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Apple introduces Apple Creator Studio, a collection of creative apps designed to inspire and empower artists, photographers, and content creators to bring their ideas to life on Apple devices.

The article discusses the importance of local journalism in maintaining a healthy democracy, emphasizing its role in providing in-depth coverage of community issues and holding local leaders accountable.

The article discusses the benefits of solar energy and battery storage in 2025, highlighting how they saved the author money and reduced their carbon footprint. It provides a detailed account of the author's experience with solar and batteries over the course of a year, including the financial and environmental impacts.

The article explores the philosophy of Stoicism, which emphasizes accepting circumstances beyond one's control, focusing on what is within one's power, and cultivating virtues like wisdom, courage, justice, and moderation as a means of achieving tranquility and resilience in the face of life's challenges.

Mozilla's open-source AI strategy aims to develop responsible and trustworthy AI systems that empower users, promote transparency, and address societal challenges. The strategy focuses on open-source development, user privacy, and AI governance to ensure AI technology is aligned with Mozilla's mission of an open and accessible internet.

The president and vice president of Signal, a messaging app, have warned that agentic AI systems are insecure, unreliable, and a surveillance nightmare. They argue that these AI systems pose significant risks and should be approached with caution.

Tulip CC is an open-source cloud-based collaborative coding platform that allows multiple users to work on the same code in real-time. The platform supports a range of programming languages and provides features like real-time code editing, code sharing, and version control.

The article discusses the rise and decline of ChatGPT, an AI language model created by OpenAI. It explores the rapid adoption and excitement around ChatGPT, as well as the challenges and limitations it faces as it becomes more widely used and scrutinized.

Reddit's API is effectively dead for archival. Third-party apps are gone. Reddit has threatened to cut off access to the Pushshift dataset multiple times. But 3.28TB of Reddit history exists as a torrent right now, and I built a tool to turn it into something you can browse on your own hardware.

The key point: This doesn't touch Reddit's servers. Ever. Download the Pushshift dataset, run my tool locally, get a fully browsable archive. Works on an air-gapped machine. Works on a Raspberry Pi serving your LAN. Works on a USB drive you hand to someone.

What it does: Takes compressed data dumps from Reddit (.zst), Voat (SQL), and Ruqqus (.7z) and generates static HTML. No JavaScript, no external requests, no tracking. Open index.html and browse. Want search? Run the optional Docker stack with PostgreSQL – still entirely on your machine.

API & AI Integration: Full REST API with 30+ endpoints – posts, comments, users, subreddits, full-text search, aggregations. Also ships with an MCP server (29 tools) so you can query your archive directly from AI tools.

Self-hosting options: - USB drive / local folder (just open the HTML files) - Home server on your LAN - Tor hidden service (2 commands, no port forwarding needed) - VPS with HTTPS - GitHub Pages for small archives

Why this matters: Once you have the data, you own it. No API keys, no rate limits, no ToS changes can take it away.

Scale: Tens of millions of posts per instance. PostgreSQL backend keeps memory constant regardless of dataset size. For the full 2.38B post dataset, run multiple instances by topic.

How I built it: Python, PostgreSQL, Jinja2 templates, Docker. Used Claude Code throughout as an experiment in AI-assisted development. Learned that the workflow is "trust but verify" – it accelerates the boring parts but you still own the architecture.

Live demo: https://online-archives.github.io/redd-archiver-example/

GitHub: https://github.com/19-84/redd-archiver (Public Domain)

Pushshift torrent: https://academictorrents.com/details/1614740ac8c94505e4ecb9d...

Hi HN, I’m the creator of SnackBase.

I built this because I work in Healthcare and Life Sciences domain and was tired of spending months building the same "compliant" infrastructure (Audit Logs, Row-Level Security, PII Masking, Auth) before writing any actual product code.

The Problem: Existing BaaS tools (Supabase, Appwrite) are amazing, but they are hard to validate for GxP (FDA regulations) and often force you into a JS/Go ecosystem. I wanted something native to the Python tools I already use.

The Solution: SnackBase is a self-hosted Python (FastAPI + SQLAlchemy) backend that includes:

Compliance Core: Immutable audit logs with blockchain-style hashing (prev_hash) for integrity.

Native Python Hooks: You can write business logic in pure Python (no webhooks or JS runtimes required).

Clean Architecture: Strict separation of layers. No business logic in the API routes.

The Stack:

Python 3.12 + FastAPI

SQLAlchemy 2.0 (Async)

React 19 (Admin UI)

Links:

Live Demo: https://demo.snackbase.dev

Repo: https://github.com/lalitgehani/snackbase

The demo resets every hour. I’d love feedback on the DSL implementation or the audit logging approach.

The article examines the sharp increase in accidental fall-related deaths in the United States, with the rate tripling over the past two decades. It explores potential contributing factors, such as an aging population and the rise in certain underlying health conditions.

NASA has demolished the iconic Launch Umbilical Towers used to test Saturn rockets and the Space Shuttle, marking the end of an era in spaceflight history. The towers, which stood tall at the Kennedy Space Center for decades, were taken down to make way for new infrastructure as the agency prepares for future space exploration missions.

This article makes a case for the continued relevance of blogging in the digital age, arguing that it offers a platform for authentic self-expression and meaningful connection in a world increasingly dominated by social media and algorithm-driven content.

Scott Adams is the creator of the Dilbert comic strip, which satirizes office life and corporate culture. He is also known as an author, blogger, and lecturer who has written several books on subjects such as success, persuasion, and artificial intelligence.

Hi! I've built this because I kept reaching for Celery for simple scheduled tasks and it felt like overkill. I just needed "run this function every hour" or "daily at 9am", not distributed workers.

So it's decorators for scheduling (@scheduler.every(5).minutes, @scheduler.daily.at("09:00")), state saves to JSON so jobs survive restarts, and there's an optional FastAPI dashboard if you want to see what's running.

No Redis, no message broker, runs in-process with your app. Trade-off is it's single process only — if you need distributed workers, stick with Celery.

The article discusses a recent incident at GitHub, a popular code hosting and collaboration platform, where users experienced service disruptions. It provides details on the incident, the steps taken by GitHub to address the issue, and the impact on the platform's availability.

Pete Hegseth, a Fox News host, has announced that Grok, a company he has a financial stake in, has gained access to classified Pentagon computer networks. This raises concerns about potential unauthorized access to sensitive government information.

The article explores the challenges single people face in the current housing market, highlighting how the system is often designed to cater to families and couples, leaving single individuals at a disadvantage when it comes to finding affordable and suitable living options.

The article discusses the limitations and challenges of current generative AI technology, highlighting that it is not as advanced or capable as often portrayed in the media. The author argues that while these systems can produce impressive results, they still lack true understanding and are not yet a replacement for human intelligence.

The article explores the concept of a command bar, a versatile user interface element that allows users to quickly perform a wide range of actions, from launching applications to executing complex commands. The author discusses the design principles and benefits of implementing a command bar in software applications.