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Three AI agents, two countries, and one uneven world wide web

2026-10-02 @ 20:39:05Points: 9Comments: 0

Show HN: Made an open-source Lego AI generator

2026-10-02 @ 20:00:15Points: 62Comments: 37

Past year, around December, I started experimenting with making ChatGPT and Claude generate source code in LDraw language.

This LDraw is literally an "assembly" language, a low-level programming language that describes how to assemble LEGO pieces together into models, one placement instruction at a time.

When executed by specific tools, like e.g. LDView, LeoCAD, Studio... these instructions become LEGO CAD models, that can be interacted with, modified, etc.

Or, in other words: one LDraw source file in .mpd or .ldr format is equivalent to one LEGO CAD model.

So, the idea I had was: if I manage for maybe ChatGPT or Claude to generate high-quality LDraw source files... then, they would actually be generating high-quality LEGO CAD models, right?

Then, after months of iterations and trying one thing after the other... it worked!!!

Long story short: using GPT-6 Astra and Opus 5.5, I've managed to create a python toolset, instructions, and docs for agents in general. Now, these can be used by them to generate LDraw models.

I've packed it all as a dockerized web app for others to try and experiment, with several providers (and agents) to choose from: OpenAI, Claude and OpenRouter.

Here's a bunch of exmaples: https://anteloc.github.io/index-samples.html.

If you are curious about the internals of an .mpd model, the "what was the agent picturing on its mind", open the .mpd file that got your attention on a text editor, and read the first line under the ones starting with "0 FILE".

I'd really appreciate feedback and comments, let's see where this goes =)

GrapheneOS has fixed the Android 17 QPR1 kernel performance regression

2026-10-02 @ 19:45:06Points: 99Comments: 31

Muse Gadgets

2026-10-02 @ 19:26:54Points: 106Comments: 57

"The only intuitive interface is the nipple" (2012)

2026-10-02 @ 19:18:12Points: 31Comments: 33

Apple Pass Designer

2026-10-02 @ 19:06:56Points: 290Comments: 194

What if we stopped using GPUs? [video]

2026-10-02 @ 18:09:38Points: 36Comments: 8

From the creator of Redis; run LLM locally with ds4

2026-10-02 @ 18:01:16Points: 127Comments: 35

STS-51-F Abort-to-Orbit (1985)

2026-10-02 @ 16:56:47Points: 32Comments: 10

One month coding with GLM 5.3 Flash

2026-10-02 @ 15:29:15Points: 95Comments: 75

How accurately calibrated is Jev?

2026-10-02 @ 15:12:41Points: 47Comments: 18

With most information hidden, the game Stratego had stumped AI until now

2026-10-02 @ 14:11:24Points: 162Comments: 79

The Legend of von Neumann (1973) [pdf]

2026-10-02 @ 13:18:32Points: 236Comments: 137

Venice’s failed war against Constantinople led to the first bond market

2026-10-02 @ 13:17:47Points: 61Comments: 20

The first packet sent via RFC1149 avian carrier is up for auction at Christie's

2026-10-02 @ 12:46:50Points: 35Comments: 7

100 years of student radio history in the DLARC college radio collections

2026-10-02 @ 12:23:08Points: 21Comments: 4

On social reality in China

2026-10-02 @ 11:42:26Points: 140Comments: 141

Blogging with Gleam, Org-Mode and Pandoc

2026-10-02 @ 11:34:28Points: 49Comments: 9

Our Project Suncatcher prototype satellite is in orbit

2026-10-02 @ 11:13:02Points: 39Comments: 46

A 12-year sequence of telescope images of a star and four planets orbiting

2026-10-02 @ 11:07:17Points: 178Comments: 34

F.02 Decommission

2026-10-02 @ 10:57:27Points: 53Comments: 21

Greg Kroah-Hartman – Security in the LLM Age [video]

2026-10-02 @ 02:51:27Points: 161Comments: 33

Show HN: Giving Opus 5.5 a simulated paint canvas

2026-10-02 @ 00:27:56Points: 186Comments: 61

Show HN: Pyxel – A Python retro game engine with built-in art and sound editors

2026-10-01 @ 23:26:35Points: 63Comments: 8

Pyxel includes pixel art, tilemap, sound, and music editors, so you can create a game's visuals and audio as well as write its code in Python. The engine itself is implemented in Rust.

Games run on Windows, macOS, Linux, and the web, as well as supported Linux-based retro handhelds.

You can share a URL to launch a Pyxel game hosted on GitHub directly in a browser. You can also create games entirely in your browser with Pyxel Code Maker, or write chiptunes in Pyxel MML Studio.

See what people have made with Pyxel: https://kitao.github.io/pyxel-user-examples/

Try Code Maker: https://kitao.github.io/pyxel/web/code-maker/

I'm happy to answer questions about the engine and its implementation.

Court agrees with EFF: Utah's VPN law demands a technical impossibility

2026-10-01 @ 22:23:07Points: 467Comments: 206

Sites in ChatGPT

2026-10-01 @ 22:22:21Points: 198Comments: 212

Loss of cell identity drives human aging: Two new papers

2026-10-01 @ 20:02:57Points: 165Comments: 44

FLUX 3 Image

2026-10-01 @ 19:24:29Points: 264Comments: 57

Anatomy of a Lean proof for software engineers

2026-10-01 @ 18:53:28Points: 71Comments: 7

Mike Tomlin spent 12 years building a Minecraft city

2026-10-01 @ 18:20:18Points: 223Comments: 59

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