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Show HN: I built a synth for my daughter

https://bitsnpieces.dev/posts/a-synth-for-my-daughter/
576•random_moonwalk•5d ago•123 comments

The Baumol Effect and Jevons paradox are related

https://www.a16z.news/p/why-ac-is-cheap-but-ac-repair-is
23•cubefox•56m ago•21 comments

Replicate is joining Cloudflare

https://replicate.com/blog/replicate-cloudflare
211•bfirsh•4h ago•51 comments

FreeMDU: Open-source Miele appliance diagnostic tools

https://github.com/medusalix/FreeMDU
153•Medusalix•4h ago•33 comments

A new book recovers the origins of Effective Altruism

https://newrepublic.com/article/202433/happened-effective-altruism
25•Thevet•54m ago•6 comments

WebTransport is almost here to allow UDP-like exchange in the browser

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WebTransport_API
36•BinaryIgor•1w ago•20 comments

An official atlas of North Korea

https://www.cartographerstale.com/p/an-official-atlas-of-north-korea
5•speckx•25m ago•0 comments

How to escape the Linux networking stack

https://blog.cloudflare.com/so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-fish-how-to-escape-the-linux-networkin...
16•meysamazad•2h ago•0 comments

Giving C a superpower: custom header file (safe_c.h)

https://hwisnu.bearblog.dev/giving-c-a-superpower-custom-header-file-safe_ch/
181•mithcs•7h ago•145 comments

Project Gemini

https://geminiprotocol.net/
93•andsoitis•2h ago•73 comments

WBlock: A New Ad-Blocker for Safari

https://github.com/0xCUB3/wBlock
47•InfiniteVortex•2h ago•32 comments

WeatherNext 2: Our most advanced weather forecasting model

https://blog.google/technology/google-deepmind/weathernext-2/
51•meetpateltech•3h ago•18 comments

Celtic Code: Drawing Knots with Python

https://2earth.github.io/website/20250202.html
68•HansardExpert•2w ago•14 comments

Google is killing the open web, part 2

https://wok.oblomov.eu/tecnologia/google-killing-open-web-2/
215•akagusu•2h ago•155 comments

The time has finally come for geothermal energy

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/11/24/why-the-time-has-finally-come-for-geothermal-energy
38•riordan•4h ago•60 comments

Are you stuck in movie logic?

https://usefulfictions.substack.com/p/are-you-stuck-in-movie-logic
96•eatitraw•6h ago•93 comments

Cities Panic over Having to Release Mass Surveillance Recordings

https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/11/cities-panic-over-having-to-release-mass-surveillance-rec...
97•pavel_lishin•1h ago•15 comments

Ned: ImGui Text Editor with GL Shaders

https://github.com/nealmick/ned
65•klaussilveira•6h ago•22 comments

Where do the children play?

https://unpublishablepapers.substack.com/p/where-do-the-children-play
207•casca•1d ago•176 comments

When AWS was down, we were not

https://authress.io/knowledge-base/articles/2025/11/01/how-we-prevent-aws-downtime-impacts
5•mooreds•1h ago•0 comments

People are using iPad OS features on their iPhones

https://idevicecentral.com/ios-customization/how-to-enable-ipad-features-like-multitasking-stage-...
79•K0IN•15h ago•74 comments

Living my best Sun Microsystems ecosystem life in 2025

https://www.osnews.com/story/143570/living-my-best-sun-microsystems-ecosystem-life-in-2025/
54•birdculture•2h ago•21 comments

C++ implementation of SIP, ICE, TURN and related protocols

https://github.com/resiprocate/resiprocate
71•mooreds•1w ago•7 comments

There Has to Be a Better Way to Make Titanium

https://www.orcasciences.com/articles/there-has-to-be-a-better-way-to-make-titanium
9•Armic•1w ago•0 comments

Show HN: Reverse perspective camera for OpenGL (Three.js)

https://github.com/bntre/reverse-perspective-threejs
43•bntr•1w ago•4 comments

Reselling tickets for profit to be outlawed in UK government crackdown

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2025/nov/17/reselling-tickets-for-profit-to-be-outlawed-in-uk-g...
10•helsinkiandrew•25m ago•4 comments

Deploying Temporal on AWS ECS with Terraform

https://papnori.github.io/posts/temporal-ecs-terraform/
25•norapap•1w ago•8 comments

What Did Medieval Peasants Know? (2022)

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2022/05/medieval-history-peasant-life-work/629783/
40•thinkingemote•1w ago•53 comments

Craft Chrome Devtools Protocol (CDP) commands with the new command editor

https://developer.chrome.com/blog/cdp-command-editor
91•keepamovin•1w ago•22 comments

Building a Simple Search Engine That Works

https://karboosx.net/post/4eZxhBon/building-a-simple-search-engine-that-actually-works
240•freediver•14h ago•69 comments
Open in hackernews

WBlock: A New Ad-Blocker for Safari

https://github.com/0xCUB3/wBlock
47•InfiniteVortex•2h ago

Comments

InfiniteVortex•2h ago
wBlock is a new ad-blocker for Safari. It supports (in general) everything Wipr, AdGuard for Safari/iOS, uBlock Origin Lite can do except for maybe multi-device sync
HelloUsername•2h ago
And what does it do differently?
TheSilva•2h ago
Well, they have this list in their repo: https://github.com/0xCUB3/wBlock/blob/main/Adblock_Compariso...

Only one I can see is (slightly) less RAM use.

blakesterz•2h ago
They do have a compare page here: https://github.com/0xCUB3/wBlock/blob/main/Adblock_Compariso...
elashri•2h ago
I wonder why would they include GitHub stars as comparison point. Not only it is useless, it will mostly be wrong unless dynamically generated and updated.
mywittyname•1h ago
It does indicate interest in the product from developers, which is helpful to know for smaller OSS projects because it means that people might be able to assist with development and it reduces the likelihood of the project being abandoned when the OG dev moves on.
ivanjermakov•1h ago
Supports iOS 17.
SoKamil•1h ago
Ad blocking on Safari is partially broken before iOS 18.6, hence the requirement of iOS version on uBlock Origin Lite.

https://matisyahu.blog/2025/07/31/and-it-is-raining-again/

nozzlegear•1h ago
I'm interested in trying this, but not really interested in signing up for the whole Testflight rigamarole. I've had uBlock Origin Lite installed ever since it was released, but I prefer Safari's Content Blocker approach which uBlock doesn't use. (uBlock uses manifest v3, and it sometimes it leaves those small "empty image" boxes where an ad would be; I'm not sure if those two things are related.)
acephal•1h ago
Is there any reason to prefer uBoL over Pi-Hole/Adguard Home?
zamadatix•1h ago
Those are DNS only adblockers.
egypturnash•1h ago
It works when you are outside your home network, without the additional rigamarole of setting up a VPN for all your devices to pass their internet through your home server.
muppetman•43m ago
Home Adguard Home works regardless of if I'm at home or not, without a VPN. I'm on Android though and I just set the Private DNS setting - I have a domain and point it at that. I dunno if you can do Private DNS on iOS though?
figmert•1h ago
Pihole/adguard are great, and while their function overlaps with uBo, they are still different. You should use both.

UBo (and uBoL) have additional rules that can clean up pages. E.g. removing containers of ads.

It does much more too.

ivanjermakov•1h ago
Absolutely. Pi hole does network blocking via DNS, uBoL does blocking via DOM queries.
rocketvole•1h ago
Why would you need testflight? This app is on the app store
agoodusername63•1h ago
Is it? I searched wBlock in the ios app store and found nothing.
pieterr•1h ago
https://apps.apple.com/nl/app/wblock/id6746388723
rocketvole•1h ago
The github page has a link to the app store
dewey•1h ago
I've been using https://1blocker.com for many years now without issues. It isn't in their comparison list, but looks pretty similar design wise.
rocketvole•1h ago
isn't 1blocker a subscription service?
Spartan-S63•1h ago
Yes, kind of. It has a subscription option, but you can also pay for a lifetime plan. They've done several major upgrades/redesigns and the lifetime plan is still honored.
Daniel_sk•25m ago
Same here, I have a lifetime license. And it works on both MacOS and iOS. It's a small indie app (1-2 devs I think).
rocketvole•1h ago
Just downloaded this and it seems to be everything I've wanted on an ios safari adblocker. I was using ublock origin lite before. Its completely free like ublock but you can use your own filter lists. Thanks!
vlovich123•1h ago
> uBlock Origin Lite: Chromium-only Manifest V3 extension. Not available for Safari.

How did I install it as a safari extension on iOS from the App Store?

SoKamil•1h ago
This comparison is outdated.
twostorytower•26m ago
This is also outdated. Gorhill did release uBlock Origin Lite for iOS Safari.
hendersoon•1h ago
It's just another declarative adblocker, as that is all Safari (and now Chrome) allows. There's vanishingly little room for differentiation in this space.
froddd•56m ago
Just installed it to see if it might be better than AdGuard on memory usage, and now I’m getting constant “Pssst! You forgot to apply some settings” notifications as soon as I leave the app. Clicking it takes me back to the app, where it does an update of everything, and… That’s it. Leave the app again, and the notification reappears. Quite annoying!

Edit: it appears it doesn’t remove ad content blocks like AdGuard, and doesn’t let me pick and choose elements to add. I might revisit in a few months, but for now I’m back to AdGuard.

gruez•23m ago
>Just installed it to see if it might be better than AdGuard on memory usage

Why would it be? All adblockers are using the same content blocking API, so at best you'll be using less memory usage while it's updating, which happens so rarely that it's not worth worrying about.

imagetic•39m ago
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ublock-origin-lite/id674534269...

For those looking for the iOS / safari option for Ublock origin lite.

WD-42•16m ago
The readme proudly proclaims: “ The end of Safari ad-blocking B.S.”

Except that it’s just another declarative blocker spread across 4+ extensions. This seems like the same old B.S to me. Better off sticking with Firefox.