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Jim Fan calls pixels the ultimate motor controller

https://robotsandstartups.substack.com/p/humanoids-platform-urdf-kitchen-nvidias
1•robotlaunch•36s ago•0 comments

Exploring a Modern SMTPE 2110 Broadcast Truck with My Dad

https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/exploring-a-modern-smpte-2110-broadcast-truck-with-my-dad/
1•HotGarbage•43s ago•0 comments

AI UX Playground: Real-world examples of AI interaction design

https://www.aiuxplayground.com/
1•javiercr•1m ago•0 comments

The Field Guide to Design Futures

https://designfutures.guide/
1•andyjohnson0•1m ago•0 comments

The Other Leverage in Software and AI

https://tomtunguz.com/the-other-leverage-in-software-and-ai/
1•gmays•3m ago•0 comments

AUR malware scanner written in Rust

https://github.com/Sohimaster/traur
2•sohimaster•6m ago•0 comments

Free FFmpeg API [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RAuSVa4MLI
2•harshalone•6m ago•1 comments

Are AI agents ready for the workplace? A new benchmark raises doubts

https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/22/are-ai-agents-ready-for-the-workplace-a-new-benchmark-raises-do...
2•PaulHoule•11m ago•0 comments

Show HN: AI Watermark and Stego Scanner

https://ulrischa.github.io/AIWatermarkDetector/
1•ulrischa•11m ago•0 comments

Clarity vs. complexity: the invisible work of subtraction

https://www.alexscamp.com/p/clarity-vs-complexity-the-invisible
1•dovhyi•12m ago•0 comments

Solid-State Freezer Needs No Refrigerants

https://spectrum.ieee.org/subzero-elastocaloric-cooling
1•Brajeshwar•13m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: Will LLMs/AI Decrease Human Intelligence and Make Expertise a Commodity?

1•mc-0•14m ago•1 comments

From Zero to Hero: A Brief Introduction to Spring Boot

https://jcob-sikorski.github.io/me/writing/from-zero-to-hello-world-spring-boot
1•jcob_sikorski•14m ago•1 comments

NSA detected phone call between foreign intelligence and person close to Trump

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/07/nsa-foreign-intelligence-trump-whistleblower
7•c420•15m ago•1 comments

How to Fake a Robotics Result

https://itcanthink.substack.com/p/how-to-fake-a-robotics-result
1•ai_critic•15m ago•0 comments

It's time for the world to boycott the US

https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/2/5/its-time-for-the-world-to-boycott-the-us
3•HotGarbage•15m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Semantic Search for terminal commands in the Browser (No Back end)

https://jslambda.github.io/tldr-vsearch/
1•jslambda•15m ago•1 comments

The AI CEO Experiment

https://yukicapital.com/blog/the-ai-ceo-experiment/
2•romainsimon•17m ago•0 comments

Speed up responses with fast mode

https://code.claude.com/docs/en/fast-mode
3•surprisetalk•21m ago•0 comments

MS-DOS game copy protection and cracks

https://www.dosdays.co.uk/topics/game_cracks.php
3•TheCraiggers•22m ago•0 comments

Updates on GNU/Hurd progress [video]

https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/7FZXHF-updates_on_gnuhurd_progress_rump_drivers_64bit_smp_...
2•birdculture•22m ago•0 comments

Epstein took a photo of his 2015 dinner with Zuckerberg and Musk

https://xcancel.com/search?f=tweets&q=davenewworld_2%2Fstatus%2F2020128223850316274
11•doener•23m ago•2 comments

MyFlames: View MySQL execution plans as interactive FlameGraphs and BarCharts

https://github.com/vgrippa/myflames
1•tanelpoder•24m ago•0 comments

Show HN: LLM of Babel

https://clairefro.github.io/llm-of-babel/
1•marjipan200•24m ago•0 comments

A modern iperf3 alternative with a live TUI, multi-client server, QUIC support

https://github.com/lance0/xfr
3•tanelpoder•25m ago•0 comments

Famfamfam Silk icons – also with CSS spritesheet

https://github.com/legacy-icons/famfamfam-silk
1•thunderbong•26m ago•0 comments

Apple is the only Big Tech company whose capex declined last quarter

https://sherwood.news/tech/apple-is-the-only-big-tech-company-whose-capex-declined-last-quarter/
3•elsewhen•29m ago•0 comments

Reverse-Engineering Raiders of the Lost Ark for the Atari 2600

https://github.com/joshuanwalker/Raiders2600
2•todsacerdoti•31m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Deterministic NDJSON audit logs – v1.2 update (structural gaps)

https://github.com/yupme-bot/kernel-ndjson-proofs
1•Slaine•34m ago•0 comments

The Greater Copenhagen Region could be your friend's next career move

https://www.greatercphregion.com/friend-recruiter-program
2•mooreds•35m ago•0 comments
Open in hackernews

Show HN: I made a backdoor for web freelancers to avoid unpaid bills

https://www.braum.io
2•raphaelgvl•9mo ago
I’ve been building websites for clients for years — and like many freelancers and small studios, I’ve dealt with that sinking feeling when a client loves the work… and then vanishes when it’s time to pay.

Chasing payments sucks. Going legal is slow, expensive, and messy.

So I asked myself: “What if we could prevent this from the start, without sounding aggressive or unprofessional?”

That’s why I built Braum.

It's like a legal backdoor to get back your peace of mind when you give the keys of your website to your client. If he pays, everything is ok, but if he doesn't, you can display a message, of an error page (404, 500, etc)...

Comments

raphaelgvl•9mo ago
I would love any kind of feedback !
AStonesThrow•9mo ago
Hey, this is a great idea and what you should do is extend it to motor vehicles and some kind of “remote kill switch” when people fail to make payments on time. And you could even blame it on “failed OTA updates” to be subtle!
raphaelgvl•9mo ago
Haha yes, I get the analogy! That’s exactly why Braum tries to stay on the soft side, no site deletion or hard shutdowns. Just a simple layer to nudge clients who ghost you after delivery. No OTA updates involved
stefanos82•9mo ago
Most shared hosting services I have used so far have a nice "account suspended" message when you forget to pay your invoice in time, enough to shake your soul to the core LOL!

You should apply that too and your serious customers will become extremely careful after the first shock...trust me! :D

raphaelgvl•9mo ago
You can totally do this with Braum ! A simple warning message. But if you don't have access to hosting or code anymore, and you didn't install Braum before the delivery, you can't even display this simple message, and client may vanish with your work without paying
stefanos82•9mo ago
That's why a friend of mine once told me "always work with a signed contract in your hands!"; I now get what he really meant when he shared that advice with me. Many customers don't want to deal with legal stuff and prefer to pay you on time; else, if you go with verbal agreements, good luck with that :/
raphaelgvl•9mo ago
I 100% agree with that statement. However, in France at least, even with a signed contract, if your client doesn't pay, it will be really long and costly to get back the money with the legal way. And you're not even sure it will happen :(