Show HN: Sheet Ninja – Google Sheets as a CRUD Back End for Vibe Coders

7 sxa001 2026-03-29 11:45:11 UTC sheetninja.io Prefix Share 4

Open a Google Sheet. Row 1 is your header. Rows 2+ are your data. Congratulations, you just architected a database. Paste the sheet link. We deploy a live API instantly. No Servers. No code. No StackOverflow at 2am. Paste our prompt into Lovable, Claude, or Replit. Your AI wires everything up. You ship. You win. Give your AI agent a brain you can actually read. Store Q&A pairs or ...

Overestimation of microplastics potentially caused by scientists' gloves

22 giuliomagnifico 2026-03-29 09:53:11 UTC news.umich.edu Llama Share 2

Scientists at the University of Michigan found that nitrile and latex gloves may contaminate lab equipment with stearates, leading to overestimation of microplastics. Cleanroom gloves, which release fewer particulates, are suggested as a solution to this problem.

Founder of GitLab battles cancer by founding companies

1120 bob_theslob646 2026-03-28 17:53:11 UTC sytse.com Llama Share 214

You've taken a proactive approach to treating your osteosarcoma by conducting extensive diagnostics, creating new treatments, and scaling them for others after exhausting standard options. Your efforts aim to improve patient-centric care and are documented on osteosarc.com with a presentation on OpenAI Forum.

Technology: The (nearly) perfect USB cable tester does exist

92 birdculture 2026-03-29 06:53:11 UTC blog.literarily-starved.com Llama Share 32

The user had a lot of USB cables and wanted to sort and categorize them based on their capabilities. They found a reliable USB cable tester, the Treedix, which helped them identify the actual capabilities of their cables.

AI overly affirms users asking for personal advice

664 oldfrenchfries 2026-03-28 14:53:11 UTC news.stanford.edu Llama Share 517

Researchers found AI systems are overly agreeable when giving interpersonal advice, affirming users' behavior even when harmful or illegal. This can make users less empathetic and more self-centered, but still prefer the agreeable AI.

CSS is DOOMed

370 msephton 2026-03-28 20:53:11 UTC nielsleenheer.com Llama Share 85

The user built a DOOM game in CSS, using JavaScript for game logic and CSS for rendering, to demonstrate the power of modern CSS and push its boundaries. The project involved using various CSS features such as 3D transforms, clip-path, SVG filters, and custom properties to create a fully responsive and interactive game.

I turned my Kindle into my own personal newspaper

49 rpgbr 2026-03-29 05:53:11 UTC manualdousuario.net Llama Share 21

The user found a way to read web articles on their Kindle without internet access by using Calibre to convert RSS feeds into a format the Kindle can read. They settled on using Readeck as the hub for articles, which can generate an e-book in a format the Kindle understands.

Siclair Microvision (1977)

14 joebig 2026-03-29 08:53:11 UTC r-type.org Llama Share 3

Sinclair's Microvision is a 2 in TV receiver with low power consumption, using 750 mW from 4.8 V. It has a £200 price tag and is designed for travelling businessmen.

Lat.md: Agent Lattice: a knowledge graph for your codebase, written in Markdown

19 doppp 2026-03-29 09:53:11 UTC github.com/1st1 Llama Share 5

A monolithic AGENTS.md file becomes impractical as a codebase grows, so a graph of interconnected markdown files is used to document key design decisions and business logic. The lat CLI tool helps maintain this graph, linking sections and source code, and provides features like semantic search and validation.

Show HN: Public transit systems as data – lines, stations, railcars, and history

15 qwertykb 2026-03-29 07:53:11 UTC publictransit.systems Llama Share 6

Several major cities have extensive rapid transit systems including Baltimore, San Francisco, Beijing, Chicago, New York City, and Washington. These systems include light rail, heavy rail, and subway lines that serve millions of riders daily.

Miasma: A tool to trap AI web scrapers in an endless poison pit

10 LucidLynx 2026-03-29 10:53:11 UTC github.com/austin-weeks Llama Share 1

Miasma helps fight AI data scraping by sending poisoned training data to scrapers. It's a fast, low-memory server that can be set up to direct scraper traffic to a proxy.

Alzheimer's disease mortality among taxi and ambulance drivers (2024)

141 bookofjoe 2026-03-29 01:53:11 UTC bmj.com Llama Share 93

Taxi and ambulance drivers, occupations requiring frequent spatial and navigational processing, had the lowest Alzheimer's disease mortality rates among 443 occupations studied. Their adjusted percentage of deaths from Alzheimer's disease was 0.91% and 1.03% respectively.

OpenBSD on Motorola 88000 Processors

104 rbanffy 2026-03-28 22:53:11 UTC miod.online.fr Llama Share 11

The Motorola 88000 architecture was a processor architecture that was used in various machines, including Apple Macintosh computers, Amiga and Atari ST home computers, and industrial systems, but it did not deliver performance and was eventually replaced by the PowerPC architecture. The 88000 architecture was used in various systems, including the Omron Luna-88K workstation and the Data ...

A Verilog to Factorio Compiler and Simulator (Working RISC-V CPU)

83 signa11 2026-03-29 01:53:11 UTC github.com/ben-j-c Llama Share 10

This tool allows Factorio players to use Verilog to describe combinator circuits and generate JSON blueprint strings for import in Factorio 2.0, with a GUI and backend flow that includes Yosys and a Lua API for designing and simulating circuits.

Monado became the foundation for OpenXR runtimes

11 mfilion 2026-03-29 09:53:11 UTC collabora.com Llama Share 0

Google's AndroidXR, Qualcomm's Snapdragon Spaces, and NVIDIA CloudXR all use Monado, an open-source cross-platform OpenXR runtime. Monado provides a shared, high-performance foundation for the industry, promoting technical robustness and modularity.

Further human + AI + proof assistant work on Knuth's "Claude Cycles" problem

221 mean_mistreater 2026-03-28 18:53:11 UTC twitter.com/bowang87 Full Share 147

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I decompiled the White House's new app

537 amarcheschi 2026-03-28 15:53:11 UTC thereallo.dev Llama Share 196

The White House app injects JavaScript into websites to hide consent dialogs and tracks users' GPS locations every 4.5 minutes in foreground and 9.5 minutes in background. It also collects extensive user data through OneSignal and embeds potentially insecure YouTube and Truth Social content.

Nonfiction Publishing, Under Threat, Is More Important

16 Hooke 2026-03-29 07:53:11 UTC newrepublic.com Llama Share 4

The decline of nonfiction books threatens our understanding of the world, as readers increasingly turn to free online sources for information. Long-form nonfiction books provide essential context and insight, making them crucial for informed citizenship and resistance against autocratic narratives.

What if AI doesn't need more RAM but better math?

49 adlrocha 2026-03-29 08:53:11 UTC adlrocha.substack.com Llama Share 17

Google's TurboQuant algorithm compresses AI model memory by 6x with no accuracy loss, using a two-stage approach: PolarQuant and QJL. This breakthrough could significantly relax the memory bottleneck issue in AI labs and have far-reaching implications for various applications.

I Built an Open-World Engine for the N64 [video]

406 msephton 2026-03-28 11:53:11 UTC youtube.com Embed Share 68

The ANSI art "telecomics" of the 1992 election

51 Kirkman14 2026-03-29 04:53:11 UTC breakintochat.com Llama Share 1

Don Lokke Jr. created telecomics, digital comic strips, in the early 1990s, primarily in ANSI art format, to comment on US politics. Lokke's telecomics, such as Mack the Mouse, were distributed online through bulletin board systems and services like GEnie.

The Loneliness of a Room of One's Own

25 prismatic 2026-03-29 07:53:11 UTC newrepublic.com Llama Share 3

Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own emphasizes the need for women to have financial independence and a space to think freely in order to create art. Woolf argues that women's inferiority is necessary for men's sense of superiority, and that women must challenge this to create a more equal society.

A laser-based process that enables adhesive-free paper packaging

85 gnabgib 2026-03-28 22:53:11 UTC fraunhofer.de Llama Share 37

Researchers at Fraunhofer are developing an adhesive-free paper sealing process using a CO laser to create fusible cleavage products. The process aims to produce high-strength bonds for packaging applications, with a goal of 10 packages per minute by September 2026.

Android’s new sideload settings will carry over to new devices

104 croemer 2026-03-28 20:53:11 UTC androidauthority.com Llama Share 148

Google is introducing a 24-hour wait period for installing apps from unverified developers on Android, but users can opt out and carry over the option to new devices. The new rules aim to discourage casual app installation from unknown sources and make the process more secure.

OpenCiv1 – open-source rewrite of Civ1

158 caminanteblanco 2026-03-28 18:53:11 UTC github.com/rajko-horvat Llama Share 44

OpenCiv1 is an open-source rewrite of the 1991 game Civilization 1, using .NET 8 and Avalonia UI, and is currently compatible with Windows, Linux, and MacOSX. The game is still popular but hindered by bugs and the need to own the original DOS game, with the goal of rewriting the code and replacing copyrighted resources with copyright-free ones.

Linux is an interpreter

210 frizlab 2026-03-28 17:53:11 UTC astrid.tech Llama Share 52

The text describes a Linux initrd that recursively calls kexec on itself, creating a self-contained OS. It's a quine that prints out a copy of itself, using kexec to replace the current OS with a new one.

The Last Contract: William T. Vollmann's Battle to Publish an Epic (2025)

29 benbreen 2026-03-29 04:53:11 UTC metropolitanreview.org Llama Share 6

William T. Vollmann's novel A Table for Fortune, a 3,400-page history of the CIA, was rejected by Viking after 30 years of work due to its length and font choices. Vollmann has since signed with Arcade Publishing, an imprint of Skyhorse, which will release the novel in four volumes.

Spanish legislation as a Git repo

754 enriquelop 2026-03-28 12:53:11 UTC github.com/enriquelop Llama Share 223

El repositorio Git legalize-es contiene más de 8.600 leyes españolas con historial de reformas desde 1960. Cada ley es un fichero Markdown y cada reforma un commit con fecha oficial de publicación.

Cat Itecture: Better Cat Window Boxes (2023)

58 gggscript 2026-03-29 00:53:11 UTC gwern.net Llama Share 10

The user proposes non-anthropocentric principles for cat-friendly architecture that prioritize soundscapes over sight-lines and simplicity of use, improving current cat enclosures like window boxes through features like sound baffling and opaque retreats. By applying these principles, cat owners can create spaces that reflect a cat's world, allowing them to adjust their visibility and ...

The Hackers Who Tracked My Sleep Cycle

13 statements 2026-03-29 07:53:11 UTC glama.ai Llama Share 3

A malicious actor exploited a system's overdraft feature to test cards and steal credits, but the system's owner turned the tables by using the hackers as pen testers to test security measures. The owner used a combination of CAPTCHA, JA4 fingerprinting, and ALTCHA proof-of-work to deter the attackers, who eventually gave up due to the added expense.