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Show HN: IntentusNet-A Secure IntentRouter and Runtime for Multi-Agent Workflowshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46179252Hi HN,Over the last few months I’ve been working on IntentusNet, a small, language-agnostic runtime for routing “intents” between agents and tools, with optional encryption and multiple transports.GitHub: https://github.com/Balchandar/intentusnetWhat problem this tries to solveMost multi-agent / tool-calling setups I’ve seen end up as a lot of ad-hoc glue:- custom message formats between each agent - hand-rolled routing and fallback logic - HTTP in one place, WebSocket in another, maybe ZeroMQ somewhere else - no consistent tracing or error model - no clear place to add security (encryption, provenance, identity chain)MCP is great for describing tools, but it doesn’t try to be a runtime or router. I wanted something that sits underneath or alongside MCP and other stacks, and just answers:“Given an intent, which agent should handle it, through which transport, with what fallback, and how do we wrap it securely?”What IntentusNet provides (today)At the core it has a few small primitives:-Dec 7, 2025 4:52 AM
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LokiVector: An Embedded Document Vector DB Crash-Tested Durabilityhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46178312Hey HN/Reddit/dev community,I'm excited to open-source *LokiVector* - an embedded document database with vector search capabilities, built for modern AI applications.### What Makes It DifferentMost vector databases are either: - Cloud-only services (expensive, vendor lock-in) - Complex to deploy (require Kubernetes, lots of moving parts) - Missing durability guarantees (what happens if it crashes?)LokiVector solves this by being: - *Embeddable* - Runs in Node.js or browser, no external services - *Crash-Safe* - Validated with automated E2E crash recovery tests - *Simple* - JSON documents + vector search, no schema migrations - *Fast* - In-memory performance with disk persistence### The Durability StoryThis is what I'm most proud of. We test crash recovery across: - Documents and collections - Vector indexes (HNSW) - Partial writes and idempotencyAll validated with 7 comprehensive E2E test scenarios. You can literally kill the process mid-write and it recovers correctly.*Note:* ReplicatDec 7, 2025 1:11 AM
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People swear on social media more with acquaintances than with friends—analysis can help detect fake profileshttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8cf1dcc1f54d7ba34a6fc137dd6716&url=https%3A%2F%2Fphys.org%2Fnews%2F2025-12-people-social-media-acquaintances-friends.html&c=17832873239091012826&mkt=en-usAmericans use the f-word more frequently on social media than Australians or Britons, but Australians are more creative in its use. The f-word is rarely used in social networks of fewer than 15 people ...Dec 6, 2025 1:00 PM
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Why Jermaine Jackson’s hairdo is going viralhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8cc27917c640e281434c2358951a9e&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.msn.com%2Fen-us%2Fmusic%2Fnews%2Fwhy-jermaine-jackson-s-hairdo-is-going-viral%2Far-AA1RQcfR&c=9923475783795300511&mkt=en-usJermaine Jackson doesn’t do a lot of press these days, but the original lead singer of The Jackson 5 stepped back into the spotlight for a recent interview that has lots of people talking. And while ...Dec 6, 2025 2:30 AM
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A 2,500-year lineage of daemon-like naming conventions, from antiquity to AIhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46169773From Greek antiquity to ChatGPT, the description of invisible processes as demonic has shown an astonishing 2,500 year continuity.Because people often insist on Maxwell's daemon being different than biblical demons, lets sumarize the qualities of a demon:They are trapped in an infinite loop or compelled to a single domain, operating with superhuman speed or ability, but without autonomy.Their operations are invisible or unpredictable (probabilistic perhaps).Humans attempt to coax them into determinism, whether through sacrificing goats / hardware or by rituals and spells / prompt chains.They tempt humans into dependency, performing tasks that make us weaker or lazier in exchange for power or convenience.The lineage seems to be consistent:Greek Antiquity Daimons were invisible intermediaries that executed tasks humans could not witness directly. Their behavior was partially predictable, partially trickster-like, partially dependent on human invocation. They performed singular roles, werDec 6, 2025 1:47 AM
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NASA Wins Second Emmy Award for 2024 Total Solar Eclipse Broadcasthttps://www.nasa.gov/general/nasa-wins-second-emmy-award-for-2024-total-solar-eclipse-broadcast/NASA’s broadcast of the April 8, 2024, total solar eclipse has won an Emmy Award for Excellence in Production Technology. At the 76th Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards on Dec. 4, in New York City, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced the win. Walt Lindbloom and Sami Aziz accepted the award on behalf […]Dec 5, 2025 7:56 PM
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Turned a simple idea with friends into an actual apphttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46160226Hey everyone! I’m a first-year university student and I just finished building an app I really needed myself. It’s in waitlist mode for now, and the App Store launch is coming next week — but you can already check it out here: getcravit.com.When I moved from my hometown to Milan, I kept having the same experience: 1. Trying to find “our pub” with a friend — our own McLarens from How I Met Your Mother. 2. With another group, trying every smash burger in the city to find the real #1. 3. With my roommate, searching for the best Sunday breakfast spot. Every time, we ended up creating random notes, spreadsheets, IG saves… nothing that made the experience fun or organized. After doing this three times in three completely different ways, I thought: why isn’t there an app for this?So… I built one. It’s called Cravit.The idea is super simple: * You create a “Cravy,” which is basically a personal food mission. * You choose your criteria (taste, vibe, price, etc.). * You add all the spots you wanDec 5, 2025 12:11 PM
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Surprisingly, this space economy isn’t for everyonehttps://spacenews.com/surprisingly-this-space-economy-isnt-for-everyone/Projections for the booming space economy often come with trillion-dollar headlines, but the lion’s share of near-term revenue looks destined for just a handful of massive constellations with the funds to invest in vertical integration. It’s relatively slim pickings for the many other manufacturers, launch providers and technology suppliers hoping to ride the wave. Manufacturing […] The post Surprisingly, this space economy isn’t for everyone appeared first on SpaceNews.Dec 5, 2025 12:00 PM
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Gels may have given early Earth chemistry a place to organize into lifehttps://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Gels_may_have_given_early_Earth_chemistry_a_place_to_organize_into_life_999.htmlBerlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 03, 2025 An international team from Japan, Malaysia, the UK, and Germany has proposed that life on Earth may have emerged within sticky, surface-bound gels that formed before the first cells. The researchers argue that these prebiotic gels, attached to mineral or other surfaces, could have provided both structure and chemical environments that helped early chemistry progress toward biology. The teaDec 5, 2025 9:21 AM
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I tested every Samsung release in 2025, and only one truly impressed mehttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8ae3f19ce048449b15e3747bf1ec0d&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.androidpolice.com%2Fsamsung-galaxy-a56-best-of-2025%2F&c=16647037319420895656&mkt=en-usSteve was a Senior Writer at AP, where he covered over 40 smartphones a year. Steve has carried the latest and greatest around in his pocket for nearly 30 years, with everything from Motorola StarTACs ...Dec 5, 2025 6:30 AM
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Getting Back to the Moon Before China No Sure Bethttps://spacepolicyonline.com/news/getting-back-to-the-moon-before-china-no-sure-bet/Republicans and Democrats on a House committee today shared common ground on not letting China outpace the United States in space, but witnesses were generally pessimistic that NASA is on […]Dec 5, 2025 4:32 AM
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HELLENiQ Energy Holdings S.A.http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8cdd500f8d47d5aae890ca416273f6&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.marketwatch.com%2Finvesting%2Fstock%2F0k9u%2Ffinancials%3Fcountrycode%3Duk&c=3956471950808131606&mkt=en-usHELLENiQ Energy Holdings S.A. Annual stock financials by MarketWatch. View the latest 0K9U financial statements, income statements and financial ratios.Dec 5, 2025 4:00 AM
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Celestis Selects Stoke Space’s Nova for Infinite Flight: Humanity’s Next Deep-Space Memorial Missionhttps://spacenews.com/celestis-selects-stoke-spaces-nova-for-infinite-flight-humanitys-next-deep-space-memorial-mission/HOUSTON, TX – December 3, 2025 – For more than three decades, Celestis, Inc. has transformed remembrance into exploration, sending the names, ashes, and DNA of pioneers and visionaries into […] The post Celestis Selects Stoke Space’s Nova for Infinite Flight: Humanity’s Next Deep-Space Memorial Mission appeared first on SpaceNews.Dec 4, 2025 3:53 PM
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NASA-JAXA XRISM Finds Elemental Bounty in Supernova Remnanthttps://science.nasa.gov/missions/xrism/nasa-jaxa-xrism-finds-elemental-bounty-in-supernova-remnant/For the first time, scientists have made a clear X-ray detection of chlorine and potassium in the wreckage of a star using data from the Japan-led XRISM (X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission) spacecraft. The Resolve instrument aboard XRISM, pronounced “crism,” discovered these elements in a supernova remnant called Cassiopeia A or Cas A, for short. […]Dec 4, 2025 3:01 PM
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NASA Software Raises Bar for Aircraft Icing Researchhttps://www.nasa.gov/general/nasa-software-raises-bar-for-aircraft-icing-research/When flying in certain weather conditions, tiny freezing water droplets floating in the air can pose a risk to aircraft. If not taken into consideration, these water droplets can accumulate on an aircraft as ice and pose a safety risk. But NASA software tools such as Glenn Icing Computational Environment (GlennICE) are working to keep […]Dec 4, 2025 3:00 PM
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Show HN: I built a free security scanner for your domainhttps://deft.is/When I started freelancing, I was shocked how many small businesses had no idea their servers were exposed. Basic stuff, open database ports, expired SSL certs, missing security headers. The tools to find this existed, but they were either enterprise-priced or required security expertise to use.I built Deft to make security scanning accessible. Point it at any domain, checks certificate, analyzes email security (SPF/DKIM/DMARC), and grades your security headers – all in about some seconds.Features:- Port scanning with service detection across main domain + top 10 subdomains- Subdomain discovery via certificate transparency and passive recon- Email security analysis with actionable grades (A-F)- Security headers audit (CSP, HSTS, X-Frame-Options, etc.)- Executive summary for non-technical stakeholders- No signup required for the free scanThe free tier gives you a solid overview. Paid reports ($29) add full CVE vulnerability detection, complete subdomain scanning, and a detailed PDF repoDec 4, 2025 10:15 AM
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Show HN: A Minimal Monthly Task Planner (printable, offline, no signup)https://printcalendar.top/Hi HN,I built a tiny tool because I couldn’t find a clean, distraction-free monthly planner that:1. shows a clean monthly task view 2. doesn’t require an account 3. doesn’t sync or store anything online 4. works offline 5. is printable 6. and keeps a minimal, distraction-free aestheticSo I made https://printcalendar.top/ — a minimal monthly task planner.It’s intentionally simple. No logins, no integrations, no dashboards. Just a small tool for people who want structure without clutter.Dec 4, 2025 5:29 AM
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How Jayden Reed’s return will boost the Packers offense: ‘It would be huge’http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8cef985cc64d199c8fd3f3c00d75f6&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2Fathletic%2F6859655%2F2025%2F12%2F04%2Fjayden-reed-packers-injury-return-bears%2F&c=15254460350175940721&mkt=en-usJayden Reed may soon be back in the Packers' lineup after breaking his collarbone in Week 2. Patrick McDermott / Getty Images GREEN BAY, Wis. — The Green Bay Packers’ offense is rounding into form ...Dec 4, 2025 4:01 AM
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Show HN: RAG in 3 Lines of Pythonhttps://pypi.org/project/piragi/Got tired of wiring up vector stores, embedding models, and chunking logic every time I needed RAG. So I built piragi. from piragi import Ragi kb = Ragi(\["./docs", "./code/\*\*/\*.py", "https://api.example.com/docs"\]) answer = kb.ask("How do I deploy this?") That's the entire setup. No API keys required - runs on Ollama + sentence-transformers locally.What it does: - All formats - PDF, Word, Excel, Markdown, code, URLs, images, audio - Auto-updates - watches sources, refreshes in background, zero query latency - Citations - every answer includes sources - Advanced retrieval - HyDE, hybrid search (BM25 + vector), cross-encoder reranking - Smart chunking - semantic, contextual, hierarchical strategies - OpenAI compatible - swap in GPT/Claude whenever you want Quick examples: # Filter by metadata answer = kb.filter(file_type="pdf").ask("What's in the contracts?") #Enable advanced retrieval kb = Ragi("./docs", config={ "retrieval": { "use_hyde": True, "use_hybrid_search": True, "use_crosDec 4, 2025 12:03 AM
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Eclipse Soundscapes Volunteers Still Engaged in Scientific Discovery Post-Eclipsehttps://science.nasa.gov/learning-resources/science-activation/eclipse-soundscapes-volunteers-still-engaged-in-scientific-discovery-post-eclipse/The NASA Science Activation project Eclipse Soundscapes (ES), led by ARISA Lab in Medford, Massachusetts, helps learners of all ages explore NASA science through multisensory learning and participatory science opportunities. In the weeks surrounding the 2023 annular solar eclipse and the 2024 total solar eclipse, Eclipse Soundscapes invited volunteer Data Collectors to use AudioMoth acoustic […]Dec 3, 2025 10:33 PM
