.4.0 has been released with 558 commits, including security fixes, improved layout correctness, and new features like visible and interactive text selection.

Getting 25 Gbps Thunderbolt Ethernet on My Mac Studio

200 speckx 2026-07-31 16:44:44 UTC jeffgeerling.com Llama Share 100

User upgraded their Mac Studio to 25 GbE using a cheap Thunderbolt adapter and solved thermal issues with a custom fan setup. The upgrade improved network speeds, but real-world file copy speeds were only marginally better than the built-in 10G Ethernet.

Progressive Web Components

161 hosteur 2026-07-31 20:44:44 UTC arielsalminen.com Llama Share 35

Ariel Salminen created Elena, a library for building Progressive Web Components that render HTML and CSS before JavaScript, addressing common issues like accessibility and server-side rendering limitations. Elena is a tiny library (2.6kB) that helps teams create cross-framework web components with a simple and straightforward approach to server-side rendering.

The First Idempotency Key

4 abelanger 2026-08-01 09:44:44 UTC hatchet.run Prefix Share 0

After reading Caity Weaver’s “I Found It: The Best Free Restaurant Bread in America”—a hero’s journey that starts with a rather simple question, posed at a local favorite restaurant, and ends with considerations of bread’s place in American culture—I realized two things. First, that I, too, greatly value a restaurant’s offering of free bread. Second, she and I share an interest in exploring ...

Ten Ways NAS Is Getting Enshitified

122 giuliomagnifico 2026-08-01 05:44:44 UTC nascompares.com Full Share 118

Big Food vs. the People

236 jruohonen 2026-07-31 16:44:44 UTC lighthousereports.com Llama Share 149

Large food companies like Coca Cola, PepsiCo, and Mondelez have filed 239 lawsuits globally between 2010 and 2025 to delay or block public health laws targeting unhealthy foods. These lawsuits have cost governments billions of dollars and prolonged the public health crisis.

Increasing the lifespan of a bulb makes it worse in every other way

107 tonyg 2026-07-31 21:44:44 UTC maurycyz.com Llama Share 112

The lifespan of lightbulbs was standardized at 1,000 hours by manufacturers in 1925 to avoid a race to the bottom, not to make them last longer. This standardization led to a trade-off between color/efficiency and lifespan, resulting in less efficient bulbs that are still widely used today.

Long Range Wi-Fi – Pushing 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi to the limits (2019)

62 rzk 2026-07-31 23:44:44 UTC phidgets.com Llama Share 35

Researchers tested Wi-Fi range using a Phidget SBC4 and a laptop to control a robot. They found that with the right equipment, a Wi-Fi signal can propagate at least 1400m under ideal conditions.

Ten advances in mathematics and theoretical computer science

172 milkshakes 2026-08-01 07:44:44 UTC openai.com Full Share 130

The most official water costs $120k a gallon

203 surprisetalk 2026-07-31 15:44:44 UTC signoregalilei.com Llama Share 154

Scientists use a specific type of water called Vienna Standard Mean Ocean Water (VSMOW) for precise temperature measurements due to its consistent isotope ratio. VSMOW is used to calibrate thermometers and is the most official water standard, with a limited supply and a high price of $120,000 per gallon.