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

https://openciv3.org/
447•klaussilveira•6h ago•109 comments

The Waymo World Model

https://waymo.com/blog/2026/02/the-waymo-world-model-a-new-frontier-for-autonomous-driving-simula...
789•xnx•11h ago•479 comments

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

https://github.com/valdanylchuk/breezydemo
151•isitcontent•6h ago•15 comments

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

https://github.com/pydantic/monty
142•dmpetrov•7h ago•62 comments

How we made geo joins 400× faster with H3 indexes

https://floedb.ai/blog/how-we-made-geo-joins-400-faster-with-h3-indexes
17•matheusalmeida•1d ago•0 comments

Dark Alley Mathematics

https://blog.szczepan.org/blog/three-points/
46•quibono•4d ago•3 comments

A century of hair samples proves leaded gas ban worked

https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/02/a-century-of-hair-samples-proves-leaded-gas-ban-worked/
82•jnord•3d ago•8 comments

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

https://vecti.com
255•vecti•8h ago•120 comments

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

https://eljojo.github.io/rememory/
188•eljojo•9h ago•125 comments

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

https://github.com/microsoft/litebox
320•aktau•13h ago•155 comments

Sheldon Brown's Bicycle Technical Info

https://www.sheldonbrown.com/
317•ostacke•12h ago•85 comments

Hackers (1995) Animated Experience

https://hackers-1995.vercel.app/
403•todsacerdoti•14h ago•218 comments

PC Floppy Copy Protection: Vault Prolok

https://martypc.blogspot.com/2024/09/pc-floppy-copy-protection-vault-prolok.html
18•kmm•4d ago•1 comments

An Update on Heroku

https://www.heroku.com/blog/an-update-on-heroku/
325•lstoll•12h ago•236 comments

Show HN: R3forth, a ColorForth-inspired language with a tiny VM

https://github.com/phreda4/r3
50•phreda4•6h ago•8 comments

I spent 5 years in DevOps – Solutions engineering gave me what I was missing

https://infisical.com/blog/devops-to-solutions-engineering
110•vmatsiiako•11h ago•34 comments

How to effectively write quality code with AI

https://heidenstedt.org/posts/2026/how-to-effectively-write-quality-code-with-ai/
189•i5heu•9h ago•132 comments

Make Trust Irrelevant: A Gamer's Take on Agentic AI Safety

https://github.com/Deso-PK/make-trust-irrelevant
6•DesoPK•1h ago•3 comments

Learning from context is harder than we thought

https://hy.tencent.com/research/100025?langVersion=en
149•limoce•3d ago•79 comments

Understanding Neural Network, Visually

https://visualrambling.space/neural-network/
240•surprisetalk•3d ago•31 comments

I now assume that all ads on Apple news are scams

https://kirkville.com/i-now-assume-that-all-ads-on-apple-news-are-scams/
985•cdrnsf•16h ago•417 comments

Introducing the Developer Knowledge API and MCP Server

https://developers.googleblog.com/introducing-the-developer-knowledge-api-and-mcp-server/
21•gfortaine•4h ago•2 comments

FORTH? Really!?

https://rescrv.net/w/2026/02/06/associative
43•rescrv•14h ago•17 comments

I'm going to cure my girlfriend's brain tumor

https://andrewjrod.substack.com/p/im-going-to-cure-my-girlfriends-brain
57•ray__•3h ago•13 comments

Evaluating and mitigating the growing risk of LLM-discovered 0-days

https://red.anthropic.com/2026/zero-days/
36•lebovic•1d ago•11 comments

Female Asian Elephant Calf Born at the Smithsonian National Zoo

https://www.si.edu/newsdesk/releases/female-asian-elephant-calf-born-smithsonians-national-zoo-an...
5•gmays•1h ago•0 comments

Show HN: Smooth CLI – Token-efficient browser for AI agents

https://docs.smooth.sh/cli/overview
77•antves•1d ago•57 comments

Show HN: Slack CLI for Agents

https://github.com/stablyai/agent-slack
40•nwparker•1d ago•10 comments

The Oklahoma Architect Who Turned Kitsch into Art

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-01-31/oklahoma-architect-bruce-goff-s-wild-home-desi...
20•MarlonPro•3d ago•4 comments

Evolution of car door handles over the decades

https://newatlas.com/automotive/evolution-car-door-handle/
40•andsoitis•3d ago•62 comments
Open in hackernews

Tiny-tpu: A minimal tensor processing unit (TPU), inspired by Google's TPU

https://github.com/tiny-tpu-v2/tiny-tpu
271•admp•5mo ago

Comments

mdaniel•5mo ago
Relevant: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44111452
mdaniel•5mo ago
Ah, and a psuedo dupe of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44944592 but I'll be straight that I think the current point spread is accurate because I much prefer the repo link to some random .com domain
ForOldHack•5mo ago
Can I get a PCIe card with multiple units and An easy interface? Say 4 TPUs and 8 ram slots? $5,000???
mdaniel•5mo ago
I had approximately the same comment in a thread under a submission about a new CPU <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44201707> and the replies highlighted my understanding of exactly how slow using sticks of RAM versus on-die VRAM. I'd still enjoy trying it, but I have not yet loaded enough of the FPGA ecosystem in my head to know how many hours I am away from watching the bits flow
thebruce87m•5mo ago
https://www.asus.com/networking-iot-servers/aiot-industrial-...

Not exactly what you specified but close

faangguyindia•5mo ago
Those who are expert at this, how many TPUs i need to run lets say

Gemini flash 2.5 and pro 2.5 models for 1 user?

webdevver•5mo ago
we are incredibly overdue for the 3D-printer-ification of silicon chips
snek_case•5mo ago
Don't hold your breath. Chip fabrication is extremely sophisticated. It's basically nanotechnology. Not something that could practically be done at home anytime soon.
__MatrixMan__•5mo ago
I agree, photolithography at home is a long way out.

I think if we want to distribute the means of computational production, a better approach would be to print oligonucleotide instructions (requires a custom inkjet printer), and use a cell free extract (e. coli would work) to synthesize proteins which are programmed to assemble the computational substrate from nanoparticles.

Something along these lines: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1422649112

mptest•5mo ago
That being the better approach says volumes about the complexity of lithography.

For anyone reading this, read Chip Wars by Chris Miller. The Lithography sub-story that threads through is amazing and fascinating and the whole book is incredible besides.

For those who think Ai Is a bubble and longshot, look up how crazy of a bet EUV (extreme ultraviolet) lithography was.

queuebert•5mo ago
There is a company called Nano Dimension working on something like that. Last I heard their 3d printer wasn't at the consumer level yet, but neither were computers in the early days.
jononor•5mo ago
I think that before that will be the PCB-ification, where you can order online and be batched in with others on a standardized process, for a reasonable price. This is actually starting to become possible, for example via TinyTapeout you can get tiny chips taped out for a few hundred USD.
LargoLasskhyfv•5mo ago
That exists, sort of. Just not at an affordable level for home use.

But still worlds apart from current semiconductor fabrication with billions of necessary investments.

https://www.yokogawa.com/industries/semiconductor/minimal-fa...

john_minsk•5mo ago
How did you create such amazing animation with svgs? Cool docs
xrd•5mo ago
I was interested in this as well. The site is awesome and beautiful. And, I wished the SVGs were built in a way that (from my limited interaction) is basically just swapping new SVG in for each tick. It's really pretty, but I wished there was a bit more interaction and composability.
mi_lk•5mo ago
Seems a bunch of excalidraw outputs stacked together, no?
john_minsk•5mo ago
May be. I don't know. Thanks for answering - will check the excalidraw!