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France's homegrown open source online office suite

https://github.com/suitenumerique
430•nar001•4h ago•204 comments

British drivers over 70 to face eye tests every three years

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c205nxy0p31o
134•bookofjoe•1h ago•113 comments

Start all of your commands with a comma (2009)

https://rhodesmill.org/brandon/2009/commands-with-comma/
438•theblazehen•2d ago•158 comments

Leisure Suit Larry's Al Lowe on model trains, funny deaths and Disney

https://spillhistorie.no/2026/02/06/interview-with-sierra-veteran-al-lowe/
26•thelok•1h ago•2 comments

Hoot: Scheme on WebAssembly

https://www.spritely.institute/hoot/
86•AlexeyBrin•5h ago•17 comments

OpenCiv3: Open-source, cross-platform reimagining of Civilization III

https://openciv3.org/
778•klaussilveira•19h ago•241 comments

Stories from 25 Years of Software Development

https://susam.net/twenty-five-years-of-computing.html
35•vinhnx•3h ago•4 comments

First Proof

https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.05192
38•samasblack•2h ago•24 comments

Software Factories and the Agentic Moment

https://factory.strongdm.ai/
20•mellosouls•2h ago•17 comments

Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback

https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.12501
56•onurkanbkrc•4h ago•3 comments

The Waymo World Model

https://waymo.com/blog/2026/02/the-waymo-world-model-a-new-frontier-for-autonomous-driving-simula...
1027•xnx•1d ago•584 comments

Coding agents have replaced every framework I used

https://blog.alaindichiappari.dev/p/software-engineering-is-back
173•alainrk•4h ago•231 comments

Vocal Guide – belt sing without killing yourself

https://jesperordrup.github.io/vocal-guide/
168•jesperordrup•10h ago•62 comments

A Fresh Look at IBM 3270 Information Display System

https://www.rs-online.com/designspark/a-fresh-look-at-ibm-3270-information-display-system
24•rbanffy•4d ago•5 comments

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

https://simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/7/software-factory/
18•simonw•2h ago•15 comments

Unseen Footage of Atari Battlezone Arcade Cabinet Production

https://arcadeblogger.com/2026/02/02/unseen-footage-of-atari-battlezone-cabinet-production/
103•videotopia•4d ago•27 comments

Vinklu Turns Forgotten Plot in Bucharest into Tiny Coffee Shop

https://design-milk.com/vinklu-turns-forgotten-plot-in-bucharest-into-tiny-coffee-shop/
5•surprisetalk•5d ago•0 comments

72M Points of Interest

https://tech.marksblogg.com/overture-places-pois.html
13•marklit•5d ago•0 comments

Show HN: Look Ma, No Linux: Shell, App Installer, Vi, Cc on ESP32-S3 / BreezyBox

https://github.com/valdanylchuk/breezydemo
265•isitcontent•20h ago•33 comments

Making geo joins faster with H3 indexes

https://floedb.ai/blog/how-we-made-geo-joins-400-faster-with-h3-indexes
152•matheusalmeida•2d ago•42 comments

Monty: A minimal, secure Python interpreter written in Rust for use by AI

https://github.com/pydantic/monty
277•dmpetrov•20h ago•147 comments

Ga68, a GNU Algol 68 Compiler

https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/PEXRTN-ga68-intro/
35•matt_d•4d ago•10 comments

Hackers (1995) Animated Experience

https://hackers-1995.vercel.app/
546•todsacerdoti•1d ago•263 comments

Sheldon Brown's Bicycle Technical Info

https://www.sheldonbrown.com/
419•ostacke•1d ago•110 comments

What Is Ruliology?

https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2026/01/what-is-ruliology/
65•helloplanets•4d ago•69 comments

Show HN: I spent 4 years building a UI design tool with only the features I use

https://vecti.com
364•vecti•22h ago•164 comments

Show HN: If you lose your memory, how to regain access to your computer?

https://eljojo.github.io/rememory/
338•eljojo•22h ago•207 comments

Show HN: Kappal – CLI to Run Docker Compose YML on Kubernetes for Local Dev

https://github.com/sandys/kappal
16•sandGorgon•2d ago•4 comments

An Update on Heroku

https://www.heroku.com/blog/an-update-on-heroku/
457•lstoll•1d ago•301 comments

Microsoft open-sources LiteBox, a security-focused library OS

https://github.com/microsoft/litebox
372•aktau•1d ago•195 comments
Open in hackernews

DropZap World – My falling block game with lasers, released after years of work

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/dropzap-world/id1072858930
30•amichail•7mo ago

Comments

dr_dshiv•7mo ago
Fun and new. I both like and don’t like that I don’t know which actions are going to be effective. Strategy..
Sn0wCoder•7mo ago
Congratulations on the release! Took me a minute to figure out it shows you which color laser you are going to get next. Only passed one level so guessing more to learn with 120 levels. Thanks for sharing.
pil0u•7mo ago
I'm in Europe, the game does not seem to be available here.
Y_Y•7mo ago
You think you have it bad?

I'm in Europe, on Android, had to walk uphill both ways to get here, running Firefox nightly from two weeks into the future, and eight foot deep in snow, barely staying warm by the light of the flamewars.

dave84•7mo ago
DropZap! Blast from the past, congrats on the new release. Not available in Europe though.
FlyingAvatar•7mo ago
Looks cool. I wish there was an explainer video, I was not clear how I beat the first level and I didn't realize there was a move limit until I ran out on level two. If all the numbers at the top had labels, it would help.

Also would be cool if there were sounds. I don't know if that's just because I am playing on my Mac, but it feels like something is missing with all these lasers firing and blocks being destroyed that there is no audio.

jebarker•7mo ago
Congrats! Did you document the development at all?
amichail•7mo ago
The development involved a lot of experimentation with the game mechanics. It felt like research at times.
vh311•7mo ago
Plays nice, congratulations on the release!

If this catches on, I think that the game could use an update in graphics at some point. Good job overall though and best of luck :)

NoPicklez•7mo ago
If anyone is out there is listening, I want an updated version of GeoDefense.

Such a good game

xenator•7mo ago
Unfortunately is not available in my region.

I never released anything in App Store. Can somebody explain why do people not just check all countries and publish everywhere? Is there any reason to not to release worldwide?

oweiler•7mo ago
Reminds me of a game I've played on C64 AS a kid.
toolongfoo•7mo ago
Lazer maze?
doodpants•7mo ago
Wow, the original DropZap was one of my favorite iOS games ever! I was able to keep playing it for years after the final release, because I didn't upgrade my phone for a long time. By the time I stopped playing I was #1 or #2 on most of the leaderboards. I definitely have to check this new one out...

[Announcer: Thirty minutes later]

...subscription pricing only? Automatic delete. :-( If there were a one-time purchase option of, say, $10, I'd be willing to pay it.

amichail•7mo ago
You don't need to subscribe to play. The subscriptions are for removing the life regeneration delays.
doodpants•7mo ago
Yes, I understand that. Let me play the game as much as I want without enforced delays, without having to pay a recurring subscription price. I'll gladly pay a one-time cost for that.
amichail•7mo ago
I need more time to think about that. But for now, would you like an offer code that would give you a year with infinite lives?
doodpants•7mo ago
Sure, I'd accept that for now.
amichail•7mo ago
Offer code for doodpants: https://apps.apple.com/redeem?ctx=offercodes&id=1072858930&c...