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

https://spillhistorie.no/2026/02/06/interview-with-sierra-veteran-al-lowe/
50•thelok•3h ago•6 comments

Hoot: Scheme on WebAssembly

https://www.spritely.institute/hoot/
117•AlexeyBrin•6h ago•20 comments

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

https://openciv3.org/
812•klaussilveira•21h ago•246 comments

Stories from 25 Years of Software Development

https://susam.net/twenty-five-years-of-computing.html
49•vinhnx•4h ago•7 comments

The AI boom is causing shortages everywhere else

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/02/07/ai-spending-economy-shortages/
91•1vuio0pswjnm7•7h ago•102 comments

Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback

https://rlhfbook.com/
73•onurkanbkrc•6h ago•5 comments

The Waymo World Model

https://waymo.com/blog/2026/02/the-waymo-world-model-a-new-frontier-for-autonomous-driving-simula...
1054•xnx•1d ago•601 comments

Start all of your commands with a comma (2009)

https://rhodesmill.org/brandon/2009/commands-with-comma/
471•theblazehen•2d ago•174 comments

U.S. Jobs Disappear at Fastest January Pace Since Great Recession

https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikestunson/2026/02/05/us-jobs-disappear-at-fastest-january-pace-sin...
51•alephnerd•1h ago•15 comments

Vocal Guide – belt sing without killing yourself

https://jesperordrup.github.io/vocal-guide/
197•jesperordrup•11h ago•67 comments

Selection Rather Than Prediction

https://voratiq.com/blog/selection-rather-than-prediction/
8•languid-photic•3d ago•1 comments

Speed up responses with fast mode

https://code.claude.com/docs/en/fast-mode
9•surprisetalk•1h ago•2 comments

France's homegrown open source online office suite

https://github.com/suitenumerique
538•nar001•5h ago•248 comments

Coding agents have replaced every framework I used

https://blog.alaindichiappari.dev/p/software-engineering-is-back
206•alainrk•6h ago•313 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
33•rbanffy•4d ago•6 comments

72M Points of Interest

https://tech.marksblogg.com/overture-places-pois.html
26•marklit•5d ago•1 comments

Unseen Footage of Atari Battlezone Arcade Cabinet Production

https://arcadeblogger.com/2026/02/02/unseen-footage-of-atari-battlezone-cabinet-production/
110•videotopia•4d ago•30 comments

Where did all the starships go?

https://www.datawrapper.de/blog/science-fiction-decline
69•speckx•4d ago•72 comments

Software factories and the agentic moment

https://factory.strongdm.ai/
63•mellosouls•4h ago•70 comments

Show HN: Kappal – CLI to Run Docker Compose YML on Kubernetes for Local Dev

https://github.com/sandys/kappal
21•sandGorgon•2d ago•11 comments

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

https://github.com/valdanylchuk/breezydemo
271•isitcontent•21h ago•36 comments

Learning from context is harder than we thought

https://hy.tencent.com/research/100025?langVersion=en
199•limoce•4d ago•110 comments

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

https://github.com/pydantic/monty
284•dmpetrov•21h ago•153 comments

Making geo joins faster with H3 indexes

https://floedb.ai/blog/how-we-made-geo-joins-400-faster-with-h3-indexes
155•matheusalmeida•2d ago•48 comments

Hackers (1995) Animated Experience

https://hackers-1995.vercel.app/
553•todsacerdoti•1d ago•267 comments

Sheldon Brown's Bicycle Technical Info

https://www.sheldonbrown.com/
424•ostacke•1d ago•110 comments

An Update on Heroku

https://www.heroku.com/blog/an-update-on-heroku/
467•lstoll•1d ago•308 comments

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

https://eljojo.github.io/rememory/
348•eljojo•1d ago•214 comments

Ga68, a GNU Algol 68 Compiler

https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/PEXRTN-ga68-intro/
41•matt_d•4d ago•16 comments

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

https://vecti.com
367•vecti•23h ago•167 comments
Open in hackernews

Show HN: I Made Loom for Mobile

https://demoscope.app
69•admtal•1mo ago
An app to make demo vids

Of course I have a demo vid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_fq0TzlsXI

This will be my last post to HN about this. I always like to try a few titles to see if any hit.

Comments

nottorp•1mo ago
Not this Loom right?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loom_(video_game)

admtal•1mo ago
Ha, I was not aware of that loom. I’ll have to check it out, thanks for sharing
sodapopcan•1mo ago
This is what I assumed and starting with the comments was very confusing.
leovander•1mo ago
That was a sleek demo, good job! Only thing that I could nitpick is if you polished your floating toolbars to look a bit more Apple-y, this feels like something Apple is going to be sending you an acquihire for.
admtal•1mo ago
Thank you - you’re right, I should Liquid Glassify that app asap
teddyh•1mo ago
“Ask me about Loom”
mdlxxv•1mo ago
"You mean the latest masterpiece of fantasy storytelling from Lucasfilm's™ Brian Moriarty™? Why, it's an extraordinary adventure with an interface of magic, stunning, high-resolution, 3D landscapes, sophisticated score and musical effects. Not to mention the detailed animation and special effects, elegant point 'n' click control of characters, objects, and magic spells. Beat the rush! Go out and buy Loom™ today!"
forbiddenvoid•1mo ago
I will not hide my disappointment that this headline was not, in fact, referring to the classic adventure game.
mdb333•1mo ago
yes!!!
a_shoeboy•1mo ago
Glad it's not just me.
spectre3d•1mo ago
Same here, I was confused and disappointed when I clicked the link and was presented with yet another screen recorder.
GuB-42•1mo ago
Same for me.

However you can still play the original game with ScummVM, available on many platforms, including Android.

BrokenCogs•1mo ago
Loom just reminds me of the cringey-est blog post I have ever read.

I hadn't heard about loom until I read the founder's post about how difficult it was being rich and successful.

Hope you're not looking to hike through Hawaiian forests or not become an NPC at Big Co

admtal•1mo ago
I’m not planning on it, but to be completely honest I don’t want to rule it out
pengaru•1mo ago
For those who were confused like myself - this has absolutely nothing to do with the demoscene described here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demoscene
pyrophane•1mo ago
My first thought was of the adventure game Loom.
LeoPanthera•1mo ago
You mean the latest masterpiece of fantasy storytelling from Lucasfilms™ Brian Moriarty™? Why it's an extraordinary adventure with an interface of magic, stunning high-resolution, 3D landscapes, sophisticated score and musical effects. Not to mention the detailed animation and special effects, elegant point 'n' click control of characters, objects, and magic spells. Beat the rush! Go out and buy Loom™ today!
Oras•1mo ago
Really cool demo, well done on creating such a nice app.

Feedback, watching your YouTube video, it is clear that the self thumbnail is covering a large part of the screen. I noticed you can enlarge/reduce the size, but it will still covering part of the screen considering mobile dims are a lot smaller than desktop.

It would be nice to 80/20 ratio where 80 is for the mobile and 20 for your selfie camera and logo/title/description of what you’re demoing.

All the best!

admtal•1mo ago
This is a great idea, thank you

I did add some title/annotation functionality after making that demo

But your right, there should be a way to avoid screen cover

oytis•1mo ago
Disapponted it's not about https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loom_(video_game)
SirFatty•1mo ago
Exactly what I was hoping... LucasFilm made some great games.
tsak•1mo ago
That was my first thought as well.
pandemic_region•1mo ago
You stole my comment sir.
kleiba•1mo ago
And here I am, thinking I had a unique comment to write.

(I too was excited of that old classic being ported to mobile devices.)

schlauerfox•1mo ago
Pirate button: "Ask me about LOOM" You mean the latest masterpiece of fantasy storytelling from Lucasfilms™ Brian Moriarty™? Why it's an extraordinary adventure with an interface of magic, stunning high-resolution, 3D landscapes, sophisticated score and musical effects. Not to mention the detailed animation and special effects, elegant point 'n' click control of characters, objects, and magic spells. Beat the rush! Go out and buy Loom™ today!
agiacalone•1mo ago
Thankfully, it plays nicely on iOS and Android under ScummVM!
jmathai•1mo ago
Very cool! I do this today by connecting my phone to my laptop and recording via Loom. It's a bit janky for sure and the video is off because I looking down at my phone and not the webcam [1].

Does Loom really not offer this capability as an iOS app? I never checked but that's crazy if they don't. Regardless, I think this solves a problem for sure! Congrats on building and launching.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11yHdB-wmgs

admtal•1mo ago
Thank you, and yes, Loom does not offer it

There are tons of iOS screen recorders that record either the camera, or the screen, but none do both.

I also had a janky solution, which prompted me to build this

truetraveller•1mo ago
Can this record just native apps (i.e. non websites)?
admtal•1mo ago
Unfortunately not

iOS guardrails make that pretty much impossible

I had to accepts some tradeoffs to get this specific collection of features, Face Cam, touches, etc…

I’ve heard Android might allow more, and I’ll be looking into an Android port soon.

evv•1mo ago
Looks like it is possible if you do a normal iOS screen recording, then use your app to add the Face Cam and touches on top.
admtal•1mo ago
Yes, it’s possible to do composite edits after a screen recording

The tradeoffs here were aimed at doing it all live in a single take

throwaway-aws9•1mo ago
So all it took was 10 posts over 17 days to get to first page. Nice app btw.
admtal•1mo ago
Thanks, I hate that the winning title is “Loom for Mobile” but I get it

Maybe it will help SEO if people get stuck and search Loom Mobile

seoguru•1mo ago
looks amazing! any plans for an android version?
admtal•1mo ago
Yes! I purchased an Android device this week, and next week I’m going to start working on a port.

From what I’ve gathered, the Android version might be better due to lesser screen recording constraints

eduardogarza•1mo ago
The beauty of Loom is that once you have it installed, either Desktop or Chrome, its one button - record a video, auto-generates the link, and you can immediately send off. I used it a ton, both as a software eng and with designers to better communicate back and forth things in my environment that would be wordy or hard to communicate.

I would imagine that if I worked on mobile apps instead of web ones, the benefit of a tool like this would be if I could click a button and have the same experience from my laptop/computer.

When I worked on a mobile app for a startup earlier this year, I'd use the Screen Recording, and then send it to myself through Whatsapp, then on my Mac send it off to the person I was targeting.

If I could use the app, record a video, and then have that auto-generate the URL and then have that immediately available on your platform so I can see that URL on my computer after refreshing, that would be quite handy.

admtal•1mo ago
Thank you for the feedback, I agree instant shareable link is huge selling point on Loom.

I’ll try to look into maybe like, a Vimeo/youtube integration for a quick solve.

mcsniff•1mo ago
This is cool and would make a great tool for lots of creators, solo / small business people, etc.

If I can make a suggestion, work on the design. At the very least, the emojis don't work for describing what they are trying to, IMO.

admtal•1mo ago
Fair, thank you.

I’ll try to improve the design of that toolbar