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Two Years of Emacs Solo: 35 Modules, Zero External Packages, and a Full Refactor

https://www.rahuljuliato.com/posts/emacs-solo-two-years
92•celadevra_•2h ago•15 comments

Building a Procedural Hex Map with Wave Function Collapse

https://felixturner.github.io/hex-map-wfc/article/
407•imadr•10h ago•61 comments

Show HN: Remotely use my guitar tuner

https://realtuner.online/
89•smith-kyle•3d ago•22 comments

The “JVG algorithm” only wins on tiny numbers

https://scottaaronson.blog/?p=9615
35•jhalderm•2h ago•17 comments

JSLinux Now Supports x86_64

https://bellard.org/jslinux/
260•TechTechTech•10h ago•73 comments

Is legal the same as legitimate: AI reimplementation and the erosion of copyleft

https://writings.hongminhee.org/2026/03/legal-vs-legitimate/
368•dahlia•11h ago•397 comments

Darkrealms BBS

http://www.darkrealms.ca/
41•TigerUniversity•3d ago•6 comments

The first airplane fatality

https://www.amusingplanet.com/2026/03/thomas-selfridge-first-airplane-fatality.html
62•Hooke•6h ago•13 comments

Launch HN: Terminal Use (YC W26) – Vercel for filesystem-based agents

92•filipbalucha•10h ago•59 comments

DARPA’s new X-76

https://www.darpa.mil/news/2026/darpa-new-x-76-speed-of-jet-freedom-of-helicopter
166•newer_vienna•10h ago•159 comments

So you want to write an “app” (2025)

https://arcanenibble.github.io/so-you-want-to-write-an-app.html
69•jmusall•6h ago•33 comments

Oracle is building yesterday's data centers with tomorrow's debt

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/09/oracle-is-building-yesterdays-data-centers-with-tomorrows-debt.html
247•spenvo•6h ago•135 comments

Show HN: The Mog Programming Language

https://moglang.org
123•belisarius222•9h ago•63 comments

Florida judge rules red light camera tickets are unconstitutional

https://cbs12.com/news/local/florida-news-judge-rules-red-light-camera-tickets-unconstitutional
358•1970-01-01•9h ago•470 comments

Bluesky CEO Jay Graber is stepping down

https://bsky.social/about/blog/03-09-2026-a-new-chapter-for-bluesky
321•minimaxir•7h ago•287 comments

Show HN: Hopalong Attractor. An old classic with a new perspective in 3D

https://github.com/ratwolfzero/hopalong_python
4•ratwolf•3d ago•0 comments

Show HN: DenchClaw – Local CRM on Top of OpenClaw

https://github.com/DenchHQ/DenchClaw
95•kumar_abhirup•12h ago•88 comments

Notes on Baking at the South Pole

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/the-most-beautiful-freezer-in-the-world
39•mitchbob•7h ago•13 comments

No leap second will be introduced at the end of June 2026

https://lists.iana.org/hyperkitty/list/tz@iana.org/thread/P6D36VZSZBUSSTSMZKFXKF4T4IXWN23P/
82•speckx•14h ago•86 comments

Flash media longevity testing – 6 years later

https://old.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/1q6xnun/flash_media_longevity_testing_6_years_later/
137•1970-01-01•1d ago•76 comments

Ireland shuts last coal plant, becomes 15th coal-free country in Europe (2025)

https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/06/20/ireland-coal-free-ends-coal-power-generation-moneypoint/
887•robin_reala•16h ago•539 comments

An opinionated take on how to do important research that matters

https://nicholas.carlini.com/writing/2026/how-to-win-a-best-paper-award.html
86•mad•10h ago•18 comments

Fixfest is a global gathering of repairers, tinkerers, and activists

https://fixfest.therestartproject.org/
156•robtherobber•9h ago•19 comments

Reverse-engineering the UniFi inform protocol

https://tamarack.cloud/blog/reverse-engineering-unifi-inform-protocol
152•baconomatic•14h ago•60 comments

Durdraw – ANSI art editor for Unix-like systems

https://durdraw.org/
50•caminanteblanco•8h ago•18 comments

I don't know Apple's endgame for the Fn/Globe key–or if Apple does

https://aresluna.org/fn/
67•tambourine_man•10h ago•17 comments

Restoring a Sun SPARCstation IPX part 1: PSU and NVRAM (2020)

https://www.rs-online.com/designspark/restoring-a-sun-sparcstation-ipx-part-1-psu-and-nvram
95•ibobev•11h ago•53 comments

Rethinking Syntax: Binding by Adjacency

https://github.com/manifold-systems/manifold/blob/master/docs/articles/binding_exprs.md
42•owlstuffing•1d ago•17 comments

Velxio, Arduino Emulator

https://velxio.dev/
48•dmonterocrespo•1d ago•18 comments

Algebraic topology: knots links and braids

https://aeb.win.tue.nl/at/algtop-5.html
77•marysminefnuf•12h ago•10 comments
Open in hackernews

How to Vibe Code a Logomaker in 10 Days

https://medium.com/@johnnyfived/how-to-vibe-code-a-logomaker-in-10-days-llms-can-they-build-it-b744209e350b
8•johnnyfived•10mo ago

Comments

johnnyfived•10mo ago
Logomaker (https://github.com/manicinc/logomaker) is a web and desktop app designed and developed entirely by LLMs over a period of 10 days, to see how far vibe coding can take you.

Try the app free forever on GitHub pages: https://manicinc.github.io/logomaker/.

okokwhatever•10mo ago
I just came to bring the calculator for all the hate you're going to receive. Popcorn.
chmod775•10mo ago
Was the AI playing codegolf? I'm used to AI writing needlessly verbose code and confusing itself with its own comments. This is the polar opposite, but equally horrifying.

Is it a strategy to fit more code into its context window?

https://github.com/manicinc/logomaker/blob/master/js/fontMan...

It's rather impressive because the result works.

dockercompost•10mo ago
Oh god that's gnarly. I'm pretty sure you're right about it being a strategy to fit more into the context window. Prior to Windsurf changing their credit system I'd thought about purposefully limiting my file lengths to fit under multiples of 100 to use fewer of the defunct flow credits.
johnnyfived•10mo ago
Great catch, I noticed this with Gemini specifically, while GPT-4o and Claude would just insert placeholders. Gemini would actually enforce generating full scripts by means like this. And higher-level logic looks human-readable, though this might be because I prompted Gemini multiple times to make more usable code.
matt_heimer•10mo ago
Seems about right for AI generated code. It breaks words on any letter and on mobile the default text "Manic" ends up as:

Mani

c

Switching to desktop view doesn't cause the default text to wrap... So I guess you get different logo generation depending on browser size? Or at least different previews.

I'd expect a logo generator to never break words in-between letters unless explicitly asked for.

AI generated code is useful but it shouldn't be trusted to be complete.

dgfitz•10mo ago
I have the same result.

My only thought was: if my employer paid me for 2 weeks (10 days) of work and this is what popped out the other end, I would be looking for a new employer, this isn’t acceptable where I work.

lukev•10mo ago
I hate this app and I hate its code.

I think the fact that this can happen at all is important.

And whoever can contextualize this capability in the context of "real" software development will be the victor.

abetancort•10mo ago
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johnnyfived•10mo ago
And counting
Mountain_Skies•10mo ago
Seems pretty harmless. There's no PII or PCI data. It doesn't interact with the physical world. I'm far more concerned about "vibe" coding being used in situations where it can cause real harm. Human coders can and do make mistakes of that type but there are review processes to catch them. In theory, the same reviews could be used for vibe code but the big appeal of it is cutting out the type of people who can identify and correct such defects.
xnx•10mo ago
Amazingly, Gemini has gotten so good that you can one-shot this: https://g.co/gemini/share/7f98e1145bc0

I was too lazy to prompt it with full requirements, but it did very well for a first attempt with: "Create a single page web app using vanilla javascript that allows the user to enter up to 40 characters of text and has interface controls for many css attributes including: font-family, size, letter-spacing, text-transform, weight, text-decoration, style, padding, rotation, color, border color, animation, etc."