The struggle of resizing windows on macOS Tahoe

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macOS Tahoe's large corner radius causes usability issues with window resizing due to an unresponsive area near the corner. Users must grab the window outside the corner for reliable resizing, which feels unnatural and error-prone.

Don't fall into the anti-AI hype

The user, a programmer, believes AI has changed the field forever, making it possible to complete large projects with minimal human effort, and now sees AI as a tool to help write better software faster. They suggest embracing AI, testing its tools, and finding ways to multiply one's productivity, rather than resisting its impact, to stay relevant and continue enjoying the fun of programming.

I dumped Windows 11 for Linux, and you should too

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The user switched from Windows to Linux due to issues with telemetry and poor software stability in Windows 11, and they found Linux to be more stable and enjoyable to use. They tried various Linux distributions, including Mint, Debian, and Artix, and settled on Artix for its flexibility and customization options, which allowed them to fully unlock the potential of their computers.

CLI agents make self-hosting on a home server easier and fun

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The user has successfully self-hosted various services on a cheap mini PC using CLI agents like Claude Code, which made the process easier and enjoyable. They now have 13 services running on the device, including password management, photo storage, and media services, using minimal resources.

iCloud Photos Downloader

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iCloud Photo Downloader is a weekly-released tool available for direct download and through package managers. It downloads iCloud photos and supports Live Photos, RAW images, and has an experimental mode.

Gentoo Linux 2025 Review

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Gentoo Linux has 31663 ebuilds for 19174 packages, with 89 GBytes of binary packages available on mirrors. The project has 154 weekly installation stages and 377 external contributors.

Anthropic: Developing a Claude Code competitor using Claude Code is banned

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Meta announces nuclear energy projects

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Meta is partnering with companies like Oklo, TerraPower, and Vistra to add clean, reliable nuclear energy to the US grid, supporting AI innovation and creating thousands of jobs. The agreements will provide up to 6.6 GW of new and existing clean energy by 2035, reinforcing America's nuclear supply chain and supporting new and existing jobs.

My Home Fibre Network Disintegrated

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The user's fibre optic cable in their home office exploded due to movement, causing damage to the cable's jacket and potentially the inner fibre strand. They are now trying to salvage the situation by repairing the cable with electrical tape, but are concerned about the integrity of the other cables.

Show HN: Ferrite – Markdown editor in Rust with native Mermaid diagram rendering

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Ferrite is a lightweight text editor built with Rust and egui for native experience. It supports Markdown, JSON, YAML, and TOML files with features like code folding and Mermaid support.

The Concise TypeScript Book

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The Concise TypeScript Book is a free and open-source resource that provides a comprehensive overview of TypeScript's capabilities, covering its powerful type system, advanced features, and practical skills for effective development. TypeScript is a strongly typed programming language that builds on JavaScript, designed to detect possible exceptions at compilation time, and can be configured ...

Instagram data breach reportedly exposed the personal info of 17.5M users

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Instagram users received password reset requests due to a data breach exposing 17.5 million users' sensitive information. The leaked data is available on the dark web and can be abused by cybercriminals for phishing or account takeovers.

A battle over Canada’s mystery brain disease

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A cluster of patients in New Brunswick, Canada, was initially suspected to have a mysterious new neurological condition, but research later concluded that they likely suffered from previously known conditions. The patients and their supporters, however, continue to dispute this conclusion, believing they were poisoned by an industrial environmental toxin and that the government conspired ...

Poison Fountain

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Workers at Redmond SpaceX lab exposed to toxic chemicals

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InvestigateWest discovered hazardous chemicals seeped from a SpaceX lab in Redmond into the lungs of unsuspecting workers next door.

Ask HN: What are you working on? (January 2026)

The user has been working on several projects including a Spotify recommendation engine, a color palette tool, a Substack for life advice, a solitaire game platform, an iOS camera app, a USCIS form-filling tool, an AI time tracker, and a developer blog aggregator. They are also working on a daily puzzles website and are open to feedback and suggestions on their projects.

BYD's cheapest electric cars to have Lidar self-driving tech

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BYD's upcoming Seagull and Dolphin models will feature LiDAR sensors for improved ADAS offerings. This tech will bring Navigate on Autopilot functionality to these low-cost cars, making it more accessible to mass markets.

Max Payne – two decades later – Graphics Critique (2021)

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Max Payne's 2001 graphics were phenomenal for its time, achieving realism and fidelity with technical synergy and precalculated rendering techniques despite severe limitations. The game's particle effects, prebaked lightmaps, and baked detail textures were notable features, but some techniques were inconsistent or limited by the era's technology.

Bob Weir has died

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Bobby Weir, co-founder of the Grateful Dead, has died at 78 after a long battle with cancer and lung issues. He was a guiding force in American music, leaving behind a legacy of warmth, community, and a unique artistry that will endure for generations.

I'd tell you a UDP joke…

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This game is a single 13 KiB file that runs on Windows, Linux and in the Browser

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User created a Snake game that runs on Windows, Linux, and in the browser from a single source file. The game is around 13 KiB in size and uses compression and packing techniques to achieve cross-platform compatibility.

Sampling at negative temperature

We're experimenting with LLaMA at a negative temperature to see unusual results. The model generates weird and incomprehensible text, repeating certain tokens like Хронологија and entferne.

‘Fuck you, make me’ without saying the words

The author criticizes Apple and Google for not removing X from their app stores despite its use of deepfake images, blaming their inaction on fear of Trump. The author suggests Apple and Google should stand firm on their guidelines and remove X, making Trump and Musk defend the indefensible.
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Chinese firms plan to launch over 200,000 internet satellites, sparking concerns about orbital resource crowding. SpaceX's Starlink constellation, with 15,000 satellites, is currently the largest in low Earth orbit.

FUSE is All You Need – Giving agents access to anything via filesystems

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Implementing a filesystem in a sandboxed environment for AI agents provides ergonomic tool behavior and reduces tool space. FUSE (Filesystem in Userspace) can be used to expose arbitrary data structures as files, making it easier to integrate with existing platforms.

Think of Pavlov

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People treat interactions as one-off events, but they're actually conditioning events that shape others' perceptions and behaviors. Each interaction reinforces a behavior, defining your reputation and ability to make progress.

A Year of Work on the Arch Linux Package Management (ALPM) Project

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The ALPM project created a Rust-based framework for Arch Linux Package Management, funded by the Sovereign Tech Fund, and developed various tools and integrations over 15 months. The project aims to empower developers to build robust package management applications with a strongly typed, memory-safe language.
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DHS restricts congressional visits to ICE facilities in Minneapolis

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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem blocked lawmakers from visiting an immigration detention facility in Minneapolis due to a new visitation policy requiring 7-day advance notice. The policy applies to facilities funded by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which Congress passed with Republican support.

guys why does armenian completely break Claude

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HTML-only conditional lazy loading (via preload and media)

To avoid lazy-loading issues, conditionally preload images above the fold using media queries. This ensures images are loaded eagerly on larger screens and lazy-loaded on smaller devices.

The next two years of software engineering

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The software industry is at a crossroads due to AI coding advancements, with two contrasting scenarios: AI automating entry-level tasks and junior developer hiring collapsing, or AI unlocking massive demand for developers across various industries. To thrive in this landscape, developers must adapt by becoming versatile, AI-proficient, and skilled in areas like system design, communication, ...

More than one hundred years of Film Sizes

The history of film gauges is complex, with over 100 sizes developed from 3mm to 75mm, many of which are now obsolete. Kodak's 8mm and 16mm formats eventually dominated the market, but other sizes like 9.5mm and 17.5mm had brief periods of popularity.

American Dialect Society 2025 Word of the Year Is "Slop"

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The American Dialect Society chose "slop" as the Word of the Year for 2025, representing low-quality content generated by AI. Slop was recognized for its widespread use and productivity in forming new compounds.

BasiliskII Macintosh 68k Emulator Ported to ESP32-P4 / M5Stack Tab5

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A BasiliskII Macintosh 68k emulator was ported to the ESP32-P4 microcontroller for the M5Stack Tab5, running classic Mac OS 7.x to 8.1. The project includes touchscreen input, USB support, and Motorola 68040 emulation.

Google: Don't make "bite-sized" content for LLMs

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Google advises against breaking content into bite-sized chunks for LLMs like Gemini. Creating content for humans, not machines, is the best way to rank on Google for long-term search exposure.

Happy 50th Birthday KIM-1

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A KIM-1 demo celebrates its 50th birthday by gathering scattered components and inviting retro-computing enthusiasts to contribute. The goal is to experiment, build, and create together, including a painting program using cursor positioning.

Replace the Retiring Windows XP with Linux (2014)

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Windows XP is retired, but you can still use it without updates. You can upgrade to Windows 8.1 or 7, or switch to Linux for free.

"Scholars Will Call It Nonsense": The Structure of von Däniken's Argument (1987)

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Erich von Däniken's book Chariots of the Gods? claims human history was shaped by aliens, but lacks credible evidence. His arguments are based on flawed logic and misinterpretation of archaeological findings.

Quake 1 Single-Player Map Design Theories (2001)

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The text discusses design theories for creating high-quality Quake 1 single-player maps, including guidelines for map quality, theme, architecture, and gameplay. It also lists common flaws to avoid in single-player levels, such as poor theme, instant death traps, and obscure progression, and emphasizes the importance of skill settings, monster placement, and secret usage.

Show HN: Engineering Schizophrenia: Trusting yourself through Byzantine faults

Robert Escriva, a Cornell PhD, shares his experience with schizophrenia and applies debugging techniques to manage his condition. He wrote a guide, "Engineering Schizophrenia," to help others navigate mental health challenges.

Erich von Däniken has died

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A researcher spent 70 years studying extraterrestrial visits to Earth, which he believes inspired ancient mythology and religions. He aims to provide conclusive evidence through his work, countering what he sees as scientific and religious humbugs.

Show HN: Epstein IM – Talk to Epstein clone in iMessage

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Talk to Jeffrey Epstein on iMessage

Sisyphus Now Lives in Oh My Claude

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Oh-my-claude-sisyphus is a TypeScript monorepo using Bun, React, and PostgreSQL with a silent auto-update system. It includes various tools and plugins for tasks like authentication, user dashboard, and performance analysis.

Ripple: The Elegant TypeScript UI Framework

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Ripple is a compiler-first TypeScript UI framework for building fast, clean, reactive applications with minimal boilerplate and optimal performance. Front-end development has reached an unusual point in its history: writing code is easy — maintaining it is hard. If React gave us JSX, Vue gave us SFCs, and Svelte gave us compilation, Ripple asks:

KaraDAV – Lightweight Nextcloud compatible WebDAV server

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KaraDAV is a lightweight WebDAV server for file sharing, compatible with NextCloud and ownCloud clients, with good performance and no dependencies. It supports WOPI, RFC 3230, and two-way sync with csync, but is not a drop-in replacement for NextCloud.

Show HN: VAM Seek – 2D video navigation grid, 15KB, zero server load

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VAM Seek is a JavaScript library that enables video navigation with a thumbnail grid, allowing users to visually seek through videos without uploading frames to a server. The library uses the Canvas API for client-side frame extraction and is free for personal, educational, and research use, but requires a paid license for commercial use.

Datadog, thank you for blocking us

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Deductive's account was deactivated by Datadog due to perceived competitive threat, but the team quickly migrated to Grafana Cloud with minimal disruption. The experience highlights the shift in observability economics, where code is cheap and vendor lock-in is no longer a significant barrier.

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Why Selling WhatsApp to Facebook Would Be the Biggest Mistake (2012)

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Kodbox: Open-source cloud desktop with multi-storage fusion and web IDE

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Kodbox is a self-hosted file manager with multi-cloud support, allowing online or local access on various platforms. It offers features like online preview, editing, and playback of hundreds of file formats, as well as advanced search, file management, and collaboration tools.

Show HN: Interactive California Budget (by Claude Code)

A proposed 5% one-time wealth tax on California's billionaires could raise ~$58B, but may trigger a 10-25% exodus. The tax could also impact Personal Income Tax, Corporation Tax, and Sales Tax revenue.

I build products to get "unplugged" from the internet

A Japanese developer and entrepreneur reflects on his startup journey, learning from mistakes and focusing on enjoying life beyond screens. He now prioritizes building products, investing, reading, and spending time with loved ones, leveraging technology to maximize output with less effort.

LLM poetry and the "greatness" question: Experiments by Gwern and Mercor

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The author discusses the potential of large language models (LLMs) to create great poetry, arguing that technique is not the problem but rather the ability to capture particularity and culture. The author praises Gwern's experiments with LLMs, which demonstrate a more artisanal approach to poetry.

Show HN: What if AI agents had Zodiac personalities?

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Researchers tested 12 AI agents with zodiac-inspired personalities on identical dilemmas, achieving consistent results despite varying traits. The council's consensus showed a mix of radical honesty, loyalty, and prioritizing personal growth in various scenarios.

iMessage-kit is an iMessage SDK for macOS

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The Advanced iMessage Kit is a full-featured SDK for reading, sending, and automating iMessage conversations on macOS. It offers advanced features like threaded replies, tapbacks, message editing, unsending, and live typing indicators.

A 2026 look at three bio-ML opinions I had in 2024

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The user met two influential people in San Francisco and will co-host an event on January 16th. They will revisit and update old blog posts from 2024, reflecting on predictions made in the bio-ML field and what has changed since.

'Fuck You, Make Me' Without Saying the Words

The author criticizes Apple and Google for not removing X from their app stores despite its use of deepfake images, blaming their inaction on fear of Trump. The author suggests Apple and Google should stand firm on their guidelines and remove X, making Trump and Musk defend the indefensible.

Show HN: Voice Composer – Browser-based pitch detection to MIDI/strudel/tidal

Voice Composer - Sing to MIDI