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Writing by hand is good for your brain(nealstephenson.substack.com)

Posted by dwwoelfel 4 hours ago

587 points | 290 comments

2.

What happened to TheNumbers.com(stephenfollows.com)

Posted by nickthegreek 2 hours ago

137 points | 51 comments

3.

Building on ATProto(lukekanies.com)

Posted by speckx 52 minutes ago

35 points | 11 comments

4.

Software rendering in 500 lines of bare C++(haqr.eu)

Posted by mpweiher 4 hours ago

170 points | 30 comments

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Startup founders urge U.S. government not to shut off Chinese open weight AI(www.politico.com)

Posted by theanonymousone 3 hours ago

445 points | 452 comments

6.

Learn OpenGL, extensive tutorial resource for learning Modern OpenGL(learnopengl.com)

Posted by ibobev 4 hours ago

113 points | 61 comments

7.

Astronomers may have found the first exomoon(www.eso.org)

Posted by MarcoDewey 5 hours ago

153 points | 56 comments

8.

Launch HN: Screenpipe (YC S26) – Record how you work and turn that into agents

Posted by louis030195 2 hours ago

29 points | 28 comments

9.

A solid-state “atomic channel” for separating rare earth elements(pme.uchicago.edu)

Posted by MarcoDewey 1 hour ago

13 points | 0 comments

10.

JEP 540: Simple JSON API (Now in Incubator)(openjdk.org)

Posted by theanonymousone 3 hours ago

61 points | 41 comments

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Why Software Factories Fail (or: harness engineering is not enough)(github.com)

Posted by dhorthy 3 hours ago

78 points | 57 comments

12.

Show HN: Palmier Pro – Open-source macOS video editor built for AI(github.com)

Posted by harrisontin 4 hours ago

45 points | 12 comments

13.

The arguments against open source AI are bad(tombedor.dev)

Posted by jjfoooo4 2 hours ago

77 points | 47 comments

14.

Learn WebGPU for C++(eliemichel.github.io)

Posted by ibobev 4 hours ago

45 points | 8 comments

15.

Show HN: OneCLI – OSS credential gateway that keeps secrets out of AI agents(github.com)

Posted by Jonathanfishner 3 hours ago

42 points | 18 comments

16.

Geekbench 7(www.geekbench.com)

Posted by ilreb 1 hour ago

16 points | 6 comments

17.

DARPA, U.S. Air Force fly AI-controlled F-16(www.darpa.mil)

Posted by r2sk5t 5 hours ago

74 points | 61 comments

18.

Hybrid-Electric Aicraft Engine Targeting 30% Fuel Efficiency(www.rtx.com)

Posted by r2sk5t 5 hours ago

64 points | 44 comments

19.

From Evaluation to Guardrails: What We Brought to ACM FAccT 2026(blog.mozilla.ai)

Posted by royapakzad 47 minutes ago

5 points | 0 comments

20.

Converting Files into Minecraft Worlds(wuemeli.com)

Posted by wuemeli 2 days ago

6 points | 0 comments

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