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The article discusses the author's perspective as a Kenyan writer, highlighting the importance of maintaining cultural identity and authenticity in their writing, rather than conforming to perceived expectations or trends like ChatGPT-generated content.

A popular secure messaging app favored by conservative activists was found to have a security flaw that exposed the phone numbers of all its users, raising concerns about the app's privacy and security claims.

The article examines the growing popularity of electric vehicles (EVs) and the challenges associated with their widespread adoption, such as the need for more charging infrastructure and the impact on electric grid stability.

The article explores the link between a widely used pesticide and the high incidence of Parkinson's disease among U.S. farmers. It examines the concerns of farmers who believe their exposure to the pesticide is responsible for their neurological condition.

Let's Encrypt, a free and open-source certificate authority, is making changes to its certificate issuance process. The upcoming changes aim to improve the security and reliability of the Let's Encrypt ecosystem, including the introduction of a new root certificate and changes to the renewal process.

The article discusses United Airlines' plan to phase out its Boeing 777-200 aircraft by 2023, as part of its strategy to modernize its fleet and focus on more fuel-efficient and technologically advanced planes. It also highlights the airline's plans to acquire new aircraft models, including the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, to better meet the evolving needs of its customers.

The article discusses the potential discontinuation of budget Samsung SSDs, suggesting that consumers interested in affordable solid-state drives should consider purchasing them soon before they become unavailable.

Ford has made the decision to discontinue the fully electric F-150 Lightning, opting instead to focus on a hybrid version of the popular pickup truck. This shift in strategy reflects the company's attempt to balance customer demands and environmental concerns.

The article reveals that Australia's proposed social media ban was pushed by an ad agency focused on gambling ads, which it did not want to see banned. The ban was designed to target misinformation and online abuse, but the article suggests the agency's interests were a key driver behind the policy.

The article explores strategies for improving website page speed, including optimizing images, leveraging browser caching, and minimizing HTTP requests. It emphasizes the importance of page speed for user experience and search engine rankings.

The article discusses HDMI CEC (Consumer Electronics Control), a feature that allows devices connected via HDMI to communicate and control each other. It explains the benefits of HDMI CEC, such as simplified remote control usage and automatic device integration, and provides guidance on how to enable and troubleshoot the feature.

The article discusses a kernel bug found in the async-profiler tool, which caused unexpected CPU usage on certain systems. The post explores the investigation process, root cause analysis, and the steps taken to resolve the issue, providing insights into the challenges and complexities involved in debugging performance-related problems.

The article examines the political activities and influence of Stephen Miller, a former senior advisor to former U.S. President Donald Trump, and his alleged efforts to advance a far-right, anti-immigrant agenda within the federal government.

Taiwan's economy and energy minister has stated that the country may restart a nuclear power plant in 2028, as the government seeks to address its energy needs and reduce reliance on fossil fuels.

The article discusses the concept of 'the appropriate amount of effort is zero,' emphasizing the importance of effortless living and letting go of the need to constantly strive and achieve. It suggests that true fulfillment comes from embracing a mindset of effortlessness and presence.

A former CIA spy warns that the agency's tools can potentially take control of a person's phone, TV, and even their car, highlighting the potential for abuse of surveillance technology.

A proof-of-concept language learning app that uses LLMs to generate definitions of unknown words using only previously mastered vocabulary.

Hello HN,

I built this because I wanted to give Claude Desktop access to my Notion workspace without running a flaky local Python script via stdio.

This is a Node.js/Express implementation of the Model Context Protocol (MCP) that uses SSE (Server-Sent Events) for transport. It’s designed to be stateless and deployable as a container (I'm hosting it on Apify, but it works anywhere with Node).

The Stack:

TypeScript + Express

@modelcontextprotocol/sdk

Zod for input validation

Bearer Auth for security (since it exposes an HTTP endpoint)

Capabilities: It allows the LLM to search pages, read database properties, and append blocks. I use it primarily to have Cursor/Claude summarize documentation and create tasks in my sprint board directly from the chat context.

Repo: https://github.com/piskunproject/notion-mcp-server/ One-click deploy (Apify): https://apify.com/piskunlab/notion-mcp-server

Feedback on the SSE implementation is welcome!

The article discusses the challenges of being a small business owner in today's economy, highlighting the impact of inflation and supply chain issues on profitability and operations. It provides insights into the strategies and adaptations required to navigate these obstacles and maintain a successful business during uncertain times.

Hi HN,

We are the team behind Shuttle (YC S20). We just shipped Neptune, (https://github.com/shuttle-hq/neptune-mcp) an open source MCP server that lets coding agents actually deploy software, not just write code. Behind it is an app deployment platform we built to be friendly for AI agents.

Neptune runs in your IDE. It reads your codebase, analyzes its structure and intent using ASTs and inference, and generates a deterministic infrastructure spec called neptune.json. You can inspect every change, approve it, and apply it. Think: coding agents that can actually ship safely to AWS.

How it works in practice:

1. Take any of your existing apps 2. Install Neptune mcp & login 3. Tell your agent to deploy 4. Watch it do everything else for you and (super important) it keeps you in the loop at every step, asking for your approval and guidance. We’ve spent most of our time implementing guardrails to make this as safe as if you were doing it yourself.

We built this after seeing teams rely on AI to write services, but still hand-craft Terraform and YAML. The AI could write code, but it could not understand the system around it. Neptune tries to close that gap.

Right now we have support for the most basic AWS products (ECS, S3, SecretManager), and we support postgres (thanks to Neon) and we are adding more resources as we speak. For now, your apps are all deployed to our a shared tenancy AWS account, and “bring your own cloud” account is coming soon too.

If you are also excited about a future where coding agents can help you reliably ship stuff into production, try it and share what you think.

If you have tried it on shared tenancy and would like to run it in your own AWS account, just get in touch and we’d be happy to help.