2. SpacetimeDB: A Short Technical Review (strn.cat)
3. Every Model Cheats (dreadnode.io)
This post presents a controlled prompt-ablation study: 23 tasks, three prompt conditions, 1,518 individually audited traces, and a simple question: can you prompt away cheating?
A study involving 1,518 traces examines whether modifying prompts can reduce cheating across various tasks. The findings could shed light on the effectiveness of different prompt strategies in ensuring fair outcomes.
4. Hacking with Claude on a $27 Smart Watch (www.mikekasberg.com)
5. Show HN: Open-source Stripe Connect alternative (zoneless.com)
Global, open-source payouts for marketplaces with no fees. Run Zoneless alongside Stripe Connect or Paypal without changing your existing payments setup.
Ben developed Zoneless as a cost-effective open-source alternative to Stripe Connect, significantly reducing his monthly fees from $9,000 to just $6. After personally onboarding over 5,000 sellers and completing 3,000 payouts, he shares insights on how it can benefit marketplace operators facing high transaction costs.
7. Show HN: Check if any of the $656M in unclaimed royalties at The MLC is yours (pub.doub.ly)
$656M in unmatched and unclaimed mechanicals starts paying out by market share in January 2027. Paste a Spotify link and see which of your recordings are exposed. Free, no signup.
A new tool helps musicians check if they have unclaimed mechanical royalties with The MLC, which currently holds $656 million. This could be a valuable resource for artists who might be missing out on earnings from their music’s streaming.
8. Nearly 1,400 live streams from Japan (tomarigi.me)
日本各地のYouTubeライブカメラを地図から探して、その場で視聴できるサービス。
A new service allows users to find and watch nearly 1,400 live-streaming cameras across Japan from a map interface. It’s an engaging way to experience various locations in real-time.
9. Why the Ocean Cleanup Hasn't Solved the Plastic Pollution Crisis (therevelator.org)
Global problems are rarely solved by one person or invention. The Ocean Cleanup didn’t work, for the reasons experts said it wouldn’t. What can we learn from this?
The Ocean Cleanup initiative faced challenges that experts predicted, highlighting the complexity of tackling global plastic pollution. This piece examines the shortcomings of the project and discusses valuable lessons for future environmental efforts.
10. Harvest hikes bills by 1500% after purchased by Bending Spoons (www.bbc.com)
Richard Haldenby says his average monthly bill for Harvest had risen from $130 (£95.50) to $2,110.
After being acquired by Bending Spoons, Harvest’s pricing has skyrocketed, with one user’s bill jumping from $130 to over $2,100. This dramatic increase raises concerns about the company’s new billing practices and their impact on customers.
11. An elliptic curve of rank ≥ 30 (elliptic-rank.icarm.cloud)
Can we find small elliptic curves of high rank? A leaderboard of certified Mordell–Weil rank lower bounds, ordered by naive height, Faltings height, and conductor.
The article discusses the search for small elliptic curves with high ranks and presents a leaderboard ranking certified lower bounds based on various mathematical criteria. This could interest those studying number theory and elliptic curves.
12. Speeding Up (Small) Ruby Hashes (byroot.github.io)
Something I must confess is that I absolutely hate writing these blog posts. It’s not quite as bad as having to give a conference talk, but it’s up there on the list of activities that feel like pulling teeth to me. Not that I’m not proud of the result. I absolutely am. But the process of writing them is very painful for me. It’s particularly true of the very first sentence, as the post progresses, it gets a bit easier
13. Rewriting in Rust (blog.jetbrains.com)
This is a guest post by Mateusz Maćkowski and Marek Grzelak, co-maintainers of cot.rs and speakers at Rustikon 2026. You can watch the full talk here. RIIR. If you've spent any time in open source
14. Simulacra and Simulation (en.wikipedia.org)
15. Show HN: We chased a weather balloon across Montana and never found it (radi8.dev)
UpLink was a 491-gram high altitude balloon payload with a custom 3D printed enclosure, a LoRa image downlink, and two independent trackers. It reached the stratosphere, sent back hundreds of pictures, and we never recovered it.
A team attempted an independent launch of a weather balloon payload called UpLink, designed to test 3D printing filaments and transmit images. Despite their efforts, they tracked the balloon across Montana but ultimately couldn’t locate it, leading to insights about their engineering process and challenges faced.
16. Project Cybersyn (bactra.org)
17. Tidal Cycles – Live coding music with Algorithmic patterns (tidalcycles.org)
18. Show HN: Omacosy – omarchy-style tiling desktop for macOS, no SIP (github.com)
Pre-1.0. An omarchy-style desktop environment for macOS: tiling with a real Super key, dwindle layout, a themed status bar written for it, focus-follows-mouse, trackpad workspace swipes and a live ...
Omacosy brings the efficient tiling window management of omarchy to macOS, enhancing daily workflows with custom themes, mouse focus features, and a tailored mission control overview. Users looking for a more organized and streamlined desktop experience on their MacBook may find this setup particularly appealing.
19. Why Microsoft Entertainment Pack had a sticker announcing that it had Tetris? (devblogs.microsoft.com)
A contingency plan.
20. Risk Engineering (risk-engineering.org)
Risk engineering and safety management course materials and educational resources, all open access.
Access a comprehensive collection of open educational resources focused on risk engineering and safety management. Perfect for students and professionals looking to enhance their knowledge in these critical fields.
21. Generic Methods in Go 1.27 (dominik.info)
An explanation of generic methods in Go, covering method-level type parameters and why dynamic dispatch prevents them from being declared inside interfaces
Learn how Go 1.27 introduces generic methods with method-level type parameters, and understand the limitations imposed by dynamic dispatch that affect their declaration in interfaces. This insight is essential for developers looking to leverage generics effectively in their Go applications.
22. Launch HN: Vendo (YC S26) – Let users build features on top of your product (github.com)
Embedded agents your customers use to automate work, build views, and connect their tools. - runvendo/vendo
Vendo allows users to customize their existing software by building new features directly on top of it, tailored to their specific needs. Founders Yousef and Nour detail how their platform leverages existing data and interfaces to enhance user experience.
23. AI didn't erase the junior engineer's value, it increased it it (franciscotrindade.me)
The argument says AI erased the junior engineer
A new perspective challenges the notion that AI has diminished the role of junior engineers, suggesting instead that it has enhanced their value in the workforce. This shift in understanding could reshape how we view the future of engineering jobs.
24. Theory of Fluids Enters the 21st Century (www.quantamagazine.org)
From the 1800s to the early 2000s, physicists used the same theory to understand the behavior of fluids. Now, using a modern insight, they have redefined fluids from the bottom up.
Researchers have updated longstanding fluid dynamics theories by applying contemporary insights, significantly altering our understanding of fluid behavior. This shift could lead to advancements in various scientific and engineering fields.
25. The Chauffeur Problem (engines.egr.uh.edu)
Today, we learn to drive our own cars -- and manage our own computers. The University of Houston's College of Engineering presents this series about the machines that make our civilization run, and the people whose ingenuity created them. Historian Kevin Borg talks about a 1906 headline in the New York Times: "Chauffeurs Lord It Over Their Employers." The headline typified a rising problem in the first days of the automobile. The wealthy were having trouble with a new breed of servant.
A historical look at the early days of automobiles reveals tension between wealthy car owners and their chauffeurs. Historian Kevin Borg discusses how a 1906 New York Times headline highlighted the challenges of this new dynamic in society.
26. Show HN: A data viewer for choosing Frigate-compatible IP cameras (github.com)
Open database of 3,400+ CCTV camera specs across 77+ brands — searchable, filterable, CC0 - ch-bas/cctv-camera-database
27. GitHub, autoscaling, and the component substitution fallacy (surfingcomplexity.blog)
In yesterday’s post about the recent GitHub outage, there was a detail in the writeup that I didn’t say anything about: the autoscaling policy on the service with the saturated Istio si…
The article discusses a specific aspect of the recent GitHub outage, focusing on the autoscaling policy and its implications within the context of service management. Understanding this detail could provide insights into the challenges of maintaining service reliability during high-demand situations.
28. Browser De-Slop (www.sacredheartsc.com)
Disable AI slop and bloatware in Chrome and Firefox.
Learn how to streamline your browsing experience by removing unnecessary AI features and bloatware in Chrome and Firefox for improved performance.
29. Zuckerberg encouraged growth over child safety, ex-Meta executive testifies (www.reuters.com)
30. Sectorforth is a 16-bit x86 Forth that fits in a 512-byte boot sector (2020) (github.com)
sectorforth is a 16-bit x86 Forth that fits in a 512-byte boot sector. - cesarblum/sectorforth
Sectorforth is a compact 16-bit x86 Forth programming language designed to fit within a 512-byte boot sector, making it an interesting tool for low-level programming enthusiasts and those exploring minimalistic computing.