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OpenClaw Creator: Why 80% of Apps Will Disappear

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uzGDAoNOZc
1•schwentkerr•2m ago•0 comments

What Happens When Technical Debt Vanishes?

https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11316905
1•blenderob•3m ago•0 comments

AI Is Finally Eating Software's Total Market: Here's What's Next

https://vinvashishta.substack.com/p/ai-is-finally-eating-softwares-total
1•gmays•4m ago•0 comments

Computer Science from the Bottom Up

https://www.bottomupcs.com/
1•gurjeet•4m ago•0 comments

Show HN: I built a toy compiler as a young dev

https://vire-lang.web.app
1•xeouz•6m ago•0 comments

You don't need Mac mini to run OpenClaw

https://runclaw.sh
1•rutagandasalim•7m ago•0 comments

Learning to Reason in 13 Parameters

https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.04118
1•nicholascarolan•9m ago•0 comments

Convergent Discovery of Critical Phenomena Mathematics Across Disciplines

https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.22389
1•energyscholar•9m ago•1 comments

Ask HN: Will GPU and RAM prices ever go down?

1•alentred•9m ago•0 comments

From hunger to luxury: The story behind the most expensive rice (2025)

https://www.cnn.com/travel/japan-expensive-rice-kinmemai-premium-intl-hnk-dst
2•mooreds•10m ago•0 comments

Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/feb/07/revealed-how-substack-makes-money-from-hosting-nazi...
5•mindracer•11m ago•1 comments

A New Crypto Winter Is Here and Even the Biggest Bulls Aren't Certain Why

https://www.wsj.com/finance/currencies/a-new-crypto-winter-is-here-and-even-the-biggest-bulls-are...
1•thm•11m ago•0 comments

Moltbook was peak AI theater

https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/02/06/1132448/moltbook-was-peak-ai-theater/
1•Brajeshwar•12m ago•0 comments

Why Claude Cowork is a math problem Indian IT can't solve

https://restofworld.org/2026/indian-it-ai-stock-crash-claude-cowork/
1•Brajeshwar•12m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Built an space travel calculator with vanilla JavaScript v2

https://www.cosmicodometer.space/
2•captainnemo729•12m ago•0 comments

Why a 175-Year-Old Glassmaker Is Suddenly an AI Superstar

https://www.wsj.com/tech/corning-fiber-optics-ai-e045ba3b
1•Brajeshwar•12m ago•0 comments

Micro-Front Ends in 2026: Architecture Win or Enterprise Tax?

https://iocombats.com/blogs/micro-frontends-in-2026
1•ghazikhan205•15m ago•0 comments

These White-Collar Workers Actually Made the Switch to a Trade

https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/white-collar-mid-career-trades-caca4b5f
1•impish9208•15m ago•1 comments

The Wonder Drug That's Plaguing Sports

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/us/ostarine-olympics-doping.html
1•mooreds•15m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Which chef knife steels are good? Data from 540 Reddit tread

https://new.knife.day/blog/reddit-steel-sentiment-analysis
1•p-s-v•16m ago•0 comments

Federated Credential Management (FedCM)

https://ciamweekly.substack.com/p/federated-credential-management-fedcm
1•mooreds•16m ago•0 comments

Token-to-Credit Conversion: Avoiding Floating-Point Errors in AI Billing Systems

https://app.writtte.com/read/kZ8Kj6R
1•lasgawe•16m ago•1 comments

The Story of Heroku (2022)

https://leerob.com/heroku
1•tosh•16m ago•0 comments

Obey the Testing Goat

https://www.obeythetestinggoat.com/
1•mkl95•17m ago•0 comments

Claude Opus 4.6 extends LLM pareto frontier

https://michaelshi.me/pareto/
1•mikeshi42•18m ago•0 comments

Brute Force Colors (2022)

https://arnaud-carre.github.io/2022-12-30-amiga-ham/
1•erickhill•21m ago•0 comments

Google Translate apparently vulnerable to prompt injection

https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/tAh2keDNEEHMXvLvz/prompt-injection-in-google-translate-reveals-ba...
1•julkali•21m ago•0 comments

(Bsky thread) "This turns the maintainer into an unwitting vibe coder"

https://bsky.app/profile/fullmoon.id/post/3meadfaulhk2s
1•todsacerdoti•22m ago•0 comments

Software development is undergoing a Renaissance in front of our eyes

https://twitter.com/gdb/status/2019566641491963946
1•tosh•22m ago•0 comments

Can you beat ensloppification? I made a quiz for Wikipedia's Signs of AI Writing

https://tryward.app/aiquiz
1•bennydog224•23m ago•1 comments
Open in hackernews

Show HN: I created a tool to design and create foamcore inserts for boardgames

https://boxinsertdesigner.com/
53•Rabidgremlin•1mo ago
As a holiday project to test out spec first development using Codex CLI, I ended up creating https://boxinsertdesigner.com/

It lets you design a box insert in 2D and spits out a cutting list.

I'm looking for feedback, bugs, feature ideas etc and figured this would be a good place to find it :)

Comments

sokoloff•1mo ago
A sample (or a small portfolio of sample) images would help people grasp what this does. Or a sample project.

(It’s not like it’s super-complicated, but people like pictures.)

hamburglar•1mo ago
Definitely needs a landing page with samples because I can’t figure out what this is and I’m on a phone and really the only information I’m presented with is that it kinda doesn’t work on a phone.
Rabidgremlin•4w ago
It should hopefully work better on a phone/tablet now. I'm planning on adding a video soo showing how to use the app and what it does... but you can check out https://www.reddit.com/r/boxinsertdesigner/ for examples
Rabidgremlin•4w ago
yep, agree
stavros•1mo ago
This looks nice! Why don't the dividers snap to the closest edge automatically? Feels like that's a lot of manual labor that could just be done automatically.

Is there a way to output an SVG? I'd love to send this to my laser or CNC cutter and have it cut automatically.

Rabidgremlin•4w ago
It does snap but it was a bit iffy. I have improved it so give it a try.

Re SVG export it is on the list.

duttish•1mo ago
You could let people post public inserts for specific games, start building up a library.
RyanOD•1mo ago
Yes to this.

Why should more than one person create a layout for Risk, for example? Start storing these in a library, bearing in mind that most games have multiple releases with their own specs. Think of a site like Thingiverse.

Rabidgremlin•4w ago
Interesting idea. Definitely something I could add.
traverseda•1mo ago
Lots of suggestions already, my only suggestion is that it would be nice if this could generate tabs and slots. I'm more likely to laser cut or 3D print inserts, so a tab and slot would make assembly easier.

Well that and to generate STL files for 3D printing.

Rabidgremlin•4w ago
Yeah... I had that tabs/slots and STL on my list but lot priority
throwoutway•1mo ago
I didn't know what foamcore inserts were until now, bu tthis is useful. I have lots of broken boardgame boxes
dbrother•1mo ago
Same here, its pretty cool!
Rabidgremlin•4w ago
Welcome to a whole new obsession!
awithrow•1mo ago
It'd be great to have some preset box sizes for some common games and maybe some pre-done layouts. Now that I'm thinking about it, some game elements would be handy to build around, ie a deck of cards or similar.
Rabidgremlin•4w ago
Nice idea. Will add it to the list
gwynforthewyn•1mo ago
That site's so damn responsive! What are you using to build it?
wenngle•1mo ago
Not OP, but the design screams Bootstrap, and it looks like Bootstrap 5 is bundled in their CSS.
Rabidgremlin•4w ago
Yep it is Bootstrap. Well bootstrap-react to be more precise.
Rabidgremlin•4w ago
The site was actually built as an experiment on "spec first" coding with AI agents... in this case using Codex CLI. Underlying tech is Typescript, React, Zustard (for state), Bootstrap (for layout/components) and Konva JS (for 2D canvas) and vite for building/bundling. Deployed to AWS S3 bucket fronted by AWS cloud front using Github actions.
sejje•1mo ago
I can't find a photo of what it does. I'm on mobile so I can't use it according to your popup.

Your subreddit also doesn't include even one photo or screenshot. I would expect to see both for this product.

Is it useful? I don't even know what it does yet.

kwanbix•1mo ago
Was thinking exactly the same.
Rabidgremlin•4w ago
I'll hopefully get a video up soon
sfRattan•1mo ago
Very neat tool!

I've looked into cutting foam for board game storage, but I don't love the 5mm or so thickness. For games with lots of different little bits and pieces, the many walls to divide many containers add up and take a surprising amount of space inside the game's box.

Short of 3D printing storage solutions, I've found an online tuck-box generator for decks of cards of any size that looks neat, and another site with advice for assembling them:

Tuckbox Generator: https://www.cpforbes.net/tuckbox/tuckbox.cgi

Tuckbox Assembly Advice: https://www.ee0r.com/boxes/index.html

Rabidgremlin•4w ago
Yeah, foam core is easy to work with but a bit thick. The tool does let you set the thickness in the project properties so you may be have some luck setting it to be thinner.
abrookewood•1mo ago
You really need some samples, examples or visual on the home page.
Rabidgremlin•4w ago
I'm planning on adding a video.
hn92726819•1mo ago
For anyone (like me) wondering what this is. Foamcore is foam with paper on each end (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foamcore)

Looks like people use it to organize board games: https://www.orderofgamers.com/abomination-foamcore-v1/

sejje•1mo ago
Why did you abandon your own thread, OP?
Rabidgremlin•4w ago
eek, I forgot I had posted here and got distracted with the holidays.... will start to respond now..