Claude Opus 4.7

1666 meetpateltech 2026-04-16 15:17:45 UTC anthropic.com Llama Share 1182

Opus 4.7 is a notable improvement over Opus 4.6 with better vision, more tasteful and creative task completion, and improved cybersecurity capabilities. It handles complex tasks with rigor and consistency, and is available today across all Claude products and APIs.

First bikebell against noise-canceling headphones

10 mccolly 2026-04-17 06:27:45 UTC welovecycling.com Llama Share 2

koda engineers created a bike bell that penetrates noise-cancelling headphones by resonating at a specific low frequency. The innovative bell design aims to make cycling safer by ensuring cyclists are heard by pedestrians.

Codex for almost everything

814 mikeevans 2026-04-16 17:17:45 UTC openai.com Llama Share 411

Codex now operates alongside developers, generating images, remembering preferences, and taking on repeatable work, with deeper support for developer workflows and native web integration. The update includes over 90 new plugins, improved automations, and memory features to enhance productivity and collaboration.

A Python Interpreter Written in Python

38 xk3 2026-04-17 03:17:45 UTC aosabook.org Llama Share 8

The Python interpreter is a virtual machine that executes bytecode, which is an intermediate representation of Python code, by manipulating a stack and jumping to different instructions. The interpreter has a complex structure, including frames, which are collections of information and context for a chunk of code, and a call stack, which stores the frames, and a data stack, which stores the ...

CadQuery is an open-source Python library for building 3D CAD models

118 gregsadetsky 2026-04-17 00:17:45 UTC cadquery.github.io Full Share 19

CadQuery is an open-source Python library for building 3D CAD models. It lets you describe parts as code, making models easy to version, share, and parameterize - no GUI required.

Show HN: SPICE simulation → oscilloscope → verification with Claude Code

65 _fizz_buzz_ 2026-04-17 01:17:45 UTC lucasgerads.com Llama Share 13

You're experimenting with Claude Code for hardware development, finding it tricky to express complex designs in plain English but useful with immediate feedback. You've set up a workflow with Claude, oscilloscope, and SPICE simulator for validating circuits, programming, and data analysis.

Guy builds AI driven hardware hacker arm from duct tape, old cam and CNC machine

152 scaredpelican 2026-04-16 22:17:45 UTC github.com/gainsec Llama Share 33

AutoProber is a hardware hacker's flying probe automation stack for safe pin probing. It uses a web dashboard, Python scripts, or the agent itself to control hardware and annotate maps.

Official Clojure Documentary page with Video, Shownotes, and Links

175 adityaathalye 2026-04-16 20:17:45 UTC clojure.org Llama Share 44

Clojure is a Lisp dialect that originated from Rich Hickey's idea and has become a key language in the fintech industry. It features persistent data structures, software transactional memory, and a values-first approach to minimize complexity.

A Better R Programming Experience Thanks to Tree-sitter

118 sebg 2026-04-16 21:17:45 UTC ropensci.org Llama Share 14

Davis Vaughan created an R grammar for the Tree-sitter parsing generator, unlocking improved developer experience for R. This grammar has been used to build various tools, including the {treesitter} R package, which allows parsing and searching R code, and tools like ast-grep and Air for code refactoring and reformatting.

Android CLI: Build Android apps 3x faster using any agent

205 ingve 2026-04-16 19:17:45 UTC android-developers.googleblog.com Llama Share 71

Android CLI is a new tool for Android development that simplifies workflows and improves efficiency with AI-assistance. It's part of a suite of tools including Android skills and the Android Knowledge Base for high-quality app development.

30 Years of HPC: many hardware advances, little adoption of new languages

18 matt_d 2026-04-17 05:17:45 UTC chapel-lang.org Llama Share 0

The author reflects on 30 years of High-Performance Computing (HPC) and notes that despite significant hardware advancements, HPC programming notations have largely remained the same, with Fortran, C, and C++ still dominating the landscape. The author attributes this stagnation to a lack of investment in HPC software, a focus on hardware over software, and a community mindset that doubts its ...

ReBot-DevArm: open-source Robotic Arm

39 rickcarlino 2026-04-17 02:17:45 UTC github.com/seeed-projects Llama Share 5

reBot-DevArm is an open-source robotic arm project for learning Embodied AI, offering free tutorials and documentation. It promotes knowledge sharing and enables developers to access cutting-edge robotic arm technologies at minimal cost.

Playdate’s handheld changed how Duke University teaches game design

125 Ivoah 2026-04-16 20:17:45 UTC news.play.date Llama Share 50

Duke University's GDDI program uses Playdate, a handheld game console, to teach game design fundamentals due to its simplicity and portability. The device's free development kit and simulator allow students to create and test games quickly, fostering an iterative design process.

Discourse Is Not Going Closed Source

84 sams99 2026-04-17 04:17:45 UTC blog.discourse.org Llama Share 29

Discourse remains open source despite Cal.com's decision to close their codebase due to AI-powered security threats. The company believes openness makes them more secure and allows for a larger defensive response.

Substrate AI Is Hiring Harness Engineers

0 2026-04-17 03:17:45 UTC ycombinator.com Prefix Share

Substrate (www.substrate.cc) is building the world’s first AI native BPO, starting with healthcare RCM. We’re focused on helping healthcare enterprises like physician groups, EMR providers, and BPOs accelerate AR, and get reimbursed quickly and cost effectively. We already touch over 500k healthcare claims each month. We're looking for an exceptional Harness Engineer to help build the ...

Human Accelerated Region 1

28 apollinaire 2026-04-17 04:17:45 UTC en.wikipedia.org Llama Share 3

HAR1 is a human accelerated region on chromosome 20 involved in neurodevelopment, found in the developing brain and adult cerebellum and forebrain. It is repressed by REST in Huntington's disease, contributing to neurodegeneration.

Qwen3.6-35B-A3B: Agentic coding power, now open to all

1028 cmitsakis 2026-04-16 14:17:45 UTC qwen.ai Llama Share 450

Qwen3.6-35B-A3B is a sparse MoE model with 3B active parameters, delivering outstanding agentic coding performance and rivaling larger dense models. It's available as open weights on Hugging Face and ModelScope, and through Alibaba Cloud Model Studio API.

A Git helper tool that breaks large merges into parallelizable tasks

20 schusterfredl 2026-04-17 02:17:45 UTC github.com/mwallner Llama Share 3

Mergetopus is a tool that helps teams manage large merges by splitting them into smaller tasks. It creates separate branches for each conflict and allows developers to resolve them individually.

Cloudflare's AI Platform: an inference layer designed for agents

269 nikitoci 2026-04-16 14:17:45 UTC blog.cloudflare.com Llama Share 61

Cloudflare is launching AI Gateway, a unified inference layer that allows developers to access any AI model from any provider through one API. This simplifies AI development and management, enabling developers to build fast and reliable AI-powered applications.

US Bill Mandates On-Device Age Verification

91 ronsor 2026-04-17 03:17:45 UTC reclaimthenet.org Llama Share 41

Representative Josh Gottheimer's Parents Decide Act mandates age verification for all US device users, building a national ID layer administered by Apple and Google. This infrastructure erodes the First Amendment's protection of anonymous access to lawful content, shifting users from presumptively anonymous adults to identified subjects.

Bluesky has been dealing with a DDoS attack for nearly a full day

44 dotmanish 2026-04-17 04:17:45 UTC theverge.com Llama Share 19

Bluesky experienced intermittent app outages affecting feeds, notifications, and search. No unauthorized access to user data was found, with an update expected by 1PM ET on Friday.

Everything we like is a psyop?

222 evo_9 2026-04-16 23:17:45 UTC techcrunch.com Llama Share 140

The music industry and startups use marketing firms to create fake social media trends and manipulate public opinion. This includes paying people to post about products or artists on their accounts to create the illusion of popularity.

The future of everything is lies, I guess: Where do we go from here?

588 aphyr 2026-04-16 14:17:45 UTC aphyr.com Llama Share 618

The author is concerned about the impact of large language models on society, citing their potential to displace human workers and exacerbate existing problems. They advocate for slowing down the development of these models to give time for regulation and adaptation.

The beginning of scarcity in AI

50 gmays 2026-04-16 21:17:45 UTC tomtunguz.com Llama Share 72

Technology companies are facing supply chain limits, causing GPU rental prices to surge and limiting access to AI models. This scarcity is reshaping the industry with new challenges and opportunities for companies to adapt and diversify.

New unsealed records reveal Amazon's price-fixing tactics, California AG claims

194 kmfrk 2026-04-16 22:17:45 UTC theguardian.com Llama Share 45

California authorities claim Amazon pressures independent sellers to raise prices on competitors' sites to appear lower-priced. Amazon denies allegations, saying it promotes competition and rewards low prices.

Century-bandwidth antenna reinvented,patented after 18 yrs with decade bandwidth

4 teleforce 2026-04-17 05:17:45 UTC ieeexplore.ieee.org Full Share 1

The goal of this communication is to point out that 18 years after it was first developed, a century-bandwidth antenna has apparently been reinvented with only a decade bandwidth, and patented

Launch HN: Kampala (YC W26) – Reverse-Engineer Apps into APIs

85 alexblackwell_ 2026-04-16 16:17:45 UTC zatanna.ai Full Share 67

Zatanna maps human-only software workflows and exposes them as reliable APIs your AI agents and internal tools can call in production. No browser automation scripts to maintain.

GPT‑Rosalind for life sciences research

88 babelfish 2026-04-16 20:17:45 UTC openai.com Llama Share 22

OpenAI introduced GPT-Rosalind, a life sciences model series for research in biology, drug discovery, and translational medicine. It aims to accelerate early stages of discovery by supporting evidence synthesis, hypothesis generation, and experimental planning.

Qwen3.6-35B-A3B on my laptop drew me a better pelican than Claude Opus 4.7

379 simonw 2026-04-16 18:17:45 UTC simonwillison.net Llama Share 80

The author compares two AI models, Qwen3.6 and Claude Opus 4.7, on a pelican riding a bicycle benchmark. Qwen3.6 produces better results, making it a better choice for specific tasks.

FCC exempts Netgear from ban on foreign routers, doesn't explain why

27 rawgabbit 2026-04-17 04:17:45 UTC arstechnica.com Llama Share 5

Netgear is the first major vendor to receive an exemption from the US government's ban on foreign-made routers. The exemption allows Netgear to sell its Nighthawk and Orbi routers in the US until October 1, 2027.