MurphyA/hacker-news huggingface dataset:
by prashantsengar | 2025-05-29 13:11:11+00:00
An open-source pluggable version of Omnivore (read-it-later app).

The idea came since Omnivore decided to shut down. It is open source and self-hostable but the whole system has so many bells and whistles that nobody would want to self-host it. Even more, even if I am able to export all my data, I will be unable to use their beautiful client to view my data or build anything of my own because I am not good at that.

The idea is to have a read-it-later app that has modular components each of which can be self-hosted independently which talk in protocols. So a different data crawler module that can take many forms - browser extension, Telegram bot, or something else, that takes an URL and posts the page content to a server.

The server will have modular parsers that are extensible to support different websites and pages, contributed by community (similar to Telegram's parser or Calibre's). It then converts it into a common format to be stored.

The storage should also be pluggable so that I can easily store my data wherever I want - whether locally as MD files, on S3, or on an SQL Database. This also should be extensible to allow different storage types like so many other tools do.

Then a web server that serves common endpoints to read, add tags and annotations, and other operations. It just needs the user's storage endpoint and authorization to allow them to access their data. I feel this is going to be the most challenging.

Let users create their own clients that render this for users. Just like Telegram and Matrix.

This idea resurfaced recently because I wanted to try getrecall.ai but it looks too expensive and I am worried about privacy. Having a setup like this would allow me to plugin a local LLM to this system as well.
by joshstrange | 2025-05-29 13:11:46+00:00
Willfully ignorant or villain, pick one.

This isn't ancient history, all of this /just/ (is) happened. We were all there. How is it that so many people took one look at DOGE (_before Trump took office even_) and saw it for what it is but this person with "long history in the tech world" couldn't see it? I don't care how many "good things" they've done in tech, they were a willful and active participant all of this.

> He's very good at wiggling out of difficult situations and rewriting history about himself, and this article is a good example of that.

Is it? It makes them look like an idiot. An idiot for not seeing what so many people saw before or an idiot for thinking we would buy this load of BS. In fact, I'm not even sure what this is supposed to accomplish, they do not come off looking smart or any positive trait I can think of.
by criddell | 2025-05-29 13:12:39+00:00
My counter claim is my experience with dogs.

Over the past 50 years, I've a bunch of different dogs from mutts that showed up and never left to a dog that was 1/4 wolf and everything in between.

My favorite dog was a pug who was really dumb but super affectionate. He made everybody around him happy and I think his lack of anxiety and apparent commitment to chill had something to do with it. If the breed didn't have so many health issues, I'd get another in a heartbeat.
by sgarland | 2025-05-29 13:13:04+00:00
> You cannot meaningfully scale vertically to improve write availability

Disagree. Even if you limit yourself to the cloud, r7i/r8g.48xl gets you 192 vCPU / 1.5 TiB RAM. If you really want to get silly, x2iedn.32xl is 128 vCPU / 4 TiB RAM, and you get 3.8 TiB of local NVMe storage for temp tablespace. The money you’ll pay ($16.5K - $44K month, depending on specific class) would pay for a similarly spec’d server in the same amount of time, though.

Which brings me to the novel concept of owning your own hardware. A quick look at Supermicro’s site shows a 2U w/ up to 1.92 PB of Gen5 NVMe, 8 TiB of RAM, and dual sockets. That would likely cost a wee bit more than a month of renting the aforementioned AWS VM, but a more reasonably spec’d one would not. Realistically, that much storage would be used as SDS for other DBs to use. NVMoF isn’t quite as fast as local disks, but it’s a hell of a lot faster than EBS et al.

The point is that you actually can vertically scale to stupidly high levels, it’s just that most companies have no idea how to run servers anymore.

> and if you care about availability a single machine (and often a primary/secondary setup) is insufficient.

Depending on your availability SLOs, of course, I think you’d find that a two-node setup (optionally having N read replicas) with one in standby would be quite sufficient. Speaking from personal experience on RDS (MySQL fronted with ProxySQL on K8s, load balanced with NLB), I experienced a single outage in two years. When it happened, no one noticed, it was so brief. Some notice-only alerts for 500s in Slack, but no pages went out.
by careful_ai | 2025-05-29 13:13:46+00:00
This is one of the more practical and sobering breakdowns of container (non-)isolation I’ve read in a while. The framing around AI agents deploying code—with access to sensitive API keys—is exactly where modern infra risk is headed, and most teams aren't prepared for it.

What stood out to me is how gVisor and Kata Containers are positioned not as futuristic edge cases but as immediate needs in multi-tenant and AI-integrated environments. You don’t often see platform companies this transparent about the operational pain points (e.g., gVisor syscall support gaps, KVM regressions), which builds trust.

Curious to hear if others here have tried running microVMs in production—especially with orchestration via Kubernetes. Are we at a point where this is viable for most teams, or is the ops overhead still too high?
by therealpygon | 2025-05-29 13:14:49+00:00
This was simply a mad scramble to prove/disprove the claims OpenAI was peddling that the model wasn’t actually performing as well as advertised and that they were lying about the training/compute resources. Open-R1 has since applied the training to a similar 7B model and got similar results. At the end of the day, no one really cares what the data was that it was trained on and most AI providers don’t always share this either when releasing open source models, and certainly not available for closed source models.
by sham1 | 2025-05-29 13:14:50+00:00
> > Mind that ergonomics is also very subjective. > > Unless it's objective. As in, if your defaults lead to RSI on heavy use, they are objectively bad

There's nothing objective about that. All people can ever come up with when talking about RSI is a bunch of anecdata. Now, it's probably something to take into consideration, but that's by no means objective.

It's not like anyone has done a study about Emacs' key chords and their causal effect in repetitive stress injury, versus CUA bindings (which are actually available in Emacs, just not by default.)

At least my personal anecdote is that for me, the Emacs defaults are fine, and it seems to me that most problems people experience probably come from things like poor posture and crappy laptop keyboards, which would affect the ergonomics.

> > You might not find lisp very ergonomic, but Emacs users do. > > So? The idea wasn't about banning lisp, but allowing other languages.

That's just a small matter of programming. Of course, the real questions are "why?" and "is it worth it?"

Hell, with Guile Emacs being in somewhat active development again, that should help with getting more languages supported – although that's not the official goal of the effort – like JavaScript, which already has an experimental frontend in Guile mostly just bit rotting away since people aren't volunteering to help with it.
by woodruffw | 2025-05-29 13:14:52+00:00
Of note: one of the report commission members, McMahon, recently sent a remarkably poorly written letter of complaint to Harvard[1]. I think a reasonable inference to draw in this kind of situation is that the commission's members aren't qualified to write even the scaffolding of this kind of report, much less consume and interpret the scientific content within it. From that, fabrication (whether intentional or induced by an LLM) is a natural outcome.

[1]: https://www.harvard.edu/research-funding/wp-content/uploads/...
by JSchneider321 | 2025-05-29 13:14:54+00:00
I believe Gough has expressed properly that you're welcome to consider Blowtorch Theory and ignore CNS entirely and it still works as an astrophysical model. Honestly, the longer process of reading the series of articles on the substack where Gough explains how we got the model of the cosmos we currently have helps to explain some of the strange mismatches we've had to deal with throughout history, and CNS (developed originally by the brilliant physicist Lee Smolin) offers explanatory power using no new physics, no exotic matter, and applies the process of natural selection (which is the only observed way we've identified increasingly complixifying self-organizing systems) to the cosmos, and it works shockingly well.

I felt the same way when I first read the theory, and the idea of being inside a black hole sounded silly. But the more I read, the less crazy it sounded, and I'm at the point now where it feels crazier to ignore all this evidence.
by MadVikingGod | 2025-05-29 13:15:08+00:00
Can a project exit cleanly, probably not.

What I'm really disappointed with the CNCF in particular was the lack of support I felt from them. I mean a trade organization is going to do trade organization things like Kubecon, but they could have spent just a fraction of their marking budget on things that directly support projects.

What I saw directly from them was the github org, the CLA bot, and a discount ticket to Kubecon. What would have been useful was things like: independent developer stipends, so everything isn't only backed by the large companies in the game; paying for technical writers; independent community managers; dispute arbitration; dedicated hardware for performance profiling; and I'm sure I could think of a few more.

While I don't think that anyone in the CNCF is doing the mad scientist laugh trying to make it harder for it's projects, I do think that working with them has change my image of them as a bastion of Open Source.
by horsawlarway | 2025-05-29 13:15:51+00:00
I think this is the underrated comment here.

This appears to essentially be a "pay for my course" post.

Very heavy on "my kid can read at 3!" very light on much useful information other than "this is for paid subscribers" and "you can buy it here".

Looks like it basically boils down to "We did spaced repetition with phonics".
by Daril | 2025-05-29 13:16:00+00:00
HeidiSQL is free software for people who work with databases, and aims to be intuitive to use. "Heidi" lets you connect to a variety of databases, like MariaDB, MySQL, Microsoft SQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, Interbase and Firebird.

Since some days it is finally available in a native Linux version. The code has been ported from Delphi to FreePascal / Lazarus.
by pc86 | 2025-05-29 13:16:12+00:00
It's a spectrum. The OP's approach, with the wrong kid, could very quickly turn home into another (worse) school and wreck the kid for a long time. "Raise kids where they are," taken to the extreme, will teach a lot of kids to accept mediocrity.

"Dehumanizing" is extreme. Having goals and benchmarks is important, probably even required, to help everyone grow to their full potential.
by johannes1234321 | 2025-05-29 13:16:18+00:00
For the author it matters. To which degree do they want to be associated with the resulting text.

And I differentiate between "Matt Godbolt" who is an expert in some areas and in my experience careful about avoiding wrong information and an LLM which may produce additional depth, but may also make up things.

And well, "discern the quality of the contents" - I often read texts to learn new things. On new things I don't have enough knowledge to qualify the statements, but I may have experience with regards to the author or publisher.
by FridayoLeary | 2025-05-29 13:16:29+00:00
obviously it's good to encourage an exceptional child but what about the average i.e. most children? I know some countries start primary education at 4 and others as late as 6 and learn reading at a later stage. I assume they very quickly catch up with their peers.

Is there any studies out there on adults to see what affect if any there is from learning to read at different ages. I'm not talking about someone who learnt at the age of 12, just the 4-8 age range.
by Freak_NL | 2025-05-29 13:17:22+00:00
Genetics and a bit of dice rolling. That's the biggest part of the equation it seems. I have only one specimen to work with (and I am not inclined to create more), but he was reading at 4 and currently at 6 reads at a 3rd or 4th grade level, despite still being stuck in kindergarden until September.

Sure, we read to him, and we make him read aloud to us too, but we're really just catalysts. He can make himself comfortable in a chair or on a sofa and read comics (Donald Duck, Asterix, etc.) for hours without any prompting (which, honestly, is a really nice feature to have on a child). I expect we'll be able to coerce him onto autonomously reading suitable books in addition to comics by next year too.

I do strongly believe that him seeing us read, and being surrounded by (actual paper) books helps. It means he grows up in an environment where books are normal, not just something you must grapple with because of school.

I don't like the heavy training implied by the article though. I want to raise a kid who likes reading, not one who will resent being pushed to read.
Looking for collaborators –a real-time rain reporting app using Bolt
by deepakask | 2025-05-29 13:18:05+00:00
Hi HN, I’m working on an idea called *Pehla Boond* — a real-time, community-driven rain reporting web app for anyone, anywhere in the world.

The goal is simple: let people post local rain updates (with images, location, and intensity) so others nearby can benefit from real-time, ground-level weather info. Think of it as “weather powered by people.”

I’m building this using *Bolt* by Vercel (Next.js + Tailwind) and am currently at the idea stage. I’m looking for collaborators who are excited about:

- Frontend or full-stack web development - UX/UI design - Weather data and citizen science - Community-driven platforms

If you’re interested in helping build something useful for the world, especially in areas underserved by traditional weather apps — I’d love to connect!

Thanks!
by 0x000xca0xfe | 2025-05-29 13:18:53+00:00
> Our creators actually visit the places we write about.

> Our creators take and publish thousands of original photos.

Not defending the site, but I guess tons of human created content will be lost? Have fun with LLM hallucinated travel guides and AI generated travel photos.

At least we'll soon get tour guides for our next moon vacation!
by ConteMascetti71 | 2025-05-29 13:19:12+00:00
..we distilled the chain-of-thought from DeepSeek-R1-0528 to post-train Qwen3 8B Base, obtaining DeepSeek-R1-0528-Qwen3-8B. This model achieves state-of-the-art (SOTA) performance among open-source models on the AIME 2024, surpassing Qwen3 8B by +10.0% and matching the performance of Qwen3-235B-thinking
by susam | 2025-05-29 13:19:23+00:00
> This article reminded of the days when building anything wasn't driven by neither the fear of being judged or the need to impress a future employer, but because I just felt like it.

Those days are now! There are still plenty of us who create websites and small projects purely for the fun of it. I still maintain a personal wesite that began as a university dorm room intranet portal, and I do it for myself. I have a blog with a small audience, but I also have quirky, obscure pages that exist purely for my own amusement. If someone else happens to stumble upon them and enjoy them, that's just a bonus!

I know there are plenty of others who do the same. I often come across such websites and projects right here on this forum!

The mainstream web these days is full of walled gardens and loud and chaotic social media platforms, so this kind of quirky, creative web might seem like a small fraction by comparison. But it's still out there, and it's very much alive.
by benterix | 2025-05-29 13:19:40+00:00
> Google gave you incredible monetizable traffic for two+ decades.

You forgot to add "for free" /s

(I mean, really? Google made billions on being a better browser than Yahoo!, AltaVista, AOL Search and whatever was there. They build up people's trust only to abuse it to the limits in practically every area they could get away with.)
by careful_ai | 2025-05-29 13:19:47+00:00
This PocketFlow tutorial offers a compelling look into automating the coding workflow—from test generation to iterative debugging. For those exploring similar automation at an enterprise scale, Techolution's AppMod.AI's Project Analyzer provides a noteworthy parallel.

AppMod.AI's Project Analyzer automates the analysis of extensive legacy codebases, identifying inefficiencies and technical debt, and facilitating code modernization without manual intervention. It employs AI to map dependencies, suggest refactoring opportunities, and even generate code updates, streamlining the modernization process for large-scale applications. LinkedIn +2 Techolution +2 LinkedIn +2

While PocketFlow empowers individual developers to automate coding tasks, AppMod.AI extends this automation to enterprise environments, addressing the complexities of large, legacy systems. Both tools exemplify the growing trend of integrating AI into the software development lifecycle to enhance efficiency and reduce manual effort.

For organizations grappling with outdated systems and seeking scalable modernization solutions, exploring AppMod.AI could be a strategic move.
by staunton | 2025-05-29 13:19:51+00:00
> Could you help me with which variable we should focus on?

I'm not sure what you mean... I'm not asking anyone to focus on anything?!

The answers I linked suggest several different numbers, e.g. 19, 25, 26, I've heard people suggest adding even more "non-Higgs caused masses" since "neutrinos have those and you should add all parameters you can't find theoretical reasons to rule out"...)
by GoblinSlayer | 2025-05-29 13:20:02+00:00
You still need full dotnet sdk, the tool merely automates full csproj scaffolding, which is then compiled with full dotnet sdk, roslyn, nuget, compiler server and everything, and allows to customize msbuild project properties with pragmas in code. The only difference is that before you had sdk+folder+my.cs+my.csproj, now you have sdk+folder+my.cs
by whatamidoingyo | 2025-05-29 13:20:33+00:00
I think this article will give you a better idea: https://stripe.com/resources/more/high-risk-merchant-account...

This one is worth checking out as well: https://stripe.com/en-mx/legal/restricted-businesses

I missed this the first time around, but it looks like they've also banned "Get Rich Quick Schemes":

"Get rich quick" schemes, including investment opportunities or other services that promise high rewards to mislead consumers; schemes that claim to offer high rewards for very little effort or up-front work; and sites that promise fast and easy money

Interesting.
by horsawlarway | 2025-05-29 13:21:36+00:00
I did read it pretty closely as someone with a 3 year old who's working on reading.

> The details for anyone who wants to replicate this can be found in a series of guides [with 3 links]

But those are basically all "go buy my course" style posts.

This was the hook, the links in the quoted section (you know the actual "how") are basically just "pay for the course".

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Overall - it's an okish post, but this is 100% marketing material to make money.
by squidbeak | 2025-05-29 13:21:41+00:00
Excuse me if I'm mistaken, but you seem to assume that the assembly plant is already maximally optimized and that only the human labor could be improved by AI. That would discount the potential effect of AI on re-engineering plant with unorthodox insights or through comprehensive fast simulations that haven't been feasible before. Then there's any new engineering techniques it may arrive at, new materials, the scope it will bring to robotics etc etc
by 542354234235 | 2025-05-29 13:21:58+00:00
I think the larger risk is lowering the bar even further for who could climb Everest. Anything that makes climbing “easier” could put more people on the mountain that aren’t fit enough or trained enough to handle problems with the climb. In the death zone, any issue, mistake, or problem is potentially fatal. Since just moving up and down the summit puts people at the absolute limit of exertion, attempting to help someone having an issue could domino into multiple fatalities.

The book “Into Thin Air” by Jon Krakauer is an amazing firsthand account of the 1996 Everest disaster. The book does a great job helping you really understand how far your body is pushed in the death zone, and how you truly have nothing left to do anything other than get one foot in front of the other in a race against time. Just sitting down to “rest” was a likely death sentence and how people had to walk past because stopping to try and help would have likely meant sitting down next to them to die.
Ask HN: Don't know how to code and get millions through AI programming?
by rule2025 | 2025-05-29 13:22:06+00:00
Now there are various AI programming software, among which cursor and Augment are representatives, these software are really powerful, even ordinary people who don't know anything about code can make tool stations. I'm the 0 code base myself, and I've made 3 websites with cursor, and the effect feels good.

Now let's talk about 2 questions: 1. Is it really possible to achieve an annual income of $1 million through AI programming software without knowing code? 2. As an ordinary person who doesn't know code, if you want to develop better in the long run, how should you learn?
by jerf | 2025-05-29 13:23:14+00:00
You can't do anything useful with checkpoints due to the same-site origin problem. Unless you can get browser support for some sort of proof of work that did something useful that whole line is a non-starter. No single origin involves a useful amount of work.

The problem is that this problem is going to be all overhead. If you sit down and calmly work out the real numbers, trying to distribute computations to a whole bunch of consumer-grade devices, where you can probably only use one core for maybe two seconds at a time a few times an hour, you end up with it being cheaper to just run the computation yourself. My home gaming PC gets 16 CPU-hours per hour, or 56700 CPU-seconds. (Maybe less if you want to deduct a hyperthreading penalty but it doesn't change the numbers that much.) Call it 15,000 people needing to run 3-ish of these 2-second computations, plus coordination costs, plus serving whatever data goes with the computation, plus infrastructure for tracking all that and presumably serving, plus if you're doing something non-trivial a quite non-trivial portion of that "2 seconds" I'm shaving off for doing work will be wasted setting it up and then throwing it away. The math just doesn't work very well. Flat-out malware trying to do this on the web never really worked out all that well, adding the constraint of doing it politely and in such small pieces doesn't work.

And that's ignoring things like you need to be able to prove-the-work for very small chunks. Basically not a practically solvable problem, barring a real stroke of genius somewhere.
Show HN: ARM64 port of coroutines from Asynchronous Programming in Rust book
by comonoid | 2025-05-29 13:23:39+00:00
The Asynchronous Programming in Rust by Carl Fredrik Samson has a chapter on implementing coroutines; however, unlike other chapters, it is x64-only.

I tried to add the missing piece and ported it to AArch64. The post explains the key differences and references full source code.