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Show HN: I rebuilt my 2008 soccer/lineup sitehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49127360I originally built fantastic11.com in 2008. The browser-based lineup editor alone took me several months to build. Here’s an old demo video from that time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27_Bx4Z8nbE / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aU_DBT8mOXU Over the years, I added a few smaller features, but as a father of three, I rarely had much time left for this side project. This week, I rebuilt the entire site in just a few days using Codex and a $20 subscription. What surprised me wasn’t only the speed. The new version ended up being much more complete than the original. The workflow still feels strange: I describe what I want, spend some time with my children or take care of things around the house, then come back to find much of the implementation ready to review. It’s a very different way of building software, and I’m still getting used to it. You can try the new version here: https://fantastic11.comI’d be happy to hear your feedback—on the site itself or on similar experiences rebuildinJul 31, 2026 7:08 PM
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NASA, SpaceX Advance Wind Tunnel Tests for Starship Rockethttps://www.nasa.gov/directorates/esdmd/artemis-campaign-development-division/human-landing-system-program/nasa-spacex-advance-wind-tunnel-tests-for-starship-rocket/NASA and its industry partners are preparing for next year’s Artemis III demonstration mission by completing new wind tunnel tests on SpaceX’s Super Heavy Version 3 rocket booster. The tests, conducted at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley, focused on better understanding the extreme aerodynamic forces the rocket can experience during re-entry. The […]Jul 31, 2026 6:39 PM
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Show HN: Schema-backed, Git-based structured state for agentic systemshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49126792I looked into how to store agentic state in a) a structured way that b) runs without any dedicated MCP memory/state servers and where I can get c) a clear diff-able audit trail of all state changes over time. Nothing that I could find fit the bill.In https://github.com/commitspark/demo-agentic-mcp , I demo an implementation that fulfills these requirements by combining Claude agents with my previously published Commitspark library and its entirely Git-backed GraphQL API.In the demo, two independent Claude agents are simulated that contribute to a task tracker. A third agent reviews any task changes and rolls back obviously bad ones. A full demo transcript is included in the README, including the agents' raw tool calls.Task agent access to data happens via a small MCP server that exposes two Commitspark APIs (GraphQL API, schema API). These agents can then fetch the schema and author their own GraphQL calls, with GraphQL automatically enforcing written data is schema-conformant. The valJul 31, 2026 6:20 PM
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Why Waiting to Open a HYSA Could Cost You Hundreds This Yearhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8d557b9c9e470fb3e41a3dda64437d&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aol.com%2Farticles%2Fwhy-waiting-open-hysa-could-003119000.html&c=15943404168624051763&mkt=en-usYou've probably been meaning to open a high-yield savings account for months. I get it. The name sounds like homework, and your current bank is fine, right? The FDIC national average savings rate sits ...Jul 31, 2026 5:31 PM
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NASA Opens New Flight Dynamics Research Facility in Virginiahttps://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-opens-new-flight-dynamics-research-facility-in-virginia/NASA opened its newest wind tunnel, the Flight Dynamics Research Facility, Friday, providing a critical resource for the agency and its partners to test the safety and performance of future generations of aircraft, rockets, and space exploration vehicles. Located at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, the Flight Dynamics Research Facility will support advances […]Jul 31, 2026 5:11 PM
ringup.dev
Show HN: How I built Remembered checkout for Voicehttps://ringup.dev/If you ever built a voice agent that takes orders or books appointments you know its essential to collect payments to avoid cancellations/no-shows. However, most consumers won't complete paying because of the friction involved (stumbling for the card, speaking the card number CVV etc).I built Ringup to help voice agents recognize repeat callers with just their phone number and charge their saved card in seconds.I've been asked what makes this lookup possible. Its the newly launched identity APIs from US carriers (T-Mobile, ATT, Verizon) as part of CAMARA project. These set of open source APIs now make it easy for developers to reliably verify identity directly from carriers and is much more robust than sending SMS OTP.If you're a Voice AI developer or know someone who is, I am offering free credits for 5 users in exchange for any feedback. Try it out.Jul 31, 2026 3:42 PM
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The Mistake That Cost Me a Yearhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49124280last year i was randomly visiting a website and couldnt download a video in hd quality. as a dev, when smoething doesnt work, you think "let's build it." so i started researching and found like 0.2% of these sites actually worked, but full of shitty ads. checked their traffic and got shokced, tens of millions of visits.started building with a regular MEAN stack. i was 17, knew how to code but wasnt experienced, just pushed by those traffic numbers. used yt-dlp as the core scraper along with other fallbacks like youtube-dl and unofficial tiktok apis. by all means i was overengineering, tryign to build a bulletproof system with fallback on fallback. took two months, and by the end changing one line meant touching 15 to 20 files. that's bad code.rewrote it, stripped external deps, used yt-dlp efficiently in node js. still slow, 10 to 15 sec just to fetch info, another 10 to 15 to start download. tried optimizing args and prewarmed pools, still stuck around 9 to 10 sec. obsessed with speedJul 31, 2026 3:23 PM
privacything.com
Show HN: I built a cross-browser extension that controls fingerprinting surfaceshttps://privacything.com/en/Hello Hacker News! I’m Tomasz, creator of Privacy Thing, a browser extension for Firefox and Chromium-based browsers. I’ve just released its Preview version.Privacy Thing aims to reduce browser fingerprinting—the tracking of users without cookies.It began as an internal project: a simple location simulator. Over time, I expanded it to cover more fingerprinting surfaces. It now has 13 protection categories affecting 50+ browser APIs and methods: Geolocation, time and locale settings, Canvas, WebGL, Audio, Navigator, Screen, Client Hints, Battery, WebRTC, Dedicated Workers, Service Workers, and Shared Workers. The list is still growing.The extension is fully configurable. Users can create regional profiles and assign them to domain rules, with separate protection settings for each domain. Or they can skip domain rules and rely on the global configuration—I’m not here to decide what works best for them :-)Privacy Thing uses Manifest V3, with all its pros and cons. Chrome and Firefox appeaJul 31, 2026 2:57 PM
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Show HN: I Created Canva Alternativehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49123134Hi HN, I created Pixoate. Pixoate is Canva and IlovePDF Alternative, That Offers Photo Editing, AI features like Remove BG, PDF tools and Much More at same destination.Most of its features are Free and User can see the value before Going For Premium Plans.I wanted to know your reviews and Feedback what i should improve or add new features.ThanksJul 31, 2026 1:50 PM
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Mt. Carmel strengthens support for Westcliffe veteranshttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8a1b61f6714a858153ade1a3286d89&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.msn.com%2Fen-us%2Fnews%2Fus%2Fmt-carmel-strengthens-support-for-westcliffe-veterans%2Far-AA29aJl9&c=11374283832340882990&mkt=en-us(COLORADO SPRINGS) — Mt. Carmel Veterans Service Center is renewing and expanding its outreach in Westcliffe and across Custer County by reestablishing a “boots on the ground” presence in the area.Jul 31, 2026 1:49 PM
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Ask HN: I created Canva Alternative with 200+ Toolshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49122917Hi HN, I created Pixoate. Pixoate is Canva and IlovePDF Alternative, That Offers Photo Editing, AI features like Remove BG, PDF tools, We have lots of 1111+ templaed, 21000 backgrounds, Remove BG features, Upscale with AI etc. and Much More at same destination.It was free from last 4 years, I left my JOB to do Full time on it.Most of its features are Free and User can see the value before Going For Premium Plans.This is my First SAAS, So i wanted to know your reviews and Feedback what i should improve and How can i scale and do distribution for it. (as i am from Software Development Experience)Try and Share Your Experience/Feedback: https://pixoate.com/photo-editorThanksJul 31, 2026 1:30 PM
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eBay’s Authenticity Guarantee Introduces New, Lower Threshold for Guarantee Programhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8d7a0c446e437da21216f698d4a8bf&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.si.com%2Fcollectibles%2Febay-authenticity-introduces-new-lower-threshold-guarantee-program&c=8090453668550115250&mkt=en-usFresh off authenticating more than 5 million cards through its Authenticity Guarantee program, eBay is dropping the price threshold from $250 to $200 in the coming weeks. This expanded price tier will ...Jul 31, 2026 12:15 PM
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eBay’s Authenticity Guarantee Introduces New, Lower Threshold for Guarantee Programhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8cf91cf5dd47449e1934093b92890c&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.si.com%2Fcollectibles%2Febay-authenticity-introduces-new-lower-threshold-guarantee-program&c=8090453668550115250&mkt=en-usFresh off authenticating more than 5 million cards through its Authenticity Guarantee program, eBay is dropping the price threshold from $250 to $200 in the coming weeks. This expanded price tier will ...Jul 31, 2026 12:15 PM
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eBay’s Authenticity Guarantee Introduces New, Lower Threshold for Guarantee Programhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8d12d0e41142d9b9b5f84684bd2850&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.si.com%2Fcollectibles%2Febay-authenticity-introduces-new-lower-threshold-guarantee-program&c=8090453668550115250&mkt=en-usFresh off authenticating more than 5 million cards through its Authenticity Guarantee program, eBay is dropping the price threshold from $250 to $200 in the coming weeks. This expanded price tier will ...Jul 31, 2026 12:15 PM
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eBay’s Authenticity Guarantee Introduces New, Lower Threshold for Guarantee Programhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8d2f60c28a45c59488e17e6ffd1d6f&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.si.com%2Fcollectibles%2Febay-authenticity-introduces-new-lower-threshold-guarantee-program&c=8090453668550115250&mkt=en-usFresh off authenticating more than 5 million cards through its Authenticity Guarantee program, eBay is dropping the price threshold from $250 to $200 in the coming weeks. This expanded price tier will ...Jul 31, 2026 12:15 PM
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eBay’s Authenticity Guarantee Introduces New, Lower Threshold for Guarantee Programhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8d50abd7f24ac6b9d577d8c58f8a6c&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.si.com%2Fcollectibles%2Febay-authenticity-introduces-new-lower-threshold-guarantee-program&c=8090453668550115250&mkt=en-usFresh off authenticating more than 5 million cards through its Authenticity Guarantee program, eBay is dropping the price threshold from $250 to $200 in the coming weeks. This expanded price tier will ...Jul 31, 2026 12:15 PM
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eBay’s Authenticity Guarantee Introduces New, Lower Threshold for Guarantee Programhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8cd14375fd494ba2eef81015d13754&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.si.com%2Fcollectibles%2Febay-authenticity-introduces-new-lower-threshold-guarantee-program&c=8090453668550115250&mkt=en-usFresh off authenticating more than 5 million cards through its Authenticity Guarantee program, eBay is dropping the price threshold from $250 to $200 in the coming weeks. This expanded price tier will ...Jul 31, 2026 12:15 PM
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Who owns OtterBox, the smartphone accessory brand?http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8ccdd1bd564fe99cd5c7fd21905331&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.msn.com%2Fen-us%2Ftechnology%2Ftech-companies%2Fwho-owns-otterbox-the-smartphone-accessory-brand%2Far-AA299SwF&c=15237172438067858207&mkt=en-usOtter Products, better known as OtterBox, which makes some of the most durable phone cases on the market, is a well-known smartphone accessory brand. Although most recognizable for its smartphone ...Jul 31, 2026 11:47 AM
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Best auto loan rates and financing of August 2026http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8d5b305ff642a2981ce56bcc3bdd25&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnbc.com%2Fselect%2Fbest-car-loans%2F&c=12736539142233191603&mkt=en-usStandout benefits: MyAutoloan offers a solid selection of auto financing, including new and used car loans, lease buyouts and refinancing. Get approved with a FICO Score of 600 or apply with a ...Jul 31, 2026 9:57 AM
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Best auto loan rates and financing of August 2026http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8d3f45f6e94fe789b79a76e9d2e706&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnbc.com%2Fselect%2Fbest-car-loans%2F&c=12736539142233191603&mkt=en-usStandout benefits: MyAutoloan offers a solid selection of auto financing, including new and used car loans, lease buyouts and refinancing. Get approved with a FICO Score of 600 or apply with a ...Jul 31, 2026 9:57 AM
