Today so far 2026-09-17 · 18:00 UTC

The most significant development today is the first naval engagement between uncrewed sea drones, marking a notable milestone in autonomous military technology. Meanwhile, the AI landscape continues to evolve with developments like Skillsync, a YC-backed startup enabling portable AI chat sessions across agents, and research showing that artificial intelligence now beats some of the best human forecasters. On the regulatory front, Apple is making changes to EU app tracking consent screens, while various tech platforms including GitLab and OpenAI are adjusting their rate limit policies.

Great Question (YC W21) Is Hiring Senior Demand Gen Manager

2026-08-02 · 12:01

Great Question, a Y Combinator-backed AI customer research platform, is hiring a Senior Demand Generation Manager to own…

Only 8.9% of sites block AI crawlers, but 94.8% are never cited in AI answers

2026-08-02 · 11:53

Despite only 8.9% of websites blocking AI crawlers, 94.8% of audited sites never appear in AI assistant answers to…

Meshdiff – visually compare two STL versions in the browser, client-side

2026-08-02 · 11:34

Show HN: Fuse – statically typed functional programming language

2026-08-02 · 11:23

Fuse is a statically typed, purely functional programming language that compiles to native code through GRIN and LLVM,…

I made a Promise-aware debounce and throttle library for TypeScript

2026-08-02 · 11:07

A developer created Temporize, a Promise-aware debounce and throttle library for TypeScript that provides strongly-typed…

Generative AI floods and dilutes the market for books

2026-08-02 · 11:06

A research paper analyzing 14,419 self-published fiction books on Amazon from 2023-2026 found that while AI-generated…

Show HN: Katharos Functional programming and CSP-style concurrency for Python

2026-08-02 · 10:45

Katharos is a Python library that combines functional programming abstractions (Functor, Applicative, Monad, etc.) with…

(Rust) All-Hands 2026 Retrospective

2026-08-02 · 10:33

In May 2026, 166 Rust developers gathered in Utrecht for the second annual Rust All-Hands conference, which featured 73…

Is the Industrial Revolution a good precedent for explosive growth today?

2026-08-02 · 10:25

The article argues that using the Industrial Revolution as precedent for explosive AI-driven growth today is misleading…

Artificial Intelligence: Ars Notoria and the Promise of Instant Knowledge

2026-08-02 · 10:18

The Ars notoria was a medieval manuscript that promised to rapidly transmit scholarly knowledge through complex…

Show HN: Syncular – offline-first SQL sync with TypeScript and Rust cores

2026-08-02 · 09:48

Syncular is an offline-first SQL synchronization framework with TypeScript and Rust cores that allows clients to…

Show HN: Bor – Open-source policy management for Linux desktops

2026-08-02 · 09:06

Bor v0.8.0, an open-source policy management tool for Linux desktops, introduces three new policy types for managing…

AI Infrastructure Overtakes Crypto In The Race For Capital

2026-08-02 · 09:05

The slowdown in the crypto market does not indicate a drying up of capital. It reveals their redeployment.

The time filter in Google Search broke a few days ago

2026-08-02 · 08:48

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Cyberscript

2026-08-02 · 07:58

Cyber is a new scripting language designed for fast performance and ease of use, featuring dynamic and static typing,…

Show HN: Tone Generator

2026-08-02 · 07:31

A free, browser-based tone generator that plays frequencies from 1 Hz to 20,000 Hz without requiring any downloads or…

Police in the US are making their own true crime podcasts

2026-08-02 · 07:25

US police departments are increasingly producing their own true crime podcasts to solve cold cases and ongoing…

IBM i (OS/400) the Database Operating System

2026-08-02 · 07:17

IBM i (formerly AS/400) is a unique operating system developed in the 1980s that merged the advanced technology of IBM's…

I don't recommend Tailwind CSS

2026-08-02 · 07:09

Tailwind CSS, while popular for its utility-first approach and ease of use, has significant drawbacks that make it…

Agent4Lease

2026-08-02 · 06:59

Agent4Lease is a marketplace that connects agent authors with users who want to lease infrastructure and platform agents.

CRM: An open-source, agentic-first CRM

2026-08-02 · 06:59

A startup has built an open-source CRM system where an autonomous AI agent handles research and data collection as its…

ESP32-C3 SuperMini antenna modification

2026-08-02 · 06:56

The ESP32-C3 SuperMini's built-in SMD antenna severely limits WiFi range, but a simple modification using a 31mm…

Running Kimi K3 on MI355X at Better Performance per Dollar Than B300

2026-08-02 · 04:21

AMD's MI355X GPU delivers superior cost-efficiency compared to NVIDIA's B300 and B200 when running the 2.8…

Don't credit the LLM

2026-08-02 · 04:07

The author critiques a growing trend of professionals crediting LLM tools for their work, arguing this practice…

Karpathy’s Pelican

2026-08-02 · 04:05

https://xcancel.com/karpathy/status/2083749667410727319 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49140998…

MkLinux and the pimped-out Apple Workgroup Server 9150

2026-08-02 · 03:12

The article discusses the restoration and upgrade of an Apple Workgroup Server 9150, a 1990s Macintosh-based server, to…

Linux desktop market share has hit over 10% in North America

2026-08-02 · 03:10

Four Time Scales for Technology Development and Deployment

2026-08-02 · 02:26

Rodney Brooks identifies four distinct time scales for technology development: research ideas typically require 10-20…

When random.bytes() runs but doesn't work

2026-08-02 · 02:08

A critical security vulnerability in Coldcard firmware was introduced through two poorly documented code commits with…

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