Open Source Hacker News

OpenRA

OpenRA is an open-source engine for recreating classic real-time strategy games.

Other Hacker News

If You Can't Hold It, You Don't Own It

A philosophical discussion on the importance of physical ownership and control over digital assets.

Software Engineering Lobste.rs

Shard your locks: benchmarking 6 Go cache designs

A technical benchmark comparison of six different Go cache designs focusing on lock sharding to improve concurrency.

Homelab/Self-Hosting Reddit SelfHosted

How many services do you have and how do you manage them?

A community discussion regarding the scale and management of homelab services, comparing tools like Proxmox, Docker, and Portainer.

Tech Business/VC Hacker News

Nox Metals (YC S25) Is Hiring SWE

Nox Metals is currently hiring software engineers.

Other Hacker News

Cultures of Making and Relating

A discussion on cultures of making and relating.

AI/ML TechCrunch

Asian AI startups launch Mythos-like models as Anthropic’s export ban drags on

Asian AI startups are developing models similar to Mythos to circumvent US export bans on AI technology.

Other The Verge

This puzzle game’s simple premise hides surprising depth

A review of a puzzle game called 'What's the Password?' featuring deep gameplay mechanics within a simple premise.

Other The Verge

This might be the new best smart speaker

A guide to smart speakers and various cultural recommendations including games and art movements.

Homelab/Self-Hosting Reddit SelfHosted

I selfhost cute Catpictures as a Service: https://randomcat.de

A user shares their self-hosted service that provides random cat pictures via web and CLI.

Open Source Reddit SelfHosted

Hermes SEG: a complete self-hosted email platform — Dovecot mail server, Nextcloud calendars/contacts/files, SSO, encryption, and a security gateway (AGPLv3, fully free)

Hermes SEG is a comprehensive, open-source self-hosted email and groupware platform integrating mail servers, SSO, and security gateways.

Open Source Reddit SelfHosted

Self-Hosters Wanted: Test & Improve AltSendme(AGPL 3.0)

AltSendme is a peer-to-peer file sharing project utilizing Iroh relays for NAT traversal and encrypted relay fallback.

Other Ars Technica

Apple and Audi alumni have made a luxe EV based on the moon buggy

Former Apple and Audi engineers have created the Amble One, a luxury street-legal electric buggy for resorts.

Hardware/Chips Hackaday

A Quantum Magic 8-Ball

A creative project transforming a classic Magic 8-Ball toy into a quantum-based randomizer.

Software Engineering Phoronix

Linux MD RAID5 Seeing Scalability Improvements Up To 17%

New patches for the Linux kernel are introducing scalability improvements of up to 17% for MD RAID5 software RAID.

Other Hacker News

The US Army Issued Ocarinas to Soldiers in World War II

An article discussing the US Army's distribution of ocarinas to soldiers during World War II.

AI/ML Phoronix

GNOME AI Assistant Adds Image Generation Support

The GNOME AI assistant, Newelle, has released version 1.4.5, introducing AI image generation and a revamped chat interface.

Software Engineering Hacker News

Fintech Engineering Handbook

A handbook focused on engineering practices and challenges specifically within the fintech sector.

Software Engineering Hacker News

Beer CSS – Build material design in record time

Beer CSS is a CSS framework designed to enable rapid development of Material Design interfaces.

Open Source Phoronix

KDE Plasma 6.7.2 To Fix KWin's Most Common Crash, Plasma 6.8 To Not Crash When Ejecting CDs

KDE Plasma 6.7.2 and 6.8 are introducing fixes for common KWin crashes and CD ejection issues, with 6.8 moving toward Wayland-only.