AI/ML Hacker News

Heuristics for lab robotics, and where its future may go

A discussion on heuristics for lab robotics and the future direction of the field.

Other Hacker News

New bacterial species discovered in NASA's cleanrooms

NASA's cleanrooms have revealed the discovery of new bacterial species.

Open Source Hackaday

Using Flatpak to Run a 1996 Version of the GIMP on Modern Linux

A guide on using Flatpak to run a very old version of GIMP (0.54) on modern Linux distributions for nostalgia.

Software Engineering Lobste.rs

How to call Linux code from a Wine process

A technical discussion on the methods of calling Linux code from within a Wine process.

Homelab/Self-Hosting Reddit SelfHosted

Can someone potentially clear up some things with purchasing a custom domain for emails?

A user seeking advice on setting up a custom email domain using SimpleLogin for professional aliases.

Homelab/Self-Hosting Reddit SelfHosted

Does komga disallow sharing from a specific subfolder?

A user inquiring about subfolder sharing limitations and file conversion in Komga, a comics server.

Homelab/Self-Hosting Reddit SelfHosted

Installing Netbird Server on unRAID

A request for help installing Netbird Server on unRAID using Docker.

Software Engineering Hacker News

Can you build a recognizable World Map in under 500 bytes?

A challenge to build a recognizable world map using fewer than 500 bytes of data, focusing on data compression and minimalist design.

Cybersecurity Hacker News

Protocol Prying: Vulnerability Research in AirDrop and Quick Share

Vulnerability research focusing on the protocols used by Apple's AirDrop and Google's Quick Share for wireless file transfer.

AI/ML Hacker News

Fable created novel 4D splat format

Fable has introduced a new 4D Gaussian splatting format designed to improve theD representation of spatial data.

Other Lobste.rs

The Lion, The Witch, and the audacity of recruiters

A discussion on the frustrations and audacity of modern tech recruiters.

Homelab/Self-Hosting Reddit SelfHosted

In your experience, what produces less CO2? An "recycled" homelab or a "green" server on Hetzner?

A discussion comparing the carbon footprint of reusing old hardware for a homelab versus using a green VPS from Hetzner.

Homelab/Self-Hosting Reddit SelfHosted

Shoutout to Pocketbase

A user shares a positive experience using Pocketbase as a self-hosted backend-as-a-service focusing on simplicity and SQLite integration.

Homelab/Self-Hosting Reddit SelfHosted

Nature and Science Self-hosted projects?

A user seeks recommendations for self-hosted projects related to nature and science.

Homelab/Self-Hosting Reddit SelfHosted

AceStream to Plex -> setup improvement request

A request for better alternatives to a complex AceStream to Plex pipeline for streaming content.

Homelab/Self-Hosting Reddit SelfHosted

Trying to set up selfhosted adguard and router keeps changing itself.

A user is struggling to configure AdGuard Home as a DNS server on their local network without causing router instability.

Homelab/Self-Hosting Reddit SelfHosted

Image Processing Recommendations?

A user is looking for image processing alternatives to SnapOtter that offer better OIDC and permission management.

AI/ML Hacker News

Better Models: Worse Tools

The author discusses regressions in tool calling behavior in newer Anthropic models, suggesting they may be over-optimized for a closed-source harness called Claude Code.

AI/ML Hacker News

GPT-5.5 Codex reasoning-token clustering may be leading to degraded performance

A discussion on how reasoning-token clustering in GPT-5.5 Codex may be causing performance degradation.

Software Engineering Lobste.rs

Returning to Zig

A user shares their experience and motivations for returning to the Zig programming language.