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Amazon without the knockoffs
Article URL: https://knockoff.shopping/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48818963
Points: 260
# Comments: 180
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Why we built yet another Postgres connection pooler
Article URL: https://pgdog.dev/blog/why-yet-another-connection-pooler
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48819308
Points: 67
# Comments: 9
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30papers.com – Ilya's 30 essential ML papers, in a beginner friendly format
Article URL: https://30papers.com/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48819608
Points: 177
# Comments: 29
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Show HN: Rowboat – Open-source, local-first alternative to Claude Desktop
Claude’s desktop app is brilliant, but for our own daily work we kept wanting it to be less like a chat app and more like a full-fledged work app. Rowboat is our attempt at that, including the ability to build your own work surfaces inside Rowboat (more below). Our repo is https://github.com/rowboatlabs/rowboat , and there’s a demo video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=et5yQABJ3xI In a previous startup, we built a deep-learning product for enterprise support reps, including teams suppor...
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MacSurf 1.68 – NetSurf on OS 9 Released
Article URL: https://github.com/mplsllc/macsurf/releases/tag/v1.86
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48820022
Points: 46
# Comments: 8
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Jim's TrueType QR Code Font
https://qr.jim.sh/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48820119
Points: 65
# Comments: 5
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Reducing Doom Loops with Final Token Preference Optimization
Article URL: https://www.liquid.ai/blog/antidoom
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48820127
Points: 17
# Comments: 4
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China sentences official to death for taking $325M in bribes
Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c33y0n1v1xjo
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48820220
Points: 158
# Comments: 177
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A new runtime for k and q: l
Article URL: https://lv1.sh/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48821378
Points: 35
# Comments: 17
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Notes on Software Quality
Article URL: https://anthonyhobday.com/blog/20260410
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48821441
Points: 16
# Comments: 4
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Show HN: Docx-CLI: agents read/edit Word docs using 1/2 the time and tokens
Article URL: https://github.com/kklimuk/docx-cli
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48821500
Points: 13
# Comments: 7
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Local, CPU-Friendly, High-Quality TTS (Text-to-Speech) with Kokoro
Article URL: https://ariya.io/2026/03/local-cpu-friendly-high-quality-tts-text-to-speech-with-kokoro/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48821576
Points: 40
# Comments: 9
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Astro 7.0
Article URL: https://astro.build/blog/astro-7/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48821653
Points: 92
# Comments: 19
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Decrypting View State Messages
Article URL: https://zeroed.tech/blog/decrypting-viewstate-messages/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48821691
Points: 4
# Comments: 3
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AI Meets Cryptography 1: What AI Found in Cloudflare's Circl
Article URL: https://blog.zksecurity.xyz/posts/circl-bugs/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48821749
Points: 18
# Comments: 0
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Ask HN: Is GitHub preparing to go behind a login wall?
From time to time, I check that our open-source project is still available to all users, and I've occasionally noticed that the stargazers (1) information returns a 404 for non-logged-in users. I assume they're preparing to follow the LinkedIn model by making access available to registered users only. Have you noticed that GitHub has started blocking access to certain functions/pages for users without an account? 1. https://github.com/tirrenotechnologies/tirreno/stargazers
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Show HN: Davit, a Apple Containers UI
Mostly vibe-coded Apple Containers front-end that I'd like to use myself. But if others want to use it, here's the source code.
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48821848
Points: 9
# Comments: 0

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Microsoft fixes storage-hogging Windows 11 folder
Microsoft is addressing a Windows 11 bug that caused a folder to take up several gigabytes of storage space. As spotted earlier by Windows Latest, Microsoft included the patch in its optional June 2026 update (KB5095093), which "improves disk space usage for the CapabilityAccessManager.db-wal file." The CapabilityAccessManager.db-wal file is installed on Windows 11 PCs by […]
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iRobot’s newest floor cleaner isn’t a robot
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