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Show HN: Modernized File Manager and Program Manager from Windows 3.x

https://github.com/brianluft/heirloom
14•electroly•5h ago
This is a fork of Windows File Manager combined with a from-scratch remake of Program Manager. Fast, lightweight, and suitable for daily driver use.

Comments

JdeBP•1h ago
When I see a commit like https://github.com/brianluft/heirloom/commit/445ea8ef7018ef0... , I am convinced that yes, this is the original source code. (-:

https://github.com/brianluft/heirloom/commit/3001b284130c399... is rather interesting. Not only for all of the implicit type conversions that the code turned out to be doing, but also for all of the things that were dropped.

It is not totally "modernized", though. Its idea of "Unicode only" is using WTF-16 rather than UTF-8 (which is possible on Win32 nowadays with code page 65001).

arandomhuman•33m ago
yikes

Show HN: A tool that explains Python errors like you're five

https://github.com/Zahabsbs/Error-Narrator
1•BB5•2m ago•0 comments

I Ported SAP to a 1976 CPU. It Wasn't That Slow

https://github.com/oisee/zvdb-z80/blob/master/ZVDB-Z80-ABAP.md
1•weinzierl•9m ago•0 comments

Paternoster Elevator

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paternoster_lift
1•mhb•9m ago•0 comments

I Read 100 Foreign Books in 100 Days. Here's Why I Still Couldn't Speak

https://talkin10days.com/read-100-foreign-books-100-days/
1•blitzpoet•14m ago•0 comments

Why do we need workflow softwares like Salesforce?

1•abhishek203r•21m ago•0 comments

Can you see circles or rectangles?

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/05/optical-illusions-see-world-perception
1•colinprince•22m ago•0 comments

BBC to start charging US-based consumers for news and TV coverage

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/jun/26/bbc-usa-paid-subscription-news
1•colinprince•23m ago•0 comments

Dyons Farming's 2.5x Strawberry Output [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FA6BCIWPJ30
1•gnabgib•23m ago•0 comments

James Dyson is robo farming strawberries in Lincolnshire

https://newatlas.com/environment/farming-dyson-strawberries/
1•burnt-resistor•28m ago•0 comments

First direct observation of the trapped waves that shook the world

https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-06-03-first-direct-observation-trapped-waves-shook-world
1•gnabgib•30m ago•0 comments

History of the Claque: A Look into Entertainment's Original Laugh Track

https://www.adamgingery.com/history-of-the-claque-pt-1-a-look-into-entertainments-original-laugh-track/
1•greesil•35m ago•0 comments

EVs Will Decimate Big Oil

https://insideevs.com/news/764730/evs-displace-millions-of-barrels-of-oil/
3•nreece•45m ago•1 comments

Show HN: Ring oscillator circuit implementation using the CSS if() function

https://github.com/intincrab/tarangaCSS
1•ArcticLangoor•49m ago•0 comments

Be your own algorithm [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bdj14_jdumI
2•0x3444ac53•54m ago•0 comments

Evaluating the Effectiveness of Memory Safety Sanitizers

https://www.computer.org/csdl/proceedings-article/sp/2025/223600a088/21TfesaEHTy
2•matt_d•58m ago•0 comments

Top Unique South African Car Security Innovations (2015)

https://www.cars.co.za/motoring-news/top-5-unique-south-african-car-security-innovations/58591/
1•TMWNN•59m ago•0 comments

'Improved' Grok Criticizes Democrats and Hollywood's 'Jewish Executives'

https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/06/improved-grok-criticizes-democrats-and-hollywoods-jewish-executives/
28•archagon•1h ago•11 comments

3I/ATLAS

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3I/ATLAS
2•zdw•1h ago•0 comments

DOJ, FBI conclude Epstein had no "client list," committed suicide

https://www.axios.com/2025/07/07/jeffrey-epstein-suicide-client-list-trump-administration
5•Jimmc414•1h ago•1 comments

What makes a good tech entrepreneur?

2•lazy_debt•1h ago•1 comments

Simulation of Crashed Air India Jet Puts Focus on Technical Flaw

https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/india/simulation-of-crashed-air-india-jet-puts-focus-on-technical-flaw/ar-AA1HNIg5
2•jnord•1h ago•0 comments

Show HN: Simulate "Synthetic" Focus Groups with LLMs

https://simfocusgroup.com/
1•NaNXVibeCoder•1h ago•0 comments

Don't Trust the (Design) Process

https://jennywen.ca/notes/dont-trust-the-design-process
3•aratahikaru5•1h ago•1 comments

Internet Shutdowns Who Shuts Down the Internet the Most?

https://pulse.internetsociety.org/en/shutdowns/
10•Bluestein•1h ago•1 comments

History – Dollaradio Station (Pacifica)

https://www.dollaradiopacifica.com/history
2•babelfish•1h ago•0 comments

Rotor Wash from a Helicopter and Is It More Dangerous Than It Looks?

https://www.slashgear.com/1901848/helicopter-rotor-wash-explained-why-more-dangerous-than-looks/
5•Bluestein•1h ago•0 comments

Splice: Cable Harness Design Made Simple

https://splice-cad.com
3•nateb2022•1h ago•0 comments

Companies Tried to Save Money with AI, Now Hiring People to Fix Its Mistakes

https://futurism.com/companies-fixing-ai-replacement-mistakes
5•prisenco•1h ago•0 comments

Ziglings: Learn Zig by fixing broken programs

https://codeberg.org/ziglings/exercises
22•todsacerdoti•1h ago•0 comments

A Taste of Matzo: A Language for Random Text

https://journal.infinitenegativeutility.com/a-taste-of-matzo-a-language-for-random-text
4•todsacerdoti•2h ago•0 comments