Hacker News with Generative AI: Standards

The Strategy Behind MCP (medium.com)
Model Context Protocol (MCP), first defined by Anthropic, is surfing a wave of enthusiasm right now. MCP has, incredibly quickly, become a de-facto standard for integration with LLMs. OpenAI’s announcement of support for MCP in the last week of March 2025 essentially confirms this position. New announcements of MCP support are emerging on an almost hourly basis.
Artificial Intelligence, OpenAI, Standards
3 points by mooreds 1 day ago | 0 comments
Python lock files have officially been standardized (python.org)
Python, Programming Languages, Standards, Open Source
36 points by ofek 2 days ago | 17 comments
A diagram of C23 basic types (wordpress.com)
This week on the C committee mailing list we had a discussion about how C’s types are organized into different categories. At the end I came up with a diagram with that organization. It basically translates the section “6.2.5 Types” of the C23 standard into a graph of inclusions.
C Programming, Programming Languages, Data Structures, Diagrams, Standards
6 points by ingve 4 days ago | 0 comments
C and C++ prioritize performance over correctness (2023) (swtch.com)
The original ANSI C standard, C89, introduced the concept of “undefined behavior,” which was used both to describe the effect of outright bugs like accessing memory in a freed object and also to capture the fact that existing implementations differed about handling certain aspects of the language, including use of uninitialized values, signed integer overflow, and null pointer handling.
Programming Languages, Software Development, C, C++, Standards
92 points by endorphine 5 days ago | 126 comments
SpecTec Has Been Adopted (webassembly.org)
Two weeks ago, the Wasm Community Group voted to adopt SpecTec for authoring future editions of the Wasm spec.
WebAssembly, Standards, Community, Software
3 points by todsacerdoti 6 days ago | 0 comments
Adopting the Ferrocene Language Specification (rust-lang.org)
Some years ago, Ferrous Systems assembled a description of Rust called the FLS1. They've since been faithfully maintaining and updating this document for new versions of Rust, and they've successfully used it to qualify toolchains based on Rust for use in safety-critical industries. Seeing this success, others have also begun to rely on the FLS for their own qualification efforts when building with Rust.
Rust, Programming Languages, Standards, Safety-Critical Systems
10 points by rascul 6 days ago | 0 comments
IETF setting standards for AI preferences (ietf.org)
The “ietf-ipv6-mostly” WiFi SSID at IETF 122 Bangkok will allow devices to signal a preference for IPv6-only operation while still supporting IPv4 (if needed) via translation mechanisms. Onsite participants are encouraged to try this service when they connect to the IETF meeting network.
Networking, Standards, Artificial Intelligence, Internet Protocol
37 points by Mithriil 12 days ago | 12 comments
The contenteditable "plaintext-only" attribute value combination is now Baseline (web.dev)
Celebration: This web feature is now available in all three major browser engines, and becomes Baseline Newly available as of March 4, 2025.
Web Development, HTML, Browsers, Standards
5 points by feross 13 days ago | 0 comments
Launching RDAP; sunsetting WHOIS (icann.org)
As of 28 January 2025, the Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP) will be the definitive source for delivering generic top-level domain name (gTLD) registration information in place of sunsetted WHOIS services.
Internet, Domain Names, Technology, Standards
886 points by radeeyate 17 days ago | 347 comments
The Defer Technical Specification: It Is Time (thephd.dev)
After the Graz, Austria February 2025 WG14 Meeting, I am now confident in the final status of the defer TS, and it is now time.
Programming Languages, Standards, Technical Specifications
130 points by mattjhall 17 days ago | 68 comments
The Defer Technical Specification: It Is Time (thephd.dev)
After the Graz, Austria February 2025 WG14 Meeting, I am now confident in the final status of the defer TS, and it is now time.
Programming Languages, C, Standards
11 points by todsacerdoti 18 days ago | 2 comments
RCS Encryption: A Leap Towards Secure and Interoperable Messaging (gsma.com)
In my last post, ‘RCS Now in iOS: a New Chapter for Mobile Messaging‘, I celebrated the integration of Rich Communication Services (RCS) with Apple’s iOS 18, a culmination of years of collaboration across mobile operators, device manufacturers, and technology providers. Today, I am pleased to announce the next milestone: the availability of new GSMA specifications for RCS  that include end-to-end encryption (E2EE) based on the Messaging Layer Security (MLS) protocol.
Mobile Messaging, Security, Encryption, Standards
5 points by zdw 18 days ago | 1 comments
Open-UI: Maintain an open standard for UI and promote its adherence and adoption (github.com/openui)
It's time to modernize HTML once again, and standardize the underlying technology needed by web developers to create the most common patterns of form and website-level UI controls.
Web Development, Open Source, Standards, HTML, User Interface
347 points by ksec 25 days ago | 102 comments
Standards for ANSI Escape Codes (jvns.ca)
Hello! Today I want to talk about ANSI escape codes.
Standards, Programming, Terminal Emulators
24 points by nikbackm 26 days ago | 3 comments
Standards for ANSI Escape Codes (jvns.ca)
Hello! Today I want to talk about ANSI escape codes.
Standards, Programming, Terminal Emulators, Text Formatting
13 points by hanche 26 days ago | 1 comments
Most IT companies fail to serve security.txt for RFC 9116 in 2025 (hartwork.org)
Most IT companies fail to serve security.txt for RFC 9116 in 2025
Security, IT, RFC, Standards
43 points by spyc 31 days ago | 32 comments
Towards a test suite for TOTP codes (shkspr.mobi)
Because I'm a massive nerd, I actually try to read specification documents. As I've ranted ad nauseam about the current TOTP0 spec being irresponsibly obsolete.
Security, Cryptography, Standards, Software
107 points by ColinWright 31 days ago | 38 comments
Wi-Fi 7 Overview (2024) (mrncciew.com)
In this post, we will provide a high-level overview of Wi-Fi 7 (based on IEEE 802.11be, also known as EHT – Extremely High Throughput). IEEE began working on 802.11be in early 2019, with the following key objectives in mind.
Wi-Fi, Networking, Technology, Standards
44 points by speckx 35 days ago | 46 comments
Elementary Functions and Not Following IEEE754 Floating-Point Standard (2020) (hlsl.co.uk)
The IEEE-754 Standard for floating-point numbers was introduced initially in 1985 to solve the problem of diverse floating point implementations prevent code being portable and increase stability across platforms.
Mathematics, Programming, Standards
60 points by dreamer_soul 51 days ago | 32 comments
Evolution of Whois Protocol to RDAP (2019) (icann.org)
The Registration Data Access Protocol, known as RDAP, was created by the technical community in the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) as an eventual replacement for the WHOIS protocol.
Internet, Protocols, Standards, Technology, Network Management
17 points by Eavolution 52 days ago | 6 comments
It is time to standardize principles and practices for software memory safety (cacm.acm.org)
Twenty-one co-authors, spanning academia and industry, with expertise in memory-safety research, deployment, and policy, argue that standardization is an essential next step to achieving universal strong memory safety.
Software Development, Memory Safety, Standards, Security
76 points by mepian 56 days ago | 98 comments
F-strings for C++26 proposal [pdf] (open-std.org)
C++, Programming Languages, Software Development, Standards
183 points by HeliumHydride 59 days ago | 213 comments
RFC: agents.json, a robots.txt for agents (github.com/jmilinovich)
The web is evolving from a human-first interface to one that serves both humans and artificial agents.
Web Development, Artificial Intelligence, Robots, Open Source, Standards
10 points by jmilinovich 62 days ago | 2 comments
OpenTherm: Universal protocol for smart home heating systems (opentherm.eu)
Smart Home, Home Automation, Heating Systems, Technology, Standards
12 points by singingwolfboy 67 days ago | 3 comments
Next-gen Ethernet standards set to move forward in 2025 (networkworld.com)
2024 was a banner year for Ethernet, which has been a foundational element of networking for more than 50 years and is poised for more advancements as 2025 kicks off.
Networking, Technology, Ethernet, Standards
17 points by Corrado 68 days ago | 8 comments
Going Nuts over NIST’s Standard Reference Peanut Butter (2016) (nist.gov)
NIST seems an unlikely source for peanut butter, but we actually sell a variety of “foods,” including spinach, low-calorie cranberry juice cocktail and something called “meat homogenate.”
Food Science, Standards, Government, NIST
113 points by rbanffy 68 days ago | 65 comments
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!
Go, OpenTelemetry, Instrumentation, Standards, Collaboration
37 points by darccio 69 days ago | 4 comments
CVSS Is Dead to Us (haxx.se)
CVSS is short for Common Vulnerability Scoring System and is according to Wikipedia a technical standard for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in computing systems.
Security, Software, Standards
81 points by TangerineDream 70 days ago | 13 comments
A standards-first web framework (nuejs.org)
Today Nue takes a new, more natural direction: it becomes a standards first web framework.
Web Frameworks, JavaScript, Standards
174 points by tipiirai 77 days ago | 215 comments
Anthropic achieves ISO 42001 certification for responsible AI (anthropic.com)
We are excited to announce that Anthropic has achieved accredited certification under the new ISO/IEC 42001:2023 standard for our AI management system.
Artificial Intelligence, AI Safety, Standards
84 points by Olshansky 77 days ago | 84 comments