Hacker News with Generative AI: Web Development

Compiler Explorer and the promise of URLs that last forever (xania.org)
The history is this: back in the old days (2012), we used to store the entire Compiler Explorer state in the URL. That got unwieldy (who would have thought encoding an entire compiler state in a URL might get a bit long?), so we added support for Google’s link shortener goo.gl in March 2014. That meant short links were of the form goo.gl/abc123.

Web Development, URL Shorteners, Compiler Explorer, History

357 points by anarazel 30 days ago | 189 comments

Launch HN: MindFort (YC X25) – AI agents for continuous pentesting (ycombinator.com)
Hey HN! We're Brandon, Sam, and Akul from MindFort (https://mindfort.ai). We're building autonomous AI agents that continuously find, validate, and patch security vulnerabilities in web applications—essentially creating an AI red team that runs 24/7.

Cybersecurity, Artificial Intelligence, Web Development, Startups

60 points by bveiseh 30 days ago | 24 comments

Wake Up, Remix (remix.run)
At React Conf last summer we announced that Remix was going to "take a nap".

JavaScript, Web Development, React, Frameworks, Conferences

33 points by dimitrisnl 30 days ago | 18 comments

Show HN: Puck – Open-source visual editor for React (github.com/puckeditor)
The visual editor for React.

React, Open Source, Visual Editors, Software, Web Development

32 points by chrisvxd 30 days ago | 15 comments

Silencing Firefox's Chattiness for Web App Testing (secureideas.com)
Firefox is one chatty browser! Even if you don’t actually use it for anything, it’s constantly making requests out to the internet for things like updates, checking network status, and sending telemetry data back to Mozilla. When using Firefox for web app testing, I’ve often noticed the constant stream of additional requests that get in the way. It’s possible to ignore them, but it turns out that it’s also really easy to disable most of that traffic.

Web Development, Testing, Firefox, Privacy

11 points by wslh 31 days ago | 1 comments

Google introduces webcam "liveness check" option to reCAPTCHA (google.com)
You’ll need to allow temporary camera access to capture your hand movements

Security, Google, AI, Web Development

18 points by aaaaaaaaax 31 days ago | 7 comments

React Meta-Framework Feels Broken, Here's Why (rwsdk.com)
Do you ever feel disjointed when building a web app? Like the pieces don’t exactly fit in the puzzle, both mentally and in the code?

React, Web Development, Frameworks

22 points by dthyresson 31 days ago | 7 comments

Show HN: I made the simplest RSVP tool after frustration with Google Forms (convide.online)

Web Development, Tools, User Experience

7 points by diogosmachado 31 days ago | 1 comments

CSS Painting API (mozilla.org)
The CSS Painting API — part of the CSS Houdini umbrella of APIs — allows developers to write JavaScript functions that can draw directly into an element's background, border, or content.

CSS, Web Development, JavaScript, APIs

56 points by 90s_dev 32 days ago | 24 comments

Show HN: CodeNow – CoderPad over WebRTC and WASM (vercel.app)

Web Development, Software, Code Editors, Open Source

16 points by solumos 32 days ago | 1 comments

Every wondered how Facebook spoofs Gmail message list snippet text? (ycombinator.com)
E.g. Gmail inbox shows a message contains "XXX tagged you on Facebook. Take a look about what she said on you."But when you open the message, there's no "Take a look about what she said on you."Answer. The text is present but hidden:Take a look at what she said about you.And unsurprisingly whenever I do click through, I find she hasn't said anything about me.

Social Media, User Interface, Email, Web Development, Privacy

87 points by chrisjj 32 days ago | 62 comments

Show HN: XOff an open source Chrome extension to change X links to Xcancel (codeberg.org)
Xoff automatically converts all x.com links on any web page to their live xcancel.com equivalents.

Chrome Extensions, Open Source, Web Development, Social Media

9 points by jaggs 32 days ago | 1 comments

CSS Minecraft (benjaminaster.com)
There is no JavaScript on this page. All the logic is made 100% with pure HTML & CSS. For the best performance, please close other tabs and running programs.

CSS, Web Development, Game Development

1220 points by mudkipdev 32 days ago | 140 comments

JupyterLite – Jupyter in the Browser (github.com/jupyterlite)
JupyterLite is a JupyterLab distribution that runs entirely in the browser built from the ground-up using JupyterLab components and extensions.

Web Development, Open Source, Jupyter, JavaScript, Browser

36 points by egonschiele 32 days ago | 0 comments

TIL: timeout in Bash scripts (heitorpb.github.io)
The other day at work we had a Bash script that would set up a web server and wait for it to be up before proceeding to the next things. The script worked fine and we had no issues, until we had an infinite loop.

Bash, Scripting, Web Development, Programming, Debugging

357 points by lr0 32 days ago | 97 comments

Stopping AI scrapers from taking down my server (ellis.link)
In my earlier post about Forgejo and scraper bots, I mentioned that adding a robots.txt file helped reduce scraping. Well, it turns out the bots only disappeared because I’d set the repository to private, and they were receiving numerous 404 errors. They weren’t actually respecting robots.txt (although Google, at least, was).

AI, Server Security, Web Development, Robots.txt

44 points by JadedBlueEyes 32 days ago | 0 comments

Show HN: A minimalist web timer for focus and time tracking (iamlockedin.com)

Web Development, Productivity, Time Management, Focus

107 points by StephenAlvin 32 days ago | 40 comments

Image Compression Basics and EXIF Privacy Guide (Client-Side Demo Tool) (slimimg.tools)
A single unoptimized hero image can weigh more than your entire web-page budget.

Image Compression, Web Development, Privacy, Tools

18 points by aaiiggcc000 32 days ago | 2 comments

Ruffle – open-source Flash player (ruffle.rs)
Made to run natively on all modern operating systems and browsers, Ruffle brings Flash content back to life with no extra fuss.

Open Source, Flash Player, Web Development, Software, Browsers

61 points by andsoitis 33 days ago | 1 comments

Ten years of JSON Web Token and preparing for the future (self-issued.info)
Ten years ago this week, in May 2015, the JSON Web Token (JWT) became RFC 7519.

Security, Standards, Software, Web Development

242 points by mooreds 33 days ago | 147 comments

Show HN: DaedalOS – Desktop Environment in the Browser (github.com/DustinBrett)

Web Development, Operating Systems, Open Source

201 points by DustinBrett 33 days ago | 79 comments

Show HN: Wall Go – browser remake of a Devil's Plan 2 mini-game (schaoss.github.io)

Games, Web Development, Retro Games, Programming, Browser Games

33 points by sychu 33 days ago | 12 comments

Building interactive web pages with Guile Hoot (spritely.institute)

Web Development, Programming Languages, Guile, JavaScript

68 points by e12e 33 days ago | 6 comments

Programming Basics with Tiki (tiki.li)

Programming, Tutorials, Beginner, Web Development, Software

28 points by tikili 33 days ago | 1 comments

Show HN: Photoshop Clone Built in React (github.com/chase-manning)
React Photo Studio is an online photo editing application. It is currently in Beta and so a lot of features are still in active development.

React, Web Development, Photo Editing, Open Source

49 points by chase-manning 33 days ago | 15 comments

SVG favicons in action (css-tricks.com)
Ever heard of favicons made with SVG? If you are a regular reader of CSS-Tricks, you probably have. But does your website actually use one?

Web Development, SVG, Favicons

100 points by stefankuehnel 34 days ago | 15 comments

Show HN: Web Apps for Python Devs with Auto-Generated UI (davia.ai)
Davia transforms your Python code into fully-functional tools with intuitive interfaces automatically. No more spending days on UI development or wrestling with frontend frameworks.

Python, Web Development, User Interface, Tools, AI

36 points by ruben-davia 35 days ago | 14 comments

Avoiding becoming the lone dependency peg with load-bearing anime (xeiaso.net)
While working on Anubis (a Web AI Firewall Utility designed to stop rampant scraping from taking out web services), one question in particular keeps coming up:

Web Development, Security, Anime, AI

46 points by cratermoon 35 days ago | 2 comments

Show HN: Genetic Boids Web Simulation (attentionmech.github.io)

Genetic Algorithms, Simulation, Web Development, Artificial Intelligence

158 points by vimgrinder 35 days ago | 36 comments

Big Problems From Big IN lists with Ruby on Rails and PostgreSQL (andyatkinson.com)
If you’ve created web apps with relational databases and ORMs like Active Record (part of Ruby on Rails), you’ve probably experienced database performance problems after a certain size of data and query volume.

PostgreSQL, Databases, Performance, Web Development

7 points by Ocha 35 days ago | 0 comments