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Tiny C Compiler

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

SectorC: A C Compiler in 512 bytes

https://xorvoid.com/sectorc.html
165•valyala•6h ago•30 comments

Speed up responses with fast mode

https://code.claude.com/docs/en/fast-mode
101•surprisetalk•6h ago•99 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...
40•gnufx•5h ago•43 comments

The F Word

http://muratbuffalo.blogspot.com/2026/02/friction.html
90•zdw•3d ago•41 comments

You Are Here

https://brooker.co.za/blog/2026/02/07/you-are-here.html
48•mltvc•2h ago•59 comments

Software factories and the agentic moment

https://factory.strongdm.ai/
123•mellosouls•9h ago•258 comments

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

https://openciv3.org/
873•klaussilveira•1d ago•267 comments

Hoot: Scheme on WebAssembly

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

Stories from 25 Years of Software Development

https://susam.net/twenty-five-years-of-computing.html
121•vinhnx•9h ago•15 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...
48•randycupertino•1h ago•46 comments

First Proof

https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.05192
87•samasblack•8h ago•61 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-...
25•mbitsnbites•3d ago•1 comments

Show HN: Browser based state machine simulator and visualizer

https://svylabs.github.io/smac-viz/
7•sridhar87•4d ago•3 comments

Vocal Guide – belt sing without killing yourself

https://jesperordrup.github.io/vocal-guide/
258•jesperordrup•16h ago•84 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•16 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
45•momciloo•6h ago•8 comments

Start all of your commands with a comma (2009)

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

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

https://jonathanwhiting.com/writing/blog/games_in_c/
157•valyala•6h ago•139 comments

The AI boom is causing shortages everywhere else

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/02/07/ai-spending-economy-shortages/
227•1vuio0pswjnm7•12h ago•359 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-...
65•josephcsible•4h ago•83 comments

Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback

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

Selection rather than prediction

https://voratiq.com/blog/selection-rather-than-prediction/
21•languid-photic•4d 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/
131•videotopia•4d ago•43 comments

Coding agents have replaced every framework I used

https://blog.alaindichiappari.dev/p/software-engineering-is-back
287•alainrk•11h ago•466 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
667•nar001•10h ago•290 comments

Where did all the starships go?

https://www.datawrapper.de/blog/science-fiction-decline
114•speckx•4d ago•159 comments

Learning from context is harder than we thought

https://hy.tencent.com/research/100025?langVersion=en
215•limoce•4d ago•123 comments
Open in hackernews

Show HN: Pegma, an open-source version of the classic Peg solitaire

https://pegma.vercel.app
33•GlebShalimov•2mo ago
Discover Pegma, the free and open-source version of the classic Peg solitaire game! Pegma offers a clean, minimal design and smooth gameplay across multiple platforms.

Key features:

Fully open-source code available on GitHub, inviting community contributions and transparency

Custom-designed font created by the developer to enhance the game’s unique style

Cross-platform support: play on iOS, Android

Lightweight, intuitive interface that stays true to the timeless puzzle mechanics

Try it now:

Website: https://pegma.vercel.app

GitHub: https://github.com/khlebobul/pegma

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/ru/app/pegma-peg-solitaire/id67543438...

Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.khlebobul....

If you appreciate open-source projects and classic brain teasers, Pegma is definitely worth checking out!

Comments

cdfuller•2mo ago
How do you try it out in the web browser? There's no obvious link on the website
GlebShalimov•2mo ago
I haven't published the web version of the app yet, maybe I will in the future
cdfuller•2mo ago
Your description above says it's a supported platform FYI
GlebShalimov•2mo ago
Sorry, my bad
leni536•2mo ago
At the meantime (not mobile friendly): https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/puzzles/js/pegs...

It is part of Simon Tatham's puzzle collection, it also has an app on F-Droid:

https://f-droid.org/en/packages/name.boyle.chris.sgtpuzzles/

And the sgt-puzzles package on Debian/Ubuntu, possibly other distros package it too.

domlebo70•2mo ago
Interesting name
GlebShalimov•2mo ago
Thank you
sim7c00•2mo ago
curious
GlebShalimov•2mo ago
The name Pegma is a play on words that combines: "peg" (peg, token) is the main element of the game and "theorema", which is associated with mathematical rigor and logic
sim7c00•2mo ago
cool, thanks a lot!
InsideOutSanta•2mo ago
That name makes me slightly upset and afeared. The game looks nice, though.
GlebShalimov•2mo ago
Why?
tecleandor•2mo ago
There's certain sexual activity called pegging. I guess that's what could come to mind here :)
GlebShalimov•2mo ago
Oh, I didn't know
abcd_f•2mo ago
There's also smegma, which is not a whole lot better.
Tade0•2mo ago
It appears that every short word means something obscene in some language.

Advice would then be to avoid short names for products altogether.

GlebShalimov•2mo ago
I agree. I wanted to add something short and creative
froh42•2mo ago
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/17ay2l3/til_...

Mitsubishi renamed the Pajero in Spain, because "pajero" means "wanker".

rlv-dan•2mo ago
Honda Jazz was first called Fitta which is cunt in Swedish.
InsideOutSanta•2mo ago
It reads like a portmanteau of pegging and smegma. Hope that helps, although I'm afraid it will do the opposite.
GlebShalimov•2mo ago
the name Pegma is a play on words that combines: "peg" (peg, token) is the main element of the game and "theorema", which is associated with mathematical rigor and logic
cma5•2mo ago
For people living in Germany, we already have a similar problem with Figma
VMG•2mo ago
I did not until now

infohazard!

GlebShalimov•2mo ago
In no way did I put any bad meaning in the the name
junon•2mo ago
I've never noticed this until now and now I can't unsee it.
signalmasse•2mo ago
And wix
GlebShalimov•2mo ago
The name Pegma is a play on words that combines: "peg" (peg, token) is the main element of the game and "theorema", which is associated with mathematical rigor and logic
junon•2mo ago
Yes, the intent is very clear.

EDIT: It seems based on other comments you are genuinely unaware of how it sounds, which is totally fine - I feel someone should let you know it sounds like "peg me" or "smegma", which uh... well, ask an LLM what they mean, I suppose. I don't particularly want that in my HN comment history. :D

GlebShalimov•2mo ago
Thanks for the explanation
leni536•2mo ago
Requires google play to run :/
GlebShalimov•2mo ago
And what other platform should I add? The application is available in RuStore https://www.rustore.ru/catalog/app/com.khlebobul.pegma
charlie-83•2mo ago
Fdroid
GlebShalimov•2mo ago
I will think about it
espinaqus•2mo ago
Crazy you didn't even thought of it
GlebShalimov•2mo ago
ok
AlecSchueler•2mo ago
I know this ship has probably sailed but the LLM cover text still feels off-putting to me, like you haven't considered my needs as a reader. I come away at the end with a feeling of "what is the project actually worth to you if you can't spend 5 minutes describing it?"

For example, saying "code available on GitHub, inviting community contributions and transparency." I know what GitHub is, I understand the benefits of having it there, it's just a waste of brain power to read the rationale written out in this way.

Similarly "Custom-designed font created by the developer to enhance the game’s unique style?" Ok, that's great, but do I really care about that specific detail? It sounds like there was a conversation with an LLM and then a request to regurgitate the information into marketing speak, without any consideration for the actual needs of the people being marketed to.

Again, I know I'm probably increasingly alone in this and I'll have to just get used to it, but as a lover of writing it feels like watching a tragedy play out in real time.

bitwizeshift•2mo ago
You definitely are not alone in feeling this way, it’s happening everywhere now and it’s driving me nuts too.

I have the same complaint at work, where coworkers are using it for writing pull request descriptions, and it pumps out slop buzzwords like “streamlined the documentation”. Like, you didn’t streamline anything, you ran prettier on a markdown file!

On top of this type of description being useless marketing jargon, the writing style risks to train future LLMs to devolve their writing styles further into this. More frighteningly, how long until the excess amount of LLM-generated slop text like this starts training future humans reading it? People tend to model how they speak off of what they hear and read, and it’s everywhere now.

pmontra•2mo ago
> how long until the excess amount of LLM-generated slop text like this starts training future humans reading it

Not much. Add to it deference to technology and the innate preference for new stuff not liked by previous generations: sloppy LLM style will look more authoritative than well thought human style of parents and older siblings.

GlebShalimov•2mo ago
ok
GlebShalimov•2mo ago
ok
endemic•2mo ago
I was hoping to be able to play on the website! Do games like this need a native app?
GlebShalimov•2mo ago
Why not?
endemic•2mo ago
Different audiences, I guess. I know lots of people _only_ use dedicated apps. For me, the friction of needing to search an app store, then download in order to play, is too much. I'd rather click/tap a link and be able to start playing.
GlebShalimov•2mo ago
Fortunately, Flutter provides this opportunity. Maybe I'll make a web version later
edarchis•2mo ago
Permissions: - control vibration - Google Play license check

Not bad.

widowlark•2mo ago
Reads like AI slop and the name makes me want to take a shower
GlebShalimov•2mo ago
ok