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Towards Self-Driving Codebases

https://cursor.com/blog/self-driving-codebases
1•edwinarbus•35s ago•0 comments

VCF West: Whirlwind Software Restoration – Guy Fedorkow [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLoXodz1N9A
1•stmw•1m ago•1 comments

Show HN: COGext – A minimalist, open-source system monitor for Chrome (<550KB)

https://github.com/tchoa91/cog-ext
1•tchoa91•2m ago•0 comments

FOSDEM 26 – My Hallway Track Takeaways

https://sluongng.substack.com/p/fosdem-26-my-hallway-track-takeaways
1•birdculture•2m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Env-shelf – Open-source desktop app to manage .env files

https://env-shelf.vercel.app/
1•ivanglpz•6m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Almostnode – Run Node.js, Next.js, and Express in the Browser

https://almostnode.dev/
1•PetrBrzyBrzek•6m ago•0 comments

Dell support (and hardware) is so bad, I almost sued them

https://blog.joshattic.us/posts/2026-02-07-dell-support-lawsuit
1•radeeyate•7m ago•0 comments

Project Pterodactyl: Incremental Architecture

https://www.jonmsterling.com/01K7/
1•matt_d•7m ago•0 comments

Styling: Search-Text and Other Highlight-Y Pseudo-Elements

https://css-tricks.com/how-to-style-the-new-search-text-and-other-highlight-pseudo-elements/
1•blenderob•9m ago•0 comments

Crypto firm accidentally sends $40B in Bitcoin to users

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/crypto-firm-accidentally-sends-40-055054321.html
1•CommonGuy•10m ago•0 comments

Magnetic fields can change carbon diffusion in steel

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/01/260125083427.htm
1•fanf2•10m ago•0 comments

Fantasy football that celebrates great games

https://www.silvestar.codes/articles/ultigamemate/
1•blenderob•10m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Animalese

https://animalese.barcoloudly.com/
1•noreplica•11m ago•0 comments

StrongDM's AI team build serious software without even looking at the code

https://simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/7/software-factory/
2•simonw•11m ago•0 comments

John Haugeland on the failure of micro-worlds

https://blog.plover.com/tech/gpt/micro-worlds.html
1•blenderob•12m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Velocity - Free/Cheaper Linear Clone but with MCP for agents

https://velocity.quest
2•kevinelliott•13m ago•2 comments

Corning Invented a New Fiber-Optic Cable for AI and Landed a $6B Meta Deal [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3KLbc5DlRs
1•ksec•14m ago•0 comments

Show HN: XAPIs.dev – Twitter API Alternative at 90% Lower Cost

https://xapis.dev
2•nmfccodes•14m ago•1 comments

Near-Instantly Aborting the Worst Pain Imaginable with Psychedelics

https://psychotechnology.substack.com/p/near-instantly-aborting-the-worst
2•eatitraw•20m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Nginx-defender – realtime abuse blocking for Nginx

https://github.com/Anipaleja/nginx-defender
2•anipaleja•21m ago•0 comments

The Super Sharp Blade

https://netzhansa.com/the-super-sharp-blade/
1•robin_reala•22m ago•0 comments

Smart Homes Are Terrible

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/02/smart-homes-technology/685867/
1•tusslewake•24m ago•0 comments

What I haven't figured out

https://macwright.com/2026/01/29/what-i-havent-figured-out
1•stevekrouse•24m ago•0 comments

KPMG pressed its auditor to pass on AI cost savings

https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/02/06/kpmg-pressed-its-auditor-to-pass-on-ai-cost-savings/
1•cainxinth•25m ago•0 comments

Open-source Claude skill that optimizes Hinge profiles. Pretty well.

https://twitter.com/b1rdmania/status/2020155122181869666
3•birdmania•25m ago•1 comments

First Proof

https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.05192
8•samasblack•27m ago•3 comments

I squeezed a BERT sentiment analyzer into 1GB RAM on a $5 VPS

https://mohammedeabdelaziz.github.io/articles/trendscope-market-scanner
1•mohammede•28m ago•0 comments

Kagi Translate

https://translate.kagi.com
2•microflash•29m ago•0 comments

Building Interactive C/C++ workflows in Jupyter through Clang-REPL [video]

https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/QX3RPH-building_interactive_cc_workflows_in_jupyter_throug...
1•stabbles•30m ago•0 comments

Tactical tornado is the new default

https://olano.dev/blog/tactical-tornado/
2•facundo_olano•32m ago•0 comments
Open in hackernews

Got tired of bad PDF WebApp so we made a Free, Open-Sourced, Private Alternative

https://luxpdf.com
117•PseudoComputer•6mo ago

Comments

PseudoComputer•6mo ago
Hey guys, we're building LuxPDF.com, an ongoing project to develop the most transparent PDF WebApp in the world. We just launched (so expect some bugs, UI problems etc.), and our site is currently in early-stage development. We offer over 15+ PDF Tools, all completely free, all open-sourced, all client-side, with no registration needed, no file size limits, and no batch processing limits.

We built this because we're students, so we constantly used these PDF WebApps to convert, and compress PDF Files, files that contained very sensitive information like names, financial information, etc. We were so frustrated with current WebApps because they required logins, had restrictions if you were on their free plan, were closed source etc. So we built LuxPDF to try and solve the problem of bad PDF WebApps in 2025.

The only source of funding we seek is just donations through BuyMeACoffee/Sponsors. All we're asking simply is, if you value what we do, we warmly welcome your support, whether it's just recommending our site to a friend or colleague, finding bugs, suggesting new features, or donating through BuyMeACoffee. Any donators/sponsors will have their names/banner and a custom message of their choice listed on the webapp, as a Thank You.

PseudoComputer•6mo ago
Here's the link to our Repo: https://github.com/VSRemoter/LuxPDF
spookie•6mo ago
Could you put pdfjs has a git submodule or something like that? :) Just to make it more local
rainonmoon•6mo ago
This is really excellent work team. It's great to see more straight-forward but polished tools that solve a concrete problem simply.
PseudoComputer•6mo ago
For sure, we're still very early in development but we didn't know how hard it was going to be to develop it, so we decided to open-source it. Worst case scenario, if we fail, someone could use our repo for motivation, clean it up and maybe launch something better.
throw_m239339•6mo ago
Is it a competitor to tools like Sedja?
PseudoComputer•6mo ago
Yes, it's very similar except we are completely open-sourced and free. They do have unique features though, I'll give them that.
p_ing•6mo ago
> You agree not to use LuxPDF to process any material that is unlawful, offensive, or otherwise objectionable.

So I can't take Hunie Pop images and convert them to PDF?

The site says the tool is open source but I can't find a link to said source. It also doesn't indicate which open source license is being used (presumably one is). Don't forget to put .DS_Store in your .gitignore.

And the site itself is like daggers in the eyes. Black text on white background. The dark mode hipsters will change their tune in their 30s.

What PDF revision do you support? I figure this is based on pre-existing open source libraries which typically means 1.6, max.

You should make a connector for Power Automate.

BitPirate•6mo ago
Took me a while, but I found the repository: https://github.com/VSRemoter/LuxPDF
p_ing•6mo ago
Yeah, I had found it, hence my .DS_Store comment ;-)
siliconpotato•6mo ago
> offensive or..objectionable

Offence and objection are totally subjective. Even unlawful is very dependent on which particular country you are in.

p_ing•6mo ago
Heh. And if you look at the ToS, it ends with:

> These Terms of Service and your use of the website are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the applicable jurisdiction.

Which jurisdiction!? It doesn't even identify where the owners and operators reside which would be the 'default' jurisdiction.

I don't know where I am, man!

Spivak•6mo ago
It's a student project with a ToS that's basically "don't use this for anything that could get us in trouble." I don't find that particularly unreasonable especially when honor codes at schools are usually stricter than "whatever is legal is allowed."

I know it's programmer-brain to naturally probe the edges of things but at the same time as adults we're expected to understand and navigate fuzzy concepts like inappropriate behavior without having to have it spelled out like you do with young kids.

another_twist•6mo ago
Oh thank you so much. These are common and very annoying pain points.
PseudoComputer•6mo ago
I really hope you enjoy it man
BitPirate•6mo ago
Alternative: Stirling PDF
smeggysmeg•6mo ago
I desperately wish Stirling wasn't a webapp. Having to setup and launch a web server and browser to edit a PDF on my computer seems insane. We skipped the "foss, local app" stage, where Adobe dominates, and jumped straight to the web service model.
PseudoComputer•6mo ago
I think the core audience for Stirling PDF is a lot different from ours. Stirling PDF looks like there built for enterprise users and big business. We built LuxPDF to be more for students, small business owners, freelancers, etc. To be honest we saw our site as an alternative to FreeConvert & PDFCandy, not for Stirling PDF.
teleforce•6mo ago
Is it just only me that is wondering why Microsoft does not provide a productivity tool to rival Adobe virtual monopoly on PDF viewing and editing?

Just include this PDF software in the 365 subscription and see how many are still subscribing to the bane of Adobe PDF software suites.

sitzkrieg•6mo ago
they complete somewhat in some niche cases. eg edge can handle encrypted and even classified pdf workloads

but run of the mill editing stuff? dream on lol

daveoc64•6mo ago
Adobe threatened Microsoft with an antitrust lawsuit when Microsoft wanted to add PDF export functionality to Office 2007.

I can't imagine how Adobe would react if they built a whole PDF solution!

teleforce•6mo ago
Thanks for the info.

Nothing happened when Microsoft added the PDF export functionality to Office, it's an empty threat after all.

Last year apparently OnlyOffice 8.1 has added PDF native editing in their software suites.

pona-a•6mo ago
I don't want this to sound like an accusation, but did you vibe-code this? The site's style is looking very similar to what you might get from Claude.
p_ing•6mo ago
The settings.json included in the GitHub repo has kiroAgent.configureMCP: false, so you may be correct that an AI addon was used.

https://kiro.dev/

In fact, that domain looks similar to luxpdf.

PseudoComputer•6mo ago
No it's a very valid question, yes we did use Kiro IDE running on Claude 4 for some of the more complicated tools like Sort Pages (getting the UI, image preview etc) and some other tools. Developing this PDF WebApp was a lot more complicated than we thought so we had to resort to vibe coding for some functionality. We used Claude mostly for the tools and the "initial generation"/layout of the site.
qhwudbebd•6mo ago
In case your first instinct (like mine) was to browse through the implementation, the javascript is at https://github.com/VSRemoter/LuxPDF/blob/main/script.js
PseudoComputer•6mo ago
Yes, I can't believe I didn't attach on the main site, will do this asap haha
brumar•6mo ago
Thanks. I'll add the answer to my own question too: pdfLib is the dependency at work to make it work in the browser runtime.
CommanderData•6mo ago
Well done, hopefully gains traction. The alternative websites you talk about are an absolute nightmare to navigate only to find a suprise login or subscription.
PseudoComputer•6mo ago
Yes, and we hope that at worst case, someone uses our Repo as motivation to build a better version of LuxPDF if it fails.
byyll•6mo ago
How does that compare to https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF ?
cxr•6mo ago
A cursory check reveals some answers:

* the one you linked is a browser-based thin client; this one runs right on the user's machine

* 100% less Docker and other devslop—drastically simpler deployment and development cycles

byyll•6mo ago
It still seems to require a browser to use. But sure, I guess it's easier to start with.
cxr•6mo ago
What?
PseudoComputer•6mo ago
I think Stirling PDF is a great product, but there meant for more Enterprise level users. LuxPDF is meant for very quick file conversions or modifications and is geared towards freelancers, students, small business etc.
upcoming-sesame•6mo ago
Thank you for building this.

The biggest pain in my opinion though is PDF editing, for example, filling annoying image based forms with predefined square boxes/spaces

PseudoComputer•6mo ago
Sounds good, we will start working on this soon. It's definitely a harder thing to develop, but that's the beauty of open source
achillesheels•6mo ago
Enterprises would love this.
aus10d•6mo ago
I have to say, this is pretty cool. I was surprised how fast it is. Very nice! To be honest, I didn't realize you could do this amount of manipulation of pdfs in javascript in my browser. I guess I was just ignorant. Nice work, guys!
zhengiszen•5mo ago
Nice, thanks for the great software.