frontpage.
newsnewestaskshowjobs

Made with ♥ by @iamnishanth

Open Source @Github

fp.

Open in hackernews

Show HN: Syneva – An AI Chatbot Ported to a Kids' Tile-Based Limited Game Engine

https://sprig.hackclub.com/share/VzO62YQXBGOpcbj7xusB
2•kuberwastaken•8mo ago

Comments

kuberwastaken•8mo ago
I made SYNEVA as a part of my fun-research repo while I learn about LLMs at https://github.com/Kuberwastaken/MiniLMs

I came across Sprig while Scrolling through Hack Club, it's a Javascript game engine that's like Scratch's older brother (fun fact, it's partially made by Scratch's creator too) but has it's own set of unique limitations because it runs on a custom hardware.

All sprites need to be made in Bitmap, you have to use single character variable names but most importantly, you can only use 8 characters to control the "game".

I had to make a virtual keyboard implementation (which was awful btw) using WASD to navigate keyboard, K to select and I to send the message.

also, it doesn't have any audio support and uses an event sequencer to get any music into it (got around it by making https://github.com/Kuberwastaken/Sprig-Music-Maker that converts midis to it)

SYNEVA is a rule based chatbot, so not technically AI but hey, still pretty fun and really cool to use (I also made it understand slang and some brainrot, so try that out too lol)

Hope you enjoy it :)

Show HN: Opal Editor, free Obsidian alternative for markdown and site publishing

https://github.com/rbbydotdev/opal
1•rbbydotdev•1m ago•0 comments

Avoiding the Resource Trap in Post-Maduro Venezuela

https://www.econlib.org/econlog/avoiding-the-resource-trap-in-post-maduro-venezuela/
1•7777777phil•1m ago•0 comments

Countries have gotten results after enriching the Trumps. Could Canada be next?

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trump-cryptocurrency-investment-9.7047169
1•SilverElfin•2m ago•0 comments

HTTP Archive 2025: Generative AI

https://almanac.httparchive.org/en/2025/generative-ai
1•jcmp•3m ago•0 comments

Why London's Chimney Sweeps Are Enjoying a Resurgence

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/world/europe/london-chimney-sweeps-energy-prices.html
1•geox•5m ago•0 comments

A small Welsh town with a big Welsh name

https://www.ricksteves.com/watch-read-listen/read/articles/small-town-with-big-name
1•teleforce•5m ago•0 comments

The Nobel Prize and the Laureate Are Inseparable

https://www.nobelpeaceprize.org/press/press-releases/the-nobel-prize-and-the-laureate-are-insepar...
4•karakoram•6m ago•0 comments

Neutral stances on hot topics can damage your reputation

https://phys.org/news/2026-01-neutral-stances-hot-topics-reputation.html
1•bikenaga•7m ago•0 comments

Do LLMs Help Humans Reverse Engineer Software?

https://twitter.com/mahal0z/status/2001321492890423723
1•mahaloz•9m ago•1 comments

How Will the Miracle Happen Today?

https://kevinkelly.substack.com/p/how-will-the-miracle-happen-today
1•bschne•9m ago•0 comments

Should the PATHWAYS trial go ahead?

https://www.based.science/p/should-the-pathways-trial-go-ahead
1•dockien•10m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Dcert – a CLI to debug TLS handshakes, certs and latency in one place

https://github.com/SCGIS-Wales/dcert
1•api-py•10m ago•0 comments

Why Greenland matters to US defense in 7 maps

https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/greenland-national-defense-maps-6f53c339
2•RyanShook•11m ago•1 comments

Stop using MySQL in 2026, it is not true open source

https://optimizedbyotto.com/post/reasons-to-stop-using-mysql/
1•thunderbong•13m ago•0 comments

Tech Firms Are Persuading Retailers to Put A.I. Everywhere

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/business/tech-firms-ai-retailers.html
1•taimurkazmi•14m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Rails engine for building production-ready LLM agents

https://github.com/adham90/ruby_llm-agents
1•adham900•15m ago•0 comments

Solve the MH370 Paradox in 10 Seconds

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/380531233_Solve_the_MH370_Paradox_in_10_Seconds
1•teleforce•16m ago•0 comments

Post is not about AI

https://www.robindevooght.be/posts/this-is-not-about-ai/
2•rdevdata•17m ago•0 comments

Claude Code Tips

https://github.com/ykdojo/claude-code-tips
1•ykdojo•18m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Tetris-React

https://github.com/MichaelHoste/tetris-react
2•MichaelHoste•19m ago•0 comments

A private memo from central banks to governments

https://www.economist.com/leaders/2026/01/14/a-private-memo-from-central-banks-to-governments
2•andsoitis•22m ago•1 comments

Lockfile Format Design and Tradeoffs

https://nesbitt.io/2026/01/17/lockfile-format-design-and-tradeoffs.html
1•7777777phil•23m ago•0 comments

Making Time for Cron Triggers (2020)

https://blog.cloudflare.com/cron-triggers-for-scheduled-workers/
1•tosh•25m ago•0 comments

Tell HN: Poshmark instantly leaked my email to scammers

4•hardenedmetapod•27m ago•5 comments

Searching for founder-in-residence focused on building their brand

https://www.commonscale.co/partner
1•garroneous•28m ago•0 comments

Captive Wi-Fi

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captive_portal
1•nomilk•29m ago•0 comments

Show HN: A CLI that shows AI coding rate limits and auto-rotates accounts

https://github.com/arctic-cli/interface
1•femtobusa•32m ago•0 comments

An analysis and chain of thoughts Continual learning,memory and context problem

https://siliconandsoul.substack.com/p/continual-learningmemory-and-context
1•essenceX•34m ago•1 comments

Show HN: DailySpace – Daily astronomy photos with rocket launch tracking

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.daily.space&hl=en_US
3•DailySpace•35m ago•0 comments

Building 4 games in 1 Afternoon (Playdate)

https://www.ivan.codes/blog/five-games-one-afternoon
3•thecupisblue•36m ago•0 comments