Hacker News with Generative AI: Software

Qt 6.9 Released (qt.io)
Qt 6.9 is now available, with new features and improvements for application developers and device creators! As some of the highlights, upgrading to Qt 6.9 brings emoji rendering in existing applications up to the latest standards, order independent transparency for Qt Quick 3D, significant enhancements to address modern OAuth2 requirements, and multiple new performance features across all platforms and devices.

Software, Qt, New Releases, Performance, Application Development

4 points by amichail 1 hour ago | 0 comments

Web Server for AoE 1, 2 and 3 DE supporting LAN multiplayer 100% offline (github.com/luskaner)
Age LAN Server is a web server that allows you to play multiplayer LAN game modes without having an internet connection to the game server ensuring the game LAN functionality is still available even if the official server is in maintenance or is eventually shutdown.

Gaming, LAN Gaming, Software, Open Source

78 points by apitman 2 hours ago | 6 comments

Proof-of-work to protect lore.kernel.org and git.kernel.org against AI crawlers (kernel.org)
I'm sad to say that we're following the lead of many others and putting in proof-of-work proxies into place to protect ourselves against "AI" crawler bots. Yes, I hate this as much as you, but all other options are currently worse (such as locking us into specific vendors).We'll be rolling it out on lore.kernel.org and git.kernel.org in the next week or so.

Security, Artificial Intelligence, Open Source, Software

48 points by luu 3 hours ago | 59 comments

The affidavit of a Rippling employee caught spying for Deel (techcrunch.com)
On Wednesday, Rippling publicly released the affidavit of the Rippling employee who testified that he was working as a spy for the HR tech company’s arch rival Deel.

Business, Legal, Software, Competition

11 points by gregdoesit 5 hours ago | 0 comments

Ace: Realtime Computer Autopilot (generalagents.com)
Ace is a computer autopilot that performs tasks on your desktop using your mouse and keyboard.

Automation, Software, User Interfaces, Desktop Applications

48 points by huerne 7 hours ago | 12 comments

Show HN: Arrakis – Open-source, self-hostable sandboxing service for AI Agents (github.com/abshkbh)
AI agents can generate malicious or buggy code that can attack the host system its run on.

AI, Security, Open Source, Software, Agents

23 points by abshkbh 8 hours ago | 2 comments

We Moved Off Next.js (documenso.com)
When we started building Documenso, choosing Next.js was a no-brainer. We wanted SSR (server-side rendering), easy routing, and the vibrant community that came with it. It helped us ship fast, iterate quickly, and provided all the essentials in one neat package. For a while, it was exactly what we needed.

Web Development, Next.js, Software, Technology, Frameworks

12 points by ko_pivot 9 hours ago | 2 comments

Bare: Run JavaScript Everywhere (pears.com)
The Holepunch team has introduced Bare, a groundbreaking minimal JavaScript runtime designed for both desktop and mobile.

JavaScript, Runtime Environments, Programming Languages, Software, Mobile Development

38 points by delduca 9 hours ago | 23 comments

Django 5.2 Released (djangoproject.com)
The Django team is happy to announce the release of Django 5.2.

New Releases, Software, Python, Web Development, Django

53 points by j4mie 11 hours ago | 22 comments

Nushell 0.103 released, with background jobs support (nushell.sh)
Today, we're releasing version 0.103.0 of Nu. This release adds support for spawning background jobs, attaching attributes to custom commands, official .deb, .apk, and .rpm packages, a number of Vi-mode enhancements, more than 20 new proposed commands in the std-rfc module, and much more.

New Releases, Software, Command Line, Shell, Operating Systems

16 points by sunshine-o 11 hours ago | 0 comments

PowerToys Command Palette Utility (microsoft.com)
PowerToys Command Palette allows you to easily access all of your most frequently used commands, apps, and development tools - all from a single solution that is fast, customizable to your unique preferences, and extensible to include your favorite apps.

Windows, Productivity, Software, Tools, Customization

13 points by quyleanh 12 hours ago | 9 comments

Show HN: Hot Notes – Fuzzy Search for Apple Notes (macOS) (hotmatcha.dev)
Hot Notes is a macOS app that opens your Apple Notes using fast fuzzy search

macOS, Apple Notes, Productivity, Search, Software

9 points by emadda 12 hours ago | 7 comments

Firefox maker Mozilla prepares Gmail-like Thundermail (theregister.com)
Thunderbird, Firefox maker Mozilla's open-source email client, is aiming to reinvent itself as a more comprehensive communications platform.

Email, Open Source, Software, Mozilla, Thunderbird

21 points by laktak 18 hours ago | 9 comments

Call for testing: OpenSSH 10.0 (DSA support removed) (mindrot.org)
Hi all. OpenSSH 10.0p1 is almost ready for release, so we would appreciate testing on as many platforms and systems as possible. This is primarily a bugfix release, although one notable change is the introduction of the sshd-auth binary (see below).

Software, Security, Open Source, Networking

10 points by cnst 22 hours ago | 3 comments

Show HN: VaporVibe – auto-generate video demos for vibe-coded projects (influme.ai)

Software, Open Source, Video Generation, AI

5 points by gmdnn 22 hours ago | 5 comments

Show HN: I vibecoded a 35k LoC recipe app (recipeninja.ai)

Web Development, Software, Personal Projects, Recipes

116 points by tomblomfield 23 hours ago | 227 comments

Tailscale Enterprise Plan 9 Support (tailscale.com)
MURRAY HILL, NJ — Tailscale, the leading provider of effortless, private networking for modern distributed computing, today announced support for Plan 9™ from Bell Labs™, the operating system redefining how networks, resources, and computation are managed.

Networking, Operating Systems, Software, Security

43 points by donatj 1 day ago | 3 comments

Python Adopts Standard Lock File Format for Reproducible Installs (socket.dev)
Python has officially standardized a lock file format.

Python, Software, Reproducibility, Package Management

8 points by feross 1 day ago | 0 comments

DEDA – Tracking Dots Extraction, Decoding and Anonymisation Toolkit (github.com/dfd-tud)
Document Colour Tracking Dots, or yellow dots, are small systematic dots which encode information about the printer and/or the printout itself. This process is integrated in almost every commercial colour laser printer. This means that almost every printout contains coded information about the source device, such as the serial number.

Privacy, Security, Software, Data Analysis

280 points by pavel_lishin 1 day ago | 95 comments

Free, simple, fast interactive diagrams for any GitHub repository (github.com/ahmedkhaleel2004)
Turn any GitHub repository into an interactive diagram for visualization in seconds.

GitHub, Visualization, Tools, Software, Open Source

10 points by sharjeelsayed 1 day ago | 0 comments

FUSE File-Systems to Support Much Longer Filenames with Linux 6.15 (phoronix.com)

Linux, File Systems, Operating Systems, Kernel, Software

6 points by LinuxBender 1 day ago | 0 comments

Zed Agentic Editing (zed.dev)
Support for autonomous AI-driven edits, with a refreshed Assistant Panel, better MCP integration, and more.

Artificial Intelligence, Software, Editors, Productivity, Web Development

14 points by indigodaddy 1 day ago | 1 comments

Can't Install CamelCase and Decamelize (github.com/npm)
NPM is investigating: We are currently investigating reports of intermittent failures when viewing and installing packages scoped to certain keywords.

Software, Bug, NPM, Packages

10 points by baq 1 day ago | 1 comments

Show HN: Finzz – Stocks That Talk (finzz.xyz)
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Finance, Stocks, Software, Artificial Intelligence

11 points by unsoldbanana 1 day ago | 1 comments

How Big Is OpenVMS? (vmssoftware.com)
This question was asked during my Boot Camp presentation last fall in Boston, and over the past 35 years dozens of times people have asked, how big is VMS? That translates into "how many lines of code are in VMS"? I thought it was time to at least make a stab at pursuing some insight into the answer. I wrote some command procedures to count the number of source lines in .B32, .B64, .C, .MAR, .M64, and .S files.

Operating Systems, Programming, Software, Code, Size

11 points by jandeboevrie 1 day ago | 0 comments

Tell HN: Camelgate NPM Outage (Cloudflare) (ycombinator.com)
EDIT: Back online?!NPM discussion: https://github.com/npm/cli/issues/8203NPM incident: https://status.npmjs.org/incidents/hdtkrsqp134sCloudflare messaging: https://www.cloudflarestatus.com/incidents/gshczn1wxh74GitHub issue: https://github.com/sindresorhus/camelcase/issues/114Anyone experiencing npm outage that's more than just the referenced camelcase package?

Software, Web Development, Cloud Computing, Networking

116 points by bavarianbob 1 day ago | 33 comments

Discover European alternatives to popular SaaS (xwiki.com)
Let’s face it: Big Tech companies will always put their interests first. If Europe truly wants digital sovereignty, we need to stop handing over our infrastructure to Silicon Valley giants. Yet, despite all the talk, many businesses and governments still sign contracts with Microsoft, Google, and Atlassian, locking themselves into foreign control. We can’t afford to keep making the same mistake.

Software, Privacy, Europe, Open Source, Digital Sovereignty

9 points by lorinab 1 day ago | 2 comments

Tailscale Enterprise Plan 9 Support (tailscale.com)
MURRAY HILL, NJ — Tailscale, the leading provider of effortless, private networking for modern distributed computing, today announced support for Plan 9™ from Bell Labs™, the operating system redefining how networks, resources, and computation are managed.

Networking, Operating Systems, Security, Software, New Releases

10 points by mef 1 day ago | 3 comments

Firefox 137 starts rolling out tab groups (mozilla.org)
Release Notes tell you what’s new in Firefox. As always, we welcome your feedback. You can also file a bug in Bugzilla or see the system requirements of this release.