frontpage.
newsnewestaskshowjobs

Made with ♥ by @iamnishanth

Open Source @Github

fp.

Open in hackernews

Show HN: Reaktiv – I built Excel-like reactive programming for Python

https://bui.app/when-frontend-reactivity-meets-backend-python-the-story-of-my-first-1-000-download-library/
2•buibuibui•9mo ago
Hi HN! I created Reaktiv, a Python library bringing reactive programming to the backend world that recently hit 1,000+ monthly downloads.

I'm actively promoting it because I believe signal-based reactivity (a concept that spread rapidly in frontend development) has huge untapped potential in Python. My breakthrough came when I stopped describing it as "Angular signals for Python" and started calling it "Excel-like computation graphs" - suddenly Python developers understood the value.

The library automatically tracks dependencies between computations, only recalculating values when dependencies change. This eliminates manual dependency tracking, prevents synchronization bugs, and reduces cognitive load when managing complex state.

Interestingly, I've noticed some initial interest from data scientists, though I'm still exploring what specific problems it might solve for them. I also believe the Home Assistant/IoT communities could benefit greatly from this approach.

Would love your thoughts on bringing frontend patterns to backend development!

Simple Made Inevitable: The Economics of Language Choice in the LLM Era

https://felixbarbalet.com/simple-made-inevitable-the-economics-of-language-choice-in-the-llm-era/
1•magoghm•23s ago•0 comments

Championship Manager in the 90s: Peak Football Era on Amiga and PC [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X764gI8fPwc
1•doener•27s ago•0 comments

Supercharge Rust functions with implicit arguments using CGP v0.7.0

https://contextgeneric.dev/blog/v0.7.0-release/
1•maybevoid•56s ago•0 comments

Xerox deleted Linux drivers for EOL printers, but not Windows or macOS

https://forum.support.xerox.com/community?id=community_question&sys_id=c9b4b1a197dbba501b263f21f0...
1•ValdikSS•1m ago•0 comments

OpenAI's President Gave Millions to Trump. He Says It's for Humanity

https://www.wired.com/story/openai-president-greg-brockman-political-donations-trump-humanity/
1•ninjagoo•2m ago•1 comments

Show HN: I'm building a platform to manage larger projects with AI agents

https://github.com/kaanozhan/Frame
1•kozhan•3m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Autolang-A C++ VM with 2ms startup time and arena-restart memory model

https://autolang.vercel.app/docs/introduction
1•hoansdz•3m ago•0 comments

Show HN: I built a browser-based 3D editor since I didn't want to learn Blender

https://app.topomaker.com/
3•whothatcodeguy•4m ago•0 comments

Show HN: E8-Matrix: open-source physical particle discovery platform

1•bootstraptor•7m ago•0 comments

Programming ≠ coding – Leslie Lamport [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyLy7Fu4FB4
2•max_•13m ago•0 comments

A simple model for state-dependent cognitive performance (looking for critique)

https://emergentskills.com/life_skills/professionals/capacity-depletion/zone-cost-calculator-what...
2•capacity_guy•14m ago•1 comments

Why local AI tool execution is an anti-pattern

https://gace.dev/blog/why-local-ai-tools-are-an-antipattern
2•bstrama•15m ago•1 comments

Show HN: The framework for AI-native MCP servers

https://github.com/vinkius-labs/mcp-fusion
2•renatomarinho•15m ago•0 comments

The Streams Standard

https://domenic.me/streams-standard/
2•vinhnx•18m ago•0 comments

Against Query Based Compilers

https://matklad.github.io/2026/02/25/against-query-based-compilers.html
3•surprisetalk•20m ago•0 comments

American Abundance Index

https://humanprogress.org/american-abundance-index-dashboard/
3•surprisetalk•20m ago•0 comments

The Divergence Machine

https://contraptions.venkateshrao.com/p/the-divergence-machine
2•surprisetalk•20m ago•0 comments

Propnomicon – Cthulu Prop Blog

http://propnomicon.blogspot.com/
2•the_sleaze_•20m ago•0 comments

Circle Games (2019)

https://srconstantin.wordpress.com/2019/06/06/circle-games/
1•surprisetalk•20m ago•0 comments

The Looming AI Clownpocalypse

https://honnibal.dev/blog/clownpocalypse
2•aanet•23m ago•0 comments

There's Only One Idea in AI

https://bramcohen.com/p/theres-only-one-idea-in-ai
1•mpweiher•23m ago•0 comments

The far-right Bundestag aide and his rapping FSB case officer

https://theins.press/en/politics/268805
1•doener•26m ago•1 comments

compromise this: an AI resistant camera [pdf]

https://github.com/Berlin-West/Topology/blob/main/Topology%20(EN).pdf
1•RHEFOR•27m ago•0 comments

Abliteration

https://grokipedia.com/page/Abliteration
1•stressback•28m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: Upstream-First vs. the "Culture of Silence" in Embedded Engineering

1•tawayaccount•28m ago•0 comments

Show HN: I built a design tool for people who find Canva too bloated

2•epic_ai•28m ago•2 comments

AI Now Has Eyes

1•idobaiba•31m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Auto-cleanup for Claude Code's orphan process memory leak

https://github.com/theQuert/claude-code-cleanup
2•thequert•35m ago•0 comments

How did I believe that? A cult survivor looks back at his lost years

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/feb/28/cult-survivors-stories-aftercult-podcast-ntwnfb
2•Anon84•36m ago•0 comments

Downstream Testing

https://nesbitt.io/2026/03/01/downstream-testing.html
1•chmaynard•36m ago•0 comments