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Show HN: Bailout – The coding agent meant to be deleted
hey hn,i made bailout for a pretty specific problem. you boot a fresh vm and want an agent to help get it set up, except you dont have your agent set up yet. no gh, no config, no api key handy. might not even have codex / claude code / opencode curled and loaded. or you already have a setup but opencode / pi / whatever stopped launching, and the thing you'd normally ask to fix it is the thing that's broken.for me, and this is embarrassing, but at work we switched fr
Show HN: A 3D Mac window switcher with browser tab support and search
Hey HN. I made this little app, because I missed Compiz but also because I wanted a way to switch between tabs as well as my windows.Around 2008 a Linux desktop could spin your windows around a cube and flip through them like cards, and so far I have not seen anything like that on Mac. I also tried a bunch of different Command-Tab alternatives like AltTab, but so far they always lacked the following things: a live visual preview of windows and some kind of way to switch and search between indivi
Show HN: Set, offline Markdown note-taking app with device-to-device sync
Hi HN. I am an avid user of Notion (https://notion.so) and really like the ergonomics of its block-based editor, but with how the product is evolving I felt I was missing a simple "single-player" experience of just taking notes and jotting down my thoughts. Hence, Set exists. It's in beta and all feedback is appreciated.You can use the app in the browser but notes are saved only to that browser session. The device-to-device sync and local dictation is desktop only. All n
Show HN: WTF > Auto-check what your coding agent changed
wTF is my attempt to understand all the development that my agents are doing all the time without getting splitting headaches and standing a chance of reading a couple of pages in any given book by the end of day. It gives me an overview of what actually happened.<p>It's also in early experimentation to see if it can help ground the agents in actual reality. Not there yet, though.<p>Free, open source, no API, 100% local.
Critical Linux kernel vulnerability ZcopyReaper allows privilege escalation
Smarter MSP disclosed that a critical Linux kernel vulnerability, identified as CVE-2026-43502 and nicknamed ZcopyReaper, poses a significant risk to Linux environments. This flaw allows unprivileged ...
Public Exploits Released for Four Linux Kernel Flaws That Enable Local Root
Public exploits for four patched Linux kernel flaws let local users gain root; three require unprivileged user namespaces.
Linux fixed a Windows frustration I didn’t know I had
I tried System76's Pop_OS Linux distro after hearing about it on the most recent episode of The Full Nerd, and it opened my eyes to something I never knew Windows could do—and now I'm desperately downloading third-party apps trying to replicate the feature in Microsoft's walled garden.
Linux was called 'obsolete' in 1992, and now it powers servers around the world
The debate started on January 29th, 1992, over on the comp.os.minix Usenet board. In a thread titled " LINUX is obsolete ," ...
My 6 favorite Microsoft Office alternatives for Linux – and why
If you’re new to Linux and wondering what can replace Microsoft Office, you have plenty of options. Here are my favorite Linux office suites. Some might surprise you.
PearOS is the MacOS of Linux, and the latest version is better than ever
With the latest release, the developer refines pearOS' Liquid Glass look with a host of improvements. MacOS users should be ...
Convey is a GTK4/libadwaita fork of Linux email app Geary
Convey is a new Linux email client based on the code of Geary, remade with a GTK4/libadwaita UI and support for Microsoft 365 accounts. Somewhat like
Inside Linux-AI OS: I tested a distro with built-in local AI
Linux AI OS is another distribution that includes AI, but this time around it does something that other distributions don't.
I tried the "better" Arch Linux for a week and I was WRONG
so i used unsystemd arch linux for a week OST/Music that I use: - U2 Akiyama ~ Argue for And Against - Windmill Isle (Day) ...
Show HN: Prohibition of Nuclear Launch Automation
I helped advocate for the following language in the annual US military funding bill from last year. Not very many people are aware that this is part of Federal law: it prohibits nuclear launch automation and requires a human in the loop for nuclear weapons employment. FY2025 NDAA SEC. 1638. SENSE OF CONGRESS WITH RESPECT TO USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO SUPPORT STRATEGIC DETERRENCE.
(a) Sense of Congress.—It is the sense of Congress that—
(1) the considered use of artificial in
Show HN: ReacherX – Open-source platform to find and reach the right people
Hi HN, I'm Salman. I started ReacherX as a side project in mid 2023 while studying at university, working part-time, and freelancing. I went full-time on it in June 2026. First time sharing something I built on Hacker News ;)ReacherX is an open-source platform for finding the people you're looking for on X/Twitter and LinkedIn.There's also an interactive demo linked in the README, prepopulated with fictional data, so you can click around and get a feel for the product without
These 50-year-old Linux commands still beat modern alternatives
Older commands can still be faster—and more flexible, powerful, and accessible too!
Show HN: In-Browser Sanskrit ASR Model
Su-śrotā Sanskrit ASR — ONNX & In-Browser INT8
This repository provides ONNX and INT8 quantized exports of Su-śrotā (v13b), a scholar-grade Sanskrit speech recognition model developed by Prof. Prathosh A P (Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru).These models allow running Sanskrit ASR 100% serverless in a web browser (via onnxruntime-web) or locally on Mac/Linux/Windows with zero PyTorch/NeMo dependencies.Demo -> https://h3manth.com/ai/sanskrit-asr/
Show HN: Pkgbot – Fast Linux package search engine
I recently switched to NixOS and in the process of setting it up, found the package search on its repo site very clunky and tedious. No permalink to share, no way to find or sort by recency or version.That got me thinking that most repo websites, including aggregators like pkgs.org and repology.org have the same issue with UX (AUR is nice and simple though).So I made https://pkg.bot on top of the excellent Repology data dump specifically with the following subjective goals:- Good, non-
Show HN: An open source PDF Reader with annotation, notes, SRS, Linking support
A calm, local-first desktop PDF reader designed to make sure you remember what you read. You can link notes across files and group notes/annotations into a larger Markdown note, which can be linked with others.The Releases are only for Windows, but you can use the code to build for any system Tauri Supports (Linux- Debian or macOS).It's fast and small in size and has first-class support for annotations and note-taking.You can check out the code herehttps://github.com/ros
Show HN: Pingularity – scheduled Ookla/iperf3 speedtest dashboard, outage alerts
I was having intermittent issues with my ISP after switching and was looking for something that would let me easily trend downtimes, speed tests, and latency, but the existing projects out there (speedtest-tracker, myspeed, netcheck, etc.) lacked a few things I needed. I gradually put together my own, it's simple to install and supports Linux, macOS, Windows, and Docker.Interactive demo with sample data: https://demo.pingularity.dev/Install from https://pingularity.