Kagi Small Web

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Kagi aims to humanize the web by surfacing people behind online posts and stories. It amplifies genuine voices on the web by showcasing lesser-known blogs and websites.

Kagi Translate now supports LinkedIn Speak as an output language

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Kagi Translate uses powerful AI models to instantly and accurately translate any content in any language.

Building a Shell

The user built a toy shell to learn about low-level process APIs and Unix commands, implementing features like env var expansion, pipes, and basic tab completion using the readline library. The shell is incomplete but can handle simple use cases like launching programs, basic pipes, and some git commands, with the user learning about the performance implications of shells and the importance ...

Reddit User Uncovers Who Is Behind Meta's $2B Lobbying for Age Verification Tech

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A Reddit researcher exposed Meta's $2B campaign to force Apple and Google into building surveillance systems while exempting its own platforms. Meta's lobbying operation spans 45 states using nonprofit shells to avoid transparency requirements.

Grace Hopper's Revenge

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LLMs are better at writing code than humans, but struggle with narrative consistency and state management, making functional languages like Elixir ideal for machine generation and human verification. Elixir's simplicity, explicit semantics, and immutability make it a well-designed language that LLMs can write brilliant code in, while humans can easily read and debug it.

Leanstral: Open-source agent for trustworthy coding and formal proof engineering

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Researchers release Leanstral, an open-source code agent for Lean 4, designed for efficient proof engineering tasks. Leanstral outperforms competitors in benchmarks, offering competitive performance at a fraction of the cost, and can be used for zero-setup vibe coding and proving.

The unlikely story of Teardown Multiplayer

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Teardown's multiplayer implementation involved rewriting destruction logic in fixed-point math and using a hybrid approach of determinism and state synchronization. The team overcame numerous challenges, including bandwidth limitations, backwards compatibility, and late joins, to create a functional multiplayer mode.

Reverse-engineering Viktor and making it Open Source

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User reverse-engineered AI coworker Viktor's system architecture in 2 hours, gathering documentation from logs and technical blogs. They then implemented the system based on the gathered documentation, deploying a managed instance for others to try.

Gummy Geometry

Interactive physics demos for nape-js — explore rigid bodies, constraints, ragdolls, vehicles, cloth simulation, and more in 2D and 3D.

What CI looks like at a 100-person team (PostHog)

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PostHog's CI runs 575,894 jobs weekly, processing 1.18 billion log lines and 33 million tests, making flaky tests a significant issue. Mendral, an AI agent, diagnoses CI failures, quarantines flaky tests, and opens PRs with fixes to help teams like PostHog stay fast and productive.

Meta’s renewed commitment to jemalloc

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Meta is renewing focus on jemalloc, a high-performance memory allocator, to modernize the codebase and adapt to latest hardware and workloads. The goal is to reduce maintenance needs, remove technical debt, and improve efficiency, reliability, and usability.

The American Healthcare Conundrum

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The US spends $3 trillion more on healthcare than Japan, with issues like overpriced prescription drugs and hospital procedures contributing to the gap. Policy fixes like step therapy reform, international reference pricing, and capping commercial hospital payments could redirect billions in unnecessary spending.

The “small web” is bigger than you might think

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The author is exploring the concept of a "small web" for non-commercial, personal use, and has been using the Gemini protocol. They attempted to create a feed aggregator for the small web but found it impractical due to its large size and activity.

Sci-Fi Short Film “There Is No Antimemetics Division” [video]

Font Smuggler – copy hidden brand fonts into Google Docs

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Google Workspace lets brands who pay enough embed custom corporate fonts into their docs and slides. Normally, these are locked to just those brands shelling out for custom typefaces, but there's one loophole: the ol' copy/paste. Below are a selection of brand fonts with which you can do exactly that. Enjoy. (but it doesn't work on Google mobile apps)

Every layer of review makes you 10x slower

The author argues that review pipelines and layers of QA slow down development and hide root causes, making it harder to fix problems. To improve quality, teams should adopt a culture of trust, eliminate reviews, and focus on building high-quality components in small teams that can deliver quickly and safely.

US SEC preparing to scrap quarterly reporting requirement

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Gitana 18: the new flying Ultim trimaran

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Gitana 18 is a 32-meter trimaran with advanced technology for high-speed stability and performance. It features adjustable foils, a central daggerboard, and movable spreaders for optimal sailing conditions.

Pyodide: a Python distribution based on WebAssembly

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Pyodide allows running Python packages in the browser with micropip, supporting pure Python and many packages with C, C++, and Rust extensions. It comes with a robust Javascript to Python interface for mixing languages with minimal friction.

My Journey to a reliable and enjoyable locally hosted voice assistant (2025)

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User switched from Google Home to HomeAssistant's local assist backed by Llama.cpp, testing various hardware and models for optimal performance. They customized their setup to achieve reliable voice control and improved functionality.

Why I love FreeBSD

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The author discovered FreeBSD in 2002 and was impressed by its complete and accurate documentation, leading to a long-term relationship with the operating system. They valued FreeBSD's stability, performance, and community-driven approach, which has remained consistent over the past twenty years.

Beyond has dropped “meat” from its name and expanded its high-protein drink line

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Beyond Meat rebranded as Beyond The Plant Protein Company, focusing on plant-based foods with real ingredients. CEO Ethan Brown believes plant-based meat will be a dominant choice in the future, but not currently due to confusion around ultra-processed foods.

Fatal Core Dump Game

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The user created a murder mystery game that teaches debugging a core dump, using a sci-fi setting and an airlock controller as the main program at the center of the mystery. The game was built with a C library and a binary protocol for inter-device communication, and the user had to balance realism with the need to create a solvable puzzle.

Show HN: Oxyde – Pydantic-native async ORM with a Rust core

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Oxyde ORM is a Rust-based, type-safe, and Pydantic-centric ORM for clarity and speed. It's a young project with a modern developer-friendly workflow and strong typing.

Ryugu asteroid samples contain all DNA and RNA building blocks

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You purchased a Starlink Mini for backup internet and found the £4.50 Standby plan reasonable for low-speed data. The device has decent latency and works anywhere with a clear view of the sky, making it a reliable backup solution.

Claude Tips for 3D Work

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The user uses Claude Code for web projects, but finds it struggles with "visual" tasks like spatial analysis in 3D. They've developed a workflow involving iterative validation loops to help Claude navigate and understand complex tasks.

AnswerThis (YC F25) Is Hiring

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The company builds an operating system for scientific knowledge, using AI agents to search, synthesize, and draft evidence-based research. It aims to make research a living asset, not a disposable artifact, and has crossed $1M ARR in 8 months.

Monkey Island for Commodore 64 Ground Up

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Joachim Ljunggren is a Swedish designer and motion graphics producer with 15 years of experience. He works with clients like TV4 and MTV, using software like Cinema 4D and After Effects.

Show HN: Thermal Receipt Printers – Markdown and Web UI

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ThermalMarky supports Markdown printing on thermal receipt printers via a basic WebUI. It uses Docker for easy setup and USB permission management.