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Start all of your commands with a comma (2009)

https://rhodesmill.org/brandon/2009/commands-with-comma/
258•theblazehen•2d ago•86 comments

Hoot: Scheme on WebAssembly

https://www.spritely.institute/hoot/
26•AlexeyBrin•1h ago•3 comments

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

https://openciv3.org/
706•klaussilveira•15h ago•206 comments

The Waymo World Model

https://waymo.com/blog/2026/02/the-waymo-world-model-a-new-frontier-for-autonomous-driving-simula...
969•xnx•21h ago•558 comments

Vocal Guide – belt sing without killing yourself

https://jesperordrup.github.io/vocal-guide/
69•jesperordrup•6h ago•31 comments

Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback

https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.12501
7•onurkanbkrc•48m ago•0 comments

Making geo joins faster with H3 indexes

https://floedb.ai/blog/how-we-made-geo-joins-400-faster-with-h3-indexes
135•matheusalmeida•2d ago•35 comments

Where did all the starships go?

https://www.datawrapper.de/blog/science-fiction-decline
45•speckx•4d ago•36 comments

Unseen Footage of Atari Battlezone Arcade Cabinet Production

https://arcadeblogger.com/2026/02/02/unseen-footage-of-atari-battlezone-cabinet-production/
68•videotopia•4d ago•7 comments

Welcome to the Room – A lesson in leadership by Satya Nadella

https://www.jsnover.com/blog/2026/02/01/welcome-to-the-room/
39•kaonwarb•3d ago•30 comments

Ga68, a GNU Algol 68 Compiler

https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/PEXRTN-ga68-intro/
13•matt_d•3d ago•2 comments

What Is Ruliology?

https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2026/01/what-is-ruliology/
45•helloplanets•4d ago•46 comments

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

https://github.com/valdanylchuk/breezydemo
240•isitcontent•16h ago•26 comments

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

https://github.com/pydantic/monty
238•dmpetrov•16h ago•127 comments

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

https://vecti.com
340•vecti•18h ago•149 comments

Hackers (1995) Animated Experience

https://hackers-1995.vercel.app/
506•todsacerdoti•23h ago•248 comments

Sheldon Brown's Bicycle Technical Info

https://www.sheldonbrown.com/
389•ostacke•22h ago•98 comments

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

https://eljojo.github.io/rememory/
304•eljojo•18h ago•188 comments

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

https://github.com/microsoft/litebox
361•aktau•22h ago•186 comments

An Update on Heroku

https://www.heroku.com/blog/an-update-on-heroku/
428•lstoll•22h ago•284 comments

Cross-Region MSK Replication: K2K vs. MirrorMaker2

https://medium.com/lensesio/cross-region-msk-replication-a-comprehensive-performance-comparison-o...
3•andmarios•4d ago•1 comments

PC Floppy Copy Protection: Vault Prolok

https://martypc.blogspot.com/2024/09/pc-floppy-copy-protection-vault-prolok.html
71•kmm•5d ago•10 comments

Was Benoit Mandelbrot a hedgehog or a fox?

https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.01122
24•bikenaga•3d ago•11 comments

Dark Alley Mathematics

https://blog.szczepan.org/blog/three-points/
96•quibono•4d ago•22 comments

The AI boom is causing shortages everywhere else

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/02/07/ai-spending-economy-shortages/
26•1vuio0pswjnm7•2h ago•16 comments

How to effectively write quality code with AI

https://heidenstedt.org/posts/2026/how-to-effectively-write-quality-code-with-ai/
271•i5heu•18h ago•219 comments

Delimited Continuations vs. Lwt for Threads

https://mirageos.org/blog/delimcc-vs-lwt
34•romes•4d ago•3 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/
1079•cdrnsf•1d ago•462 comments

Introducing the Developer Knowledge API and MCP Server

https://developers.googleblog.com/introducing-the-developer-knowledge-api-and-mcp-server/
64•gfortaine•13h ago•30 comments

Understanding Neural Network, Visually

https://visualrambling.space/neural-network/
306•surprisetalk•3d ago•44 comments
Open in hackernews

Mesh2Motion – Open-source web application to animate 3D models

https://mesh2motion.org/
229•Splizard•3mo ago

Comments

raincole•3mo ago
Pleasantly surprised to see a project like this without genAI nowadays.

And for people inevitably asking "why not Blender," my answer is that the field of 3D content creation is so vast that some people need "gateway drug" like this (and SketchUp, and Daz3D, etc) before trying to throw themselves into Blender/Maya/Houdini's throats.

fleischhauf•3mo ago
why? aren't you desperately longing for trying to put into a prompt how a model should be animated? /s
d0100•3mo ago
As a dev trying to create 3D games on my spare time, I actually am (I'm also eager to use stableprojector once I upgrade my 10yo pc)

It's really hard having to be a 3D modeler, animator, art director, developer and having good enough taste to know you're never going to have the time to build what you find acceptable

AgentMatrixAI•3mo ago
First time making something 3D and code wise, codex has been very useful, even creating a in-game 3D editor as well as netcode

The trickiest part is really using 3D and it comes with lot of extra scoping you normally take for granted: animation, uv texture, rigging for humanoids, making sure stuff doesn't clip through etc.

Still learning Blender but its very slow. I haven't tried the MCP for it yet but I want to get proficient at it to be able to produce psx graphic models and textures...

nineteen999•3mo ago
I'm kind of keen to see what mess Claude code could do with a small Unreal Engine 5 C++ project. Or what clever tricks it could actually pull off in that environment.
echelon•3mo ago
I saw a post by a Gam Jam organizer recently.

This person related that in the years prior to this one, artists were essential members of every Game Jam team. Getting art for the games was the hardest, most limiting step. Without an artist, the games were limited in scope. Not every team could get an artist.

This year, many teams didn't have artists at all, and yet they were able to create more complete games with good looking art assets.

This isn't "firing" artists. This is making engineers more effective.

I work in the video space now, and I can't even begin to tell you how effective AI models make editors. It's like a super power.

scottpetrovic•3mo ago
genAI doesn't seem to scale very well without large costs and subscriptions to pay for it. Doesn't seem good for an open source project.
rendaw•3mo ago
Given the name I was sure this was going to be AI.
eps•3mo ago
Having the skeleton be auto-deduced (through the ML or otherwise) would've been a very natural fit here as a feature. Knowing that it's basically possible to do, selecting the skeleton type and then adjusting it manually, joint by joint, seems ... archaic?
nusl•3mo ago
Have you done 3D modelling/rigging/animating yourself before?
leohonexus•3mo ago
Why the condescending tone, OP has a point. Techniques like RigAnything[0] exist - whether this is within the scope of this project is another topic, but this seems like a reasonable request to me (especially considering how many x_2_y-named projects are ML related)

[0] https://www.liuisabella.com/RigAnything/

nusl•3mo ago
This kind of work is way more difficult and involved than it appears to be. Sure, you can auto-rig stuff, but it won't be perfect and will require tweaking. Rigging alone is also very far from a complete result
retSava•3mo ago
I can see this being huge for 3d-printing. Apply on a sculpted .stl, reposition and download/save the new pose. There is already stuff in Blender to do stuff like that, but Blender is almost like a hobby in itself, just like the actual printing is like a hobby (to learn and master).
reactordev•3mo ago
Yessssssss......

This and more mocap's plz. Keep going! The multiple animation export to glb saves me a ton of time. This is great! Combine this with ArmorPaint and you're almost there. Blender is great but it's so heavy.

Great job.

jackallis•3mo ago
i need to map out tree house plans - can this be used?
fsloth•3mo ago
I'm sorry I can't quite parse what you are asking.

"map out" - do you mean you want to digitally design tree houses?

jackallis•3mo ago
yes, kind stranger. i need to design tree house, was not sure if this can be used. not so fond of sketch up.
drakythe•3mo ago
This software is for animating preexisting 3d models, not creating new ones from scratch, so no, it will not serve to model a tree house.
fsloth•3mo ago
That’s actually a really interesting take (even though the OP software is not really for that). How would you _like_ to design this treehouse? Is the particular tree relevant here (do you have a photogrammetric scan of it for insrance) or are you planning to design a generic shape you are confident can be installed on the target trunk? Is the treehouse more of a plank platform for one or an actual multiroom house? Is the budget closer to 5$ or 50 000$?
theossuary•3mo ago
No, use sketchup
iammjm•3mo ago
nice, animating spinning wheels or tracks on vehicles would be cool!
scottpetrovic•3mo ago
can you give an example for clarification of what you are wanting to do? This web app is pretty flexible, so other types of rigs or animations could be added?
leohonexus•3mo ago
OP might be thinking about something like this paper "Rig My Ride: Automatic Rigging of Physics-based Vehicles for Games" by Katz et al.

[0] https://melissa2661.github.io/RigMyRide/

iammjm•3mo ago
In my particular case I have a bunch of .glb 3D models of vehicles and I would like to animate their wheels and tracks aka make them spin/turn
jdauriemma•3mo ago
I just wanted to thank the creators of this app for making it usable without having to create an account. It's a breath of fresh air!
scottpetrovic•3mo ago
Yes. I really have sign up and subscription fatigue, so I don't want any of that happening. There is too much of that on the web already.
stefanka•3mo ago
Great project! It uses the motion library from the artist quaternius. He has some wonderful free and low-cost models.
seanwilson•3mo ago
This is cool! I was confused how to get going at first and didn't realise it was a step-by-step wizard I had to follow, plus I only watched the demo video briefly. I loaded the human then clicked around the main area and couldn't get anything to happen, and almost gave up.

Suggestion to help with this: Instead of starting with a blank slate, start right at the end of the process with the human model loaded and animated, then the user can go "back" and change things once they've seen the kind of results they can get.

scottpetrovic•3mo ago
The next release I have for this has an "explore" page to start. What exists now is more of a 'build your own' page...which isn't great when visiting for the first time. See this small video of the new UX.

https://x.com/scottpetrovic/status/1980697224142106716

devJdeed•3mo ago
This is defo a well needed project. The only other alternative I can think about is Mixamo. Goodluck and hope this projects overtakes Mixamo
tantalor•3mo ago
> Supports humanoid, four-legged, and bird creatures.

Man is a featherless biped

- tantalor

AgentMatrixAI•3mo ago
amazing timing! been needing something like this since Blender has been tough.

I've been working on a cybercafe simulator with Three.js and codex and animation is hard to get right

https://x.com/AgentifySH/status/1981761490274464068

nisten•3mo ago
All in typescript too. Actually very impressive. Well, some webm videos and .glb 3dfiles but only the essentials it seems, the rest is all propper typescript.

But a very nicely put together repo. Good job.

laurentlb•3mo ago
Very nice project! Thanks for making it open-source and very easy to use. I hope you'll find contributors and be able to get a nice collection of animations!

I'm starting a new project, I may have to use this tool in the next few months.

Joel_Mckay•3mo ago
Could also check out the Auto Rig Pro ( https://artell.gumroad.com/l/auto-rig-pro ) plugin in Blender, as it does corrective shape-keys and makes exports to Unity/Unreal trivial. Also, FaceIt ( https://faceit-doc.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ ) uses the iPhone Lidar with the Unreal App, and makes facial expression capture less buggy.

Keep in mind most motion capture files are considered live-performances, and must be licensed by the original rights holders:

https://www.mocapclub.com/Pages/Library.htm

https://github.com/MattiasFredriksson/io_anim_c3d/releases

This project sort of works for basic mocap (calibration needs ChArUco board):

https://freemocap.org/

Or if you have the resources and athletic actors around:

https://www.rokoko.com/

Or for student projects could try:

https://www.mixamo.com/

Hope you make something awesome and fun =3

throwaway743•3mo ago
This is great! I've been using mixamo and really sion, but would just love something open source that does both the body rigging as well as the facial rigging and lip syncing. It'd make life so much easier
klaussilveira•3mo ago
What algorithm is it using for applying weights? Blender uses automatic bone heat weighting, but sometimes it can fail.

There's an open-source plugin that does surface-based heat diffusion and also this really clever voxel solution: https://superhivemarket.com/products/voxel-heat-diffuse-skin...