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Tiny C Compiler

https://bellard.org/tcc/
141•guerrilla•5h ago•63 comments

Show HN: LocalGPT – A local-first AI assistant in Rust with persistent memory

https://github.com/localgpt-app/localgpt
20•yi_wang•1h ago•4 comments

SectorC: A C Compiler in 512 bytes

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222•valyala•9h ago•42 comments

Speed up responses with fast mode

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128•surprisetalk•8h ago•138 comments

Software factories and the agentic moment

https://factory.strongdm.ai/
161•mellosouls•11h ago•319 comments

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

https://openciv3.org/
896•klaussilveira•1d ago•273 comments

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

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51•gnufx•7h ago•52 comments

Stories from 25 Years of Software Development

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145•vinhnx•12h ago•16 comments

Hoot: Scheme on WebAssembly

https://www.spritely.institute/hoot/
170•AlexeyBrin•14h ago•30 comments

Show HN: Craftplan – Elixir-based micro-ERP for small-scale manufacturers

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15•deofoo•4d ago•3 comments

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

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83•randycupertino•4h ago•167 comments

First Proof

https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.05192
110•samasblack•11h ago•70 comments

Vocal Guide – belt sing without killing yourself

https://jesperordrup.github.io/vocal-guide/
282•jesperordrup•19h ago•92 comments

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

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62•momciloo•9h ago•12 comments

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

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93•thelok•11h ago•20 comments

The F Word

http://muratbuffalo.blogspot.com/2026/02/friction.html
104•zdw•3d ago•52 comments

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

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31•mbitsnbites•3d ago•2 comments

Start all of your commands with a comma (2009)

https://rhodesmill.org/brandon/2009/commands-with-comma/
560•theblazehen•3d ago•206 comments

IBM Beam Spring: The Ultimate Retro Keyboard

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5•rbanffy•4d ago•0 comments

Eigen: Building a Workspace

https://reindernijhoff.net/2025/10/eigen-building-a-workspace/
9•todsacerdoti•4d ago•2 comments

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

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109•josephcsible•7h ago•128 comments

The AI boom is causing shortages everywhere else

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/02/07/ai-spending-economy-shortages/
264•1vuio0pswjnm7•15h ago•445 comments

Selection rather than prediction

https://voratiq.com/blog/selection-rather-than-prediction/
28•languid-photic•4d ago•9 comments

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

https://jonathanwhiting.com/writing/blog/games_in_c/
175•valyala•9h ago•165 comments

Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback

https://rlhfbook.com/
114•onurkanbkrc•14h ago•5 comments

Unseen Footage of Atari Battlezone Arcade Cabinet Production

https://arcadeblogger.com/2026/02/02/unseen-footage-of-atari-battlezone-cabinet-production/
142•videotopia•4d ago•47 comments

Learning from context is harder than we thought

https://hy.tencent.com/research/100025?langVersion=en
223•limoce•4d ago•124 comments

Where did all the starships go?

https://www.datawrapper.de/blog/science-fiction-decline
133•speckx•4d ago•210 comments

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

https://github.com/valdanylchuk/breezydemo
297•isitcontent•1d ago•39 comments

Hackers (1995) Animated Experience

https://hackers-1995.vercel.app/
579•todsacerdoti•1d ago•280 comments
Open in hackernews

Seed7 – Extensible Programming Language

https://seed7.net
96•0x54MUR41•6mo ago

Comments

emmelaich•6mo ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seed7
helix278•6mo ago
Although I'm more of a functional programmer and ADT addict, I still find this language appealing. Reading the manual, it feels like a lot of correct design decision have been made, contrary to languages like C++. Most notably for me: 1) Memory allocation and reference is restricted, leading to less problems with memory management. 2) Syntax is more flexible, allowing for higher levels of abstraction.
johnisgood•6mo ago
Looks interesting.
pepoluan•6mo ago
"Hello World" really needs to be retired, and "99 Bottles of Beer" should really be a mandatory example program.
codr7•6mo ago
I hereby cast my vote for naive recursive Fibonacci.

https://github.com/codr7/shi#language

Someone•6mo ago
Why? I would try to find a short program that’s somewhat similar to typical real-world code. I wouldn’t know what my #1 choice for that would be, but naive recursive Fibonacci, it would not be.

https://www.swift.org/ has better examples: simple web apps, CLI tools, and embedded code.

codr7•6mo ago
Because the implementation should be familiar to most devs, which makes it easier to see what kind of language you're dealing with.

Binary sort would be another candidate for me, but people get it wrong in subtle ways and not every language does array updates.

Your examples don't make much sense to me. A web app using what framework? What does that say about the language? CLI apps could work if you could find one that people recognize and that's small enough for an example.

OtomotO•6mo ago
The creator is an incredibly nice and bright person.

I love to talk to them at various meetups and one can feel their love for the language and the intricate design of it.

It's a bit sad it's such a niche of a niche language.

em-bee•6mo ago
i can confirm that. i met him in vienna a few times. my experience was is exactly like you say.
OtomotO•6mo ago
He attends like every meetup I attend, so it's easy to run into him :)
codr7•6mo ago
Too much syntax for me, adding filler words to make it read more like English is a programming language design dead end imo.
msie•6mo ago
I’ve never liked the idea of the syntax where functions are declared and then assigned to variables. I guess it’s supposed to be elegant?
hyperbrainer•6mo ago
If functions are first class, then they must be stored as variables. I mean, consider any FP Language.
msie•6mo ago
They can still be first class without declaring them in this manner.
TurboHaskal•6mo ago
Sure. But if they are first class and you have a mechanism to assign them to variables then there is no need for syntax sugar.
HappMacDonald•6mo ago
I am a huge protester to the "constantly abbreviating words" habit in coding. It may have had a place when source code space had drastic limitations, but today "func, proc, writeln, strcpy" are anathema to me. Also I get that a lot of these in Seed7 examples were lifted unchanged from Pascal, but that just means that I dislike those aspects of Pascal as well.

I am of the camp "use full English words", and "if the identifier is too long then spend the time needed to find a more concise way to say what you mean in fewer or shorter full English words". Incidentally AI can be pretty good at brainstorming that, which is lovely.

Jtsummers•6mo ago
`func` and `proc` are types in this language, so you could define `procedure` and `function` if you want.

The other uses of `func` should be changeable with the flexible syntax extensions the language offers, but I haven't dug into that.

inkyoto•6mo ago
… yet you have contracted «artificial intelligence» to «AI», have not you?

The case for abbreviated keywords will always exist as some will prefer contractions whereas some will have a preference for fully spelled out words.

At the opposite side of the spectrum there C / C++ that use neither for functions and procedures but «printf» and «strcpy» – as you have rightfully pointed out which ADA, COBOL and Objective C contrast with

  ADA: «Is_Valid_User_Access_Level_For_Requested_Operation», «Convert_String_To_Standardised_Date_Format»

  COBOL: «PERFORM Calculate-Totals VARYING Index FROM 1 BY 1 UNTIL Index > Max-Index»

  Objective C: «URLSession: dataTask: didReceiveResponse: completionHandler:»
I do not think that a universal agreement on the matter is even possible.
HappMacDonald•6mo ago
Well the threshold I would like to use is "abbreviations that are easily understood outside of coding jargon are acceptable". You don't have to be a specialist in any specific language to understand "AI" in the wild, or "NASA" or even the names of languagues such as COBOL.

But if outside of the context of coding you just say "strcpy" or "writeln" at somebody they're not going to immediately understand. As a result, even coders with tired brains or who are switching between languages a lot will also get hung up at inconvenient times.

dang•6mo ago
Discussed (just barely) in the past. Other threads?

Seed7 programming language - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10544046 - Nov 2015 (3 comments)

Seed7 programming language - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=637224 - June 2009 (2 comments)