Show HN: I put an AI agent on a $7/month VPS with IRC as its transport layer

104 j0rg3 2026-03-26 23:21:31 UTC georgelarson.me Llama Share 32

The user created a custom AI chatbot, nullclaw, using IRC protocol and Haiku model, which can clone repos, read code, and provide specific answers to questions about their projects. The system has a minimal attack surface, with a public-facing doorman and a private agent, and uses tiered inference to keep costs under $2/day.

Why so many control rooms were seafoam green (2025)

612 Amorymeltzer 2026-03-26 17:21:31 UTC bethmathews.substack.com Llama Share 119

A Graphic Designer shares their discovery of a specific seafoam green color used in 1940s industrial design, particularly in the Manhattan Project's control rooms. This color was chosen for its non-distracting and restful properties, as advocated by color theorist Faber Birren.

Chicago artist creates tourism posters for city's neighborhoods

54 NaOH 2026-03-26 23:21:31 UTC chicagotribune.com Llama Share 25

Steve Shanabruch creates visually striking posters for Chicago neighborhoods and landmarks with bold lines and vivid colors. He draws inspiration from personal experiences and neighborhood characteristics, making his art accessible and fulfilling.

Apple discontinues the Mac Pro with no plans for future hardware

97 bentocorp 2026-03-26 21:21:31 UTC 9to5mac.com Llama Share 88

Apple has discontinued the Mac Pro, removing it from their website and confirming no future hardware plans. The Mac Studio is now set to be the 'pro' desktop Mac of the future in Apple's lineup.

Judge blocks Pentagon effort to 'punish' Anthropic with supply chain risk label

182 prawn 2026-03-27 00:21:31 UTC cnn.com Llama Share 113

A federal judge in California blocked the Pentagon's attempt to label Anthropic a supply chain risk, ruling it violated the company's constitutional rights. The judge delayed implementation to allow the government to appeal, but made it clear she disapproved of the government's actions.

Moving from GitHub to Codeberg, for lazy people

531 jslakro 2026-03-26 14:21:31 UTC unterwaditzer.net Llama Share 263

The user is migrating from GitHub to Codeberg, finding the process easier than expected for issues, pull requests, and releases, but more challenging for CI due to lost free macOS runners and infinite capacity.

From 0% to 36% on Day 1 of ARC-AGI-3

9 lairv 2026-03-27 01:33:31 UTC symbolica.ai Prefix Share 5

The Agentica SDK by Symbolica achieves an unverified competition score of 36.08% on ARC-AGI-3 [1], passing 113 out of 182 playable levels, and completes 7 out of the 25 available games [2]. Our implementation outperforms CoT baselines of 0.2% (Opus 4.6 Max) and 0.3% (GPT 5.4 High), while maintaining a far lower cost: Agentica's 36.08% for $1,005 vs. Opus 4.6's 0.25% for $8,900. Check ...

DOOM Over DNS

215 Venn1 2026-03-26 17:21:31 UTC github.com/resumex Llama Share 67

A PowerShell script uses Cloudflare's DNS TXT records to serve the entire DOOM game, compressed into 1964 records across a single zone. This allows users to play DOOM without storing the WAD file on disk, using a .NET game engine and public DNS queries.

Dobase – Your workspace, your server

19 frenkel 2026-03-27 00:21:31 UTC dobase.co Llama Share 6

This platform allows users to install only needed tools, share or keep them private, and navigate using keyboard shortcuts. It features responsive design, 2FA, and explicit permissions for added security and collaboration.

My minute-by-minute response to the LiteLLM malware attack

303 Fibonar 2026-03-26 16:21:31 UTC futuresearch.ai Llama Share 124

A supply chain attack was discovered on the litellm package on PyPI, which steals credentials and attempts to exfiltrate them to a malicious domain. The attack was reported to PyPI and the litellm maintainers via email, and a tracking issue was created to monitor the situation.

Whistler: Live eBPF Programming from the Common Lisp REPL

33 varjag 2026-03-26 22:21:31 UTC atgreen.github.io Llama Share 0

Whistler is a Common Lisp-based DSL for eBPF that generates highly-optimized eBPF output and allows for direct inlining of code in Lisp programs. It simplifies the eBPF workflow by allowing developers to write Lisp code for both the BPF and userspace sides, eliminating the need for separate build steps and languages.

Anthropic Subprocessor Changes

43 tencentshill 2026-03-26 22:21:31 UTC trust.anthropic.com Llama Share 22

Anthropic updated subprocessors list is available in the Trust Center dashboard, and web search is now available in Claude for Government with admin control.

We haven't seen the worst of what gambling and prediction markets will do

572 mmcclure 2026-03-26 20:21:31 UTC derekthompson.org Llama Share 409

Online sports betting and prediction markets have led to cheating, distrust, and cynicism, with the potential to extend to politics and other institutions. The normalization of betting on future events, including wars and famines, raises concerns about morality and the erosion of shared values in society.

Order Granting Preliminary Injunction – Anthropic vs. U.S. Department of War [pdf]

107 theindieman 2026-03-26 23:21:31 UTC storage.courtlistener.com Llama Share 13

The US government has directed all federal agencies to cease using Anthropic's technology due to national security concerns. Anthropic's actions are seen as a threat to national security and the US military.

HyperAgents: Self-referential self-improving agents

137 andyg_blog 2026-03-26 17:21:31 UTC github.com/facebookresearch Llama Share 57

To install and set up the Hyperagents repository, run installation commands and create a virtual environment. This involves executing potentially untrusted code with associated safety risks.

OpenTelemetry profiles enters public alpha

149 tanelpoder 2026-03-26 16:21:31 UTC opentelemetry.io Llama Share 18

OpenTelemetry Profiles has entered public Alpha, introducing a unified industry standard for continuous production profiling. The Profiles signal allows capturing low-overhead performance profiles in production, improving troubleshooting, user experience, and reducing computation costs.

CERN to host a new phase of Open Research Europe

197 JohnHammersley 2026-03-26 20:21:31 UTC home.cern Llama Share 16

CERN hosts Open Research Europe, a community-led open access publishing platform, to promote equity and transparency in scholarly communication. The platform, built on open source software, will provide a neutral environment for researchers to share their work freely.

John Bradley, author of xv, has died

223 linsomniac 2026-03-26 19:21:31 UTC voxday.net Llama Share 69

John Bradley, founder and lead guitarist of Booster Patrol, died at 61. A song was written in his style to pay tribute, with lyrics describing his music in Heaven.

Show HN: Fio: 3D World editor/game engine – inspired by Radiant and Hammer

40 vicioussquid 2026-03-26 21:21:31 UTC github.com/vicioussquid Full Share 3

Liminal 3D World editor and game engine - inspired by Radiant and Hammer - ViciousSquid/Fio

Using FireWire on a Raspberry Pi

59 jandeboevrie 2026-03-26 21:21:31 UTC jeffgeerling.com Llama Share 28

User is looking for alternatives to FireWire due to Apple's macOS 26 Tahoe removal of support. They found a Linux solution using dvgrab and a Raspberry Pi with a FireWire adapter, allowing them to transfer digital video footage from an old Canon GL1 camera.

Show HN: Veil – Dark mode PDFs without destroying images, runs in the browser

43 simoneamico 2026-03-26 22:21:31 UTC veil.simoneamico.com Full Share 6

Text stays selectable.Images stay protected.Already-dark pages left untouched.Scanned docs get OCR automatically.Export works in any reader. Text stays selectable, images stay protected. Already-dark pages left untouched. Scanned docs get OCR automatically. Export works in any reader.

Show HN: Turbolite – a SQLite VFS serving sub-250ms cold JOIN queries from S3

114 russellthehippo 2026-03-26 19:21:31 UTC github.com/russellromney Llama Share 25

turbolite is a SQLite VFS in Rust that serves point lookups and joins directly from S3 with sub-250ms cold latency. It offers page-level compression and encryption for efficiency and security.

Colibri – chat platform built on the AT Protocol for communities big and small

102 todotask2 2026-03-26 18:21:31 UTC colibri.social Llama Share 63

Colibri is a social app built on the AT Protocol, allowing users to own their identity and data, and move it freely between platforms. It uses the same protocol as Bluesky, enabling seamless sign-in and data transfer.

Running Tesla Model 3's computer on my desk using parts from crashed cars

868 driesdep 2026-03-26 02:21:31 UTC bugs.xdavidhu.me Llama Share 300

The user successfully set up a Tesla Model 3 car computer on their desk by purchasing parts on eBay and using Tesla's electrical reference to connect the components. After several challenges, including a burned power controller chip, the user was able to get the system running and is now exploring the car's operating system and network interfaces.

How much precision can you squeeze out of a table?

45 nomemory 2026-03-26 20:21:31 UTC johndcook.com Llama Share 4

Feynman said that looking into details makes things interesting, and interpolation is used to fill gaps in tabulated data. Interpolation error depends on the spacing between points and the precision of tabulated values, not the order of interpolation.

Stripe Projects: Provision and manage services from the CLI

113 piinbinary 2026-03-26 17:21:31 UTC projects.dev Llama Share 28

Stripe Projects automates app stack provisioning from the CLI. It manages services, credentials, and billing in a single workflow.

$500 GPU outperforms Claude Sonnet on coding benchmarks

77 yogthos 2026-03-26 18:21:31 UTC github.com/itigges22 Llama Share 22

ATLAS achieves 74.6% LiveCodeBench pass rate with a frozen 14B model on a single GPU, up from 36-41% in V2. It uses constraint-driven generation and self-verified iterative refinement for self-hosted AI.

Swift 6.3

293 ingve 2026-03-26 08:21:31 UTC swift.org Llama Share 200

Swift 6.3 introduces new features and improvements, including C interoperability, module selectors, and attributes for compiler optimizations. It also includes a preview of Swift Build, improvements to Swift Testing, and the first official release of the Swift SDK for Android.

Cloudflare's Gen 13 servers: trading cache for cores for 2x performance

67 wmf 2026-03-26 20:21:31 UTC blog.cloudflare.com Llama Share 19

Cloudflare deployed Gen 13 servers with AMD EPYC 5th Gen Turin processors, offering 2x core count and better power efficiency. FL2, a Rust-based rewrite of Cloudflare's request handling layer, unlocks 2x throughput and 50% power efficiency gains while maintaining latency SLAs.

My home network observes bedtime with OpenBSD and pf

120 ibobev 2026-03-26 13:21:31 UTC ratfactor.com Llama Share 34

The user set up a computer to act as a main router between their ISP and home network using OpenBSD, replacing a Ubiquiti UniFi Security Gateway, and implemented a pf packet filter to block internet access at bedtime with exceptions for certain servers and devices. They also created a shell script called 'bedtime' to manage the rules and automate the schedule, and set up a cron table to ...