Diode – Build, program, and simulate hardware

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Diode is a 3D hardware simulator capable of simulating arduinos, integrated circuits, capacitors, transistors and much more.

λProlog: Logic programming in higher-order logic

Prolog is a logic programming language with strong logical foundation supporting modular programming, abstract datatypes, and higher-order programming. It has various implementations including ELPI and Teyjus, with ongoing development and applications in meta-programming.

Goodbye InnerHTML, Hello SetHTML: Stronger XSS Protection in Firefox 148

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Firefox 148 ships the standardized Sanitizer API to prevent XSS attacks. The API sanitizes untrusted HTML before inserting it into the DOM, making the web safer for everyone.

Terence Tao, at 8 years old (1984) [pdf]

Terence Tao, a mathematically gifted child, was assessed by the author in 1983 at the age of 7. He demonstrated exceptional mathematical abilities, solving complex problems with ease and showing a preference for non-visual, analytic methods.

A distributed queue in a single JSON file on object storage

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A distributed job queue was built using a single file on object storage and a stateless broker to handle indexing jobs with high throughput and reliability. The system uses a simple design with compare-and-set (CAS) operations, group commit, and heartbeats to ensure at-least-once delivery and failover capabilities.

The Missing Semester of Your CS Education – Revised for 2026

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The Missing Semester course teaches students to master essential CS tools like the command-line, text editors, and version control systems. It also covers AI-enabled tools and techniques integrated into each lecture.

Show HN: enveil – hide your .env secrets from prAIng eyes

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enveil is a tool that encrypts secrets in a project directory, preventing AI tools from accessing them. It uses a master password to derive a 256-bit AES key for encryption and decryption.

I Ported Coreboot to the ThinkPad X270

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User successfully ported libreboot to their X270 laptop, a Kaby Lake model, after overcoming initial issues with a missing capacitor and debugging problems with NVMe and WiFi. With the help of Leah Rowe, the founder of Libreboot, they were able to identify and fix the issues, resulting in a working libreboot installation with GRUB, wireless, and NVMe support.

Show HN: X86CSS – An x86 CPU emulator written in CSS

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x86CSS is a CSS-only x86 CPU/emulator that runs native 8086 machine code without JavaScript. It can be built and run using Python scripts and GCC, with a custom I/O interface for user interaction.

The Age Verification Trap: Verifying age undermines everyone's data protection

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Regulators are pushing social media platforms to verify users' ages, but this creates a technical problem: collecting personal data to prove age. Platforms are using intrusive verification systems that often conflict with data-privacy laws.

Blood test boosts Alzheimer's diagnosis accuracy to 94.5%, clinical study shows

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Show HN: Steerling-8B, a language model that can explain any token it generates

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We are releasing Steerling-8B, a new interpretable model that can trace generated tokens to input context and training data. It achieves competitive performance with significantly less compute and unlocks capabilities like concept control and training data provenance.

Making Wolfram tech available as a foundation tool for LLM systems

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The author is building on their 40-year foundation tool, Wolfram Language, to supplement LLMs with precise computation and knowledge. This integration will make LLMs more powerful by providing deep computation capabilities.

Firefox 148 Launches with AI Kill Switch Feature and More Enhancements

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Firefox 148 introduces an AI kill switch and enhanced user controls, allowing users to disable AI features and opt out of remote updates. The update also includes various performance and accessibility improvements, such as XSS protection and screen reader compatibility.

Unsung heroes: Flickr's URLs scheme

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Flickr's URLs were simple, readable, and editable, making them efficient for users. They were also short and could be easily guessed, allowing for easy linking and sharing.

“Car Wash” test with 53 models

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53 AI models failed a simple car wash test, where the correct answer is to drive the car to the car wash because it needs to be there, but most models chose to walk due to the short distance. Only 5 models could reliably answer the question correctly, and even the top-performing model, GPT-5, failed 30% of the time, highlighting the limitations of current AI models in handling simple logic tests.

Decimal-Java is a library to convert java.math.BigDecimal to and from IEEE-754r

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Decimal-java is a library to convert Java BigDecimal to IEEE-754r decimal byte representations. It supports Decimal32, Decimal64, and Decimal128 types with optional overflow handling and rounding.

UNIX99, a UNIX-like OS for the TI-99/4A (2025)

Graph Topology and Battle Royale Mechanics

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The user discusses an iterative process for determining the order cities should be closed in the game Two Spies, modeling the map as an undirected graph. They propose using Beam Search to avoid locally optimal traps and find a more optimal solution, outperforming greedy pruning in the long term.

Intel XeSS 3: expanded support for Core Ultra/Core Ultra 2 and Arc A, B series

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ATAboy is a USB adapter for legacy CHS only style IDE (PATA) drives

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ATAboy is a user-friendly USB bridge for connecting classic IDE hard drives to modern computers. It supports all IDE drives, including CHS only and PIO Mode 0, and features an Award BIOS inspired UI for drive configuration.

Discord cuts ties with Peter Thiel-backed verification software

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Discord's identity verification software, Persona, had frontend code accessible on the open internet and government servers, exposing sensitive user information. Discord has since cut ties with Persona, citing a short-lived partnership that lasted less than a month.

Hetzner Prices increase 30-40%

The price changes will take effect on 1 April 2026 for both new orders and existing products. For orders placed before 1 April 2026, but delivered after 1 April 2026, the adjusted prices will apply.

Show HN: PgDog – Scale Postgres without changing the app

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PgDog is a PostgreSQL proxy that supports connection pooling, load balancing, and sharding, written in Rust for high performance and security. It can manage thousands of connections on commodity hardware and supports various deployment methods, including AWS RDS.

A simple web we own

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The user argues that the Web and Internet can be decentralized and controlled by individuals and cooperatives, rather than large corporations, by using simpler software and technologies like Markdown and static website generators. By leveraging the abundance of computers and resources, individuals can create their own private networks and connect to the public Internet, mirroring the concept ...

Writing code is cheap now

Cheap code writing disrupts traditional engineering habits, requiring new personal and organizational practices. Developers must balance code quality with the speed of agentic engineering tools.

xAI and Pentagon reach deal to use Grok in classified systems

xAI's Grok model will be used in classified military systems after signing an agreement with the Pentagon, replacing Anthropic's Claude model. The Pentagon is threatening to sever ties with Anthropic over safeguards and is also in talks with Google and OpenAI for their models.

Ladybird adopts Rust, with help from AI

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Ladybird is rewriting parts in Rust for better safety guarantees and ecosystem support. The first target was LibJS, Ladybird's JavaScript engine, which was translated from C++ in two weeks with zero regressions.

Show HN: Cellarium: A Playground for Cellular Automata

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The code uses the cellarium library to create GPU-accelerated cellular automata simulations in Rust, cross-compiling Rust code to WGSL shaders that run on the GPU via wgpu. It provides a procedural macro to define cell behavior and supports various field types, neighborhood functions, and runtime parameter tuning via a terminal UI.

SIM (YC X25) Is Hiring the Best Engineers in San Francisco

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Sim Sim is an open-source platform for building AI agents, used by 70,000 developers. The company is seeking a full-stack engineer to lead the Sim platform's visual, end-to-end agent builder.