MurphyA/hacker-news huggingface dataset:
by NitpickLawyer | 2026-02-23 04:34:31+00:00
> I'll bite. I suspect that these plans aren't as intensely subsidized as people assume. I believe that API usage is probably also not subsidized at all. First, yes, subs are probably subsided, but I bet a significant % of users are profitable to serve, especially the "chat" users who don't use dev tools and have short context window conversations. Yes, I think the subs also exist as a driver to get lock-in and market share. Claude Code, for example, is very good and I stopped using their competition when they released their superior product.

I somewhat agree, somewhat disagree with this. I think API based is not subsidised. If you do some basic napkin math they should have enough room there to serve the models below cost if the models aren't insanely large (you can compare with 3rd party openrouter offerings and have an idea of what $/Mtok you can serve per model size. e.g. Haiku level models can be ~700B tokens and still be profitably served)

I think 20-200$ all-you-can-prompt are likely subsidised. If you track token usage (there are many 3rd party tools that do this) you can get 4-5x the API usage out of them (it used to be even higher before they added weekly limits. People were seeing 10-20x usage). Now I think that's a bit tough to make the napkin math work out. I've compared sessions served over API with sessions from subscriptions, and you get much more usage out of them, even with 5h / weekly limits. Strictly for coding, I think they're subsidising them.

I somewhat disagree that they're doing it for market share / user lock-in. I think signals and usage trends are much more valuable for them. While there might be user retention for "casual" users (i.e. web) I think the power users in coding will move as soon as the competition has a better product. So at the end of the day having data to improve models and have the "best" model in a niche is more productive than retaining users with an inferior product. That is an assumption tho, and there isn't much math you can do to figure that out from the outside.
by WalterBright | 2026-02-23 04:34:33+00:00
My problem with smart thermostats is the user interface couldn't be more awful. It's just nuts. You cannot do anything without the squinty manual in one hand and the squinty touchscreen in the other. So, you finally get it programmed. Then you want to change something, and boom, start all over.

I gave up.

I use a simple dial the temperature, turn on/off thermostat. I turn it off when going to bed, turn it on in the morning. Very happy.
by notepad0x90 | 2026-02-23 04:34:41+00:00
They could have gone with non-networked ereaders. But they just had to go with the "smart" and "connected" angle so they could do grading, spying on kids,etc.. similar to the current "AI" approach. scope-creep. but even with ereaders, being able to switch to different books easily is an impediment, or having access to too many at one time. Physical books force a certain focus and attention.

Your point about tactility is solid too. flipping through pages is very different from swiping. With educational textbooks, you'd have to look at multiple pages at the same time (flipping back and forth quickly) to connect and understand a topic by referencing another topic. Same with being able to easily lay out multiple physical books in front of you.
by akoboldfrying | 2026-02-23 04:36:46+00:00
It's not always that, uh, clear-cut...

Sometimes sharpening the axe means breaking it completely for people still trying to cut down trees on WinXP, but you don't know that because you can't run those tests yourself, and grovelling through old logs shows nobody else has either since 2017 so it's probably no big deal.

Sometimes it's not clear which part is actually the cutting blade, and you spend a long time sharpening something else. (If you're really unlucky: the handle.)
by btrettel | 2026-02-23 04:37:13+00:00
> What will you do with what you’ve logged?

Could be a wide variety of things. I'd be interested in how rigorously a software was developed, or if I can learn any prompting tricks.

> Where is “the prompt” when the chat is a chat?

> The model is much closer to conversations between engineers which you’ve indicated would be burdensome to log and noisy to review.

I disagree. Yes, prompts build on responses to past prompts, and prompts alone are not the full story. But exactly the same thing is true at the USPTO if you replace "prompts" with "search queries" and no one is claiming that their autogenerated search logs are burdensome.

Also, the burden in actual conversations would come from the fact that such conversations are often not recorded in the first place. And now that I think about it, some organizations do record many meetings, so it might be easier than I'm thinking.

> What prompt “made” the software?

All of them.
by MajorBee | 2026-02-23 04:37:31+00:00
Why is so much of generated AI art so... literal? The cover art of this PDF literally spells out what the graphics are supposed to represent. The vast majority of AI visuals on LinkedIn are the same way. If this is what's in store as the future of art, at least commercial art -- feels like a huge step backwards if I'm being honest.

And anyway, what's the point of generating a massive tome like this on a topic evolving as fast as agentic software? Sure it will be outdated within months, if not weeks...
by k12sosse | 2026-02-23 04:38:19+00:00
Jokes on us, after all has settled. Have you tried to buy a ticket to live music lately? It was $750 for a good seat in more than 1 occasion this past year, and that is first market tickets from the venue, not a traditionally 'scalped' ticket.

These two equations are tied together. Before, the lucky artists were front-loaded their buckets of cash from the labels. But now the royalty cheques are measured in pennies and the live music enjoyers seem to be the equalization payments.
by jimmydddd | 2026-02-23 04:39:50+00:00
"--Whiny parents" is definitely a major thing and not an outlier.
For an older guy like me, I was shocked by the stories I've heard recently.
---Coworker's son is acting out in class and not following any instructions. He calls the school and says the teacher is not challenging the son enough and is son is super special.
---Friend retired and took a job as an elementary school classroom aide. When she instructs a fourth grader to go to class, he punches her in the stomach several times. School administration tells her to keep quiet about it as they don't want to anger the parents.
---Parent of third grader informs school that her daughter should be allowed to dress and act like a lion and roam around the classroom.
by ottah | 2026-02-23 04:40:06+00:00
Colorado politics has become unbearably frustrating ever since effective political opposition from the right had died. Now we're the laboratory and pet project for every damn ambitious wealthy transplant. It's only gotten worse with post COVID, the states character is not the same. They destroyed Gallagher with outright lies on the ballot, and made an unaffordable housing market dramatically worse. These bad ideas keep coming from the legislature and it's because we're essentially a single-party state. There's nothing to make an elected representative worry about relection and no opposition to provide a filter to weak proposals.
by ninjagoo | 2026-02-23 04:41:25+00:00
I'm beginning to think that the law needs to be that if there are such egregious terms of service, then the company needs to pay for the consumer's attorney at litigation, no matter the cause of litigation, and no matter the outcome.

I don't have a formal contract with my electricity and water provider; why should there be a dozen pages or longer contract for an email/ISP/Phone provider? Email, Internet, Phones are essential services. Insurance might fall into the same bucket in civilized nations.
by hansvm | 2026-02-23 04:44:52+00:00
Ah, the teachers union, famous for the $30-$50/yr it costs the average tax payer. If we abolished the union and rolled back everything they fought for, we could almost pay for a $10B privacy suit after a year of saving.

The public school system mostly sucks in most states (pending any nonsense with ICE hopefully resolving itself eventually, if you have to send your kids to public school the Minneapolis suburbs are excellent), but private alternatives with similar costs per student also mostly aren't better. One sticks out in my mind from recent history (somewhere near Redwood City) with a habit of hiring subs all year to reduce costs, literally not teaching the kids anything, and firing teachers who tried to fail students. The effect is, somewhat predictably, even students who try don't learn anything, and the ones who don't try know that they can get away with anything that won't put them in prison.

Regarding a voucher system, I'm not sure I care one way or another (I care a little -- it'll mean more money going to con artists masquerading as schools without improving education for basically anyone), but it's just putting lipstick on a pig. If you have the means and ability then homeschool and hire PhDs and other professionals to fill in the gaps. If you don't, for the price we pay per student you're stuck with large classrooms or crappy EdTech (or both), and if you don't spend enough 1:1 time with your kids then even a good school won't matter anyway for most students.

Mind you, of all the things we could spend our tax dollars on, I'm strongly in favor of anything which would actually improve education. I'd happily sacrifice most everything else to 10x education spend if somebody came up with a good argument for why it would help. I just don't think vouchers will do the trick, especially if we're pointing to the teachers union as the particular efficiency they're using to drive cost effectiveness.
by sky2224 | 2026-02-23 04:44:54+00:00
I'm a little bit confused about the development workflow with this. It seems like you've developed a system for the AI model to essentially emit steps that it can follow to interact and return information about the state of your app's UI, but are these steps created saved anywhere? How do you ensure consistency for the same prompt submitted twice? How does this fit in deployment pipelines?

Also, maybe I'm misunderstanding what this library is for, but is this really a good application of AI? I'm getting reminded of gherkin + cypress but without the test actually being embedded in the code. I feel like I'd rather use AI to write the BDD test using gherkin rather than prompt the AI to figure out what test behavior I actually want.

I realize I'm coming off a bit pessimistic here, but I'm just trying to explain where my thoughts are so you can hopefully clarify things a bit for me here because I feel like I'm missing something about what you're trying to accomplish with this project.
by tzs | 2026-02-23 04:45:19+00:00
There is very little publicly known about them. All the bylines appear to be pseudonyms used almost exclusively for posts there. No contact information other than email addresses at their domain.

They don't release any information about what funding sources they have, if any, other than donations and merchandise sales.

In this article [1] about X being ordered to obey the DSA requirements to make election data available to researchers they go on at great length about the importance of knowing who is funding the organizations asking for the data. Maybe they should set an example and disclose their own funding.

Also in that article they suggest X is being singled out for enforcement, ignoring that the the other platforms covered by DSA are at least partially responding to requests for data under DSA. That kind of biased framing is common in many of their articles.

I've never seen any reporting by them where I could not find the same thing covered with less bias from a source that is much more transparent over who funds and controls them.

[1] https://reclaimthenet.org/berlin-court-orders-x-to-share-hun...
by rustyhancock | 2026-02-23 04:45:23+00:00
As is the incessant stream. If there is a pause at all in the next video loading the addicted user can break free.

One of the issues with federated anything is that there will be good servers and bad servers.

Good servers get hammered, and if you're popular you might end up perversely paying for people to watch your videos having to fund your server to maintain its performance.

This happened with mastadon, matrix and will be far worse if they want to deliver tiktoks insane performance.
by with | 2026-02-23 04:45:48+00:00
Haha, it's ironic this is a language (or regex line parser) for cybersecurity experts and itself has several security issues...

1) Ships pre-compiled binaries with no source code, tells you to wget && chmod +x && sudo mv it into PATH. No checksums, no signatures. For a security tool.

2) Every command is parsed via regex (^Dns_Lookup\((.+)\);$) wit zero input sanitization and captured groups go straight into net.Dial, HTTP requests

3) URL_Status(), HTTP_Headers(), WebFingerprint() are trivial SSRF vectors, point them at http://169.254.169.254/ and have fun.

4) Secretly sends your targets to third-party APIs (ipapi.co, ipinfo.io, crt.sh, pwnedpasswords.com) with no disclosure or user consent
by vunderba | 2026-02-23 04:46:48+00:00
Nice job. Thank you for not using AI to automatically generate the definitions and translations.

One thing that might be kind of neat (unnecessary but neat), would be to use some published frequency corpus lists so you could color-code words by their relative rarity/difficulty.

As an aside, a TUI seems like the most appropriate place to study Latin (at least on a computer anyway)!
by abound | 2026-02-23 04:48:08+00:00
I don't know if this is common knowledge, but microwaves are great for "mug cakes" [1] (or brownies, or cobblers), where you throw the cake ingredients in a mug, mix 'em, and microwave it. Makes for a great quick dessert (for one) when you're feeling snackish.

[1] Here's an example: https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/241038/microwave-chocolate...
by AnthonyMouse | 2026-02-23 04:48:17+00:00
> The way I see it, China has leverage once you arreive to that dependency situation. That leverages goes away the moment they restrict exports and every country scrambles to create local production once again.

The first problem is that it doesn't go away instantaneously, so even if you could recover in ten years, you still get screwed immediately.

The second problem is that it's leverage. They can threaten to do it if they don't get what they want, and if you then do what they want (which often gives them even more leverage) they don't have to do it. But then they keep their leverage and you have to keep doing what they want.
by dang | 2026-02-23 04:50:15+00:00
Please don't turn a positive memory of your own experience into a hostile response to someone else. Parenting is probably the single most personal and intimate matter that gets discussed on HN, and it's extremely sensitive. There's basically no place for telling someone else that they're a bad parent here. It's always going to land as a personal attack and a particularly painful one. I realize you didn't intend it that way, but what matters is effects, not intent. We're all just doing the best we can.

I'm glad you got to have that wonderful time with your father.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
by overgard | 2026-02-23 04:50:25+00:00
Definitely good points, thanks for the links. While I try to practice all of these, I think what tends to happen on large codebases is just a bit of entropy. Like, these are all good practices that are either a little obscure or a little less convenient, and so they don't tend to be used. I dunno, it's kind of like in OO code when people just keep letting classes grow. I think the subtle difference though is most IDE's are quite a bit better at refactoring classes than components though. Hopefully that changes. (I know you can use AI for refactoring, but I prefer doing it mechanically.. more predictable and also just not burning tokens)
Show HN: 4-tier self-healing AI agent (was silently broken for weeks)
by ramsbaby-dev | 2026-02-23 04:50:26+00:00
I run a local AI assistant (OpenClaw) on a Mac mini. When it crashes, I wanted it to fix itself automatically. So I built a 4-tier recovery system:

Level 1 → launchd auto-restart (seconds)
Level 2 → watchdog health check every 60s
Level 3 → Claude Code AI diagnosis + repair (fires after 30+ min failure)
Level 4 → Discord/Telegram human escalation

The system looked great on paper. But v3.0.0 had a critical bug: Level 2 logged "Escalating to Level 3..." but never actually called the script. The chain was broken at the most important handoff — silently, for weeks.

v3.1.0 fixes this plus adds chain verification in the installer so each level is tested end-to-end before calling it done.

The meta-lesson: "I have monitoring" ≠ "my monitoring chain is actually connected."
by seanmcdirmid | 2026-02-23 04:51:21+00:00
> ---Parent of third grader informs school that her daughter should be allowed to dress and act like a lion and roam around the classroom.

This specific meme has been floating around with the MAGA crowd for at least 4-5 years now. It’s not clear if it has any basis in reality, but it is one of those “I heard it on Facebook so it must be true” kind of things.
by BloondAndDoom | 2026-02-23 04:52:08+00:00
I’m guessing because it’s not produced by artists or people who has an eye for art generally.

When it comes to the book, changes are 80% is written by AI. I mean lots of content produced just pure AI, I’m following some AI subreddits and majority of the posts very obviously generate with couple of prompts, they don’t even bother styling while copy pasting. I’m really struggling to read online content recently.
Show HN: A 4-tier self-healing system for local AI agents (was silently broken)
by ramsbaby-dev | 2026-02-23 04:54:11+00:00
I run a local AI assistant (OpenClaw) on a Mac mini. When it crashes, I wanted it to fix itself automatically. So I built a 4-tier recovery system:

Level 1 → launchd auto-restart (seconds)
Level 2 → watchdog health check every 60s
Level 3 → Claude Code AI diagnosis + repair (fires after 30+ min failure)
Level 4 → Discord/Telegram human escalation

The system looked great on paper. But v3.0.0 had a critical bug: Level 2 logged "Escalating to Level 3..." but never actually called the script. The chain was broken at the most important handoff — silently, for weeks.

v3.1.0 fixes this plus adds:
- Chain verification in the installer (each level is tested end-to-end)
- Graceful .env loading so Level 3 doesn't die silently without API keys
- Watchdog Catch-up mode for missed intervals

GitHub: https://github.com/Ramsbaby/openclaw-self-healing

The meta-lesson: "I have monitoring" ≠ "my monitoring chain is actually connected." Testing each component starts is not the same as testing the system works end-to-end.
by godelski | 2026-02-23 04:55:08+00:00
Fwiw it works in zsh and I believe ksh (haven't checked). There's not many people that run csh, tcsh, sh, ksh, or even fish.

I could be more pedantic but I'll trade for practicality. I'm sure we could even do better than this [0] but the problem exists because people are lazy. If you got something that is portable and fits a code-golf like mentality then I'm all ears.

There's bigger problems with the lines I wrote besides portability. They don't stop malicious actors nor provide any security. At best they provide defense against early termination and a log to help debug any damage that was done. Not prevent it. Which those are solvable things! But they're solved by more effort, which unfortunately is a losing battle. So the task isn't to solve all the problems, it's to find something that people might actually do that might actually provide some harm reduction, even if it isn't much. Something is better than nothing, right?

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47107740
by raulriera | 2026-02-23 04:55:34+00:00
Each agent is a .sh file containing a prompt and a launchd plist for scheduling. They interact with the Claude Code CLI, generate local artifacts like logs and reports, and send a notification upon completion. A meta-agent then analyzes a goals file and recent logs to propose changes on a branch.

This setup eliminates the need for frameworks or orchestration layers, relying solely on shell scripts, launchd, and the claude CLI. I wanted a flexible tool that I could modify without being constrained by someone else’s abstractions. The obvious trade-off is that it’s macOS-only and designed for single-machine use, but for my specific needs, this works perfectly.
by itishappy | 2026-02-23 04:55:54+00:00
No teacher (or parent) has ever managed to lock down a computer that was in my possession to a level where I wouldn't get distracted by it. You could shut the power off, and I'd still be poking around the hardware. I spent hundreds of hours programming my calculator instead of paying attention in class. Informative? Yes. Distracting to myself and those around me? You bet.

I completely agree with your phone take. There is no level of administrative control that can remove the distraction from the device.

Why would you think laptops are different?
by alexjplant | 2026-02-23 04:56:01+00:00
The skillet sounds cool but I'd rather not have to deal with a microwave door and control panel for searing stuff. I do, however, frequently use it in ways that others find unconventional:

- Cooking dry goods (quinoa, freekeh, couscous)

- Single-serving coffee mug surprises (omelettes, protein brownies)

- Low-carb cheese crisps (via parchment paper)

- Not-fried rice (day-old rice, light sesame oil, soy sauce, bits of egg, leftover veggies, random seasonings)

- Frozen breaded chicken (wrap really well in paper towels to absorb moisture, overshoot on time, unwrap as soon as they're out to avoid sticking - they come out like 66% as crispy as using a convection oven)

I do draw the line at pasta because the texture never seems quite right when you do so.
by azuanrb | 2026-02-23 04:56:38+00:00
I’m aware of the tweet that says otherwise, but until they update their legal documentation, it’s still not allowed.

> OAuth authentication (used with Free, Pro, and Max plans) is intended exclusively for Claude Code and Claude.ai. Using OAuth tokens obtained through Claude Free, Pro, or Max accounts in any other product, tool, or service — including the Agent SDK — is not permitted and constitutes a violation of the Consumer Terms of Service.

https://code.claude.com/docs/en/legal-and-compliance#authent...
by Animats | 2026-02-23 04:57:06+00:00
Restaurants are doing more of this than most people think.

Here's an article from the head chef from a commercial microwave oven company, on how to get more done faster.[1] Commercial microwave ovens have about 2KW-3KW of power, and some of them have true variable power, not the on/off thing most home microwave ovens use. "I’ve shown teams how to make mug cakes, molten chocolate brownies, and steamed puddings with just a microwave. The reactions are always the same: "I had no idea a microwave could do that.”"

[1] https://totalfood.com/revolutionizing-microwave-cooking-comm...
by parpfish | 2026-02-23 04:57:36+00:00
Most of the people that complain about rocket prices are going to ticket master venues to see elaborate productions built by the biggest artists in the world.

When I tell people that I used to go to at least one show every week on my grad student stipend they are very confused. It’s because I was seeing music by local bands or up-and-coming acts that would charge $10 in the back of a dive bar. Those types of shows aren’t $10 any more, but they are still cheap. And those are the artists that are in the most need of your financial support customers and merch. Once an artist is big enough to book an arena… they ain’t struggling