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Show HN: Source code graphRAG for Java/Kotlin development based on jQAssistant

https://github.com/2015xli/jqassistant-graph-rag
1•artigent•5m ago•0 comments

Python Only Has One Real Competitor

https://mccue.dev/pages/2-6-26-python-competitor
2•dragandj•6m ago•0 comments

Tmux to Zellij (and Back)

https://www.mauriciopoppe.com/notes/tmux-to-zellij/
1•maurizzzio•7m ago•1 comments

Ask HN: How are you using specialized agents to accelerate your work?

1•otterley•8m ago•0 comments

Passing user_id through 6 services? OTel Baggage fixes this

https://signoz.io/blog/otel-baggage/
1•pranay01•9m ago•0 comments

DavMail Pop/IMAP/SMTP/Caldav/Carddav/LDAP Exchange Gateway

https://davmail.sourceforge.net/
1•todsacerdoti•10m ago•0 comments

Visual data modelling in the browser (open source)

https://github.com/sqlmodel/sqlmodel
1•Sean766•12m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Tharos – CLI to find and autofix security bugs using local LLMs

https://github.com/chinonsochikelue/tharos
1•fluantix•12m ago•0 comments

Oddly Simple GUI Programs

https://simonsafar.com/2024/win32_lights/
1•MaximilianEmel•13m ago•0 comments

The New Playbook for Leaders [pdf]

https://www.ibli.com/IBLI%20OnePagers%20The%20Plays%20Summarized.pdf
1•mooreds•13m ago•0 comments

Interactive Unboxing of J Dilla's Donuts

https://donuts20.vercel.app
1•sngahane•15m ago•0 comments

OneCourt helps blind and low-vision fans to track Super Bowl live

https://www.dezeen.com/2026/02/06/onecourt-tactile-device-super-bowl-blind-low-vision-fans/
1•gaws•16m ago•0 comments

Rudolf Vrba

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Vrba
1•mooreds•17m ago•0 comments

Autism Incidence in Girls and Boys May Be Nearly Equal, Study Suggests

https://www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/autism/119747
1•paulpauper•18m ago•0 comments

Wellness Hotels Discovery Application

https://aurio.place/
1•cherrylinedev•18m ago•1 comments

NASA delays moon rocket launch by a month after fuel leaks during test

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/feb/03/nasa-delays-moon-rocket-launch-month-fuel-leaks-a...
1•mooreds•19m ago•0 comments

Sebastian Galiani on the Marginal Revolution

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2•paulpauper•22m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: Are we at the point where software can improve itself?

1•ManuelKiessling•22m ago•1 comments

Binance Gives Trump Family's Crypto Firm a Leg Up

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/business/binance-trump-crypto.html
1•paulpauper•23m ago•0 comments

Reverse engineering Chinese 'shit-program' for absolute glory: R/ClaudeCode

https://old.reddit.com/r/ClaudeCode/comments/1qy5l0n/reverse_engineering_chinese_shitprogram_for/
1•edward•23m ago•0 comments

Indian Culture

https://indianculture.gov.in/
1•saikatsg•26m ago•0 comments

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The age of a treacherous, falling dollar

https://www.economist.com/leaders/2026/02/05/the-age-of-a-treacherous-falling-dollar
2•stopbulying•26m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: AI Generated Diagrams

1•voidhorse•29m ago•0 comments

Microsoft Account bugs locked me out of Notepad – are Thin Clients ruining PCs?

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6•josephcsible•29m ago•1 comments

Show HN: A delightful Mac app to vibe code beautiful iOS apps

https://milq.ai/hacker-news
6•jdjuwadi•32m ago•1 comments

Show HN: Gemini Station – A local Chrome extension to organize AI chats

https://github.com/rajeshkumarblr/gemini_station
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Welfare states build financial markets through social policy design

https://theloop.ecpr.eu/its-not-finance-its-your-pensions/
2•kome•36m ago•0 comments

Market orientation and national homicide rates

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1745-9125.70023
4•PaulHoule•36m ago•0 comments

California urges people avoid wild mushrooms after 4 deaths, 3 liver transplants

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2•rolph•37m ago•0 comments
Open in hackernews

Fncad: Cad editor, like openscad but sdf

https://fncad.github.io/
5•FeepingCreature•8mo ago

Comments

FeepingCreature•8mo ago
I (Sonnet 3.7 really) made a text-based CAD editor. It's like OpenSCAD but the backing abstraction is Signed Distance Fields, so that it can represent, for instance, smooth CSG.

The mesher is very simple; just "subdivide an octree using interval arithmetic, put a mesh around it, then fit it to the surface using the SDF gradient." The intended usecase is for 3D printing, where slight errors don't matter and you can just throw triangles at the problem.

Performance is okay, but not great. I blame JS. ;)

This project is AI coded, but it's not vibe-coded: I designed the core abstractions deliberately, so all design problems are my own. The website, however, is near entirely Sonnet's work.

Source is on Github: https://github.com/fnCAD/fnCAD

eternityforest•8mo ago
Looks pretty nice! I could see this being really nice for making customizable models, if it could import and alter step files, and had something like the customizer UI in FreeCAD.
FeepingCreature•8mo ago
Tbh I suspect step files would require more code than the entire project so far. It's really not designed to track objects in terms of objects, faces and edges.

The goal here was to avoid a lot of complexity from the bigger CAD tools like FreeCAD.

eternityforest•8mo ago
Ah, I don't know much about the actual algorithms involved in 3D work.

There seems to be a few libraries out there for converting a mesh to an approximate SDF though, so I assume the Rust lib for that could be compiled to WASM, but that might be an issue if simplicity is the priority.

FeepingCreature•8mo ago
Sure you could pull it in as a pure object, that wouldn't be too hard; as you say, grab a JS lib... though pure SDF isn't really enough, fncad needs interval SDF which might require some work.

But the problem is, you couldn't do anything with the model. You couldn't change the edge chamfering etc. It'd just be an insert.