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FreeBSD Capsicum vs. Linux Seccomp Process Sandboxing

2026-03-09 @ 12:52:20Points: 42Comments: 8

Reverse-engineering the UniFi inform protocol

2026-03-09 @ 12:38:46Points: 49Comments: 19

Nvidia backs AI data center startup Nscale as it hits $14.6B valuation

2026-03-09 @ 10:58:15Points: 39Comments: 44

Show HN: VS Code Agent Kanban: Task Management for the AI-Assisted Developer

2026-03-09 @ 10:28:08Points: 50Comments: 22

GitOps & team friendly kanban board integration inside VS Code Structured plan / todo / implement via @kanban commands Leverages your existing agent harness rather than trying to bundle a built in one .md task format provides a permanent (editable) source of truth including considerations, decisions and actions, that is resistant to context rot

Ireland shuts last coal plant, becomes 15th coal-free country in Europe (2025)

2026-03-09 @ 10:14:59Points: 462Comments: 239

Fontcrafter: Turn Your Handwriting into a Real Font

2026-03-09 @ 09:25:02Points: 238Comments: 84

We Stopped Using the Mathematics That Works

2026-03-09 @ 08:45:20Points: 81Comments: 38

US Court of Appeals: TOS may be updated by email, use can imply consent [pdf]

2026-03-09 @ 06:28:02Points: 388Comments: 302

FFmpeg at Meta: Media Processing at Scale

2026-03-09 @ 05:37:15Points: 88Comments: 45

How the Sriracha guys screwed over their supplier

2026-03-09 @ 04:16:33Points: 337Comments: 147

Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (March 2026)

2026-03-09 @ 00:07:18Points: 228Comments: 801

What are you working on? Any new ideas that you're thinking about?

Linux Internals: How /proc/self/mem writes to unwritable memory (2021)

2026-03-08 @ 22:50:55Points: 109Comments: 25

Artificial-life: A simple (300 lines of code) reproduction of Computational Life

2026-03-08 @ 20:42:41Points: 144Comments: 20

Agent Safehouse – macOS-native sandboxing for local agents

2026-03-08 @ 20:30:18Points: 714Comments: 165

We should revisit literate programming in the agent era

2026-03-08 @ 19:58:15Points: 269Comments: 202

I made a programming language with M&Ms

2026-03-08 @ 18:18:40Points: 105Comments: 38

My Homelab Setup

2026-03-08 @ 16:46:10Points: 300Comments: 196

FrameBook

2026-03-08 @ 15:21:09Points: 484Comments: 79

Living human brain cells play DOOM on a CL1 [video]

2026-03-08 @ 15:07:28Points: 230Comments: 223

Python's Lazy Imports: Why It Took Three Years and Two Attempts

2026-03-08 @ 11:59:43Points: 17Comments: 4

Ask HN: How to be alone?

2026-03-08 @ 11:41:17Points: 589Comments: 462

There are a few parts to the difficulty. One is that when I have something to say about my day, there's nowhere to say it; no one on HN cares whether I fixed up the blinds or cooked pork steaks. I hang out in an IRC chatroom for that, but sometimes nobody's around for hours.

Another is that weekends are hard. I used to be in a house filled with life each weekend, and now it's me and my dog (and my cat, when he decides to grace me with his presence). Having animals helps somewhat, but it's still hard simply being alone with myself for ~60 hours.

I'm also finding it difficult to think of things to do. My default action is to play games, but it feels empty, both because I used to be able to play games alongside someone else and because I have no one to share the cool moments with.

I understand that many of you find alone-ness to be natural, and even required. All I can say is that I haven't ever lived that way. I sometimes panic when it's been too long since I've seen another person.

There are the usual suggestions: go to the dog park more often, pick something and build it, read books, hop on dating sites, find a hobby, and so on. But I'm finding it hard to actually do any of that. I would blame depression, but I have a great psychiatrist who has me on antidepressants, anti-anxiety meds, and mood stabilizers.

I work remote, and that's currently my main way to gratify social cravings. But it's not a consistent way, since the time zone difference is quite large (I'm -7 hours vs them).

Everything feels hollow now. That's the main thing that's hard to adjust to. I was hoping for some psychological tricks to deal with that, or just to hear stories from other people who have had to undergo similar situations. In many ways it feels like being imprisoned, except at least in prison there are other inmates to socialize with. "Solitary confinement with internet" is probably a better analogy.

I was hoping to hear from anyone in the community who's transitioned from a family dynamic to being on your own, and to learn from any lessons you've picked up along the way. Or just to hear some stories in general about your experiences. Thanks.

Segagaga Has Been Translated into English

2026-03-08 @ 10:47:21Points: 52Comments: 13

PCB devboard the size of a USB-C plug

2026-03-08 @ 05:04:14Points: 234Comments: 52

Microscopes can see video on a laserdisc

2026-03-07 @ 22:03:37Points: 555Comments: 73

The Window Chrome of Our Discontent

2026-03-06 @ 22:38:47Points: 67Comments: 23

Unlocking Python's Cores:Energy Implications of Removing the GIL

2026-03-06 @ 08:41:37Points: 69Comments: 41

I love email (2023)

2026-03-05 @ 17:37:13Points: 97Comments: 40

Every single board computer I tested in 2025

2026-03-05 @ 12:24:10Points: 198Comments: 63

My “grand vision” for Rust

2026-03-05 @ 01:37:42Points: 246Comments: 254

Why can't you tune your guitar? (2019)

2026-03-04 @ 22:30:27Points: 236Comments: 164

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