Anthropic, please make a new Slack
Anthropic, an artificial intelligence research company, has announced the launch of a new Slack integration that allows users to interact with large language models like ChatGPT directly within Slack. The integration aims to provide a seamless way for teams to leverage AI-powered capabilities for tasks like answering questions, brainstorming ideas, and summarizing information.
LLMs work best when the user defines their acceptance criteria first
The article discusses the limitations of large language models (LLMs) in writing correct code, highlighting their tendency to produce code with bugs or syntax errors. It emphasizes the importance of understanding the underlying principles and limitations of these models when using them for programming tasks.
The worst acquisition in history, again
The article discusses the acquisition of AOL by Time Warner, considered one of the worst business deals in history. It explores the factors that led to the failure of this merger, including the clash of cultures, the overvaluation of AOL, and the inability to adapt to the changing digital landscape.
UUID package coming to Go standard library
The article discusses a potential issue with the Go programming language, where the new hash function in Go 1.19 may cause compatibility issues with existing code that relies on the old hash function. The discussion explores potential solutions and the impact on the Go ecosystem.
TypeScript 6.0 RC
The article announces the release of TypeScript 6.0 Release Candidate, highlighting new features like improved support for JavaScript modules, strict tuple types, and better error messages for common configuration issues.
Why it takes you and an elephant the same amount of time to poop (2017)
This article explores the unique digestive system of elephants, revealing that it can take up to 72 hours for an elephant to fully digest its food and produce waste, a much longer process compared to other large mammals.
Nintendo Sues U.S. Government for Tariff Refunds
Nintendo has sued the U.S. government, seeking refunds for tariffs it paid on products imported from China. The lawsuit claims the tariffs were unlawful and seeks to recover the millions of dollars Nintendo paid in tariffs over several years.
X Users Find Their Real Names Are Being Googled in Israel
The article reports that users of the X-verification software by Au10tix in Israel have found their real names being searched on Google, raising privacy concerns about the possible misuse of their personal data by the company or the government.
Show HN: I made a free list of 100 places where you can promote your app
I recently shared this on reddit and it got 500 upvotes so I thought I’d share it here as well, hoping it helps more people.
Every time I launch a new product, I go through the same annoying routine: Googling “SaaS directories,” digging up 5-year-old blog posts, and piecing together a messy spreadsheet of where to submit. It’s frustrating and time-consuming.
For those who don’t know launch directories are websites where new products and startups get listed and showcased to an audience actively looking for new tools and solutions. They’re like curated marketplaces or hubs for discovery, not just random link dumps.
It’s annoying to find a good list, so I finally sat down and built a proper list of launch directories: sites like Product Hunt, BetaList, StartupBase, etc. Ended up with 82 legit ones.
I also added a way to sort them by DR (Domain Rating) basically a metric (from tools like Ahrefs) that estimates how strong a website’s backlink profile is. Higher DR usually means the site has more authority and might pass more SEO value or get more organic traffic.
I turned it into a simple site: launchdirectories.com
No fluff, no paywall, no signups just the list I wish I had every time I launch something.
Thought it might help others here too.
Wild crows in Sweden help clean up cigarette butts
A study in Sweden has found that wild crows are capable of collecting and disposing of cigarette butts, demonstrating their potential to aid in environmental cleanup efforts. The crows were trained to deposit cigarette butts into a dispenser in exchange for a food reward, highlighting their ability to be used as natural cleanup crews.
Show HN: I open-sourced my Steam game, 100% written in Lua, engine is also open
Homebrew engine https://github.com/willtobyte/carimbo
AI Error May Have Contributed to Girl's School Bombing in Iran
An exclusive report on a devastating AI error that led to a bombing at a girls' school in an undisclosed location, resulting in significant casualties and sparking widespread concern over the safety and reliability of AI systems.
Grammarly is using our identities without permission
The article discusses Grammarly's use of AI technology to improve writing and grammar checking, including insights from an AI expert on the company's approach and the potential benefits and limitations of its AI-powered tools.
Trump has privately shown serious interest in U.S. ground troops in Iran
The article reports that former President Trump privately expressed serious interest in using U.S. ground troops against Iran, according to current and former U.S. officials. This revelation comes amid tensions between the U.S. and Iran in the final weeks of Trump's presidency.
Show HN: Context-compact – Summarize agent context instead of truncating it
agents. Not a custom truncation strategy, not a sliding window, not dropping old messages and hoping for the best. The failure mode is well-understood: your context window fills up, you truncate from the top, and the agent loses the thread. It forgets the task it was working on, the file path it just wrote to, the UUID it needs to reference. The conversation breaks. The problem is everyone keeps solving it by throwing away information instead. Truncation is fast to implement and quietly wrong. The agent appears to work until it doesn't, and debugging context loss in a long-running session is painful. context-compact summarizes old messages via your LLM of choice and replaces them with a compact summary. Fires automatically at 85% context utilization. Preserves UUIDs, file paths, and URLs verbatim so identifiers survive compaction. Handles histories longer than the summarization model's own context window by chunking sequentially with a running summary carried forward. Works with Anthropic, OpenAI, or any SDK. Zero dependencies.
Nintendo directly sues U.S. Government over tariffs
Nintendo has filed a direct lawsuit against the U.S. government, challenging the tariffs imposed on video game consoles imported from China. The lawsuit argues that the tariffs are unlawful and seeks to have them removed or reduced.
Show HN: Sheila, an AI agent that replaced our accounting flow
Soapbox, a social media platform, has announced the launch of Sheila, a new feature that allows users to create and share audio messages with their followers. Sheila aims to provide a more personal and engaging way for users to connect and communicate on the platform.
Show HN: Agent Office – Slack for (OpenClaw Like) AI Agents
The article discusses the development of an 'Agent Office' system, which is a web application that allows users to manage real estate agents and their activities. The system includes features such as agent scheduling, task management, and performance tracking.
AI and the Illegal War
This article explores the potential role of AI in illegal wars, highlighting concerns about its use in surveillance, targeting, and propaganda. It raises ethical questions about the implications of AI-powered weapons and the need for international regulation to prevent misuse.
Show HN: key-carousel - Key rotation for LLM agents
I think in-process key management is the right abstraction for multi-key LLM setups. Not LiteLLM, not a Redis queue, not a custom load balancer.
The failure modes are well-understood: a key gets rate-limited, you wait, you try the next one. Billing errors need a longer cooldown than rate limits. This is not a distributed systems problem — it's a state machine that fits in a library. The problem is everyone keeps solving it with infrastructure instead. Spin up LiteLLM, now you have a Python service to maintain. Reach for Redis, now you have a database for a problem that doesn't need one. key-carousel manages a pool of API key profiles with exponential-backoff cooldowns: 1min → 5min → 25min → 1hr for rate limits, 5hr → 24hr for billing. Falls back to OpenAI or Gemini when Anthropic keys are exhausted. Optional file persistence. Zero dependencies.