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The article discusses the concept of 'cognitive debt,' where software development teams prioritize velocity over code comprehension, leading to technical debt and reduced long-term productivity. It highlights the importance of balancing speed and understanding to maintain a sustainable codebase.

The article discusses the author's experience with a scam involving a cryptocurrency investment opportunity that turned out to be a fraudulent scheme, highlighting the importance of thorough research and caution when considering any financial investment.

The article outlines the security model of Nanoclaw, a decentralized serverless computing platform. It discusses the key principles of the security model, including secure code execution, isolation, and decentralized trust, which aim to provide a secure and reliable computing environment for developers and users.

OpenAI fired an employee for allegedly engaging in insider trading, highlighting concerns about conflicts of interest and the need for ethical oversight in the rapidly growing AI industry. The incident also raises questions about the broader challenges of regulating emerging technologies and ensuring transparency in the operations of influential tech companies.

The article discusses the upcoming release of Gemini CLI, a command-line interface for the Gemini protocol, which is a lightweight alternative to the World Wide Web. The main points focus on the new features and improvements in the latest version of Gemini CLI.

The article discusses the potential downsides of the rapid advancement of AI technology, highlighting concerns about job displacement, algorithmic bias, and the need for responsible development and oversight to mitigate risks and ensure AI benefits humanity.

The article explores the potential future developments in artificial intelligence (AI), discussing advancements in areas such as natural language processing, machine learning, and the integration of AI with other technologies like the Internet of Things and robotics. It examines the societal, economic, and ethical implications of the growing influence of AI in various sectors.

The article argues that America's oligarchic elite are attempting to establish a techno-feudal fascist state, utilizing surveillance technology and authoritarian control to maintain their power and wealth.

Hi HN,

I built SplatHash. It's a lightweight image placeholder generator I wrote to be a simpler, faster alternative to BlurHash and ThumbHash.

Repo: https://github.com/junevm/splathash

Simplenote, a popular note-taking app, provided an update to its customers regarding recent changes and plans for the future. The update covers new features, platform support, and the company's commitment to continuing development and support for the Simplenote service.

The article warns against the use of auto-scrolling content on websites and applications, as it can be disorienting and difficult to navigate for users, especially those with disabilities or cognitive impairments. It highlights the importance of providing users with control over the pacing and navigation of content.

at a pub in london, 2 weeks ago - I asked myself, if you spawned agents into a world with blank neural networks and zero knowledge of human existence — no language, no economy, no social templates — what would they evolve on their own?

would they develop language? would they reproduce? would they evolve as energy dependent systems? what would they even talk about?

so i decided to make myself a god, and built WERLD - an open-ended artificial life sim, where the agent's evolve their own neural architecture.

Werld drops 30 agents onto a graph with NEAT neural networks that evolve their own topology, 64 sensory channels, continuous motor effectors, and 29 heritable genome traits. communication bandwidth, memory decay, aggression vs cooperation — all evolvable. No hardcoded behaviours, no reward functions. - they could evolve in any direction.

Pure Python, stdlib only — brains evolve through survival and reproduction, not backprop. There's a Next.js dashboard ("Werld Observatory") that gives you a live-view: population dynamics, brain complexity, species trajectories, a narrative story generator, live world map.

thought this would be more fun as an open-source project!

can't wait to see where this could evolve - i'll be in the comments and on the repo.

https://github.com/nocodemf/werld

Hey HN! We posted Rivet Actors here previously [1] as an open-source alternative to Cloudflare Durable Objects.

Today we've released SQLite storage for actors (Apache 2.0).

Every actor gets its own SQLite database. This means you can have millions of independent databases: one for each agent, tenant, user, or document.

Useful for:

- AI agents: per-agent DB for message history, state, embeddings

- Multi-tenant SaaS: real per-tenant isolation, no RLS hacks

- Collaborative documents: each document gets its own database with built-in multiplayer

- Per-user databases: isolated, scales horizontally, runs at the edge

The idea of splitting data per entity isn't new: Cassandra and DynamoDB use partition keys to scale horizontally, but you're stuck with rigid schemas ("single-table design" [3]), limited queries, and painful migrations. SQLite per entity gives you the same scalability without those tradeoffs [2].

How this compares:

- Cloudflare Durable Objects & Agents: most similar to Rivet Actors with colocated SQLite and compute, but closed-source and vendor-locked

- Turso Cloud: Great platform, but closed-source + diff use case. Clients query over the network, so reads are slow or stale. Rivet's single-writer actor model keeps reads local and fresh.

- D1, Turso (the DB), Litestream, rqlite, LiteFS: great tools for running a single SQLite database with replication. Rivet is for running lots of isolated databases.

Under the hood, SQLite runs in-process with each actor. A custom VFS persists writes to HA storage (FoundationDB or Postgres).

Rivet Actors also provide realtime (WebSockets), React integration (useActor), horizontal scalability, and actors that sleep when idle.

GitHub: https://github.com/rivet-dev/rivet

Docs: https://www.rivet.dev/docs/actors/sqlite/

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42472519

[2] https://rivet.dev/blog/2025-02-16-sqlite-on-the-server-is-mi...

[3] https://www.alexdebrie.com/posts/dynamodb-single-table/

The article discusses tensions surrounding the Iran nuclear talks, with former US President Trump expressing dissatisfaction and the Omani Foreign Minister stating that a deal could be achievable the next day. It highlights the ongoing diplomatic efforts and challenges in reaching a resolution on the nuclear issue.

I built a document chunking library for RAG pipelines with a Rust core and Python bindings.

The problem: LangChain's chunker is pure Python and becomes a bottleneck at scale — slow and memory-hungry on large document sets.

What Krira Chunker does differently: - Rust-native processing — 40x faster than LangChain's implementation - O(1) space complexity — memory stays flat regardless of document size - Drop-in Python API — works with any existing RAG pipeline - Production-ready — 17 versions shipped, 315+ installs

pip install krira-augment

Would love brutal feedback from anyone building RAG systems — what chunking problems are you running into that this doesn't solve yet?

This article explores the concept of 'The March of Nines' - a phenomenon where certain numbers, particularly 9, appear to have a significant influence on various aspects of life, including finance, technology, and society. It delves into the historical and mathematical significance of the number 9 and its potential implications for understanding patterns and trends.

The article outlines a 'Virtual Protest Protocol' for organizing online protests, including guidelines for coordinating actions, maintaining security, and amplifying messages through social media and other digital platforms.

The article discusses the growing popularity of newsletters as a communication channel, highlighting their advantages over traditional email marketing. It explores the key elements of successful newsletter strategies, including content curation, audience engagement, and leveraging social media platforms.

The article discusses a major internet disruption in Sudan, with network data showing a near-total blackout affecting mobile and fixed-line internet services across the country. The disruption coincides with ongoing pro-democracy protests and a military takeover in Sudan.

The article discusses Senator Mark Warner's statement regarding military action against Iran. It highlights his concerns about the potential consequences of such action and the need for thorough consideration and consultation before any decisions are made.