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StreetComplete on iOS is now in public beta

https://github.com/streetcomplete/StreetComplete/issues/5421
102•Snowly•1h ago•20 comments

GPT-Synopsys: Frontier Intelligence to Revolutionize Chip Design

https://news.synopsys.com/2026-09-30-OpenAI-and-Synopsys-Announce-GPT-Synopsys-Frontier-Intellige...
56•giuliomagnifico•2h ago•18 comments

OpenDLSS: A Vulkan Reimplementation of Nvidia's DLSS 5 Neural Rendering Network

https://github.com/maanHimself/OpenDLSS-NR
132•sagacity•1d ago•75 comments

Gemini 4 Argon

https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/gemini-4-argon/
1461•bradleyg223•16h ago•959 comments

Returning from vacation? The government can search your phone without a warrant

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/09/immigration-advocate-sues-border-agents-for-demanding...
66•rbanffy•1h ago•40 comments

Book of Shapes – Collection of minimal, generative and customizable SVG-patterns

https://bookofshapes.com/
114•eustoria•1d ago•9 comments

The top secret URSALA, RAQUEL, and FARRAH satellites (2025)

https://www.thespacereview.com/article/4951/1
248•Bluestein•14h ago•116 comments

Adding Floating-Point Decimals for Fun and Profit

https://blog.vero.site/post/float
17•ibobev•1d ago•1 comments

Truemetrics (YC S23) Is Hiring a GTM Founder's Associate

https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/truemetrics/jobs/THLEzXI-gtm-founder-s-associate
1•truemetricsIngo•2h ago

Why the Bronze Age Collapsed

https://www.worksinprogress.news/p/why-really-caused-the-bronze-age
285•AnodicElegy•2d ago•186 comments

Before pixels: Modular industrial dashboards

https://unsung.aresluna.org/before-pixels-modular-industrial-dashboards/
196•leephillips•17h ago•39 comments

Surprisingly complex waves reveal the brain's inner workings

https://www.quantamagazine.org/surprisingly-complex-waves-reveal-the-brains-inner-workings-20260930/
206•ibobev•17h ago•79 comments

A brief history of the Bloomberg terminal

https://spectrum.ieee.org/bloomberg-terminal
315•rbanffy•21h ago•134 comments

Launch HN: Magnitude (YC S25) – Self-optimizing inference engine for agents

https://github.com/magnitudedev/magnitude
173•anerli•18h ago•86 comments

Halfspace experimental IDE for solid modeling with distance fields

https://www.mattkeeter.com/projects/halfspace/
151•luu•16h ago•9 comments

5x faster Edge Functions: V8 isolates to Firecracker MicroVMs

https://www.netlify.com/blog/edge-functions-firecracker-microvms/
190•jbott•18h ago•85 comments

Show HN: Ledge.sh – Runnable Markdown Notes

https://ledge.sh
159•dancablam•1d ago•70 comments

The last time my family was replaced by technology

https://manuel.darcemont.fr/posts/the-last-time-my-family-was-replaced-by-technology/
271•megalomanu•23h ago•547 comments

Speeding up the separating axis test using inscribed spheres

https://box2d.org/posts/2026/09/inscribed-spheres/
3•panic•1d ago•0 comments

CHOMPI portable sampler instrument is now open-source (hardware and software)

https://www.chompiclub.com/opensource
92•lashkari•18h ago•20 comments

What TLA+ can and can't check

https://buttondown.com/hillelwayne/archive/what-tla-can-and-cant-check/
199•b-man•22h ago•43 comments

Multi-connectivity for real-time streaming over Wi-Fi

https://nanoping.com/benchmarks/wifi-roaming
9•mortenvp•23h ago•3 comments

EDG C++ front-end goes public

https://edgcpp.org/#transition
231•iandinwoodie•17h ago•111 comments

The Beclowning of Scott Bessent

https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-beclowning-of-scott-bessent
5•runeks•42m ago•2 comments

LinkedIn Larpmaxxing

https://hereticpleb.vercel.app/blog/linkedin-larpmaxxing/
233•BurnerBurner•1d ago•187 comments

Jacques Barzun, Cultural historian and critic (1980)

https://www.csmonitor.com/1980/0717/071710.html
8•Michelangelo11•1d ago•4 comments

56k.rip – the 1996 dial-up internet experience

https://56k.rip/
199•adunk•14h ago•85 comments

Doing a Machine Learning PhD While Working in Japan

https://www.tokyodev.com/articles/doing-a-machine-learning-phd-while-working-in-japan
110•pwim•1d ago•37 comments

Responsible Release of AI-Generated Mathematics

https://agmai.org/general-sep29/
97•aureianimus•1d ago•131 comments

Coltrane's Tone Circle

https://jtomschroeder.com/blog/tone-circle/
73•jtomschroeder•21h ago•20 comments
Open in hackernews

StreetComplete on iOS is now in public beta

https://github.com/streetcomplete/StreetComplete/issues/5421
101•Snowly•1h ago

Comments

JBiserkov•1h ago
From the README:

StreetComplete is an easy to use editor of OpenStreetMap data available for Android. It can be used without any OpenStreetMap-specific knowledge. It asks simple questions, with answers directly used to edit and improve OpenStreetMap data. The app is aimed at users who do not know anything about OSM tagging schemes but still want to contribute to OpenStreetMap.

StreetComplete automatically looks for nearby places where a survey is needed and shows them as quest markers on its map. Each of these quests can then be solved on site by answering a simple question. For example, tapping on a marker may show the question "What is the name of this road?", with a text field to answer it. More examples are shown in the screenshots below.

The user's answer is automatically processed and uploaded directly into the OSM database. Edits are done in meaningful changesets using the user's OSM account. Since the app is meant to be used on a survey, it can be used offline and is economic with data usage.

amenghra•1h ago
This is great! I wish more knowledge bases realized their barrier to entry. Eg even Wikipedia can be scary to edit the first time, if you want to present things like citations the right way.
PetitPrince•1h ago
StreetComplete is regularly cited whenever OpenStreetMap is mentioned on HN, and with excellent reason (this is a really good introduction to mapping with OSM). Congratulations to the team for the beta!
dewey•22m ago
Indeed, I've been following the issue since it was mentioned here last time and was positively surprised about how quickly they progressed and got the first version shipped.
elaus•1h ago
It's a great app, been using it on Android for years. It has a really low barrier of entry (except maybe OSM account creation) and makes improving OpenStreetMap really easy even for people that have no experience with map editing. There's simple questions, e.g. about road surface or accessibility, with illustrated multiple-choice answers.
intrasight•1h ago
I'd like to hear more about people's experiences with Kotlin Multiplatform
anotherpaul•1h ago
StreetComplete is great. For me it made Openstreetmap much more approachable and now thanks to me there are a few more public toilets and one small road in osm. Especially with the road it was really interesting to see how quickly Google maps also took in this path. But they still also have the old road in the app. So it's linked but not 100%
greggsy•1h ago
Link to the actual TestFlight beta invite, since it wasn’t easily found on the linked page:

https://testflight.apple.com/join/K1u3eUU5

conartist6•58m ago
Can you use OpenStreetMap like Google Maps?

I tried to use it to list restaurants but the UI reacted like nobody had ever tried that before

unfocso•32m ago
Partly, with Organic Maps or CoMaps.

However, in my opinion TomTom (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tomtom.spe... or https://apps.apple.com/us/app/tomtom-maps-traffic/id14381065...) is still the best way to use OpenStreetMap for navigation since it combines OSM data with their own real time traffic information without dark patterns or asking for an account like Waze or Maps do.

flexagoon•31m ago
OpenStreetMap is a database, not a map application. The map on the official openstreetmap website is more of a demo to show some of the data. There are many different map apps that use OpenStreetMap data though.
Poudlardo•56m ago
OH long overdue, glad it finally came out
thrownawaysz•30m ago
>Known caveats (we are working on it):

>forms can only be canceled with the back gesture rather than clicking anywhere on the map

Well for me not even the back gesture works, I just have to force close the app if I don't want to answer a survey lol

dewey•22m ago
It takes a bit of practice, but I got it to work after a few tries.
asymmetric•11m ago
I’ve been using EveryDoor so far, excited about trying this one out!
Loic•9m ago
I have been using StreetComplete on Android thanks to a comment here some weeks ago. This is a really great tool, the barrier to contribute is brought to nearly zero.

The only one thing missing for me is a small history of my past contributions. At some point, I made a mistake and entered the wrong information (nothing terrible, the surface of a walkway, it was 30% one surface, 70% another, I gave the 30% value instead of what I think 70% would be better). I would have been glad to be able to quickly "revert" this contribution.

But else, a really great tool.

PetitPrince•3m ago
If you go to the OSM website, you can sort of get list of all your modification by date in your profile: https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/YOUR_USERNAME
smcleod•8m ago
That's legitimately a good idea. I just contributed more to open street map in 5 minute than I have in 15 years.
tbo47•7m ago
I tried both StreetComplete and EveryDoor on my Android for a while.

I prefer EveryDoor. It's oriented more towards stores and things I'm interested in on the map.

EveryDoor exist on the Apple store too.