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Tiny C Compiler

https://bellard.org/tcc/
74•guerrilla•2h ago•33 comments

SectorC: A C Compiler in 512 bytes

https://xorvoid.com/sectorc.html
160•valyala•6h ago•29 comments

The F Word

http://muratbuffalo.blogspot.com/2026/02/friction.html
88•zdw•3d ago•39 comments

Speed up responses with fast mode

https://code.claude.com/docs/en/fast-mode
97•surprisetalk•5h ago•98 comments

Brookhaven Lab's RHIC concludes 25-year run with final collisions

https://www.hpcwire.com/off-the-wire/brookhaven-labs-rhic-concludes-25-year-run-with-final-collis...
39•gnufx•4h ago•43 comments

You Are Here

https://brooker.co.za/blog/2026/02/07/you-are-here.html
46•mltvc•2h ago•57 comments

Software factories and the agentic moment

https://factory.strongdm.ai/
122•mellosouls•8h ago•254 comments

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

https://openciv3.org/
870•klaussilveira•1d ago•266 comments

Hoot: Scheme on WebAssembly

https://www.spritely.institute/hoot/
162•AlexeyBrin•11h ago•29 comments

Stories from 25 Years of Software Development

https://susam.net/twenty-five-years-of-computing.html
120•vinhnx•9h ago•14 comments

FDA intends to take action against non-FDA-approved GLP-1 drugs

https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-intends-take-action-against-non-fda-appro...
45•randycupertino•1h ago•45 comments

Show HN: Browser based state machine simulator and visualizer

https://svylabs.github.io/smac-viz/
6•sridhar87•4d ago•2 comments

First Proof

https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.05192
86•samasblack•8h ago•60 comments

Show HN: A luma dependent chroma compression algorithm (image compression)

https://www.bitsnbites.eu/a-spatial-domain-variable-block-size-luma-dependent-chroma-compression-...
24•mbitsnbites•3d ago•1 comments

Al Lowe on model trains, funny deaths and working with Disney

https://spillhistorie.no/2026/02/06/interview-with-sierra-veteran-al-lowe/
76•thelok•8h ago•15 comments

Vocal Guide – belt sing without killing yourself

https://jesperordrup.github.io/vocal-guide/
256•jesperordrup•16h ago•84 comments

I write games in C (yes, C) (2016)

https://jonathanwhiting.com/writing/blog/games_in_c/
157•valyala•6h ago•137 comments

Start all of your commands with a comma (2009)

https://rhodesmill.org/brandon/2009/commands-with-comma/
541•theblazehen•3d ago•198 comments

Show HN: I saw this cool navigation reveal, so I made a simple HTML+CSS version

https://github.com/Momciloo/fun-with-clip-path
43•momciloo•6h ago•6 comments

The AI boom is causing shortages everywhere else

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/02/07/ai-spending-economy-shortages/
224•1vuio0pswjnm7•12h ago•347 comments

Microsoft account bugs locked me out of Notepad – Are thin clients ruining PCs?

https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/windows-locked-me-out-of-notepad-is-the-thin-...
63•josephcsible•4h ago•78 comments

Selection rather than prediction

https://voratiq.com/blog/selection-rather-than-prediction/
19•languid-photic•4d ago•5 comments

Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback

https://rlhfbook.com/
104•onurkanbkrc•11h ago•5 comments

72M Points of Interest

https://tech.marksblogg.com/overture-places-pois.html
45•marklit•5d ago•6 comments

Unseen Footage of Atari Battlezone Arcade Cabinet Production

https://arcadeblogger.com/2026/02/02/unseen-footage-of-atari-battlezone-cabinet-production/
130•videotopia•4d ago•42 comments

Coding agents have replaced every framework I used

https://blog.alaindichiappari.dev/p/software-engineering-is-back
284•alainrk•10h ago•464 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
54•rbanffy•4d ago•15 comments

France's homegrown open source online office suite

https://github.com/suitenumerique
664•nar001•10h ago•288 comments

Where did all the starships go?

https://www.datawrapper.de/blog/science-fiction-decline
113•speckx•4d ago•156 comments

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

https://github.com/sandys/kappal
42•sandGorgon•2d ago•17 comments
Open in hackernews

Magentic-UI: Towards Human-in-the-Loop Agentic Systems

https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.22358
38•fitzn•6mo ago

Comments

munafassaf•6mo ago
https://github.com/microsoft/magentic-ui
justanotherunit•6mo ago
Looks clean and all, but is this “multitask on steroid” actually requested, or is it just another nice demo for how agents can perform tasks etc? I just feel stressed that I have multiple tasks ongoing that I would require to switch context between every time anything needs input or fails to deliver what I fundamentally requested.
gedy•6mo ago
This seems to be the wet dream of mgmt leader types. It's not enough that AI/LLM tools make tasks more efficient, or quicker - it's their people can then be just as busy with these tools.

My feeling is: buzz off, this is like orgs now where the quickest people just get more work piled on for little gain.

I gladly use tools that give me some breathing room, and gives me some time to think about improvements, the future, etc. But will actively drag my feet if mgmt starts mandating these tools be used to shovel more tasks, tickets, or busy work at me.

justanotherunit•6mo ago
Agreed, and I guess we can only pray that I won’t come to that.

I want the tools to enhance my current workflow and make me better/more accurate at what I am good at. I feel that develops me as a person as well.

Edmond•6mo ago
In other words a case for the "Intelligent Workspace":

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44627910

In lieu of chatbots as the primary means of working with AI.

This is an approach that is human centered and intended to accommodate a wide array of possible use cases where human interaction/engagement is essential for getting work done.

Integrating human-in-loop tooling: https://youtu.be/srG5Ze7mS7s

olivermuty•6mo ago
Incredibly weak to not seize the opportunity to name this «Mangentic» :D
cadamsdotcom•6mo ago
There’s room in the world for a startup whose tech lets AI agents request tasks be done by a human.

Upon a request being sent, one human from an army of anonymous humans gets given say, access to the agent’s browser that’s stuck, plus a description of what to do (“finish booking this flight, here’s what my user asked of me”). And they do the job and click “completed” which hands back to the agent, then move on to their next assignment (or go idle in a queue)

Dystopian, but bound to happen.

HatchedLake721•6mo ago
AI offloading tasks to Mechanical Turk
adamesque•6mo ago
Much better version of the paper here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/magentic-ui-an...