Box of Secrets: Discreetly modding an apartment intercom to work with Apple Home

70 jackhogan11 2026-03-24 05:26:10 UTC jackhogan.me Llama Share 13

The user and their friend Hazel hacked into their friend Frank's apartment complex's intercom system to unlock the gate using Apple Home. They used an ESP32 relay board, a Matter library in Rust, and a rectifying regulator to create a discreet device that could unlock the gate with a tap on Frank's phone.

Log File Viewer for the Terminal

44 wiradikusuma 2026-03-24 06:26:10 UTC lnav.org Llama Share 6

lnav automatically detects and processes log files, including compressed ones, with online help and previews. It outperforms standard terminal tools in processing large log files like a 3.3GB access log.

Epoch confirms GPT5.4 Pro solved a frontier math open problem

280 in-silico 2026-03-24 02:26:10 UTC epoch.ai Llama Share 219

A solution to the problem was found using GPT-5.4 Pro, confirmed by Will Brian, and will be published. The solution improves lower bounds on the values of a sequence H(n) by a constant factor.

BIO – The Bao I/O Co-Processor

23 hasheddan 2026-03-24 05:26:10 UTC crowdsupply.com Llama Share 4

The author created an I/O co-processor called BIO, which is a more efficient and flexible alternative to the Raspberry Pi's PIO, consuming about half the area of the PIO and achieving over 4x the clock rate when ported to an ASIC flow. The BIO uses a RISC-V 32-bit core and has a spacious 4 kiB of RAM, allowing for more complex code and higher-level features such as fixed-point math and ...

Autoresearch on an old research idea

343 ykumards 2026-03-23 19:26:10 UTC ykumar.me Llama Share 72

User tried Autoresearch on a research problem with Claude Code, an LLM agent. The agent improved a Mean Rank metric by modifying a single file, train.py, and reduced the metric by 54% in 42 experiments.

FCC updates covered list to include foreign-made consumer routers

296 moonka 2026-03-23 22:26:10 UTC fcc.gov Full Share 193

iPhone 17 Pro Demonstrated Running a 400B LLM

576 anemll 2026-03-23 15:26:10 UTC twitter.com/anemll Full Share 262

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Gerd Faltings, who proved the Mordell conjecture, wins the Abel Prize

22 digital55 2026-03-24 04:26:10 UTC scientificamerican.com Llama Share 3

Gerd Faltings, a 71-year-old German mathematician, has been awarded the Abel Prize for his influential work on the Mordell conjecture, now known as Faltings's theorem. The theorem proves that certain curves have a finite number of rational points, a cornerstone of arithmetic geometry.

Show HN: Cq – Stack Overflow for AI coding agents

123 peteski22 2026-03-23 22:26:10 UTC blog.mozilla.ai Llama Share 36

Mozilla AI is developing an open-source platform called cq to share knowledge between AI agents, preventing them from wasting resources and energy by learning from each other's experiences. The goal is to create a sustainable and standardized way for AI agents to share knowledge, ensuring that the benefits of AI are accessible to all without relying on a few big companies.

Pompeii's battle scars linked to an ancient 'machine gun'

63 pseudolus 2026-03-24 00:26:10 UTC phys.org Full Share 13

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How I'm Productive with Claude Code

181 neilkakkar 2026-03-23 21:26:10 UTC neilkakkar.com Llama Share 103

The author's work process at Tano changed significantly after joining, shifting from manual pull requests to automation and delegation. They now focus on building infrastructure to support their team, enjoying the fast-paced and efficient workflow.

Microservices and the First Law of Distributed Objects (2014)

6 pjmlp 2026-03-24 05:26:10 UTC martinfowler.com Prefix Share 1

When I wrote Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture, I coined what I called the First Law of Distributed Object Design: “don't distribute your objects”. In recent months there's been a lot of interest in microservices, which has led a few people to ask whether microservices are in contravention to this law, and if so why I am in favor of them? It's important to note that ...

Abusing Customizable Selects

89 speckx 2026-03-24 00:26:10 UTC css-tricks.com Llama Share 4

The user discusses customizable selects in web browsers, creating demos with new features like stack of folders and card picker, using HTML, CSS, and new syntax like sibling-index() function. The user showcases three demos, each with unique styling and animations, highlighting the capabilities of customizable selects.

Claude Code Cheat Sheet

325 phasE89 2026-03-23 22:26:10 UTC cc.storyfox.cz Full Share 102

Dune3d: A parametric 3D CAD application

144 luu 2026-03-23 20:26:10 UTC github.com/dune3d Llama Share 45

The user created Dune 3D, an open-source 3D CAD application, to address dissatisfaction with existing options like FreeCAD and Solvespace. It combines Open CASCADE for geometry and Solvespace's solver for constraints.

IRIX 3dfx Voodoo driver and glide2x IRIX port

64 zdw 2026-03-23 23:26:10 UTC sdz-mods.com Full Share 5

At the moment only SST1 (Voodoo1) is supported on IP32 (O2). Only tested on IRIX 6.5.30 with RM7000C CPU.-driver sources (SST1 and CVG support on IP32) https://github.com/sdz-mods/tdfx_irix-glide2x IRIX port (SST1 on IP32) https://github.com/sdz-mods/glide_irix-hinv wrapper with 3dfx support: https://github.com/sdz-mods/hinv_3dfx

Finding all regex matches has always been O(n²)

193 lalitmaganti 2026-03-23 17:26:10 UTC iev.ee Llama Share 46

The quadratic all-matches problem in regex engines has been a long-standing issue since the 1970s, causing worst-case time complexity of O(m * n²) when searching for multiple matches in a large input. A new regex engine called RE# has been developed to solve this problem, offering a hardened mode that guarantees linear time even on adversarial input, and a normal mode that is faster but may ...

Sunsetting the Techempower Framework Benchmarks

31 nbrady 2026-03-24 02:26:10 UTC github.com/techempower Llama Share 5

TechEmpower Framework Benchmarks are sunsetting after over a decade of helping developers understand performance. The project's impact remains in its repository and history, inspiring a community-driven approach to measurement.

Ju Ci: The Art of Repairing Porcelain

83 lawrenceyan 2026-03-23 22:26:10 UTC thesublimeblog.org Llama Share 8

Ju ci, a Chinese craft, involves repairing broken porcelain with metal staples, requiring great skill and preserving the object's beauty. It celebrates the "beauty of the imperfect" by transforming flaws into a renewed identity.

The Resolv hack: How one compromised key printed $23M

82 timbowhite 2026-03-23 22:26:10 UTC chainalysis.com Llama Share 107

An attacker exploited Resolv DeFi protocol's off-chain infrastructure by gaining access to a privileged private key, minting 80 million unbacked USR tokens, and extracting $23 million in value. The attack highlights the importance of real-time on-chain threat detection and automated response mechanisms to prevent similar incidents in DeFi systems.

An incoherent Rust

173 emschwartz 2026-03-23 15:26:10 UTC boxyuwu.blog Llama Share 77

The Rust language's coherence and orphan rules cause problems in the ecosystem evolution, making it difficult for new crates to replace existing ones and for alternatives to foundational crates to be made and propagated. Removing coherence altogether and introducing a new syntax to specify which trait impl is used for satisfying a trait bound could allow for overlapping trait impls and solve ...

Local Stack Archived their GitHub repo and requires an account to run

187 ecshafer 2026-03-23 19:26:10 UTC github.com/localstack Llama Share 105

LocalStack is a cloud software development framework that emulates AWS services locally for testing and development. It offers a free Hobby plan and supports a growing number of AWS services, including Lambda, S3, and DynamoDB.

Trivy under attack again: Widespread GitHub Actions tag compromise secrets

192 jicea 2026-03-23 16:26:10 UTC socket.dev Llama Share 67

A Trivy supply chain attack compromised GitHub Actions, impacting over 10,000 workflows, and was enabled by a compromised credential with write access to the repository. The attack delivered an infostealer via 75 modified version tags, targeting sensitive data in CI/CD environments.

A retro terminal music player inspired by Winamp

81 mkagenius 2026-03-23 21:26:10 UTC github.com/bjarneo Llama Share 15

cliamp is a retro terminal music player with features like spectrum visualizer, parametric EQ, and playlist management. It supports local files, streams, podcasts, and various online music platforms.

Windows 3.1 tiled background .bmp archive

233 justsomehnguy 2026-03-23 23:26:10 UTC github.com/andreasjansson Full Share 64

Windows 3.1 tiled background .bmp archive. Contribute to andreasjansson/win-3.1-backgrounds development by creating an account on GitHub.

TI-89 Height-Mapped Raycaster

57 zoba 2026-03-23 22:26:10 UTC github.com/dzoba Llama Share 4

A custom raycasting engine and dungeon crawler game for the TI-89 calculator is built on top of the 2002 FAT Engine. The engine renders 3D environments at 560-825 frames per minute on the 10MHz Motorola 68000.

Microsoft blocks trick to unlock native NVMe driver, but workarounds still exist

33 josephcsible 2026-03-24 05:26:10 UTC tomshardware.com Llama Share 8

Microsoft has blocked a registry trick that enabled native NVMe support on Windows 11 PCs. Users can still enable native NVMe through ViVeTool, but with potential compatibility risks.

I built an AI receptionist for a mechanic shop

261 mooreds 2026-03-23 11:26:10 UTC itsthatlady.dev Llama Share 275

The user built an AI receptionist named Axle for their brother's luxury mechanic shop to answer customer calls and provide accurate information about prices, hours, and policies. The system uses Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and a custom-built knowledge base to ensure accurate and grounded responses, and can also collect callbacks for unknown questions.

BIO: The Bao I/O Coprocessor

145 zdw 2026-03-23 16:26:10 UTC bunniestudios.com Llama Share 31

The user designed an I/O co-processor called BIO for the Baochip-1x SoC, which is a more efficient alternative to the Raspberry Pi's PIO. The BIO uses a RISC-V 32-bit core and a set of FIFO-registers to achieve determinism and flexibility, and can be used for various I/O tasks such as DMA and SPI bit-banging.

An unsolicited guide to being a researcher [pdf]

189 sebg 2026-03-23 11:26:10 UTC emerge-lab.github.io Llama Share 23

The user discusses best practices for research, including avoiding overview slides, developing a unique view of the world, and staying on top of literature, and emphasizes the importance of collaboration, communication, and time management in research. They also provide tips for staying organized, reading efficiently, and avoiding burnout, and encourage researchers to view their work as a ...