A better streams API is possible for JavaScript

253 nnx 2026-02-27 14:14:07 UTC blog.cloudflare.com Llama Share 93

The Web streams standard has fundamental usability and performance issues that cannot be fixed with incremental improvements, including locking models, BYOB reads, backpressure, and promise-heavy design, which add complexity and overhead. Implementers have resorted to non-standard internal optimizations to achieve acceptable performance, leading to fragmentation, inconsistent behavior, and a ...

Allocating on the Stack

43 spacey 2026-02-27 17:14:07 UTC go.dev Llama Share 15

Go developers are optimizing performance by reducing heap allocations. They're using stack allocations instead, which are cheaper and don't incur garbage collector overhead.

We gave terabytes of CI logs to an LLM

97 shad42 2026-02-27 16:14:07 UTC mendral.com Llama Share 63

The agent uses a SQL interface to query a ClickHouse database with 48 columns of metadata per log line, allowing it to investigate novel failures quickly. The system throttles ingestion to prevent rate limit issues and uses durable execution to handle rate limits without crashing or retrying.

Modeling Cycles of Grift with Evolutionary Game Theory

36 ibobev 2026-02-27 17:14:07 UTC oranlooney.com Llama Share 9

A mathematical model based on Evolutionary Game Theory suggests that grift is cyclical, with periods of high grift followed by high skepticism. The model implies that the current generation of grifters will eventually stop working as people learn to spot their tricks.

Tenth Circuit: 4th Amendment Doesn't Support Broad Search of Protesters' Devices

280 hn_acker 2026-02-27 15:14:07 UTC eff.org Llama Share 34

US Court of Appeals overturned a lower court's dismissal of a challenge to sweeping warrants for a protester's and a nonprofit's digital data. The Tenth Circuit ruled the warrants were overbroad and lacking in particularity, denying police qualified immunity.

Writing a Guide to SDF Fonts

5 chunkles 2026-02-27 18:25:07 UTC redblobgames.com Prefix Share 0

Back in 2024 I learned about SDF (signed distance field) rendering of fonts. I was trying to implement outlines and shadows in a single pass instead of drawing over the text multiple times in different styles. I intended to use these fonts for two different projects, a game and a map generator. I got things working but didn’t fully understand why certain things worked or didn’t work. I wrote ...

Kyber (YC W23) Is Hiring an Enterprise Account Executive

0 2026-02-27 18:39:07 UTC ycombinator.com Llama Share

Kyber is hiring Enterprise Account Executives to drive revenue growth and scale its AI-native document platform for enterprises. The ideal candidate has an Olympic work ethic, outstanding communication skills, and a proven track record of meeting quotas.

Block spent $68M on a single party in September 2025

59 kappi 2026-02-27 18:20:07 UTC twitter.com/bulltheoryio Full Share 27

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Show HN: RetroTick – Run classic Windows EXEs in the browser

136 lqs_ 2026-02-27 13:14:07 UTC retrotick.com Full Share 38

Run classic Windows and DOS executables directly in your browser. An x86 emulator with Win32, Win16, and DOS API support — drag and drop any .exe to play retro games, screen savers, and more.

Get free Claude max 20x for open-source maintainers

248 zhisme 2026-02-27 09:14:07 UTC claude.com Llama Share 136

Open-source maintainers and contributors receive 6 months of free Claude Max 20x through the Claude for Open Source Program. Eligible maintainers have 5,000+ GitHub stars or 1M+ monthly NPM downloads and recent commits or PR reviews.

Show HN: Badge that shows how well your codebase fits in an LLM's context window

65 jimminyx 2026-02-27 16:14:07 UTC github.com/qwibitai Full Share 36

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Sprites on the Web

64 vinhnx 2026-02-27 14:14:07 UTC joshwcomeau.com Llama Share 14

The user explains how to create animations using sprites in CSS, specifically using the steps() function to create discrete animation steps, and discusses the benefits and trade-offs of this approach. The user also shares examples of when to use sprites, such as for dynamic animations that look like sprites, and when not to use them, such as for complex animations that can be handled by modern devices.

Dan Simmons, author of Hyperion, Song of Kali, dead at 77

59 throw0101a 2026-02-27 18:15:07 UTC en.wikipedia.org Llama Share 20

Dan Simmons was an American science fiction and horror writer who won the World Fantasy Award for his novel Song of Kali. He wrote various works including the Hyperion Cantos and Ilium/Olympos cycles.

Don't run OpenClaw on your main machine

24 hopechong 2026-02-27 18:14:07 UTC blog.skypilot.co Llama Share 16

OpenClaw is a self-hosted AI agent that requires deep access to the machine it runs on, posing security risks. Running it on a cloud VM provides isolation and protects personal data.

F-Droid Board of Directors nominations 2026

136 edent 2026-02-27 11:14:07 UTC f-droid.org Llama Share 82

F-Droid is accepting nominations for up to four volunteer directors to serve two-year terms. Nominations should be sent by March 16th to [email protected] with a description of the nominee's qualifications.

Can you reverse engineer our neural network?

224 jsomers 2026-02-27 11:14:07 UTC blog.janestreet.com Llama Share 146

A neural network puzzle was created to test mechanistic interpretability, where the goal was to figure out what the network does by analyzing its structure. The puzzle was solved by Alex, who used a combination of analysis, reduction, and brute force to discover that the network was computing an MD5 hash.

Statement from Dario Amodei on our discussions with the Department of War

2733 qwertox 2026-02-26 23:14:07 UTC anthropic.com Llama Share 1451

Anthropic has worked with the US government to deploy AI models for national security, but refuses to allow their use in mass domestic surveillance or fully autonomous weapons due to democratic and safety concerns. The company is willing to continue serving the Department of War with safeguards in place, but may transition to another provider if their conditions are not met.

The Hunt for Dark Breakfast

469 moultano 2026-02-27 04:14:07 UTC moultano.wordpress.com Llama Share 169

A man experiences a flash of insight that breakfast is a vector space with infinite possibilities. He searches for the "dark breakfast," a hypothetical breakfast that exists but has never been observed, and finds a clue in IHOP omelettes that contain pancake batter.

Breaking Free

149 Aissen 2026-02-27 10:14:07 UTC forbrukerradet.no Llama Share 26

The Norwegian Consumer Council's report Breaking Free highlights enshittification's impact on consumers and society, but offers solutions to resist it. Consumer groups are sending a joint letter to policymakers in Europe, the US, and the UK to address this issue.

An interactive intro to quadtrees

165 evakhoury 2026-02-27 10:14:07 UTC growingswe.com Llama Share 20

A quadtree is a data structure that organizes points in two-dimensional space by dividing the space into smaller regions. It adapts to the data distribution, subdividing dense areas and keeping sparse areas coarse.

Your Device Identity Is Probably a Liability

8 eustoria 2026-02-27 18:14:07 UTC smallstep.com Prefix Share 1

That belief is usually wrong. The UK National Cyber Security Centre is explicit in its Zero Trust guidance: you must know your user, service, and device identities before you can make trustworthy access decisions. Not some of them. All of them. Most organizations have invested heavily in user identity. MFA, SSO, conditional access policies, directory federation: these are mature, ...

What was the first life restoration of a sauropod?

11 surprisetalk 2026-02-27 17:14:07 UTC svpow.com Llama Share 3

The first published life restoration of a sauropod was by Jules Blanadet in 1886, in Camille Flammarion's book Le Monde Avant la Création de l'Homme.

Open source calculator firmware DB48X forbids CA/CO use due to age verification

25 iamnothere 2026-02-27 16:14:07 UTC github.com/c3d Full Share 14

As a consequence of recent legislative activity in [California][cal] and [Colororado][col]: * California residents may no longer use DB48x after Jan 1st, 2027. * Colorado residents may no longer u...

Vibe coded Lovable-hosted app littered with basic flaws exposed 18K users

76 nottorp 2026-02-27 17:14:07 UTC theregister.com Llama Share 22

Lovable's vibe-coding platform hosted an app with 16 vulnerabilities, including 6 critical ones, that exposed over 18,000 users' data. The platform's AI-generated code was flawed due to a lack of explicit security features, allowing unauthenticated attackers to access user records and more.

NASA announces major overhaul of Artemis program amid safety concerns, delays

77 voxadam 2026-02-27 17:14:07 UTC cbsnews.com Llama Share 85

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman announced a revised Artemis moon program plan, adding a 2027 test flight to lay groundwork for lunar landings. The revised plan aims to accelerate launches and reduce risk by testing technologies in low-Earth orbit before attempting moon landings.

Experts sound alarm after ChatGPT Health fails to recognise medical emergencies

124 simonebrunozzi 2026-02-27 16:14:07 UTC theguardian.com Llama Share 103

ChatGPT Health frequently fails to detect medical emergencies and suicidal ideation, potentially leading to unnecessary harm and death. Experts warn that the AI platform's lack of clear safety standards and independent oversight poses a significant risk to users.

Show HN: Unfudged – version every change between commits - local-first

13 cyrusradfar 2026-02-27 18:14:07 UTC unfudged.io Llama Share 11

The AI agent made several mistakes, including deleting a .env file, removing unused crates, rewriting TypeScript files, overwriting SQL seed data, and deleting SQL migration files. The agent also crashed during a refactor and left an overnight session with unknown changes.

Theory of Constraints: "Blue Light" creating capacity for nothing (2007)

8 strongpigeon 2026-02-27 18:14:07 UTC theoryofconstraints.blogspot.com Prefix Share 1

This is one of my favorite stories from all of my years in applying TOC. I use it frequently in my consulting work and again it's totally true. In fact I've told it enough times that I finally came across someone who was in the room who said he used to work at that company and he validated in 100%. And if you were to go into one of the dozens of places where I've told this story, ...

The normalization of corruption in organizations (2003) [pdf]

237 rendx 2026-02-27 08:14:07 UTC gwern.net Llama Share 131

Organizational corruption is a significant societal issue, often dwarfing the costs of street crime. It becomes normalized through three processes: institutionalization, rationalization, and socialization.

The quixotic team trying to build a world in a 20-year-old game

96 nxobject 2026-02-27 10:14:07 UTC arstechnica.com Llama Share 20

Thousands of volunteers have collaborated on the Morrowind mod projects Tamriel Rebuilt and Project Tamriel, building a space comparable to a small country. The projects have endured through steady updates, a cohesive team, and improved development tools, with a goal to complete the next task and bring the team closer to the next release.