Big Tech Squeezes Creators While AI Eats Jobs!

There's only one Woz, but we can all learn from him

Key Points

• Steve Wozniak received The Tech Interactive’s Global Humanitarian Award in San Jose.
• Laureates were recognized for BCI communication, patient-led BCI ethics, ultrasound therapy, and Parkinson’s mobility tech.
• Wozniak linked their problem-focused innovation to his Apple II color graphics breakthrough.

SVG Path Editor

Key Points

• Provides granular configuration: position, size, grid snapping, precision, ticks, fill, and preview.
• Includes transformation and optimization operations: scale, translate, rotate, rounding, and minification.
• Supports core SVG path commands (M, L, C, Q, T, A) for direct command-level editing.

How the new era of CEO supervillains are trapped in their own ideology

Key Points

• Tech founders’ ideology of creative destruction can drive harmful behavior as firms become dominant.
• The memoir by Sarah Wynn-Williams provides examples of internal pressures and executive dynamics at Facebook.
• The article claims Facebook shifted from competition and lobbying to rule‑shaping power alongside governments.

Make.ts

Key Points

• Use a persistent make.ts file to capture and run interactive commands.
• Add a Deno shebang and keep make.ts consistently named and excluded via Git.
• Leverage JS tagged templates and the Dax library for clean subprocess management.

Rust at Scale: An Added Layer of Security for WhatsApp

Key Points

• WhatsApp rewrote its media library (“wamedia”) from C++ to Rust for safer media handling.
• Differential fuzzing ensured compatibility between Rust and C++ implementations during rollout.
• The Rust version improved performance and memory usage and was deployed at global scale.

I Stopped Following the News

Key Points

• Stopped following daily news due to stress and low personal impact.
• Retained a local Hamburg newsletter (Elbvertiefung by Die Zeit) for concise updates.
• Considering infrequent, long-form magazines for broader context.

Thirty Years of the Square Kilometre Array

Key Points

• SKA achieved first light and targets full science operations in 2028.
• Precursors (MeerKAT, HERA, ASKAP, MWA) have guided SKA’s technology and science.
• MeerKAT data produced landmark images of the Milky Way’s center, informing SKA-Mid’s design.

Pandas 3.0

Key Points

• Default string dtype changes from NumPy object to pandas str for performance and type safety.
• Copy-on-Write standardizes behavior, removes chained assignment, and eliminates SettingWithCopyWarning.
• Datetime default resolution shifts to microseconds, plus initial support for pd.col() and clear upgrade guidance.

Devuan – Debian Without Systemd

Key Points

• Devuan is a Debian fork without systemd; Excalibur 6 is the current stable release.
• Installation supports upgrades from Daedalus and migration from Debian Trixie; releases cannot be skipped.
• Devuan adopts Debian’s merged /usr (usrmerge) and offers multiple mirror and P2P download options.

Australian high schoolers build coding platform to help learners in Sri Lanka

Key Points

• Thadus is an offline coding education app with three beginner courses, including data science.
• Distribution in rural Sri Lanka will leverage 22 Foundation of Goodness computer labs.
• The app is free for not-for-profits, addressing access barriers amid a broader digital divide.

Aperture: Senior QA (2004-2005)

Key Points

• The author moved from Apple Mail to Aperture, a secret photos app project.
• Apple aimed to announce Aperture before Adobe’s Lightroom, targeting PhotoPlus Expo in Fall 2005.
• The Aperture team was senior, recruited via word-of-mouth, with Randy Ubillos guiding direction.

Google just gave us an accidental first look at Android's PC future

Key Points

• Bug report leak shows Aluminium OS running on an HP Chromebook with split-screen and desktop windowing.
• UI mirrors Android 16 desktop mode with centered start button and Android-style status icons, plus a Gemini icon.
• Chrome can be updated via the Play Store in-app, differing from Chrome OS’s close-and-reopen update flow.

Kyber (YC W23) Is Hiring a Staff Engineer

Key Points

• Kyber seeks a Staff Engineer to own end-to-end technical decisions and roadmap execution.
• The product delivers substantial efficiency gains for insurance document workflows and has strong traction and partnerships.
• The role prioritizes scaling AI coding tools, reliability/security, and compliance (SOC 2, HIPAA, ISO).

Virtual Boy on TV with Intelligent Systems Video Boy

Key Points

• Outputs Virtual Boy to TV in PAL 50 FPS, with DIP-controlled stereoscopic modes including anaglyph 3D.
• Uses a monitor board to buffer/rotate the scanned image; hosts a MAI‑VUE‑X8 development main board.
• Built by Intelligent Systems with Xilinx FPGAs, NEC EPROM, and multiple SRAMs for processing and storage.

I Made a MIT Licensed Mecrisp-Stellaris Language Server

Key Points

• LSP adds autocomplete and usage examples for Mecrisp‑Stellaris Forth.
• Helix configuration steps and usage instructions are provided.
• Dependencies and SourceForge download link are specified.

ICE and Palantir: US agents using health data to hunt illegal immigrants

Key Points

• ICE uses Palantir’s Elite app, fed by HHS and other datasets, to map and target detention operations.
• HHS says CMS is authorized to share certain information with DHS; a 2025 agreement involves 79 million Medicaid records.
• Rights groups and states have challenged the practice, causing temporary suspensions; experts warn of trust erosion.

If You Tax Them, Will They Leave?

Key Points

• California may vote on a one-off wealth tax in November targeting about 200 wealthy residents.
• Tech leaders and Governor Gavin Newsom oppose the measure; Senator Bernie Sanders supports it.
• The proposal responds to a health-care funding shortfall linked to prior federal tax cuts.

Show HN: Dwm.tmux – a dwm-inspired window manager for tmux

Key Points

• Implements a dwm-style Main-and-Stack layout within tmux.
• Installs via Makefile; requires tmux > 3.2 and sourcing in .tmux.conf.
• Offers commands, keybindings, and environment variables (mfact, killlast) for flexible pane management.

Package Management Is a Wicked Problem

Key Points

• Package management matches multiple “wicked problem” criteria: ambiguous scope, no final solution, and ripple effects.
• Design decisions (lockfiles, registries) redefine the problem and must be judged by trade-offs and stakeholder needs.
• Objective versioning is unattainable in practice; SemVer and Hyrum’s Law expose inherent compatibility challenges.

Airfoil

Key Points

• Airfoil shape and orientation determine how wings generate lift.
• Fluid properties significantly affect flow behavior around objects.
• Arrows can visualize airflow as a velocity (vector) field.

Microsoft forced me to switch to Linux

Key Points

• Windows 24H2 auto-installed and caused severe Chrome rendering issues and system locks.
• Issues linked to the MPO pipeline with Microsoft–NVIDIA driver incompatibility; persisted into 25H2.
• Troubleshooting (DDU, Insider builds) failed to resolve problems, prompting a switch to Linux.

A verification layer for browser agents: Amazon case study

Key Points

• Verification-gated actions enable reliable local autonomous runs (Demo 3: 7/7 steps).
• Interface design cut tokens by ~43% in the cloud baseline run (Demo 0).
• Planner–executor–verifier architecture (DeepSeek-R1 + ~3B local executor + Sentience) underpins reliability.

Show HN: Cua-Bench – a benchmark for AI agents in GUI environments

Key Points

• Open-source platform for GUI-using AI agents with sandboxed environments.
• Cua-Bench supports standardized evaluation and trajectory export for RL.
• Lume runs macOS/Linux VMs on Apple Silicon with near-native performance.

Show HN: Build Web Automations via Demonstration

Key Points

• Build automations by demonstrating the task once.
• Demonstrate Mode records actions and outputs production-ready, editable code.
• Deploy automations instantly via console.notte.cc.

Show HN: Extracting React apps from Figma Make's undocumented binary format

Key Points

• .make files are ZIP archives; canvas.fig contains the code.
• Binary uses fig-makee header with Deflate (schema) and Zstandard (data).
• Decoding the Kiwi schema reveals CODE_FILE nodes with React source.

Dole Kemp 96 Web Site

Key Points

• Structured sections cover policy, news, education, technology, and campaign tracking.
• Interactive tools include games, trivia, posters, postcards, and a tax-cut calculator.
• Attribution identifies the campaign committee, design firm, and educational presenter.

Amazon axes 16,000 jobs as it pushes AI and efficiency

Key Points

• Amazon confirms 16,000 corporate layoffs, totaling about 30,000 since October.
• Amazon will close Fresh and Go stores and discontinue the Amazon One payment system.
• Layoffs impact multiple units, including AWS, Alexa, Prime Video, and Kindle.

Why Some People See Collapse Earlier

Key Points

• Autistic hyper-systemizing may enable earlier detection of collapse-related inconsistencies.
• Cultural templates can mask ecological limits; neurodivergent cognition may be less constrained by them.
• Predictive-processing models and reduced conformity support faster recognition of contradictions.

Amazone One palm authentication discontinued

Key Points

• Amazon is discontinuing its Amazon One palm authentication service at retail businesses, except in healthcare settings until further notice.
• All Amazon One user and transaction data, including palm biometrics and associated payment details, will be automatically deleted after discontinuation.
• Users can choose to unenroll early and delete their Amazon One profile and data via their online account settings.

Show HN: I built a small browser engine from scratch in C++

Key Points

• Built a small browser engine in C++ over about eight weeks.
• Implements HTML parsing, CSS application, and image rendering.
• Repository includes structured code, tests, and CMake build configuration.

Immanuel 'the Königsberg clock' Kant (2015)

Key Points

• Kant’s strict routines and punctuality defined his life in Königsberg.
• Contrasting walking and dietary habits of Kant and Nietzsche.
• Kant’s health views prioritized longevity through disciplined lifestyle and dietetic medicine.

Will AIs Take All Our Jobs and End Human History–Or Not?

Key Points

• ChatGPT generates human-like text via training on large human-written corpora.
• Neural network architecture and training are central to producing meaningful outputs.
• Humans set goals and prompts; LUI frames AI interaction as text-based guidance.

Oban, the job processing framework from Elixir, has come to Python

Key Points

• Database-backed, atomic job processing model brought to Python via Oban-py.
• OSS vs Pro: limitations in OSS and additional features/scalability in Pro.
• Detailed internals: PostgreSQL NOTIFY, Stager/Producer coordination, and asyncio-driven dispatch.

Android's full desktop interface leaks: New status bar, Chrome Extensions

Key Points

• Leak reveals Android’s desktop interface (ALOS) via a Chromium bug report.
• Screenshots show Android 16 running on an HP Elite Dragonfly Chromebook (Alder Lake‑U).
• Chrome includes a desktop-like Extensions button; window controls resemble ChromeOS.

Mousefood – Build embedded terminal UIs for microcontrollers

Key Points

• Mousefood enables Ratatui-based terminal UIs on microcontrollers via embedded-graphics.
• Supports wide-character fonts, bold/italic text, and customizable color themes.
• Provides simulator tooling and optional EPD support for WeAct Studio e-ink displays.

3D-Printed Mathematical Lampshades

Key Points

• Desmos-to-Inkscape-to-OnShape workflow set up for the 2D-to-3D transition.
• OnShape loft failed with a 1,047-point profile, leading to a Python-based solution.
• Browser-run marimo notebook offers interactive visualization via WebAssembly.

That's Not How Email Works, HSBC

Key Points

• HSBC sent a letter claiming undeliverable emails despite a correct address on file.
• HSBC’s emails contain HTTP-based tracking pixels with recipient-linked identifiers.
• The author blocks tracking pixels, preventing email-open tracking.

Computer History Museum Launches Digital Portal to Its Collection

Key Points

• CHM launched OpenCHM to provide worldwide digital access to its computing history collection.
• Funding from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation supports the platform and its design.
• Features include advanced search, curated stories, a discovery wall, user albums, and a developer portal with APIs.

Spinning around: Please don't – Common problems with spin locks

Key Points

• Check-then-set spin lock patterns lead to race conditions with possible dual ownership.
• Atomic exchange with std::atomic ensures exclusive lock acquisition.
• Prefer OS synchronization primitives over custom spin locks due to fairness and complexity issues.

Show HN: Record and share your coding sessions with CodeMic

Key Points

• Record and replay coding sessions inside your editor with multimedia sync.
• Interactive playback lets users pause to run code and explore.
• Currently limited to VSCode, with an editor-independent format for future cross-editor support.

Show HN: SHDL – A minimal hardware description language built from logic gates

Key Points

• Gate-level HDL with Python API and C backend for fast simulation.
• Command-line compiler (shdlc) supports GCC optimization levels and build options.
• Examples, docs, and GitHub repository provided; contributions and feedback invited.

When Every Network is 192.168.1.x

Key Points

• Overlapping private subnets create routing ambiguity across sites.
• Port forwarding fails for RTSP and breaks under multi-layer NAT/CGNAT.
• Overlay addressing with WireGuard and 1:1 NAT resolves conflicts at scale.

LM Studio 0.4.0

Key Points

• llmster enables non-GUI, server-native deployments and daemon operation.
• Parallel inference via llama.cpp 2.0.0 with continuous batching and new model loader options.
• Stateful /v1/chat REST API supports conversation continuity and detailed performance stats.

I have written gemma3 inference in pure C

Key Points

• Pure C11 CPU inference engine implementing Gemma 3 4B IT with full architecture support.
• Memory-mapped BF16 SafeTensors, native SentencePiece tokenizer, streaming output, and CLI/library APIs.
• POSIX-first cross-platform setup with Windows via WSL/MinGW; performance ~2–5 tok/s prefill and ~1–3 tok/s generation.

Native Linux VST plugin directory

Key Points

• Organizes native Linux audio plugins into detailed categories with subtypes.
• Supports filtering by formats (VST2/VST3/LV2/CLAP/etc.) and licensing status.
• Showcases plugins from vendors like Kazrog and Signal Perspective across multiple effect types.

Native Instruments enters into insolvency proceedings

Key Points

• Native Instruments has begun preliminary insolvency proceedings with an appointed administrator.
• Plugin Alliance says it is unaffected and will continue normal operations.
• Future outcomes are uncertain; asset sales are possible, with Akai noted as a plausible buyer for software assets.

The Five Levels: From Spicy Autocomplete to the Software Factory

Key Points

• Five-level framework maps AI adoption in coding from manual to fully autonomous 'dark factory'.
• Level 3–4 involve major role shifts: human-in-the-loop management and PM-style spec-driven workflows.
• Small teams are reportedly exploring Level 5 black-box systems that convert specs directly into software.

New Books Aren't Worth Reading

Key Points

• Reading should prioritize information over entertainment in the modern media environment.
• The author claims modern books reflect homogenized perspectives shaped by institutions.
• Xenophon’s diverse historical experiences are used to exemplify the value of older works.

Allowlisting some Bash commands is often the same as allowlisting all

Key Points

• Allowlisting routine dev commands often enables arbitrary command execution through tests, builds, and tooling.
• Editable configs (eslint, package.json scripts, Makefile) let agents chain into unrestricted commands.
• File watchers and Docker access can execute commands without explicit shell allowlisting and can reach host-level privileges.

Show HN: Config manager for Claude Code (and others) – rules, MCPs, permissions

Key Points

• Unifies configuration across AI coding tools with workstreams, MCP registry, and hierarchical rules.
• Provides persistent memory, plugins, and multi-tool output to streamline workflows.
• Offers a local web UI and comprehensive CLI for setup, management, and migration.

Show HN: Cursor for Userscripts

Key Points

• AI agent exposes page as a virtual filesystem to read/edit DOM, run JS, and inject CSS.
• Requires Chrome/Firefox setup; Chrome needs User scripts permission for CSP sites.
• Supports saving, exporting, and importing per-site scripts; includes versioned tools for conflict-free edits.

Who sets the Doomsday Clock?

Key Points

• The Doomsday Clock was updated to 85 seconds to midnight on January 27, 2026, the closest ever.
• A 17-member Science and Security Board, chaired by Daniel Holz, sets the clock annually.
• The Bulletin’s origins and historical clock settings provide context for interpreting the latest time.

Trying to craft AI images that are worth displaying to end users

Key Points

• Freeform travel queries are parsed by an LLM into a structured list of places (city/region/country).
• AI-generated and generic web-sourced images are avoided in favor of curated, legally compliant photography.
• The approach supports multi-destination itineraries and emphasizes correct place granularity.

Show HN: A MitM proxy to see what your LLM tools are sending

Key Points

• Transparent proxy intercepts HTTPS LLM API traffic and displays real-time token usage.
• Features include context fuel gauge and automatic Markdown/JSON prompt archiving.
• Anthropic supported now; OpenAI and Google Gemini support coming soon.

Apple to Soon Take Up to 30% Cut from All Patreon Creators in iOS App

Key Points

• Apple set a November 1, 2026 deadline to enforce IAP for Patreon’s iOS app.
• Apple’s commission is 30%, dropping to 15% after one year for subscriptions.
• Creators can either raise iOS prices or absorb the fee; web payments bypass IAP.

Tuning Semantic Search on JFMM.net – Joint Fleet Maintenance Manual

Key Points

• Built JFMM.net to provide semantic search over the Navy’s 3,470-page JFMM.
• First version used Unstructured, nomic-embed-text-v1.5, PostgreSQL/PGVector, FastAPI, and Sentence Transformers.
• Rewrite began to cut costs, improve performance, and fix relevance, starting with replacing PostgreSQL.

Trinity large: An open 400B sparse MoE model

Key Points

• 400B sparse MoE model released with Preview, Base, and TrueBase checkpoints.
• 4-of-256 expert routing (13B active per token) with increased dense layers for stability.
• Training on 2,048 Nvidia B300 GPUs achieved ~2–3x efficiency gains via sparsity and efficient attention.

Kairos: AI interns for everyone

Key Points

• Kairos automates tasks via its own browser across authenticated web apps.
• Example workflows include Greenhouse applicant review, refund email handling, and Calendly scheduling.
• Users can teach tasks once via screen-sharing, enabling repeat automation.

How London became the rest of the world’s startup capital

Key Points

• Outside America, London is portrayed as unmatched for startups.
• High-profile clubs like Home Grown Club exemplify London’s networking culture.
• Opus’s expansion to Dubai and its board featuring Princess Beatrice show global ties and visibility.

Did a celebrated researcher obscure a baby's poisoning?

Key Points

• Toxicology identified codeine-and-morphine poisoning after autopsy found no anatomical cause.
• Emergency response and hospital efforts failed to resuscitate the infant.
• Pediatric toxicologist Gideon Koren of SickKids’ Motherisk program reviewed the case.

In a genre where spoilers are devastating, how do we talk about puzzle games?

Key Points

• Puzzle/mystery games are “information games,” making small details spoilery.
• Outer Wilds exemplifies the marketing-versus-discovery tension.
• Automated or blunt hint solutions (walkthroughs/AI overviews) are ill-suited to these games.

Jellyfin LLM/"AI" Development Policy

Key Points

• LLM-generated communication is prohibited; only disclosed LLM-assisted translations are allowed.
• LLM-assisted code must be focused, well-formatted, and split into manageable commits.
• Contributors must understand, explain, test, and be responsive to review feedback.

Somebody used spoofed ADSB signals to raster the meme of JD Vance

Key Points

• Spoofed ADS-B signals reportedly drew a JD Vance meme over Mar-a-Lago.
• The spoof used an ICAO identity labeled “AF2,” with a trace viewable on ADSBExchange.
• The post provides a screenshot and notes the visualization may be transient.

Hellenistic War-Elephants and the Use of Alcohol Before Battle

Key Points

• Earliest explicit claim appears in 1 Maccabees’ Beth-Zechariah account (162 b.c.e.).
• Comparative Indian material (musth and Sanskrit etymology) may explain the alcohol association.
• Conclusion: alcohol use was unlikely to be a standard practice in Hellenistic elephant warfare.

Tesla profit tanked 46% in 2025

Key Points

• Profit down 46% to $3.8B; vehicle revenue down 11% in 2025.
• Tesla beat earnings and revenue estimates; shares rose after-hours.
• $2B investment in xAI and growth in energy/services amid a strategic pivot to “physical AI.”

Bf-Tree: modern read-write-optimized concurrent larger-than-memory range index

Key Points

• Bf-Tree is a Rust crate for a concurrent larger-than-memory range index, with example usage provided.
• Testing includes unit, shuttle-based deterministic concurrency, and fuzz testing to ensure robustness.
• Benchmarking guidance covers mimalloc tuning, metrics, and NUMA binding via numactl for performance evaluation.

The UK paid £4.1M for a bookmarks site

Key Points

• PwC delivered the AI Skills Hub for £4.1 million, per a procurement notice.
• The platform primarily links to external training like Salesforce’s Trailhead.
• Reported issues include accessibility non-compliance, legal inaccuracies, and usability problems.

Tesla ending Models S and X production

Key Points

• Tesla ends Model S and Model X production, repurposing Fremont for Optimus robots.
• Model 3/Y dominate sales (97% of 1.59M deliveries) with lower starting prices and new affordable variants.
• Optimus Gen 3 to debut this quarter; Fremont line targets 1M units/year with a new supply chain.

In 6 violent encounters, evidence contradicts immigration officials' narratives

Key Points

• Reuters found DHS initial accounts in multiple cases conflicted with later evidence.
• Video contradicted DHS claims in the Alex Pretti shooting, showing a cell phone rather than a brandished gun.
• Other cases included mistaken identity and a death reclassified from attempted suicide to homicide.

State Department confirms federal censorship shield law incoming

Key Points

• U.S. Undersecretary Sarah Rogers supports a federal shield against foreign online censorship.
• Wyoming’s GRANITE Act was finalized and filed, preceding potential federal action.
• Ofcom took actions against 4chan; EU fined X, highlighting extraterritorial enforcement concerns.

Please Don't Say Mean Things about the AI I Just Invested a Billion Dollars In

Key Points

• Satirical investor voice pleads for acceptance of AI while acknowledging alleged harms.
• References a Gizmodo headline about Jensen Huang’s call to curb AI negativity.
• Lists concerns including scams, non-consensual imagery, labor and environmental impacts, surveillance, education, copyright, and autonomous weapons.

I reverse-engineered Netflix's 4K restrictions

Key Points

• The extension spoofs multiple Netflix capability checks to request 4K playback.
• Edge on Windows supports Widevine L1, enabling reliable 4K; most other browsers are limited by L3.
• Auto-refresh ensures spoofed settings apply during DRM negotiation in Netflix’s SPA.

Ross Stevens Donates $100M to Pay Every US Olympian and Paralympian $200k

Key Points

• $100M donation funds $200k benefits for every U.S. Olympian and Paralympian.
• Payments begin with Milan-Cortina 2026 and are structured for long-term security.
• Half is paid decades later; half is a posthumous family benefit.

World Models

Key Points

• World models predict next states, contrasting with next-token and reward-optimized approaches.
• Major labs showcase efforts: Genie 3, Sora as a world simulator, Veo3, and Meta’s CWM.
• Meta’s 32B Code World Model matched/exceeded larger models on SWE-Bench and Terminal Bench.

Show HN: Drum machine VST made with React/C++

Key Points

• 64-step sequencer with per-step parameter locks and advanced features (ratcheting, probability, variable track lengths).
• Hybrid workflow with multiple synthesis engines plus import of WAV/AIFF/MP3 and curated samples.
• Extensive modulation and FX: 8 global LFOs, 8 macros, per-track FX chains, and a sequencable master FX chain.

Show HN: Shelvy Books

Key Points

• Track your reading journey in a dedicated digital bookshelf.
• Organize books by status to manage your personal library.
• Sign in to build a personalized shelf, with a preview available.

Beautiful Mermaid

Key Points

• Dual SVG and ASCII/Unicode outputs with zero DOM dependencies.
• Two-mode theming system with CSS color-mix() and live switching via CSS variables.
• Supports five diagram types and claims fast rendering of 100+ diagrams under 500ms.

Mecha Comet – Open Modular Linux Handheld Computer

Key Points

• Open modular Linux handheld with 40 I/O pins for expansion.
• Magnetic snap-on extension system enables easy hardware customization.
• PCB source files to be released post mass production for open hardware access.

Satellites encased in wood are in the works

Key Points

• LignoSat’s wooden structure was deployed from the ISS on December 9, 2024, but communications failed.
• Magnolia wood was selected for strength, ease of working, and space-tested resilience.
• Timber is presented as a cheaper, potentially less polluting alternative to metal alloys in some space applications.

Virginia Oliver, Maine 'Lobster Lady' who fished for nearly a century, has died

Key Points

• Virginia “Ginny” Oliver died at 105 after nearly a century of lobstering in Maine.
• She garnered wide recognition, from media features to honors by Maine officials and maritime groups.
• Lobster’s price rose from $0.28 to $6.14 per pound over her lifetime, reflecting industry change.

Questom (YC F25) Is Hiring an Engineer

Key Points

• Hiring a Founding Engineer to build core systems for an AI communication platform.
• Responsibilities include integrating communication channels, agentic workflows, and tools like Salesforce and HubSpot.
• Early milestones: ship an end-to-end customer solution in 30 days and lay scalable platform foundations by 90 days.

Show HN: Pinecone Explorer – Desktop GUI for the Pinecone vector database

Key Points

• Native macOS GUI for Pinecone with dense, sparse, and hybrid search support.
• Semantic search, metadata filtering, and built-in reranking to improve relevance.
• Vector CRUD with batch operations and retrieval debugging; supports serverless and pod-based indexes.

We can't send mail farther than 500 miles (2002)

Key Points

• Email deliveries worked within ~500 miles but failed beyond that distance.
• The sendmail.cf configuration matched a known-good version, indicating no obvious config issue.
• The server identified itself via a SunOS sendmail banner, pointing to an older Sendmail version.

An Illustrated Guide to Hippo Castration

Key Points

• Ultrasound-guided protocol enabled consistent localization and manipulation of internal hippo testes.
• Results: 10 successful castrations reported; one postsurgical death.
• Hippos’ rapid wound healing supported quick return to pools post-surgery.

Microsoft's Azure Linux

Key Points

• Internal Linux distro for Microsoft’s cloud/edge, publicly shared with open source alignment.
• Lightweight core with build system for RPM packages and image generation (ISOs/VHDs).
• Supports RPM-based and image-based updates; Azure Linux 3.0 ISOs available with community support.

DECwindows Motif

Key Points

• The X display server runs on the desktop, serving multiple clients.
• DECwindows Motif supports shared memory, LAT, DECnet, and TCP/IP (IPv4/IPv6) transports.
• Client software includes applications, utilities, session tools, and key X/Motif libraries.

Xmake: A cross-platform build utility based on Lua

Key Points

• Lua-based configuration simplifies C/C++ builds.
• Performance features include caching, parallel compilation, and optimized dependency analysis.
• Seamless dependency management integrates with Conan and Vcpkg and supports private repos/cloud builds.