He asked AI to count carbs 27000 times. It couldn't give the same answer twice

39 sarusso 2026-04-29 12:39:26 UTC diabettech.com Llama Share 20

A study found that four leading AI models for carb counting in diabetes apps returned different estimates for the same food photo, with some models showing large variations. This inconsistency could lead to incorrect insulin dosing, with some models potentially causing severe hypoglycemia.

Soft launch of open-source code platform for government

237 e12e 2026-04-29 09:54:26 UTC nldigitalgovernment.nl Llama Share 76

code.overheid.nl is a government-wide code platform for open-source software, currently a pilot using Forgejo. Developers are invited to contribute and join the platform by emailing codeplatform@rijksoverheid.nl.

Ghostty is leaving GitHub

2830 WadeGrimridge 2026-04-28 19:54:26 UTC mitchellh.com Llama Share 838

The author has been using GitHub daily for 18 years, finding it the place where they've been happiest and most productive. However, due to frequent outages and reliability issues, they've decided to leave GitHub and move their project Ghostty to a new platform.

HashiCorp co-founder says GitHub 'no longer a place for serious work'

103 terminalbraid 2026-04-29 11:54:26 UTC theregister.com Llama Share 34

Hashicorp co-founder Mitchell Hashimoto is leaving GitHub due to frequent outages and instability. He will move his project Ghostty to another collaborative code locker, citing a need for a more reliable platform.

Bugs Rust won't catch

390 lwhsiao 2026-04-29 02:54:26 UTC corrode.dev Llama Share 197

Canonical disclosed 44 CVEs in uutils, a Rust reimplementation of GNU coreutils. The bugs highlight the importance of careful handling of paths, bytes, and syscalls in systems code.

How ChatGPT serves ads

392 lmbbuchodi 2026-04-28 23:54:26 UTC buchodi.com Llama Share 262

OpenAI's ad platform injects ad units into ChatGPT conversations and tracks clicks with Fernet-encrypted tokens. The platform uses two domains and specific cookies to track ad events and user behavior.

Before GitHub

524 mlex 2026-04-28 21:54:26 UTC lucumr.pocoo.org Llama Share 167

The author reflects on GitHub's decline and its impact on the Open Source community, remembering a time when projects were more decentralized and had more autonomy. They advocate for a public archive to preserve Open Source history and suggest that the community should learn from the past to build a more resilient future.

Stardex Is Hiring a Founding Customer Success Lead

0 2026-04-29 12:01:26 UTC ycombinator.com Prefix Share

Stardex is an AI-native ATS and CRM built for executive search and recruiting firms. We're backed by Y Combinator and serve some of the leading US based executive search firms. Our customers are operators, they make money when they make placements, so every minute of downtime matters to them. We've been growing fast, and our founders have been handling support directly. We've hit ...

Why Law Is Law-Shaped

58 ekns 2026-04-29 09:54:26 UTC lawvm.org Llama Share 33

Law is a graph of provisions with hierarchical structure, requiring stable fine-grained addresses for external reference. A replay compiler like LawVM captures the text layer correctly as a reproducible process, separating it from the semantic layer for accurate normative analysis.

HardenedBSD Is Now Officially on Radicle

98 lftherios 2026-04-29 06:54:26 UTC hardenedbsd.org Llama Share 22

HardenedBSD's Radicle integration is now usable, but still has performance issues and needs further work. Users should configure Radicle to support larger repos by editing ~/.radicle/config.json.

Show HN: Rocky – Rust SQL engine with branches, replay, column lineage

75 hugocorreia90 2026-04-29 06:54:26 UTC github.com/rocky-data Llama Share 14

Rocky is a Rust-based control plane for warehouse pipelines with features like branches, replay, and compile-time safety. It helps prevent data corruption and provides column-level lineage and cost attribution.

Tell HN: An update from the new Tindie team

60 altairprime 2026-04-29 08:54:26 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 39

Gongyu Su from EETree LLC, the new Tindie ownership team, apologizes for recent downtime and disruption. They plan to stabilize the platform, resolve issues, and invest in Tindie's future as a marketplace for makers and creators.

Read any beehiiv site paywall/distraction free

6 newmischiefacct 2026-04-29 12:05:26 UTC beehiiv-reader.vercel.app Full Share 0

Render Beehiiv posts with no paywall in a clean, distraction-free view.

Show HN: Auto-Architecture: Karpathy's Loop, pointed at a CPU

182 fesens 2026-04-29 01:54:26 UTC github.com/fesens Llama Share 47

An autonomous research loop was tested outside its comfort zone, achieving a 92% improvement over a baseline VexRiscv CPU on CoreMark iter/sec. The loop's success was due to a verifier that caught and rejected incorrect hypotheses.

Show HN: Rip.so – a graveyard for dead internet things

93 bozdemir 2026-04-29 09:54:26 UTC rip.so Llama Share 67

The internet has lost many services and platforms over the years, including ICQ, MSN Messenger, AOL Instant Messenger, and others. These services were once popular but eventually shut down or merged with other platforms.

Coffee with a splash of physics: how to make the most out of your brew

11 sohkamyung 2026-04-29 12:19:26 UTC physicsworld.com Llama Share 0

Physics can help reduce coffee waste by optimizing brewing techniques, such as grind size and pouring height, to improve extraction and quality. By understanding the complex process of coffee brewing, scientists can provide insights to the coffee industry to reduce waste and help the environment.

Withnail's Coat and I

102 apollinaire 2026-04-29 04:54:26 UTC ontherow.substack.com Llama Share 11

The Withnail coat from the 1987 film Withnail & I is a distinctive and iconic piece of men's clothing. It was designed by Andrea Galer and made from a unique Heather Brown tweed fabric.

Low-Compilation-Cost Register Allocation in LLVM-Based Binary Translation

40 matt_d 2026-04-29 06:54:26 UTC dl.acm.org Llama Share 0

Researchers propose a low-compilation-cost strategy called LCCRA to improve register allocation in LLVM-based binary translators, reducing end-to-end latency and compilation overhead. LCCRA achieves a 5.76%-7.79% reduction in end-to-end latency and a 69.55%-74.98% reduction in register allocation time in various translation scenarios.

OpenAI models coming to Amazon Bedrock: Interview with OpenAI and AWS CEOs

288 translocator 2026-04-28 19:54:26 UTC stratechery.com Llama Share 96

Matt Garman and Sam Altman discussed how AWS and OpenAI are partnering to make AI more accessible to businesses, with Bedrock Managed Agents being a key product that integrates OpenAI models with AWS infrastructure. The integration of models and harnesses is crucial for making AI work effectively, and the partnership aims to make it easier for businesses to build and deploy AI-powered agents.

GitHub RCE Vulnerability: CVE-2026-3854 Breakdown

393 bo0tzz 2026-04-28 16:54:26 UTC wiz.io Llama Share 84

Wiz Research discovered a critical vulnerability (CVE-2026-3854) in GitHub's internal git infrastructure that allowed remote code execution on shared storage nodes and full server compromise on GitHub Enterprise Server. GitHub mitigated the issue within 6 hours and released patches for all supported versions.

I won a championship that doesn't exist

186 SEJeff 2026-04-28 20:54:26 UTC ron.stoner.com Llama Share 107

The user manufactured a fake 6 Nimmt! World Championship title by creating a seeded website and a Wikipedia edit, demonstrating a cheaper and easier attack on LLM trust models. This attack, known as the circular citation pattern, can compromise LLMs by creating a fake source that appears trustworthy, highlighting the need for better source verification and provenance surfacing in AI systems.

Who owns the code Claude Code wrote?

444 senaevren 2026-04-28 12:54:26 UTC legallayer.substack.com Llama Share 409

Using AI coding tools like Claude Code raises complex questions about code ownership, copyright, and regulatory compliance, and developers must document their creative contributions to establish meaningful human authorship. Employment contracts and IP clauses can also impact code ownership, and developers should read their contracts and consider using personal tools and accounts to avoid ...

Talkie: a 13B vintage language model from 1930

717 jekude 2026-04-28 12:54:26 UTC talkie-lm.com Llama Share 296

Researchers have created a 13B vintage language model called talkie-1930-13b-base trained on 260B tokens of historical pre-1931 English text to simulate conversations with people from the past. The model's performance is compared to its modern counterpart, with talkie underperforming in some standard LM evaluations but showing similar performance on core language understanding and numeracy tasks.

Gallium oxide electronics withstand extreme cold

56 giuliomagnifico 2026-04-29 04:54:26 UTC discovery.kaust.edu.sa Llama Share 4

KAUST researchers found gallium oxide devices can operate at extremely low temperatures, enabling applications like quantum computing and space exploration. The devices use silicon atoms to help electrons flow, allowing them to work at temperatures as low as 2 K.

Behavioral timescale synaptic plasticity rewires the brain after an experience

133 ibobev 2026-04-28 20:54:26 UTC quantamagazine.org Llama Share 6

Neuroscientists have discovered a new form of neuroplasticity called behavioral timescale synaptic plasticity (BTSP) that helps the brain learn from a single experience. BTSP strengthens synapses across several seconds, allowing the brain to capture behavioral processes of learning.

Warp is now open-source

302 meetpateltech 2026-04-28 16:54:26 UTC warp.dev Llama Share 85

Warp's client is now open-source, allowing the community to participate in building it using an agent-first workflow managed by Oz. This change aims to accelerate product development and give developers a chance to shape the future of agentic development.

Your phone is about to stop being yours

1471 doener 2026-04-28 15:54:26 UTC keepandroidopen.org Llama Share 698

Google is imposing a developer verification requirement on Android, which critics say is a move to consolidate power and control over the open ecosystem. This change could effectively make Google the gatekeeper for all apps on certified Android devices.

Intel Arc Pro B70 Review

178 zdw 2026-04-28 19:54:26 UTC pugetsystems.com Llama Share 109

Intel Arc Pro B70 is a professional GPU with 32 GB VRAM, offering improved performance over the B50, but still trailing behind NVIDIA and AMD GPUs in most workloads. It excels in AI-inference workloads, outperforming the R9700 in MLPerf and offering a promising configuration for multi-GPU inference workstations.

When the Internet Was a Place

78 herbertl 2026-04-29 01:54:26 UTC frontporchrepublic.com Llama Share 34

The internet has evolved from a physical place we visited to a pervasive, always-on environment that erodes our capacity for rootedness and freedom. To recover a healthier digital culture, we must reimagine the internet as a place we choose to enter and leave on human terms.

Show HN: Drive any macOS app in the background without stealing the cursor

149 frabonacci 2026-04-28 19:54:26 UTC github.com/trycua Llama Share 34

cuabot is a tool for automating computer tasks with a seamless sandbox for coding agents. It allows running native macOS apps in the background and recording trajectories for training.