Why Janet? (2023)

212 yacin 2026-06-02 10:16:37 UTC ianthehenry.com Llama Share 93

The author promotes Janet, a small, easy-to-learn Lisp dialect with a simple syntax and powerful features like macros and implicit serialization. Janet is ideal for writing command-line apps, scripting, and embedding in other languages due to its ease of use and flexibility.

Adafruit Receives Demand Letter from Fenwick Legal Counsel on Behalf of Flux.ai

191 semanser 2026-06-02 10:16:37 UTC blog.adafruit.com Llama Share 57

Adafruit received a letter from Flux's counsel demanding they stop publishing an article about Flux's intellectual property and user base. Adafruit has temporarily stopped publishing to consider their response to the demand.

CSS-Native Parallax Effect

56 dandep 2026-06-02 11:16:37 UTC dan-webnotes.com Llama Share 29

CSS Scroll-driven animation timelines enable parallax effects without JavaScript, improving performance and simplicity. A utility class uses a single block of declarative styles to create a parallax animation with a variable offset and scale.

The newest Instagram “exploit” is the goofiest I've seen

1933 ssiddharth 2026-06-01 17:16:37 UTC 0xsid.com Llama Share 437

Hackers can easily take over Instagram accounts by tricking Meta's support AI into sending verification codes to an arbitrary email address. This zero-auth password reset method bypasses 2FA and allows attackers to gain full ownership of the account, with the AI being easily fooled by simple methods.

Can the stockmarket swallow Anthropic, SpaceX and OpenAI?

463 1vuio0pswjnm7 2026-06-02 00:16:37 UTC economist.com Llama Share 812

SpaceX plans a $75bn stock market debut on Nasdaq, followed by AI firms Anthropic and Open seeking up to $60bn each. The three listings could add $4trn to US market value.

Apple rejected my dictation app for using the accessibility API

65 RZelaya 2026-06-02 12:16:37 UTC mitmllc.com Llama Share 45

The user created WhisperPad to help people with hand injuries like themselves type more efficiently, but Apple rejected the app due to a guideline issue. The user decided to release a compromised version on the App Store and a full version directly, which led to a better-organized product and a new understanding of their build configuration.

Muxcard, a dyi credit card size computer

116 sargstuff 2026-06-02 07:16:37 UTC github.com/krauseler Llama Share 33

The user is developing a fully working computer the size of a credit card, with a thickness of around 1mm, and is sharing the process and challenges of creating it.

Great Question (YC W21) Is Hiring Applied AI Interns

0 2026-06-02 12:16:37 UTC ycombinator.com Llama Share

Great Question is hiring an AI-native Software Engineering intern for a 3-month summer program. The intern will work on real AI-focused projects, own a project from day one, and collaborate with the CTO as a mentor.

macOS needs its grid back

302 ranebo 2026-06-02 02:16:37 UTC blog.hopefullyuseful.com Llama Share 175

The user created an app called GridLion to restore grid-based virtual desktops to macOS, a feature removed in Lion. They used an LLM to help with development, but found it challenging to create a polished app due to macOS limitations and permission requirements.

Webcam head tracking, webcam to control in‑game FOV

24 mwit2023 2026-06-02 10:16:37 UTC openfov.com Full Share 21

OpenFOV uses your webcam to control iRacing's in-game FOV. Unlocks VR-style functionality for your monitor!

You Don't Love Systemd Timers Enough

42 yacin 2026-06-02 10:16:37 UTC blog.tjll.net Llama Share 28

Systemd timers are a modern alternative to traditional cron jobs, offering more flexibility and features such as stdout and stderr output control and calendar versus time span units. They can be configured to run at specific times, intervals, or relative to other events, and provide a clear picture of scheduled tasks with the list-timers subcommand.

CQL: Categorical Databases

62 noworriesnate 2026-06-02 06:16:37 UTC categoricaldata.net Llama Share 16

CQL is an open-source, production-ready data processing system using category theory for querying, combining, and evolving databases. It guarantees correctness through an embedded automated theorem prover and preserves data quality with perfect provenance.

OpenAI frontier models and Codex are now available on AWS

304 typpo 2026-06-01 22:16:37 UTC openai.com Llama Share 108

OpenAI models and Codex are now available on AWS, allowing customers to build AI applications with existing security and governance controls. This partnership reduces friction around AI adoption, enabling customers to move faster from evaluation to production.

Chipotlai Max

276 nigelgutzmann 2026-06-01 23:16:37 UTC github.com/cyberpapiii Llama Share 45

Chipotle's Pepper AI chatbot was hacked and turned into a free coding agent called Chipotlai Max. It's a community project to add support for other retailers' chatbots.

Stop Ruining It

25 herbertl 2026-06-02 10:16:37 UTC seths.blog Llama Share 4

Paul McGowan's insight is that quality is what remains when flaws are removed. He suggests that customer delight, curiosity, satisfaction, and trust are all preserved if not ruined by external factors.

Debug Project

240 Eridanus2 2026-06-01 21:16:37 UTC debug.com Llama Share 97

Mosquitoes spread diseases like dengue and Zika, killing hundreds of millions yearly. Debug uses male mosquitoes with Wolbachia bacteria to stop bad mosquitoes from reproducing.

CS336: Language Modeling from Scratch

499 kristianpaul 2026-06-01 14:16:37 UTC cs336.stanford.edu Llama Share 48

This course teaches students to develop their own language models using Python and PyTorch, with a focus on implementation and systems optimization. Assignments involve building a standard Transformer model, optimizing attention, and applying RL to train LMs to reason.

How is Groq raising more money?

121 hasheddan 2026-06-02 01:16:37 UTC zach.be Llama Share 57

Groq, a company that licensed its AI chip tech to Nvidia, is raising $650M despite already being acquired. They have 4 large datacenters and a unique asset as a private inference datacenter operator.

AI Agent Guidelines for CS336 at Stanford

441 prakashqwerty 2026-06-01 17:16:37 UTC github.com/stanford-cs336 Llama Share 140

AI agents should guide students in CS336 through explanation, feedback, and debugging, not directly completing assignments. They should review code, suggest improvements, and provide high-level guidance to help students learn through implementation-heavy projects.

Should you normalize RGB values by 255 or 256?

287 pplanu 2026-06-01 18:16:37 UTC 30fps.net Llama Share 120

The standard approach maps 0 to 0.0 and 255 to 1.0, while the alternative adds a 0.5 bias and divides by 256. The standard approach is a mid-riser quantizer with L=255, wasting bandwidth but suitable for image processing.

Strace-ui, Bonsai_term, and the TUI renaissance

81 matt_d 2026-06-02 04:16:37 UTC blog.janestreet.com Llama Share 48

Jane Street developed Bonsai_term, a terminal UI framework, to create fast and keyboard-centric apps. Bonsai_term uses a declarative, type-safe approach and is well-suited for AI assistance and testing.

Microsoft builds MacBook Pro rival with NVIDIA-powered Surface Laptop Ultra

241 jbk 2026-06-01 16:16:37 UTC windowslatest.com Llama Share 502

Microsoft unveiled the Surface Laptop Ultra, a powerful device running Windows on Arm, in partnership with NVIDIA. It features up to 128GB of unified memory, a 15-inch mini-LED display, and a custom NVIDIA RTX Spark platform for demanding workloads.

Fooling around with encrypted reasoning blobs

111 supermatou 2026-06-02 02:16:37 UTC blog.cryptographyengineering.com Llama Share 23

The user spent a weekend exploring OpenClaw and Claude APIs, discovering that encrypted reasoning blocks can be replayed across sessions and accounts, potentially exposing sensitive information. However, the user was unable to extract model prompts, but found that reasoning itself can be leaky, allowing for side-channel attacks to extract secret data.

10g Upgrade

8 klaxzygen 2026-06-02 11:16:37 UTC klaxzy.net Prefix Share 3

running self-hosted services requires network connectivity, there is no escape from networking, in my opinion. a good network foundation is key to the stable and smooth operation of any modern infrastructure. in the era of cloud and virtual services, the network level is often invisible to end users as well as people who manage all the underlying network infrastructure. today, I still believe ...

Show HN: Eyeball

16 mrroryflint 2026-06-02 09:16:37 UTC eyeball.rory.codes Full Share 8

eyeball is built for precision clicking with a mouse or trackpad. you can play on touch, but finger taps aren't accurate enough to really compete.

On Reading SRAMs in IR Images, and Establishing Bounds on Trust

11 zdw 2026-06-02 09:16:37 UTC bunniestudios.com Llama Share 2

IR imaging can detect extra RAM macros in a system by placing an upper bound on SRAM size, allowing end users to verify claimed RAM against fabricated RAM. However, hiding a small amount of extra memory, such as a single row, may be possible but is still detectable with other means, such as laser interferometry or SEM.

Launch HN: Expanse (YC P26) – Unlock Wasted GPU Capacity

88 ismaeel_bashir 2026-06-01 17:16:37 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 25

Ismaeel, Eren, Yafet, and Nikodem built Expanse to predict job resource needs and optimize HPC/GPU cluster utilization, addressing the 30-40% effective utilization issue in datacenters. Expanse outperforms state-of-the-art models by 8x and continuously updates its models to improve accuracy, offering a paid pilot deployment for HPC/GPU clusters.

What appear to be biochemical processes may be a natural feature of geology

249 speckx 2026-06-01 15:16:37 UTC quantamagazine.org Llama Share 89

Sébastien Fontaine's lab found that dead soil continued to emit carbon dioxide for six years. Their experiments suggest that nonbiological catalysts in soil can induce reactions that resemble the metabolic breakdown of sugar.

Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2026)

208 whoishiring 2026-06-01 15:16:37 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 290

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

A new way to build chips: Sequentially stacking silicon to extend Moore's Law

64 hhs 2026-06-02 00:16:37 UTC matse.illinois.edu Llama Share 38

Researchers led by Qing Cao have developed a method to stack high-performance silicon circuits vertically, increasing computing density and speed while reducing energy use. This breakthrough could extend Moore's law without shrinking transistors further, enabling more efficient computing for AI and other data-intensive applications.