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Valen: A multimodal decision model inspired by Jev

https://github.com/Liuziyu77/Valen
1•taylorfinley•1m ago•0 comments

The Murky History of Soviet-Born Tetris

https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-bizarre-murky-history-of-soviet-born-tetris/
1•EA-3167•4m ago•0 comments

GitLab Outage

https://status.gitlab.com/
7•kunley•5m ago•2 comments

Show HN: Jev-browse – browser sub-tasks for coding agents at ~1/3 the cost

https://github.com/danielnc/jev-browse
1•danielnc•8m ago•0 comments

It's sinister that Meta's Muse AI mascot is so cute

https://www.theverge.com/column/999999/optimizer-meta-muse-ai-cute
1•colinprince•8m ago•0 comments

MentalHealthBench

https://openai.com/index/introducing-mentalhealthbench/
1•gmays•10m ago•0 comments

CTNicholas Multiplayer-Coding-Agents

https://github.com/CTNicholas/multiplayer-coding-agents
1•handfuloflight•10m ago•0 comments

Special police to investigate threats to democracy, Swedish election fraud

https://kvartal.se/jesperandersson/artiklar/misstankt-valbrott-i-malmo-flyttar-till-specialenhet/...
1•try-working•12m ago•1 comments

Launching FreeBSD/EC2 Desktop AMIs

https://www.daemonology.net/blog/2026-09-24-Launching-FreeBSD-EC2-desktop-AMIs.html
1•cperciva•12m ago•0 comments

Turbocharging Your Python Workflow

https://medium.com/@therealcomtom/turbocharging-your-python-workflow-315dd52e14fe
1•comtom•13m ago•0 comments

Award-Winning French Author Accused of Using AI to Write Debut Novel

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/thelyson-orelien-ai-scandal-9.7355167
1•BiraIgnacio•13m ago•0 comments

Zuse: Open-Source Cloud Agents

https://github.com/swarajbachu/zuse
1•handfuloflight•15m ago•0 comments

Cal Newport: Here's What to Ask A.I. Leaders

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/opinion/congress-ai-sam-altman.html
1•johnny313•15m ago•0 comments

One API for Frontier Media Models

https://blog.comfy.org/p/introducing-comfy-router-one-api
1•gmays•18m ago•0 comments

Welcome to the Age of Listening Devices

https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/article/welcome-to-the-age-of-listening-devices-144845987.html
2•hn_acker•18m ago•1 comments

Interesting QA Career building book with interview tips

https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/979-8-8688-2166-0
1•qaprof•19m ago•0 comments

Building an Ultra-High Throughput AI-SQL Engine

https://fsdatalab.github.io/blog/introducing-quail/
1•matt_d•20m ago•0 comments

Goldman reaped more than $200M in fees from hedge fund Situational Awareness

https://www.ft.com/content/bdec4129-ccac-4149-aa53-90ddd50cb925
1•JumpCrisscross•20m ago•0 comments

Bushmen

https://mapwriting.substack.com/p/why-i-cant-stop-thinking-about-the
1•chandlerh•21m ago•0 comments

Mini Test Planning: How to add rigor without slowing down QA

https://www.qawithahmed.com/mini-test-planning-how-to-add-rigor-without-slowing-down-qa-2/
1•qaprof•21m ago•0 comments

Internet domain subprocess.run redirects to the Python docs for subprocess.run()

1•theanonymousone•22m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Sprocket – A bioinformatics workflow engine in Rust, from St. Jude

https://sprocket.bio/
1•clmcleod•23m ago•0 comments

DraftKings Is Using AI to Supercharge the Harms of Online Behavioral Advertising

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/09/draftkings-using-ai-supercharge-harms-online-behavioral-adv...
3•hn_acker•24m ago•0 comments

A24, Sony, or the New York Times May Soon Swallow Letterboxd

https://gizmodo.com/a24-sony-or-the-new-york-times-may-soon-swallow-letterboxd-2000817016
1•rdmuser•25m ago•0 comments

Lessons for Software Developers from Heinlein (2009)

https://www.computerworld.com/article/1449456/7-lessons-for-software-developers-from-heinlein.html
1•mooreds•25m ago•0 comments

How to Own a 3-Year Technical Roadmap (and Get the Time to Execute It)

https://vikmodi.medium.com/how-to-own-a-3-year-technical-roadmap-and-get-the-time-to-execute-it-9...
1•mooreds•26m ago•0 comments

Blondin's Assignment America (1997)

https://www.blondins.com/
1•mooreds•27m ago•0 comments

The Antitrust Problem with Meta's Settlement with the States

https://www.techdirt.com/2026/09/24/the-antitrust-problem-with-metas-settlement-with-the-states/
3•hn_acker•27m ago•0 comments

The model observes, a table decides: keeping an LLM out of pet triage

https://tailstory-app.com/en/blog/model-observes-table-decides
1•Mohsentr•27m ago•0 comments

It's called Luxir, it's open source from Yonik Seeley

https://yonik.com/blog/introducing-luxir/
1•nlllrt90•28m ago•1 comments
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Ask HN: Does a startup need both founder and company X accounts?

2•OnionLayers•37m ago
We are a small team. We recently launched an early-stage product on the App Store and started trying to build in public on X. In practice, I found it pretty difficult to get the official product account off the ground. X seems to rely heavily on engagement from existing followers to determine whether a post gets distributed more widely. It doesn't simply push content to a large audience of strangers just because certain hashtags are used. This creates a vicious cycle: without followers, it’s hard to get engagement; without engagement, the content rarely reaches a wider audience; and without that reach, it becomes even harder to gain new followers. This issue is particularly pronounced for a newly created official account that lacks a strong, distinct personal identity behind it. The content that can be posted via an official account appears somewhat limited. In contrast, a founder's personal account seems better suited for sharing the thinking behind the product; often, people begin following the product only after first getting to know and trusting the founder. We are currently considering maintaining two accounts simultaneously: - The founder's account will focus on personal insights, product-related perspectives, etc. - The official account will focus on product demo, version updates, usage instructions, etc. I’m not sure if this is the most sensible approach for an early-stage team. Time and content resources are limited, and managing two accounts simultaneously might spread the team too thin. I’m also wondering how a founder’s account can naturally generate interest in the product without making the content feel like a blatant promotion. I’d like to ask founders who are building their own products: 1. Do you maintain both a personal founder account and an official product account? 2. What kind of content do you post on each account? 3. How does the founder’s account naturally attract attention to the product without seeming like it’s constantly advertising? I’m particularly interested in hearing about your actual experiences. Thanks!