I built Timeframe, our family e-paper dashboard

445 saeedesmaili 2026-02-22 19:45:23 UTC hawksley.org Llama Share 126

The user built a custom family dashboard system called Timeframe, combining calendar, weather, and smart home data, to create a healthy relationship with technology in their home. After several prototypes and iterations, they settled on a real-time e-paper display system using a Boox Mira Pro and Home Assistant as the primary data source.

Using New Bridges of FreeBSD 15

18 vermaden 2026-02-22 22:45:23 UTC blog.feld.me Llama Share 3

FreeBSD 15 introduces a new bridging implementation with native VLAN support, simplifying network configurations. The new design allows a single bridge with tagged and untagged VLANs for each member.

Loops is a federated, open-source TikTok

146 Gooblebrai 2026-02-22 19:45:23 UTC joinloops.org Llama Share 85

Loops is a federated, open-source social media platform giving power back to creators and communities. It offers a chronological feed, creator tools, and community features without ads or invasive tracking.

Attention Media ≠ Social Networks

513 susam 2026-02-22 12:45:23 UTC susam.net Llama Share 220

The author describes how social networks changed from genuine social platforms to attention media, with manipulative notifications and irrelevant content. They found Mastodon, a platform that still feels like the original social networks, with genuine updates and no bogus notifications.

Algolia Hacker News Search GitHub Project Archived

41 maguszin 2026-02-22 21:45:23 UTC github.com/algolia Llama Share 11

This is a Rails 5 application for HN Search using React, Algolia, and wkhtmltoimage. It includes setup instructions and a custom Algolia search configuration for crawling and rendering thumbnails.

Show HN: CIA World Factbook Archive (1990–2025), searchable and exportable

49 MilkMp 2026-02-22 21:45:23 UTC cia-factbook-archive.fly.dev Llama Share 15

The CIA World Factbook archive contains 36 years of data on 281 entities with 1,061,341 fields. It's a searchable, queryable database following ICD 203 standards, not affiliated with the CIA or US Government.

Keybee: A Keyboard Designed for Smartphones

18 surprisetalk 2026-02-22 22:45:23 UTC keybeekeyboard.com Full Share 13

Keybee is the new keyboard layout designed for touchscreen. Discover the new way of typing on touchscreen. For free. Forever.

Show HN: Local-First Linux MicroVMs for macOS

92 harshdoesdev 2026-02-22 19:45:23 UTC shuru.run Full Share 31

Features Every run starts from a clean rootfs. Install anything, break anything. Nothing persists unless you save it. Save disk state as named snapshots. Restore, branch, and iterate. Like git commits for your environment. CLI

Six Math Essentials

64 digital55 2026-02-22 19:45:23 UTC terrytao.wordpress.com Llama Share 4

You're working with Quanta Books on "Six Math Essentials" covering fundamental math concepts, scheduled for Oct 27, with preorder available. The book is expected for readers of various ages, with sample pages to be released after proofing and design.

Fix your tools

173 vinhnx 2026-02-22 16:45:23 UTC ochagavia.nl Llama Share 63

A programmer encountered a bug in an open source library they maintained. They initially tried to debug the issue but realized they needed to fix their debugger first, which led to solving the problem.

Music Discovery

31 eriatarka 2026-02-22 21:45:23 UTC secondtrack.co Full Share 29

AI-powered record discovery. Describe a vibe, name a record you love, or tell us how you're feeling — the clerk will dig through the crates for you.

Linuxulator on FreeBSD Feels Like Magic

62 vermaden 2026-02-22 19:45:23 UTC hayzam.com Llama Share 23

User uses Visual Studio Code on FreeBSD but was limited by lack of ARM64 laptops. They tried Remote SSH extension with Linuxulator and a custom setup, achieving a fast and smooth remote development experience.

Hello Worg, the Org-Mode Community

67 dargscisyhp 2026-02-22 17:45:23 UTC orgmode.org Llama Share 17

Org-mode is a powerful tool for organizing life with plain-text files, integrating notes, TODO lists, and schedules. It's part of Emacs, available on GNU-Linux, Windows, and Mac, with extensive documentation and a community of users.

Google restricting Google AI Pro/Ultra subscribers for using OpenClaw

4 srigi 2026-02-22 23:10:23 UTC discuss.ai.google.dev Prefix Share 1

I’m seeking assistance regarding a sudden restriction on my Google AI Ultra account that has persisted for three days. I received no prior warnings or notifications regarding a potential violation. The only recent change in my workflow was connecting Gemini models via OpenClaw OAuth. If third-party integrations are the issue, I would expect the platform to block the integration rather than ...

What is a database transaction?

192 0x54MUR41 2026-02-22 12:45:23 UTC planetscale.com Llama Share 50

Transactions in SQL databases allow multiple queries to execute simultaneously without interfering with each other. They can be rolled back or committed, and databases like MySQL and Postgres use different methods to achieve consistent reads and handle conflicts.

Fresh File Explorer – VS Code extension for navigating recent work

60 frehu 2026-02-22 18:45:23 UTC github.com/frehu Llama Share 19

Fresh File Explorer is a VS Code extension that helps you find and manage files in your workspace by showing uncommitted changes, modified files, and deleted files in a tree view with customizable time periods and filters. It also includes features like pinning files, creating notes, and searching for files with a powerful search mechanism that respects your current filters and time window.

Emulated Windows 3.11 in the Browser

48 jalev 2026-02-22 17:45:23 UTC pieter.com Full Share 20

Windows 3.11 Emulator - retro computer with working dial-up modem internet with Winsock that lives inside your browser by @levelsio

Xweather Live – Interactive global vector weather map

121 unstyledcontent 2026-02-22 15:45:23 UTC live.xweather.com Llama Share 32

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Git's Magic Files

102 chmaynard 2026-02-22 14:45:23 UTC nesbitt.io Llama Share 28

Git repositories have several special committed files that control behavior, including .gitignore, .gitattributes, .mailmap, and .gitmodules. These files configure ignore patterns, file handling, author identities, and submodule settings.

Show HN: 3D Mahjong, Built in CSS

88 rofko 2026-02-22 16:45:23 UTC voxjong.com Full Share 43

Play VoxJong, a free CSS Mahjong Solitaire.

The Tears of Donald Knuth

14 todsacerdoti 2026-02-22 20:45:23 UTC cacm.acm.org Llama Share 0

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The Geometry of Tostitos Scoops

19 kousun12 2026-02-22 20:45:23 UTC chip-tech-rob.zocomputer.io Llama Share 1

The Tostitos Scoop is a modified hyperbolic paraboloid with mixed Gaussian curvature, providing structural rigidity and fluid containment. Its unique geometry combines a bowl with higher-order sinusoidal perturbations at the rim, optimizing chip-to-dip delivery.

Black-White Array: fast, ordered and based on with O(log N) memory allocations

12 platzhirsch 2026-02-22 19:45:23 UTC github.com/dronnix Llama Share 2

The Black-White Array (BWArr) is a fast, ordered data structure with O(log N) memory allocations and amortized O(log N) complexity for insert, search, and delete operations. It supports duplicate elements and has a small number of elements with O((log N)^2) complexity for Search/Delete operations.

Back to FreeBSD: Part 1

197 enz 2026-02-22 07:45:23 UTC hypha.pub Full Share 93

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In World Without BlackBerry, Physical Keyboards on Phones Are Making a Comeback

39 thunderbong 2026-02-22 20:45:23 UTC cnet.com Llama Share 27

Phones with keyboards are making a comeback due to nostalgia and the need for a tactile typing experience. Companies like Clicks and Unihertz are releasing new devices with physical keyboards, including the Clicks Communicator and the Unihertz Titan series.

Procedural Tron

9 tripgeo 2026-02-22 20:45:23 UTC tripgeo.com Prefix Share 5

Your objective: patrol the world's largest cities and track down the RED OCTANGLES - enemy buildings hiding in plain sight among each city's familiar skyline. Use your powerful searchlight to expose these elusive targets and neutralize them before their corruption spreads. Locate Targets: Use your blimp's powerful searchlight to scan the city. Red outlines indicate targets; shine ...

Show HN: Warn Firehose – Every US layoff notice in one searchable database

4 sendkamal 2026-02-22 23:35:23 UTC warnfirehose.com Prefix Share 1

WARN Firehose scrapes, normalizes, and unifies mass layoff notices from all 50 states into a single searchable database — updated daily. 109,000+ notices. 12.9M+ workers affected. Data going back to 1998. Available as interactive charts, bulk exports (CSV, JSON, Parquet), and a full REST API. Every US state publishes WARN Act notices in different formats — PDFs, Excel files, HTML tables — ...

Zuckerberg's "Fix" for Child Safety Could End Anonymous Internet Access for All

9 aestetix 2026-02-22 23:20:23 UTC reclaimthenet.org Prefix Share 5

Mark Zuckerberg spent more than five hours on the stand in Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday, testifying before a jury for the first time about claims that Meta deliberately designed Instagram to addict children. The headline from most coverage was the spectacle: an annotated paper trail of internal emails, a 35-foot collage of the plaintiff’s Instagram posts unspooled across the ...

Monkey Patching in VBA

43 n013 2026-02-22 13:45:23 UTC ecp-solutions.github.io Llama Share 11

ASF is a JavaScript-like scripting language for Office applications, providing modern features and seamless interaction with Office objects. It offers optional variable declaration, module system, and COM object extension, with a permissive open-source license.

We hid backdoors in ~40MB binaries and asked AI + Ghidra to find them

201 jakozaur 2026-02-22 15:45:23 UTC quesma.com Llama Share 89

Researchers partnered with a reverse engineering expert to create a benchmark for AI agents to detect backdoors in binary executables without source code. The AI agents were able to detect some hidden backdoors in binaries, but the approach is not ready for production due to a high false positive rate and limited detection rate.