frontpage.
newsnewestaskshowjobs

Made with ♥ by @iamnishanth

Open Source @Github

fp.

Postgres Message Queue (PGMQ)

https://github.com/pgmq/pgmq
1•Lwrless•34s ago•0 comments

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

https://github.com/kjnez/django-rclone
1•cui•3m 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...
1•geox•4m ago•0 comments

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

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00370-w
2•EA-3167•5m ago•0 comments

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

https://www.pref0.com/
4•fliellerjulian•7m ago•0 comments

Introduce the Vouch/Denouncement Contribution Model

https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty/pull/10559
2•DustinEchoes•9m ago•0 comments

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

https://github.com/sultanvaliyev/sshcode
1•sultanvaliyev•9m 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...
1•RickJWagner•11m ago•0 comments

Multi-agent coordination on Claude Code: 8 production pain points and patterns

https://gist.github.com/sigalovskinick/6cc1cef061f76b7edd198e0ebc863397
1•nikolasi•11m ago•0 comments

Washington Post CEO Will Lewis Steps Down After Stormy Tenure

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/technology/washington-post-will-lewis.html
4•jbegley•12m ago•0 comments

DevXT – Building the Future with AI That Acts

https://devxt.com
2•superpecmuscles•13m ago•4 comments

A Minimal OpenClaw Built with the OpenCode SDK

https://github.com/CefBoud/MonClaw
1•cefboud•13m ago•0 comments

The silent death of Good Code

https://amit.prasad.me/blog/rip-good-code
2•amitprasad•13m ago•0 comments

The Internal Negotiation You Have When Your Heart Rate Gets Uncomfortable

https://www.vo2maxpro.com/blog/internal-negotiation-heart-rate
1•GoodluckH•15m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Glance – Fast CSV inspection for the terminal (SIMD-accelerated)

https://github.com/AveryClapp/glance
2•AveryClapp•16m ago•0 comments

Busy for the Next Fifty to Sixty Bud

https://pestlemortar.substack.com/p/busy-for-the-next-fifty-to-sixty-had-all-my-money-in-bitcoin-...
1•mithradiumn•16m ago•0 comments

Imperative

https://pestlemortar.substack.com/p/imperative
1•mithradiumn•17m ago•0 comments

Show HN: I decomposed 87 tasks to find where AI agents structurally collapse

https://github.com/XxCotHGxX/Instruction_Entropy
1•XxCotHGxX•21m ago•1 comments

I went back to Linux and it was a mistake

https://www.theverge.com/report/875077/linux-was-a-mistake
3•timpera•22m ago•1 comments

Octrafic – open-source AI-assisted API testing from the CLI

https://github.com/Octrafic/octrafic-cli
1•mbadyl•24m ago•1 comments

US Accuses China of Secret Nuclear Testing

https://www.reuters.com/world/china/trump-has-been-clear-wanting-new-nuclear-arms-control-treaty-...
2•jandrewrogers•24m ago•1 comments

Peacock. A New Programming Language

2•hashhooshy•29m ago•1 comments

A postcard arrived: 'If you're reading this I'm dead, and I really liked you'

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2026/02/07/postcard-death-teacher-glickman/
3•bookofjoe•30m ago•1 comments

What to know about the software selloff

https://www.morningstar.com/markets/what-know-about-software-stock-selloff
2•RickJWagner•34m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Syntux – generative UI for websites, not agents

https://www.getsyntux.com/
3•Goose78•35m ago•0 comments

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

https://jpcaparas.medium.com/ab75cef97954
2•birdculture•35m ago•0 comments

AI overlay that reads anything on your screen (invisible to screen capture)

https://lowlighter.app/
1•andylytic•36m ago•1 comments

Show HN: Seafloor, be up and running with OpenClaw in 20 seconds

https://seafloor.bot/
1•k0mplex•37m ago•0 comments

Tesla turbine-inspired structure generates electricity using compressed air

https://techxplore.com/news/2026-01-tesla-turbine-generates-electricity-compressed.html
2•PaulHoule•38m ago•0 comments

State Department deleting 17 years of tweets (2009-2025); preservation needed

https://www.npr.org/2026/02/07/nx-s1-5704785/state-department-trump-posts-x
5•sleazylice•38m ago•1 comments
Open in hackernews

Ask HN: What do you consider fun?

25•IndySun•1mo ago
If you're inordinately in front of a computer screen for a living, day in day out, week after week, when you've finally had enough and need a break, what works for you to counter it?

No matter the weather (UK, its grey and dank), or locale, a timer and an enforced outdoor solo walk generally perks me up.

Comments

zem•1mo ago
I spend an inordinate amount of time reading (fiction) when I'm not at work. always a nice break from anything else I'm doing.
stavros•1mo ago
MORE COMPUTER SCREEN!

Seriously, I just cannot get enough of making things. Hardware, software, CAD, whatever, I just love making stuff. The more I can make, the better.

I can't get enough of computers, either. I love it.

timeattack•1mo ago
Where to find a wife like that though? :D
stavros•1mo ago
Oh I pay for the $20/mo Claude plan, so I have lots of downtime between rate limits :P
Cerium•1mo ago
Hand tool woodworking. Zero screens needed. All you need is about a 8x8 foot space that you can get messy.
pmdulaney•1mo ago
Zero screens needed? I don't follow.
pmdulaney•1mo ago
Never mind -- I get it. (I was thinking maybe you were talking about mesh wire screens or something.)
enduser•1mo ago
I bought a new camera recently for a trip to Bhutan. I ended up getting a Nikon Zf which is great for shooting in full manual mode. There are some exceptional third party manual focus lenses.

It’s all very tactile and gets me out into the world. I really treasure the photos from it in a way I never did with smartphone photos. It’s also really nice to just leave the phone at home.

Sometimes I go for photo walks with a friend. We play with light and composition and just generally have a great time being present and creative.

IndySun•1mo ago
The physical nature of being on foot, using your eyes to find compositions, and feeling the weight of a camera in your hand all contribute to that difference, that makes these changes rewarding. I am reading a lot of comments involve physical objects and the outdoors.
Isamu•1mo ago
Making things, I made my daughters wooden practice swords, two-handed claymores. Now for Christmas I always make something. This year was cross-body bags with elaborate patterns. Fun for me, I’m just glad they put up with the eccentric choices.
IndySun•1mo ago
'Making things', working with your hands is very rewarding. Being able to have 'fun' without the internet has got to be a healthy diversion.
acheong08•1mo ago
I wander. Take the bus somewhere far, spin around a few times, and just start walking for hours in a random direction. Pray there is a bus line near wherever I end up. Not having to plan anything feels very freeing
IndySun•1mo ago
'No plan' is often successful for exiting one state to another. What's the worst that can happen, right?
sloaken•1mo ago
I love walking around as a mental break from thinking. Preferably solo, but when at work I typically invite others as it is the socially approved event and makes me feel like I am being a good person, despite rumors otherwise.

At home, for fun, I enjoy working with plants. I get a joy out of re potting plants. I especially love finding out an experiment to propagate a plant worked. Ask me about my random Christmas cactus success. I was so thrilled, 6 months later I brought in to work a dozen little plants to share.

4d4m•1mo ago
Writing music, design, modifying cars, making art
IndySun•1mo ago
'writing music' - using computers/DAW, and have you incorporated any 'AI' software?
gethly•1mo ago
martial arts was so far the best thing i did. it has so many positive aspects that there's just too many to name. but an overlooked one worth mentioning is that it is also a social activity and programmers could use a lot more of that.

unfortunately i have no gym i can go to nowadays.

i started seriously running this year and i like it.

going for a motorcycle ride is also nice, especially if you have good roads near by(which I don't).

going for a long walk with your dog, somewhere into the nature.

personally, when i find something new that interests me, i usually obsess to achieve 90% mastery/knowledge and the move on. it can be absolutely anything. inspiration can come out of nowhere. so nothing specific to recommend as it is always personal.

buy a telescope and go skywatching :)

ps: i bought an electric guitar that i wanted to lean but it is quite hard and i am not obsessing over it so it stays in the cabinet :D

IndySun•1mo ago
I work with music, I also walk/run. No headphones. Just a 'blue sky' thinking mode. It's so refreshing to do.
nrhrjrjrjtntbt•1mo ago
Walk is the main thing. Maybe a hot bath too.