Gistbyte - Hacker News Stories for October 19, 2026

1. Show HN: Maali – Privacy-first personal finance app with a local AI analyst (maali.app)

A complete personal-finance app with an AI analyst, and everything runs on your own computer. It works with the Wi-Fi off, because your data never needs to leave.

7 points by zukhan 2 days ago 2 comments

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2. MiniMax M3.1 Flash: Redefining Agent Performance and Cost

7 points by minimaxir 3 days ago 0 comments

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3. Tennyson's Faith: A Nobler Type (hedgehogreview.com)

Poetry, prayer, and scientific paradox.

7 points by prismatic 4 days ago 1 comments

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4. Show HN: Jev in action – task classifier and auto model router in Keen Code (mochow13.github.io)

6 points by mochow13 2 days ago 0 comments

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5. Show HN: The Lion King (SNES, 1994), running as a native PC program (github.com)

TLKRecomp is a static recompilation of The Lion King (SNES), built with snesrecomp - kinduff/TLKRecomp

6 points by kinduff 3 days ago 4 comments

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6. Kevin Bacon's missing clothes finally delivered in Ireland (www.rte.ie)

FedEx has responded to US actor Kevin Bacon's social media appeal, for his missing clothes that were shipped from New York state at the end of September, to where he is staying in Ireland.

FedEx has addressed Kevin Bacon’s plea for help after his clothes went missing during shipment from New York to Ireland. The actor’s social media call for assistance has led to a resolution of the unusual situation.

5 points by austinallegro 3 days ago 1 comments

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7. One hacker used AI agents and a few thousand dollars to break into 100 sites (www.reuters.com)

5 points by wondersky 3 days ago 0 comments

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8. Show HN: A biotech catalyst calendar that links every date to the SEC sentence (www.orionbiotechai.com)

Each date links to the SEC filing it came from. When a company changes its wording, we keep both versions. No forecasts.

5 points by orionbiotech 3 days ago 0 comments

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9. Show HN: I re-read the terms of 175 AI tools twice; 60% changed in 15 weeks (clipjury.com)

We re-read the licence, pricing and watermark terms of 175 AI video, voice, music and image tools. 105 changed. Changes ran 5 to 1 against creators.

A review of the licensing and pricing terms for 175 AI tools reveals that 60% of them underwent significant changes in just 15 weeks, with most adjustments favoring companies over creators. This analysis highlights the evolving landscape of AI tool policies and their implications for users.

5 points by abdallahamjid 3 days ago 2 comments

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10. Show HN: My Personal Weather Station (johnzanussi.com)

Live conditions from the weather station on my roof on Long Island, NY.

5 points by johnz 3 days ago 1 comments

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11. How RC2's π table was made (khalidhamadeh.com)

The 256 numbers in the key schedule of Ron Rivest’s RC2 cipher were said to come from π, but the method was never published. A card shuffle that uses π’s digits as dice reproduces it exactly.

Discover the unique method behind the creation of the RC2 cipher’s key schedule, which cleverly utilizes the digits of π through a card shuffle technique. This insight reveals the intriguing connection between mathematics and cryptography.

5 points by KhalidH 3 days ago 1 comments

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12. Ask HN: Why can't Ukraine use LoRA instead of Starshield?

4 points by xrd 2 days ago 5 comments

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13. Show HN: ECG Signal Processing Starter Kit – Python, SciPy, and FastAPI (github.com)

Production-grade Python pipeline for ECG baseline wander removal, noise filtering, and R-peak / HRV extraction. - banisond/ecg-signal-processing-python

4 points by banisond 3 days ago 0 comments

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14. Show HN: Trmnl-cards – Turn an XTEINK X4 into a tiny frame for rare cards (github.com)

Contribute to mdnahian/trmnl-cards development by creating an account on GitHub.

4 points by mdni007 3 days ago 1 comments

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15. Ask HN: New Outlook` sends everything through Microsoft Servers

4 points by NicoJuicy 3 days ago 4 comments

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16. Show HN: InfiniDomino – practically infinite world of dominoes to knock over (infinidomino.io)

An infinite, shared, real-time table of dominoes. Knock one over and watch the chain run, or stand them back up for everyone else.

4 points by Static2280 3 days ago 2 comments

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17. Most lookups are for things that don't exist (cristicretan.ro)

Most lookups are for things that don't exist | A Bloom filter in front of Cassandra. The cluster got 60% smaller. Here is how we got there, because the interesting part is not...

4 points by frostbyte7 5 days ago 1 comments

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18. Show HN: Claude Code skills and hooks that prove a fix's test fails without it (github.com)

Tested skills, subagents and hooks for Claude Code: route work to the cheapest capable model, pass gates by exit code, prove a fix's test fails without it, hand off between sessions, write tick...

3 points by ehnruiz 2 days ago 0 comments

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19. Show HN: Semantics to SQL in Rust, ~70µs per query (github.com)

Contribute to stratasite/0sql development by creating an account on GitHub.

3 points by allenjiji 3 days ago 0 comments

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20. Best way to get SMS verification codes without using your own number?

3 points by guler26 3 days ago 4 comments

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21. Faster command recall with substring search (www.dantleech.com)

3 points by speckx 7 days ago 1 comments

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22. Show HN: I made a tiny 2 MB screenshot tool for Windows (open source) (github.com)

Contribute to VahidYousefzadeh/CapChief development by creating an account on GitHub.

2 points by vahidce 2 days ago 1 comments

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23. Show HN: Neuron, agents that set themselves up from your GitHub repo (www.neuronbot.in)

A small team of agents. Each one keeps its own memory, and work moves down the slip.

2 points by tanay_kapoor 3 days ago 0 comments

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24. Show HN: Hybro – an open interoperability engine for AI agents (github.com)

The open interoperability layer for AI agents. Connect your favorite agents and harnesses. Work together. - hybroai/hybro

2 points by kevinlu310 3 days ago 0 comments

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25. Show HN: LLM Usage Desktop Widget (github.com)

A Desktop Widget for Linux / Windows / MacOS that shows you your current LLM usage levels - aleph-void/LLM-Usage-Desktop-Widget

2 points by bootbloopers 3 days ago 0 comments

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1. Show HN: Maali – Privacy-first personal finance app with a local AI analyst (maali.app)

2. MiniMax M3.1 Flash: Redefining Agent Performance and Cost

3. Tennyson's Faith: A Nobler Type (hedgehogreview.com)

4. Show HN: Jev in action – task classifier and auto model router in Keen Code (mochow13.github.io)

5. Show HN: The Lion King (SNES, 1994), running as a native PC program (github.com)

6. Kevin Bacon's missing clothes finally delivered in Ireland (www.rte.ie)

7. One hacker used AI agents and a few thousand dollars to break into 100 sites (www.reuters.com)

8. Show HN: A biotech catalyst calendar that links every date to the SEC sentence (www.orionbiotechai.com)

9. Show HN: I re-read the terms of 175 AI tools twice; 60% changed in 15 weeks (clipjury.com)

10. Show HN: My Personal Weather Station (johnzanussi.com)

11. How RC2's π table was made (khalidhamadeh.com)

12. Ask HN: Why can't Ukraine use LoRA instead of Starshield?

13. Show HN: ECG Signal Processing Starter Kit – Python, SciPy, and FastAPI (github.com)

14. Show HN: Trmnl-cards – Turn an XTEINK X4 into a tiny frame for rare cards (github.com)

15. Ask HN: New Outlook` sends everything through Microsoft Servers

16. Show HN: InfiniDomino – practically infinite world of dominoes to knock over (infinidomino.io)

17. Most lookups are for things that don't exist (cristicretan.ro)

18. Show HN: Claude Code skills and hooks that prove a fix's test fails without it (github.com)

19. Show HN: Semantics to SQL in Rust, ~70µs per query (github.com)

20. Best way to get SMS verification codes without using your own number?

21. Faster command recall with substring search (www.dantleech.com)

22. Show HN: I made a tiny 2 MB screenshot tool for Windows (open source) (github.com)

23. Show HN: Neuron, agents that set themselves up from your GitHub repo (www.neuronbot.in)

24. Show HN: Hybro – an open interoperability engine for AI agents (github.com)

25. Show HN: LLM Usage Desktop Widget (github.com)

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