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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•10mo 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!

Eventbrite Enters into Definitive Agreement to Be Acquired by Bending Spoons

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20251202408560/en/Eventbrite-Enters-into-Definitive-Agreem...
1•DocFeind•22s ago•0 comments

Why doesn't V8 fit on my microcontroller? (2021)

https://medium.com/the-toit-take/why-doesnt-v8-fit-on-my-microcontroller-71dc6e2d8f5c
1•tosh•1m ago•0 comments

Is there an MD5 Fixed Point where MD5(x) == x?

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/235785/is-there-an-md5-fixed-point-where-md5x-x
1•plaguna•2m ago•0 comments

GPT-4 leaks its own API internals through training data exposure

1•safteylayer•3m ago•0 comments

Andrew Tate Doesn't Get the Point of Books

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/03/slow-reading-books-benefits/686266/
1•paulpauper•5m ago•0 comments

The Met Opera's Desperate Hunt for Money

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/08/arts/met-opera-peter-gelb-finances.html
1•paulpauper•5m ago•0 comments

Bubbles, Booms and Crashes in the US Stock Market 1792-2024

https://www.nber.org/papers/w34903
1•paulpauper•6m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: How are you reviewing code at work these days?

1•curiousgal•7m ago•1 comments

Professors scramble to save critical thinking in an age of AI

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ng-interactive/2026/mar/10/ai-impact-professors-students-l...
1•fallinditch•8m ago•0 comments

Senate Moves Toward Passing Housing Bill, but Challenges Lie Ahead

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/10/us/politics/senate-housing-bill.html
1•JumpCrisscross•10m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Zehrava Gate – an control plane that sits between AI agents and prod

1•cgallic•13m ago•0 comments

Single-dose treatment approved for sleeping sickness

https://www.nature.com/articles/d44148-026-00051-w
3•bookofjoe•14m ago•0 comments

Show HN: AlphaEvolve inspired evolution harness for Pokemon

https://github.com/papercomputeco/pokemon
2•brianllamar•15m ago•0 comments

Ex-Google PM Builds God's Eye to Monitor Iran in 4D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0p8o7AeHDzg
2•doener•16m ago•1 comments

The Only Code That Defies Entropy

https://ta.fo/the-only-code-that-defies-entropy/
1•freediver•16m ago•0 comments

Python: The Optimization Ladder

https://cemrehancavdar.com/2026/03/10/optimization-ladder/
1•Twirrim•17m ago•0 comments

The Public Suffix List

https://publicsuffix.org/list/public_suffix_list.dat
1•barishnamazov•18m ago•1 comments

V32 (Number Station)

https://priyom.org/number-stations/other/v32
1•NoboruWataya•18m ago•1 comments

I Built an AI Agent That Writes Its Own Rules from Its Mistakes

https://www.roryteehan.com/writing/i-built-an-ai-agent-that-writes-its-own-rules
2•freediver•19m ago•0 comments

Nasal spray protects mice from respiratory viruses, bacteria and allergens

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-02-universal-vaccine-nasal-spray-mice.html
3•PaulHoule•20m ago•0 comments

Toit

https://docs.toit.io/language/
1•tosh•21m ago•0 comments

OopsDB – A TCP proxy to stop AI agents from dropping your DB

https://github.com/pintayo/oopsdb
2•pintayo•21m ago•1 comments

Neon is a human-readable structured data format

https://doc.nette.org/en/neon/format
2•ifh-hn•21m ago•0 comments

New HyperCard discovery: Neuromancer / Count Zero / Mona Lisa Overdrive

https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/neuromancer-count-zero-mona-lisa-overdrive
3•naves•22m ago•0 comments

Tell HN: It's official, I'm done with Claude

2•ra0x3•22m ago•1 comments

Harrison Chase: How Coding Agents Are Reshaping Engineering, Product and Design

https://twitter.com/hwchase17/status/2031051115169808685
1•JnBrymn•23m ago•0 comments

Regxa – query NPM, PyPI, crates.io, RubyGems, Packagist from one TypeScript call

https://github.com/oritwoen/regxa
1•oritwoen•24m ago•1 comments

How Pokémon Go is giving delivery robots an inch-perfect view of the world

https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/03/10/1134099/how-pokemon-go-is-helping-robots-deliver-pizz...
1•rbanffy•25m ago•0 comments

AI's hidden bias: Chatbots can influence opinions without trying

https://news.yale.edu/2026/03/03/ais-hidden-bias-chatbots-can-influence-opinions-without-trying
1•geox•25m ago•0 comments

Ghostty 1.3

https://twitter.com/mitchellh/status/2031042095822340417
1•tosh•25m ago•0 comments