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news.ycombinator.com
Show HN: JavaScript library that makes any list a smooth picker of any shapehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49377550Hey HN! I built this solo.You can check it out here: https://loopem.tahazsh.com/This idea had been lingering in my head for a long time. I kept thinking about the best way to turn the idea of a picker into a math problem, where I could describe the layout I want and it would just work.By pickers, I mean something like what `` does in HTML, but with more visual items, whether they are images, icons, colors, or anything that would enhance the user experience.For example, say you have an e-commerce app that shows different color options for a product. Instead of listing blue, red, and so on, you can show the actual colors, and users can drag or flick through them.To prove it works, and to give you usable options out of the box, I added built-in layouts: line, arc, wheel, cover flow, fan, and stack.I also made sure it stays smooth with any number of items. It's still fast because I virtualized the list, so it only renders what's on screen.Accessibility is on by default too. Arrow keys, Hom
Aug 20, 2026 5:24 PM
tablecanon.app
Show HN: Building Table Canon, an AI Campaign Memory Engine for TTRPGshttps://tablecanon.app/Hey HN! I built Table Canon to solve a problem my playgroup kept running into: 3-4 hour tabletop gaming sessions leave behind massive audio recordings, but standard meeting note-takers treat every session as an isolated island, butcher fantasy terms, and don't know who is speaking.I wanted an engine that tracks long-term state across months of games, so I built a pipeline to extract entity updates, open quest hooks, and character promises across sessions.The Tech Stack:* Transcription: whisper-large-v3-turbo * Diarization: pyannote for speaker embeddings & voice profile matching Extraction & Memory: OpenAI API with Structured Outputs (JSON Schema enforcement for state updates) * TTS & Audio Recaps: Kokoro / Chatterbox Turbo Music Generation: ACE-Step-v1.5-XL-Turbo for rendering session summaries into lyrics/balladsA Few Engineering Lessons & Challenges:* State Delta Extraction vs. Context Explosions: Feeding 20 prior session transcripts into context windows quickly becomes cost-prohibi
Aug 20, 2026 4:40 PM
epho.io
Show HN: Epho – run Claude Code with a curlhttps://epho.ioHey folks, Burak here.Epho is an API that allows running Claude Code, Codex or Opencode in a sandbox in the cloud. It abstracts away sandboxes, and allows running coding agents with a single HTTP request.Epho came out of our own struggles with building our own AI analyst: - Sandboxes give you bare machines; you need to configure them for agentic workloads. - Each agent behaves differently, and you need to build integrations with each of them. - Sandbox providers are not very reliable, which means you need to figure out a multi-provider strategy to avoid failures. - Logging, artifacts, input/output, event streaming, and all of the other operational aspects need to be figured out.We had to go through the pain ourselves. We got to a point where things got quite reliable, and it became more obvious to us that this should be a primitive on its own: send a POST request, get the events streaming back to you.Epho is an agents-as-an-API product: you send a request, it spins up a sandbox, config
Aug 20, 2026 3:45 PM
zoneless.com
Show HN: Open-source Stripe Connect alternativehttps://zoneless.comHey, I'm Ben. I built Zoneless because I was paying so much to use Stripe Connect on my own marketplace. The fees were really, really bad, and it was also limiting in terms of the seller countries I could onboard. To give you an idea, I was paying around $9,000 per month in fees just to run payouts. Using Zoneless, that cost goes down to around $6.I've been using it personally for the past few months, and onboarded 5,000+ sellers and done 3,000+ payouts. 74% of new sellers on my marketplace choose Zoneless over Stripe, which is really interesting. I appreciate crypto and stablecoins are a bit of a touchy subject, but for this use case of sending global payouts cheaply, it's perfect.The project is open source with an Apache 2.0 licence, which means there's the benefit of no lock-in and no risk of your account getting flagged or shut down. It also has an almost identical API and dashboard to Stripe.Would love to hear any feedback you may have in the comments.
Aug 20, 2026 2:38 PM
bisecto.com
Show HN: Bisecto – A minimalist game about cutting shapes into 50/50 halveshttps://bisecto.com/Hey HN,I built Bisecto (https://bisecto.com), a minimalist browser game with one simple mechanic, cutting (bisecting) a procedural 2D shape into two exact 50/50 halves with a single straight line.Confession: I got completely hooked watching those viral reels of people trying to cut fruits and vegetables into perfectly equal halves, and that was my inspiration for this game :D I've been writing code for 12+ years, but for this project I leaned heavily on LLMs to quickly spin up this game, I thought it's going to be quick, but it took me some time (around 2 weeks) to make the game the way I want it to be.A few game modes to try: - Classic: Endless run, you get to choose difficulty and line cutting mode- Arcade mode: You get 3 lives, you have to keep accuracy above 95%.- Daily challenge: A shared daily seed, 10 identical shapes for everyone, see how you rank.- Friends challenges: Create a challenge and send it to your friends and see who is better at cutting shapes in half.Under the hood:
Aug 20, 2026 2:15 PM
news.ycombinator.com
Show HN: LilScript makes JavaScript libraries smallerhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49374554https://yeargun.github.io/lilscript/LilScript is a typed, compression-first language that compiles into js and sometimes into exec(will be more stable in future). The compiler mangles, reshapes the program into optimized js that happens to be 5-15% smaller (after gzip/br compression or raw) compared to the best performing JS toolchains like oxc/esbuild/terser/..## What has been proven to work with LilScript?- makes VSCode's core js modules 20% smaller on average- makes the world's most performant & small markdown rendering npm library, marked, 5-7% smaller and 10% faster- and many more demos.. works with pretty much any js/ts library## How it is compressing js finer than vite/oxc/terser/esbuild/..### 1. By changing the app.``` class Vector { float x; float y; init(float x, float y) { this.x = x; this.y = y; } float lengthSquared() { return this.x * this.x + this.y * this.y; } }int[] values = [1, 2, 3, 4]; auto doubled = values.map((int value) => value * 2); int sum = 0; for (int i = 0;
Aug 20, 2026 1:50 PM
news.ycombinator.com
Is this AWS RI/SP simulation engine interesting / valuable?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49374412TLDR; This AWS RI/SP tool we built might have unique features that are important especially for companies running large, high-variability workloads with high coverage targets. We want feedback on how true that is and whether we should open this up to others, possibly even for free or as OSS.Setup: We're a small cloud cost consultancy, but not a tools vendor. We do build a lot of internal tooling for our own use. We serve companies spending 7- to 9-figures (USD) annually.One of the internal tools we built over the past several years is a simulation engine for RIs/SPs that can do a number of things, some of which we believe might be one-of-a-kind in the space today and could be valuable to others.1.) Visualize the entire commitment savings/discount curve for any commitment type (any RI, any SP, of any flavor), showing the exact savings achieved and the marginal discount rate at every level of commitment. This unlocks what we feel is the best purchasing strategy: "buy SP dollars or RI uni
Aug 20, 2026 1:36 PM
markdownbuddy.inawa.app
Show HN: Markdown Buddy – Native macOS Markdown Editor with Quick Look and Xcodehttps://markdownbuddy.inawa.app/I write a lot of project documentation in Markdown, and two things kept annoying me on macOS: Quick Look shows .md files as raw text, and Xcode shows a README as plain source. So I built the app I wanted. Swift and AppKit, 4.8 MB, sandboxed. The editor is a plain NSTextView. The rendered view is WKWebView, so it uses the system engine rather than a bundled browser, which is where the size difference comes from. Quick Look and Finder thumbnails are separate app extensions sharing the same renderer.Beyond preview: open a folder as a workspace and browse every .md in a tree, search across all of them, and see a graph of the links between documents with broken ones flagged. An Xcode Source Editor extension opens the file you are looking at, rendered, from the Editor menu.One implementation detail I found non-obvious. The live preview restyles the NSTextStorage as you type. The hard rule is that it must never touch attributes while an input method is composing, or Japanese, Chinese and Kore
Aug 20, 2026 1:08 PM
news.ycombinator.com
Algorithm Interview: a conversation between two parrotshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49373709Algorithm Interview: a conversation between two parrotsAll children know that parrots can talk. All adults understand that parrots simply repeat sounds.You'll laugh, but these same adults actually believe that an Algorithm Interview is a conversation between a very smart algorithm expert who is trying to find out whether the candidate understands algorithms at an acceptable level…So, how many ycombinator.com readers have successfully passed the algorithms interview? Probably tens of thousands.Well, how many of them were able to understand that breaking down sorting into independent stages is a Fundamental Discovery? Zero!Zero questions and comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49314420P.S. Have you ever thought that NOT everyone has a mental model? But most people just memorize ready-made answers instead of understanding the problem?I recommend reading The Programmers' Stone https://www.datapacrat.com/Opinion/Reciprocality/r0/index.html ---------------8
Aug 20, 2026 12:29 PM
bing.com
TikTok declines invite to discuss dangerous driving videoshttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8aa8f157334298a4b7f42ee33afa21&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fnews%2Farticles%2Fc78g21ejk9go&c=9171207537066363053&mkt=en-usThre social media company was asked to attend to discuss "content that glorifies irresponsible or illegal activity".
Aug 20, 2026 11:44 AM
bing.com
Recipe: Stone fruit meets biscuits in his summertime cobblerhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8960be088e485289bec3d53fac8a74&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pressdemocrat.com%2F2026%2F08%2F20%2Frecipe-stone-fruit-meets-biscuits-in-his-summertime-cobbler%2F&c=13765181408620082599&mkt=en-usNectarines and blackberries create a sweet-tart filling that bubbles beneath a layer of tender, buttery drop biscuits with toasty edges.
Aug 20, 2026 11:30 AM
bing.com
Recipe: Stone fruit meets biscuits in his summertime cobblerhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8908c792174114a070cf8c7cc34f3a&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pressdemocrat.com%2F2026%2F08%2F20%2Frecipe-stone-fruit-meets-biscuits-in-his-summertime-cobbler%2F&c=13765181408620082599&mkt=en-usNectarines and blackberries create a sweet-tart filling that bubbles beneath a layer of tender, buttery drop biscuits with toasty edges.
Aug 20, 2026 11:30 AM
spacenews.com
Draper Selects Proteus Space for Advanced On-Orbit Missionhttps://spacenews.com/draper-selects-proteus-space-for-advanced-on-orbit-mission/LOS ANGELES, CA, September 8th, 2026. Proteus Space, a dual-use aerospace company delivering rapid, end-to-end access to space, today announced it has been selected by The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, […] The post Draper Selects Proteus Space for Advanced On-Orbit Mission appeared first on SpaceNews.
Aug 20, 2026 10:00 AM
tadidum.com
Show HN: An attempt to do a healthy screentime app for toddlershttps://tadidum.com/hello, I am an indie-dev and I recently made an app for my 2y old. I am in the camp that avoids screentime as much as possible, but I also feel that she gets curious with these things that are in our hands all the time, so a complete ban is not possible. anyway we show her family photos, and grandparents do video calls.. so she's well aware that it is an interesting toy.As she turned 2, she started demanding the phone to fiddle with it on her own. and the terrible twos are a thing, so we've never been able to just say no and expect her to move on. sometimes the tantrum she threw was such a pain to deal with that we started to think about ways. Tried parental control to lock the phone. But it was annoying when she would take a 100 useless photos. and on the gallery she can come close to deleting stuff.It got me thinking and I ended up making an app that resembled a phone. It has a camera, dialer, gallery, and some mini-apps which are designed in a way to avoid any dopamine inducing patt
Aug 20, 2026 8:27 AM
bing.com
‘Insidious: Out Of The Further’ To Scare Up $50M+ WW; ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ To Prevail With $85M+ WW In Fourth Frame – Box Office Previewhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a899c9f87ff4d9e982f8da6bd04a4c2&url=https%3A%2F%2Fdeadline.com%2F2026%2F08%2Fspider-man-insidious-out-of-the-further-global-box-office-1237046811%2F&c=13750134338647529057&mkt=en-usSony will come up strong at the global weekend box office with the fourth frame of 'Spider-Man Brand New Day' at $85M and 'Insidious 6' at $50M+.
Aug 20, 2026 8:15 AM
bing.com
Derby's Clarke set to miss three monthshttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a88df95eac945c89a2cf7fa4deb80db&url=https%3A%2F%2Fsports.yahoo.com%2Farticles%2Fderbys-clarke-set-miss-three-145154509.html&c=2150317689804097016&mkt=en-usDerby County defender Matt Clarke has been ruled out for three months in a "huge blow" to the side, boss John Eustace has confirmed. The 29-year-old missed out on the Rams' opening Championship game ...
Aug 20, 2026 7:50 AM
bing.com
Physical game sales for Xbox in the US are plummetinghttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a893f862ebc43b18c99e707ffa2fdb4&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.msn.com%2Fen-in%2Fgaming%2Fxbox%2Fphysical-game-sales-for-xbox-in-the-us-are-plummeting%2Far-AA2azqnf&c=12508492647125158845&mkt=en-usNintendo takes the lead in the gaming arena.
Aug 20, 2026 7:09 AM
bing.com
The best expense tracker apps of 2026http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a88def933804fc2b41fdaddf5755e83&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnbc.com%2Fselect%2Fbest-expense-tracker-apps%2F&c=14646265661636947450&mkt=en-usTracking spending is the first step to getting your finances in order. An expense tracker app can make it a lot easier to account for every dollar as you spend it, rather than sitting down with a ...
Aug 20, 2026 6:40 AM