Tech Business/VC Hacker News

Canadian government spent $46.8M on a secret Palantir contract

The Canadian government has awarded a secret $46.8 million contract to Palantir for data analysis services.

Other Hacker News

The Flat Curve Society

A discussion thread on Hacker News regarding the 'Flat Curve Society'.

Homelab/Self-Hosting Reddit SelfHosted

I've just launched my first 100% free, local only, debt management app. Feedback is greatly appreciated!

A developer has released 'MAKE ME LIQUID', a free, local-only debt management application that focuses on the relationship between debt and time.

Other Hacker News

Help I Accidentally a Wigglegram

A community discussion about creating wigglegrams, a style of 3D-like animation from multiple photos.

AI/ML Hacker News

Sakana Fugu

Discussion regarding Sakana AI's Fugu, a model-merging technique designed to create specialized LLMs without extensive retraining.

Hardware/Chips Hackaday

Brewing Espresso with Ultrasonic Assistance

A project exploring the use of ultrasonic transducers to assist in the espresso brewing process to potentially improve extraction.

Software Engineering Hacker News

Memory Safe Inline Assembly

A discussion on implementing memory-safe inline assembly to prevent low-level programming errors.

AI/ML Hacker News

You're probably using Agent Skills wrong

An exploration of the common misconceptions and suboptimal patterns when implementing Agent Skills in AI agents.

Homelab/Self-Hosting Reddit SelfHosted

Second provider with nzbdav

A community query regarding the necessity of using multiple providers on different backbones when using nzbdav for streaming.

Tech Business/VC Hacker News

The Doom Justifies the Valuation

A discussion regarding the justification of corporate valuations based on perceived risks or 'doom'.

Other Hacker News

1983 Northern Telecom Commodore Phone

A showcase of a vintage 1983 Northern Telecom Commodore Phone.

Software Engineering Hacker News

From Combinatorial Mess to Linear Elegance: Architecting a Conversion Engine

A technical exploration of architecting a conversion engine to move from complex combinatorial logic to linear elegance.

AI/ML Hacker News

Good results fine tuning a local LLM like Qwen 3:0.6B to categorize questions

Reports on successful fine-tuning of a local LLM (Qwen 3:0.6B) for the specific task of question categorization.

Software Engineering Hacker News

My 1992 view of the problems of computer programming in 1992

A reflective piece on the state and challenges of computer programming as viewed from the perspective of 1992.

Hardware/Chips ServeTheHome

MiTAC Computex 2026 Booth Tour: Diamond Cooling, 52U Racks, and More

MiTAC presents new server hardware at Computex 2026, featuring diamond cooling and 52U racks.

Software Engineering Lobste.rs

PivCo-Huffman “merge” operations

A technical discussion on PivCo-Huffman merge operations.

Homelab/Self-Hosting Reddit SelfHosted

Best way to secure 35 remote PiSignage players? Moving from Cloudflare to Tailscale + Firewall

A user seeks advice on securing 35 remote Raspberry Pi digital signage players using Tailscale and local firewalls.

Homelab/Self-Hosting Reddit SelfHosted

Switching/switching from Tailscale to Headscale or Wireguard on Synology NAS?

A discussion on migrating from Tailscale to Headscale or Wireguard due to regulatory concerns in Canada.

Homelab/Self-Hosting Reddit SelfHosted

Recommendations for media player stick

A user seeks recommendations for a media player stick to replace a slowing Amazon Fire Stick for Jellyfin.

AI/ML Hacker News

Claude: Elevated Error Rates for Opus 4.8, Opus 4.7, Opus 4.6, and Sonnet 4.6

Anthropic reports elevated error rates for several versions of its Claude Opus and Sonnet models.