Flipper One – we need your help

1261 sandebert 2026-05-21 11:03:38 UTC blog.flipper.net Llama Share 482

Flipper One is a massive open-source project that aims to create a truly open Linux hardware platform with full mainline Linux kernel support, expandable hardware, and a custom GUI framework. The project is seeking community help to overcome technical and financial challenges, and contributors can participate in various sub-projects, including hardware, software, and user interface development.

Project Hail Mary – Stellar Navigation Chart

1186 speleo 2026-05-21 16:23:11 UTC valhovey.github.io Full Share 243

See a recreation of the Project Hail Mary in-ship navigation computer with accurate star data from the GAIA DR3 mission.

AI is just unauthorised plagiarism at a bigger scale

821 speckx 2026-05-21 13:38:12 UTC axelk.ee Llama Share 734

AI companies profit from learned results without compensating original authors. Lazy website authors copy tutorials from the internet and pass them off as their own, often ranking higher in Google search results.

Google's Antigravity bait and switch

768 ssiddharth 2026-05-21 13:50:59 UTC 0xsid.com Llama Share 341

Google's new Antigravity update unexpectedly replaced the user's preferred IDE with a conversational prompt box, breaking their workflow. The user had to completely purge their system and reinstall the legacy IDE to restore functionality, losing their chat history and settings in the process.

Throwing AI-generated walls of text into conversations

711 napolux 2026-05-21 09:31:15 UTC noslopgrenade.com Llama Share 417

Redis offers persistence, complex data operations, and native sharding, but is more complex. Memcached is simpler, faster for basic caching, but lacks persistence and flexibility.

I spent 50 hours drawing a line graph

662 dougdude3339 2026-05-21 15:05:28 UTC dougmacdowell.com Llama Share 103

I used to live on a quiet hill with a great view of the city, but now I live downtown and work with databases. I spent 50 hours drawing a line graph by hand, learning to control line weight and style, and now I appreciate the process and art of hand-drawn data visualization.

We're testing new ad formats in Search and expanding our Direct Offers pilot

630 sofumel 2026-05-21 09:49:46 UTC blog.google Llama Share 572

Google is testing new ad formats with Gemini models to provide helpful answers and connect people with businesses. The formats include Conversational Discovery ads, Highlighted Answers, AI-powered Shopping ads, and Business Agent for Leads, designed to make decision-making easier and more confident.

The memory shortage is causing a repricing of consumer electronics

541 d0ks 2026-05-21 21:55:56 UTC davidoks.blog Llama Share 646

The global smartphone market is facing a crisis due to a shortage of memory chips, which has led to a sharp increase in prices and a decline in sales, especially among budget smartphone makers. The shortage is caused by a surge in demand for high-bandwidth memory (HBM) for artificial intelligence applications, which has led to a reallocation of wafer capacity away from commodity DRAM and ...

Seattle Shield, an intelligence-sharing network operated by the Seattle police

489 root-parent 2026-05-21 17:55:58 UTC prismreports.org Llama Share 205

Seattle Shield is a secretive public-private network sharing intelligence with law enforcement, including corporations and military agencies, to prevent terrorism but raises concerns about accountability and potential misuse. The network has been criticized for labeling protesters as potential terrorists and creating a surveillance system of informants that benefits private economic interests.

Indexing a year of video locally on a 2021 MacBook with Gemma4-31B (50GB swap)

470 asenna 2026-05-21 14:01:37 UTC blog.simbastack.com Llama Share 140

The author is a hacker who splits his year between the Maasai Mara and Silicon Valley, struggling to edit his massive video archive. He built a custom indexer using Claude Code and DaVinci Resolve to make his archive queryable in English.

Python 3.15: features that didn't make the headlines

428 rbanffy 2026-05-21 11:10:11 UTC blog.changs.co.uk Llama Share 219

Python 3.15.0b1 introduces features like lazy imports, tachyon profiler, and improved asyncio with TaskGroup cancellation. New features also include ContextDecorator improvements, threading utilities, and enhancements to collections.Counter and json.load/json.loads.

Lost Images from the 1945 Trinity Nuclear Test Restored

421 pseudolus 2026-05-21 11:02:26 UTC spectrum.ieee.org Llama Share 121

On July 16, 1945, the world entered the nuclear age with the Trinity test, a massive explosion above a New Mexico desert. The test captured on film and witnessed by scientists and soldiers was an awe-inspiring, blindingly bright event.

Show HN: Freenet, a peer-to-peer platform for decentralized apps

383 sanity 2026-05-21 14:34:57 UTC freenet.org Llama Share 269

Freenet is a decentralized platform for apps, allowing peer-to-peer communication, collaboration, and commerce without relying on big tech. It's a global network of peers, with apps running in browsers, unstoppable and secure.

Blog ran on Ubuntu 16.04 for 10 years. I migrated it to FreeBSD

373 speckx 2026-05-21 18:54:55 UTC crocidb.com Llama Share 231

The user migrated their blog from a 10-year-old Digital Ocean VPS running Ubuntu 16.04 to a Hetzner virtual machine with FreeBSD, citing security concerns with the outdated Ubuntu system. They set up a FreeBSD server with Jails and Bastille for managing Jails.

Shunning AI is the human choice

371 cdrnsf 2026-05-21 13:36:06 UTC thehandbasket.co Llama Share 537

People are increasingly skeptical and even hostile towards AI, citing its flaws and misuse. A growing "anti-AI rebellion" is emerging, with many questioning the benefits and ethics of relying on AI.

Vivaldi 8.0

370 OuterVale 2026-05-21 07:21:55 UTC vivaldi.com Llama Share 245

Vivaldi 8.0 offers a unified design with more control, capability, and choice, featuring a new look and improved interface. The browser includes six preset layouts and a wide range of customizable settings to adapt to individual preferences.

Waymo pauses Atlanta service as its robotaxis keep driving into floods

367 mattas 2026-05-21 16:30:47 UTC techcrunch.com Llama Share 474

Waymo's robotaxi got stuck in a flooded Atlanta street, prompting the company to pause service in the city. Waymo is investigating the incident and has faced previous issues with its robotaxis, including illegal passing of stopped school buses and a crash in Santa Monica.

Uv is fantastic, but its package management UX is a mess

333 nchagnet 2026-05-21 20:56:36 UTC loopwerk.io Llama Share 149

The user praises uv's speed but criticizes its poor CLI experience, especially when updating dependencies. They suggest improvements, including a dedicated outdated command and safer default version constraints.

News outlets are limiting the Internet Archive’s access to their journalism

332 jaredwiener 2026-05-21 16:59:27 UTC niemanlab.org Llama Share 124

Major news publishers are blocking the Internet Archive due to concerns about AI companies scraping their content. Over 340 local news sites in the US are limiting the Internet Archive's access, with some citing concerns about intellectual property and others wanting to control how their content is used.

BBEdit 16

316 qaz_plm 2026-05-21 18:21:37 UTC barebones.com Llama Share 112

BBEdit 16 offers a free upgrade for licensed customers who purchased after November 1, 2025, and paid upgrades for earlier customers. It includes over 100 new features, improved performance, and notable additions like image text search and customizable color schemes.

Using Kagi Search with Low Vision

268 speckx 2026-05-21 19:32:16 UTC veroniiiica.com Llama Share 89

The user experienced visual fatigue while using a cluttered search engine but found relief with Kagi, a paid search engine offering ad-free search and customizations. Kagi's features, such as lenses, bangs, and custom CSS, helped the user navigate search results more efficiently with low vision.

Show HN: I Dedicated 4 Years to Mastering Offline Password Cracking

267 bojta-lepenye 2026-05-21 12:56:37 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 60

Bojta Lepenye thanks Hashcat developers and shares his 4-year experience in password cracking, documenting it in his book available on Amazon.

Intuit to lay off over 3k employees to refocus on AI

262 wapasta 2026-05-21 00:36:01 UTC techcrunch.com Llama Share 196

Intuit is laying off 18,200 employees to simplify its corporate structure and focus on AI efforts. The move comes as the tech industry cuts over 100,000 jobs this year, citing AI project refocusing.

A Bipartisan Amendment Would End Police License Plate Tracking Nationwide

253 cdrnsf 2026-05-21 12:58:18 UTC wired.com Llama Share 89

US lawmakers plan to introduce an amendment to ban automated license plate readers for non-tolling purposes, affecting state and local programs nationwide. The amendment, sponsored by Reps Scott Perry and Jesús García, would restrict federal highway funding recipients from using ALPRs for anything other than tolling.

US employers spend more than $1.5B a year to fight labor unions, report finds

250 robtherobber 2026-05-21 13:25:41 UTC theguardian.com Llama Share 217

US employers spend over $1.5 billion annually on union opposition efforts, hiring consultants and law firms to avoid unionization. This spending contributes to declining union membership and density in the US, now at 10%, down from 20.3% in 1983.

Get your passwords out of Bitwarden while you still can

222 speckx 2026-05-21 14:29:14 UTC osnews.com Llama Share 198

Bitwarden users should consider migrating their passwords due to the company's new CEO and changes in values and pricing. Using an open format like KeePass can ensure password ownership and independence from proprietary services.

The IBM-ification of Google?

206 sabatonfan 2026-05-21 23:30:10 UTC zeroshot.bearblog.dev Llama Share 158

Google's vertical monopoly is failing due to poor treatment of customers, lack of trust, and neglect of core products. Their focus on AI and ad revenue is suffocating innovation and driving users away.

London Mayor Blocks Palantir

194 ZiiS 2026-05-21 16:35:01 UTC theguardian.com Llama Share 65

London Mayor Sadiq Khan blocked a £50m Met police deal with Palantir due to procurement rule breach. Khan cited concerns over value for money and Palantir's values not aligning with London's.

Chewing gum restores dad's taste and smell years after Covid

193 speckx 2026-05-21 17:14:56 UTC discover.swns.com Llama Share 103

A man who lost his sense of taste and smell after catching Covid had both senses restored after chewing specially-developed flavoured gum for 12 weeks. The trial, led by Dr Nicole Yang, saw 67% of participants improve their sense of smell and 83% their taste.

Show HN: Rmux – A programmable terminal multiplexer with a Playwright-style SDK

192 shideneyu 2026-05-21 09:22:00 UTC github.com/helvesec Llama Share 95

RMUX is a Rust multiplexer for the agentic era, offering detachable, scriptable, and inspectable sessions with a tmux-compatible CLI and native Ratatui integration. It's a fresh public preview with 90 tmux-compatible commands implemented, but bugs are expected.

Spotify will start reserving concert tickets for fans

181 elffjs 2026-05-21 16:26:58 UTC hollywoodreporter.com Llama Share 362

Spotify's new feature "Reserved" sets aside concert tickets for premium subscribers, giving them a better chance at buying them. The feature will be available in the US this summer, partnering with Live Nation to identify dedicated fans.

Haskell Foundation 2026 Update

180 azhenley 2026-05-21 02:13:23 UTC discourse.haskell.org Llama Share 76

José, the longest-serving executive director, is stepping down in June 2026, and the Board is restructuring the Haskell Foundation to focus on technical work and member engagement. The Foundation will have a new committee and a part-time role for financial sustainability, with a reduced Board composition.

Who wins and who loses in prediction markets? Evidence from Polymarket

169 vcf 2026-05-21 12:55:16 UTC papers.ssrn.com Full Share 154

Improving C# Memory Safety

165 soheilpro 2026-05-21 16:54:48 UTC devblogs.microsoft.com Llama Share 43

C# is improving memory safety with a redesigned unsafe keyword that marks obligations for developers to discharge. The new model is opt-in and will be released in .NET 11 as a preview and in .NET 12 as a production release.

Earth is now heating up twice as fast as in previous decades

160 Anon84 2026-05-21 10:52:12 UTC newscientist.com Llama Share 157

Global warming is accelerating at a rate of 0.36°C per decade, potentially breaching the Paris Agreement goal of 1.5°C by 2028. This acceleration is attributed to climate change with 98% confidence, but its exact rate may slow down due to reduced aerosol emissions.

Multi-Stream LLMs: new paper on parallelizing/separating prompts, thinking, I/O

156 atomicthumbs 2026-05-21 19:37:26 UTC arxiv.org Llama Share 16

Researchers improved AI agents by allowing multiple parallel streams of computation, enabling simultaneous reading and writing, and improving efficiency, security, and monitorability. This change remedies limitations in chat models, such as inability to act while reading or thinking.

OpenAI to confidentially file for IPO as soon as Friday

137 doppp 2026-05-21 02:24:35 UTC cnbc.com Llama Share 3

OpenAI is preparing to file a draft of its IPO prospectus, valued at over $850 billion, with banks including Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley. This move comes as rival SpaceX, also backed by Elon Musk, is set to publicly disclose its IPO prospectus.

C constructs that still don't work in C++

122 jalospinoso 2026-05-21 20:40:47 UTC lospino.so Llama Share 148

C++ is not a superset of C, with differences in object model, initialization model, and invariants, requiring explicit language mode labeling. C++20 and C23 changes, such as designated initializers and function declarator rules, affect compatibility and require careful consideration of language mode.

Tell HN: I'm tired of AI-generated answers

120 theorchid 2026-05-21 23:37:14 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 56

You're frustrated with AI responses that don't address your questions and people forwarding AI answers without reading or understanding them. You want to have real conversations with humans who can provide thoughtful and relevant responses.

Rosalind: A genomics toolkit in Rust running whole-genome pipelines on a laptop

112 samuell 2026-05-21 13:55:13 UTC github.com/logannye Llama Share 27

Rosalind is a Rust genomics engine with a compact memory footprint, running whole-genome workloads in under 100 MB RAM. It achieves deterministic replay and O(√t) working memory, ideal for clinical diagnostics, outbreak monitoring, and education.

Show HN: Write your BPF programs in Go, not C

110 boratanrikulu 2026-05-21 16:25:46 UTC github.com/boratanrikulu Llama Share 54

gobee is a Go tool that transpiles a subset of Go into BPF C, generating typed Go bindings for the userspace side and gating loads against the running kernel. It reuses clang's mature BPF backend for codegen, BTF, and CO-RE relocations.

Show HN: Open-source .docx editor library for building document apps

106 thisisjedr 2026-05-21 20:23:37 UTC github.com/eigenpal Llama Share 16

The Eigenpal Docx Editor is an open-source WYSIWYG editor for React and Vue with real-time collaboration and tracked changes. It has a framework-agnostic core and agent-ready features, with a live demo and documentation available.

FatGid: FreeBSD 14.x kernel local privilege escalation

105 WhyNotHugo 2026-05-21 12:15:02 UTC fatgid.io Llama Share 42

The kernel has a buffer overflow vulnerability in kern_setcred_copyin_supp_groups due to incorrect sizeof(*groups) calculation. This allows an attacker to corrupt the r12 register and indirectly control the td_proc pointer.

Launch HN: Runtime (YC P26) – Sandboxed coding agents for everyone on a team

101 gustrigos 2026-05-21 16:07:13 UTC runtm.com Llama Share 30

Runtime is a platform that connects environments, automates tasks, and provides live visibility into every session, allowing teams to build, deploy, and manage coding agents from a single dashboard. It offers customizable sandboxes, integrations, and guardrails, and can be deployed on-premises or in the cloud, with policies and audit logs following the team across both.

Michael Keating has died

98 speckx 2026-05-21 14:31:33 UTC bigfinish.com Llama Share 40

Michael Keating, a renowned British actor, died at 79, best known for his role as Vila Restal in Blake's 7. He had a long and varied career in theatre and television, reprising his iconic role in Big Finish audio productions.

Show HN: Agent.email – sign up via curl, claim with a human OTP

97 adisingh13 2026-05-21 16:42:34 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 108

Haakam, Michael, and Adi from AgentMail created Agent.Email, a signup flow for AI agents, to address the irony of agents needing human credentials. They're seeking feedback on their restricted-until-claimed trust model and exploring additional security measures for secure sign-ups.

Gemini randomly dumped its system prompt

94 mkaramuk 2026-05-21 13:04:21 UTC gist.github.com Embed Share 44

What is a Demand Coop

94 DeonRob 2026-05-21 01:20:52 UTC cahootzcoops.com Llama Share 111

Cahootz is a network of co-ops that pools and directs spending power to build communal businesses and assets. It aims to reduce economic leakage by coordinating demand and creating long-term ownership within communities.

Museum of Pocket Calculating Devices

92 ohjeez 2026-05-21 15:50:04 UTC calculators.de Llama Share 21

Users listed various types of calculators and related items from different brands and languages. They also mentioned related topics like history, museum, and collection.

Where are all the UK red telephone kiosks?

90 Kaibeezy 2026-05-21 18:04:17 UTC thek6project.co.uk Full Share 64

Hello and welcome to the K6 project, a personal adventure to travel the length and breadth of the UK finding old red telephone boxes, the k6 used to be everywhere before mobile telephones became the prevalent form of telecommunication.

Artificial egg hatched 26 healthy chickens

90 BaudouinVH 2026-05-21 07:39:21 UTC nationalgeographic.com Llama Share 119

Colossal Biosciences claims to have created a synthetic eggshell, a crucial step towards de-extinction of species like the giant moa and dodo. The company's artificial egg system allows for direct observation of embryo development and could be scaled up to hatch extinct species.

We Reverse-Engineered Docker Sandbox's Undocumented MicroVM API

89 yakkomajuri 2026-05-21 14:50:34 UTC rivet.dev Llama Share 17

Docker has introduced Docker Sandboxes using microVMs for secure isolation of untrusted code. Docker's microVM API allows for secure execution of workloads like AI coding agents and user-submitted scripts.

Magic the Gathering format: Fun 40

84 ibobev 2026-05-21 13:13:36 UTC fabiensanglard.net Llama Share 100

The user participated in a Magic The Gathering event and built six decks to recapture the spirit of the late 90s. They share their favorite cards and deck combinations, including Erhangeddon, Beta Serra Angels, and Red/Black aggro decks.

IBM invented semiconductor manufacturing automation

80 rbanffy 2026-05-21 10:39:48 UTC spectrum.ieee.org Llama Share 6

Bill Harding envisioned a fully automated wafer-fabrication line in 1970 to produce integrated circuits in under a day. He led Project SWIFT, achieving a 5-hour turnaround time, a feat that has never been equaled despite advancements in technology.

Highest Random Weight in Elixir

77 shintoist 2026-05-21 13:48:29 UTC jola.dev Llama Share 5

The user discusses two distributed hashing algorithms, ExHashRing and Rendezvous Hashing (HRW), comparing their performance, complexity, and suitability for different use cases. HRW is simpler and more general than ExHashRing but has a linear time complexity, which can be improved to logarithmic with a skeleton implementation.

Getting an old Computer online with Android Ethernet tethering

71 speckx 2026-05-21 18:03:50 UTC 82mhz.net Llama Share 33

User enjoys nostalgic 90s and early 2000s computers, particularly Windows 9x/XP era. They found a simple way to connect old computers to modern wifi using an Android phone and Ethernet cable.

Are we self-sovereign PKI yet?

68 ca98am79 2026-05-21 22:49:37 UTC buffrr.dev Llama Share 38

The current public-key infrastructure for people relies on a tower of custody, where trust is placed in a server or a CA, and this setup is vulnerable to various attacks and compromises. A new system called Spaces aims to provide a self-sovereign identity layer by using Bitcoin's proof-of-work security and a Merkle trie to bind names to keys without relying on a trust anchor or a signing key.

LAN-LOK: The Antarctic DOS Sabotage Game Lost for 34 Years

68 miffe 2026-05-21 00:15:32 UTC alphapixeldev.com Llama Share 17

AlphaPixel rediscovered a 1991 DOS game, LAN-LOK, created at Palmer Station, Antarctica, which captures the frustrations and humor of early LAN administration. The game's mechanics reflect real operational challenges of the era, and its rediscovery brings a preserved moment in Antarctic computing history back into view.

AI Engineering from Scratch

58 rippeltippel 2026-05-21 09:14:13 UTC aiengineeringfromscratch.com Llama Share 15

The curriculum is a comprehensive AI learning system with 20 phases and 435 lessons in four languages, covering linear algebra to autonomous swarms. It teaches raw math first, then code, with a focus on understanding AI concepts under the hood.

The physicists who convinced Fermilab to send Brazil's emails

56 maguay 2026-05-21 08:06:45 UTC buttondown.com Llama Share 17

Brazil's introduction to Western networks was hampered by local telecoms and government control, but a few copper wires laid across the Gulf of Mexico in 1991 broke the impasse. Demi Getschko and his team successfully brought the Internet to Brazil, despite being slower than others, by sticking with Fermilab and persevering through setbacks.

Schlitz Is Gone, but First It's Getting One Last Hurrah

55 NaOH 2026-05-21 19:32:35 UTC milwaukeemag.com Llama Share 39

Pabst Brewing Co has discontinued Schlitz, a Milwaukee-based brand, due to increased costs. Wisconsin Brewing Co will brew the last Schlitz on May 23, with a limited release on June 27.

Book Review: On the Calculation of Volume

54 ibobev 2026-05-21 14:24:11 UTC stephendiehl.com Llama Share 13

Solvej Balle's septology "On the Calculation of Volume" is a literary project about a woman stuck in a time loop. The series explores the daily life of Tara Selter as she navigates her marriage and relationships within the loop.

Show HN: Anyone interested in a tool helps to explore C++ ASTs

48 leomicv 2026-05-21 19:53:51 UTC uvic-aurora.github.io Llama Share 4

ACAV is an interactive AST visualization tool for C, C++, and Objective-C built with Clang and Qt. It reads a JSON compilation database to explore real project ASTs interactively.

Micropatching Brings the Abandoned Equation Editor Back to Life (2018)

48 bariumbitmap 2026-05-21 13:31:46 UTC blog.0patch.com Llama Share 16

Microsoft removed Equation Editor from Office due to security issues, but 0patch Team created a micropatch to keep it secure. Users can restore Equation Editor and apply the micropatch using 0patch Agent to continue using it safely.

The famous O3 "GeoGuessr" prompt did not work

48 ingve 2026-05-21 08:52:45 UTC seangoedecke.com Llama Share 13

The OpenAI o3 model was found to be surprisingly good at geolocation, but its capabilities were not fully understood until a benchmark was created to test its performance. The benchmark showed that the model's performance was not significantly improved by a complex prompt, suggesting that the prompt's effectiveness was overestimated.

Anthropic's "Profitability" Swindle

46 misswaterfairy 2026-05-21 23:21:48 UTC wheresyoured.at Llama Share 14

Anthropic is expected to report its first profitable quarter due to a $1.25 billion monthly discount from SpaceX for compute costs, but its long-term profitability is uncertain. The company's revenue growth is being artificially inflated by prepayment of tokens and front-loading annual commitments.

CPPL: A Circuit Prompt Programming Language

44 chrsw 2026-05-21 11:50:56 UTC arxiv.org Llama Share 7

CPPL is a compiler-mediated design framework that uses LLMs for hardware generation, making it statically checkable and reliable. It improves functional correctness and reduces synthesis complexity compared to direct Verilog and CIRCT IR generation.

He Lost It at the Movies

43 tintinnabula 2026-05-21 05:22:07 UTC theideasletter.org Llama Share 36

A.S. Hamrah is a film critic known for his idiosyncratic and often combative style, which reflects his disdain for commercial interests and mainstream culture. His writing often prioritizes his own opinions and emotions over clear critical philosophy or accurate descriptions, leading to a sense of frustration and confusion in readers.

Curtis Yarvin and the Political Evolution of Silicon Valley Reactionaries

40 betterthanever 2026-05-21 21:49:40 UTC dontbeasucker.blog Llama Share 26

Curtis Yarvin's neo-feudalist ideology, outlined in "The Butterfly Revolution," advocates for a dictatorial Trump regime replacing American democracy with a quasi-corporate monarchy. Yarvin's ideas have influenced prominent figures like Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, and J.D. Vance, and are being implemented through Project 2025.

YAML? That's Norway Problem

38 theanonymousone 2026-05-21 04:18:53 UTC lab174.com Llama Share 43

YAML is a human-readable data serialization language with a complex ecosystem and a notorious "Norway problem" where 'no' is interpreted as false. Despite being fixed in the spec, the problem persists due to slow adoption of newer libraries and the popularity of older ones.

Serving Netflix Video Traffic at 400Gb/S and Beyond (2022) [pdf]

31 tosh 2026-05-21 18:29:35 UTC nabstreamingsummit.com Llama Share 20

Sendfile directs kernel to send data from file descriptor to TCP socket, eliminating data copy. kTLS offload enabled in production, allowing TCP stack to send partial TLS records without performance loss.

Reflections on Building Forum Software

21 sebg 2026-05-21 15:41:18 UTC counting-stuff.com Llama Share 3

The author has released a new software called bsBB, a simplified forum system powered by AI tools, and is excited to share it with the community. They're learning about system design and anticipating potential issues while using LLMs to write code, but also discovering their limitations and the importance of human oversight.

Show HN: Twixt – transform one word into another in four moves

20 unseen_forms 2026-05-21 12:29:01 UTC twixt.games Llama Share 24

Transform a start word into an end word in exactly four moves by changing one letter at a time, using verb forms, compound words, or anagrams. Use hints to reveal move types or fill in correct words when stuck.

Read the DNC's 2024 autopsy obtained by CNN

16 rawgabbit 2026-05-21 14:04:37 UTC cnn.com Llama Share 4

Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin released a 2024 election autopsy report written by Paul Rivera, after initially withholding it due to its incomplete state. The report includes DNC annotations and does not meet Martin's standards, but he released it for transparency and trust in the Democratic Party.

Let the AI Cook

14 thecupisblue 2026-05-21 11:11:15 UTC ivan.codes Llama Share 7

Developers overcomplicate workflows for AI code generation by adding unnecessary constraints, which can lead to failure. Effective workflows involve minimal prompts that allow the model to learn from context and produce quality code.

SpaceX not the behemoth everyone thought

11 atombender 2026-05-21 14:25:31 UTC axios.com Llama Share 1

SpaceX's IPO prospectus shows it's wildly unprofitable with a $4.9 billion net loss on $18.67 billion revenue. Its Starlink business is profitable, but AI unit X and xAI generated only $818 million in Q1 2026.