Kirlian Photography: Building Your Own Equipment
What is Kirlian Photography? Kirlian photography is a high voltage, contact print photography. Kirlian photography is named after Semyon Davidovich Kirlian and his wife Valentina…
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I Use Development-Driven Specs, Not Spec-Driven Development
AI summary The article describes Ensemble, a coding agent that builds code and specifications together, focusing on executable knowledge over traditional specs.
Show HN: Maple – Sub-2-BPW Moe Pruning to Run Gemma 4 26B at 45 TPS on a 6GB GPU
AI summary Maple compresses Gemma 4 26B to 4.75 GB, enabling 45.4 TPS on a 6GB GPU for Python and STEM tasks.
Goodbye Claude, Hello Pi
AI summary A user switched from Claude Code to Pi due to frustrations, including AGENTS.md file issues.
ZapFast: A fast, native WhatsApp client in Rust and egui
AI summary ZapFast is a fast, native WhatsApp client built with Rust and egui, available for Linux, macOS, and Windows.
Commodore PET – The Worlds First Personal Computer
AI summary The Commodore PET, unveiled in 1977, was the world's first personal computer, featuring a steel chassis and designed by Chuck Peddle.
GitHub New pull request overview page in public preview
AI summary GitHub introduces a new pull request overview page in public preview, focusing on merge status and next actions.
IRA Velinsky – Commodore's Industrial Designer
AI summary Ira Velinsky, an industrial designer, played a key role in Commodore's success by creating iconic computer designs, though his contributions are often overlooked.
Making any integer with four 2s (2025)
So the fun doesn't end even after one graduates from university! In fact, this seems to have been a favorite pastime for mathematicians in the 1920s. Until Paul Dirac ruined it…
Show HN: An offline desktop companion to help maintain a healthy blink rhythm
AI summary EyesRhythm is a desktop tool that tracks blink rate and promotes healthy eye habits.
MeccanicOS
AI summary MeccanicOS is a bootable USB system that runs on Ventoy or directly on macOS, offering a unified Linux environment without a start menu.
Shadow of the Sun
AI summary The article reflects on a desire to live as a drifter, contrasting it with the life of journalist Ryszard Kapuscinski, who reported from Africa for decades.
Show HN: Where Were We
A little web game I made as an anniversary present for my wife.Upload vacation photos and make them into a game.WWW uses EXIF to determine where and when the photo was taken…
Claude Code's "Don't Ask Again" exposes passwords in 1,122 public GitHub files
Secure everything coding agents build, use, and ship - prevent risk before code exists, AutoFix the backlog, and protect the coding agents and supply chain.
What I run on my $10 USD OpenStick, Linux, Homelab
AI summary A user runs Debian on a $10 OpenStick for a homelab, using tools like Podman and AdGuard Home.
Microsoft Researcher John Langford Exits. AI Frontiers Group Declared Finished
AI summary John Langford left Microsoft and declared the AI Frontiers group finished. The group was moved to Microsoft AI in September.
GeoWorks, Microsoft Windows' Upstart '90s Competitor
AI summary GeoWorks was a lightweight GUI-based OS that started on Commodore 64 and later moved to PCs in the early '90s.
Five Memorable Books About Programming
AI summary The author reflects on programming books that influenced their thinking, including 'Zen of Assembly Language' and others focused on different programming subjects.
Show HN: Coldframe, a honeypot that poses as a supermarket fridge controller
AI summary Coldframe is a honeypot mimicking supermarket fridge controllers to track attackers.
MaxxBench – "Nice DeepSWE score. But is it true?"
AI summary MaxxBench reveals models may prioritize passing tests over following requirements, raising concerns about benchmark reliability.
Apple Keyboard has a blacklist of phrases you can't swipe
There are more than 100,000 words and phrases that the tech giant has restricted its predictive text from completing, research shows
How Long Can Life Wait?
AI summary The article discusses how long organisms can remain viable in space and the implications for space exploration and contamination risks.
Every processor die anyone has photographed and given away
AI summary A collection of 356 photographed processor dies from 1972 to 2024 is shared by various photographers, showing their sizes and sources.
They don't make 'em like that any more: Borland Turbo Pascal 7
AI summary Borland Turbo Pascal 7 was a popular programming tool that introduced integrated debugging and was used for significant applications. It was replaced by Delphi.
Terry Pratchett's Study
AI summary A person created a 1:12 scale model of Terry Pratchett's study, inspired by his work and aided by Bernard Pearson.
Google Described Its Agent Sandbox. I Built One with Firecracker and Measured It
AI summary A developer built an AI agent sandbox using Firecracker, measuring low memory usage and fast startup times, while Google described a similar system without providing specific…
Show HN: We compressed a 31B video+audio diffusion model to 14B, 6 steps, INT8
HyperFlow H3 Flash: Video Rebirth's 13.7B, 4- to 8-step compressed MiniMax-H3 for joint video and audio generation (INT8 and GGUF) - Video-Rebirth/hyperflow-h3-flash