AI is destroying Open Source, and it’s not even good yet
Over the weekend Ars Technica retracted an article because the AI a writer used hallucinated quotes from an open source library maintainer. The irony here is the maintainer in question, Scott Shambaugh, was harassed by someone’s AI agent over not merging it’s AI slop code. It’s likely the bot was running through someone’s local ’agentic […]
Show HN: Scanned 1927-1945 Daily USFS Work Diary
Daily work diaries of Reuben P. Box, US Forest Service Ranger for the North Butte Protection Unit of the Lassen National Forest, stationed at Stirling City, California. These diaries document forest management, fire suppression, law enforcement, road construction, and daily life in the northern California mountains from 1927 to 1945.
Running NanoClaw in a Docker Shell Sandbox
Integrations Feb 5, 2026 Reduce Vulnerability Noise with VEX: Wiz + Docker Hardened Images Open source components power most modern applications. A new generation of hardened container images can establish a more secure foundation, but even with hardened images, vulnerability scanners often return dozens or hundreds of CVEs with little prioritization. This noise slows teams […]
Rise of the Triforce
During the rapid technological advancements of the early 1990s, the video game industry was on the cusp of a massive addition – another dimension. With console shenanigans like the Super FX chip giving players a taste of 3D, hype was at an all-time high. But the games released for home consoles were nothing compared to […]
Study: Self-generated Agent Skills are useless
Abstract:Agent Skills are structured packages of procedural knowledge that augment LLM agents at inference time. Despite rapid adoption, there is no standard way to measure whether they actually help. We present SkillsBench, a benchmark of 86 tasks across 11 domains paired with curated Skills and deterministic verifiers. Each task is evaluated under three conditions: no […]
Show HN: Wildex – we built Pokémon Go for real wildlife
The developer, DREAMPRESS LTD, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. This information has not been verified by Apple. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy . To help you better understand the developer’s responses, see Privacy Definitions and Examples . Privacy practices may vary, for example, […]
Show HN: Free Alternative to Wispr Flow, Superwhisper, and Monologue
Free and open source alternative to Wispr Flow, Superwhisper, and Monologue. ⬇ Download FreeFlow.dmgWorks on all Macs (Apple Silicon + Intel) I like the concept of apps like Wispr Flow, Superwhisper, and Monologue that use AI to add accurate and easy-to-use transcription to your computer, but they all charge fees of ~$10/month when the underlying […]
Turing Labs (YC W20) Is Hiring – GTM Sales Hacker
Ever wonder why your favorite ketchup always tastes the same? It doesn’t. The formula is constantly tweaked due to shifting crops and costs, forcing food scientists into a quarterly prayer to the gods of flavor.We thought that was silly. So we built the cheat code. Our AI platform cuts this insane trial-and-error manual process from […]
Testing Postgres race conditions with synchronization barriers
Mikael Lirbank — February 2026 Without race condition tests, every possible race condition in your system is one refactor away from hitting production. Synchronization barriers let you write those tests with confidence. What a race condition looks like You have a function that credits an account. It reads the current balance, adds an amount, and […]
State of Show HN: 2025
Macroeconomics, DIY Hardware and AI-Driven Voting Pools I downloaded every Show HN post since the site was launched and ran them through a hierarchical topic model. I set out to discover what the Hacker News community finds interesting but in the process I ended up uncovering macro-economic trends, evidence of voting rings/fraud, and subtle shifts […]