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

https://env-shelf.vercel.app/
1•ivanglpz•4m ago•0 comments

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

https://almostnode.dev/
1•PetrBrzyBrzek•4m 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•5m ago•0 comments

Project Pterodactyl: Incremental Architecture

https://www.jonmsterling.com/01K7/
1•matt_d•5m 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•7m 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•7m ago•0 comments

Magnetic fields can change carbon diffusion in steel

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/01/260125083427.htm
1•fanf2•8m ago•0 comments

Fantasy football that celebrates great games

https://www.silvestar.codes/articles/ultigamemate/
1•blenderob•8m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Animalese

https://animalese.barcoloudly.com/
1•noreplica•8m ago•0 comments

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

https://simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/7/software-factory/
1•simonw•9m ago•0 comments

John Haugeland on the failure of micro-worlds

https://blog.plover.com/tech/gpt/micro-worlds.html
1•blenderob•9m ago•0 comments

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

https://velocity.quest
2•kevinelliott•10m 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•11m ago•0 comments

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

https://xapis.dev
2•nmfccodes•12m ago•0 comments

Near-Instantly Aborting the Worst Pain Imaginable with Psychedelics

https://psychotechnology.substack.com/p/near-instantly-aborting-the-worst
2•eatitraw•18m ago•0 comments

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

https://github.com/Anipaleja/nginx-defender
2•anipaleja•18m ago•0 comments

The Super Sharp Blade

https://netzhansa.com/the-super-sharp-blade/
1•robin_reala•20m ago•0 comments

Smart Homes Are Terrible

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/02/smart-homes-technology/685867/
1•tusslewake•21m ago•0 comments

What I haven't figured out

https://macwright.com/2026/01/29/what-i-havent-figured-out
1•stevekrouse•22m 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•22m ago•0 comments

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

https://twitter.com/b1rdmania/status/2020155122181869666
3•birdmania•22m ago•1 comments

First Proof

https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.05192
7•samasblack•24m ago•2 comments

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

https://mohammedeabdelaziz.github.io/articles/trendscope-market-scanner
1•mohammede•25m ago•0 comments

Kagi Translate

https://translate.kagi.com
2•microflash•26m 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•27m ago•0 comments

Tactical tornado is the new default

https://olano.dev/blog/tactical-tornado/
2•facundo_olano•29m ago•0 comments

Full-Circle Test-Driven Firmware Development with OpenClaw

https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/02/07/full-circle-test-driven-firmware-development-with-openclaw/
1•ptorrone•29m ago•0 comments

Automating Myself Out of My Job – Part 2

https://blog.dsa.club/automation-series/automating-myself-out-of-my-job-part-2/
1•funnyfoobar•29m ago•1 comments

Dependency Resolution Methods

https://nesbitt.io/2026/02/06/dependency-resolution-methods.html
1•zdw•30m ago•0 comments

Crypto firm apologises for sending Bitcoin users $40B by mistake

https://www.msn.com/en-ie/money/other/crypto-firm-apologises-for-sending-bitcoin-users-40-billion...
1•Someone•31m ago•0 comments
Open in hackernews

As AI Changes Internet Search, Reddit Lies in a Sweet Spot

https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/reddit-rddt-stock-ai-search-2dcc69a4
3•impish9208•6mo ago

Comments

impish9208•6mo ago
Gift link: https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/reddit-rddt-stock-ai-search-2dcc...
al_borland•6mo ago
I do wonder how this plays out over time. As people go to AI to ask questions, instead of places like Reddit, where will AI get new or more current information?

I also question if we even want to lean on sites like Reddit so hard. It turns AI into a way to effectively ask random people on the street, rather than good factual information from reliable sources.

codingdave•6mo ago
I share those concerns. Reddit is already 90% crap, with 10% decent info. People who rave about reddit focus on that 10%, and ignore the 90%. But how is AI going to properly filter that?

I also worry about the echo chamber effect. If people learn from AI, and AI is updated based on reddit... which is full of people talking about what they learned from AI.... you can see the echo chamber being built before our eyes.

mathiaspoint•6mo ago
The voting cybernetics on Reddit already made it a bad AI. Subreddits would just decide certain memes were real. I remember one technical subreddit for a project I was involved in that decided things worked a certain way. I would show up to correct people and get downvoted while people posting popular myths would have their posts at the top of the threads for everyone to read.

It really killed the site for me. I think going there will often mean you understand less, not more.

gitprolinux•6mo ago
Thank you, https://chatddit.com an alternative, I like those that create them. Competition is nice and good for consumers.
alganet•6mo ago
Why am I on the side that thinks Reddit has become a mess?

Gamification strategies, like medals and paid goodies, polluted its points system.

That whole fiasco trying to come up with NFT avatar pictures, it was an especulation shot in the dark about uniqueness identification that went nowhere.

To me, it looks like a dead platform floating in the water. When it moves, it's because the ocean moves, not because it's alive.

Instead of focusing on what its perceived advantage is (humans talking and a supposedly good karma system), it keeps going for these cheap shots.

JohnFen•6mo ago
This is pretty much my opinion of Reddit. I stopped using it a few years back because of it.
alganet•6mo ago
Don't make it personal. It's not.
JohnFen•6mo ago
I'm not sure what you mean by this. I don't think it's personally aimed at me. But it does make Reddit unpleasant and less than useful, so I stopped using it. That's a personal decision for sure, same as every decision about what I'm willing to tolerate is personal.
alganet•6mo ago
You made it personal: you left it because you don't like it anymore. I am not talking about that kind of thinking.

I totally understand why you would be encouraged to think that everyone that does it would do it for the same reasons as you. However, I'm offering an explanation that roots the critique in a more reasonable ground.

To me, HN displays the same level of degradation of discourse. If you think the way I think you think, the decision to stay here and leave reddit would seem impossible to understand. Instead of encouraging to see it as a personal choice, I encourage you to try to understand why someone would do that.

JohnFen•6mo ago
> You made it personal: you left it because you don't like it anymore.

So wait, you're taking exception to someone on the internet expressing a personal opinion?

> I totally understand why you would be encouraged to think that everyone that does it would do it for the same reasons as you.

I don't think that at all. I'm very confused by your comments. I don't know what you're getting at here or why you seem to be offended.

alganet•6mo ago
Don't take it personally.
JohnFen•6mo ago
OK. I don't understand what you're saying here, but oh well. I don't need to.
alganet•6mo ago
I understand, you wanted to get close to my argument and show support.

However, if you don't understand what I'm saying, maybe you should avoid it. Don't you think?

al_borland•6mo ago
Once they decided to go public the enshittificafion intensified as the users took a backseat to the company’s efforts to monetize those users.
alganet•6mo ago
Are you trying to drag this into a "capitalism bad" narrative?

If I were to conform to your suggestion, I could be easily mistaken by some person who was convinced by popular rethorics.

I don't need to say this more than once.

al_borland•6mo ago
I'm not anti-capitalism. I'm against sacrificing the long-term health of a service by trying to pump it for cash in the short-term. I like slower sustainable growth that stays true to the core service, rather than business models that are at odds with the core service being provided. It's this incongruity which puts companies at odds with its users and often leads to their demise... which isn't good from a capitalism point of view. Digg 4 did that, which led to the rise of Reddit in the first place. Now Reddit is making the same mistakes. Everyone is in such a hurry to be a unicorn that no one seems to run a boring sustainable business anymore. We need more boring businesses. It provides the stability this industry often lacks.
alganet•6mo ago
I often have the impression that reddit burned cash in useless things (instead of pumping it trying to recover any investment), and they didn't even knew what they were. It happens more often than you think.