MurphyA/hacker-news huggingface dataset:
by Imustaskforhelp | 2026-03-09 09:32:15+00:00
Man I really don't like this at all.

It really feels so wrong to spare nobody, not even dead writer/people.

All it's gonna do is something similar to em-dashes where people who use it are now getting called LLM when it was their writing which would've trained LLM (the irony)

If this takes off, hypothetically, we will associate slop with the writing qualities similar to how Ghibli art is so good but it felt so sloppy afterwards and made us less appreciate the Ghibli artstyle seeing just about anyone make it.

The sad part is that most/some of these dead writers/artists were never appreciated by the people of their time and they struggled with so many feelings and writing/art was their way of expressing that. Van Gogh is an example which comes to my mind.[0] Many struggled from depression and other feelings too. To take that and expression of it and turn it into yet another product feels quite depressing for a company to do

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_of_Vincent_van_Gogh
by Screen8774 | 2026-03-09 09:32:16+00:00
Understandable concerns, but then we start to talk about my limitation as a solo developer on an unfunded side project.

> blank page dev with no open source karma

I dont want anyone to just "trust me bro". im mainly active on reddit. I ask for feedback on relevant subs. What you see on my app is the result of several iterations from feedback and my learnings. This is a recent post about how encryption is being used.

https://www.reddit.com/r/cryptography/comments/1rix3nb/imple...

I discuss various details on reddit to seek feedback. Feedback on experimental code has always been hard to ask for even before AI slop and i get my fair share of criticism about my code.

I previously worked on a open source version of the project. I created docs and communicated a reasonable amount about the details. It would have been worth collaborating with if i could get some kind of open-source funding. Ive tried grants and donations platforms. for similar resons to you, no grant wants to support this project and nobody donates (completely understandable). In the age of AI, it looks like a weekend project. That version of the project looks like this: https://github.com/positive-intentions/chat

I leave that open source because it demonstrates some core concepts around my project that i cant see anywhere else (webapp, no registration/installation, browser-based signal protocol, etc)... but after how long i worked on it, it seems open source isnt sustainable. That leads me to the latest version linked in this post. its and improvement over the open-source version in every way.... but i try to be clear that its still far from finished, because there are a lot of things to address before promoting this as ready.

While its understandable youd like a project like this run by a team of experts, there are limitation in what i can do beyond open-sourcing and talking about it. Some of the grant applications rejected with reasons along the lines of me being a one-man-band. completely understandable, but experts are not going to hire themselves on this project.

My motivations on this project are simple. I want to create a secure messaging app with the aim for it to be able to support me. it is reasonably open source, but not 100% in order for me to remain competative. (im sure you can imagine what AI is capable of if i fully open source it). I think its works in a fairly unique way, and i think i sufficiently demonstrate it.

Some more details about roadmap and faq's here: https://positive-intentions.com/docs/technical/p2p-messaging...
by rorylaitila | 2026-03-09 09:34:29+00:00
Even on the latest models, LLMs are not deterministic between "don't do this thing" and "do this thing". They are both related to "this thing" and depending on other content in the context and seed, may randomly do the thing or not. So to get the best results, I want my context to be the smallest possible truthful input, not the most elaborated. More is not better. I think good names on executable source code and tightest possible documentation is best for LLMs, and probably for people too.
by edwcross | 2026-03-09 09:34:53+00:00
Thanks, it helped some, but I'm still having an error:

[1] node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1368
[1] throw err;
[1] ^
[1]
[1] Error: Cannot find module '/home/user/shadow/start-backend.js'
[1] at Function._resolveFilename (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1365:15)
[1] at defaultResolveImpl (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1021:19)
[1] at resolveForCJSWithHooks (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1026:22)
[1] at Function._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1175:37)
[1] at TracingChannel.traceSync (node:diagnostics_channel:322:14)
[1] at wrapModuleLoad (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:235:24)
[1] at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (node:internal/modules/run_main:171:5)
[1] at node:internal/main/run_main_module:36:49 {
[1] code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND',
[1] requireStack: []
[1] }
by mellosouls | 2026-03-09 09:35:36+00:00
As a bolshie type myself, very quick to moan at higher-ups, I think we need to be realistic that often we grunts don't have the big picture (especially the politics) and unfortunately that won't stop somebody lowdown move from merely internal letting off steam to anonymous public borderline slander.

There is Glassdoor etc though for people who want to have their say; that all these platforms will be gamed and manipulated is a given.
by Kye | 2026-03-09 09:36:44+00:00
The only significant motion I've seen in years in the AP space is Bridgy/A New Social and Wafrn. And while having investment and conferences isn't the only sign of life, it's notable that AP hasn't had once since the first in 2020 while AT is headed into its second building on all that started at the first.

It's neat that some websites communicate on AP, but every single one compounds the problems AT attempts to solve. You talk about software playing nice with Mastodon while AT is converging on standard lexicons and Cisco is investing in changing the nature of the relay for the better:

https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-nandakumar-atproto-ato...

https://bsky.app/profile/ipv.sx/post/3mg4h4tncmk2l
by bouke | 2026-03-09 09:36:59+00:00
I've read through the agent investigation of Codex on macOS. It looks like the default sandbox is pretty limited, however it doesn't match my experience:

- I asked the agent to change my global git username, Codex asked my permission to execute `git config --global user.name "Botje"` and after I granted permission, it was able to change this global configuration.

- I asked it to list my home directory and it was able to (this time without Codex asking for permission).
by linayang210 | 2026-03-09 09:37:04+00:00
Hi. Garry.
I hope you’re doing well. I wanted to briefly introduce myself.

I’m a Senior Full Stack Engineer with over 8 years of experience building and scaling production systems using Node.js, TypeScript, React, and Python. I’ve worked in remote, product-focused environments where I’ve led architectural improvements, including migrating a monolithic system to microservices, reducing deployment time by around 50% and improving scalability and reliability.

I’m comfortable owning features end-to-end — from system design and API development to deployment, performance optimization, and production support. I’ve also implemented CI/CD pipelines, improved database performance (PostgreSQL), and contributed to cloud-native infrastructure on AWS using Docker and Kubernetes. In addition, I’ve worked on AI-driven workflows and LLM integrations for modern product capabilities.

I’m currently exploring new remote opportunities and would love to connect if you’re building or scaling a product where strong backend architecture, clean execution, and ownership matter.

If it makes sense, I’d be happy to schedule a short conversation.
Thank you.
by tskulbru | 2026-03-09 09:37:09+00:00
Following up the comment i made last month, I'm a solo dev building a handful of apps across different niches.

- Plask ( https://plask.dev ) — Google Analytics (GA4) connected analytics dashboard for people who ship multiple products. I got tired of manually checking separate GA4 properties for all my apps and SaaS projects, and setting up individual MCP integrations for each felt like overkill when I just wanted a quick overview. So I built a single dashboard that connects all your GA4 properties, runs statistical anomaly detection, sends alerts when something breaks, and generates AI weekly digests. Free tier for 2 properties, Pro at $9/mo.

- Kvile ( https://kvile.app ) — A lightweight desktop HTTP client built with Rust + Tauri. Native .http file support (JetBrains/VS Code/Kulala compatible), Monaco editor, JS pre/post scripts, SQLite-backed history. Sub-second startup. MIT licensed, no cloud, your requests stay on your machine. Think Postman without the bloat and login walls.

- APIDrift ( https://apidrift.dev ) — Monitors changelogs for APIs, SDKs, and libraries you depend on so you don't get blindsided by upstream breaking changes. Scrapes docs, diffs changes, classifies severity with AI, and sends digest emails. Track your dependencies, get alerted when something breaks. Free tier covers 3 sources with weekly digests. Built with Next.js, Supabase, and Gemini Flash.

- Mockingjay ( https://apps.apple.com/app/id6758616261 ) — iOS app that records video and streams AES-256-GCM encrypted chunks to your Google Drive in real-time. By the time someone takes your phone, the footage is already safe in the cloud. Built for journalists, activists, and anyone who needs tamper-proof evidence. Features a duress PIN that wipes local keys while preserving cloud backups, and a fake sleep mode that makes the phone look powered off during recording.

- Stao ( https://stao.app ) — A simple sit/stand reminder for standing desk users. Runs in the system tray, tracks your streaks, zero setup. Available on macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS, and Android.

- MyVisualRoutine ( https://myvisualroutine.com ) — This one is personal. I have three kids, two with severe disabilities. Visual schedules (laminated cards, velcro boards) are a lifeline for non-verbal children, but they're a nightmare to manage and they don't leave the house. So I built an app that lets you create a full visual routine in about 20 seconds and take it anywhere. Choice boards, First/Then boards, day plans, 50+ preloaded activities, works fully offline. Free tier is genuinely usable. Available on iOS and Android.

- Linetris ( https://apps.apple.com/app/id6759858457 ), a daily puzzle game where you fill an 8x8 grid with Tetris-like pieces to clear lines. Think Wordle meets Tetris. Daily challenges, leaderboards, and competititve play against friends.
by linayang210 | 2026-03-09 09:37:20+00:00
Hi, garry.
I hope you’re doing well. I wanted to briefly introduce myself.

I’m a Senior Full Stack Engineer with over 8 years of experience building and scaling production systems using Node.js, TypeScript, React, and Python. I’ve worked in remote, product-focused environments where I’ve led architectural improvements, including migrating a monolithic system to microservices, reducing deployment time by around 50% and improving scalability and reliability.

I’m comfortable owning features end-to-end — from system design and API development to deployment, performance optimization, and production support. I’ve also implemented CI/CD pipelines, improved database performance (PostgreSQL), and contributed to cloud-native infrastructure on AWS using Docker and Kubernetes. In addition, I’ve worked on AI-driven workflows and LLM integrations for modern product capabilities.

I’m currently exploring new remote opportunities and would love to connect if you’re building or scaling a product where strong backend architecture, clean execution, and ownership matter.

If it makes sense, I’d be happy to schedule a short conversation.
Thank you.
by perching_aix | 2026-03-09 09:37:24+00:00
Yes *, and in the real world. The question then is if you rate that to be an equivalent existential horror to being a maldeveloped, malnutritioned, disembodied version of those mice, forced to live out life in a low fidelity version of the Matrix [0], potentially in constant or recurring agony.

* They kinda do have a problem with that too, that's why ethics committees exist, and why the term "animal testing" pops up in the news cycle every so often.

[0] https://xcancel.com/alexwg/status/2030217301929132323
by i_think_so | 2026-03-09 09:37:27+00:00
I think you missed @sltkr's point. HN wouldn't just have less new content; it would fail to develop new users. That kind of stagnation is how sites like this die.

Aggressively filtering to raise the average post quality is a sugar rush and it has the metaphorical long term consequences of type-2 diabetes. Things start out feeling great but the acceleration of death is effectively guaranteed.
by arvida | 2026-03-09 09:37:37+00:00
Been working on https://localhero.ai, its my service to automate on-brand translations for product teams. I've been doing outreach to Swedish companies/people, getting some good interest from a few that want to automate their localization workflow but don't want the work of maintaining own solutions. Even though you can build a version working with coding agents these days, there is a lot of stuff around it to make it work well over time in a product org.
On the tech side for Localhero, one thing I've been working on how it learns from manual edits. Like when a PM or designer tweaks copy in the Localhero UI, those things now better feed back into a translation memory and influence future translations. It's like a self-learning loop, turns out a pretty nice combo of using old-school techniques and offloading some work to LLMs.

Also been spending some time on my old side project https://infrabase.ai, an directory of AI infra related tools. Redesigned the landscape page (https://infrabase.ai/landscape), going through product submissions and content, optimizing a bit for seo/geo.
by kindkang2024 | 2026-03-09 09:37:38+00:00
My 8-year-old is learning English and loves Peppa Pig. I thought — what if he could actually pick up words from watching it? Not "tap the apple" drills, but learning from the show he already loves.

So I built YouLingua (https://youlingua.world). Paste any YouTube video and get a word-by-word interactive transcript. Click a word to save it with the exact video moment — "muddy puddles" isn't a flashcard, it's Peppa jumping in one. Saved words then power mini-games: a space shooter, hex puzzles, TikTok-style review shorts...

Browser-based, no install. Login with a Web3 wallet — no grand reason yet, just something I'm interested in. Dream is to eventually make it fully decentralized so you truly own your learning data.

Still early, but my son now asks to "play the word game." That feels like a win.
by znpy | 2026-03-09 09:37:46+00:00
Oh, man. I feel you, i feel you so much.

I’ve gone through pretty nuch the same.

First things first… it’s gonna take time, to start feeling life normal again. It’s better if you already know about this beforehand. For me it was 1.5-2 years ago.

Talk to a psychologist. It’s good to be able to talk to somebody that is literally trained in helping you go through the pain of the trauma.

Go to the gym. It’s almost a meme, but trust me it works. It fucking works.

Start dieting along with the gym. Trust me, seeing yourself thinner and more tonic does help a lot.

I’m not sure what to advice about dating. I tried to date at the beginning but i quickly realised i was just trying to fill a void, and that just doesn’t work. Nowadays i managed to find my equilibrium, still single but i realised i got much more picky regarding women.

Do social stuff. For me it’s been a language course for a while (underwhelming, to be honest) and nowadays piano lessons.

Btw: stay away from the dating apps. They just don’t work, it’s an awful waste of time.

Good luck man!
by alephnil | 2026-03-09 09:37:58+00:00
You would need a frame rate higher than the Nyquist frequency of highest harmonic you want to capture. Since the fundamental frequency of the lowest pitch sting is 83.4 Hz, and you want to capture up to the fifth harmonic (at 83.4 Hz * 5 = 417 Hz) and double that to get the Nyquist frequence, so at least 834 fps. So you would need a high speed camera with 1000 fps to capture the real vibrations.
by Shorel | 2026-03-09 09:38:16+00:00
> For large edits, most selections will be out of the scroll window and not really helping.

I don't really care about that. Just for fun, and because I can, sometimes I edit huge SQL files using multiple cursors, meaning they are much bigger than just some KBs. Hundreds of cursors, all working at the same time, it is wonderful.
by hafizjavid | 2026-03-09 09:38:21+00:00
I built TrustScan over the past few months after getting frustrated trying
to explain GDPR compliance to non-technical clients.

The core problem: privacy policies are written to protect companies, not
inform users. And GDPR compliance advice online is either too vague or
too expensive.

TrustScan currently has five tools:

- Privacy Policy Simplifier: AI plain-English summary of any privacy policy
- Website Privacy Audit: scans for trackers, cookies, GDPR/CCPA gaps
- Privacy Law Checker: which laws apply to your business
- PDF Metadata Stripper: removes hidden metadata from PDFs client-side
- AI Training Opt-Out Hub: opt-out links for OpenAI, Google, Meta, Apple

Tech stack: Next.js 14, TypeScript, Tailwind, Groq API for AI inference.

All free, no auth required. Happy to answer questions.
by lesuorac | 2026-03-09 09:39:48+00:00
Presumable in Sweeden you can agree to new contract that supercedes the current one? That's all that's (argueable) happening here.

To me the insane part is that contracts don't have to be registered with the courts (or some qualified third party) ahead of time.

Like each party could show up with their own piece of paper (or not be able to provide it). Which is largely the issue here in that one party is showing up with a 2021 document and the other a 2023 document.
by iammjm | 2026-03-09 09:40:14+00:00
"Charles Thompson, executed January 28, 2026
In April 1998, Thompson forced his way into a Houston residence and shot a man and a woman following an argument. Both victims succumbed to their injuries as a result of the shooting."

Wow so they kept this guy for almost 30 years on death row and then killed him. USA is so fucked
by StanAngeloff | 2026-03-09 09:40:33+00:00
I've been working on an AI workspace inside Neovim (and using the editor as the TUI). When I started, I asked myself, "Wait, WHAT?! Another one? Who would use this?" However the goal was never about eyes (well, GH stars) on this new thing, it was about learning.
I wanted to dig deeper into how modern-day tools work so I can understand the sort of 'magic' I was experiencing using tools like Claude Code. The more I've been working on this side project, the more I understand about AI systems, agent loops, prompt engineering and all the cleverness that goes into making a good, usable, magical AI agent.
by aquariusDue | 2026-03-09 09:41:21+00:00
I've joined this year's Flame Game Jam which uses the Flame Engine built on top of Flutter. This is my first game jam and I really hope I manage to submit the game before the deadline on Sunday.

Here's a link to the jam if anyone else is interested, and I recommend joining the Discord server too because the organizers and participants are really great and fun to hang around! - https://itch.io/jam/flame-game-jam-2026
by lesuorac | 2026-03-09 09:41:57+00:00
Isn't the fact that it applies to _any_ case precedent?

Like if you're a lawyer and you read this do you go "My client will never win a case like this?" or do you go "we should go to trial"?

Sure you won't get summary judgement but if the courts rule this way once they can rule this way again.
by awesan | 2026-03-09 09:42:06+00:00
In Zig, dividing by 0 does not panic unless you decide that it should or go out of your way to use unsafe primitives [1]. Same for trying to allocate more memory than is available. The general difference is as follows (IMO):

Rust tries to prevent developers from doing bad things, then has to include ways to avoid these checks for cases where it cannot prove that bad things are actually OK. Zig (and many others such as Odin, Jai, etc.) allow anything by default, but surface the fact that issues can occur in its API design. In practice the result is the same, but Rust needs to be much more complex both to do the proving and to allow the developers to ignore its rules.

[1]: https://ziglang.org/documentation/0.15.2/std/#std.math.divEx...
by bayindirh | 2026-03-09 09:43:17+00:00
> It really feels so wrong to spare nobody, not even dead writer/people.

That train left at full steam when companies scraped the whole internet and claimed it was fair use. Now it's a slippery slope covered with slime.

I believe there'll be no slowing down from now on.

They are doing something amazing, will they ask for permission? /s.
by senaevren | 2026-03-09 09:44:14+00:00
A few things worth flagging:
On GDPR: Using a named individual's identity to generate commercial AI output isn't obviously covered by "legitimate interest." Affected EU-based individuals likely have real grounds to object or request erasure.
On IP/publicity rights: You can't copyright an editing style — but you absolutely can have a right of publicity claim when a company profits from your name and simulated judgment without consent. The Lanham Act's false endorsement provisions could also be in play here.
The kicker: The "sources" cited by the feature were broken, spammy, or pointed to completely unrelated content. So the defense that suggestions are inspired by someone's actual work may not even hold up technically.
by seedie | 2026-03-09 09:44:23+00:00
Great advice, but don't treat it as a checklist.
If you like to go to the gym, do it. If not don't do it, leave alone every day.

Your focus should not be in improving yourself and being the best you can be. It's about getting to know yourself better.

What is it that you enjoy. And if you don't know, now's the time to find out. Maybe it's going to the gym, maybe it's finding a great breakfast place. Sitting there, having breakfast, being around other people.

Finding activities that you enjoy doing outdoors, bonus points.

You've already done the first step in asking for advice. Even though it might sound neglectible, that's a great achievement. So many people suffer from depression and have a hard time to take this first step. Congratulations!

Get out there try things, learn who you are. Maybe there's this thing that you always wanted to do places you always wanted to see. Now is the best time to do it.
And if there's no such thing, you've been given a great list of things to try.

Best luck to you in this new phase of life!
by misir | 2026-03-09 09:44:31+00:00
Grammarly even from the start was very distracting to me even as a someone using english as a second language to communicate. I have developed my own taste and way of articulating thoughts, but grammarly (and LLMs today) forced me to remove that layer of personality from my texts which I didn't wanted to let go. Sure I sounded less professional, but that was the image I wanted to project anyways.

Unrelated but surprising to me that I've found built-in grammar checking within JetBrains IDEs far more useful at catching grammar mistakes while not forcing me to rewrite entire sentences.
by orwin | 2026-03-09 09:44:34+00:00
Every weeks that number increases.

Two weeks ago it was 30k, a week ago it was 35k, now it's 40k+, but OSINT sources keep the number around 15k (including 1.3 k from the Iranian government own forces) and don't move it up. I'm pretty sure the real number is higher than the one OSINT resources can give, considering the uprising and repression also happened in small, less connected cities, but the constant increase is honestly very off-putting, and the more it happens, the more it feels like manufacturing consent.