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The fly-tipped sofa: how an abandoned couch changed a small village
Reversible computing with mechanical links and pivots
Article URL: https://tennysontbardwell.com/blog/2025/04/30/mechanical-computing/index.html
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43848398
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Meta, App Makers Launch Washington Lobby to Fight Apple and Google
Article URL: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-30/meta-app-makers-launch-washington-lobby-to-fight-apple-google
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43848396
Points: 2
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The Mira Pro Color is Boox's first color E Ink monitor
Article URL: https://www.theverge.com/news/658705/boox-mira-pro-color-e-ink-desktop-monitor
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43848381
Points: 3
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Sick of AI slop on Pinterest? These two new features should help bring back real pins
The UK semiconductor sector needs talent but a report highlights challenges
Show HN: Native Immediate-Mode UI Library
For the past few months I've been working on Rim, an immediate-mode UI library that renders down to native retained-mode toolkit widgets.
I've always preferred using native desktop toolkits for my projects, but it's always such a pain to use a retained-mode approach and maintain state in two different places.
This, and my jealousy of how easy people in the ImGui world have it (it's so much easier!), led me to create a virtual DOM for desktop toolkits.
This gives me the full power of the immediate-mode paradigm, but still allows me to target native toolkits.
Feel free to ask any questions or provide suggestions.
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43848025
Points: 1
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Testosterone gave me my life back
Article URL: https://usefulfictions.substack.com/p/testosterone-gave-me-my-life-back
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43848018
Points: 1
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Startups Are Building Advanced AI Models Without Data Centers
Article URL: https://www.wired.com/story/these-startups-are-building-advanced-ai-models-over-the-internet-with-untapped-data/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43848014
Points: 1
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Show HN: Binaural Toneboard
Hi HN!
I built this Toneboard a few months ago to use in lieu of cherrypicking youtube videos.
Fully open source: https://github.com/1ps0/binaural
I've been using the binaural audio standing-wave trick for some years now, particularly the rendered 40hz (400hz/440hz) to clear my head.
This is part of taking my own path towards small-scale tooling. I built it out as part of learning how to do an AI-first project with strong discipline.
The core idea is a series of togglable tones that have practical effect, especially with headphones. The Toneboard makes them composable, with quick access and controls.
I designed it to be an offline-first, framework-less, frequency generator leveraging WebAudio. I usually run it from local file, but I recently got it working on Firefox through the published site, due to hosting under my own domain.
The page has a basic explainer and howto for best effect.
Lots of ways to expand the project still, but this is how its stabilized for now.
FYI: This is still a 95%-done project with various little quirks and issues. I've made note of what I've found so far in the ROADMAP, but feedback is welcome (see GH Issues).
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43848009
Points: 1
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JetBrains releases Mellum, an 'open' AI coding model
Article URL: https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/30/jetbrains-releases-mellum-an-open-ai-coding-model/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43848006
Points: 1
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The Inevitability and Possible Structures of Supercivilizations (1985) [pdf]
GhostHub hit 10K lines – now I'm burning out. What would you do?
I’ve been developing GhostHub, a swipe-based media server for personal libraries. It doesn’t need accounts or setup; just run it and share instantly. It has real-time viewing sync, anonymous chat, and automatic indexing with thumbnail previews.
After recently releasing version 1.2, I planned to dive straight into more ambitious features like transcoding and a config server. But managing bandwidth optimization, Docker builds, UI/UX improvements, and backend refinements has started to become overwhelming for a solo developer.
GhostHub is already at 10K+ lines of Python and JavaScript, excluding the front-end HTML and CSS, and it’s beginning to outgrow me. Every new feature demands a ton of testing, and I’m feeling the classic burnout creeping in.
I’m curious how other solo or small-team devs manage this:
- How do you balance delivering new features with preventing burnout?
- When do you decide to ship versus taking time to polish your code?
- Do you continuously refactor, or save cleanup for later?
Would appreciate hearing any experiences or advice from others who’ve tackled similar challenges.
Github (For Context): https://github.com/BleedingXiko/GhostHub
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43847989
Points: 1
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Love Letters, Governance, Business, and (Seriously) Ignore Me
Article URL: https://davedeek.substack.com/p/love-letters-governance-business
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43847988
Points: 2
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Retrieve.tools – AI company database organized by industry, function, and task
Article URL: https://retrieve.tools/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43847928
Points: 1
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Superconductivity: VanHove singularity confined to topological semimetal surface
Article URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-58024-w
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43847923
Points: 1
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The impact of ecosystem nitrogen enrichment on pollen allergy
Article URL: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanplh/article/PIIS2542-5196(25)00060-9/fulltext
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43847917
Points: 1
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Sea Moss Gummies: Benefits, Potential Side Effects and Who Should Try Them
US arrests two alleged leaders of online extremist 764 group
Article URL: https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/leaders-764-arrested-and-charged-operating-global-child-exploitation-enterprise
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43847893
Points: 1
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