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Introduction to Beaver Triples
Article URL: https://stoffelmpc.com/stoffel-blog/beaver-triples-tuples Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48076009 Points: 17 # Comments: 10
The context window has been shattered: Subquadratic debuts a 12M token window
Article URL: https://thenewstack.io/subquadratic-12-million-context-window/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48075645 Points: 8 # Comments: 0
PipeDream on the Acorn Archimedes
Article URL: https://stonetools.ghost.io/pipedream-archimedes/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48075528 Points: 17 # Comments: 3
First, the FBI Searched Her Home. Then, She Won a Pulitzer.
Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/business/media/hannah-natanson-washington-post-pulitzer.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48075520 Points: 16 # Comments: 2
Walking slower? Your ears, not your knees, might be the problem
69 points, 51 comments on Hacker News
Distributing Mac software is increasing my cortisol levels
139 points, 83 comments on Hacker News
The React2Shell Story and What Happened Next.js
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GrapheneOS fixes Android VPN leak Google refused to patch
Article URL: https://cyberinsider.com/grapheneos-fixes-android-vpn-leak-google-refused-to-patch/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48075144 Points: 34 # Comments: 4
Rtwatch: Watch videos with friends using WebRTC
24 points, 2 comments on Hacker News
Show HN: Mochi.js: bun-native high-fidelity browser automation library
Hi HN, I’m sharing mochi.js (https://github.com/0xchasercat/mochi), a Bun-native, raw-CDP browser automation framework. It's designed to make programmatic browser use more effective by focusing on consistency and measured parity with regular traffic, purely from the JS layer, against stock Chromium. The most common forms of browser automation focus heavily on client-side line by line probes, which are mostly cosmetic. This makes people feel better but it doesn't have much relevance to actual WAF or anti-automation defences. Mochi.js focuses on what actually matters, allowing you to get past captchas, WAF's and most defence mechanisms. In fact, in some cases it actually outperforms chromium forks simply by virtue of not having to lie. The foundation is built on a probe manifest based on analyzing several WAF's and trying to cover most of the ground that matters, and from there building upwards while ensuring every decision is backed by data. Solves turnstile/interstitial automatically,
The Intolerable Hypocrisy of Cyberlibertarianism
Article URL: https://matduggan.com/the-intolerable-hypocrisy-of-cyberlibertarianism/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48074952 Points: 11 # Comments: 1
Read Programming as Theory Building
Article URL: https://codeutopia.net/blog/2026/05/09/you-should-read-programming-as-theory-building/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48074829 Points: 45 # Comments: 8
Show HN: A modern Music Player Daemon based on Rockbox firmware
37 points, 2 comments on Hacker News
Boriel BASIC
36 points, 10 comments on Hacker News
Internet Archive Switzerland
Article URL: https://internetarchive.ch/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48074265 Points: 232 # Comments: 27
Internet Archive Switzerland
479 points, 71 comments on Hacker News
What if there was no BASIC in EndBASIC?
23 points, 3 comments on Hacker News
Forking the Web
Article URL: https://dillo-browser.org/lab/web-fork/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48074087 Points: 71 # Comments: 61
A History of IDEs at Google
188 points, 158 comments on Hacker News
Bun's experimental Rust rewrite hits 99.8% test compatibility on Linux x64 glibc
250 points, 261 comments on Hacker News
Fonttrio Launches as Open-Source Font Pairing Registry for shadcn/ui
Fonttrio is an open-source font pairing registry designed for shadcn/ui projects, featuring 49 curated font combinations that can be installed via a single command. Developed by Dima Kapish, it streamlines font selection and configuration for web applications. The tool integrates seamlessly with shadcn CLI, generating CSS variables and typography scales automatically. By Daniel Curtis
Cloudflare Ships Dynamic Workflows, Bringing Durable Execution to Per-Tenant and Per-Agent Code
Cloudflare released Dynamic Workflows, an MIT-licensed library that extends its durable execution engine so workflow code can differ per tenant, agent, or request at runtime. Built on Dynamic Workers, the library enables platforms to serve millions of unique durable workflows at near-zero idle cost. CI/CD and agent plan execution are the headline use cases. By Steef-Jan Wiggers
LLMs Corrupt Your Documents When You Delegate
Article URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.15597 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48073246 Points: 132 # Comments: 43
I returned to AWS, and was reminded why I left
314 points, 251 comments on Hacker News
Counting Fast in Erlang with:counters and:atomics
56 points, 2 comments on Hacker News
Inflorescence – A cross-platform native GUI for Pijul
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Chrome’s AI features may be hogging 4GB of your computer storage
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All my clients wanted a carousel, now it's an AI chatbot
Article URL: https://adele.pages.casa/md/blog/all-my-clients-wanted-a-carousel-now-it-s-an-ai-chatbot.md Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48072720 Points: 86 # Comments: 35
cPanel, WHM Release Fixes for Three New Vulnerabilities — Patch Now
cPanel has released updates to address three vulnerabilities in cPanel and Web Host Manager (WHM) that could be exploited to achieve privilege escalation, code execution, and denial-of-service. The list of vulnerabilities is as follows - CVE-2026-29201 (CVSS score: 4.3) - An insufficient input validation of the feature file name in the "feature::LOADFEATUREFILE" adminbin call that could result
AWS Improves Aurora Serverless: 45% Faster Ramp-Up, 30% Higher Throughput
AWS has recently announced that WorkMail will be discontinued and that App Runner will stop accepting new customers and move into maintenance mode. Several other less popular services and features are also entering maintenance or sunset phases, triggering concern and debate across the AWS community. By Renato Losio
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