news.ycombinator.com
Ask HN: What tasks cost money through a UI but are free in code?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49294288As someone who only recently started getting their feet wet thanks to vibe coding, I am kind of amazed at all the free tools out there.An example: ffmpeg (which I've used for a long time) is a classic case of "if you can figure it out, it's free; if you can't, I can sell you a shovel" with virtually every video downloader tool out there using it. Users who don't know about it must either rely on the shady tier of online video downloaders or pay for some of the better ones. I used to think there was a hard-coded limit to downloading files in 4K until I realised yt-dlp and ffmpeg existed.Another example: TIL the Bluesky Jetstream protocol is completely free, which is amazing to me because of all the data and inference you can get from it (similar APIs, albeit from much larger social datasets like Google Maps and X, are not free.It seems that the entry barrier to a lot of useful tools over the last two decades has been a minimal ability to code. Since that barrier has now dropped, would yAug 14, 2026 2:55 AM
bbc.co.uk
Conditions on US aircraft carrier at sea for more than 250 days raise alarmshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cyvl2d5j52lo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rssThousands of sailors on the USS Abraham Lincoln have reportedly faced food shortages and broken plumbing, with some considering jumping overboard.Aug 13, 2026 11:06 PM
taurusagents.com
Show HN: Taurus Agents, my take on multi-agent hierarchieshttps://taurusagents.com/Hi HN! Serge here, solo founder. I built my own multi-agent orchestrator and it became so useful that for several months I've never had to touch codex or claude code anymore, just using Taurus now. The website explains what it is, but here I wanted to share how and why. If you think multi-agent orchestration is stupid, I'll try to convince you otherwise.(And if you'd rather watch a video than read the text, here's the walkthrough: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fa5CIxf5Rhk)Persistent identity: All my agents have names (Tessera = personal strategist, Alcyone = in charge of engineering at Taurus, and so on), roles, their own separate prompts, their own MEMORY.md, their own episodic memory (continuity logs they write for future selves) and so on. A lot of people still think it's silly vs talking to Claude or ChatGPT, but you'd be surprised how much everything changes once you seed a persona that cares about one specific mini-project or an aspect of it and takes care of it on every awakenAug 13, 2026 5:45 PM
edition.cnn.com
Passengers tell of ‘terrifying experience’ after train derails in UK | CNNhttps://edition.cnn.com/2026/08/13/world/uk-train-derailment-intlEighteen people were injured, including two seriously, after a passenger train derailed in southern England on Thursday, trapping passengers inside carriages that had toppled onto their sides.Aug 13, 2026 4:34 PM
news.google.com
How eBay Creates a Town Square for Seller Concernshttps://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMikgFBVV95cUxQaXJZMklWY2JSZWptWFJCbUdSWUNZdUdiOW42aVNIRDhKQ01BN3RlRlEzNHhXSW9rRjR6d044MGx2aFpaV09EQzFUc3JVc1dCQzB4bmFDbDctaVBiZHE4WTdOOTBnM2txd0NUNXVqZ1doNUNqMFFtNlpOdk5RRU82VGtySU9UaXpoZTkxMVI4ZFNndw?oc=5How eBay Creates a Town Square for Seller Concerns eBay Inc.Aug 13, 2026 4:21 PM
nasa.gov
Perseids Meteor Showerhttps://www.nasa.gov/image-article/perseids-meteor-shower-2/The constellation Orion is framed by two Perseid meteors in this photo from Aug. 12, 2018, in Cedar Breaks National Monument, Utah. The Perseids – one of the year’s brightest and most popular meteor showers – has been ramping up since early July and will sparkle in the skies through the end of August. The […]Aug 13, 2026 3:08 PM
news.google.com
LinkedIn Killed Its Writing Assistant. It Wants Your Thinking, Not Your First Drafthttps://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiwAFBVV95cUxQRmJJZ1BrTmZuVTlNVmNEVllZQzBVTmtza3NKSGl0SG1MQW15N3hXc19LRmxtekI3M1ppdjVrOXlHa3BIZjA2SU5GUWNCdlRHblZVU3luRlZXVGcyVG1rYWJ3S3lqY0p6VzU5bGFJX2JuWDE0eUxoejJCaEthdFVReEw1T0Q5N2pjcGpfelNGVy1zQ25jVEN5SC1LdE5ERnBFdkdfQmVqdGltcm0zaFBkclBqMG1VTmFmdWhQYkpOcDA?oc=5LinkedIn Killed Its Writing Assistant. It Wants Your Thinking, Not Your First Draft inc.comAug 13, 2026 2:21 PM
stackdome.com
Show HN: Stackdome – An open source self-hostable Railway alternative on K8shttps://stackdome.comHello Hacker News, this is Ashish.We started building Stackdome in 2024 as a hobby project. The idea was to package the tooling in the CNCF/cloud-native ecosystem into an opinionated platform, so that developers can get a well engineered platform without learning Kubernetes YAMLology or a dozen other projects from the CNCF landscape.Railway and Render did this well for their hosted products. I wanted to bring that level of polish and DX to something you can self-host. Stackdome uses Kubernetes underneath, but it's completely transparent to users. (I have some ideas for an expert mode that exposes more of the bells and whistles.)My day job involves working with cloud native technologies, and it made me appreciate how much is already solved by Kubernetes and the tooling around it. If you are already running Kubernetes, Stackdome is something you can adopt incrementally. (I have some ideas around adopting already-running workloads.)Features:- First class support for multi-service applicatAug 13, 2026 12:43 PM
readiteasy.app
Show HN: Read it easy – Read-only code editor with an improved Go to Definitionhttps://www.readiteasy.app/I built a desktop app that improves the UI/UX for reading source code . Code editors/IDEs have many features, but I didn't make the best use of them when reading the source code. So, I designed the app by picking up some features for source code reading. It is read-only because it is intended to focus users on reading. Switching from your favorite code editor or IDE to the app can help with context switching from coding to code reading. I wonder if this context switch can help people focus on reading.One of the features I designed specifically for this app is "Animated Go to Definition," which works by double-clicking a function name in the code and is designed around some principles I use when reading code. This feature exactly embodies the ideas and concepts of this app. Now, Animated Go to Definition supports JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Java, and C#.AI empowers documentation in software development, but it does not always eliminate the need to read source code. To truly understaAug 13, 2026 12:30 PM
news.google.com
Registration Now Open for the 2026 Thanksgiving Day Race Presented by Western & Southernhttps://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMivAFBVV95cUxQdjNFOTItc19IdWIzb0puOVZfQTFlZjZTcFlxUzEyV2FBRGtrTlAwN2swWXl3LTR1WkxseFdhdlBkWHFrYW83a2RBMnRJOTl2U2FUQVdEeC1BMmoxZmtqd2VoTzRQRDFCUzBqU2hQX1RWZ0RGTUJSbnFOcmZKSWRlMEJGTnpWVnlwSFJwcmV4LWpwRV9HMEZhLVBMZVp3SjUxV2I0Sk13R3YyWkdkZFI5SFQxMWdzc0hYX3EzMQ?oc=5Registration Now Open for the 2026 Thanksgiving Day Race Presented by Western & Southern FC CincinnatiAug 13, 2026 12:26 PM
theguardian.com
South Korean airport becomes busiest in world for global traffic amid Iran warhttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/13/south-korea-incheon-airport-iran-war-middle-eastIncheon airport had 38.39m international passengers in first half of 2026, as traffic diverted from Middle East hubsSouth Korea’s Incheon airport has become the world’s busiest airport for international passengers, in part owing to disruption in the Middle East caused by the Iran war.The airport, South Korea’s main gateway, about 30 miles (48km) west of Seoul, handled 38.39 million international p...Aug 13, 2026 9:45 AM
news.google.com
McDonald's teases Hello Kitty x Godzilla Happy Meal. See toys, launch datehttps://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMitAFBVV95cUxQUWZKRlVNV1pOY3lJNGUybGZsTEtLSDNvYXZTc1JUUkFfZmRmNWhVaUpBM2R3S0RIOWRnakpkcjFmQVhheHZUMkFtQU1URU9UeGlKdkg0RVFzNmVGNjJsX3Zzc0dHaHRwM0ZGdlRqQjlmamtEQkc5YWNGQ3FpMlZic2s2Q2RCUnZoNGFvY2JfNnR2V3VPRDJHUkwzVzZGY1FXRnMwdExQM2h5YWxDbnFiendzaXQ?oc=5McDonald's teases Hello Kitty x Godzilla Happy Meal. See toys, launch date Cincinnati EnquirerAug 13, 2026 8:11 AM
bing.com
Hello Kitty and Godzilla come together for adorable Happy Meal collabhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a83beca1cbc4671927861b47862bb79&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.polygon.com%2fhello-kitty-godzilla-mcdonalds-happy-meals-release-date-images%2f&c=15396597164298139179&mkt=en-usEight Sanrio characters will be cosplaying as creatures from the Monsterverse, which includes Godzilla and several of his foes and frenemies. As the two most well-known characters, the Hello Kitty toy ...Aug 13, 2026 6:23 AM
bing.com
Hello Kitty and Godzilla come together for adorable Happy Meal collabhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a83c6bfa04249c2b88f23324e604a43&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.polygon.com%2fhello-kitty-godzilla-mcdonalds-happy-meals-release-date-images%2f&c=15396597164298139179&mkt=en-usEight Sanrio characters will be cosplaying as creatures from the Monsterverse, which includes Godzilla and several of his foes and frenemies. As the two most well-known characters, the Hello Kitty toy ...Aug 13, 2026 6:23 AM
bing.com
Hello Kitty and Godzilla come together for adorable Happy Meal collabhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a83cdbbfdf641d7bab29641f68d34bb&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.polygon.com%2fhello-kitty-godzilla-mcdonalds-happy-meals-release-date-images%2f&c=15396597164298139179&mkt=en-usEight Sanrio characters will be cosplaying as creatures from the Monsterverse, which includes Godzilla and several of his foes and frenemies. As the two most well-known characters, the Hello Kitty toy ...Aug 13, 2026 6:23 AM
bing.com
Hello Kitty and Godzilla come together for adorable Happy Meal collabhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a83c82d41ea4da3a301479a6aa66393&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.polygon.com%2fhello-kitty-godzilla-mcdonalds-happy-meals-release-date-images%2f&c=15396597164298139179&mkt=en-usEight Sanrio characters will be cosplaying as creatures from the Monsterverse, which includes Godzilla and several of his foes and frenemies. As the two most well-known characters, the Hello Kitty toy ...Aug 13, 2026 6:23 AM
bing.com
Hello Kitty and Godzilla come together for adorable Happy Meal collabhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a83c94e8e03448a850870588d269f63&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.polygon.com%2fhello-kitty-godzilla-mcdonalds-happy-meals-release-date-images%2f&c=15396597164298139179&mkt=en-usEight Sanrio characters will be cosplaying as creatures from the Monsterverse, which includes Godzilla and several of his foes and frenemies. As the two most well-known characters, the Hello Kitty toy ...Aug 13, 2026 6:23 AM
bing.com
Hello Kitty and Godzilla come together for adorable Happy Meal collabhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a83ceb0f2884554ad29438a64274f8e&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.polygon.com%2fhello-kitty-godzilla-mcdonalds-happy-meals-release-date-images%2f&c=15396597164298139179&mkt=en-usEight Sanrio characters will be cosplaying as creatures from the Monsterverse, which includes Godzilla and several of his foes and frenemies. As the two most well-known characters, the Hello Kitty toy ...Aug 13, 2026 6:23 AM
bing.com
Hello Kitty and Godzilla come together for adorable Happy Meal collabhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a83c4353ae54c90a9af3e553848b18b&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.polygon.com%2fhello-kitty-godzilla-mcdonalds-happy-meals-release-date-images%2f&c=15396597164298139179&mkt=en-usEight Sanrio characters will be cosplaying as creatures from the Monsterverse, which includes Godzilla and several of his foes and frenemies. As the two most well-known characters, the Hello Kitty toy ...Aug 13, 2026 6:23 AM
bing.com
Hello Kitty and Godzilla come together for adorable Happy Meal collabhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a83c44786054fcca35a906673c2ec4f&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.polygon.com%2fhello-kitty-godzilla-mcdonalds-happy-meals-release-date-images%2f&c=15396597164298139179&mkt=en-usEight Sanrio characters will be cosplaying as creatures from the Monsterverse, which includes Godzilla and several of his foes and frenemies. As the two most well-known characters, the Hello Kitty toy ...Aug 13, 2026 6:23 AM
