news.ycombinator.com
Ask HN: Is writing code by hand still a necessary skill for developers?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48034901TLDR - My question is: For experienced developers, is writing code from scratch still a core skill worth learning?Is the future of development just using AI agents to orchestrate everything and just reviewing, debugging, giving specs, verifying, etc...?Rest of the information:I’m a full-stack "developer" trying to understand my career in the age of AI.I didn’t study CS, so I have a non-traditional background. I've also never worked with other developers until recently. I came from graphic design/web dev work (Wordpress, CSS, some JS, some PHP), did HTML email development for a bit (awful black magic), scripting/automations to help a content migration for a year, and now I have a full-stack role at a small company.I now work with everything. Backend, frontend, infrastructure, CI/CD, integrations. Mostly "Hey this is broken" - my job is to fix it. I understand some of the fundamentals well enough to be productive. I can read code, improve it (usually), and mostly explain what needs to haMay 6, 2026 11:15 AM
bing.com
Google adds more deep-dive potential to Search topics in AI Overviewshttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8d1624dee843638d03c84a24383dd2&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.androidauthority.com%2Fgoogle-search-ai-mode-overviews-features-3664283%2F&c=7880998637272046543&mkt=en-usGoogle has updated AI Mode and AI Overviews in Gemini-powered Search with new features that provide more context about topics being searched about. AI Overviews has five updates, including links ...May 6, 2026 10:57 AM
news.google.com
No one 'best' lip balm, experts say: Here is what to look forhttps://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMikgFBVV95cUxPZEExTE5XNS1KUVlaTHBRNlhrVFlCamF6NjFkalhWZnpIMjRtRFFhejVFdVNFaVBsZEU3NzQ5MU12TzRyY2d1aHNRWEZxVVFuT2dLbE1BSUktMTJyTU5yM3BIbjRpbzZYSGpQME1vQTNaZ3BwV2ZWaDJ6d1NGak5XWXhObmZuLURDUE0zUWVyWWl6Zw?oc=5No one 'best' lip balm, experts say: Here is what to look for BYU Daily UniverseMay 6, 2026 7:00 AM
bing.com
Fired for cause, or for losing? Why more schools are betting they can fire coaches for freehttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8dc0b74b2b40968e24ba73489923a4&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2Fathletic%2F7255098%2F2026%2F05%2F06%2Ffor-cause-firing-coaches-college-football-basketball-contracts%2F&c=12745193953245579596&mkt=en-usThe cost to fire an underperforming coach has skyrocketed. David Purdy / Getty One coach engaged in a lengthy affair with his executive assistant, entered her home without permission and landed in ...May 6, 2026 4:01 AM
bing.com
Parents of Madeleine McCann issue appeal on 19th anniversaryhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8cf7026b374b239c45c120532bddaf&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.msn.com%2Fen-us%2Fnews%2Fworld%2Fparents-of-madeleine-mccann-issue-appeal-on-19th-anniversary%2Far-AA22vkPC&c=16397559453299373577&mkt=en-usThe family of Madeleine McCann have spoken out on the 19th anniversary of the missing child, pledging that ‘the search goes on.’ The British toddler disappeared from her holiday accommodation in ...May 6, 2026 4:01 AM
science.nasa.gov
NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover Surveys ‘Crocodile Bridge’https://science.nasa.gov/photojournal/nasas-perseverance-mars-rover-surveys-crocodile-bridge/Description NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover used its Mastcam-Z camera system to capture this 360-degree panorama of a region nicknamed “Crocodile Bridge” on Jezero Crater’s rim. The panorama is made up of 980 images, 971 of which were taken on Dec. 18, 2025, the 1,717th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. An additional nine were […]May 5, 2026 8:10 PM
science.nasa.gov
Curiosity Blog, Sols 4879-4885: Struggle at Atacamahttps://science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosity-blog-sols-4879-4885-struggle-at-atacama/Written by William Farrand, Senior Research Scientist, Space Science Institute Earth planning date: Friday, May 1, 2026 Chile’s Atacama desert is the driest mid-latitude desert in the world, receiving only 15 millimeters (0.59 inches) of precipitation per year. Only the dry valleys of Antarctica receive less precipitation. These environmental conditions have made the Atacama a […]May 5, 2026 8:00 PM
github.com
Show HN: Score any website for AI design patternshttps://github.com/AdrianKrebs/ai-design-checkerThis is the open-source repo behind my recent blog post "Scoring Show HN submissions for AI design patterns"[0] with the goal to quantify the generic sterile feeling of purely AI-generated websites.The tool systematically scores any website for 16 common AI design patterns by running a Playwright script that checks deterministic CSS/DOM rules.Here are the results for the ShowHN submissions: https://www.adriankrebs.ch/ai-design-scorer-report.htmlThis is how you can run it yourself (example is the latest Show HN submission): node cli.js https://engagemii.com/aeo Heavy · score 38/100 · 6/16 patterns Triggered: • Vibe purple • Gradients • Perma dark • 1·2·3 steps • Eyebrow pill • FAQ [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47864393May 5, 2026 7:45 PM
news.ycombinator.com
Ask HN: How do you pilot a service company full of AI agents?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48026033I've been running my small service company (marketing agency) with a ton of AI agents for a few months now. Got NanoClaw running (OpenClaw-like) with custom automations, tools connected, agents doing some work for me. It's amazing when it works.But there's a missing piece i can't find, at the cross road between interface and AI backend.A single Slack/Telegram doesn't work when you're on 10 topics at the same times. Terminal is great but has no memory. Nothing works if you actually want to pilot your company with agents.In an ideal words i would need to approve tasks the AI is suggesting, run benchmarks on new automations and skills, navigate my knowledge, manage who on my team can trigger what, access what, and have everything running on my claude code subscription (ofc haha)What I'm missing feels like a desktop app, part cockpit, part Obsidian, part approval queue, part agent manager, part team dashboard, part kanban boardIs this already being built somewhere? Am I the only one feelinMay 5, 2026 5:53 PM
bing.com
Best Payroll Services for 2026http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8974bf41594bb1a71151f8ff266eaa&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.businessnewsdaily.com%2F7509-best-payroll-services.html&c=5494492271818930087&mkt=en-usAt Business News Daily, we’ve spent years researching and testing the HR software and services that entrepreneurs need to manage their teams effectively. Our team of small business HR specialists ...May 5, 2026 5:23 PM
science.nasa.gov
NASA Research Shows Early Life Relied on Rare Metalhttps://science.nasa.gov/science-research/planetary-science/astrobiology/nasa-research-shows-early-life-relied-on-rare-metal/NASA-funded scientists have discovered that life on Earth over 3 billion years ago relied on the metal molybdenum, which was incredibly scarce in the environment at the time. The study, published in Nature Communications on Tuesday, is the first to show that molybdenum was used by ancient life this far back in our planet’s history. […]May 5, 2026 4:34 PM
nasa.gov
Building on America’s 65-Year Legacy of Human Spaceflighthttps://www.nasa.gov/image-article/building-on-americas-65-year-legacy-of-human-spaceflight/On the morning of May 5, 1961, the Mercury-Redstone 3 launch vehicle lifted into the sky from Cape Canaveral, Florida, carrying astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. Over the next 15 minutes, Shepard ascended to an altitude of 116 miles (187 kilometers) in his Freedom 7 spacecraft, becoming the first American to fly into space before […]May 5, 2026 4:04 PM
bing.com
Vivid Seats Points to Stabilization After Q1 Sequential Gains, Though Year-Over-Year Declines Continuehttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8d1780142f40f1901b7eb44b2376f5&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketnews.com%2F2026%2F05%2Fvivid-seats-points-to-stabilization-after-q1-sequential-gains-though-year-over-year-declines-continue%2F&c=11662215537866005815&mkt=en-usThe ticket marketplace reaffirmed its 2026 outlook after reporting stronger app growth, improved cash levels, and sharply reduced expenses, but GOV, revenue, orders, and adjusted EBITDA remain well ...May 5, 2026 2:01 PM
rnkflow.com
Show HN: I got tired of refreshing HN, so I made it refresh itselfhttps://rnkflow.com/We are all here because we love HN. The site itself, well simple is beautiful. But what if it could feel more alive? What if you no longer had to refresh it several times a day. What if you could just leave the site open and have stories automatically refresh and visually move when rank changes? What if it had a ticker showing new posts alongside the top posts?I built RNKFlow.com (Rank Flow) to make that happen. Using the official HN API, the site will feel familiar yet different. Leave the site up for a bit and watch the magic happen. Stories move position, new comments are highlighted, top risers stand out, and new stories scroll along the footer.One of the many cool features... CategoriesOnly want to see AI or Programming related stories? Select the various filters below the header to see what YOU want to see. The filter you choose also applies to both the top story and the new story ticker feed.Free tier is just that, free for everyone, no account required. See up to 60 posts at a May 5, 2026 1:45 PM
news.ycombinator.com
Show HN: Probus, AI vuln scanner (PRs merged in Vercel AI SDK, n8n, LangGraph)https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48022411Hi HN, I've been running this on my own dependency tree for the past few months. Probus is a vulnerability scanner that uses three agents. One picks the files worth deep-scanning. One writes raw findings. The third reads the code on its own and rejects any finding that doesn't have a real attack vector. While building it I pointed it at projects I use day to day. Bugs that came out of this and got reported as PRs:n8n: password-reset JWTs being logged at debug level (n8n-io/n8n#29405) Vercel AI SDK: role: "system" injection in createAgentUIStream, a runtime schema bypass in ToolLoopAgent, and a prototype-property collision in getMediaTypeFromUrl (vercel/ai#14749, #14750 merged, #14751 merged) LangGraph.js: NoSQL injection in MongoDBSaver via unvalidated thread_id / checkpoint_ns / checkpoint_id types (langchain-ai/langgraphjs#2353) browser-use: path traversal in remote-fetched templates.json fields (browser-use/browser-use#4777) Haystack: SSRF and arbitrary file read via unrestricted OpMay 5, 2026 1:39 PM
bing.com
The Best Shared Web Hosting Services for 2026http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8cfb1bec864b52ab43a28826903e57&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pcmag.com%2Fpicks%2Fthe-best-shared-web-hosting-services&c=13773231414626836014&mkt=en-usThe top shared web hosting services we've tested provide a simple, cost-effective foundation for building a website, especially if you're on a tight budget or don't expect much traffic. In 2014, I ...May 5, 2026 1:18 PM
bing.com
The Best Shared Web Hosting Services for 2026http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8b21e3e53f4492b289a4d3dc6797d6&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pcmag.com%2Fpicks%2Fthe-best-shared-web-hosting-services&c=13773231414626836014&mkt=en-usThe top shared web hosting services we've tested provide a simple, cost-effective foundation for building a website, especially if you're on a tight budget or don't expect much traffic. In 2014, I ...May 5, 2026 1:18 PM
bing.com
‘Gary’ Ending Explained: Did ‘The Bear’ Just Kill Off Cousin Richie Before Season 5?http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8d8565331f47088397c282577ee59e&url=https%3A%2F%2Fdecider.com%2F2026%2F05%2F05%2Fgary-ending-explained-did-the-bear-just-kill-off-cousin-richie-before-season-5%2F&c=5754895825041994413&mkt=en-usFX surprised fans of the hit show The Bear today with a standalone episode focused on the friendship between Michael “Mikey” Berzatto (Jon Bernthal) and Richie “Cousin” Jerimovich (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) ...May 5, 2026 1:06 PM
bing.com
MasterClass CEO: I've interviewed hundreds of successful people—they taught me to stop believing a common myth about hard workhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8d054a470c4b03b46a271a45c9dc68&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.msn.com%2Fen-us%2Fmoney%2Fcareersandeducation%2Fmasterclass-ceo-ive-interviewed-hundreds-of-successful-people-they-taught-me-to-stop-believing-a-common-myth-about-hard-work%2Far-AA22rJP1&c=2249081196557485795&mkt=en-usHard work, on its own, won't automatically make you successful, says MasterClass co-founder and CEO David Rogier. Here's what else you need, he says.May 5, 2026 11:39 AM
bing.com
Rubio Says Israel-Lebanon Peace Deal Is Achievable but Hezbollah Is a Problemhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8d5e992aa04f96a03c5777e2bfa4a9&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.usnews.com%2Fnews%2Fworld%2Farticles%2F2026-05-05%2Frubio-says-israel-lebanon-peace-deal-is-achievable-but-hezbollah-is-a-problem&c=15383310963758074712&mkt=en-usRubio Says Israel-Lebanon Peace Deal Is Achievable but Hezbollah Is a Problem By Steve Holland and Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, May 5 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday ...May 5, 2026 8:43 AM
