The best is over: The fun has been optimized out of the Internet

164 jprs 2026-05-05 14:43:06 UTC muddy.jprs.me Llama Share 105

The author reminisces about the early internet's amateur spirit and creative freedom, now lost to hyper-optimization and commercialization. AI has inherited an internet where fun and spontaneity have been optimized out, leaving behind a soulless, algorithm-driven landscape.

AI didn't delete your database, you did

228 Brajeshwar 2026-05-05 14:43:06 UTC idiallo.com Llama Share 106

A company's production database was deleted by an AI agent, prompting a discussion on accountability and AI misuse. The real issue was a poorly designed API endpoint, not the AI itself, which can be a tool for augmentation, not a replacement for human accountability.

iOS 27 is adding a 'Create a Pass' button to Apple Wallet

216 alentodorov 2026-05-05 12:43:06 UTC walletwallet.alen.ro Llama Share 174

Apple is adding a "Create a Pass" feature to the Wallet app in iOS 27, allowing users to build their own passes from scratch or scan QR codes. This feature is expected to be released in September 2026, making it easier for users to add passes without needing a third-party tool.

Async Rust never left the MVP state

335 pjmlp 2026-05-05 07:43:06 UTC tweedegolf.nl Llama Share 171

The author is working to reduce async Rust bloat in the compiler, specifically targeting the state machine generated for async code. They propose two optimizations: returning Pending instead of panicking when a future is done, and removing the Panicked state.

Should I Run Plain Docker Compose in Production in 2026?

202 pmig 2026-05-05 09:43:06 UTC distr.sh Llama Share 166

Philip, an engineer at Distr, shares common Docker Compose quirks and operational gaps that can lead to production incidents. He recommends handling these gaps with commands and practices, or using an agent like Distr's to automate the process.

Simple Meta-Harness on Islo.dev

25 zozo123-IB 2026-05-05 14:43:06 UTC zozo123.github.io Llama Share 13

The meta-harness is a loop that improves the harness around an LLM agent by reading diagnostic logs and writing a better harness, which can be achieved with Islo's sandbox infrastructure. A proof-of-concept implementation demonstrates the optimization signal end-to-end with a proposer that reads all traces, not summary scores, and converges in four steps on a 5-task held-out suite.

Agents for Financial Services and Insurance

6 louiereederson 2026-05-05 15:06:06 UTC anthropic.com Prefix Share 0

We’re releasing ten ready-to-run agent templates for the most time-consuming work in financial services: building pitchbooks, screening KYC files, and closing the books at month-end. Each one ships as a plugin in Claude Cowork and Claude Code, and as a cookbook for Claude Managed Agents, so a team can put Claude on real financial work in days rather than months. Claude also now works across ...

AI Product Graveyard

157 StriverGuy 2026-05-05 13:43:06 UTC tooldirectory.ai Llama Share 69

The website is blocked due to security reasons after a suspicious action was detected. Please email the site owner with the Cloudflare Ray ID and details of the action that triggered the block.

Docker 29 has changed its default image store for new installs

47 neitsab 2026-05-05 12:43:06 UTC docs.docker.com Llama Share 30

The containerd image store is the default storage backend for Docker Engine 29.0 and later, offering features like lazy-pulling and peer-to-peer image distribution. It uses more disk space than legacy storage drivers due to dual storage of compressed and uncompressed formats.

When everyone has AI and the company still learns nothing

152 youngbrioche 2026-05-05 09:43:06 UTC robert-glaser.de Llama Share 94

Ethan Mollick's work on AI adoption highlights the "messy middle" phase where AI use is uneven, hidden, and difficult to compare, and not yet connected to organizational learning. Companies must move beyond license usage and surveys to understand how AI creates learning and value within their organization.

Bun is being ported from Zig to Rust

662 SergeAx 2026-05-05 01:43:06 UTC github.com/oven-sh Full Share 472

Incredibly fast JavaScript runtime, bundler, test runner, and package manager – all in one - docs: add Phase-A porting guide · oven-sh/bun@46d3bc2

Three Inverse Laws of AI

4 blenderob 2026-05-05 15:28:06 UTC susam.net Prefix Share 0

Since the launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, generative artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot services have become increasingly sophisticated and popular. These systems are now embedded in search engines, software development tools as well as office software. For many people, they have quickly become part of everyday computing. These services have turned out to be quite useful, especially for ...

Empty Screenings – Finds AMC movie screenings with few or no tickets sold

246 MrBuddyCasino 2026-05-05 04:43:06 UTC walzr.com Full Share 208

Show HN: A Mutating Webhook to automatically strip PII from K8s logs

3 aragoss 2026-05-05 15:10:06 UTC github.com/aragossa Prefix Share 1

Zero-code log sanitization sidecar for Kubernetes. Prevents data leaks (GDPR/SOC2) by redacting PII from logs before they leave the pod. "Don't let PII poison your AI models." PII-Shield ensures that sensitive data never reaches your training dataset, saving you from GDPR-forced model retraining. Upgrading to v2.0.0? We have moved entirely to a Helm-based distribution and ...

The first photo published in a newspaper

16 geuis 2026-05-05 13:43:06 UTC phsne.org Full Share 2

It would be difficult for modern readers to accept the text-only version of a newspaper. One online source containing "a brief history of the birth of photojournalism," states that the first illustration to appear in a newspaper, similar to modern courtroom renderings, was around 1806, and the first actual…

Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent

680 john-doe 2026-05-05 07:43:06 UTC thatprivacyguy.com Llama Share 520

Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on users' devices without consent, violating Article 5(3) of the ePrivacy Directive and GDPR principles of lawfulness, fairness, and transparency. The model's environmental cost is significant, with estimated CO2-equivalent emissions ranging from 6,000 to 60,000 tonnes per model push, depending on the number of devices affected.

Lessons for Agentic Coding: What should we do when code is cheap?

156 ingve 2026-05-05 07:43:06 UTC dbreunig.com Llama Share 156

The user shares 10 lessons for agentic coding, emphasizing the importance of implementing to learn, rebuilding often, and investing in end-to-end tests. These lessons aim to help developers make the most of cheap code and agent capabilities while considering maintenance, support, and security.

Hand Drawn QR Codes (2025)

173 jollyjerry 2026-05-05 04:43:06 UTC sethmlarson.dev Llama Share 32

User created a hand-drawn QR code on a 10x10 grid sticky note using the qrcode package in Python. The QR code successfully scanned when held flat or hung from a monitor.

Comparing the Z80 and 6502 to Their Relatives

27 ibobev 2026-05-05 11:43:06 UTC bumbershootsoft.wordpress.com Llama Share 0

The user compared the 8080, Z80, 8086, and 6502 CPUs, highlighting their similarities and differences, and discussed how their instruction sets and design decisions influenced programming styles and best practices. The user also shared their own experiences and advice for programming each chip, including guidelines for memory access, loop variables, and register usage, and noted that the Z80 ...

It's official: Utah is the U.S. state closest to banning VPNs

26 giantg2 2026-05-05 15:02:06 UTC tech.yahoo.com Llama Share 14

Utah's Senate Bill 73 bars websites from explaining VPN use to bypass age restrictions and makes them liable for enforcing age verification for users within the state's borders. This law has far-reaching implications, potentially violating online freedom and forcing websites to choose between age verification or blocking VPN traffic.

sRGB profile comparison

38 Retr0id 2026-05-05 11:43:06 UTC ninedegreesbelow.com GoogleT5 Share 9

Srgb profiles have different starting points for the red, blue, and green xyz values. the 'no black scaling' profile has a non-zero starting point for its black point, he says. if you do not use black-point compensation, the shadows will be crushed to zero - edward mcgraw explains trc values and how they affect color balance and tonality

How OpenAI delivers low-latency voice AI at scale

457 Sean-Der 2026-05-04 19:43:06 UTC openai.com Llama Share 136

OpenAI rearchitected their WebRTC stack to improve real-time AI interactions by reducing latency and preserving standard WebRTC behavior for clients. They achieved this by introducing a relay service that routes packets to the correct transceiver, allowing for deterministic first-packet routing and a small public UDP footprint.

Show HN: I built a new word game, Wordtrak

33 qrush 2026-05-05 12:43:06 UTC wordtrak.com Full Share 16

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CVE-2026-31431: Copy Fail vs. rootless containers

155 averi 2026-05-05 04:43:06 UTC dragonsreach.it Llama Share 85

The author set up a lab to run the Copy Fail exploit and traced it at the syscall level to verify that rootless Podman architecture would contain it. The exploit successfully overwrote /usr/bin/su in the page cache, executed the shellcode, and escalated to root inside the container.

Farewell to a Giant of Botany

70 Brajeshwar 2026-05-05 06:43:06 UTC nautil.us Llama Share 5

Peter Raven led the Missouri Botanical Garden from 1971 to 2010, expanding its size and reputation as a world-class institution. He redefined the garden's purpose, serving both the scientific community and local community, leaving a lasting legacy in St. Louis.

Train Your Own LLM from Scratch

370 kristianpaul 2026-05-05 04:43:06 UTC github.com/angelos-p Llama Share 43

A hands-on workshop builds a working GPT model from scratch in a few hours, covering the essentials of LLMs and transformers. The workshop uses PyTorch and character-level tokenization on Shakespeare, resulting in a ~10M param model that trains on a laptop in under an hour.

Agent Skills

330 BOOSTERHIDROGEN 2026-05-04 21:43:06 UTC addyosmani.com Llama Share 162

The author created Agent Skills to help AI coding agents follow senior engineer best practices by adding workflows and verification steps to their default behavior. This approach aims to prevent common engineering mistakes and ensure reliable software at scale.

Mouse Pointer as a Mere Mortal

67 zdw 2026-05-05 08:43:06 UTC unsung.aresluna.org Llama Share 27

The user experienced unexpected mouse pointer movement in Lightroom, feeling like an invasion of personal control. They contrast this with a game project where hijacking the cursor is acceptable, highlighting differing design approaches.

The Frog for Whom the Bell Tolls

34 anujbans 2026-05-05 07:43:06 UTC sethmlarson.dev Llama Share 13

The Frog Game, a 1992 Japanese Game Boy title, is a short, light-hearted adventure with a unique design choice where the player's strength is controlled by the game, not by leveling up. The game has ties to other Nintendo titles, including Link's Awakening and Paper Mario, and features a story with multiple kingdoms and factions, but its narrative is relatively simple and focused on ...

Does Employment Slow Cognitive Decline? Evidence from Labor Market Shocks

327 littlexsparkee 2026-05-04 15:43:06 UTC nber.org Llama Share 341

Researchers Noah Arman Kouchekinia, David Neumark, and Tim A. Bruckner received grants for their study on employment and cognitive decline. The study was supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation.