bing.com
5 Best Currency ETFs to Buy Nowhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8cb7d5cfd34fedae0eeabdcccd959a&url=https%3A%2F%2Fmoney.usnews.com%2Finvesting%2Farticles%2Fbest-currency-etfs-to-buy-now&c=1655350009743668319&mkt=en-usSome funds issue a K-1 at tax time, adding complexity for taxable account holders. Dollar-bullish funds profit when the dollar strengthens, limiting their usefulness. Some ETFs use futures contracts; ...Jun 18, 2026 7:51 AM
github.com
Show HN: Topaz – A small application language that compiles through Rusthttps://github.com/studiohaze/topazHi HN, I'm Matt, CTO at STUDIO HAZE in Seoul. I've wanted to build a programming language for twenty years, ever since Ruby got me wondering what a small language out of Korea might look like. Today I'm opening the repo for the first time, as Topaz v5.2.Topaz reads like Python or TypeScript, runs on a reference interpreter (topaz run), and builds a self-contained native binary by lowering to Rust, then handing off to the Rust toolchain (topaz build). function factorial(n: int) -> int { if n < 2 { return 1 } return n * factorial(n - 1) } print("10! = {factorial(10)}") // 10! = 3628800 The idea: application logic should have a small, fixed surface with one obvious way to write each thing, and the compiler does the hard part underneath. Writing glue in Python and TS, I kept re-making the same policy decisions — errors, absence, cleanup. Topaz decides those once: Result for recoverable failure, optionals for absence, defer for cleanup.Identifiers are Unicode from the lexer up, with no implJun 18, 2026 7:18 AM
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Show HN: Automatiq - generate webscrapers/automations by browsing any websitehttps://github.com/StoneSteel27/AutomatiQHello HN,AutomatiQ is an open-source reverse-engineering AI agent, that can write requests-based(no browser) automation/scraper scripts on its own, all we have to do is, to normally browse the website once.This makes it a lot easier to create and maintain the scripts. This is not a completely autonomous agent, you can pause, talk, guide the agent on its RE path.Despite the limitations of this approach, up to 60%-90% of websites can be automated/scraped with just raw requests and TLS-spoofing(links to sources provided in the blog)The tool successfully ran against popular websites like, bookmyshow, makemytrip. And to test it in the open, it was able to produce scraper solutions for 2 problems posted on r/webscraping in a single try.As the scripts provided by the tool are requests-based, you can expect a 10-100x speed increase, and reduction of 5-7x memory footprint in your existing browser-based automations and scraper workflows.Github: https://github.com/StoneSteel27/AutomatiQ Blog for Jun 18, 2026 7:05 AM
derek.io
Show HN: I revived yuiblog.com, Yahoo's defunct front end engineering bloghttp://derek.io/yuiblog/page/101/yuiblog.com was Yahoo's blog for YUI (Yahoo User Interface library) and one of the earliest places "frontend engineering" got taken seriously as its own discipline. It was home to early explorations on JS patterns, performance, accessibility, and design systems, years before any of that was mainstream. It featured over 1,000 posts from dozens of authors, including Douglas Crockford, Nicholas Zakas, Steve Souders, & Stoyan Stefanov.Sadly, Yahoo did as Yahoo does, and killed the blog sometime in the 2010s. Upon realizing what the web lost, I scraped everything off the Wayback Machine in 2020, before it eventually disappeared from there as well. The scraped HTML was badly mangled, with broken layouts, missing assets, bad links, and garbled post bodies from years of archive.org's own transformations. Reassembling it by hand looked like weeks or months of effort I'd never realistically get around to. So, there it sat in a zip file collecting dust for years, waiting for a spark.What eventualJun 18, 2026 5:44 AM
attagram.com
Show HN: Attagram, a tiny printer that gives kids a magical daily digesthttps://www.attagram.com/I’m building Attagram: a small printer that lives in the kitchen and prints a daily paper digest for kids.The idea came from an emerging family dynamic I kept noticing. My daughters (A, 9 and J, 8) are becoming increasingly independent, but as parents, we hold an enormous amount of invisible state in our heads and phones: what day a project is due, who needs cleats, what's for lunch, which kid has library day, what chores need to happen before screens, how many days until the camping trip, what Grandma wanted them to know, what changed after school, etc.Kids live downstream of that system, and their experience of it is repetitive nagging:"Brush your teeth." "Pack your folder." "Don't forget your cleats." "Don’t forget your water bottle." "Did you pack your cleats?" "Please pack your cleats."Even if the tone is kind, the repetition makes it feel like a nag. And all of the information is trapped behind screens, which isn't great if you're trying to limit your kids' screen time, all whileJun 18, 2026 4:56 AM
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We keep seeing draws in this year’s World Cup. Is this an anomaly or the new norm?http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8ce801f0e549229f6d78fb3e196b6f&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2Fathletic%2F7370190%2F2026%2F06%2F18%2Fworld-cup-draws-trend%2F&c=15444685826201690597&mkt=en-usCristiano Ronaldo and Portugal were held to a surprise draw against DR Congo, but are far from alone in drawing their opener. Lars Baron / Getty Images The biggest loss of the World Cup so far was a ...Jun 18, 2026 2:00 AM
news.ycombinator.com
Ask HN: AI models are built on all of us, should their weights act like patents?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48579359These models are basically a compression of everything we already made. Our books, our code, every stack overflow answer, the dumb forum arguments we had at 2am. The companies creating these models didn't create that knowledge, they scraped it and compressed it, and what comes back out is mostly our own collective output re-encoded and handed back to us. The work is expensive and valuable, so I don't mean to diminish that, but exclusivity on this seems completely unfair. These organizations already play fast-and-loose with copyright, but even if they didn't, we can't all go retroactively copyright every word we've posted on the internet.We all know how patents work. They are a controversial topic, especially in computing, but their intent is to disincentivize secrecy. The compute needed to create these models cost exorbitant sums of money, and I'm all for these companies profiting from this investment, and their own hard work. The rate at which models are being replaced is already stagJun 18, 2026 1:24 AM
maximumroulette.com
Show HN: Matrix Engine WGPU – focus on mobile]https://maximumroulette.com/apps/webgpu/examples.htmlHi ,I made 'MatrixEngineWgpu' webgpu engine in javascript ("The Beast" i added alias ;) ). Objective is full support for all browsers (with webgpu support) specially mobile browsers. I use vanilla js thats very important in context of performance. 2 years ago it was classic programming (without ai) but i involved ai in last 6 months. Thats not main subject.I see in last yeasr that quality of web games are catastrophic even in promo videos i see buggy moments. Almost every webGPU examples or graphics+physics are very pure or not runnable on mobile devices. Theres also opinion that web can't produce high quality/performance app. Thats not true and that's i wanna to prove. My GraphicsCard is 13 years old and thats good when you make optimised stuff.What is characteristics for "The Beast" in dev zone: - Every feature is tested on mobile device and balanced to be on "edge". Must pass mobile render. - On linkedin i see every day some new features doned in one of major engines and i imitates/Jun 17, 2026 9:21 PM
spacenews.com
Upgraded Ariane 6 launches Amazon Leo satelliteshttps://spacenews.com/upgraded-ariane-6-launches-amazon-leo-satellites/An Ariane 6 with upgraded solid rocket boosters successfully launched three dozen Amazon Leo satellites June 17 as ESA weighs options for increasing the vehicle’s launch rate. The post Upgraded Ariane 6 launches Amazon Leo satellites appeared first on SpaceNews.Jun 17, 2026 7:13 PM
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Ask HN: I think I accidentally built a better cloud agent solution. Hubris?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48574681We built Else, a tool for PMs to prototype on top of their actual product.I started using Else to build Else, and I now inadvertently spend all my time turning it into my ideal dev environment.Else works similar to most cloud agent systems with some key differences that I personally think have a huge impact, but I’m worried I have tunnel vision.WHY DO I THINK IT'S SO GOOD?It’s equally good at the first 80% (the agent spends an hour building the feature) and the last 20% (you need to test, iterate, fix issues, and polish the UX). - It’s built around the app, not the code. Think Lovable, v0, etc. The app runs on a real url (no remoting into localhost). - When building a feature, the agent also creates an overview page with videos and buttons that load the correct db and frontend state. Saves tons of time when you manually verify. - If a tool or state snapshot is universally useful, save it. Over time, you build an extensive development dashboard. - Else can also run locally using Docker Jun 17, 2026 6:34 PM
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Ask HN: Successful entrepreneurs and indie hackers, enlighten mehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48573190Successful entrepreneurs and indie hackers, I'm curious about where your best idea(s) came and what your own path looks like.- I just turned 18 and finished school and I'm about to get into a university for engineering in Greece. - I have some pressure for inside to build wealth despite not needing it to survive. - I have many interests including programming, spearfishing, financial markets, computing, building in general (software and/or hardware). I have a large list of pain points, ideas, things missing from the world (~500 items) with probably at least 10 items that could be monetized and that I would genuinely love to build. - Update: I'm already working on a few things, most of them with a prospect of making money at some point, though that is not the main reason for building them / working on them.The questions I have are the following: 1. What did/does your path look like? I'd appreciate having something for reference. Did you work a job? Are you self-taught?2. Do you have any Jun 17, 2026 4:57 PM
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Anyone actually using loops?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48572937Loops are apparently the new hotness with AI but I'm curious to hear from folks on how their experience. Namely: - Whats your daily/monthly running costs? Is it cost prohibitive for a normie? - Do you self host or run externally? - What model do you typically use? - Any other big takeaways / gotchas?I do think loops are the logical next step, but just trying better understand them and figured others would probably benefit as well.Jun 17, 2026 4:38 PM
geturbacon.dev
Show HN: Bacon – an ad network that pays developers while their Claude workshttps://geturbacon.devHi, Im Oscar. So I built Bacon cos like many of you ,I spend a lot of time staring at my terminal(s) waiting for claude code to finish.But first, shout out to Andrew McCalip (@andrewmccalip) who built kickbacks.ai. He came up with the spinner ad and revenue share model, but as a VS code extension. But tbh Id rather not use VS code, so i built the terminal native version as a personal challenge.So Bacon does that, it shows you ads on claude code. There are five surfaces, from least to most intrusive: spinner, statusline, strip, card, and marquee. When an ad shows up, you get a 50% cut of whatever the advertiser paid for that slot.I built in a few hard constraints. Every surface shares one rule: the " Sponsored" marker ships with the slot. Also, the server sets the price, not the advertiser. Your 50% cut is a floor, not a bid, and neither side can move that number. So Im kinda trying to build a economic system to bridge both supply and demand and favor the most favorable ads for the devsJun 17, 2026 4:05 PM
octopunk.io
Show HN: OctoPunk – a full-featured, AI-integrated GitHub clienthttps://www.octopunk.io/blog/introducing-octopunkHello folks.Like a lot of great software, we built OctoPunk out of frustration.We are a set of developers who, for one reason or another, have been using GitHub as our primary code forge for professional work for a very long time.We've seen GitHub grow, stagnate, ignore feature requests, and simply never produce a full-featured desktop client.Finally, we had enough, decided to build our own, and OctoPunk was born.OctoPunk is not a git GUI wrapper like GitKraken, not a half-implemented desktop client like GitHub's official client, which doesn't support code review, and not something that ignores complete workflows like per-commit reviews, looking at you, VS Code extension (https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-pull-request-github/issu...).OctoPunk is a full-featured GitHub client that surfaces 95% of GitHub's functionality as a desktop client, presented through a UI and UX that feels instantly familiar to modern editors and developer tools. We provide a customizable dashboard, quick searcJun 17, 2026 3:28 PM
bing.com
The 6 Best Gym Bags, Backed By Insights From Fitness Expertshttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8d1be246ca4d788023727a5423ac62&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.forbes.com%2Fsites%2Fforbes-personal-shopper%2Farticle%2Fbest-gym-bag%2F&c=12082870946063633095&mkt=en-usWhile a regular duffle, backpack or tote can technically double as a gym bag, the best gym bags offer superior organization and helpful features. From dedicated shoe compartments to easy-access ...Jun 17, 2026 2:34 PM
spacenews.com
America’s next economic frontier is 240,000 miles awayhttps://spacenews.com/americas-next-economic-frontier-is-240000-miles-away/Humans have always gazed up at the moon in wonder. A generation ago, NASA astronauts did the extraordinary and touched down on its surface, planting an American flag and igniting […] The post America’s next economic frontier is 240,000 miles away appeared first on SpaceNews.Jun 17, 2026 1:00 PM
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Show HN: WPF grade canvas UI framework for the webhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48569642Introducing fui-as - https://github.com/zion-sati/fui-asThis is a WPF grade UI framework with SwiftUI like fluent syntax that is created specifically for the web. As you probably know, creating a native feeling canvas wasm UI framework for the web is a massive ask but the goal is to make it feel as native as possible.I've solved ARIA compliance problem, there's semantic tree by default but customisable. With brotli, the actual page is quite small, the demo pages are all under 100kb. The other bits such as the runtime and font assets are download once, cached forever.It uses yoga, harfbuzz, ICU, skia for responsive UI, proper text formatting, shapes and shapes of modern UI, and comes with ICU data for all languages including Chinese Japanese and Korean. It also supports font tofu swapping, which is when you haven't loaded a font for a language but your user pasted some text in that language in text input/area.Plenty more problems I've already solved which typically is canvas apps' biggeJun 17, 2026 12:41 PM
scaleninja.com
Show HN: Noject – menubar app to stop drive ejections on macOShttps://scaleninja.com/noject/Hi HN, I built Noject, a small native menu bar app for macOS that prevents accidental ejects of always-on external drives.I made it for my own Mac mini setup with NVMe external drives that are always plugged-in and behave like internal storage. Noject lets you protect those volumes and reject any normal eject/unmount attempts from Finder, Disk Utility, Terminal, and other apps.It uses Apple's Disk Arbitration framework, protects volumes by UUID, and has an "Eject Once" bypass for when you really do want to disconnect something. It is privacy first and does not need to read the contents of your drives.Available for lifetime and free/fair download from the website https://scaleninja.com/noject/Jun 17, 2026 12:15 PM
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We Need to Start Planning Beyond Leohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48569203Orbital compute farms are coming. Musk’s TERAFAB vision is an important early step, and LEO may be a practical place to begin. But if we think even slightly beyond the immediate engineering horizon, it becomes clear that LEO cannot be the long‑term architecture for civilization‑scale compute.What’s missing from the current conversation is the question: “What comes after LEO?”Because the answer determines whether we build something scalable or something we’ll have to replace later at enormous cost.1. LEO is useful as a starting point — but fundamentally limited. LEO offers fast iteration and easy access, but it also brings inherent constraints: – orbital congestion – debris accumulation – interference with astronomy – long‑term shadowing concerns if scaled – limited energy densityThese aren’t hypothetical future problems. They’re structural properties of LEO.2. Solar‑proximal orbits (Venus/Mercury) are the physically optimal destination. Solar flux increases dramatically as you move inwJun 17, 2026 12:04 PM
bing.com
The Best Online Flower Delivery Services, Tested and Reviewedhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8d2158c9394601a2a434cddbfa9130&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnet.com%2Fhome%2Fkitchen-and-household%2Fbest-flower-delivery-service%2F&c=13706279085027955713&mkt=en-usWhen shopping for flowers online, you want to be confident you’re choosing the right service, because quality matters. You don’t want a bouquet to arrive wilted or poorly arranged — or worse, one that ...Jun 17, 2026 11:29 AM
