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SectorC: A C Compiler in 512 bytes

https://xorvoid.com/sectorc.html
96•valyala•4h ago•16 comments

The F Word

http://muratbuffalo.blogspot.com/2026/02/friction.html
43•zdw•3d ago•7 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...
23•gnufx•2h ago•19 comments

Speed up responses with fast mode

https://code.claude.com/docs/en/fast-mode
55•surprisetalk•3h ago•54 comments

Software factories and the agentic moment

https://factory.strongdm.ai/
97•mellosouls•6h ago•174 comments

Stories from 25 Years of Software Development

https://susam.net/twenty-five-years-of-computing.html
100•vinhnx•7h ago•13 comments

Hoot: Scheme on WebAssembly

https://www.spritely.institute/hoot/
143•AlexeyBrin•9h ago•26 comments

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

https://openciv3.org/
850•klaussilveira•1d ago•258 comments

I write games in C (yes, C)

https://jonathanwhiting.com/writing/blog/games_in_c/
138•valyala•4h ago•109 comments

First Proof

https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.05192
68•samasblack•6h ago•52 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-...
7•mbitsnbites•3d ago•0 comments

The Waymo World Model

https://waymo.com/blog/2026/02/the-waymo-world-model-a-new-frontier-for-autonomous-driving-simula...
1093•xnx•1d ago•618 comments

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

https://spillhistorie.no/2026/02/06/interview-with-sierra-veteran-al-lowe/
64•thelok•6h ago•10 comments

Vocal Guide – belt sing without killing yourself

https://jesperordrup.github.io/vocal-guide/
235•jesperordrup•14h ago•80 comments

Start all of your commands with a comma (2009)

https://rhodesmill.org/brandon/2009/commands-with-comma/
519•theblazehen•3d ago•191 comments

Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback

https://rlhfbook.com/
94•onurkanbkrc•9h ago•5 comments

Selection Rather Than Prediction

https://voratiq.com/blog/selection-rather-than-prediction/
13•languid-photic•3d ago•4 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
30•momciloo•4h ago•5 comments

Coding agents have replaced every framework I used

https://blog.alaindichiappari.dev/p/software-engineering-is-back
258•alainrk•8h ago•425 comments

The AI boom is causing shortages everywhere else

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/02/07/ai-spending-economy-shortages/
186•1vuio0pswjnm7•10h ago•264 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
48•rbanffy•4d ago•9 comments

France's homegrown open source online office suite

https://github.com/suitenumerique
614•nar001•8h ago•272 comments

72M Points of Interest

https://tech.marksblogg.com/overture-places-pois.html
36•marklit•5d ago•6 comments

We mourn our craft

https://nolanlawson.com/2026/02/07/we-mourn-our-craft/
347•ColinWright•3h ago•412 comments

Unseen Footage of Atari Battlezone Arcade Cabinet Production

https://arcadeblogger.com/2026/02/02/unseen-footage-of-atari-battlezone-cabinet-production/
124•videotopia•4d ago•39 comments

Where did all the starships go?

https://www.datawrapper.de/blog/science-fiction-decline
99•speckx•4d ago•115 comments

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

https://github.com/sandys/kappal
33•sandGorgon•2d ago•15 comments

Learning from context is harder than we thought

https://hy.tencent.com/research/100025?langVersion=en
211•limoce•4d ago•119 comments

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

https://github.com/valdanylchuk/breezydemo
288•isitcontent•1d ago•38 comments

History and Timeline of the Proco Rat Pedal (2021)

https://web.archive.org/web/20211030011207/https://thejhsshow.com/articles/history-and-timeline-o...
20•brudgers•5d ago•5 comments
Open in hackernews

Vitest Browser Mode Guide

https://howtotestfrontend.com/resources/vitest-browser-mode-guide-and-setup-info
72•howToTestFE•1mo ago

Comments

gwynforthewyn•1mo ago
More options in the ecosystem seems better, but I was surprised to see this in the linked vitest docs:

> However, to run tests in CI you need to install either playwright or webdriverio. We also recommend switching to either one of them for testing locally instead of using the default preview provider since it relies on simulating events instead of using Chrome DevTools Protocol.

syspec•1mo ago
I used to do this with Karma test runner. The best part was how it didn't try to capture everything, so debugging with breakpoints was really easy.

I like Vitest browser mode, but it's a pain to just "detach" for a specific frame and run that test in isolation, with my actual breakpoints.

throw2312321•1mo ago
Using this, can I test canvas?

I have a React component that renders to a canvas (see "DeckGL"). The component renders data that it gets from the backend. So I'd need to mock API requests, then screenshot contents of the canvas.

ruined•1mo ago
yes, i've used vitest browser mode to test canvas operations. it's designed to use 'snapshots' which capture page state, not screenshots, but that can detect visual difference on the canvas.

if you're performing GL operations you'll need to pass options to your browser driver to enable GL (for playwright chromium it's just `--enable-gpu`)

unfortunately, canvas rendering is sensitive enough to platform that you may have trouble matching snapshots between developer machines and/or CI.

c_s_guy•1mo ago
> Fast execution... despite running in a real browser, which at first might seem like it would be slow - it is actually really fast.

What makes it fast?

8n4vidtmkvmk•1mo ago
I'd also like a definition for "fast". Because my unit tests run in 100ms. Is it that fast? Or "fast" for a browser test
knallfrosch•1mo ago
Has anyone debugged Vitest Browser tests? Seems broken.
syspec•1mo ago
Yes! Completely agree! So hard to debug. Nearly impossible to set breakpoints (they disappear in refresh).