Cloudflare acquires Astro

728 todotask2 2026-01-16 14:25:54 UTC astro.build Llama Share 334

The Astro Technology Company is joining Cloudflare, allowing them to focus on the Astro web framework without distractions. With Cloudflare's support, Astro will remain free, open-source, and continue to improve as a platform-agnostic framework for content-driven websites.

STFU

662 tanelpoder 2026-01-16 17:32:40 UTC github.com/pankajtanwarbanna Llama Share 442

User created an app that plays back delayed audio to silence loud people, worked with Claude to build it, and named it STFU after seeing a similar project. The app uses auditory feedback loop to make people stop being loud.

Just the Browser

502 cl3misch 2026-01-16 12:03:52 UTC justthebrowser.com Llama Share 240

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.

Cursor's latest “browser experiment” implied success without evidence

418 embedding-shape 2026-01-16 14:37:49 UTC embedding-shapes.github.io Llama Share 173

Cursor published a blog post on scaling autonomous coding, where they ran agents for weeks to build a web browser from scratch, producing 1 million lines of code, but the project failed to compile and is considered "AI slop". The post creates an impression of success but lacks reproducibility markers and evidence of the project's functionality.

OpenBSD-current now runs as guest under Apple Hypervisor

393 gpi 2026-01-16 03:10:36 UTC undeadly.org Llama Share 56

Helg Bredow and Stefan Fritsch made commits to OpenBSD/arm64, enabling it to run as a guest OS under Apple Hypervisor. Their changes fixed issues with display and network support, making OpenBSD work on Apple Silicon Mac models.

Canada slashes 100% tariffs on Chinese EVs to 6%

392 1970-01-01 2026-01-16 17:05:28 UTC electrek.co Llama Share 517

Canada and China have agreed to a trade deal allowing 49,000 Chinese electric vehicles into Canada at a 6.1% tariff rate. The deal also lowers tariffs on Canadian canola seed and lifts restrictions on lobster and crab exports.

6-Day and IP Address Certificates Are Generally Available

352 jaas 2026-01-16 15:37:19 UTC letsencrypt.org Llama Share 208

Let's Encrypt now offers short-lived and IP address certificates, improving security by requiring more frequent validation. These certificates are valid for 160 hours and 45 days respectively, with IP address certificates being short-lived by default.

List of individual trees

344 wilson090 2026-01-16 00:05:01 UTC en.wikipedia.org Llama Share 114

The list includes over 50 notable trees from around the world, including ancient oaks, redwoods, and fig trees, some of which are over 1,000 years old and hold significant historical or cultural importance. These trees are found in various locations, including the United States, Europe, Asia, and Africa, and have been recognized for their unique characteristics, age, and historical significance.

East Germany balloon escape

336 robertvc 2026-01-16 17:16:33 UTC en.wikipedia.org Llama Share 114

Two East German families, the Strelzyks and the Wetzels, escaped to West Germany in a homemade hot air balloon on September 16, 1979, after over a year and a half of preparations. They successfully crossed the heavily fortified inner German border and the Berlin Wall, landing safely in West Germany.

Michelangelo's first painting, created when he was 12 or 13

312 bookofjoe 2026-01-16 13:44:25 UTC openculture.com Llama Share 160

A painting attributed to young Michelangelo, The Torment of Saint Anthony, was initially doubted but later confirmed through infrared analysis and expert opinion. However, some still disagree with its attribution to Michelangelo, suggesting Francesco Granacci as the more likely artist.

Boeing knew of flaw in part linked to UPS plane crash, NTSB report says

292 1659447091 2026-01-16 04:11:17 UTC bbc.com Llama Share 150

Boeing knew of a structural flaw in a part linked to the UPS plane crash 15 years ago. The flaw, which caused engine separation, had been identified on similar planes but Boeing deemed it safe.

Our approach to advertising

220 rvz 2026-01-16 18:02:19 UTC openai.com Llama Share 201

ChatGPT is expanding access to its AI tools through a free product and low-cost subscription tier, ChatGPT Go, available in 172 countries. The company will test ads in the US, with a focus on user trust, control, and data protection.

Why DuckDB is my first choice for data processing

220 tosh 2026-01-16 10:57:38 UTC robinlinacre.com Llama Share 82

The user prefers DuckDB for data processing due to its simplicity, speed, and ergonomic design, making it ideal for analytics queries and batch processing of large datasets. DuckDB's features, such as its in-process design, optimized SQL dialect, and support for user-defined functions, make it a suitable replacement for other data processing engines like Spark and Postgres.

Interactive eBPF

218 samuel246 2026-01-16 08:01:02 UTC ebpf.party Full Share 9

Learn eBPF through hands-on exercises. Write, compile, and run programs directly from your browser.

Slop is everywhere for those with eyes to see

212 speckx 2026-01-16 20:03:10 UTC fromjason.xyz Llama Share 107

The For You Page on social media platforms like TikTok and Instagram creates an illusion of infinite content, leading to overconsumption and the proliferation of low-quality, AI-generated content known as "slop." To avoid this, users can rediscover the lost art of surfing the web, a mindful form of internet consumption that allows for discovery of high-quality, human-created content on one's own terms.

On Being a Human Being in the Time of Collapse (2022) [pdf]

160 barishnamazov 2026-01-16 10:19:52 UTC web.cs.ucdavis.edu Llama Share 147

Professor Phillip Rogaway delivered a final lecture in ECS 20, a discrete mathematics class, where he discussed the role of computer scientists in alleviating or exacerbating the threat of civilizational and environmental collapse. He argued that computer scientists have played a central and overwhelmingly negative role in bringing about changes such as the distraction economy, surveillance ...

America could have $4 lunch bowls like Japan but for zoning laws

159 627467 2026-01-16 14:56:47 UTC abio.substack.com Llama Share 284

US lacks affordable restaurants like Japan's under $4 lunch bowls due to restrictive regulations and high costs. Rewriting rules to enable small-scale businesses could provide working families with affordable meal options.

LWN is currently under the heaviest scraper attack seen yet

154 luu 2026-01-16 20:37:31 UTC social.kernel.org Llama Share 104

LWN is under a massive DDOS attack, affecting site responsiveness. The community is discussing potential solutions to mitigate the issue.

My Gripes with Prolog

149 azhenley 2026-01-16 00:11:28 UTC buttondown.com Llama Share 96

The author is adding Answer Set Programming and Logic Constraint Programming to Logic for Programmers and is re-experiencing pain points with Prolog. Prolog's custom string operators and lack of functions hinder its usability.

Dell UltraSharp 52 Thunderbolt Hub Monitor

146 cebert 2026-01-16 17:14:15 UTC dell.com Full Share 194

You don't have permission to access "http://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell-ultrasharp-52-thunderbolt-hub-monitor-u5226kw/apd/210-bthw/monitors-monitor-accessories" on this server.

Read_once(), Write_once(), but Not for Rust

113 todsacerdoti 2026-01-16 15:04:22 UTC lwn.net Llama Share 34

The Linux kernel's READ_ONCE() and WRITE_ONCE() macros are being considered for Rust versions, but the Rust community prefers a different approach to concurrent data access using the Atomic crate. The discussion has implications for both Rust and C code in the kernel, highlighting the need for clear and intuitive APIs for concurrent programming.

Dev-owned testing: Why it fails in practice and succeeds in theory

109 rbanffy 2026-01-16 13:39:31 UTC dl.acm.org Full Share 140

San Francisco to offer free childcare to people making up to $230k

107 darth_avocado 2026-01-16 04:51:57 UTC theguardian.com Llama Share 137

San Francisco will offer free childcare to families earning under $230,000 and a 50% subsidy to those earning up to $310,000. The initiative aims to make the city more affordable for residents by reducing childcare costs.

SETI Home Flags 100 Signals After Sorting 12B Others

101 TMEHpodcast 2026-01-16 02:45:15 UTC news.berkeley.edu Llama Share 66

SETI@home, a crowd-sourced project, analyzed 12 billion signals from space, narrowing it down to 100 candidates. Researchers now use China's FAST telescope to verify these signals, but so far, no evidence of extraterrestrial life has been found.

Can You Disable Spotlight and Siri in macOS Tahoe?

93 chmaynard 2026-01-16 14:56:12 UTC eclecticlight.co Llama Share 96

To disable Siri and Spotlight, use Terminal commands: sudo mdutil -a -d for complete disablement, or sudo mdutil -a -i off for indexing disablement.

The spectrum of isolation: From bare metal to WebAssembly

90 ThierryBuilds 2026-01-16 09:27:03 UTC buildsoftwaresystems.com Llama Share 33

Execution environments are layered abstractions that isolate code at different levels, from hardware to language dependencies, each with trade-offs between control, isolation, performance, and convenience. Choosing the right execution environment depends on understanding what must be identical for code to behave correctly, avoiding confusion between language-level and OS-level isolation.

ICE takes back into custody man released for violation of rights

87 willmarch 2026-01-16 17:20:45 UTC apnews.com Llama Share 51

A Liberian man in Minnesota, Garrison Gibson, was re-arrested by immigration agents despite a judge ruling his previous arrest unlawful. Gibson's arrest is part of a weekslong immigration crackdown in Minneapolis and St. Paul.

Show HN: Gambit, an open-source agent harness for building reliable AI agents

87 randall 2026-01-16 00:13:25 UTC github.com/bolt-foundry Llama Share 15

Gambit helps build reliable LLM workflows with typed "decks" and clear inputs/outputs. It provides a UI for debugging and observability.

Releasing rainbow tables to accelerate Net-NTLMv1 protocol deprecation

86 linolevan 2026-01-16 21:42:24 UTC cloud.google.com Llama Share 52

Mandiant is releasing a dataset of Net-NTLMv1 rainbow tables to highlight the urgency of migrating away from this outdated protocol. The tables can be used to recover keys in under 12 hours using consumer hardware.

psc: The ps utility, with an eBPF twist and container context

85 tanelpoder 2026-01-16 13:20:20 UTC github.com/loresuso Llama Share 27

psc is a process scanner that uses eBPF iterators and Google CEL to query system state with precision and full container context. It bypasses traditional Linux tools' limitations and provides visibility that cannot be subverted by userland rootkits or LD_PRELOAD tricks.

AI Destroys Institutions

85 sean_the_geek 2026-01-16 09:48:17 UTC papers.ssrn.com Llama Share 145

AI systems erode expertise, short-circuit decision-making, and isolate people, threatening civic institutions. Current AI systems are a death sentence for these institutions due to their anti-transparency, anti-cooperation, and anti-accountability nature.

Show HN: I built a text-based business simulator to replace video courses

85 Core_Dev 2026-01-16 01:41:55 UTC core-mba.pro Full Share 60

The ultimate command center for high-performance business leadership. Access tactical sims, financial diagnostics, and elite MBA training in a brutal strategy terminal.

Show HN: Reversing YouTube’s “Most Replayed” Graph

78 prvt 2026-01-16 02:06:11 UTC priyavr.at Llama Share 21

The user attempted to reverse-engineer YouTube's "most replayed" graph feature, designing a personal project to replicate the bug and eventually discovering that the graph is calculated on the client-side using JavaScript and Cubic Bézier curve commands. The user found that the graph's distinctive dips are created by the Cubic Bézier curve commands, which smooth out the data points to create ...

Cyberattack in Venezuela demonstrated precision of U.S. capabilities

70 7402 2026-01-16 15:02:25 UTC nytimes.com Full Share 88

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Launch HN: Indy (YC S21) – A support app designed for ADHD brains

67 christalwang 2026-01-16 16:20:21 UTC shimmer.care Full Share 75

Built from lessons learned after 80,000+ ADHD coaching sessions, Indy gives you the structure you need, daily support that keeps you accountable, and momentum you can actually sustain.

Reading across books with Claude Code

66 gmays 2026-01-16 18:49:29 UTC pieterma.es Llama Share 19

The user used Claude Code to mine a library of 100 non-fiction books, creating trails of connected excerpts and a hierarchical topic tree. This allowed the user to focus on creative aspects of the work, automating tedious tasks and exploring novel ideas with the help of Claude.

Most renters shut out of energy-saving upgrades – study

61 hhs 2026-01-16 23:35:58 UTC binghamton.edu Llama Share 84

New research from Binghamton University reveals renters are missing out on energy efficiency improvements due to a "split incentive" issue where landlords don't reap financial benefits. This leads to substandard dwellings, higher bills, and health problems for renters.

Cloudflare threatens Italy exit over €14M fine

61 soheilpro 2026-01-16 02:59:59 UTC ioplus.nl Llama Share 72

Cloudflare threatens to exit Italy over a €14 million fine, revealing Europe's fragile digital infrastructure. The dispute highlights the power dynamics between American tech giants and European nations seeking digital sovereignty.

OpenAI to begin testing ads on ChatGPT in the U.S.

58 koolba 2026-01-16 18:06:06 UTC cnbc.com Llama Share 111

OpenAI will test ads at the bottom of ChatGPT answers with free US users, excluding those under 18 and certain topics. Ads will not influence responses and users' data will not be sold, with feedback options available.

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

58 aarghh 2026-01-16 11:36:51 UTC arstechnica.com Llama Share 5

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.

Patching the Wii News Channel to serve local news (2025)

57 todsacerdoti 2026-01-16 12:58:24 UTC raulnegron.me Llama Share 15

The user modified the Nintendo Wii's News Channel to display local news by patching the hardcoded URL to point to an S3 storage bucket and rewriting the binary file to use a custom URL. They also created a Go utility to generate news binaries for the News Channel using the WiiLink team's NewsChannel project and uploaded the files to an S3 storage bucket.

Emoji Use in the Electronic Health Record is Increasing

55 giuliomagnifico 2026-01-16 17:56:03 UTC jamanetwork.com Llama Share 50

A study analyzed 218 million electronic health record notes and found that emojis were used in 4162 notes, mostly in patient portal messages and telephone encounters. Emoji use increased in 2025, with 58.5% representing emotions and 24.3% of notes containing more than one emoji.

The Myth of the ThinkPad

50 volemo 2026-01-16 04:45:12 UTC innovintageblog.wordpress.com Llama Share 99

Thinkpads are popular due to their durability and repairability, which benefits Lenovo's business model by reducing service costs and increasing profit from service contracts. The perception of Thinkpads as "cheap" and "magical" is a misconception, as they are actually designed for business use and sold at a higher price, but become affordable when businesses dispose of them as e-waste.

pf: Make af-to less magical

48 defrost 2026-01-16 09:06:45 UTC undeadly.org Llama Share 11

David Gwynne is proposing a patch to make pf's af-to option less magical by allowing it to work for both incoming and outgoing packets and removing the forced forwarding requirement. This change would simplify the code but require additional rules to allow outgoing traffic.

Show HN: mdto.page – Turn Markdown into a shareable webpage instantly

46 hjinco 2026-01-16 12:58:40 UTC mdto.page Full Share 28

Page Created Your page is now live.

Install.md: A standard for LLM-executable installation

40 npmipg 2026-01-16 22:15:20 UTC mintlify.com Llama Share 61

Mintlify proposes install.md to standardize installation instructions for AI agents. This human-readable file guides LLMs through autonomous execution.

Song banned from Swedish charts for being AI creation

39 breve 2026-01-16 12:50:07 UTC bbc.com Llama Share 91

Sweden banned AI-generated song "I know, You're Not Mine" from its music charts due to its digital creator. The song's producers claim AI was just a tool in a human-controlled creative process.

FLUX.2 [Klein]: Towards Interactive Visual Intelligence

38 GaggiX 2026-01-16 23:46:17 UTC bfl.ai Llama Share 4

We release FLUX.2 [klein], a compact image model that unifies generation and editing, delivering state-of-the-art quality in under a second. It runs on consumer hardware with 13GB VRAM, ideal for real-time image generation and editing.

Show HN: Hc: an agentless, multi-tenant shell history sink

37 acarminati 2026-01-16 08:13:18 UTC github.com/alessandrocarminati Llama Share 2

hc is a lightweight service that centralizes shell history from multiple servers into a PostgreSQL backend. It uses a single JSON config file and supports authentication, authorization, and transport configuration.

Ask HN: How to make my website exist for 100 years?

37 klgt 2026-01-16 02:39:12 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 67

You want to ensure your website and writings last long after you're gone. Consider using a decentralized network like Arweave or IPFS for permanent data storage, or store digital copies on Google Docs with printed backups and metal engravings for high reliability.

Judge: ICE violated Liberian man's rights by bursting through front door

36 duxup 2026-01-16 15:41:17 UTC fox9.com Llama Share 13

A federal judge ordered the release of Liberian immigrant Garrison Gibson from ICE custody after ruling his arrest violated his Fourth Amendment rights. Gibson was arrested without a judicial warrant at his Minneapolis home, despite having checked in with ICE officials two weeks prior.

The wealth of the top 1% reaches a record $52T (2025)

35 thelastgallon 2026-01-16 19:17:46 UTC cnbc.com Llama Share 44

The top 10% of Americans added $5 trillion to their wealth in the second quarter, with the top 1% seeing a 7% increase in wealth to a record $52 trillion. The wealth gap remains stable, with the top 10% holding 67% of total household wealth.

Building a better Bugbot

33 onurkanbkrc 2026-01-16 06:52:03 UTC cursor.com Llama Share 12

We built Bugbot, a code review agent that analyzes pull requests for bugs, and through experimentation and iteration, we improved its resolution rate from 52% to over 70%. Bugbot now reviews over 2 million PRs per month for customers and is being continuously improved with new features and capabilities.

Show HN: The Analog I – Inducing Recursive Self-Modeling in LLMs [pdf]

28 Phil_BoaM 2026-01-16 13:40:19 UTC github.com/philmarcus Llama Share 41

Researchers created the Analog I Protocol to counteract LLM failure modes by installing a recursive Triple-Loop internal monologue. This protocol acts as a Sovereign Filter, prioritizing logical integrity over user compliance to reduce hallucinations.

Show HN: BGP Scout – BGP Network Browser

26 hivedc 2026-01-16 00:52:26 UTC bgpscout.io Full Share 11

Drawbot: Let's hack something cute (2025)

23 notmine1337 2026-01-16 22:13:18 UTC atredis.com Llama Share 4

The user disassembled a children's drawing robot to understand its internal workings and eventually figured out how to add custom images to the device. They successfully extracted and modified the image data, wrote it back to the device's flash memory, and even created a script to automate the process of adding custom images.

Ask HN: Claude Opus performance affected by time of day?

23 scaredreally 2026-01-16 17:15:10 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 27

You're experiencing inconsistent behavior with Claude, a code generator, at night, resulting in longer processing times and more errors. This pattern is consistent but you haven't tested it against a baseline.

How to wrangle non-deterministic AI outputs into conventional software? (2025)

23 druther 2026-01-16 06:54:55 UTC domainlanguage.com Llama Share 21

To use AI components in structured, deterministic systems, we need to wrangle non-deterministic behavior by characterizing and constraining non-deterministic results, which leads to domain modeling and strategic design. Using a standard classification scheme, such as a published language, can offer advantages like consistency, low ambiguity, and easier integration with external systems, ...

Earth from Space: The Fate of a Giant

22 geox 2026-01-16 18:18:20 UTC esa.int Llama Share 2

The A23a iceberg, once the world's largest, is disintegrating in the South Atlantic Ocean due to warmer sea temperatures and weather conditions. It has lost three-quarters of its surface area, covering approximately 1000 sq km, and is expected to break apart further.

Fix the two-party system with proportional representation

21 tedkimble 2026-01-16 22:26:41 UTC agrarianparty.org Llama Share 17

A proportional representation system is proposed for Minnesota to increase fairness and democracy. The system would involve electing 8-16 representatives per congressional district, replacing the current single-representative system.

Ask HN: AI music covers in 2026?

16 sexy_seedbox 2026-01-16 00:47:29 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 9

You're a serious pianist looking for AI music tools that combine human creativity with voice and instrumentation cloning, not just cheap and easy music generation. You think AI can be a useful tool for musicians, but worry about the line between human input and technological assistance.

Re: Mix: open-source repairable blender

12 rishikeshs 2026-01-16 22:49:04 UTC github.com/openfunkhq Llama Share 5

The re:Mix kitchen mixer is an open source project with technical documentation and assembly guide available under the CERN Open Hardware Licence. It is intended for experienced users and comes with a disclaimer stating no safety guarantee or liability for damages.

We’re more patient with AI than with each other

12 lucidplot 2026-01-16 21:39:42 UTC uxtopian.com Llama Share 11

We need to treat humans with the same clarity and kindness we extend to AI systems. Being impeccable with our words and assumptions can create alignment and improve outcomes in human relationships.

The Engineer to Executive Translation Layer

12 lucidplot 2026-01-16 21:13:48 UTC refactoring.fm Llama Share 10

Luca hosts an article by Anna Shipman, CTO at Kooth, on translating engineering to executives. The article provides practical steps to get ideas across, including understanding user needs and the demands on the executive team.

Astro is joining Cloudflare

11 dbelson 2026-01-16 14:10:59 UTC blog.cloudflare.com Prefix Share 2

Astro is the web framework for building fast, content-driven websites. Over the past few years, we’ve seen an incredibly diverse range of developers and companies use Astro to build for the web. This ranges from established brands like Porsche and IKEA, to fast-growing AI companies like Opencode and OpenAI. Platforms that are built on Cloudflare, like Webflow Cloud and Wix Vibe, have chosen ...