Hacker News with Generative AI: Collaboration

Obsidian is now free for work (obsidian.md)
People in over 10,000 organizations use Obsidian for work.
Looks Like It's Time for All of Us to Come Together and Here's Why It Matters (ycombinator.com)
Open source projects could sell SBOM fragments (thomas-huehn.com)
Scanning source files for licensing information (because the package managers‘ metadata is insufficient) is a lot of work, and a lot of wasted effort, because only rarely do companies pool their resources.
Show HN: Tools for Math Research (sugaku.net)
A platform for mathematics researchers to explore literature, find collaborators, and engage with mathematical content through advanced computational tools.
LibreOffice still kicking at 40, now with browser tricks and real-time collab (theregister.com)
FOSDEM 2025 LibreOffice is a big, mature chunk of code now, but that doesn't make it impossible to teach it impressive new tricks. Some of them could make it more important than ever.
LibreOffice goes collaborative and WASM as ZetaOffice (theregister.com)
LibreOffice is a big, mature chunk of code now, but that doesn't make it impossible to teach it impressive new tricks. Some of them could make it more important than ever.
Initiative from Google, OpenAI, Discord, others could transform trust and safety (platformer.news)
Recently when I’ve written about efforts to make platforms safer, it has been in the context of those efforts seeming to fail.
A tale of distros joining forces for a common goal: reproducible builds [video] (fosdem.org)
Java: RedHat X IBM Annoucement (redhat.com)
Today, we’re sharing that Red Hat and IBM will join forces to secure the future of the Java application ecosystem for our customers.
My Co-Founder threw away 90% of the code I wrote (ycombinator.com)
TL;DR: This is an appreciation post for all those co-founders who take our messy, hacky code, and somehow transform it into maintainable, production-ready software.
Show HN: Bindle – Self-Organizing Folders and Chat with Your Documents (bindle.work)
Bindle is the easiest way to organize and AI chat with everything in your workspace, no matter what you do.
One Million Checkboxes the Viral Game That Defied Convention (corecursive.com)
What if internet trolls could become your greatest collaborators? Nolen Royalty discovered this unexpected truth when his simple checkbox game went viral.
Show HN: Val Town Projects (val.town)
Today we’re releasing Val Town Projects in public beta to unlock a whole new level of complexity for what you can build in Val Town. Projects are groups of vals, files, and folders that are versioned collectively, and deployed on our serverless platform. They support powerful workflows, such as feature branches, that make it easy to build and deploy large applications.
Alibaba, Datadog, and Quesma Join Forces on Go Compile-Time Instrumentation (opentelemetry.io)
Standards are only useful if they’re widely adopted, and adoption is only effective if the available tooling facilitates it. I imagine SI units would not have been too popular when they were introduced if you had to build your own scales to weigh things in Kilograms!
Trae.ai IDE (trae.ai)
TraeTrae is an adaptive AI IDE that transforms how you work, collaborating with you to run faster.
Evo: Version control that works the way you think (github.com/crazywolf132)
Evo is a modern, offline-first version control system that focuses on what matters most: helping developers write great code together.
Work Is Just Work (robinrendle.com)
I love work. It drives me. It’s exciting. Everything about building things with folks is a pure thrill.
Helix Release 25.01 Highlights (helix-editor.com)
The new year brings in a new Helix release! Say hello to 25.01. This is an especially large release comprising changes from a whopping 171 contributors. Thank you to everyone who made this release possible!
Git Branch Management: Exploring the Realm of Possibilities (2023) (scalastic.io)
When it comes to collaborative software development, effective Git branch management is crucial for your team’s efficiency and productivity. In this article, we will explore various Git branch management models to help you optimize your workflow.
Show HN: Savvy – Capture and Share CLI Workflows in Seconds (getsavvy.so)
Learn from experts on your team without waking them up
Automotive Grade Linux Launches New Expert Group Led by Toyota (automotivelinux.org)
Reducing WASM binary size: lessons from building a web terminal (warp.dev)
We’re building Warp, an intelligent terminal written in Rust. We recently decided to cross-compile our app to web via WASM and are now making Warp available through the browser. Bringing Warp to the web is another step towards making our app more available and more useful for collaborative development!
Lies I was told about collab editing, Part 1: Algorithms for offline editing (moment.dev)
In early 2024, I began investigating collaborative editing systems for use in Moment’s core text editor.
1Password Joins the Rails Foundation (1password.com)
We’re excited to share some big news: 1Password is officially joining the Rails Foundation!
Bananas: Cross-Platform screen sharing made simple (github.com/mistweaverco)
Bananas🍌, Cross-Platform screen 🖥️ sharing 📡 made simple ⚡.
TiddlyWiki MultiWikiServer (tiddlywiki.com)
TiddlyWiki MultiWikiServer is loading
Show HN: Fireproof – local-first database with Git-like encrypted sync (fireproof.storage)
Quickly add live data to any app or page.
Ask HN: What open source projects need help? (ycombinator.com)
Let's match open source projects that need help with developers looking to contribute. Think of this as "Who's Hiring" but for open source - a monthly thread to surface interesting projects that could use more hands.
NoVNC: Add Automatic Clipboard Support (github.com/novnc)
This PR adds support for automatic copy-pasting. So when you are focused on the canvas and paste text it's pasted in the server and when you copy something in the server it's automatically copied to your local keyboard.
The closest open-source alternatives to Notion and Miro (github.com/toeverything)