Welcome (back) to Macintosh

The author has experienced numerous issues with macOS, including Time Machine failures, Spotlight problems, and Finder issues, which have persisted for years despite multiple OS releases. The author believes Apple has lost focus on user needs and is prioritizing design changes over stability and usability.

Motorola announces a partnership with GrapheneOS

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Motorola announced new consumer and enterprise solutions at Mobile World Congress, including a partnership with GrapheneOS Foundation for enhanced security. The company introduced Moto Secure and Moto Analytics to expand its B2B ecosystem with advanced security and operational insights.

First in-utero stem cell therapy for fetal spina bifida repair is safe: study

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UC Davis Health researchers successfully combined fetal surgery with stem cells to treat spina bifida in a Phase 1 clinical trial, showing great safety and potential for improved outcomes. The trial, funded by a $9 million state grant, aims to enroll 35 patients to evaluate long-term safety and improved movement.

New iPad Air, powered by M4

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Apple announced the new iPad Air with M4, offering a big jump in performance at the same starting price. The new iPad Air features a faster CPU and GPU, improved AI capabilities, and Wi-Fi 7 connectivity.

Show HN: Govbase – Follow a bill from source text to news bias to social posts

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British Columbia to end time changes, adopt year-round daylight time

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British Columbia will permanently adopt daylight time after March 8, ending clock changes. Residents have 8 months to prepare for the change, set for November 1, 2026.

Show HN: Pianoterm – Run shell commands from your Piano. A Linux CLI tool

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Note: Assumes ALSA is used as the soundcard driver Use acconnect -i to find the desired midi port

"That Shape Had None" – A Horror of Substrate Independence (Short Fiction)

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LFortran compiles fpm

LFortran has successfully compiled the complex Fortran Package Manager (fpm) project, exposing and fixing dozens of bugs and missing features, bringing it close to beta quality. LFortran is now working on other third-party codes and expects to announce beta quality when it can compile medium-sized codes with high probability, with coarrays and parametrized derived types to be implemented after beta.

Show HN: uBlock filter list to blur all Instagram Reels

Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2026)

Here are the job postings summarized in 2 concise English sentences each, not exceeding 200 characters:

Launch HN: OctaPulse (YC W26) – Robotics and computer vision for fish farming

Rohan and Paul, co-founders of OctaPulse, are building a robotics layer for seafood production, starting with automated fish inspection, to address the $350B global industry's lack of data visibility. They're using computer vision and robotics to handle live fish in humid and wet environments, and are seeking feedback from experts in computer vision, edge deployment, and aquaculture.

The 185-Microsecond Type Hint

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We recently released an open-source Clojure implementation of Roughtime, a protocol for secure time synchronization with cryptographic proof. When a client asks for the time, it sends a random nonce. The server replies with a signed certificate containing both the nonce and a timestamp, proving the response happened after the request. Responses can be chained together with provable ordering; ...

Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (March 2026)

Multiple individuals from various locations are seeking work in software development, data engineering, and related fields, with a range of technologies and experience levels. They are looking for full-time, part-time, or contract opportunities in roles such as backend engineer, full-stack developer, data scientist, and more.

How to talk to anyone and why you should

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The author reflects on the decline of casual conversations with strangers in public spaces due to social anxiety and overreliance on technology. They argue that this loss of human interaction is a significant issue affecting people of all ages.

Inside the M4 Apple Neural Engine, Part 1: Reverse Engineering

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The user reverse engineered Apple's Neural Engine, mapping the software stack from CoreML to the IOKit kernel driver and discovering direct access to the ANE without CoreML. They found the ANE is a graph execution engine with 16 cores, supports a queue depth of 127, and has a unique compilation path using MIL and E5 binaries.

Reflex (YC W23) Is Hiring Software Engineers – Python

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Reflex is a unified platform that simplifies app development, deployment, and management with reusable abstractions and AI-powered tools. It has powered over 1 million applications and is used by 30% of Fortune 500 companies for internal tools and data-driven applications.

iPhone 17e

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Apple announced iPhone 17e with A19 chip, 48MP Fusion camera, and C1X modem for faster performance and connectivity. iPhone 17e starts at $599 with 256GB storage and is available for pre-order on March 4.

Packaging a Gleam app into a single executable

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The user discusses various methods to create a Gleam executable, including Gleescript, Burrito, Deno compile, Node Single Executable Applications (SEA), and Bun build, each with their advantages and caveats. Bun build is found to be the most convenient and fast method, but its executables are large due to bundling the runtime.

Use the Mikado Method to do safe changes in a complex codebase

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You inherited a 300k lines of spaghetti code and need to refactor it. The Mikado Method helps by breaking down the task into smaller, manageable goals and subgoals, allowing you to make progress without getting stuck in the quicksand of the codebase.

Build your own Command Line with ANSI escape codes (2016)

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The article explains how to control the terminal from a command-line program using ANSI escape codes, which allow for features like colored text, cursor movement, and screen clearing. By mastering these codes, developers can create custom command-line interfaces with features like syntax highlighting, drop-down menus, and rich interactions, making their programs more user-friendly and powerful.

Parallel coding agents with tmux and Markdown specs

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The user has developed a custom coding system using tmux, Claude Code, and bash aliases to manage parallel coding agents and feature designs (FDs) for efficient planning and development. They have created various slash commands and tools to streamline the process, including /fd-init, /fd-explore, /fd-deep, and /fd-verify, but face challenges with managing cognitive load and context window ...

Why Objective-C

User got rid of hundreds of thousands of lines of Objective-C code at Audible and now appreciates its simplicity. They're rewriting their blog generator, SalmonBay, in Objective-C for its elegance and stability.

A case for Go as the best language for AI agents

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Go is a suitable language for AI agents due to its simplicity, strong typing, and standardized tooling, making it easier for agents to generate and validate code. The language's cross-platform support and ubiquity also make it a good fit for agents, allowing them to produce performant software that can run on various machines.

Boss-CSS: I created another "CSS-in-JS" lib

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Boss-CSS is a polymorphic "CSS-in-JS" library supporting multiple different ways of applying CSS to your codebase, with or without runtime. Before I get into the details there are a few things I want to clarify. I'm not a content creator or writer, and I don't want to be. For this reason, this will be one single, detailed, long ass post. I'll try to explain and justify the ...

Programmable Cryptography

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Programmable cryptography is a new generation of cryptographic primitives that enable general-purpose computation inside or on top of cryptographic protocols, allowing for powerful new properties and applications such as universal protocols and cryptomata. This technology has the potential to transform the way we build computing systems, enabling greater privacy, security, and user control of ...

Zclaw – The 888 KiB Assistant

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Scheduled to check garage sensor in 20 minutes. Current firmware size is 869,838 bytes, under the 888 KiB target.

19th century silent film that first captured a robot attack

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The Library of Congress has restored a 130-year-old silent film by Georges Méliès, depicting a robot clown attacking a human clown. The film is considered one of the first instances of a robot in a moving image, and its discovery highlights the enduring theme of robotics in science fiction.

Show HN: I built a sub-500ms latency voice agent from scratch

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The author built a custom voice agent from scratch, achieving a 2x latency improvement over off-the-shelf providers like Vapi, by optimizing model choice, pipelining the agent turn, and carefully managing geography and service placement. The key takeaway is that voice is an orchestration problem, requiring careful coordination of multiple models and services in real-time, and that building a ...

Language Model Contains Personality Subnetworks

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Researchers found that Large Language Models contain embedded persona-specialized subnetworks, allowing them to adapt to different behaviors without external context. A training-free method isolates these subnetworks, leading to stronger persona alignment and more efficient personalization.