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France's homegrown open source online office suite

https://github.com/suitenumerique
379•nar001•3h ago•183 comments

British drivers over 70 to face eye tests every three years

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c205nxy0p31o
109•bookofjoe•1h ago•87 comments

Start all of your commands with a comma (2009)

https://rhodesmill.org/brandon/2009/commands-with-comma/
421•theblazehen•2d ago•152 comments

Hoot: Scheme on WebAssembly

https://www.spritely.institute/hoot/
81•AlexeyBrin•5h ago•15 comments

Stories from 25 Years of Software Development

https://susam.net/twenty-five-years-of-computing.html
28•vinhnx•2h ago•4 comments

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

https://openciv3.org/
773•klaussilveira•19h ago•240 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/
14•thelok•1h ago•0 comments

First Proof

https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.05192
34•samasblack•1h ago•19 comments

Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback

https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.12501
50•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...
1021•xnx•1d ago•581 comments

Coding agents have replaced every framework I used

https://blog.alaindichiappari.dev/p/software-engineering-is-back
159•alainrk•4h ago•204 comments

Vocal Guide – belt sing without killing yourself

https://jesperordrup.github.io/vocal-guide/
160•jesperordrup•9h ago•59 comments

Software Factories and the Agentic Moment

https://factory.strongdm.ai/
11•mellosouls•2h ago•11 comments

72M Points of Interest

https://tech.marksblogg.com/overture-places-pois.html
10•marklit•5d ago•0 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•26 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
17•rbanffy•4d ago•0 comments

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

https://simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/7/software-factory/
8•simonw•1h ago•3 comments

Ga68, a GNU Algol 68 Compiler

https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/PEXRTN-ga68-intro/
35•matt_d•4d ago•9 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

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

https://github.com/valdanylchuk/breezydemo
261•isitcontent•19h ago•33 comments

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

https://github.com/pydantic/monty
275•dmpetrov•20h ago•145 comments

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

https://github.com/sandys/kappal
15•sandGorgon•2d ago•3 comments

Hackers (1995) Animated Experience

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

Sheldon Brown's Bicycle Technical Info

https://www.sheldonbrown.com/
417•ostacke•1d ago•108 comments

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

https://vecti.com
361•vecti•21h ago•161 comments

What Is Ruliology?

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

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

https://eljojo.github.io/rememory/
334•eljojo•22h ago•206 comments

An Update on Heroku

https://www.heroku.com/blog/an-update-on-heroku/
456•lstoll•1d ago•298 comments

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

https://github.com/microsoft/litebox
371•aktau•1d ago•195 comments

Google staff call for firm to cut ties with ICE

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgjg98vmzjo
107•tartoran•2h ago•30 comments
Open in hackernews

Show HN: MapScroll – Map a story from one prompt

https://www.mapscroll.ai/
10•shekharupadhaya•6mo ago
Hi HN,

I built this after getting frustrated trying to map out things like “Ancient mayan ruins” or “James Bond movie locations” on Google "My" Maps. You basically have to drop pins manually, hunt down photos, copy links, it’s slow and never feels like an actual story.

With MapScroll, you just type something like “Marco Polo’s route” or “forgotten WWII sites in France”, and it geocodes, grabs images + articles, and plots everything into a shareable story map. Each marker comes with a little gallery and sources tied to your prompt. You can also refine the first draft which AI creates before sharing, because good maps are all about precision

I’m still tweaking things. Happy to hear edge cases or annoyances.

Give it a try: https://mapscroll.ai/

Comments

rco8786•6mo ago
It's a neat idea, but having a hard time getting useful results (the forever plight of AI). I asked about a road trip from Atlanta to Houston with 3-5 interesting stops along the way. First it sent me to south Georgia, then to northern Alabama, then finally going west. I asked it to refine and it sent me east to Augusta and then 500+ miles past Houston to a steakhouse.
shekharupadhaya•6mo ago
Thank you for the feedback! I completely get what you mean. This is exactly the issue with open-ended discovery use cases, the AI just isn’t at a point yet where it can be fully trusted for stuff like road trips or similar things. It’s also kind of an open question on which use cases can be sharper and which ones the AI will completely mess up.

That’s why I’m positioning this more as a way to curate map-based content, where the AI is tasked with plotting something using the supporting data from your prompt, so it can give a more precise first draft. Then it can be refined more using the edit feature before sharing it with confidence. Instead of expecting it to magically handle any random map question. That whole space of “unknown unknowns” still needs to be explored.

Not sure I explained that perfectly, but I’m figuring it out too. Definitely needs more brainstorming and experimentation.

ibdf•6mo ago
As a person who loves to research where I am going and what's on the way there.. this could save me a lot of time. It's not 100% accurate, but good enough for researching a trip, or locating places mentioned in an article.
shekharupadhaya•6mo ago
Yes exactly! That’s pretty much how I see it too. As of now, it’s not going to give you a perfect map every time, but if you’re researching a trip or trying to quickly plot places from an article (either pasted snippet or from web search agent), it does save a ton of manual hunting. I’m hoping the refine + reorder features make it even easier to dial it in. Thanks for sharing how you’d use it.
yamatokaneko•6mo ago
I tried your example prompt with “Create a 1-week itinerary for XX trip” and was really happy with the results!

It mapped out which day to visit where, which is usually the hardest part to visualize when planning.

It reminded me of the first time I played around with Airbnb’s map + search UI.

shekharupadhaya•6mo ago
Thanks for giving it a try. Appreciate it!
blinding-streak•6mo ago
Needs a demo of what a sample looks like.
shekharupadhaya•6mo ago
Hi! Here are some examples you can check. (:

30 days Japan Itinerary: https://www.mapscroll.ai/post?queryId=iP7i2n4SDeQGB6wZUglv Active Volcanoes in Iceland: https://www.mapscroll.ai/post?queryId=s0qscaLHkRm53oxngIBS Casino Royale Film locations: https://www.mapscroll.ai/post?queryId=mswdiyxJRGYtRKGiPHVR