Git commands I run before reading any code

1802 grepsedawk 2026-04-08 08:53:42 UTC piechowski.io Llama Share 388

The user runs a series of git commands to get a diagnostic picture of a codebase, including commit history, high-churn files, and contributor rankings. This helps identify high-risk code, potential team issues, and crisis patterns, allowing the user to focus on the most critical areas of the codebase.

I ported Mac OS X to the Nintendo Wii

1250 blkhp19 2026-04-08 15:40:00 UTC bryankeller.github.io Llama Share 215

The author successfully ported Mac OS X 10.0 Cheetah to the Nintendo Wii by writing a custom bootloader, patching the kernel, and creating drivers for the Wii's hardware. The author overcame various challenges, including hardware incompatibilities, driver development, and debugging, to achieve a fully functional Mac OS X system on the Wii.

Veracrypt project update

1141 super256 2026-04-08 07:23:39 UTC sourceforge.net Llama Share 425

Microsoft terminated your account used for signing Windows drivers and bootloader without warning, preventing VeraCrypt updates for Windows users. You're considering alternative solutions, such as a signature-independent program, and seeking help from Microsoft and the crypto community.

US cities are axing Flock Safety surveillance technology

633 giuliomagnifico 2026-04-08 12:26:14 UTC cnet.com Llama Share 368

Flock Safety, a surveillance company, has been criticized for its AI-powered license plate cameras and data sharing practices with law enforcement and federal agencies like ICE. Cities and states are pushing back with legislation to limit the use and sharing of Flock data, and individuals can take steps to protect their privacy by being aware of surveillance in their area and advocating for change.

Škoda DuoBell: A bicycle bell that penetrates noise-cancelling headphones

530 ra 2026-04-08 08:50:37 UTC skoda-storyboard.com Llama Share 539

koda developed DuoBell, a bicycle bell that outsmarts noise-cancelling headphones. The bell emits sound at a frequency that ANC algorithms can't process, increasing pedestrian reaction distance by up to 22 meters.

Microsoft terminates VeraCrypt account, halting Windows updates

470 donohoe 2026-04-08 14:46:15 UTC 404media.co Llama Share 181

Microsoft terminated VeraCrypt developer Mounir Idrassi's account, affecting Windows updates. VeraCrypt and WireGuard, another VPN client, face similar issues with Microsoft account terminations.

They're made out of meat (1991)

414 surprisetalk 2026-04-08 11:20:50 UTC terrybisson.com Llama Share 116

Aliens made of meat have been discovered and probed, but their existence is being kept secret. The aliens are trying to contact Earth, but officials advise erasing records and pretending they don't exist due to their unusual nature.

OpenAI says its new model GPT-2 is too dangerous to release (2019)

379 surprisetalk 2026-04-08 02:41:12 UTC slate.com Llama Share 113

OpenAI developed a text-generation model called GPT-2 that can write coherent prose but withheld the full algorithm due to safety concerns. Experts debate whether OpenAI's claims were exaggerated and whether withholding the algorithm will prevent its misuse.

ML promises to be profoundly weird

371 pabs3 2026-04-08 13:06:33 UTC aphyr.com Llama Share 408

The author discusses the limitations and potential risks of Large Language Models (LLMs), which are prone to confabulation, lying, and making up nonsense, and can be unpredictable and misleading. Despite their impressive capabilities, LLMs are far from human-equivalent intelligence and can only excel in specific, narrow tasks, making it difficult to predict their suitability for a given task.

Revision Demoparty 2026: Razor1911 [video]

352 tetrisgm 2026-04-08 05:34:08 UTC youtube.com Embed Share 122

Who is Satoshi Nakamoto? My quest to unmask Bitcoin's creator

305 jfirebaugh 2026-04-08 04:37:57 UTC nytimes.com Full Share 237

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Protect your shed

298 baely 2026-04-08 03:03:33 UTC dylanbutler.dev Llama Share 75

The author's career as an engineer was split between building banking systems at enterprise scale and personal projects in their backyard shed. The enterprise work taught them to engineer at scale, but the personal projects kept them an engineer and allowed them to maintain their curiosity and creativity.

I've sold out

288 doppp 2026-04-08 09:21:38 UTC mariozechner.at Llama Share 176

The user has joined Earendil, a company that builds consumer-facing products, and is now in charge of the pi project, a coding agent, along with Armin and Colin, who will help make decisions about the project's direction and licensing. The pi project will remain MIT licensed, but may have some commercial additions, including Fair Source and proprietary features, while still allowing users to ...

I've been waiting over a month for Anthropic to respond to my billing issue

278 nickvec 2026-04-08 17:44:25 UTC nickvecchioni.github.io Llama Share 140

User experienced unexpected $180 charges on Anthropic account due to incorrect usage meter readings. Anthropic support failed to resolve issue despite multiple follow-ups, leaving user frustrated with AI-only support system.

Muse Spark: Scaling towards personal superintelligence

263 chabons 2026-04-08 16:01:32 UTC ai.meta.com Full Share 284

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MegaTrain: Full Precision Training of 100B+ Parameter LLMs on a Single GPU

259 chrsw 2026-04-08 12:19:00 UTC arxiv.org Llama Share 48

MegaTrain is a memory-centric system that efficiently trains large language models on a single GPU by storing parameters in host memory and using GPUs as transient compute engines. It achieves high training throughput through pipelined execution and stateless layer templates.

Show HN: Is Hormuz open yet?

250 anonfunction 2026-04-08 21:33:06 UTC ishormuzopenyet.com Full Share 117

*I built this as a fun side project, please don't rely on it for anything serious. Crossing data lags ~4 days and ship positions on the map are cached, not live. The data is from public sources and I make no guarantees on its accuracy.

Understanding the Kalman filter with a simple radar example

224 alex_be 2026-04-08 17:11:46 UTC kalmanfilter.net Llama Share 32

The Kalman Filter is an algorithm for estimating and predicting a system's state in the presence of uncertainty. It is used in various fields such as object tracking, navigation, and control.

Muse Spark – Meta Superintelligence Labs

192 snowman647 2026-04-08 16:05:54 UTC meta.ai Full Share 5

USB for Software Developers: An introduction to writing userspace USB drivers

184 WerWolv 2026-04-08 19:23:34 UTC werwolv.net Llama Share 24

Writing a USB driver is not as difficult as it seems and can be achieved without touching kernel code by using the libusb library. The process involves detecting the device, sending requests to the device's control endpoint, and decoding the responses to understand the device's capabilities and configuration.

We moved Railway's frontend off Next.js. Builds went from 10+ mins to under 2

177 bundie 2026-04-08 06:01:00 UTC blog.railway.com Llama Share 164

Railway migrated from Next.js to Vite + TanStack Router, reducing build time from 10+ minutes to under 2 minutes. This change improved iteration speed and allowed for near-instant shipping of frontend changes.

John Deere to pay $99M in right-to-repair settlement

174 CharlesW 2026-04-08 20:46:27 UTC thedrive.com Llama Share 46

John Deere agreed to pay $99 million to settle a class action lawsuit over equipment repair costs and provide digital tools for 10 years. The settlement is a significant step forward in the right-to-repair fight, which could set a precedent for other industries.

Iran demands Bitcoin fees for ships passing Hormuz during ceasefire

148 pavlov 2026-04-08 14:06:48 UTC ft.com Full Share 240

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Claude Managed Agents

142 adocomplete 2026-04-08 17:04:40 UTC claude.com Llama Share 67

Claude Managed Agents is a suite of composable APIs for building and deploying cloud-hosted agents at scale, reducing development time from months to days. It handles complexity, enabling teams to focus on user experience and outcomes with less operational overhead.

One item purchased, ten emails

110 speckx 2026-04-08 18:13:22 UTC joshghent.com Llama Share 90

Email campaigns are optimized to increase volume, but result in frustrating experiences for consumers. Simple login aliases can temporarily solve the issue, but the problem lies in the campaign's design.

Show HN: I pipe free sports streams into Jellyfin – no ads, just HLS

93 pruz 2026-04-08 12:17:57 UTC github.com/pcruz1905 Llama Share 29

A proxy is used to inject required HTTP headers and rewrite m3u8 playlists for IPTV/HLS sources. It auto-learns Referer headers and handles token refresh transparently, making it easy to stream content.

Show HN: Orange Juice – Small UX improvements that make HN easier to read

83 latchkey 2026-04-08 18:08:52 UTC oj-hn.com Llama Share 118

Orange Juice is a Hacker News extension that reduces UI friction with features like inline replies, unread comment highlighting, and keyboard commands. It's designed to be trustworthy with transparent code, clear licensing, and human oversight.

JSIR: A High-Level IR for JavaScript

80 nnx 2026-04-08 00:59:05 UTC discourse.llvm.org Llama Share 31

JSIR is a high-level IR for JavaScript that preserves all information from the AST and supports high-fidelity round-trip between source ↔ AST ↔ JSIR. It fills a gap in the JavaScript community for a public, open-source IR-based tool.

The AI Great Leap Forward

78 jodah 2026-04-08 20:10:51 UTC leehanchung.github.io Llama Share 35

Companies are adopting AI without expertise, producing "backyard steel" that looks like AI but fails real-world tests. This leads to a culture of "everyone builds with AI" where teams optimize for metrics rather than actual productivity.

Expanding Swift's IDE Support

76 frizlab 2026-04-08 19:21:41 UTC swift.org Llama Share 39

Swift now supports multiple IDEs including VS Code, Xcode, and others through the Open VSX Registry. The official Swift extension adds language support for cross-platform development on macOS, Linux, and Windows.

Show HN: We fingerprinted 178 AI models' writing styles and similarity clusters

74 nuancedev 2026-04-08 14:06:03 UTC rival.tips Full Share 22

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Mario and Earendil

64 doppp 2026-04-08 09:13:17 UTC lucumr.pocoo.org Llama Share 39

The author is excited to have Mario join Earendil, citing his thoughtful approach to software development and quality. They plan to invest in Pi, keeping it open and extensible, to build a better future for AI systems.

LLM scraper bots are overloading acme.com's HTTPS server

64 mjyut 2026-04-08 03:02:56 UTC acme.com Llama Share 61

Acme.com experienced intermittent network outages due to high ping times and packet drops after Sonic's network change. Closing port 443 revealed the issue was likely caused by the slow https server being overwhelmed by LLM scraper bots.

Sonnet 4.6 Elevated Rate of Errors

61 kylestanfield 2026-04-08 06:34:54 UTC status.claude.com Full Share 86

Claude's Status Page - Sonnet 4.6 elevated rate of errors.

Show HN: Go-Bt: Minimalist Behavior Trees for Go

55 rvitorper 2026-04-08 14:33:30 UTC github.com/rvitorper Llama Share 7

go-bt uses a cooperative multitasking model with nodes returning state instantly. It provides a minimalist set of core nodes for creating logical control flow with a custom state.

Struggle Against the Gods

50 marcofloriano 2026-04-08 09:41:56 UTC firstthings.com Llama Share 6

Gao Zhisheng, a Chinese human rights lawyer, has been tortured three times since 2007 for his work against the Chinese government. He has been imprisoned in a village in northern China, where he continues to resist the Communist party's oppression.

Show HN: Explore the Silk Roads through an interactive map

45 intofarlands 2026-04-08 15:00:12 UTC intofarlands.com Full Share 6

Use the interactive map to explore the Silk Roads, discover new routes, learn what resources and goods are traded, or find an outpost or town to dive into. Black Icon indicates this place has been charted but currently at work to bring it online. Small black dot indicates a significant Silk Road outpost but has yet to be visited by us.

Show HN: Skrun – Deploy any agent skill as an API

44 frizull 2026-04-08 12:34:38 UTC github.com/skrun-dev Llama Share 9

To create a callable API for an Agent Skill, use the skrun init and deploy commands, then make a POST request to /api/agents/dev/my-skill/run with a JSON input. This process can be repeated for different skills and models using the RuntimeAdapter interface and supported providers.

Show HN: BAREmail ʕ·ᴥ·ʔ – minimalist Gmail client for bad WiFi

42 Virgo_matt 2026-04-08 14:44:23 UTC github.com/matt-virgo Llama Share 40

BAREMAIL is a minimalist Gmail client for low-bandwidth environments that uses the Gmail API and is under 200KB gzipped. It's a Progressive Web App that can be installed on devices and runs entirely in the browser with no backend server.

Automatic registration for US Military draft to begin in December

39 c420 2026-04-08 23:53:07 UTC thehill.com Full Share 43

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Show HN: TUI-use: Let AI agents control interactive terminal programs

37 dreamsome 2026-04-08 16:41:16 UTC github.com/onesuper Llama Share 35

tui-use allows AI agents to interact with terminal programs by spawning them in a PTY, observing the screen, and sending keystrokes. It provides a snapshot model, rich key support, and highlights for selected items, enabling agents to run interactive sessions and navigate TUI applications.

How Costco Won in Japan

27 gmays 2026-04-08 17:38:14 UTC readtrung.com Llama Share 14

Costco successfully entered the Japanese market in 1999 by partnering with a local land developer and adapting its warehouse membership model to the country's unique challenges. The company's strategic approach, including finding local partners, negotiating directly with manufacturers, and offering a diverse product mix, helped it overcome obstacles and become a popular destination for ...

F-35 Got Hit

26 xrd 2026-04-08 15:13:29 UTC shatterbelt.co Llama Share 54

An Iranian surface-to-air missile, the Majid, struck an F-35 over Iran, causing an emergency landing. The missile uses passive infrared guidance, bypassing the F-35's stealth technology.

ICE acknowledges it is using powerful spyware

21 helterskelter 2026-04-08 15:15:02 UTC npr.org Llama Share 2

ICE is using spyware tool Graphite to intercept encrypted messages, targeting fentanyl traffickers and potentially others. The agency claims use will comply with constitutional requirements, but civil liberties advocates worry about potential abuse and invasion of privacy.

Show HN: Tired of logic in useEffect, I built a class-based React state manager

18 thalesfp 2026-04-08 21:53:36 UTC thales.me Llama Share 32

The user created Snapstate to separate business logic from React components, allowing for cleaner boundaries and easier testing. Snapstate uses plain TypeScript classes for state and business logic, leaving React for rendering, and is now open source on GitHub and available on npm.

LLM plays an 8-bit Commander X16 game using structured "smart senses"

15 russellharper 2026-04-08 12:56:58 UTC pvp-ai.russell-harper.com Llama Share 0

The user recreated an 8-bit game called PvP-AI from 1990 using the Commander X16 retro-computer, achieving 8.6 frames/s with the emulator but only 4 frames/s on hardware due to a line drawing issue. The user then integrated a Large Language Model (LLM) into the game using "smart senses" for turn-based play and persistent notes, achieving successful interactions and planning actions with the LLM.

Meta debuts Muse Spark, first AI model under Alexandr Wang

14 dataking 2026-04-08 16:15:10 UTC axios.com Llama Share 2

Meta released Muse Spark, a homegrown AI model that narrows the performance gap with OpenAI and others. Muse Spark will power Meta AI queries and expand across Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, with plans for an open-source version.

US, Iran say they have agreed to a two-week ceasefire

11 djoldman 2026-04-08 00:16:22 UTC apnews.com Llama Share 1

US and Iran agree to a 2-week ceasefire, allowing passage through the Strait of Hormuz, but Iran's Supreme National Security Council says it doesn't signify the end of the war. The US has halted offensive operations, but Israel continues to attack Iran despite the ceasefire agreement.