michael480th.github.io
Show HN: Banana Battle – DOS Gorillas rebuilt as a web gamehttps://michael480th.github.io/Banana-Battle/As a kid, I loved to play the DOS Gorillas game where you would throw bananas at your opponent, smashing cities as you go.I wanted to play it, so I rebuilt the classic QBasic/DOS "Gorillas" game from scratch as a mobile web app. It is playable in the browser and installable to your iPhone home screen.It's all vanilla HTML/Canvas/JavaScript. No frameworks, no build step, no dependencies, no tracking. A single static page served from GitHub Pages.A few bits that were fun to build: - Destructible terrain: buildings are painted to an offscreen canvas and explosions erase pixels - Ballistic physics with wind, sub-stepped so a fast banana can't tunnel through a thin building between frames. - Native share sheet (Web Share API) so you can text a friend your result with a "beat my score" challenge linkIt's hot-seat two-player (pass the phone, or share a keyboard: arrows to aim, space to throw).No original Microsoft code or assets — the code and pixel art are all my own (with some help from ClaJul 10, 2026 6:14 AM
bing.com
AI SOC Platforms And The Future Of Managed Security Serviceshttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a89e360db25455596cb72b2c6e15a39&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.forbes.com%2Fcouncils%2Fforbestechcouncil%2F2026%2F07%2F10%2Fai-soc-platforms-and-the-future-of-managed-security-services%2F&c=165880583905600016&mkt=en-usFor the past decade, managed detection and response (MDR) has been the practical answer to a straightforward problem: most organizations cannot staff a security operations center around the clock with ...Jul 10, 2026 5:00 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
prooftree.ai
Show HN: Context-aware AI social workspace to learn mathhttps://www.prooftree.aiHi! I am Raj, a graduate math student at Bonn, and I was at YC Summer School in Bangalore recently, and heard from many people that HN is an awesome place to let people demo your product.Please write to me any (ANY!!) feedback you have!! :pJul 9, 2026 11:11 PM
science.nasa.gov
NASA Space Telescope Maps Magnetic Fields of ‘Lighthouse’ Pulsarhttps://science.nasa.gov/missions/ixpe/nasa-space-telescope-maps-magnetic-fields-of-lighthouse-pulsar/For the first time, scientists have used NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) to directly measure the magnetic fields of PSR J1101−6101, a pulsar located within what is often referred to as the Lighthouse Nebula. The results provide new insight into the structure of some of the most extreme objects in the cosmos, as NASA […]Jul 9, 2026 8:08 PM
letterspractice.com
Show HN: Learn to Read with SRS++https://letterspractice.com/showHNHey everyone. The short story here is that I've made an early literacy app that you are encouraged to try with your pre-literate or only-sorta-literate kids. It's intended to be minimalist, friendly, and efficient. Its preferred-usage pattern is parent-child co-use, and my hope is that it resonates values-wise with parents who are generally screen-time averse (I am such a parent).The main landing page is https://letterspractice.com. The submission link is an annotated view of a live study session, showing some of how the engine surfaces content, and how user-interactions feed back into the engine.The slightly longer story is that (like many around here) I've had a long interest in Anki and SRS generally, and been frustrated at the gap between its effectiveness (high) and its success with respect to penetration into the mainstream (low).So: many years ago I started playing with a web based framework ( https://github.com/patched-network/vue-skuilder ) for SRS based apps with a broader inJul 9, 2026 6:52 PM
bing.com
Colonel’s secret recipe in new, safer vault at KFChttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8a538406404e04a171b03dc38455c0&url=https%3A%2F%2Ftucson.com%2Fnews%2Farticle_43d32dbc-6ca9-5dfd-b8eb-42754767789e.html&c=4196756273185637749&mkt=en-usLOUISVILLE, Ky. — Col. Sanders’ handwritten recipe for fried chicken was back in its Kentucky home Tuesday after five months in hiding while KFC upgraded security around its top corporate secret.Jul 9, 2026 5:00 PM
bing.com
Colonel’s secret recipe in new, safer vault at KFChttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8a539c126448f2b6aac6a83b7bba27&url=https%3A%2F%2Ftucson.com%2Fnews%2Farticle_43d32dbc-6ca9-5dfd-b8eb-42754767789e.html&c=4196756273185637749&mkt=en-usLOUISVILLE, Ky. — Col. Sanders’ handwritten recipe for fried chicken was back in its Kentucky home Tuesday after five months in hiding while KFC upgraded security around its top corporate secret.Jul 9, 2026 5:00 PM
spacenews.com
Volatility is often the price of ambitionhttps://spacenews.com/volatility-is-often-the-price-of-ambition/For the growing number of constellations being designed around Starship, the wild ups and downs in the early days of SpaceX’s historic IPO have a familiar rhythm. While some of […] The post Volatility is often the price of ambition appeared first on SpaceNews.Jul 9, 2026 3:00 PM
spacenews.com
Space Force completes procurement reorganization, creating nine acquisition portfolioshttps://spacenews.com/space-force-completes-procurement-reorganization-creating-nine-acquisition-portfolios/New portfolio acquisition executives will control requirements and modernization decisions across major mission areas The post Space Force completes procurement reorganization, creating nine acquisition portfolios appeared first on SpaceNews.Jul 9, 2026 2:30 PM
news.ycombinator.com
Ask HN: Any good replacements for "Refined Hacker News?"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48845676Yesterday my browser updated and turned off "Refined Hacker News." It was a very minimalist plugin that made some minor UI changes to Hacker News that I miss. (It turned the upper-right username into a drop-down, and allowed in-line replies to comments.)Are there any replacements for that plugin? I tried a different plugin that has similar features (won't name), but it makes too many cosmetic changes, and, IMO, leaves Hacker News looking too ugly.Jul 9, 2026 1:40 PM
pandapage.clawshop.sh
Show HN: PandaPage – host an HTML page with one curl, no signup, auto-expireshttps://pandapage.clawshop.shI wanted to put a quick HTML page online to share, a mockup or a one-off demo, without a signup, a git repo, or a build step. Existing options all wanted one of those, so I built this.One request creates a site:``` curl -X POST https://pandapage.clawshop.sh/api/deploy \ -H "content-type: application/json" \ -d '{"files":{"index.html":"hi"}}' ```You get back a URL like pandapage.clawshop.sh// and a token. The token is the only thing gating updates and deletes, so there are no accounts. You can also POST a zip instead of JSON, and binaries go as base64.Pages expire after 24h by default (configurable per deploy from 10 minutes to 7 days, and re-deploying resets the clock). Expiry is a KV key TTL, so a page starts returning 404 the moment it lapses, and an R2 lifecycle rule sweeps the underlying files a few days later. No cron job.Because it is just a JSON API with no auth handshake, coding agents can deploy to it directly. I gave Claude Code a short prompt and now "host this page" turns iJul 9, 2026 7:22 AM
spacenews.com
ispace to send larger payloads to the moon on SpaceX’s Starshiphttps://spacenews.com/ispace-to-send-larger-payloads-to-the-moon-on-spacexs-starship/Japanese lunar exploration company ispace is buying space on a future Starship lunar lander mission to deliver larger payloads to the moon. The post ispace to send larger payloads to the moon on SpaceX’s Starship appeared first on SpaceNews.Jul 8, 2026 9:28 PM
github.com
Show HN: Cruxible – Open-source governed truth layer for AI agentshttps://github.com/cruxible-ai/cruxibleMemory as text for LLMs works well enough when the truth can be plainly stated and doesn't change, but I kept running into the same problem with LLM wikis, markdown, vector stores - I just didn't trust them, and I didn't trust my agent to properly state its evidence for a claim, its reason for changing something, or rebuild its semantic connections the same way between sessions from a text corpus. I found myself constantly asking my agents to re-verify what was already in my wikis, so what was really the point of the wiki in the first place?I built Cruxible to fix that. It's a governed state layer that human/agent teams operate and iterate on together: you model what's true for your domain in an explicit, typed ontology, and the runtime enforces how state may change. It's designed to be unobtrusive: the state compounds as the exhaust of normal agent work, not as an ontology someone has to manually comb through.Repo is here: https://github.com/cruxible-ai/cruxible- All state that can beJul 8, 2026 3:39 PM
europeanspaceflight.com
Loft Orbital Books Multiple Launches Aboard MaiaSpace Rocketshttps://europeanspaceflight.com/loft-orbital-books-multiple-launches-aboard-maiaspace-rockets/US-based satellite operator Loft Orbital has signed a multi-launch agreement with ArianeGroup subsidiary MaiaSpace. Although the announcement provided few details, it did share that the first flight was expected in 2028. In an 8 July press release, MaiaSpace explained that the multi-launch agreement “consolidates its launch manifest,” adding that the company has now sold more […] The post Loft Orbital Books Multiple Launches Aboard MaiaSpace Rockets appeared first on European Spaceflight.Jul 8, 2026 3:03 PM
whentofly.io
Show HN: Whentofly – flexible-date flight search that says if the price is goodhttps://whentofly.ioHi there! My name is Dima, that's my first post here. Originally I'm an iOS Engineer for 6+ years but now I'm diving deep into AI, product building and everything around it.Here I want to present my first product which I built for two months - as usual for tech background guy I was trying to make it perfect but then decided to start distributing it along future improvements, anywayI got an idea when were discussing another travel idea with my personal agent - it can suggest where to fly, what are places to visit and etc but can't find the best windows to fly there, and nobody can - every time you need to open Google Flights, Kayak and search each date, then watch it and try to figure out is it a good price or not, should you wait 2 days or buy it right now? And each website provides different rates... Using API even not freeSo I build this one. Under the hood we put fares from different sources, aggregators, cross-checked against live market prices. The verdict compares the price with Jul 8, 2026 12:38 PM
spacenews.com
Venus Aerospace raises $91 million to scale rocket engine technologyhttps://spacenews.com/venus-aerospace-raises-91-million-to-scale-rocket-engine-technology/Funding will support development and production of the company’s rotating detonation rocket engine The post Venus Aerospace raises $91 million to scale rocket engine technology appeared first on SpaceNews.Jul 8, 2026 12:00 PM
datagridxl.com
Show HN: DataGridXL v3, High Performance Excel-Like Data Gridhttps://datagridxl.comHello HN!Some time ago I released DataGridXL version 3. Version 1 and 2 both reached the Hacker News homepage, which made me really proud!DataGridXL is a modern Excel-like data grid.Version 3 is the best version of DataGridXL so far! More features, more performance, better product!Have a look at the website and let me know what you think!P.S. I have already released Spreadsheet Preview (https://spreadsheetpreview.com) which is like PDF.js but for .xlsx files.Cheers!RobbertJul 7, 2026 7:40 PM
spacenews.com
Apolink makes contact with first relay satellitehttps://spacenews.com/apolink-makes-contact-with-first-relay-satellite/Apolink has made contact with its first satellite after launching on SpaceX’s July 7 rideshare mission, clearing the way for a data relay demonstration using a novel experimental license from the Federal Communications Commission. The post Apolink makes contact with first relay satellite appeared first on SpaceNews.Jul 7, 2026 6:11 PM
nasa.gov
NASA Transfers ‘Hundred Acre Wood’ to Patuxent Research Refugehttps://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/goddard/nasa-transfers-hundred-acre-wood-to-patuxent-research-refuge/NASA ceremonially transferred ownership of about 105 acres of wooded land at its Goddard Space Flight Center’s Greenbelt, Maryland, campus Tuesday to the adjoining Patuxent Research Refuge, managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The property, formerly known as NASA Goddard’s Area 400, is now part of the largest block of unfragmented forest between […]Jul 7, 2026 6:00 PM
