Launch HN: Dart (YC W22) – Project management with automatic report generation
Hi HN, We’re Zack and Milad and we’re building Dart (https://itsdart.com). Dart is a fully-featured project management tool that can automatically create reports, fill in task properties, generate subtasks, detect duplicate tasks, and more. Here’s a quick demo of some of the highlight features: https://youtu.be/CMsBAv9CCyU Like many others we grew frustrated with the constant upkeep […]
Mind-reading devices are revealing the brain’s secrets
Moving a prosthetic arm. Controlling a speaking avatar. Typing at speed. These are all things that people with paralysis have learnt to do using brain–computer interfaces (BCIs) — implanted devices that are powered by thought alone. These devices capture neural activity using dozens to hundreds of electrodes embedded in the brain. A decoder system analyses […]
Ask HN: How many of you Apple developers still use Objective C?
I use Objective-C exclusively (no Swift) in my App Store apps. I wrote a Swift app for a hobby/free project a few years ago and regretted it. They changed the language and deprecated some of my code, which isn’t easily replaceable without a significant rewrite. The project now compiles only in Swift 4 and will […]
Web Scraping in Python – The Complete Guide
In this tutorial you’ll build robust web crawlers using libraries like BeautifulSoup, learn techniques to overcome real-world scraping challenges and best practices for large scale scraping. You’ll gain the skills to scrape complex sites, handle issues like rate limits, blocks, and javascript pages. Why Python for Web Scraping? Python is a popular language for web […]
I was deliberately infected with Zika to test a vaccine
It started, as good things rarely do, with a tweet X: there was a human challenge trial looking for healthy men, 18–40, near me. Previously, I had worked for 1Day Sooner, an organization that advocates for the right of volunteers to participate in human challenge trials, so it felt only fair that I should take […]
Fast memory vulnerabilities, written in 100% safe Rust
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A decent VS Code and Ruby on Rails setup
Setting up VS Code for Ruby on Rails development can be tricky, so I wrote this article to help. Plus, I’ve turned the extensions in this article into a VS Code Extension Pack. Use it to install all the extensions from this article in 1-click, to get started quickly with VS Code + Ruby on […]
X.org Server Clears Out Remnants for Supporting Old Compilers
There are still no signs of a new X.Org Server feature release coming in the near-term with most of the major stakeholders divesting from the xorg-server besides the XWayland portion of the code-base. But for those interested in the past few days there have been some NetBSD/OpenBSD build fixes to the X.Org Server as well […]
Walmart is buying Vizio for $2.3B
New York CNN — Walmart doesn’t want to just sell groceries and t-shirts. It wants to be a media and advertising giant like Amazon. Walmart announced Tuesday that it’s buying TV maker Vizio for $2.3 billion to shore up its advertising business and create a more potent rival to Amazon’s booming ad business. A Home […]
UI Is a Function of Your Organization
The Domino’s “Pizza Tracker” is an intriguing piece of UI. As an end user, it provides the precision of detail you want in tracking your order: Your order has been received Your pizza is being prepped Your pizza is in the oven Your pizza is being checked for quality by {EMPLOYEE_NAME} Your pizza is being […]