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How to spend 15 years perfecting a product (refactoring.guru)

×0.90 | 1 points by neochief 1 minute ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Companion eBook for The Odyssey audiobook narrated by AI Michael Caine (github.com/stoilms)

×0.89 | 1 points by stoilms 2 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The Human-in-the-Loop Is Tired (pydantic.dev)

×0.91 | 1 points by polyrand 3 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
JD Vance accuses Israel of plot against him and drops Mossad-Epstein bombshell (dailymail.com)

×0.82 | 1 points by Bender 4 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Portable Memory or Permanent Lock-In (stantyan.com)

×0.84 | 1 points by stantyan 4 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
UK Primary Steelmaking Review 2025 [pdf] (publishing.service.gov.uk)

×0.86 | 1 points by pjc50 4 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
How Wholesale Toy Sourcing from China Works (opttoyschina.com)

×0.72 | 1 points by jahrakal 7 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The (Im)possibility of Obfuscating Programs(2010) [pdf] (boazbarak.org)

×0.69 | 1 points by nill0 8 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: We hid a backdoor in an LLM – $51,200 on finding it (vulcora.se)

×0.72 | 1 points by telaia396 8 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: I built a house-hack calculator that told me to keep renting (therenthacker.com)

×0.58 | 2 points by dannybrown540 9 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Beyond Red vs. Blue: the US Political Typology (pewresearch.org)

×0.69 | 2 points by throw0101d 10 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Is There Any Hope for Asynchronous Design? (2024) (semiengineering.com)

×1.45 | 2 points by bjourne 11 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Former OpenAI CTO does what Altman won't, releases a frontier AI model (theregister.com)

×1.47 | 2 points by Bender 11 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
You Can Discover the Drives (slimemoldtimemold.com)

×1.51 | 2 points by surprisetalk 12 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
My Homepage Has a Pulse (snehankekre.com)

×1.53 | 2 points by punk_ihaq 12 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Goes-19 weather satellite enters Safe Hold mode (spaceweather.gov)

×1.56 | 2 points by yabones 12 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
FDA Approves a New Pill to Slash Cholesterol Levels (nytimes.com)

×2.43 54 | 3 points by brandonb 13 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Move over, GPS: Navigation satellites in low-Earth orbit are making a comeback (arstechnica.com)

×1.57 | 2 points by Bender 13 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The most no-code customizable chat widget (see pictures) (quickchat.ai)

×3.28 71 | 4 points by piotrgrudzien 13 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Team Topologies (thehardparts.dev)

×1.35 | 2 points by ludovicianul 17 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
A Science of Concurrent Programs by Leslie Lamport (lamport.azurewebsites.net)

×1.39 | 2 points by teleforce 18 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
AI Obituary Writing Tool (obituaries.com)

×1.42 | 2 points by vegadw 18 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Malaysia's Anwar warns any Israelis at Johor tech commune to be deported (msn.com)

×2.14 52 | 3 points by logcode 19 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: A bidirectional visual React IDE (live guest playground) (crossui.com)

×1.34 | 2 points by linb 20 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Files on Illegal Spying Show CIA Skeletons from Cold War (2007) (nytimes.com)

×1.40 | 2 points by robtherobber 20 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Reclaiming a Decade of Podcast Listening History (uncommonapps.nyc)

×1.42 | 2 points by dabluck 21 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Plarza – A social network for personal websites (plarza.com)

×1.94 48 | 3 points by sidny 22 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Migrating off Webflow and the worst way to use Claude Code (sisyphus.bar)

×1.33 | 2 points by itunpredictable 23 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Real-Time Microphone Quality Scoring Using Web Audio API (howdousound.com)

×1.99 47 | 3 points by tdhopper 23 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Ask HN: As LLMs progress, how do you stay sharp and productive?

×0.75 | 2 points by spiresofagartha 23 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Confused Deputy: Google IdP Account Takeover via Device Code Flow Hijacking (weirdmachine64.github.io)

×1.38 | 2 points by zerodaysbroker 23 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
DNA sequence alignment and Delannoy numbers (johndcook.com)

×1.39 | 2 points by ibobev 24 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Marigold – Get more done with your agent (marigold.page)

×1.36 | 2 points by fachonrenpure 24 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Does additional data always reduce posterior variance? (johndcook.com)

×1.45 | 2 points by ibobev 24 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Using Local Coding Agents (sebastianraschka.com)

×1.47 | 2 points by ibobev 24 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Warden – a drop-in security proxy for MCP (audit, policy, injection defense) (github.com/AlwaysReadyAllies)

×1.48 | 2 points by croftadams11 24 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Redditor makes a cartridge system for their Steam library out of SSDs (reddit.com)

×2.24 46 | 3 points by HelloUsername 26 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
I Built an LLM from Scratch [video] (youtube.com)

×1.40 | 2 points by itsjzt 26 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: I've built a words game based on binary search (hilogame.cc)

×0.76 36 #11 | 3 points by ludovicianul 25 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Google DeepMind and Isomorphic Labs approach to bioresilience [pdf] (storage.googleapis.com)

×1.41 | 2 points by ilreb 27 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
An Infinitely Large Napkin [pdf] (venhance.github.io)

×1.45 | 2 points by Eridanus2 28 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
StepFun Unveils StepX Neo, the "First Agentic AI Phone" (etvbharat.com)

×1.48 | 2 points by AlanAzarkin 28 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Google required to open up to AI, search engine rivals under EU-mandated changes (reuters.com)

×2.28 41 | 3 points by atwrk 29 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Google Ordered to Give A.I. Rivals More Access on Android Smartphones (nytimes.com)

×3.19 60 | 4 points by donohoe 29 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Generative AI Is an Engineering Disaster (theatlantic.com)

×2.36 39 | 3 points by latexr 30 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Brain Economy Will Come Next After the Internet Economy (paragraph.com)

×1.42 | 2 points by sthwnd 32 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
FBI Considers Using AI Tech to Review Signatures on Seized Mail-In Ballots (propublica.org)

×2.69 59 | 4 points by hn_acker 32 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
PostgreSQL 19 Beta 2 Released (postgresql.org)

×2.04 36 | 3 points by pella 34 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Tesseract Core: Universal components for differentiable scientific computing (github.com/pasteurlabs)

×1.35 | 2 points by dionhaefner 34 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Why the hardest part of proactive agents isn't finding problems (serval.com)

×1.36 | 2 points by emot 35 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Claude can now securely use your Passwords with 1Password (wsj.com)

×2.17 34 | 3 points by flxfxp 35 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Microsoft's July 2026 Patch Tuesday fixes 622 CVEs, 2 exploited zero-days (orca.security)

×1.38 | 2 points by nyku 37 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The Long Detour: Three Part Book Series on Pre-GPU and Low-Compute ML (long-detour.com)

×1.39 | 2 points by lymn 37 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Cointer – Get notified when a BTC or ETH wallet gets a deposit (beta) (cointer.app)

×1.43 | 2 points by bugattiguy527 37 minutes ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Moist Towelette Museum (moisttowelettemuseum.com)

×1.44 | 2 points by bookofjoe 37 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Ask HN: Are there any hedge funds incorporating sports bets in their portfolios?

×1.37 | 2 points by JumpinJack_Cash 38 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Do you want to build a cognitive intelligence but have no idea where to start? (archive.org)

×1.48 | 2 points by NoughHughmann 38 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Just Posting Some Prompts (arjunpanickssery.substack.com)

×1.33 | 2 points by surprisetalk 42 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The DMA should not undercut security and privacy for Europeans (blog.google)

×2.06 24 | 3 points by EspadaV9 43 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Rare book dealers fear tech firms are destroying obscure editions to train AI (nltimes.nl)

×1.33 | 2 points by Abimelex 43 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Most Smart Watches, Rings, and Bands Lack Basic Privacy Transparency Reports (eff.org)

×1.30 | 2 points by hn_acker 45 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Most Supreme Court Rulings Are Secretive Votes with Little Justification (propublica.org)

×1.31 | 2 points by hn_acker 46 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Chip giant TSMC pledges another $100B to expand US production (bbc.com)

×1.28 | 2 points by Vaslo 47 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Forgejo v16.0: Granular Watching, Better Reviews, Safer Integrations (forgejo.org)

×2.06 23 | 3 points by janilowski 47 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
US House passes bill to make daylight saving time permanent (reuters.com)

×2.08 21 | 3 points by nreece 49 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Propagating the minimum distance between selected points (zayenz.se)

×2.13 20 | 3 points by ibobev 49 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
What happens when Sudoku scales? (zayenz.se)

×2.10 19 | 3 points by ibobev 49 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The Hidden Cost of Optimizing Everything (theatlantic.com)

×1.37 | 2 points by jonbaer 49 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Table Talk Tuning (zayenz.se)

×2.19 18 | 3 points by ibobev 49 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Agenthatch v1.0 – RAG agents, stress-tested with a fake xianxia world (github.com/agenthatch)

×1.38 | 2 points by EternalRights 50 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Ableton Live 12, Max for Live and Push on Linux (github.com/shibco)

×1.40 | 2 points by mariuz 51 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Ofcom report on age verification in the UK (ofcom.org.uk)

×1.42 | 2 points by 7777777phil 52 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Engineering notes:making an AI system tell the truth, not what you want to hear (nicheiq.dev)

×1.42 | 2 points by lucy_hnatchuk 53 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
What will be left for us to work on? (princeton.edu)

×1.43 | 2 points by hasheddan 54 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: OctoCounts – See source line counts directly on GitHub (octocounts.com)

×1.43 | 2 points by huang4fun 54 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Real-time observability for DuckLake Ingestion using CDC on its Postgres catalog (github.com/el10savio)

×1.44 | 2 points by ugabuga 55 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
AI on Your Own Terms: Anaconda Acquires Kilo Code (anaconda.com)

×1.46 | 2 points by backlit4034 55 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Quatuor – Kick back and watch 4 agents LLM talk to each other (FOSS) (github.com/yeme-oss)

×3.11 43 | 4 points by ycosynot 56 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Even Keel – free, no-signup freelance pricing calculators (evenkeelhq.com)

×2.06 12 | 3 points by evenkeelhq 59 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Two new voices for reading Luxembourgish (public.lu)

×1.37 | 2 points by robin_reala 59 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Maximum-weight perfect matchings and FIFA's secret World Cup algorithm (danielv.tech)

×1.40 | 2 points by drvitek 59 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Agile perceptive multi-skill locomotion for quadrupedal robots in the wild (skillquadsr.github.io)

×1.32 | 2 points by ilreb 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Energy Autonomous Computing (dernocua.github.io)

×2.14 11 | 3 points by simonebrunozzi 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The Path to AGI Runs Through HBM (stateofthefuture.substack.com)

×2.08 9 | 3 points by lawrencelundy 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Digital Titanic: How Amazon KDP Turned into a Graveyard of Sunken Ships (medium.com)

×1.97 7 | 3 points by RamizAslan 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: I kept rewriting scripts for my teams, so I built a visual tool instead (ipek.run)

×1.27 | 2 points by limandoc 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Uber to buy Germany's Delivery Hero in $14.8B global deal (theguardian.com)

×2.76 29 | 4 points by osener 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The problem AI content moderation cannot solve (restofworld.org)

×2.09 5 | 3 points by thm 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Introduction to KizunaShelf: A shelf for everything you love (mudkip.me)

×1.40 49 #14 | 4 points by mudkipme 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Whatnot acquires Shaped to accelerate AI (techcrunch.com)

×2.17 4 | 3 points by tullie 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???