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VCF West: Whirlwind Software Restoration – Guy Fedorkow [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLoXodz1N9A

1•stmw•1m ago•1 comments

Show HN: COGext – A minimalist, open-source system monitor for Chrome (<550KB)

https://github.com/tchoa91/cog-ext

1•tchoa91•1m ago•0 comments

FOSDEM 26 – My Hallway Track Takeaways

https://sluongng.substack.com/p/fosdem-26-my-hallway-track-takeaways

1•birdculture•2m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Env-shelf – Open-source desktop app to manage .env files

https://env-shelf.vercel.app/

1•ivanglpz•6m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Almostnode – Run Node.js, Next.js, and Express in the Browser

https://almostnode.dev/

1•PetrBrzyBrzek•6m ago•0 comments

Dell support (and hardware) is so bad, I almost sued them

https://blog.joshattic.us/posts/2026-02-07-dell-support-lawsuit

1•radeeyate•7m ago•0 comments

Project Pterodactyl: Incremental Architecture

https://www.jonmsterling.com/01K7/

1•matt_d•7m ago•0 comments

Styling: Search-Text and Other Highlight-Y Pseudo-Elements

https://css-tricks.com/how-to-style-the-new-search-text-and-other-highlight-pseudo-elements/

1•blenderob•9m ago•0 comments

Crypto firm accidentally sends $40B in Bitcoin to users

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/crypto-firm-accidentally-sends-40-055054321.html

1•CommonGuy•9m ago•0 comments

Magnetic fields can change carbon diffusion in steel

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/01/260125083427.htm

1•fanf2•10m ago•0 comments

Fantasy football that celebrates great games

https://www.silvestar.codes/articles/ultigamemate/

1•blenderob•10m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Animalese

https://animalese.barcoloudly.com/

1•noreplica•10m ago•0 comments

StrongDM's AI team build serious software without even looking at the code

https://simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/7/software-factory/

1•simonw•11m ago•0 comments

John Haugeland on the failure of micro-worlds

https://blog.plover.com/tech/gpt/micro-worlds.html

1•blenderob•11m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Velocity - Free/Cheaper Linear Clone but with MCP for agents

https://velocity.quest

2•kevinelliott•12m ago•2 comments

Corning Invented a New Fiber-Optic Cable for AI and Landed a $6B Meta Deal [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3KLbc5DlRs

1•ksec•13m ago•0 comments

Show HN: XAPIs.dev – Twitter API Alternative at 90% Lower Cost

https://xapis.dev

2•nmfccodes•14m ago•1 comments

Near-Instantly Aborting the Worst Pain Imaginable with Psychedelics

https://psychotechnology.substack.com/p/near-instantly-aborting-the-worst

2•eatitraw•20m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Nginx-defender – realtime abuse blocking for Nginx

https://github.com/Anipaleja/nginx-defender

2•anipaleja•20m ago•0 comments

The Super Sharp Blade

https://netzhansa.com/the-super-sharp-blade/

1•robin_reala•22m ago•0 comments

Smart Homes Are Terrible

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/02/smart-homes-technology/685867/

1•tusslewake•23m ago•0 comments

What I haven't figured out

https://macwright.com/2026/01/29/what-i-havent-figured-out

1•stevekrouse•24m ago•0 comments

KPMG pressed its auditor to pass on AI cost savings

https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/02/06/kpmg-pressed-its-auditor-to-pass-on-ai-cost-savings/

1•cainxinth•24m ago•0 comments

Open-source Claude skill that optimizes Hinge profiles. Pretty well.

https://twitter.com/b1rdmania/status/2020155122181869666

3•birdmania•24m ago•1 comments

First Proof

https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.05192

8•samasblack•26m ago•3 comments

I squeezed a BERT sentiment analyzer into 1GB RAM on a $5 VPS

https://mohammedeabdelaziz.github.io/articles/trendscope-market-scanner

1•mohammede•28m ago•0 comments

Kagi Translate

https://translate.kagi.com

2•microflash•28m ago•0 comments

Building Interactive C/C++ workflows in Jupyter through Clang-REPL [video]

https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/QX3RPH-building_interactive_cc_workflows_in_jupyter_throug...

1•stabbles•29m ago•0 comments

Tactical tornado is the new default

https://olano.dev/blog/tactical-tornado/

2•facundo_olano•31m ago•0 comments

Full-Circle Test-Driven Firmware Development with OpenClaw

https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/02/07/full-circle-test-driven-firmware-development-with-openclaw/

1•ptorrone•31m ago•0 comments

Open in hackernews

Side-Effects Are the Complexity Iceberg [video] (2024)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nG09Z_tdUU

11•awei•9mo ago

Comments

immibis•9mo ago

Side effects are one type of complexity. You can make an indecipherable pure program too.

awei•9mo ago

But is it maybe the difference between complicated, which indecipherable definitely is, and complex, in the sense of composed of many things?

immibis•9mo ago

You don't think a pure functional program can be composed of many things?

awei•9mo ago

Right, a pure functional program can be composed of many things, so it can be complex even without side effects. Only a program with side effects is necessarily complex, as it includes at least two components if not more. Another interesting thought is that you can always encapsulate a purely functional program in a black box with an input and an output. Doing so with a program with side effects that themselves might be programs with side effects and their own interface is probably much more difficult.