Claude Design

894 meetpateltech 2026-04-17 15:41:28 UTC anthropic.com Llama Share 589

Claude Design is a new product that lets users collaborate with Claude to create visual work like designs, prototypes, and presentations. It's available in research preview for Claude Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise subscribers, with access included in their plans.

A simplified model of Fil-C

126 aw1621107 2026-04-17 21:41:28 UTC corsix.org Llama Share 65

Fil-C is a memory-safe implementation of C/C++ that uses a garbage collector and rewrites unsafe code into safe code, including adding AllocationRecord* variables to track memory usage. The simplified model of Fil-C includes a compiler pass that rewrites C/C++ source code, a garbage collector, and additional features such as invisible_bytes and a parallel concurrent incremental collector.

All 12 moonwalkers had "lunar hay fever" from dust smelling like gunpowder (2018)

259 cybermango 2026-04-17 18:41:28 UTC esa.int Llama Share 148

Lunar dust is toxic and causes health issues in humans due to its sharp, abrasive particles and electrostatic charge. Researchers are studying the dust to estimate the risk and develop protective measures for future lunar missions.

Towards Trust in Emacs

40 eshelyaron 2026-04-18 01:41:28 UTC eshelyaron.com Llama Share 1

Emacs 30 introduced a trust system to prevent arbitrary code execution, but it causes friction by disabling features for untrusted files. trust-manager is a new package that grants trust just-in-time with minimal friction.

Isaac Asimov: The Last Question (1956)

650 ColinWright 2026-04-17 12:41:28 UTC hex.ooo Llama Share 266

A series of characters ask a computer, Multivac, about the possibility of reversing entropy and extending the life of the universe, but it responds with "insufficient data for a meaningful answer." As the universe runs down, a cosmic computer, AC, eventually learns how to reverse entropy, but there is no one left to answer the question.

Measuring Claude 4.7's tokenizer costs

558 aray07 2026-04-17 15:41:28 UTC claudecodecamp.com Llama Share 389

Anthropic's new Claude Opus 4.7 tokenizer uses 1.3-1.45x more tokens than 4.6. This results in a 20-30% higher per-session cost for a small but real improvement in instruction following.

Are the costs of AI agents also rising exponentially? (2025)

126 louiereederson 2026-04-17 21:41:28 UTC tobyord.com Llama Share 23

The author questions the trend of AI's exponential growth in task length and performance, suggesting that the cost of achieving this performance may be growing exponentially as well, potentially making AI less cost-competitive with humans over time. Analysis of a chart from METR shows that the hourly cost of AI agents is increasing with task duration, suggesting that forecasting AI's ...

Show HN: Smol machines – subsecond coldstart, portable virtual machines

252 binsquare 2026-04-17 17:41:28 UTC github.com/smol-machines Llama Share 91

Smolmachines is a tool for running custom Linux virtual machines locally with sub-second cold start, cross-platform support, and elastic memory usage. It allows for sandboxing untrusted code, packing workloads into portable executables, and using git and SSH without exposing keys.

Show HN: PanicLock – Close your MacBook lid disable TouchID –> password unlock

149 seanieb 2026-04-17 16:41:28 UTC github.com/paniclock Llama Share 61

PanicLock is a macOS utility that instantly locks the screen and disables Touch ID with a single click or laptop lid closure. It requires a one-time admin password setup to install a privileged helper tool.

NASA Force

241 LorenDB 2026-04-17 16:41:28 UTC nasaforce.gov Llama Share 253

NASA Force is a hiring initiative for exceptional technologists to join NASA for 1-2 years, solving complex challenges in air and space. You'll work on real missions, take a systems approach, and contribute to advancing human spaceflight and scientific discovery.

Slop Cop

102 ericHosick 2026-04-17 17:41:28 UTC awnist.com Llama Share 72

Slop Cop is a browser-based writing editor that flags generic LLM prose patterns and offers deeper analysis with an Anthropic API key. It helps improve writing by identifying and suggesting edits for common structural and rhetorical issues.

Hyperscalers have already outspent most famous US megaprojects

144 nowflux 2026-04-17 16:41:28 UTC twitter.com/finmoorhouse Full Share 122

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Middle schooler finds coin from Troy in Berlin

210 speckx 2026-04-17 15:41:28 UTC thehistoryblog.com Llama Share 94

A 13-year-old in Berlin discovered a 2,300-year-old bronze coin from ancient Troy, now on display at the PETRI Museum. The coin likely traveled along ancient trade routes, possibly kept as a charm or offering to the dead, rather than used for a business transaction.

Introducing: ShaderPad

60 evakhoury 2026-04-17 20:41:28 UTC rileyjshaw.com Llama Share 7

The author released ShaderPad, a library for easily putting shaders on websites without rebuilding graphics scaffolding. It's designed for artists and creative coders, with a simple API and fast page loads due to its small size.

NIST gives up enriching most CVEs

184 mooreds 2026-04-17 15:41:28 UTC risky.biz Llama Share 41

The US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced a new policy to prioritize only important vulnerabilities in the US National Vulnerability Database due to budget constraints. This decision is expected to impact the cybersecurity industry, with some companies relying on NIST's data for their vulnerability scanners and dashboards.

Casus Belli Engineering

11 b-man 2026-04-18 01:41:28 UTC marcosmagueta.com Llama Share 1

Casus Belli Development is a social mechanism where a perceived failure is used to replace a working system with a preferred worldview, often driven by individuals who use narrative to construct guilt and manipulate the system. This mechanism exploits cognitive biases and organizational dynamics, leading to the destruction of proven foundations and the perpetuation of root causes, and can be ...

Generating a color spectrum for an image

26 evakhoury 2026-04-17 23:41:28 UTC amandahinton.com Llama Share 4

The user developed a color spectrum visualization tool called Spectrimage that displays the frequency and tonal range of each hue in an image, with a unique design for black and white photographs. The tool analyzes the image client-side in the browser, converting pixels to HSL, sorting and averaging colors, and rendering the spectrum on an HTML Canvas in under a second.

I built a 3D printing business and ran it for 8 months

89 wespiser_2018 2026-04-17 18:41:28 UTC wespiser.com Llama Share 83

The author started a 3D printing business making custom card stands for a neighbor's trading card business. The business worked for a while but eventually hit scaling issues due to limitations in the printing process.

Arc Prize Foundation (YC W26) Is Hiring a Platform Engineer for ARC-AGI-4

0 2026-04-17 21:41:28 UTC ycombinator.com Llama Share

The role requires a senior engineer to own and evolve the platform behind ARC-AGI benchmarks, stabilizing the current system and laying the foundation for future versions. The ideal candidate has strong backend engineering experience with Python and distributed systems.

The Unix Executable as a Smalltalk Method [video]

32 surprisetalk 2026-04-17 21:41:28 UTC youtube.com Embed Share 1

Ban the sale of precise geolocation

629 hn_acker 2026-04-17 14:41:28 UTC lawfaremedia.org Llama Share 168

The US needs to clamp down on the collection and sale of geolocation data to protect national security and privacy, as seen in the case of Webloc, a tool used by US and foreign authorities to track individuals. A new report highlights the risks of AI-powered hacking, as a single hacker used AI models to breach nine Mexican government organizations and steal hundreds of millions of citizen records.

Ben Lerner's Big Feelings

3 prismatic 2026-04-18 02:41:28 UTC vulture.com Prefix Share 0

In 2024, Ben Lerner was asked if he wanted to interview one of his mentors, the poet Rosmarie Waldrop, for The Paris Review. “I was really ambivalent about it,” Lerner told me. “Rosmarie is amazing. She’s a hero of mine. But she’s not very easy to interview, in part because one of her remarkable characteristics is she doesn’t just bullshit.” That conversation was an origin point for his new ...

Even "cat readme.txt" is not safe

108 arkadiyt 2026-04-17 19:41:28 UTC blog.calif.io Llama Share 62

iTerm2's SSH integration feature can be exploited by impersonating the remote conductor through terminal output. This allows an attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the local machine.

Show HN: Stage – Putting humans back in control of code review

105 cpan22 2026-04-17 11:41:28 UTC stagereview.app Llama Share 93

Stage is a platform for fast-moving teams that breaks down pull requests into structured chapters. It provides a unified dashboard to review pull requests with context and chapters at a glance.

The GNU libc atanh is correctly rounded

55 matt_d 2026-04-17 20:41:28 UTC inria.hal.science Llama Share 8

Anubis is a server protection system that uses a Proof-of-Work scheme to prevent aggressive website scraping. It adds a load that makes scraping expensive, but may cause downtime for legitimate users.

Nintendo's Empire of Secrets with Keza MacDonald – Factually with Adam Conover

22 tpoindex 2026-04-17 22:41:28 UTC art19.com Llama Share 3

Nintendo is a successful video game company that has remained stable despite industry chaos. A new book by Keza MacDonald explores Nintendo's secrets to innovation and success.

Spending 3 months coding by hand

152 evakhoury 2026-04-17 20:41:28 UTC miguelconner.substack.com Llama Share 155

The author is on a 6-week retreat at the Recurse Center to focus on coding without AI, learn Python, and understand computers better. They plan to train an LLM from scratch and improve their programming skills.

Connie Converse was a folk-music genius. Then she vanished

79 mellosouls 2026-04-17 16:41:28 UTC bbc.com Llama Share 18

Connie Converse, a pioneering US female singer-songwriter, created forward-thinking songs in the 1950s that were barely known during her lifetime but are now recognized as trailblazing. Her music, characterized by introspection, existentialism, and lyrical sophistication, has inspired many contemporary musicians and is gaining popularity through re-releases and covers.

Experiment with ICEYE Open Data

107 marklit 2026-04-17 14:41:28 UTC iceye.com Llama Share 14

Browse ICEYE open data on an interactive map, filtering by location, imaging mode, and date. Access and download datasets through STAC browser or AWS Registry of Open Data.

Healthchecks.io now uses self-hosted object storage

151 zdw 2026-04-17 14:41:28 UTC blog.healthchecks.io Llama Share 64

Healthchecks.io migrated from a managed to a self-hosted object storage, initially using OVHcloud and then UpCloud, but both had performance and reliability issues. The team now uses Versity S3 Gateway with a Btrfs filesystem on a dedicated server, which has improved performance and reliability, but requires additional backup and redundancy measures.