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Show HN: AI product evaluation methodoloy at hubyhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49176006There are a number of AI benchmarks but I feel they aren't practical when it comes to evaluating AI products. Several months back we started working on designing a methodology to independently evaluate AI products. After conducting a good bit of research, we tested the methodology on a few different categories of products and improvised it. If this is an area of interest to you, may I request you to review this methodology and help us with feedback. A quick blurb on the structure of the methodology - It's a 3-tier framework starting with 6 high level evaluation categories (Quality, Security, Privacy & safety, Use cases & pricing, Sustainability & ecosystem, and Impact & ethics). The methodology is available at huby.ai/methodology. Thanks in advance.Aug 4, 2026 10:18 PM
collab.word-in-web.com
Show HN: Collab Word in Web – Collaborative Near MS Word Parity Docx Editorhttps://collab.word-in-web.com/TLDR: Collab WIW is a DOCX editor with MS Word parity that supports real-time collaborative editing between humans and BYO Agents.The collab layer is end to end encrypted and uses ephemeral rooms with stable share URLs. Ever collab room lives in only memory. Collaborator saved copies can bring the room back online at the same URL and reconcile offline edits.For BYO Agents, you generate an invite link into Codex or Claude. The AI runs the linked WordInWeb agent package, connects to the document, and opens up a private chat in the browser with the user who invited the agent. Everyone sees its document activity, but only the inviter can chat with and direct it.The MS Word parity DOCX editor: I made a previous HN post about the editor itself. It is a pure JS DOCX editor that renders and edits the original document directly in the DOM instead of converting it into some other format.I benchmarked it pretty heavily against thousands of pages to push for pixel and feature parity, including equAug 4, 2026 10:17 PM
hyperlaneide.com
Show HN: Hyperlane – A IDE and ADE merging agent worktrees with native toolinghttps://hyperlaneide.comHi HN, my co-founder and I run Akkento, a small self-funded team building Hyperlane, an independent IDE built on the VS Code source (Code OSS), made for merging worktree-based agent development with actual IDE features.Agent orchestrators give you a worktree based workflow where several agents run in parallel, but they are not IDEs (they are not meant to be), so the moment an agent finishes you have to leave and review the diff somewhere else, actually debug the code and go through a process to sanity check it. In a commercial team, that review step isn't optional which is the problem we came across, where you have 2 editors open at the same time for the same job. IDEs are where you actually read, debug and profile the code, but none of them give you the worktree workflow. We are hoping to fix that by merging the two together in an IDE with tooling for profiling, building and testing.Try it out: https://hyperlaneide.com/Hyperlane runs on macOS (Apple Silicon), Windows and Linux (x64 anAug 4, 2026 8:31 PM
spacenews.com
NOAA purchases Spire hyperspectral microwave sounder datahttps://spacenews.com/noaa-purchases-spire-hyperspectral-microwave-sounder-data/SAN FRANCISCO – The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will continue to evaluate data from Spire Global’s Hyperspectral Microwave Sounder (HyMS) under a $3 million contract extension announced Aug. 4. […] The post NOAA purchases Spire hyperspectral microwave sounder data appeared first on SpaceNews.Aug 4, 2026 8:05 PM
sagorax.com
Show HN: Sagorax, a Three.js/WebGPU Arena Shooter in the Browserhttps://sagorax.com/I built Sagorax because I missed the speed and simplicity of UT99 and UT2k4. It now has both Instagib and classic weapons Deathmatch with plasma combos, flak, shotguns, charged rocket salvos, loadouts, adrenaline abilities, tactical bots and full controller support.No installation, just pick a gamertag and play: https://sagorax.comThe client is built with TypeScript, Three.js and WebGPU. Under the hood it uses FSR 3-based upscaling, adaptive dynamic resolution, GPU pipeline warmup, screen-space reflections, dynamic lighting and shadows, visibility culling and a custom post-processing pipeline.Multiplayer is next if there is enough interest (looking good so far).If you had told me a few months ago that this would be possible in a browser, I wouldn’t have believed you. But Opus 5 + GPT-5.6-Sol = GODMODE.Feedback is very welcome.Aug 4, 2026 7:50 PM
nasaspaceflight.com
While SpaceX recovers Ship 40, Ship 41 prepares for testing ahead of Flight 14https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2026/08/spacex-recovers-ship-40-ship-41-flight-14/SpaceX is recovering the intact Ship 40 from the Indian Ocean after its soft landing… The post While SpaceX recovers Ship 40, Ship 41 prepares for testing ahead of Flight 14 appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com.Aug 4, 2026 4:27 PM
github.com
Show HN: Clai – AI for the command line (stdin → LLM → stdout)https://github.com/maxrodrigo/claiSince ChatGPT launched I've been trying to integrate LLMs into my workflows; emails, commits PRSs, or even long chat threads. My instinct was to code a small automation platform, but I found myself limited once again by its own constraints. Went back to zero, twice, and went back to the tools I've been using for years: UNIX pipelines. I started using llm and later mods (now deprecated) and they're great tools, but I wanted something leaner and that would compose better with other tools.Clai does one thing: takes stdin, sends it to a model of your choice and prints the result. No REPL, no state. When it's done it just exits. git diff | clai commit cat article.txt | clai summarize | glow pbpaste | clai tldr curl -s example.com/article.html | clai -e "Extract the three main concepts" It ships with a set of named prompts but you can override, add or extend as needed, they're just files with frontmatter. There's also strategies (chain-of-draft, chain-of-thought, tree-of-thought, and self-reAug 4, 2026 3:42 PM
latimes.com
Blanche's attorney general nomination passes first test, now faces full Senate votehttps://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2026-08-04/senate-committee-advances-blanches-ag-nomination-in-vote-along-party-linesActing Atty. Gen. Todd Blanche has a cleared critical hurdle in his bid to be confirmed to the post after swaying Republican holdouts on a Senate committee to advance his nomination for a floor vote.Aug 4, 2026 3:14 PM
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Tell HN: Seedance 2.5 API Pricinghttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49170050Just got confirmation with my account manager as well as info on byteplus that the price of seedance 2.5 is 50% more than seedance 2.For a 30 second video it'll be around $7.50 for a 30 second 720p 16:9 video. (lower than I heard)And 2.5 is actually available now through their Lumina business package(it's like $300/month) right now, or it'll be released via api in 1-2 weeksAug 4, 2026 3:08 PM
spacenews.com
Military demand shapes market for satellite propulsionhttps://spacenews.com/military-demand-shapes-market-for-sat-propulsion/Startups and established spacecraft manufacturers are investing in engines designed to give small satellites more freedom to change orbit The post Military demand shapes market for satellite propulsion appeared first on SpaceNews.Aug 4, 2026 3:00 PM
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Show HN: Alcatraz – Pure-Go PII detection, 100x faster than MS Presidiohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49169567Hi HN, I'm Andrios, founder of hoop.dev (YC W21), we build runtime controls for agents. We just released Alcatraz.We built it because our product is written in Go and we do real time Data Masking, but we were using MS Presidio (Python) for PII detection and it made connections slow.There was a good discussion here a few months ago when OpenAI released their Privacy Filter: (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47870901). A lot of questions were built into our design. Structured identifiers (credit cards, SSNs, etc) are deterministic and you can verify them with checksum. Free text PII like names and addresses is where you actually need a model.Alcatraz started as our internal solution, but we wanted to make it available for everyone: in-process PII detection in Go. Currently 45 entity types across 12 countries (US and Brazil included). Benchmarks vs MS Presidio (lib to lib) about 13x faster on dense documents, 100x on smaller ones.Still in development, lots to improve. Feedback wanted:Aug 4, 2026 2:33 PM
redirectiq.com
Show HN: Free SEO checker that finds redirect chains and www issueshttps://redirectiq.com/tools/seo-checkerHello, I wanted to share this free tool to check your page's SEO.I wanted to build something that did a few things I thought were important:1. Be fast, and give a solid technical SEO analysis without dragging it out. 2. Create a way to share links directly to a site's results, with the share OG image previewing the actual score. 3. Offer everything through an API. You can inspect the calls made on the page to see it. I haven't documented it yet, but it's available to use.The deepest checks we do right now are making sure your www and non-www setup redirects correctly, and looking across your site for any redirect chains that should be flattened. Alongside that, it covers the other basic technical SEO checks that matter for ranking — title tags, meta descriptions, headings, canonical tags, viewport, HTTPS, Open Graph tags, image alt text, structured data, and response time.Looking for feedback on what checks would be helpful to add, but want to keep it fast and lite.Aug 4, 2026 1:49 PM
github.com
Show HN: Ratelog, Self-hosted movie/TV rater with TMDB integrationhttps://github.com/golmenero/ratelogI've been reading HN for a while without an account, but I finally decided to jump in and share something I built.I originally made this app for myself and my family to track our movie and TV show ratings. It grew more than I expected, so I figured I'd open source it and see if anyone else finds it useful.Ratelog is a completely self-hosted, open-source web app that lets you search movies/shows via TMDB, rate them across different categories, and generate ranked top lists. Multi-user, dark theme, and installable from the browser as a standalone app.What sets it apart from Letterboxd and similar apps (besides being open source and self-hosted) is the rating system itself. I found that a simple numeric score just felt too reductive — a movie or series can't really be boiled down to a single decimal. There are too many factors at play. So instead of one overall score, you rate each title across different categories independently. You also get separate top lists for movies and TV shows, whAug 4, 2026 1:35 PM
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Show HN: Neal – Codex writes the code, Claude reviews ithttps://github.com/navels/nealneal is a CLI I wrote while trying to use an LLM coding agent (in this case, Codex GPT-5.4) to work autonomously on a migration of our large frontend codebase. A few things came up during that project that guided the development of neal:1. Telling an agent to "keep working unless blocked" doesn't actually work over long stretches of time.2. Large projects should be broken up into smaller chunks of work.3. The coding agent should start each chunk of work with a fresh context to prevent context rot.4. The coding agent benefits from having a different agent doing adversarial reviews along the way.What I ended up with is an orchestrator that- lets you configure planner, coder, and reviewer roles. I started with Codex and Claude using their SDKs but later added OpenRouter as well as a compatibility mode for verifying that a model can handle the orchestration. Currently there are 44 compatible OpenRouter models.- runs a plan that you provide through a planner / reviewer loop which splits theAug 4, 2026 1:14 PM
spacenews.com
SpaceX’s new Starfall program offers validation and competition for reentry startupshttps://spacenews.com/spacexs-new-starfall-program-offers-validation-and-competition-for-reentry-startups/Demand for microgravity research and manufacturing is brewing — perhaps literally.When SpaceX launched the first test flight of Starfall, its commercial reentry capsule, on June 23, the company did not […] The post SpaceX’s new Starfall program offers validation and competition for reentry startups appeared first on SpaceNews.Aug 4, 2026 12:00 PM
bing.com
Malware disguised as popular Roblox cheat tool could give hackers full control of your PChttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a89d8c056a64a25bf92d38fb3788492&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.msn.com%2Fen-us%2Fnews%2Ftechnology%2Fmalware-disguised-as-popular-roblox-cheat-tool-could-give-hackers-full-control-of-your-pc%2Far-AA29oqXO&c=11962538309968064985&mkt=en-usA new "invisible" Xeno Executor is actually a highly capable RAT and a potent infostealer.Aug 4, 2026 11:15 AM
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ESA Astronaut Completes Third Test of EuroSuit Prototype Aboard ISShttps://europeanspaceflight.com/esa-astronaut-completes-third-test-of-eurosuit-prototype-aboard-iss/ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot has completed a third and likely final test of EuroSuit, a European intravehicular activity (IVA) spacesuit prototype, aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The suit was developed under a CNES contract by a French consortium led by Spartan Space, which also includes the sporting goods retailer Decathlon. In a 20 July […] The post ESA Astronaut Completes Third Test of EuroSuit Prototype Aboard ISS appeared first on European Spaceflight.Aug 4, 2026 10:58 AM
bing.com
Report: Raptors sign Trey Jemison to two-way dealhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8cd8de63ee425296eefbedbbb244da&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nbcsports.com%2Ffantasy%2Fbasketball%2Fplayer-news%2F2026-08-04%2Freport-raptors-sign-trey-jemison-to-two-way-deal&c=8994705322051768587&mkt=en-usNBA insider Chris Haynes reports that the Raptors have signed Trey Jemison to a two-way contract. Jemison has played for five different NBA teams in his three seasons, most recently spending the ...Aug 4, 2026 8:34 AM
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Is Snap Inc Back?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49164568Summary -Snap Inc.’s business model is changing. Wall Street has tagged the company as an advertising company, which has been the dominant model for most of the companies’ short time in the public market (9 years). But over the last two years, it has seen growth in one segment that is unrelated to advertising, and has a marginal cost of selling near zero.Snap+ is the subscription business for Snapchat’s app. I believe that this is the future; most tech companies’ dominant revenue today comes from a second business like AWS or Windows.Snap Current Business Model-Snap Inc currently has advertising as its dominant revenue source. And it has a unique offering through its AR filters, as a way to display ads, along with real estate in the apps, Maps, and contacts, and through its feed of videos. Snap had 5.9 billion in revenue in FY2025. Ads were 87% of revenue.I view this business as the legacy business, and I expect revenue to still come from it at a high rate, but the higher margin revenuAug 4, 2026 5:15 AM
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Guide to Hash Functions in Blockchain Securityhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8cb30aae9e4b46979c84891fc78153&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.investopedia.com%2Fterms%2Fh%2Fhash.asp&c=17277709129034286736&mkt=en-usLearn more about hash functions, including how they protect data integrity and secure blockchain transactions in cryptocurrencies with algorithms like SHA-256.Aug 4, 2026 4:47 AM
