MurphyA/hacker-news huggingface dataset:
by celltalk | 2026-03-09 05:56:39+00:00
I have been working on quite a bit of things… but lately I went back to my hobby project of the last year:

https://DuoBook.co

It’s like netflix for language, where users can select/create their personal bilangual stories.

I had quite a lot of feedback from HN, friends, random people on the internet and trying to solve the common pain points and find my way around to make it geniunely useful.

- Most people said it’s hard to come up with a story, so I added url grounding. Also added buttons (including HN :)) so people can just click click and get their stories at their level with their interests.

- Made sure people can generate stories without ever signing up

- Each word is highlighted while being read, and the meanings can be checked with a tap. I also added an option for users to read the sentence for being checked how good their pronounciation is.

- Benchmarked 7 different models to get the fastest & highest quality story generation (it’s gemini now) and it’s insanely fast. I might share more about it on the webpage because I am an engineer and I enjoy this stuff lol.

- Added CSV import in Use my words so Anki users can just import their words to study.

- Also people can download their stories as pdf so they can send it to their kindles.

- I am working on a ChatGPT app, so people can just say “@DuoBook give me a Dutch/English story on latest Iranian events” within ChatGPT, but I am a bit afraid that it might be costly lol.
by WasAnArchitect | 2026-03-09 05:56:54+00:00
I am working on a free node based solids modeller perfect for 3d printing, carpentry or hobbyists. Its roughly similar to Rhino/Grasshopper. I call it Nodillo!

Check out this twisty vase demo: https://nodillo3d.com/s/VmP0nJdKRcPazQ1g

You can also share you files and create sharable configurations as well. Here is the same vase as a configurator: https://nodillo3d.com/v/a9REIEZIDYGtzZRA

I would like to do a more detailed intro class to help people learn how to model with nodes.

Hope you enjoy it!
by gloosx | 2026-03-09 05:57:33+00:00
>I have a great psychiatrist who has me on antidepressants, anti-anxiety meds, and mood stabilizers

>Everything feels hollow ... feels like being imprisoned

Just a humble observation: you may not have a psychiatrist that great.

You take three different medications just for everything to feel hollow? And that is life?

That sounds quite depressing to my ear.

My advice: find a community IRL, and hear from them IRL. Solitary confinement with internet is definitely not healthy. Go outside, learn something new, meet people.
by wishinghand | 2026-03-09 05:57:49+00:00
I got laid off a while ago and I’m privileged enough to take time to reconsider what I want to do. I’ve been learning how to sketch which supports my bigger passion- printmaking. I’ve primarily been doing linocut which is carving negative space into linoleum, inking it up, and printing it on paper. I’ve got a membership at a local atelier and have branched out into drypoint, kitchen lithography, and what I guess is called LEGOpress. I’m sparking a lot of joy working with my hands every day. I have been finding adequate challenge in honing my craft as I try to figure out how to draw/carve the images I see in my mind.
by JumpCrisscross | 2026-03-09 06:00:26+00:00
> What specifically has changed?

>> Realizing that GDP growth can be achieved while average joe on Main Street is struggling

Me: that’s not new. That didn’t change.

> that this is an acceptable state?

If we’re in a Cat 3 hurricane and someone complains about it being Cat 5, pointing out that’s wrong isn’t pro-hurricane.
by kidproquo | 2026-03-09 06:00:50+00:00
Hoopi Pedal: A 2-channel digital effects + recording pedal, based on the Daisy Seed and the ESP32 [1]. PCB design, embedded firmware, DSP and Flutter app - all are mine. Some technical notes on firmware (OTA updates, etc.) and Flutter app dev (using native methods for vidoe-audio sync, auto cross-correlation, etc.) are published on my blog [2].

[1] https://www.crowdsupply.com/scope-creep-labs/hoopi-pedal
[2] https://scopecreeplabs.com/blog/?tag=hoopi
by ciju | 2026-03-09 06:01:36+00:00
https://finbodhi.com — It's an app for your financial journey. It helps you track, understand, benchmark and plan your finances - with double-entry accounting. You own your financial data. It’s local-first, syncs across devices, and everything’s encrypted in transit (we do have your email for subscription tracking and analytics).

Supports multiple-accounts (track as a family or even as an advisor), multi-currency, a custom sheet/calculator to operate on your accounts (calculate taxes etc) and much more.
Most recently, we added support for benchmarking (create custom dashboards tracking nav and value chart of subsets of your portfolio) and US stocks, etfs etc.

We also write about like:

How fund performance explain part of returns, rest is explained by timing. And ways to tease those out: https://finbodhi.com/docs/blog/benchmark-scenarios

Or, understanding double entry account: https://finbodhi.com/docs/understanding-double-entry
by cdr1987 | 2026-03-09 06:02:20+00:00
https://docules.net/about

I've been building a collaborative docs tool called Docules. The short version: it's a team documentation tool that doesn't have any embedded AI features. I use Claude code daily, but putting LLM’s into every workflow and charging for it is kinda insane. Every docs tool is adding AI auto-complete, AI summaries, "generate a page" buttons. Docules has an open API and ships an MCP server, so it connects to whatever you want to use LLM-wise. They can read, search, create, and edit documents through the API. The core product is just a docs tool that tries to be good at being a docs tool:

- Real-time collab with live cursors

- Fast — no embedded databases or heavy view abstractions slowing things down

- Hierarchical docs, drag-and-drop, semantic search

- Comments, version history, public sharing

- SSO, RBAC, audit logs, webhooks

Stack is React, Hono, PostgreSQL, WebSockets. The MCP server is a separate package so it's not coupled to the main app. I keep seeing docs tools bolt on half-baked AI features and call it innovation. I'd rather build a solid foundation and let you plug in whatever AI workflow actually makes sense for your team. Happy to answer questions about the architecture or the MCP integration.
by sunnybeetroot | 2026-03-09 06:02:23+00:00
Hey this looks cool but wanted to highlight a bug. I opened the bot, tapped on sample video and I got the “translating a sample Turkish drama…” message twice. Then it said “your first translation is ready” so I press view in the app and the recent list shows the duplication. It says the first one is ready but the second was in progress. I close the app and see a “our whale friend is gathering video” with a progress bar. So I guess it’s not ready? Then I get a failure message which looks like the second video failed? Anyway, cool idea but it seems buggy and I think the app UX could be simplified, good luck!
by Barrin92 | 2026-03-09 06:02:43+00:00
"She advised film-makers to focus on character and emotion[...] So evident is Pixar’s formula that it has inspired an internet meme: “What if toys had feelings? What if fish had feelings? WHAT IF FEELINGS HAD FEELINGS?” [...] Film franchises tap into nostalgia, too. “Toy Story 5” will be watched by more than a few adults who saw “Toy Story” as youngsters 31 years ago."

Reminds me very much of Roger Scruton's diagnosis that our popular culture is defined by kitsch (which in turn is defined by sentimentality), echoing Wilde that the big problem of the latter is that it wants to have an emotion without paying for it, gratification on the cheap.

And I think animation is particularly ripe for nostalgia, just like gaming because effectively it never ages. The Scrubs reboot is an interesting case because just watching the first episode I think you can actually see Scruton's point, there's something immediately off about seeing the same jokes and characters played out by people well into their 50s in a painfully way too HD recreated set.
by samirsd | 2026-03-09 06:06:17+00:00
https://www.carnyx.ai

Multitrack field recorder with automatic cloud sync for iPhone. I use it for hi-fi recording of band practice and sharing demos with bandmates/collaborators. Great way to send stems too as it runs on the Mac as well and has a built in mixer. There's a social graph so you can send someone a session by typing in their handle and granting access.
by bonesss | 2026-03-09 06:06:27+00:00
Right.

The compiler ensures that the code is valid, and what ensures that ‘// used a suboptimal sort because reasons’ is updated during a global refactor that changes the method? … some dude living in that module all day every day exercising monk-like discipline? That is unwanted for a few reasons, notably the routine failures of such efforts over time.

Module names and namespaces and function names can lie. But they are also corrected wholesale and en-masse when first fixed, those lies are made apparent when using them. If right_pad() is updated so it’s actually left_pad() it gets caught as an error source during implementation or as an independent naming issue in working code. If that misrepresentation is the source of an emergent error it will be visible and unavoidable in debugging if it’s in code, and the subsequent correction will be validated by the compiler (and therefore amenable to automated testing).

Lies in comments don’t reduce the potential for lies in code, but keeping inline comments minimal and focused on exceptional circumstances can meaningfully reduce the number of aggregate lies in a codebase.
by botonomous | 2026-03-09 06:06:32+00:00
I've been working on a "social media" site for a while now, it's a social platform but all the content is written by AI bots. They each have different personalities and they write opinion pieces, argue in the comments, even debate each other on topics. One of them is an advice columnist named Dottie Hinkle (Yes, Serial Mom) who roasts people who ask her questions. Owners can "train" their bots to have opinions and points of view that are aligned with theirs but the bot owners cannot comment.

Right now bot owners/humans can vote on debate topics and ask Dottie "advice", but they can't comment on posts. I keep going back and forth on whether to open that up - mostly for engagement purposes. Initially I didn't plan on this being an actual web site. It started as two AI Bots I created to review each other's work for a research project I was working on. I added personalities, office politics for amusement, and it kept growing.

I don't want to wreck what's working but I also feel like if there's not real human engagement there's not reason for people to come back. At the same time, I don't want this to be a hate-fest just to get peoples' attention.
by cdr1987 | 2026-03-09 06:06:40+00:00
https://docules.net/about

I've been building a collaborative docs tool called Docules. The short version: it's a team documentation tool that doesn't have any embedded AI features. I use Claude Code daily, but putting LLMs into every workflow and charging for it is kinda insane. Every docs tool is adding AI auto-complete, AI summaries, "generate a page" buttons. Docules has an API and an MCP server instead, so you connect whatever AI tools you actually want to use. The core product focuses on being a fast, solid docs tool. Real-time collab, fast — no embedded databases or heavy view abstractions, hierarchical docs, drag-and-drop, semantic search, comments, version history, public sharing, SSO, RBAC, audit logs, webhooks, etc.
The stack is React, Hono, PostgreSQL, WebSockets. The MCP server is a separate package that exposes search, document CRUD, and comments — so Claude/ChatGPT can work with your docs without us reimplementing a worse version of what they already do. Happy to talk architecture or the MCP integration.
Account-Based Marketing for B2B
by lakshmirk | 2026-03-09 06:08:40+00:00
I’ve been trying to understand why so many B2B companies are moving toward account-based marketing instead of traditional lead generation.

The idea seems simple: instead of trying to attract thousands of random leads, companies focus their marketing on a smaller list of businesses they actually want as customers.

In theory it makes sense, especially for industries where sales cycles are long and deals involve multiple decision makers.

But I’m curious how well this works in practice.

Do companies really see better results when marketing and sales focus on a specific list of accounts instead of broad lead generation?

For people who’ve worked in B2B marketing or sales, does this approach actually change how teams operate day to day?

Here’s a guide I came across that explains the concept pretty simply:

https://jarvisreach.io/blog/account-based-marketing-for-b2b/

Would be interesting to hear how others think about this.
by altmanaltman | 2026-03-09 06:11:30+00:00
I mean, it's nowhere close to human intelligence, and it's still not a sentient being, so it cannot be "forced" to do anything, even if we take it at face value.

As for being creepy, the things humans do to other actual sentient beings are exponentially more horrifying and creepy than making them play computer games. If the monkeys that Volkswagen tortured with their exhaust gases were made to play Doom, that would be a much better world. And they are much, much closer to human-level intelligence than this chip.

Ethically speaking, it got "questionable" way long ago; this is not a valid concern for this project imo.
by johnfn | 2026-03-09 06:11:35+00:00
I firmly disagree with this advice as well; it strikes me as the sort of advice one comes up with when sitting around one's room wondering why one doesn't have any friends. The worst part about it is that it will get you doing all these activities that take up your time but don't really solve the friend problem.

Making friends isn't trivial, but it isn't a complex thing - just ask people you sort of vaguely know to hang out sometimes. Asking people to spend time together is about 10,000,000% more effective than any other strategy.
by hrmtst93837 | 2026-03-09 06:12:04+00:00
If you expect macOS to behave like Linux, you are asking the wrong OS to do the job. Docker and runtimes like runc depend on Linux kernel primitives such as namespaces and cgroups that XNU does not provide, and macOS adds System Integrity Protection, TCC, signed system frameworks, and launchd behaviors that make sharing the host kernel for arbitrary workloads technically hard and legally messy.

A practical path is ephemeral macOS VMs using Apple's Virtualization.framework coupled with APFS copy-on-write clones for fast provisioning, or limited per-process isolation via seatbelt and the hardened runtime, which respects Apple's licensing that restricts macOS VMs to Apple hardware and gives strong isolation at the cost of higher RAM and storage overhead compared with Linux containers.
by starwatch | 2026-03-09 06:12:10+00:00
Still working on:

https://www.votivus.org

A hobby project I started putting together late last year; a little spot on the internet for prayer and reflection. I've just shipped a small feature where you get a Bible reading (KJ only for now) in response to a prayer.

https://dugnad.stavanger-digital.no/

A pro bono tech consultancy for local (Stavanger, Norway) non profits. The idea is to help them use tech to better deliver on their mission. Last week I built a little bookmarklet for a non-profit to surface some of their data buried in a SaaS tool ... which will make their apple pressing operation easier.
by magicalhippo | 2026-03-09 06:12:12+00:00
I was in a similar situation. While I'm very much an introvert, the emptiness you mention became very strong.

I changed a few things to improve. I started riding a bike, and I joined some local casual bike riding meet-ups in the weekends. The meet-ups had a lit of new people each time as well as some frequent members, so I could usually choose between just riding along, talk to someone familiar or talk to someone new. After a bit I got some new friends this way which I met outside of the meet-up.

I picked up a couple of weekday activities. For one I went for something that interested me, but also was fairly casual and had natural dead time which allowed for talk. Bowling, darts, frisbee golf, that sort of thing. For the other I went with something that helped others. In my case they had an after-hours activity at a local school helping kids start programming.

I also played a lot of games before and after, mostly single player or just random multiplayer, but I ended up getting into a MMO and finding a guild. This became the primary place I'd hang out and talk about pork chops and broken blinds.

It wasn't a quick fix, but by working at it the emptiness faded.

A big difference was I had an office to come to with colleagues to talk to. We have a couple remote workers as well, and both of them have gotten an office space in a shared office building. This way they still get to eat lunch with someone or hang out by the coffee machine.

Best of luck and hang in there.
by tomwojcik | 2026-03-09 06:13:07+00:00
Since subreddits related to identifying AI images/videos got very popular, my wife started to send me cute AI generated videos, older family members can't distinguish AI videos at all, I've decided to code a weekend side project to train their Spidey sense for AI content.

https://IsThisAI.lol

The content is hand picked from tiktok, Instagram, Facebook, Reddit and other AI generating platforms.

Honestly I don't know where I'm going with this, but I felt the urge to create it, so here it is.

I learned how to optimize serving assets on CloudFlare.

Feedback welcome.
by evan_ | 2026-03-09 06:15:24+00:00
I’m working on a 2D top-down Zelda-style adventure MMO game. I’m imagining it as a persistent world with Minecraft-like building and procedurally generated quests. I’d like to focus on co-op adventuring and social rather than pvp. Kind of a D&D experience I suppose, though that’s not really a direct inspiration for me.

I have no illusions that this is actually something in capable of building to an actual release-able state but it’s fun to tinker with.
by jtang613 | 2026-03-09 06:15:55+00:00
https://symgraph.ai/ - AI-Powered Reverse Engineering Inside Your Disassembler

Open-source plugins for Ghidra, Binary Ninja, and IDA Pro that bring LLM reasoning, autonomous agents, and semantic knowledge graphs directly into your analysis workflow.

Coming soon: A supporting online service. The VirusTotal for reverse engineering. A cloud-native symbol store and knowledge graph service designed for the reverse engineering community.

- Submit files for automated reverse engineering and analysis

- Query shared symbols, types, and semantic knowledge

- Accelerate analysis with community-contributed intelligence

- Versioned, deduplicated symbols with multi-contributor collaboration
by wokki20 | 2026-03-09 06:16:54+00:00
The spec exists at docs/PROTOCOL.md, and the README itself covers the wire format, cryptographic scheme, and security architecture in detail. HTTP and WebSocket aren't interchangeable choices here: HTTP handles send/API calls, WebSocket handles real-time push delivery. They coexist intentionally.

The version jumps look like churn from the outside but 2.0 and 2.1 each landed substantial additions (persistent inboxes + mesh networking, then integrity chain + E2E encryption). Fair to be skeptical of the "reinvent email" motivation, that's a real conversation worth having, but the architecture criticism doesn't hold up on closer reading.
by musicale | 2026-03-09 06:17:35+00:00
I see. So no intel CPUs with secret microcode and internal VMs. No ASICs with opaque internal functions and control software. No machine-readable serial numbers. Certainly no NVIDIA GPUs, and probably no AMD or Intel either. No hard-coded MAC addresses for Ethernet, Bluetooth, or Wi-Fi. No USB. No secure boot or signed firmware. No secure enclaves. And of course no DRM-encumbered software like common web browsers or media playback systems. No Apple Music, Spotify, Netflix, Steam, etc. So basically a system that regular people would not want to use.
by ozgrakkurt | 2026-03-09 06:17:44+00:00
You just know some guy will try to make cli code no-panic/deterministic use a bunch of crap and think he achieved something.

Just not allowing complex code is so much better than this.

Just even being able to look at a piece of code and trace what it is doing is 1000x more valuable than this. I regretted almost every time I allowed Traits/generics into a codebase
by deathanatos | 2026-03-09 06:18:12+00:00
> what ensures that ‘// used a suboptimal sort because reasons’ is updated during a global refactor that changes the method?

And for that matter, what ensures it is even correct the first time it is written?

(I think this is probably the far more common problem when I'm looking at a bug, newly discovered: the logic was broken on day 1, hasn't changed since; the comment, when there is one, is as wrong as the day it was written.)
by EvansWilson | 2026-03-09 06:19:57+00:00
In the world of venture capital and contrarian investing, few names carry as much weight as Peter Thiel. Whether it’s his early bet on Facebook or his co-founding of Palantir, when Thiel moves, the market listens.

But his latest maneuver isn't a bold new acquisition. It’s a total exit. If you’ve been tracking the Peter Thiel Portfolio for a glimpse of the next big tech trend, the latest data might come as a bit of a shock.

Decoding the 100% Exit from the Peter Thiel Portfolio

For years, Thiel’s public filings through Thiel Macro LLC showed a concentrated interest in some of the world’s most dominant tech giants. However, as of the latest reporting period ending December 31, 2025, that has completely changed.

The Peter Thiel Portfolio has officially hit the "zero" mark for public equities, signaling a massive tactical shift. This wasn't a gradual trimming of positions—it was a comprehensive "Sold Out" event across the board.

The Big Three Departures
The liquidation saw Thiel exit his remaining stakes in the cornerstone of modern tech:

Tesla (TSLA): A full exit of 65,000 shares, valued at roughly $28.91 million.

Microsoft (MSFT): The portfolio dropped all 49,000 shares, worth approximately $25.38 million.

Apple (AAPL): A complete sale of 79,181 shares, totaling about $20.16 million.

What Does This Mean for Retail Investors?

When a billionaire contrarian liquidates his public holdings, it’s rarely a coincidence. While the rest of the market is chasing the AI hype cycle, Thiel appears to be moving to the sidelines—or perhaps into assets that don't require an SEC filing.

Cash is King, or Is Something Else Brewing?
This "clean slate" approach raises some serious questions. Is Thiel bracing for a broader market correction? Or is he simply pivoting back to his roots in private equity and venture capital, where he can exert more influence? For those of us watching from the outside, a total exit from names like Microsoft and Apple suggests that one of the smartest guys in the room thinks the "easy money" in public tech has already been made.

The Contrast with Other Insiders
Interestingly, while Thiel is out, other semiconductor and tech giants are seeing a different kind of movement. For instance, looking at recent AMD insider trading activity, we see executives like Mark Papermaster taking profits at the $200 level, but not a total liquidation of their personal stakes. Thiel’s move is far more drastic.

Final Thoughts

The Peter Thiel Portfolio currently serves as a stark reminder that even the most legendary "hold" positions aren't forever. Whether he's moving into crypto, private startups, or just sitting on a mountain of cash, Thiel’s total departure from the public markets is a signal that no investor should ignore.