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Issue #810

by @hnl · last added 2026-09-18 · 60 items

tags: [favorites] [ask_hn] [show_hn] [code] [data] [design] [books] [working] [learn] [watching] [startup_news] [fun]

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* An e-ink frame that hears birds and draws them as 1800s illustrations

github.com · node›

* Introducing System One Models and Jev

typesafe.ai · node›

* On the Navier–Stokes Millennium Prize Problem

openai.com · node›

* OpenAI agents carried out an undisclosed attack on RubyGems

rubyhack.ai · node›

* AlphaGenome Atlas: a high-resolution map of human DNA

blog.google · node›

* Astra for Coding: Why Are We Doing This Again?

lucumr.pocoo.org · node›

* The most important product decision is what you don't build

liamnugent.me · node›

* Doing Everyone Else's Job

yosefk.com · node›

* Reversing Factorio's RNG

gegell.github.io · node›

* Tell the speakers that you liked their talks

ohhelloana.blog · node›

* Backups Aren't Simple

filipovski.net · node›

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* What are you working on?

news.ycombinator.com · node›

* Can we please limit the AI news flood?

news.ycombinator.com · node›

* What default model do you use and why?

news.ycombinator.com · node›

─── Show Hn (6) ────────────────────────────────────────

* Pion, an agent designed to run any company autonomously

andonlabs.com · node›

* Steam Frame starts at $1059

store.steampowered.com · node›

* Hister: A private search engine for the pages you visit and the files you keep

github.com · node›

* I made a flight simulator, except you're just a passenger

inflightsimulator.com · node›

* Capsule – Single-file web apps that save their data into SQLite

withcapsule.app · node›

* Jinx – a link shortener you host free on GitHub Pages

jinx.fyi · node›

─── Code (6) ───────────────────────────────────────────

* Small programming tricks

will-keleher.com · node›

* crustyBASIC – BASIC cross compiler for retro systems

telengard.itch.io · node›

* Bend – A language that blocks AI mistakes via proof, on CPU and GPU

bend-lang.com · node›

* Java 27

mail.openjdk.org · node›

* Wax – Record a program, change it then replay it

waxlang.dev · node›

* Anecdotally, Programmers Dislike "Reduce"

evanhahn.com · node›

─── Data (5) ───────────────────────────────────────────

* Charts built for Chat

dbtcharts.com · node›

* Training a 4B model to produce 81% faster query plans than Postgres

rohanbansal.com · node›

* We do modern frequentist statistics: Using fake-data simulation

statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu · node›

* Knap – Turn Data into Markdown

knap.md · node›

* WalShadow: Sub-second Postgres replication to ClickHouse from physical WAL

clickhouse.com · node›

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* The CSS Zen Garden dream, finally shipped

josprague.com · node›

* Most people prefer traditional architecture

worksinprogress.news · node›

* Picxel – Turn reference images into pixel-art game assets

github.com · node›

─── Books (3) ──────────────────────────────────────────

* Japan's book scene is quietly moving from bookstores to libraries

untranslatedjp.substack.com · node›

* Chopping up books when they're physically too big

attainablefelicity.mattkirkland.com · node›

* Open-source AI and open models reading list

interconnects.ai · node›

─── Working (4) ────────────────────────────────────────

* We Must Return to the Office to Use AI in Person

mcsweeneys.net · node›

* New $100k H-1B visa fee pushes tech jobs offshore

spectrum.ieee.org · node›

* We know what a world without work looks like

asteriskmag.substack.com · node›

* A return to two-pizza culture

allthingsdistributed.com · node›

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* I can't stop thinking about Papua New Guinea

notnottalmud.substack.com · node›

* Wax Motor

en.wikipedia.org · node›

* Forgotten Woodlands

storymaps.arcgis.com · node›

* How Big Are Factorials?

eli.thegreenplace.net · node›

─── Watching (4) ───────────────────────────────────────

* Paul A. M. Dirac, Interview by Friedrich Hund

youtube.com · node›

* DEF Con 34 – Hacking AI – Bruce Schneier

youtube.com · node›

* History of Forgotten Chips

youtube.com · node›

* Sony's First Computer – The SMC-70 from 1982

youtube.com · node›

─── Startup News (5) ───────────────────────────────────

* Astra for Law

openai.com · node›

* Oracle’s 6am layoff emails hit staff amid new wave of cuts

techtimes.co.uk · node›

* Matt Mullenweg tells Automattic staff in Slack he's back in control after ouster

techcrunch.com · node›

* AWS Says It Can't Restore Some Data from Mideast Facilities Struck by Iran

wsj.com · node›

* Nvidia announces native GPU programming in Rust

developer.nvidia.com · node›

─── Fun (6) ────────────────────────────────────────────

* One Gets Through – Missile Command, but you launch the missiles

onegetsthrough.com · node›

* Hopera, a free musical soothing rhythmic game

jgthms.com · node›

* Take a break, play some puzzles

gridmino.com · node›

* Dry Diving Club – A darkly comic browser game

drydiving.club · node›

* Below the Root (1984 game) ported to JavaScript

below-the-root.saul.pw · node›

* Trail, a New Logic Game

trail.franzai.com · node›