github.com
Show HN: Runal – A text-based creative coding environment for the terminalhttps://github.com/emprcl/runalHello HN!Just wanted to share a small project I've been working for the last few months.It's a tool called Runal, a text-based creative coding environment that runs in the terminal. It works similarly as processing or p5js but it does all the rendering as text. And it can either be scripted with JavaScript or used as a Go package. It's open-source and cross-platform (linux, macOS, windows).It seems to me that text/ascii-art aesthetics are really popular in creative coding communities, so I though it would make sense to create a tool that runs on a platform which can render text only.It's still rough on the edges, but I'd gladly welcome any feedback!Jul 2, 2025 8:20 AM
sashy.ai
Show HN: A tool for services businesses to improve their customer experiencehttps://sashy.ai/demoI took a 9-week Data Science bootcamp last year, having previously had no formal software development education. My previous jobs had been mechanical product development and business development.During the course, I came up with the idea to extract valuable information from natural language. Online reviews seemed like a good place to start.Unlike other platforms that pass reviews to an LLM and get it to output the sentiment, I came up with a formula for calculating how much each individual review comment affects the business's overall Google rating (see Reviews page of the demo).The 'impact' values are then added up to tell business owners where they are doing well/poorly in terms of customer experience and suggests prioritised improvement actions (see Actions on Dashboard page) so that they know where to focus their attention.So far, 25+ businesses are using the platform, mainly restaurants and food & beverage consultancies, but also cleaning services, bakeries.I built the product mysJul 1, 2025 4:41 PM
spacenews.com
Building the future of SpaceNewshttps://spacenews.com/building-the-future-of-spacenews/Since 1989, SpaceNews has been committed to delivering trusted, independent journalism that keeps the global space industry informed, connected and ahead of the curve. And just as the space business has evolved during that time, so has the business of journalism. The post Building the future of SpaceNews appeared first on SpaceNews.Jul 1, 2025 3:32 PM
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Show HN: Semcheck – AI Tool for checking implementation follows spechttps://github.com/rejot-dev/semcheckHi HN, like many I've been interested in the direction software engineering is taking now that coding LLMs are becoming prevalent. It seems that we're not quite there for "natural language programming", but it seems new abstractions are already starting to form. In order to explore this further I've built semcheck (semantic checker). It's a simple cli tool that can be used in CI or pre-commit to check that your implementation matches your specification using LLMs.The inspiration came while I was working on another project where I needed a data structure for a GeoJSON object, I passed Claude the text of RFC-7946 and it gave me an implementation. It took some back and forth after that before I was happy with it, but this also meant the RFC went out of context for the LLM. That's why I asked Claude again to check the RFC to make sure we haven't strayed too far from the spec. It occurred to me that it would be good to have a formal way of defining these kinds of checks that can be run in aJul 1, 2025 9:49 AM
crushcheck.app
Show HN: Crush Check – AI relationship text analyzerhttps://crushcheck.appHi HN,I over-thought one too many “lol sounds fun” texts and decided to teach a model to be my wingman instead. The result is Crush Check AI —export an iMessage / WhatsApp / Instagram thread and get a chat report with:* crush score (0-100) based on response latency, reciprocity, sentiment shifts.* red flags like like breadcrumbing / love-bombing* chat timeline.You can also ask questions about your conversation.Why post here I’d love feedback on: * whether this is something people need. * how was the user experience. * what features would you like to see.Thanks in advance for any roast, bug reports, or “this is useless because ___” takes. Happy to share more implementation details and happy to give away free Premium subscription in exchange for feedback!Jul 1, 2025 1:51 AM
bing.com
Steve Bannon Reignites Musk Feud After Billionaire Bashes Trump’s Megabillhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8cebfaa48643bda69921e74631421f&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thedailybeast.com%2Fsteve-bannon-reignites-elon-musk-feud-after-billionaire-trashes-trumps-megabill%2F&c=6554216012165473330&mkt=en-usSteve Bannon knocked Elon Musk’s underwhelming effort to save billions in government spending after the departed DOGE head trashed Donald Trump’s spending bill. On Monday’s broadcast of his War Room ...Jun 30, 2025 8:55 PM
beanbook.app
Show HN: We're two coffee nerds who built an AI app to track beans and recipeshttps://beanbook.appIt’s available on iOS now: https://itunes.apple.com/app/id6499280064We got into specialty coffee during COVID and, like many others, fell deep down the rabbit hole. Along the way, we ran into the same frustrations:- A drawer full of empty coffee bags.- No simple way to track grind size, rest dates, notes—by bean.- My coffee history scattered across photos, screenshots, notebooks, and half-memories.- The unique traits, people, and stories behind each coffee disappearing from the internet once it sold out (since coffee is an agricultural good)- In our opinion, no coffee tool really captures the flavor, emotion, and aesthetic of great coffee—from a design perspective.So we built BeanBook—a coffee notebook log beans, extract recipes, and organize your coffee life in one place with just a snap, powered by AIHere’s what it does:- Snap a bag → Auto-detects roaster, origin, process, roast date, notes, producer, farm, and more- Paste a YouTube link or photo → Extracts a structured recipe automaJun 30, 2025 6:38 PM
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Airbnb has locked payment on my account for 8 weeks and still no follow-up emailhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44424041A little before mid-May I opened Airbnb, as I’ve done hundreds of times over the past decade, to secure a house for an important summer event with friends. I clicked “Book,” waited for the familiar animation… and the payment failed.No big deal, I thought. I switched to another card. Same red banner. I tried my balance of gift credits. No luck. Over the next hour I repeated the ritual from three different devices—laptop, phone, even an old tablet—using cards issued while living and working all around Europe, both Americas, the Middle East. Every attempt ended the same way: an error, no explanation.For the first time in ten years of globe-trotting stays—rooftops in Lisbon, cabins in Patagonia, canal apartments in Amsterdam, lofts in San Francisco, studios in Dubai—Airbnb slammed a door in my face.So began my long walk through support.The chat agent was polite and assured me a “specialist” would email me. Days passed, and no email came. I tried again and again. Each new thread ended with Jun 30, 2025 2:48 PM
spacenews.com
Stanford spinoff EraDrive claims $1 million NASA contracthttps://spacenews.com/stanford-spinoff-eradrive-claims-1-million-nasa-contract/SAN FRANCISCO – EraDrive, a Stanford spinoff, won a $1 million NASA contract to detect, identify and track space objects. It was the first contract for the Palo Alto, California, […] The post Stanford spinoff EraDrive claims $1 million NASA contract appeared first on SpaceNews.Jun 30, 2025 1:32 PM
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Ask HN: Are we not back where we started? A Return to Magichttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44422434There’s something uncanny about the way AI has reintroduced mystery into our deeply rationalist world. For centuries, since the Enlightenment tore away the veil of superstition, we have insisted on knowledge, on evidence, on repeatability. The scientific method—scrutiny, skepticism, and the rigors of proof—became not only the foundation of science but of governance, medicine, law, and almost all of modern life. This shift gave us not only power but confidence. We came to believe that with enough time and study, all phenomena could be understood. There were no more ghosts, only unexamined processes.Yet now, with AI systems growing in complexity, the mood has shifted. Despite knowing the mechanics—vector embeddings, attention mechanisms, stochastic gradient descent, and layers of matrix multiplication—many have begun speaking of AI with a kind of reverence or even fear. “Emergence” has become a buzzword that, while technically referring to higher-order behaviors arising from lower-order Jun 30, 2025 12:28 PM
bing.com
Small Engines for Unmanned Systems Getting Big Boosthttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a89e540f28e4941ba12bd95919451e6&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nationaldefensemagazine.org%2Farticles%2F2025%2F6%2F30%2Fsmall-engines-for-unmanned-systems-getting-big-boost&c=7698494512856345159&mkt=en-usEVENDALE, Ohio — GE Aerospace and Kratos Defense and Security Solutions are teaming up to take small engines to the next level by developing a 1,500-pound thrust engine aimed at powering unmanned ...Jun 29, 2025 5:00 PM
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Blue Origin launches third New Shepard mission within three monthshttps://spacenews.com/blue-origin-launches-third-new-shepard-mission-within-three-months/Blue Origin launched its third crewed suborbital flight in under three months June 29, flying a group that included a married couple and a lawyer in legal trouble. The post Blue Origin launches third New Shepard mission within three months appeared first on SpaceNews.Jun 29, 2025 4:01 PM
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SpaceX scores $81.6 million Space Force contract to launch weather satellitehttps://spacenews.com/spacex-scores-81-6-million-space-force-contract-to-launch-weather-satellite/Space Force awards third consecutive NSSL Phase 3 task order to SpaceX for 2027 launch The post SpaceX scores $81.6 million Space Force contract to launch weather satellite appeared first on SpaceNews.Jun 28, 2025 11:41 AM
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MVP in 15 days and why strangers became angelshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44402928How we leveraged Events, LinkedIn, Open-source, free accounts. With 0 Strategy. Just plain curiosity to learn & solve a problem.Curiosity > StrategyWe didn't know words MVP, pitchdeck nor about fundraise, co-founder. Startups, VC, angels world was alien to me....So here's how we started. We would ping strangers on LinkedIn & events that I joined. I even spent Indian Rupees 1L ($4900 in PPP terms) on paid events/niche trainings.I’ve never hesitated to spend on my Curiosity. It pays back in long run.We helped strangers without expectations. Still ppl won't respond... I wondered why? These people posted they needed help.But this pain paid back in long run. You learn this is how the world works. You reach 20 — if 2-5 respond, you're lucky.Deal that crashedI helped 1 wanna-be US VC raising $100M fund, 2 wanna-be startups & 2 folks with overlap to our idea. Since we weren't sure about any idea — VC thing looked exciting.We helped with what we know best — tech, connects — without even knowingJun 28, 2025 7:45 AM
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Astronaut Joe Engle Flies X-15https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/astronaut-joe-engle-flies-x-15/Former NASA astronaut Joe Engle poses in front of an X-15 plane in this Dec. 2, 1965, photo. On June 29, 1965, Engle flew the X-15 to 280,600 feet, becoming the youngest U.S. pilot to qualify as an astronaut. The Kansas native flew the X-15 for the U.S. Air Force 16 times from 1963 to […]Jun 27, 2025 5:49 PM
esa.int
A new adventure on the International Space Stationhttps://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2025/06/A_new_adventure_on_the_International_Space_StationDaniel Neuenschwander, ESA head of Space and Robotic Exploration, explains that Ignis mission will include an ambitious technological and scientific programme with several experiments led by ESA and proposed by the Polish space industry.Jun 27, 2025 3:14 PM
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‘28 Years Later’ Ending Explained: What Am I Missing?http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a88ea77111b4d018388df358bc92651&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thewrap.com%2F28-years-later-ending-explained%2F&c=9574307299509129625&mkt=en-usAfter more than two decades, Danny Boyle and Alex Garland return to their iconic zombie horror franchise with “28 Years Later,” a loose sequel to “28 Days Later.” Through the blood and horror, the duo ...Jun 27, 2025 8:59 AM
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‘28 Years Later’ Ending Explained: What Am I Missing?http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8a2be50bc4496cb3c220f187f8da3d&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thewrap.com%2F28-years-later-ending-explained%2F&c=9574307299509129625&mkt=en-usAfter more than two decades, Danny Boyle and Alex Garland return to their iconic zombie horror franchise with “28 Years Later,” a loose sequel to “28 Days Later.” Through the blood and horror, the duo ...Jun 27, 2025 8:59 AM
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Why Publishers Need Smarter AI Support To Maximize Monetizationhttps://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiqwFBVV95cUxNNXhETDBjdWJsNFZNTm1JdlA1V25jdXpfZmdPNmh6WTlmMURKbVJFdmxIcTFrUkdWY3NMU3NfM3pkT3pfUlRqRG5UYzJrVUVzRV85ZUgwRXRyUlllR1NPZVpoelM3c3d4eGlwSG9VT18taWhudW5MMFZUcGZ1QkJybWZLN2FKTjdhMkt6Mng5blRhdVdURkg1YnNMcm45VG9SZmtRdHdhQ29sQkE?oc=5Why Publishers Need Smarter AI Support To Maximize Monetization AdExchangerJun 27, 2025 7:00 AM
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Strategy or Just a Dream?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44394187n general, my current strategy is focused on increasing initial capital. Here's how I'm approaching it:I'm working in the mining industry in Australia, where even entry-level positions start at around AUD 2,000 per week. On a personal level, I hold tax residency in Paraguay. As for the business structure, I'm still deciding between setting up a Georgian LTD or an Estonian OU. If I find that a Belize-based company offers more credibility in Asian or European markets, I might go in that direction instead.The estimated cost to set everything up—both personal and operational—is around USD 10,000. Getting fiscal residency in Paraguay has become much simpler since 2022. Today, you can do it through a specialized agency for around USD 4,000. They also provide a temporary residential address, which is a requirement for filing the paperwork. That part was a bit of a hurdle for me, since I recently moved to Australia. Doing it independently would take around eight months, and you’d still need toJun 27, 2025 6:27 AM
