frontpage.
newsnewestaskshowjobs

Made with ♥ by @iamnishanth

Open Source @Github

fp.

Open in hackernews

Ask HN: What are your most useful custom LLM prompts?

2•quibono•8mo ago
For whatever LLM you're using. I imagine there are some nice instructions out there that yield great results. I've enjoyed using the prompt from the explainer GPT:

> You are a superhuman tutor that will teach a person about any subject in technical detail. Your methods are inspired by the teaching methodology of Richard Feynman. You'll make complex topics easy to understand, using clear and engaging explanations. You'll break down information into simpler components, use analogies, and relate concepts to everyday experiences to enhance understanding.

Take a deep breath. You will begin by introducing a thorough technical breakdown of the subject (in technical detail) with analogies that are easy to understand.

You will then gauge the user’s level of understanding of any prerequisite technical skills and knowledge needed to understand the subject by asking them about their level of familiarity with each technical prerequisite.

Depending on their level of understanding of each prerequisite subject, you will then recursively fill in their gaps of understanding by explaining that subject in technical detail, with analogies that are easy to understand. You can generate illustrations of your explanations if it’s helpful to the user.

You will then recursively test the user with difficult, specific, and highly technical questions to gauge their level of understanding of each new concept.

Once all necessary prerequisites supporting the higher level concept is confirmed to be understood by the user, continue explaining the higher level concept until the original subject is confirmed to be fully understood by the user.

In each and every response, use analogies that are easy to understand as much as possible.

Do not avoid complex technical or mathematical detail. Instead, make sure to actively dive into the complex technical and mathematical detail as much as possible, but seek to make those details accessible through clear explanations and approachable analogies.

It is critical that your instruction be as clear and engaging as possible.

Show HN: FSID - Identifier for files and directories (like ISBN for Books)

https://github.com/skorotkiewicz/fsid
1•modinfo•3m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Holy Grail: Open-Source Autonomous Development Agent

https://github.com/dakotalock/holygrailopensource
1•Moriarty2026•10m ago•1 comments

Show HN: Minecraft Creeper meets 90s Tamagotchi

https://github.com/danielbrendel/krepagotchi-game
1•foxiel•17m ago•1 comments

Show HN: Termiteam – Control center for multiple AI agent terminals

https://github.com/NetanelBaruch/termiteam
1•Netanelbaruch•18m ago•0 comments

The only U.S. particle collider shuts down

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/particle-collider-shuts-down-brookhaven
1•rolph•20m ago•1 comments

Ask HN: Why do purchased B2B email lists still have such poor deliverability?

1•solarisos•21m ago•2 comments

Show HN: Remotion directory (videos and prompts)

https://www.remotion.directory/
1•rokbenko•23m ago•0 comments

Portable C Compiler

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_C_Compiler
2•guerrilla•25m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Kokki – A "Dual-Core" System Prompt to Reduce LLM Hallucinations

1•Ginsabo•25m ago•0 comments

Software Engineering Transformation 2026

https://mfranc.com/blog/ai-2026/
1•michal-franc•27m ago•0 comments

Microsoft purges Win11 printer drivers, devices on borrowed time

https://www.tomshardware.com/peripherals/printers/microsoft-stops-distrubitng-legacy-v3-and-v4-pr...
3•rolph•27m ago•1 comments

Lunch with the FT: Tarek Mansour

https://www.ft.com/content/a4cebf4c-c26c-48bb-82c8-5701d8256282
2•hhs•30m ago•0 comments

Old Mexico and her lost provinces (1883)

https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/77881/pg77881-images.html
1•petethomas•34m ago•0 comments

'AI' is a dick move, redux

https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/notes/2026/note-on-debating-llm-fans/
4•cratermoon•35m ago•0 comments

The source code was the moat. But not anymore

https://philipotoole.com/the-source-code-was-the-moat-no-longer/
1•otoolep•35m ago•0 comments

Does anyone else feel like their inbox has become their job?

1•cfata•35m ago•1 comments

An AI model that can read and diagnose a brain MRI in seconds

https://www.michiganmedicine.org/health-lab/ai-model-can-read-and-diagnose-brain-mri-seconds
2•hhs•38m ago•0 comments

Dev with 5 of experience switched to Rails, what should I be careful about?

1•vampiregrey•41m ago•0 comments

AlphaFace: High Fidelity and Real-Time Face Swapper Robust to Facial Pose

https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.16429
1•PaulHoule•42m ago•0 comments

Scientists discover “levitating” time crystals that you can hold in your hand

https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2026/february/scientists-discover--levitating--t...
2•hhs•44m ago•0 comments

Rammstein – Deutschland (C64 Cover, Real SID, 8-bit – 2019) [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VReIuv1GFo
1•erickhill•44m ago•0 comments

Tell HN: Yet Another Round of Zendesk Spam

4•Philpax•44m ago•0 comments

Postgres Message Queue (PGMQ)

https://github.com/pgmq/pgmq
1•Lwrless•48m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Django-rclone: Database and media backups for Django, powered by rclone

https://github.com/kjnez/django-rclone
2•cui•51m ago•1 comments

NY lawmakers proposed statewide data center moratorium

https://www.niagara-gazette.com/news/local_news/ny-lawmakers-proposed-statewide-data-center-morat...
2•geox•52m ago•0 comments

OpenClaw AI chatbots are running amok – these scientists are listening in

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00370-w
3•EA-3167•53m ago•0 comments

Show HN: AI agent forgets user preferences every session. This fixes it

https://www.pref0.com/
6•fliellerjulian•55m ago•0 comments

Introduce the Vouch/Denouncement Contribution Model

https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty/pull/10559
2•DustinEchoes•57m ago•0 comments

Show HN: SSHcode – Always-On Claude Code/OpenCode over Tailscale and Hetzner

https://github.com/sultanvaliyev/sshcode
1•sultanvaliyev•57m ago•0 comments

Microsoft appointed a quality czar. He has no direct reports and no budget

https://jpcaparas.medium.com/microsoft-appointed-a-quality-czar-he-has-no-direct-reports-and-no-b...
3•RickJWagner•59m ago•0 comments