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X claims it found a Chinese bot farm posting anti-AI data center sentiments

https://www.engadget.com/2246140/x-chinese-bot-farm-anti-ai-data-center-sentiments/
1•newsomix9xl•34s ago•0 comments

Why not to use the Gaussian kernel

https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.26974
1•E-Reverance•1m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Leiolai, AI that pays users for the compute their devices provide

https://leiolai.com/
1•leiolai•2m ago•0 comments

Show HN: An annotated archive of S-1 filings, with hindsight

https://s-1.space/
1•eigen-vector•4m ago•0 comments

Nine Pockets: A Pokemon tracker built for my 6 year old and that I went crazy on

https://www.ninepockets.app
1•highhoppingworm•5m ago•1 comments

Milo Yiannopoulos, a far-right political commentator, detained by ICE

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/28/milo-yiannopoulos-detained-ice
1•andsoitis•6m ago•0 comments

New Blockchain and Coin

https://github.com/ego-blockchain/ego-blockchain-
1•artitmuhaxhiri•7m ago•0 comments

Polyend Keys – a mechanical QWERTY keyboard for musicians

https://www.synthtopia.com/content/2026/08/27/polyend-keys-a-mechanical-qwerty-keyboard-for-music...
1•anigbrowl•9m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Free lifetime pro access for limited time to crunchbase alternative

https://startupwiki.tech/blog/free-lifetime-pro-giveaway
1•skiski•10m ago•0 comments

I Am Sitting in a Room

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Sitting_in_a_Room
2•gregsadetsky•10m ago•0 comments

Fintur: A forward-looking personal finance app

https://fintur.fr/
1•kabelbaptiste•15m ago•0 comments

My issue with GPU-accelerated deep learning (2016)

https://erikbern.com/2016/02/03/my-issue-with-gpu-accelerated-deep-learning.html
1•AndrewPGameDev•17m ago•0 comments

Unit 731

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_731
4•frabjoused•19m ago•1 comments

Show HN: MicroVM daemon, deploy any Docker image

2•sankalpnarula•20m ago•0 comments

Damn it AI, stop lying to me and do what I say

https://sentelabs.ai/proof-not-trust
1•GrumpySciGuy•21m ago•1 comments

I used to hate Tailwind CSS. Here's what changed my mind

https://yannickkouakou.com/blog/why-i-hated-tailwind-css/
2•thunderbong•24m ago•0 comments

Lawsuit: Grok Not Only Generates Child Porn but Was Also Trained on It

https://gizmodo.com/grok-not-only-generates-child-porn-but-was-also-trained-on-it-new-lawsuit-cla...
5•ceejayoz•27m ago•0 comments

Boulding on the human use of human beings

https://philofecon.substack.com/p/boulding-on-the-human-use-of-human
2•oliculipolicula•29m ago•0 comments

First we shape our feedback loops; then they shape us

https://www.henrikkarlsson.xyz/p/feedback-loops
2•Curiositry•34m ago•0 comments

New free online Queens game

https://queensgamers.com/
2•normalaladdin•36m ago•0 comments

Chip Can Hear What Key You Pressed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbXCghmnyEs
2•hasheddan•39m ago•0 comments

Awe Radio, free 24/7 internet radio stations for anyone

https://aweradio.app/
1•vbst•41m ago•0 comments

How A Private Equity Group Drove an Apartment Complex into the Ground

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/nyregion/nob-hill-private-equity-fire.html
7•ceejayoz•44m ago•0 comments

A Great Rebalancing Is Coming

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/great-rebalancing-coming
9•toomuchtodo•47m ago•0 comments

I built a headless browser for AI agents in Rust. no Chromium, no V8

https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1w0trw7/i_built_a_headless_browser_for_ai_agents_entirely/
4•syumei•47m ago•0 comments

Claude Status – Degraded Performance for Claude Opus 5 and Claude Haiku 4.5

https://status.claude.com/incidents/hkcw95k7r0f4
2•kyisaiah47•49m ago•1 comments

Quanta.Ai.Code.Editor

https://github.com/ContegoCode/Quanta-Code-Editor
2•Quantaai•1h ago•2 comments

Show HN: NodeAkt – Zero-dependency distributed actor framework for TypeScript

https://tochemey.github.io/nodeakt/
4•Tochemey•1h ago•0 comments

Long March 6C rocket stage fragments in orbit, creating cloud of debris

https://spacenews.com/long-march-6c-rocket-stage-fragments-in-orbit-creating-cloud-of-debris/
4•bookmtn•1h ago•0 comments

Does the Sumerian King List Align with Paleoclimate Events?

https://www.vectorian.be/articles/2026-06-07/sumerian-king-list-paleoclimate-alignment-explorer/
35•dev_l1x_be•1h ago•3 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!