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Show HN: Kanban CLI (A local-first, agent-first task manager for the terminal)
7 hours ago
- Auto-detection of files_to_modify from git merge-base diff implemented
- Codebase transition from Python to Rust completed
- Project structure aligned and performance optimized
- Comprehensive system architecture documentation added
- Test coverage expanded and project templates introduced
- Codebase optimization and logic patches implemented
- Thermo-nuclear audit deduplication performed
- Generic schema self-healing upgrades added
- License changed to AGPL-3.0
FreeBSD Foundation Executive Director Tries Daily Driving FreeBSD on Laptop
2 hours ago
- FreeBSD Foundation Executive Director Deb Goodkin tried daily driving FreeBSD on a Framework Laptop, previously finding it challenging.
- Basic laptop functions like the touchscreen and wireless mouse worked well with KDE on FreeBSD, indicating improved laptop support.
- She faced issues with Zoom, webcam setup, and Microsoft Teams but overcame them using online resources to succeed.
- Goodkin shared her experience at the Open Source Summit, noting it was her first time using FreeBSD daily on a laptop.
- The effort aligns with ongoing improvements in FreeBSD's laptop support over the past two years.
Flick (YC F25) Is Hiring Front End Engineer to Build Figma for AI Filmmaking
2 hours ago
- Flick is defining the future interface for AI native filmmaking, akin to Figma and Cursor but for creating AI films.
- Founded by an engineer who built Instagram Stories and an award-winning filmmaker, the team blends tech and artistry and is well-funded by top VCs.
- The role of founding front-end engineer involves leading development of Flick's core experience, including canvas, timeline, and creative tooling, working directly with founders.
- Key responsibilities include architecting the editor UI, prototyping workflows, establishing best practices, and collaborating across design, product, and AI backend teams.
- Requirements include experience with high-performance web apps, modern front-end tooling like React and TypeScript, optimizing complex UX, scalable UI architectures, and a startup mindset.
- Nice-to-haves include experience with video editors, creative canvases, a love for films and art, and open-source contributions.
Ruby for Good
3 hours ago
- Ruby for Good is an annual event held from Aug 27th to Aug 30th.
- Registration includes shared lodging, meals, snacks, evening socializing, and swag.
- The event brings together programmers globally in the Washington DC area to build projects benefiting communities.
- Projects continue as open source after the event.
- Refunds are not available after Jun 7th, but transfers can be coordinated until Jul 20th.
Memory has grown to nearly two-thirds of AI chip component costs
2 hours ago
- Epoch's work is freely usable under Creative Commons BY with credit.
- Analysis estimates per-chip costs for memory, logic dies, packaging, and auxiliary components across Nvidia, AMD, Google, and Amazon.
- Memory share increased from 52% to 63% from Q1 2024 to Q4 2025, while packaging and auxiliary components declined.
- Logic die share remained stable at 13-14% during this period.
- Total component spending grew from $22 billion in 2024 to $52 billion in 2025, with HBM contributing about $20 billion of the rise.
What Is the Thread Reaper?
a day ago
- Bug Check 0x13 (EMPTY_THREAD_REAPER_LIST) is an obsolete Windows error code from early Windows NT development, never used in released versions.
- Thread reapers in Windows kernel clean up expired threads, specifically freeing their stacks or TEBs, as threads can't destroy their own execution stack.
- The EMPTY_THREAD_REAPER_LIST likely occurred if the reaper was instructed to reap a thread but found an empty list, a scenario eliminated in later designs.
- A modern false alarm of this bug check was due to a memory bit flip changing error code 0x113 (VIDEO_DXGKRNL_FATAL_ERROR) to 0x13.
- Despite being unused, the code remains documented to avoid confusion, with various misleading online fixes existing for it.
Your Old Devices Depend on Dying Sensors. The Silicon Labs Incident Proves It
a day ago
- Silicon Labs Si7021 sensor was widely used but discontinued in January 2025 due to Polybenzoxazole insulation and PFAS-related compliance issues, not performance.
- No direct replacement caused disruption, leading to the proposal of the Differential Temporal Derivative Soft Sensing (DTDSS) framework for maintaining measurement capability with cost-effective sensors like Aosong AHT20.
- Datasets from Sri Lanka's Department of Meteorology and FIAPhy device were used to validate solar radiation and heat flux estimates, comparing with professional equipment like pyranometers.
- Supplementary resources include open-source data repositories and official platforms for applying DTDSS and FIAPhy technology in projects.
Egypt deploys jets to UAE as Iran war strains Arab alliances
4 hours ago
- Egypt deploys fighter jets to the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
- The deployment comes amid heightened regional tensions related to Iran.
- The move highlights strains in Arab alliances due to Iran-related conflicts.
Of Course They Booed
4 hours ago
- Graduation ceremonies often highlight negative narratives about college students and the state of higher education.
- Recent coverage focuses on students booing AI-related commencement speeches, reflecting their frustration with an uncertain future.
- Students feel betrayed after following societal expectations to succeed, only to face a job market diminished by AI.
- The 'digital natives' concept is criticized as false, with students feeling manipulated by the technology they grew up with.
- Pushback against AI and ed-tech stems from a rejection of anti-democratic practices and the loss of agency in life decisions.
- Technological inevitability narratives are challenged, with calls for resistance against authoritarian tech influences in education.
- The article links AI adoption to broader anti-democratic trends, including corporate influence on education policy.
- Resistance movements are growing, advocating for democratic practices and rejecting tech-driven disempowerment.
- Multiple examples illustrate the harmful impacts of AI, from deepfakes to surveillance, urging caution in educational integration.
- The piece concludes with a call for breaks and play, emphasizing human needs over technological demands.
When (if ever) it's appropriate to make jokes before the US Supreme Court
3 hours ago
- Attorney Geoffrey Pipoly quoted President Trump's controversial comments about Haiti during oral argument, highlighting the ethical dilemma of using profanity in court.
- The Supreme Court's Guide for Counsel provides strict protocols for attorneys, including formal addressing of justices and avoidance of interruptions.
- Attorneys are advised to answer questions directly with 'yes' or 'no', avoid stonewalling, and concede adverse points.
- The guide discourages attempts at humor by attorneys, though justices occasionally engage in banter, and warns against emotional oration.
- Attorneys receive quill pens as souvenirs but are restricted from taking selfies or inviting large groups, marking the solemnity of the occasion.
- Swearing is generally inappropriate, but permissible when quoting directly or in cases where profanity is central to the legal issue.
No Juniors Today, No Seniors in 2031
3 hours ago
- Junior software engineering job listings have sharply declined since 2024, with a 40% drop in postings compared to pre-2022 levels.
- AI copilots are cited as a reason for reducing junior hires, leading to a weakened apprenticeship pipeline essential for developing senior engineers.
- Senior engineers are developed through hands-on, accountable experiences like code reviews, debugging, and postmortems, which AI may shortcut.
- Hiring practices in 2025-2026 show increased cheating on tests and lower candidate quality, prompting stricter, less junior-friendly hiring formats.
- Early-career engineers hired with AI reliance often lack critical skills such as judgment and system thinking, risking mid-level stagnation.
- Data indicates rising burnout among junior employees, linked to AI increasing workloads and skill gaps.
- A senior engineer shortage is emerging, with longer fill times for senior roles and a bifurcated talent market.
- Structural collapse in the junior pipeline predicts severe senior shortages by 2031 due to a 5–7 year apprenticeship lag.
- Klarna's experience shows AI-for-headcount swaps can degrade quality, leading to rehiring, highlighting risks in engineering.
- Recommendations include reopening junior pipelines, protecting mentorship time, and avoiding AI-velocity targets for first-year juniors.
'AI washing': firms are scrambling to rebrand themselves as tech-focused
4 hours ago
- UK companies are engaging in 'yoga-level' stretches to label themselves as AI specialists to capitalize on the technology's buzz.
- PR executives report pressure from bosses in low-tech industries to pitch companies as AI-focused, even when using only basic automation.
- Examples include AI-powered products like basketball hoops and lasers, with some accused of 'AI washing' older technologies.
- Communications workers note that overuse of AI terminology has led to numbness among journalists and the public.
- Companies also attempt to position themselves as AI commentators to appear relevant, often without substantive expertise.
- Investors remain unfazed by AI hype, despite concerns over job cuts and ethical issues like dehumanizing language from executives.
Omarchy Is Not A Distro
4 hours ago
- Omarchy is not a traditional Linux distribution; it's essentially Arch Linux plus DHH's personal dotfiles and should just be a few gists.
- The author criticizes Omarchy's marketing, questioning why it gets attention, conferences, sponsors, and merchandise while older distros like Debian struggle for funding.
- Three factors are cited for Omarchy's rise: LLMs making Unix customization easier, Apple's decline in hardware/design, and DHH capitalizing on new users seeking a visually appealing Linux.
- Omarchy includes hyper-personalized configurations like keybinds for DHH's preferred websites (e.g., Grok, X, Hey.com) and pre-installs proprietary software (e.g., 1Password, Spotify), which is atypical for Linux distros.
- The author advises new Linux users to avoid Omarchy and choose a real distribution instead, criticizing its inclusion of what they call 'shitware' akin to Windows.
Usborne 1980s Computer Books
3 hours ago
- Usborne offers free PDF downloads of 1980s computer books for personal or educational use, which inspired many current tech professionals.
- The books originally included program listings for iconic computers like the ZX Spectrum and BBC Micro but are not compatible with modern systems.
- Latest coding books for kids use Scratch and Python to teach computer concepts.
- Books are available in multiple languages and can be purchased through various regional distributors or online retailers.
- Programs from the vintage books can be adapted to modern languages for non-commercial use, with proper credit to Usborne.
Official Kotlin Support for Visual Studio Code Is Now Available in Alpha
5 hours ago
- Official Kotlin extension for Visual Studio Code is now available in alpha.
- Provides Kotlin language support in VS Code using the Kotlin Language Server.
- Includes features like code completion, diagnostics, navigation, and formatting.
- Backed by IntelliJ IDEA's code-insight infrastructure for reliability.
- Part of broader efforts to support Kotlin developers across different tools.
- Users can install from the VS Marketplace and provide feedback via GitHub.
Predicting the 2026 Bristol Bay and Kodiak Salmon Runs
2 days ago
- The article predicts salmon run timing and magnitude for 2026 in Bristol Bay and Kodiak, using historical data and lifecycle analogs.
- Bristol Bay sockeye runs (Alagnak, Kvichak, Naknek) have highly predictable timing (early July peaks) but magnitude forecasts are unreliable due to stale data (pre-2011); real-time counts via Salmon Finder are essential.
- Kodiak's Ayakulik River pink salmon is forecasted as very strong for 2026 (even-year cycle), with moderate confidence in timing and magnitude.
- Kodiak's Ayakulik sockeye shows an increasing trend, with a strong run expected in 2026 based on recent data and analogs.
- Kodiak Chinook (Ayakulik and Dog Salmon) and coho runs are volatile, with weak forecasts; real-time monitoring is crucial due to low counts and high variability.
- The analysis emphasizes separating timing confidence (often high) from magnitude confidence (often lower), and highlights where historical data supports forecasts versus where live counts are indispensable.
- Salmon Finder app provides real-time daily counts, notifications, and mapping to complement predictions, especially for high-stakes scenarios like Bristol Bay sockeye magnitude and compressed peak windows.
- Key actionable insights: plan trips around historical timing windows, use live data for magnitude calls, and focus on strongest opportunities like Bristol Bay sockeye and Kodiak pinks.
Constraint Decay: The Fragility of LLM Agents in Back End Code Generation
6 hours ago
- LLM agents perform well in autonomous code generation but struggle with strict structural constraints required for production-grade software.
- Existing benchmarks often miss non-functional requirements, leading to functionally correct but structurally flawed solutions.
- The study introduces 'constraint decay'—a significant drop in agent performance as structural requirements accumulate.
- Agents perform better in minimal frameworks (e.g., Flask) and worse in convention-heavy environments (e.g., FastAPI, Django).
- Data-layer defects, such as incorrect query composition and ORM violations, are identified as major root causes of errors.
- Satisfying both functional and structural constraints remains a key challenge for coding agents in backend code generation.
1,700 new protein found in the "dark proteome" of previously overlooked DNA
11 hours ago
- Approximately 25% of 7,264 non-canonical open reading frames (ncORFs) produce detectable peptides in a large-scale proteomics analysis of 95,520 experiments.
- The TransCODE Consortium develops an annotation framework for ncORF-encoded microproteins, introducing 'peptideins' as microproteins with indeterminate functional potential.
- An evolutionary analysis using ORF relative branch length (ORBL) shows that evolutionary constraint is common and linked to the observation of ncORF-derived peptides.
- A specific peptidein from the OLMALINC long non-coding RNA exhibits a pan-essential cellular phenotype, demonstrating biological relevance.
- Public tools from GENCODE and PeptideAtlas are generated to support research on understudied components of the human proteome.
Perceptual Image Codec: What Matters in Practical Learned Image Compression
7 hours ago
- PICO is the first practical learned image codec optimized for the human visual system.
- It achieved 2.3–3× bitrate savings over AV1, AV2, VVC, ECM, and JPEG-AI, and 20–40% savings over other learned codecs.
- On an iPhone 17 Pro Max, it encodes 12MP images in 230ms and decodes in 150ms.
- PICO includes cross-platform robustness guarantees, distinguishing it from most learned codecs.
The Cruelty Is the Point: President Trump and His Supporters
8 hours ago
- Historical photos of lynchings show white men smiling in groups, deriving pleasure and camaraderie from their cruelty.
- The Trump administration's policies and rhetoric normalize cruelty, seen in actions like family separations and mockery of victims.
- Cruelty serves as a bonding mechanism for Trump's supporters, fostering community through shared scorn for marginalized groups.
- Trump's personal history of inherited wealth and fraud is linked to his political use of cruelty to maintain power and evade accountability.
- The article argues that cruelty is central to Trump's appeal, creating unity among supporters while undermining democratic principles.

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Hasty Briefsbeta

Show HN: Kanban CLI (A local-first, agent-first task manager for the terminal)

FreeBSD Foundation Executive Director Tries Daily Driving FreeBSD on Laptop

Flick (YC F25) Is Hiring Front End Engineer to Build Figma for AI Filmmaking

Ruby for Good

Memory has grown to nearly two-thirds of AI chip component costs

What Is the Thread Reaper?

Your Old Devices Depend on Dying Sensors. The Silicon Labs Incident Proves It

Egypt deploys jets to UAE as Iran war strains Arab alliances

Of Course They Booed

When (if ever) it's appropriate to make jokes before the US Supreme Court

No Juniors Today, No Seniors in 2031

'AI washing': firms are scrambling to rebrand themselves as tech-focused

Omarchy Is Not A Distro

Usborne 1980s Computer Books

Official Kotlin Support for Visual Studio Code Is Now Available in Alpha

Predicting the 2026 Bristol Bay and Kodiak Salmon Runs

Constraint Decay: The Fragility of LLM Agents in Back End Code Generation

1,700 new protein found in the "dark proteome" of previously overlooked DNA

Perceptual Image Codec: What Matters in Practical Learned Image Compression

The Cruelty Is the Point: President Trump and His Supporters