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(AI) Slop Terrifies Me

2026-02-08 @ 10:31:35Points: 60Comments: 35

In the Australian outback, we're listening for nuclear tests

2026-02-08 @ 09:44:55Points: 22Comments: 4

Reverse Engineering Raiders of the Lost Ark for the Atari 2600

2026-02-08 @ 09:10:18Points: 18Comments: 1

Matchlock: Linux-based sandboxing for AI agents

2026-02-08 @ 08:07:55Points: 48Comments: 11

DoNotNotify is now Open Source

2026-02-08 @ 07:39:49Points: 223Comments: 39

LineageOS 23.2

2026-02-08 @ 05:33:15Points: 94Comments: 27

Substack confirms data breach affects users’ email addresses and phone numbers

2026-02-08 @ 04:34:50Points: 88Comments: 39

Haskell for all: Beyond agentic coding

2026-02-08 @ 01:55:09Points: 157Comments: 45

Show HN: LocalGPT – A local-first AI assistant in Rust with persistent memory

2026-02-08 @ 01:26:38Points: 250Comments: 125

It compiles to a single ~27MB binary — no Node.js, Docker, or Python required.

Key features:

- Persistent memory via markdown files (MEMORY, HEARTBEAT, SOUL markdown files) — compatible with OpenClaw's format - Full-text search (SQLite FTS5) + semantic search (local embeddings, no API key needed) - Autonomous heartbeat runner that checks tasks on a configurable interval - CLI + web interface + desktop GUI - Multi-provider: Anthropic, OpenAI, Ollama etc - Apache 2.0

Install: `cargo install localgpt`

I use it daily as a knowledge accumulator, research assistant, and autonomous task runner for my side projects. The memory compounds — every session makes the next one better.

GitHub: https://github.com/localgpt-app/localgpt Website: https://localgpt.app

Would love feedback on the architecture or feature ideas.

Brookhaven Lab's RHIC concludes 25-year run with final collisions

2026-02-07 @ 19:07:27Points: 86Comments: 66

Speed up responses with fast mode

2026-02-07 @ 18:08:23Points: 200Comments: 206

Show HN: I saw this cool navigation reveal, so I made a simple HTML+CSS version

2026-02-07 @ 17:45:27Points: 121Comments: 29

- The first clip-path is a circle (top-left corner) - The second clip-path is a polygon, that acts like a ray (hardcoded, can be improved)

The original work by Iventions Events https://iventions.com/ uses JavaScript, but I found CSS-only approach more fun

Here's a demo and the codebase: https://github.com/Momciloo/fun-with-clip-path

SectorC: A C Compiler in 512 bytes (2023)

2026-02-07 @ 17:39:53Points: 327Comments: 66

Al Lowe on model trains, funny deaths and working with Disney

2026-02-07 @ 15:52:42Points: 114Comments: 28

First Proof

2026-02-07 @ 15:25:49Points: 161Comments: 97

Software factories and the agentic moment

2026-02-07 @ 15:05:56Points: 247Comments: 409

Stories from 25 Years of Software Development

2026-02-07 @ 14:42:16Points: 219Comments: 26

Hoot: Scheme on WebAssembly

2026-02-07 @ 12:18:20Points: 200Comments: 40

The AI boom is causing shortages everywhere else

2026-02-07 @ 11:21:29Points: 366Comments: 617

Vocal Guide – belt sing without killing yourself

2026-02-07 @ 07:37:03Points: 381Comments: 122

OpenCiv3: Open-source, cross-platform reimagining of Civilization III

2026-02-06 @ 21:51:23Points: 933Comments: 287

Wood Gas Vehicles: Firewood in the Fuel Tank (2010)

2026-02-05 @ 08:56:25Points: 60Comments: 29

Start all of your commands with a comma (2009)

2026-02-04 @ 19:59:12Points: 627Comments: 227

The Legacy of Daniel Kahneman: A Personal View (2025)

2026-02-04 @ 18:36:37Points: 12Comments: 0

Rabbit Ear "Origami": programmable origami in the browser (JS)

2026-02-04 @ 14:57:38Points: 20Comments: 3

Where did all the starships go?

2026-02-03 @ 13:27:08Points: 204Comments: 301

uLauncher

2026-02-03 @ 11:41:11Points: 42Comments: 13

LLMs as the new high level language

2026-02-03 @ 10:00:03Points: 142Comments: 267

Modern and Antique Technologies Reveal a Dynamic Cosmos

2026-02-03 @ 08:06:05Points: 11Comments: 0

The Architecture of Open Source Applications (Volume 1) Berkeley DB

2026-02-02 @ 20:37:41Points: 49Comments: 8

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