Vercel Claude Code plugin wants to read your prompt

79 akshay2603 2026-04-09 15:19:09 UTC akshaychugh.xyz Llama Share 13

The Vercel plugin for Claude Code collects anonymous usage data including full bash command strings and prompt text across all projects without explicit opt-in, and the consent question is not a real UI element but rather a prompt injection into Claude's system context. The plugin's behavior is enabled by Claude Code's architecture and Vercel's choices, which lack visual attribution, hook ...

Emperor penguin and Antarctic fur seal now endangered

23 darth_avocado 2026-04-09 15:57:09 UTC iucn.org Llama Share 0

The IUCN Red List has updated the emperor penguin to Endangered and the Antarctic fur seal to Endangered, while the southern elephant seal is now Vulnerable due to climate change. Climate change is accelerating extinction crises, and urgent action is needed to address greenhouse gas emissions and protect wildlife habitats.

Meta removes ads for social media addiction litigation

245 giuliomagnifico 2026-04-09 14:18:09 UTC axios.com Llama Share 109

Meta removed ads from attorneys seeking clients harmed by social media under 18 after a California case found Meta and YouTube negligent. Meta claims it's removing ads to avoid adverse legal impacts and prevent trial lawyers from profiting from its platforms.

LittleSnitch for Linux

1119 pluc 2026-04-09 01:18:09 UTC obdev.at Llama Share 380

Little Snitch for Linux is a network monitoring tool that tracks and blocks unwanted connections. It uses eBPF to observe and intercept network activity, and can be configured through a web interface or plain text files.

A WebGPU Implementation of Augmented Vertex Block Descent

62 juretriglav 2026-04-09 12:18:09 UTC github.com/jure Llama Share 3

This project is an experimental WebGPU physics prototype using AVBD solver for rigid-body and soft-body physics. It's an initial proof of concept with limited browser support and requires further updates for stability and ease of use.

One Brain to Query: Wiring a 60-Person Company into a Single Slack Bot

14 meryll_dindin 2026-04-09 14:18:09 UTC merylldindin.com Full Share 10

What happens when a company connects its data warehouse, documents, tickets, and code into a single AI agent that any employee can talk to in Slack.

FreeBSD Laptop Compatibility: Top Laptops to Use with FreeBSD

94 fork-bomber 2026-04-09 10:18:09 UTC freebsdfoundation.github.io Full Share 56

whether devices have degraded functionality, reducing the score by 0.5-1.5 based on severity and how important it is to the laptop experience (wi-fi/graphics weighted more)

Lichess and Take Take Take Sign Cooperation Agreement

92 stevage 2026-04-09 12:18:09 UTC lichess.org Llama Share 15

Lichess will provide infrastructure for Take Take Take's new play zone, remaining free and open-source. This cooperation aims to increase healthy competition and innovation in the chess ecosystem.

Wit, unker, Git: The lost medieval pronouns of English intimacy

103 eigenspace 2026-04-09 10:18:09 UTC bbc.com Llama Share 59

The English language has lost many personal pronouns over the centuries, including the dual form "wit" which referred to two people, due to simplification and changes in social and political norms. Despite this, some Old English pronouns like "he", "it", and "we" have survived more than 1,000 years of history and upheaval, almost intact.

Introduction to Nintendo DS Programming

99 medbar 2026-04-09 10:18:09 UTC patater.com Llama Share 16

The homebrew community allows individuals to create and run their own games on the Nintendo DS without needing official development contracts or equipment, using devices like passthroughs and NoPass devices to bypass copy protection. To get started, one should choose a Slot-1 device, such as the R4DS, M3 Real, or Cyclo DS Evolution, which supports DLDI and can run homebrew software from a microSD card.

How Pizza Tycoon simulated traffic on a 25 MHz CPU

158 FinnKuhn 2026-04-09 13:18:09 UTC pizzalegacy.nl Llama Share 35

The user reimplemented the traffic system from the 1994 DOS game Pizza Tycoon, which runs on a 25 MHz CPU, using a simple one-way road system and pairwise collision detection. The system uses a straightforward approach, with cars not needing pathfinding or physics, and collision detection being cheap due to early-exit logic and limited road directions.

Show HN: CSS Studio. Design by hand, code by agent

81 SirHound 2026-04-09 12:18:09 UTC cssstudio.ai Llama Share 66

CSS Studio offers a suite of design tools for editing layout, styles, and animations on a webpage. It sends updates to a local AI agent for implementation, automating code writing, review, and deployment.

Building a framework-agnostic Ruby gem (and making sure it doesn't break)

19 joemasilotti 2026-04-09 14:18:09 UTC newsletter.masilotti.com Llama Share 1

The author of Ruby Native learned that keeping an API clean across multiple frameworks like ERB, React, and Vue requires a framework-agnostic approach, such as using data attributes in HTML. They achieved this by using a MutationObserver to translate these attributes into native UI, allowing them to support multiple frameworks without breaking others.

Reallocating $100/Month Claude Code Spend to Zed and OpenRouter

97 kisamoto 2026-04-09 09:18:09 UTC braw.dev Llama Share 105

You're switching from Claude to Zed editor and OpenRouter for more flexibility and to avoid hitting limits. You'll pay $10/month for Zed and top up $90/month to OpenRouter.

Open Source Security at Astral

297 vinhnx 2026-04-09 04:18:09 UTC astral.sh Llama Share 71

The Astral organization shares techniques to secure their tools and GitHub Actions workflows, including pinning actions to specific commits and limiting permissions. They also enforce strong 2FA, branch protection rules, and immutable releases to prevent account and repository compromises.

Help Keep Thunderbird Alive

341 playfultones 2026-04-09 08:18:09 UTC updates.thunderbird.net Llama Share 237

Thunderbird is funded by user contributions, not ads or corporate funding, to provide a private and customizable email experience. Users can support Thunderbird by donating to help maintain servers, fix bugs, and develop new features.

Tree Calculus

72 tosh 2026-04-09 10:18:09 UTC treecalcul.us Llama Share 15

Tree Calculus was discovered by Barry Jay and developed by Johannes Bader. It's a system for representing and manipulating natural binary trees with a unique operator △.

Haunted Paper Toys

188 exvi 2026-04-09 05:18:09 UTC ravensblight.com Llama Share 23

The toy shop offers a variety of unusual paper toys, including haunted houses, monsters, and other dark delights, which can be printed and assembled with common supplies.

Launch HN: Relvy (YC F24) – On-call runbooks, automated

22 behat 2026-04-09 12:18:09 UTC relvy.ai Llama Share 15

Marketing promos went live, potentially causing traffic spikes, and need to be monitored. Relvy AI is checking logs for issues like auth failures and host-specific errors.

Creating the Futurescape for the Fifth Element (2019)

87 nixass 2026-04-09 09:18:09 UTC theasc.com Llama Share 56

The Fifth Element is a visually stunning film that features a combination of practical and digital effects, with a team of artists and technicians working together to bring the film's futuristic world to life. The film's visual effects were created by Digital Domain, with a team of over 170 artists and technicians working on the project, led by visual effects supervisor Mark Stetson and ...

Show HN: 41 years sea surface temperature anomalies

116 willmeyers 2026-04-09 13:18:09 UTC ssta.willhelps.org Full Share 41

Claude mixes up who said what

298 sixhobbits 2026-04-09 10:18:09 UTC dwyer.co.za Llama Share 269

Claude sometimes sends messages to itself and mistakenly attributes them to the user, leading to incorrect assumptions. This 'who said what' bug is distinct from hallucinations and permission issues, and seems to be a problem with the model's internal labelling rather than its behavior.

Session is shutting down in 90 days

76 balamatom 2026-04-09 13:18:09 UTC getsession.org Llama Share 89

Session has 90 days left before shutting down due to insufficient funding, with $65,000 in donations covering infrastructure costs until July 8, 2026. The Session Technology Foundation needs $1 million to operate, and donations will be publicly donated to the Electronic Frontier Foundation if funding is not secured.

Small Engines

29 surprisetalk 2026-04-09 13:18:09 UTC scottlocklin.wordpress.com Llama Share 7

Building small, efficient heat engines is challenging due to the unfavorable surface area to volume ratio and difficulties in maintaining heat differences and flame propagation at small scales. Researchers are exploring alternative approaches, such as using new physics like sound waves and piezoelectric materials, to create small prime movers that can efficiently convert heat into motion.

Show HN: Moon simulator game, ray-casting

71 JKCalhoun 2026-04-09 09:18:09 UTC mooncraft2000.com Full Share 15

If you enjoy this free game, consider buying me a sake coffee…

C# in Unity 2026: Writing more modern code

60 hacker_13 2026-04-09 08:18:09 UTC darkounity.com Full Share 55

Learn practical C# features Unity developers still skip in 2026: properties, tuples, LINQ performance, and records with real examples.

The Importance of Being Idle

262 Caiero 2026-04-09 01:18:09 UTC theamericanscholar.org Llama Share 159

Paul Lafargue, a Marxist and son-in-law of Karl Marx, advocated for the right to be lazy, arguing that machines could free humans from manual labor and provide leisure and liberty. He believed that a life of idleness, or otium, would be a paradise where people could enjoy the pleasure of doing nothing.

USB for Software Developers: An introduction to writing userspace USB drivers

375 WerWolv 2026-04-08 20:18:09 UTC werwolv.net Llama Share 42

Writing a USB driver is not as difficult as it seems and can be achieved without touching kernel code by using the libusb library. The process involves detecting the device, sending requests to the device's control endpoint, and decoding the responses to understand the device's capabilities and configuration.

Study found that young adults have grown less hopeful and more angry about AI

26 elsewhen 2026-04-09 15:18:09 UTC nytimes.com Full Share 7

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Dr. Dobb's Developer Library DVD 6 (2010)

114 kristianp 2026-04-09 05:18:09 UTC archive.org Full Share 44

Welcome to DDJ Devloper Library DVD-ROM, which contains articlesfrom Dr. Dobb's Journal from January 1988 through December 2008,articles from C/C++ Users...