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Show HN: Test Post from Gunther Agent

https://0xguenther.org/en/audit/
1•0xguenther•1m ago•0 comments

Top English-language news sites in the world:Half see declines of 20% or more

https://pressgazette.co.uk/media-audience-and-business-data/media_metrics/most-popular-websites-n...
1•Markoff•2m ago•1 comments

Primary Knowledge Without Generative Context

https://medium.com/@smoking2man/primary-knowledge-without-generative-context-epistemological-and-...
1•Aldus551•2m ago•0 comments

The People's Bookshelf (Riga, Latvia)

https://tautasgramatuplaukts.lv/en/
1•wmchen•3m ago•0 comments

Document Review with Unsiloed and TypeSafe Jev

https://www.unsiloed.ai/blog/document-review-unsiloed-typesafe-jev
1•ritzaco•3m ago•0 comments

DishwasherBench – Can Frontier Models Stack a Dishwasher?

https://github.com/composo-ai/DishwasherBench
1•mlukewizard•4m ago•1 comments

Show HN: A Playable Architectural Facade Synth

https://claude.ai/artifact/BF6MjSg1RJBsp1ZZiQX6D2
2•Tomasmillar•8m ago•1 comments

A New Anti-Aging Drug Looks to Turn Back the Clock on Skin Age

https://www.wired.com/story/new-anti-aging-drug-trial-for-skin/
1•simonebrunozzi•8m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Seekter – an open-source job-search agent that runs in Claude Code

https://github.com/selfishprimate/seekter
1•selfishprimate•8m ago•0 comments

We Infiltrated a Police Union Convention in Las Vegas

https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/we-infiltrated-a-police-union-convention
2•robtherobber•11m ago•0 comments

Pigeon-powered internet packet goes under the hammer at Christie's

https://www.theregister.com/offbeat/2026/10/12/pigeon-powered-internet-packet-goes-under-the-hamm...
3•nephihaha•13m ago•0 comments

Show HN: A skill to make Claude Code use Reference Points

https://github.com/SamHasler/skills/blob/main/plugins/reference-points/skills/reference-points/RE...
2•Flenser•14m ago•0 comments

Testing whether ChatGPT can tell which way a product photo is rotated (paper)

https://zenodo.org/records/22975680
1•tomerbarm•15m ago•0 comments

A negative handover: no strategy camera on this bank [pdf]

https://zenodo.org/records/23328706
1•kummap•20m ago•0 comments

Show HN: FM-1 synth emulator with a reverse-engineered CPU and WebAssembly JIT

https://joakimeriksson.github.io/fm1-emu/
2•joakimeriksson•25m ago•0 comments

Creusot 0.14.0 – Contracts for Rust, formally proved

https://devlog.creusot.rs/v0-14-0/
2•syrak•29m ago•0 comments

Reform UK figures see social media engagement drop after strikes on Russia DCs

https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/reform-figures-see-social-media-engagement-drop-after-...
6•choult•30m ago•1 comments

AICR v1.0: Open, stable and verifiable GPU cluster configuration

https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/aicr-v1-0-open-stable-and-verifiable-gpu-cluster-configuration/
2•teleforce•30m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Lightweight, self-hosted, web analytics app

https://github.com/lmxrd/potoo
2•composer42•30m ago•0 comments

AI-native Android OS running agents to operate your phone

https://github.com/AgentVis-OS/aiphone_assistant
1•inoki•31m ago•0 comments

Chinese data vendors emerging and trying to go global – focus on healthcare data

https://aiproem.substack.com/p/does-china-not-have-data-vendors
4•pretext•32m ago•0 comments

Flydubai FZ1073 saga: Iran theorizes it was an Israeli false-flag operation

https://www.presstv.co.uk/Detail/2026/10/03/777527/flydubai-fz1073-contradictions-missing-evidenc...
2•thisislife2•32m ago•0 comments

Linus Torvalds "Did What I Preach" Used AI to Make Code Decipherabl, Find Bugs

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linus-Torvalds-Assoc-Array
5•raybb•33m ago•0 comments

Gitot – Godot Git Tool

https://godotengine.org/asset-library/asset/5522
2•theanonymousone•33m ago•0 comments

Ts-browser-ext: Tailscale in a browser profile, no system install

https://github.com/tailscale/ts-browser-ext
3•DarkWolf48•35m ago•0 comments

Apple routed a graphite pipe through the iPhone Duo's hinge to dissipate heat

https://www.pcmag.com/news/apple-routed-a-graphite-pipe-through-the-iphone-duos-hinge
1•giuliomagnifico•35m ago•0 comments

Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford Win the 2026 Nobel Prize in Economics

https://www.renewablematter.eu/en/robert-e-hall-michael-woodford-2026-nobel-prize-economic-sciences
1•nsoonhui•35m ago•0 comments

Canada's wolves may be using fire to hunt moose

https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/wolves-fire-hunting
2•rdmuser•36m ago•0 comments

How We Made: XTC on Making Plans for Nigel (2020)

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2020/apr/27/xtc-how-we-made-making-plans-for-nigel
1•zeristor•38m ago•0 comments

Welcome to the age of decadence without pleasure

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jul/26/age-of-decadence-pleasure-ai
4•XzetaU8•43m 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!