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github.com
Show HN: Open-Cowork – an open-source, model-agnostic computer-use agenthttps://github.com/coasty-ai/open-coworkHi HN,We built Open Cowork, an MIT-licensed desktop agent that can operate a computer through screenshots, mouse input, and keyboard input.We started working on this after using cowork-style computer agents for longer tasks. The interaction model was useful, but computer use burns through model calls much faster than chat: take a screenshot, decide what to do, perform an action, inspect the result, and repeat.We wanted to separate that agent loop from any one model or subscription.Open Cowork currently works with local models through Ollama and hosted models through providers including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, xAI, Mistral, and OpenRouter. You can watch the agent’s actions as they happen and interrupt it during a run.The basic loop is:Capture the current screen Send the screenshot and task state to the model Parse the proposed action Execute the mouse or keyboard action Capture the resulting state Continue until completion, interruption, or a safety conditionTwo annoyingly common fai
Jul 30, 2026 5:54 PM
nasa.gov
NASA Johnson Interns Shaping the Future of Explorationhttps://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/johnson/nasa-johnson-interns-shaping-the-future-of-exploration/NASA interns at Johnson Space Center are applying their talents to real-world projects while working alongside the engineers, scientists, communicators, and innovators advancing human spaceflight. Learn how these students are gaining hands-on experience, contributing to real missions, and preparing to join the nation’s highly skilled and competitive aerospace workforce. Meet the students behind the work and discover what inspired them to pursue careers at […]
Jul 30, 2026 8:08 AM
news.ycombinator.com
Ask HN: Looking for testers for my RAM-based Linux distributionhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49102865Hi,I have been working on a project called Invelinux for quite some time now, and now that I have released the release candidate versions, I thought about posting it on Hacker News for people to try it out.The thing that makes it stand out is its use of the Toybox userspace project, a BSD-licensed alternative to Busybox and musl C library instead of the GNU C library. It also features a very minimal framework called AMPS (Automatically Mounted Packaging System) which mounts an external drive that functions as the non-volatile storage part of the OS. System configurations, applications/scripts etc. are all stored inside the /storage/AMPS directory. Since the base system is running on RAM, when the system is rebooted, the whole system gets wiped clean. But the external storage and configurations stay intact, allowing you to load your configurations easily.To access and edit these configurations, several custom TUI tools were made so the user doesn't have to mess around in /storage/AMPS/e
Jul 29, 2026 8:47 PM
news.ycombinator.com
Transfer context from one agent to another agent mid taskhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49102632Hello HN, If you integrate your agents with decispher you can transfer context from one agent to another agents in 2 ways -:1) If you are working on git branch then branchstory feature keeps on recording your session activity like user prompts -> agent's reasoning -> agent's action -> edited files. These recordings can be played by other agent/human taking up task next. Agents can also write handoff note for other agents.2) If you are connected using Decispher mcp then this mcp provides you a tool with copy_context and paste_context. Copy_context tools gives you a key which you use as paste_context(key) inside any other agent on any machine and your context of chat will be transfered.Try at decispher.com
Jul 29, 2026 8:29 PM
flipcloc.com
Show HN: FlipCloc for Mac out now. A gorgeous flip clock and screensaverhttps://flipcloc.comAfter months of work FlipCloc for Mac is finally here. I’ve always wanted to make an app and seeing it on the App Store is something I’m extremely excited about! App Store link - https://apps.apple.com/app/id6786569507One app, two ways to use FlipCloc. On first launch, choose either App or Screensaver. If you want both, you can unlock the other option with a one time in app purchase. No subscriptions, no ads. FlipCloc costs $9.99 and the in app purchase another $9.99FlipCloc is the prettiest and most customizable flip clock availalbe. Personalize every single aspect of the clock, fonts, colors, flap design, sounds, backgrounds, and more. Customize it to match your aesthetic, style, or your moodFlipCloc is gorgeous, aesthetic, and a great productivity tool. Use it to stay focused while working, track your sessions, run Pomodoro timers, or just watch the time pass byRefinement, smooth animations, and optimizations are all things I take very seriously. FlipCloc is highly optimized so you’
Jul 29, 2026 2:36 PM
spacenews.com
Fortastra and Hadrian join forces to streamline satellite productionhttps://spacenews.com/fortastra-and-hadrian-join-forces-to-streamline-satellite-production/SAN FRANCISCO – Fortastra, a Los Angeles startup focused on defending on-orbit infrastructure, is working with manufacturing specialist Hadrian to explore ways to apply precision machining and additive manufacturing to […] The post Fortastra and Hadrian join forces to streamline satellite production appeared first on SpaceNews.
Jul 29, 2026 1:00 PM
strataweather.com
Show HN: Experiments with Weather Datahttps://strataweather.com/mapI had been wanting to try experimenting with nowcasting since the death of Dark Sky and finally got around to it. This application essentially became a playground for me to experiment with various weather datasets and geospatial visualizations.Some interesting concepts that came from it:The nowcast is using pySTEPS optical flow under the hood: https://pysteps.readthedocs.io/en/latest/auto_examples/plot_.... This library is super cool. It bugged me that every radar visualization just gave you choppy snapshots in time, so I spent some time working on building a smooth interpolation. The backend passes keyframes along with motion data from the optical flow analysis and then has a custom WebGL shader to do the interpolation which lets you scrub the timeline and have a smooth interpolation.The other forecast tiles and the main weather page are using the average of many different weather models. You can see every model that factors in on the models page: https://strataweather.com/models. Thi
Jul 29, 2026 11:52 AM
news.ycombinator.com
Robotics development made dead simple (open source)https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49058956Hey everyone,My team and I have been working hard on this project: https://peppy.botIt's a direct replacement for ROS 2. We already have the OpenArm robot (https://openarm.dev) working on the platform, both v1.0 and v2.0, plus Isaac Sim and MuJoCo integration.If you're in a hurry, head over to https://docs.peppy.bot/quickstart/ and get started in 5min.Our long term vision is to allow anyone (even non-devs) to go from a prompt to real humanoid robot actions, first in simulation, then on the physical robot.Happy to answer any question.
Jul 26, 2026 3:13 PM
glossarypage.com
Show HN: GlossaryPage – Turn customer questions into knowledge pageshttps://glossarypage.com/Hey HN, I built GlossaryPage after noticing companies have long-tail content opportunities that never get created because they fall between blog posts and documentation.The primary use case is marketing teams building glossaries and learning hubs around these topics. The same workflow also works for support teams creating help centers.GlossaryPage helps teams identify unanswered topics, generate drafts with AI, review content, and publish structured knowledge pages.Here is a demo site: https://glossary.glossarypage.comSome things I have been thinking about while building this:1. How to avoid creating more low-quality content?This is a challenge for anyone building AI content tools, and is something I'm working on. The product is focused on generating drafts, but users are responsible for reviewing and approving what gets published. My guess is that as AI systems improve at evaluating quality, there will be less value in publishing low-quality content.2. Why not just use an existing CMS
Jul 24, 2026 3:44 AM
science.nasa.gov
Curiosity Blog, Sols 4954–4960: Celebrating Our Rover Engineers Past and Presenthttps://science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosity-blog-sols-4954-4960-celebrating-our-rover-engineers-past-and-present/Written by Lucy Thompson, Senior Research Scientist, University of New Brunswick, Canada Earth planning date: Friday, July 27, 2026 As an APXS uplink lead and strategic planner, I have the privilege of working with the rover engineers most days that I am on operations. The APXS instrument measures the chemistry of rocks, unconsolidated materials and […]
Jul 24, 2026 1:22 AM
github.com
Show HN: Rendi, an agent harness on Trigger.dev without spinning up a VMhttps://github.com/mcheemaa/rendiHi all,Rendi is a full agent harness that runs background jobs, schedules, a real browser, and email without you needing to spin up a virtual machine. I built it for the ClickHouse and Trigger.dev hackathon but honestly super excited on how it came out.If you look at my github I have been working on deploying agents for a decent time now but mainly by spinning up VMs on Hetzner or AWS. The one thing I still wasn't able to crack was how to make these agents per tenant yourself without buying a huge bare metal machine to create micro VMs or use third party VM providers, but I think with Trigger.dev and this work on Rendi I can easily provision these agents per tenant without having to deal with all things VMs and also cost is so low.I also spent a lot of time on the UI and the component library. I literally came up with a brand for my project before starting it up hehe. I have also been thinking a lot more towards accessible UIs specially since it makes an agents life a lot easier when b
Jul 23, 2026 1:44 PM
kalvir.life
Show HN: Kalvir Clockhttps://kalvir.life/clockI've been working on new mind psychology visualizations of time and have created a unique clock to work in the background of my iterm2 transparent vim that has been really helping me focus my mind on complex code, notes, thinking. So have published it for free, it's a one page app, so you can easily copy the HTML code and host it yourself. It's your unique clock for your minds eye.
Jul 22, 2026 8:17 PM
voxthermic.jbri.workers.dev
Show HN: VoxThermic – A macOS journaling app that uses Apple's Foundation Modelshttps://voxthermic.jbri.workers.dev/TL;DR version: I made a macOS journaling app that use Foundation Models to analyze entries for mood + written themes, and also has voice transcription, because I couldn't find any other journaling app that does those things.OK, now for the longer, I-rambled-too-much version:For the past few weeks I've been working on a macOS journaling app called VoxThermic.The idea for it came from my own journaling habits, where my mood tends to shift a lot depending on whatever I'm dealing with. I've tried some journaling apps, but I've never found one that can analyze mood or see how my mood changes depending on what I'm writing about.So I just figured I'd build it myself. I've been experimenting a lot with Apple's Foundation Models and Natural Language frameworks, and those all work on-device and offline (which is good because there's no way I'm sending journal entries to some AI company's data centers!)But there's one problem with using Foundation Models: they're tiny. About 3 billion parameters,
Jul 20, 2026 2:40 PM
nasa.gov
Establishing a VTE Risk Score for Astronauts Algorithmhttps://www.nasa.gov/organizations/ochmo/establishing-a-vte-risk-score-for-astronauts-algorithm/In April 2026, NASA’s Office of the Chief Health and Medical Officer (OCHMO) initiated a working group to review updated VTE case information, additional data gathered revealing altered blood flow status within a cohort of astronauts, and discuss progress of research and clinical activities intended to mitigate the risk of VTE during spaceflight with new […]
Jul 17, 2026 9:01 PM
pokayoke.codes
Show HN: Pokayoke – turn code conventions into checks for agentshttps://pokayoke.codesHey HN,Something I've been tinkering with in the background is a system to manage the "messy-middle" of TypeScript toolchains. Quite often, when I'm using Biome or any of the other linter / formatters, there will be repo conventions that I want to enforce (especially with AI agents), but which aren't supported by them, such as:- Enforcing lines-of-code limits in modules - Never using custom TailWind colors - Only using lowercase underscores in filenamesLike, this is quite "random" but also bread-and-butter stuff that it's easy to think or talk about when you're working by yourself or with a few other human teammates, but I've found that agents consistently miss these conventions if I put them in an AGENTS.md file for example.I wanted to make my esoteric repo conventions less stochastic, and more deterministic. I realised that agents are adept at writing the kind of code needed to run arbitrary checks on the TypeScript AST or workspace environment -- the kind of code that is cumbersome
Jul 16, 2026 9:40 AM
github.com
Show HN: OtoDock, run Claude Code and Codex as a team of agents on your serverhttps://github.com/OtoDock/oto-dock/Hi HN, i am Dimitris,I have been using Claude Code and Codex agents, for some time now from the beggining i had been using them from inside my terminal mainly for coding.For the past 3 years i kept building so i have a homelab and a business server, which already has a lot of vms, so a lot of things to manage.So i decided to start building my own ideal version of using claude code, and codex flexibly and connect them easily with all my vms and infra but at the same time keep using them for coding, and as a personal assistant for daily use.So for the past months I built OtoDock. Its a self hosted platform, that runs real CLaude code and Codex as the engine. On top of them i build a live dashboard with websockets and integrated in depth the clis, so its even nicer to work with the cli through the dashboard instead of working on the terminal. I even ended up integrating interactive terminals as well (due to the subscription change Anthropic was trying to do for harnesses) so you can also
Jul 15, 2026 4:11 PM
news.ycombinator.com
Ask HN: PhDs, how have you organized your research visits?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48906413Hi HN! Using a throwaway account but looking for advice from people having done research visits as PhD students, especially in terms of funding/accommodation/whether such an experience is worth the cost.I'm a second-year PhD candidate in France, working in NLP. In January I contacted a professor from another university in the Netherlands to ask about a research visit opportunity -- I did this because both my university and hers were part of a funding program for research visits. We had a call and she was very interested in my topic and the potential help I could give for her project (and I'm also very interested in what she's working on).I applied to this funding but my application was rejected because my university told me I should apply to another funding program specific to the university. I did that in March, but things have been going downhill, as the person who is supposed to deal with the applications left, and everything's mostly been on standby since. Thus, I haven't received
Jul 14, 2026 1:19 PM
github.com
Show HN: I MitM'd Plex to make remote streaming suck lesshttps://github.com/inhumantsar/plex-proxy/I've been hoarding media for a long time. Longer than I care to think about honestly. At this point the collection is large enough that several of the friends and family members I've shared my Plex server with have cancelled their streaming service subscriptions.After getting laid off a while back, I started working on a degree online. It seemed like a good opportunity to spend some time traveling too, so I signed up for Starlink and got a friend to host my Plex server in his basement for the duration. Surely that would be good enough to watch whatever from where-ever.Turns out that no, it's not. Plex really doesn't like streaming over Starlink. It would top out at 8-9mbps in good conditions, often dropping down to 2 or 3, while other streams and downloads would happily hum along at 100mbps+.I spent a little time looking into the issue early on. None of the remote or server network changes I could think of made a noticable difference. Customizing Plex's internal MPV configuration to in
Jul 14, 2026 12:25 AM
news.ycombinator.com
I got tired of every .NET HTML-to-PDF library so I built a free one from scratchhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48853670Hi all, I've just open-sourced NetPDF, a project I've been building to scratch an itch that's bugged the .NET community for as long as I can remember, there has never been a genuinely free, high-quality HTML-to-PDF library.Every existing route has a real tradeoff:Headless-browser wrappers (Puppeteer/Playwright/Chromium): huge footprint, a native browser to ship and secure, a process to spawn per render.wkhtmltopdf wrappers: built on an unmaintained engine.Commercial libraries: excellent, but licensed per seat/server."Free" libraries: AGPL (viral copyleft) or a revenue cap that becomes a license fee once you grow.After years of working around this, I decided to build the thing I wanted. NetPDF is a real HTML/CSS layout engine written from scratch in C# - the same category as Prince or WeasyPrint, not "automate a browser."What it isA pure C# / .NET 10 engine that parses HTML + CSS and lays it out itself: block, inline, flexbox, grid, and tables, fragmentation across pages, paged-media (@
Jul 9, 2026 11:14 PM
github.com
Show HN: envapt, typed env config for decoupled TS codebases (Node to edge)https://github.com/materwelonDhruv/envaptHi HN. I'm Dhruv and I've been working on envapt for about a year now and I've FINALLY completed the roadmap I scope creeped and QA'd over the past few months. It reads environment config in TypeScript and returns the typed value instead of string | undefined, from whatever source you bind. It runs on Node, Bun, Deno, Cloudflare Workers, the browser, and well, anywhere.Most typed-env libraries have you declare every variable in one central schema and read the result from one object. That works well for a single application. Mostly. That didn't work for me because in a framework or a monorepo, decoupled packages each read their own config values, and sharing one config object across every package just doesn't make sense to me, plus some other nits.envapt does the opposite. You bind a source once at startup, and on Node/Deno/Bun it binds your .env files and process.env for you, with cascading profiles per environment. After that, ANY typed read in ANY file uses that source, and each valu
Jul 8, 2026 4:14 PM