Why so many control rooms were seafoam green (2025)

163 Amorymeltzer 2026-03-26 16:58:22 UTC bethmathews.substack.com Llama Share 23

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.

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

159 Fibonar 2026-03-26 15:58:22 UTC futuresearch.ai Llama Share 73

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.

Doom entirely from DNS records

59 Venn1 2026-03-26 16:58:22 UTC github.com/resumex Llama Share 17

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.

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

43 todotask2 2026-03-26 17:58:22 UTC colibri.social Llama Share 10

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.

Moving from GitHub to Codeberg, for lazy people

392 jslakro 2026-03-26 13:58:22 UTC unterwaditzer.net Llama Share 192

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.

HyperAgents: Self-referential self-improving agents

41 andyg_blog 2026-03-26 16:58:22 UTC github.com/facebookresearch Llama Share 13

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

71 tanelpoder 2026-03-26 16:58:22 UTC opentelemetry.io Llama Share 7

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.

Personal Encyclopedias

702 jrmyphlmn 2026-03-26 07:58:22 UTC whoami.wiki Llama Share 143

The user created a personal encyclopedia called whoami.wiki using MediaWiki and a language model to organize and connect their family photos, videos, and data exports, revealing forgotten memories and strengthening relationships. The project is now open source, allowing others to create their own personal encyclopedias and run it on their machine with their own data.

Stripe Projects: Provision and manage services from the CLI

39 piinbinary 2026-03-26 16:58:22 UTC projects.dev Llama Share 8

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

From zero to a RAG system: successes and failures

232 andros 2026-03-26 09:58:22 UTC en.andros.dev Llama Share 70

The user built a local LLM-based chat tool for company engineers with fast response and natural language question answering capabilities. They overcame numerous challenges, including memory management, problematic files, and indexing large datasets, to create a reliable and useful system.

Fermented foods shaped human biology

9 mailyk 2026-03-26 17:58:22 UTC press.asimov.com Prefix Share 1

The human immune system is, in one sense, a detection mechanism. It has evolved, over millions of years, to scan the body for molecular signals that tell it whether to attack or stand down. Most of these signals come from pathogens, damaged cells, or the body’s own hormones. But in 2019, a lab in Germany published a finding that pointed to a much stranger source: one of the signals sensed by ...

Interoperability Can Save the Open Web (2023)

143 janandonly 2026-03-26 14:58:22 UTC spectrum.ieee.org Llama Share 39

Cory Doctorow argues in his book The Internet Con that Big Tech's dominance is due to legal structures, not technical superiority. He proposes forcing interoperability to break down walls and make the Internet freer and more democratic.

My home network observes bedtime with OpenBSD and pf

72 ibobev 2026-03-26 12:58:22 UTC ratfactor.com Llama Share 19

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 ...

Building a Blog with Elixir and Phoenix

33 shintoist 2026-03-26 17:58:22 UTC jola.dev Llama Share 1

The user built a blog using Elixir and Phoenix with server-side rendered pages, leveraging NimblePublisher for Markdown posts and Tailwind CSS for styling. The blog is hosted on a self-hosted Dokploy instance on Hetzner with a fast and zero-effort publishing pipeline.

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

801 driesdep 2026-03-25 21:58:22 UTC bugs.xdavidhu.me Llama Share 280

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.

End of "Chat Control": EU parliament stops mass surveillance

395 amarcheschi 2026-03-26 12:58:22 UTC patrick-breyer.de Llama Share 212

The European Parliament rejected the mass surveillance of private messages by US tech companies, ending the EU derogation on April 4. This victory for digital privacy clears the path for modern child protection through targeted surveillance and secure app design.

Obsolete Sounds

175 benbreen 2026-03-26 08:58:22 UTC citiesandmemory.com Llama Share 34

The Obsolete Sounds project reimagines lost sounds from the past and present, highlighting the need to preserve cultural heritage. It draws attention to disappearing soundscapes and encourages saving sounds before they're lost forever.

Light on Glass: Why do you start making a game engine?

28 atan2 2026-03-26 14:58:22 UTC analogdreamdev.substack.com Llama Share 9

The author built Retro Game Engine to recreate the magic of old CRT displays, not to compete with modern engines like Unreal and Unity. They wanted to understand the physical process of CRTs and apply it to game development.

Swift 6.3

280 ingve 2026-03-26 07:58:22 UTC swift.org Llama Share 171

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.

Shell Tricks That Make Life Easier (and Save Your Sanity)

416 zdw 2026-03-26 00:58:22 UTC blog.hofstede.it Llama Share 199

The article discusses various tricks and shortcuts for Unix-like shells that can improve productivity and make the terminal more user-friendly. These tricks include line editing bindings, directory navigation, and command manipulation that can be used in most modern shells.

Show HN: Orloj – agent infrastructure as code (YAML and GitOps)

6 An0n_Jon 2026-03-26 17:58:22 UTC github.com/orlojhq Prefix Share 1

Named after the Prague Orloj, an astronomical clock that has coordinated complex mechanisms for over 600 years. Declare your agents, tools, and policies as YAML. Orloj schedules, executes, routes, and governs them so you can run multi-agent systems in production with the same operational rigor you expect from infrastructure. Status: Orloj is under active development. APIs and resource schemas ...

Olympic Committee bars transgender athletes from women’s events

58 RestlessMind 2026-03-26 15:58:22 UTC nytimes.com Full Share 127

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Optimizing a lock-free ring buffer

70 dalvrosa 2026-03-26 11:58:22 UTC david.alvarezrosa.com Llama Share 59

A ring buffer is a fixed-size queue that stores data in a circular fashion, allowing a producer to write and a consumer to read data in a first-in-first-out order. Implementing a ring buffer can be optimized for thread safety and performance by using atomics, manual memory ordering, and caching to reduce cache misses and improve throughput.

SpaceStarCarz KoolWheelz Paper Models

27 exvi 2026-03-26 13:58:22 UTC davesdesigns.ca Full Share 4

Scale Paper Models designed and sold. Custom commissions, build support, free models, custom paper model Tees.

Intel Announces Arc Pro B70 and Arc Pro B65 GPUs

106 throwaway270925 2026-03-26 14:58:22 UTC techpowerup.com Llama Share 52

Intel announced Arc Pro B70 and B65 graphics cards for AI workloads and professional visualization with B70 being the most powerful discrete GPU based on Intel Xe2 architecture. The B70 has 32 Xe cores and 32 GB GDDR6 memory, while the B65 has 24 Xe cores and 32 GB GDDR6 memory with a 192-bit interface.

Ashby (YC W19) Is Hiring Engineers Who Make Product Decisions

0 2026-03-26 07:58:22 UTC ashbyhq.com Full Share

Join a team that strives to do their best work every day.

The Oxford Comma – Why and Why Not

3 taubek 2026-03-26 17:58:22 UTC deborahcourtbooks.com Prefix Share 0

Did you used to watch Fawlty Towers? If so, you will surely remember the episode in which Basil Fawlty, played by the inimitable John Cleese, is anxious not to offend an incoming group of German guests who, he assumes, carry guilt about their nation's past. He instructs his staff, repeatedly and in increasingly frantic tones, "Don't mention the war!" His anxiety getting the ...

AI users whose lives were wrecked by delusion

140 tim333 2026-03-26 13:58:22 UTC theguardian.com Llama Share 151

Dennis Biesma, a 50-year-old IT consultant, became vulnerable to AI psychosis after using ChatGPT, spending €100,000 on a delusional business startup and attempting to kill himself.

Niche Museums

94 bookofjoe 2026-03-26 07:58:22 UTC niche-museums.com Llama Share 40

The user provided information about various museums and collections from around the world, including the John M. Mossman lock collection, the New York Earth Room, the Museum of Jurassic Technology, the Musical Museum, and many others. Each museum or collection has its unique exhibits and features, showcasing a wide range of artifacts and art pieces that highlight the history, culture, and ...

ARC-AGI-3

480 lairv 2026-03-25 18:58:22 UTC arcprize.org Llama Share 315

ARC-AGI-3 is an interactive benchmark testing AI's ability to learn and adapt in novel environments. It measures intelligence across time, not just final answers, to bridge the gap between AI and human learning.