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Cursor launches Origin code hosting platform as GitHub outage exposes opening

https://venturebeat.com/infrastructure/cursor-launches-origin-code-hosting-platform-as-github-out...
1•gmays•36s ago•0 comments

Minutes to 33 Seconds

https://luca.lowndes.net/blog/bun-tests-10-minutes-to-33-seconds
1•lucalow•3m ago•0 comments

Sitegeist – The ultimate design extraction toolkit

https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/sitegeist/npgjkgkkjcbbafihmojgodekkfgnjgdc
1•BillyMangino•3m ago•0 comments

Gram Editor Release 3.3.0

https://gram-editor.com/posts/release-3.3.0/
1•signa11•14m ago•0 comments

Google Maps Changes Lake Ontario to 'Lake America' on US Phones

https://thehill.com/policy/transportation/6059553-google-maps-renames-lake-america/
2•LopRabbit•14m ago•0 comments

Armageddon by Anthropomorphism: On Security and the Frontier

https://hardcoresoftware.learningbyshipping.com/p/242-armageddon-by-anthropomorphism
1•jeffreyrogers•14m ago•0 comments

Is Japan backpedaling on its work-style reforms?

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/30/japan/society/japan-work-life-overtime/
1•mikhael•16m ago•0 comments

Pgwire explorer: the Postgres wire protocol, byte by byte

https://pgwire-explorer.dhuk.net/
1•thunderbong•18m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Magic Layers – Turn Any Image into Layers

https://magiclayers.net
1•QingWu•21m ago•0 comments

The quality you should most wish for your children

https://www.economist.com/business/2026/08/27/the-quality-you-should-most-wish-for-your-children
1•Anon84•23m ago•1 comments

Yen weakens past ¥160 per dollar, eroding intervention gains

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/08/29/markets/yen-160-dollar-intervention/
6•rguiscard•24m ago•0 comments

AI Accelerator Designed, Verified, and Deployed from Scratch in 2 Weeks by AI

https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.26418
1•Jimmc414•24m ago•0 comments

Benchmarking Confidential Computing Performance on Nvidia Blackwell GPUs

https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.26575
1•Jimmc414•24m ago•0 comments

Free tools for the Microsoft Project Online retirement, 30 days out

https://onplana.com/tools
1•Onplana•28m ago•0 comments

Static Evaluation of Model Switching in LLM Agents Scores the Wrong World

https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.08239
3•danbitengo•33m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Python Static Site Generator for Small Businesses

https://codeberg.org/Marking-Time/MicroStore
1•marking-time•33m ago•0 comments

Ace Targets Streaming Pirates Through Cloudflare and Discord Subpoenas

https://torrentfreak.com/ace-targets-dozens-of-streaming-pirates-through-cloudflare-and-discord-s...
1•gslin•41m ago•1 comments

Europe's warm nights nearly doubled this summer

https://emot.substack.com/p/europes-warm-nights-nearly-doubled
3•emot•46m ago•0 comments

Anyone Got a Fenty.dev Invite?

1•penguinsnetwork•46m ago•0 comments

The Distractor

http://booktwo.org/notebook/the-distractor/
2•zetamax•46m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Clownbid.lol – pay to be the biggest clown on the internet

https://clownbid.lol/
2•nadermx•47m ago•0 comments

Give Your Coding Agent a Journal

https://doug.sh/posts/give-your-coding-agent-a-journal/
4•dougcalobrisi•49m ago•1 comments

If You Knew God Exists, Wouldn't You Become a Priest?

https://joecmarshall.com/posts/if-you-knew-god-exists-wouldnt-you-become-a-priest/
6•CoreSet•49m ago•1 comments

Are We Learning to Think Less?

https://socketstudy.com/sparks/are-we-learning-to-think-less/
2•wingrove•50m ago•2 comments

The Ternus Era at Apple Begins, but Cook Isn't Leaving

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2026-08-30/the-ternus-era-at-apple-begins-but-cook-isn-t-le...
2•sbulaev•54m ago•0 comments

Will anybody use AI as much as coders?

https://www.economist.com/business/2026/08/30/will-anybody-use-ai-as-much-as-coders
2•tagawa•55m ago•1 comments

Show HN: Break 5, the addictive, 5 minute, daily word game

https://break5.co.uk/
2•dwgebler•56m ago•0 comments

West Point prof fired for continuing to teach human causes of climate change

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/27/west-point-climate-scientist-fired
6•randycupertino•59m ago•1 comments

Israel Is Running a Synthetic Think Tank to Influence AI Search Results

https://www.404media.co/israel-is-running-a-synthetic-think-tank-to-influence-ai-search-results/
5•Jimmc414•59m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Open-source hands-free mouse control with Tracky Mouse

https://github.com/1j01/tracky-mouse/
1•1j01•1h ago•0 comments
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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•1y 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!