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Issue #789 // 2026-04-10 // View in your browser

#Favorites


Sysdig - Secure the cloud
the right way with agentic AI
//sysdig sponsored

Sam Altman may control our future – can he be trusted?
//newyorker comments

Project Glasswing: Securing critical software for the AI era
//anthropic comments

I built a tiny LLM to demystify how language models work
//github comments

Lunar Flyby
//nasa comments

We found an undocumented bug in the Apollo 11 guidance computer code
//juxt comments

I've sold out
//mariozechner comments

Protect your shed
//dylanbutler comments

AI helps add 10k more photos to OldNYC
//danvk comments

The Future of Everything Is Lies, I Guess
//aphyr comments

The Importance of Being Idle
//theamericanscholar comments

#Ask HN


How do you handle marketing as a solo technical founder?

European Tech Alternatives?

What are you building that's not AI related?

Any Interesting Niche Hobbies?

#Show HN


LittleSnitch for Linux //obdev comments

I built a frontpage for personal blogs //text.blogosphere comments

Apfel – The free AI already on your Mac //apfel.franzai comments

Sheets: Terminal based spreadsheet tool //github comments

#Code


Issue: Claude Code is unusable for complex engineering tasks with Feb updates //github comments

Git commands I run before reading any code //piechowski comments

Caveman: Why use many token when few token do trick //github comments

LÖVE: 2D Game Framework for Lua //github comments

Cherri – programming language that compiles to an Apple Shortuct //github comments

Lisette a little language inspired by Rust that compiles to Go //lisette comments

#Data


April 2026 TLDR Setup for Ollama and Gemma 4 26B on a Mac mini //gist.github comments

Google's 200M-parameter time-series foundation model with 16k context //github comments

SQLite in Production: Lessons from Running a Store on a Single File //ultrathink comments

#Design


Brutalist Concrete Laptop Stand //sam-burns comments

A truck driver spent 20 years making a scale model of every building in NYC //smithsonianmag comments

M. C. Escher spiral in WebGL inspired by 3Blue1Brown //static.laszlokorte comments

The house is a work of art: Frank Lloyd Wright //aeon comments

#Books


Understanding the Kalman filter with a simple radar example //kalmanfilter comments

Book review: There Is No Antimemetics Division //stephendiehl comments

An interactive map of Tolkien's Middle-earth //middle-earth-interactive-map.web comments

Category Theory Illustrated – Types //abuseofnotation.github comments

The Harvard Library Passport //fi-le comments

#Working


Employers use your personal data to figure out the lowest salary you'll accept //marketwatch comments

Nobody is coming to save your career //alifeengineered.substack comments

#Learn


Cambodia unveils statue to honour famous landmine-sniffing rat //bbc comments

Some Unusual Trees //thoughts.wyounas comments

Wit, unker, Git: The lost medieval pronouns of English intimacy //bbc comments

Artemis II's toilet is a moon mission milestone //scientificamerican comments

#Watching


How to get better at guitar //jakeworth comments

I made a YouTube search form with advanced filters //playlists comments

Revision Demoparty 2026: Razor1911 //youtube comments

This Spillway Failed on Purpose //youtube comments

Original Apollo 11 TV broadcast //youtube comments

#Startup News


OpenAI closes funding round at an $852B valuation //cnbc comments

Oracle files H-1B visa petitions amid mass layoffs //nationaltoday comments

Delve removed from Y Combinator //ycombinator comments

US cities are axing Flock Safety surveillance technology //cnet comments

Lichess and Take Take Take Sign Cooperation Agreement //lichess comments

#Fun


A game where you build a GPU //jaso1024 comments

Battle for Wesnoth: open-source, turn-based strategy game //wesnoth comments

Music for Programming //musicforprogramming comments

The Weather Channel – RetroCast //weather comments

How Pizza Tycoon simulated traffic on a 25 MHz CPU //pizzalegacy comments

Sopwith – 1984 Game //sopwith comments