Monday, February 9, 2026

New best story on Hacker News: I put a real-time 3D shader on the Game Boy Color

I put a real-time 3D shader on the Game Boy Color
326 by adunk | 56 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: Show HN: LocalGPT – A local-first AI assistant in Rust with persistent memory

Show HN: LocalGPT – A local-first AI assistant in Rust with persistent memory
323 by yi_wang | 150 comments on Hacker News.
I built LocalGPT over 4 nights as a Rust reimagining of the OpenClaw assistant pattern (markdown-based persistent memory, autonomous heartbeat tasks, skills system). It compiles to a single ~27MB binary — no Node.js, Docker, or Python required. Key features: - Persistent memory via markdown files (MEMORY, HEARTBEAT, SOUL markdown files) — compatible with OpenClaw's format - Full-text search (SQLite FTS5) + semantic search (local embeddings, no API key needed) - Autonomous heartbeat runner that checks tasks on a configurable interval - CLI + web interface + desktop GUI - Multi-provider: Anthropic, OpenAI, Ollama etc - Apache 2.0 Install: `cargo install localgpt` I use it daily as a knowledge accumulator, research assistant, and autonomous task runner for my side projects. The memory compounds — every session makes the next one better. GitHub: https://ift.tt/PlNFX0c Website: https://localgpt.app Would love feedback on the architecture or feature ideas.

Sunday, February 8, 2026

New best story on Hacker News: U.S. jobs disappear at fastest January pace since great recession

U.S. jobs disappear at fastest January pace since great recession
332 by alephnerd | 269 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: DoNotNotify is now Open Source

DoNotNotify is now Open Source
353 by awaaz | 47 comments on Hacker News.
A month ago, I submitted my app "DoNotNotify" to control Android notifications on Show HN [0], and it trended on the front page for a day. I was happy, but the most upvoted comments on the thread were asking for the app to be open sourced, since it dealt with system-wide notifications. My promises weren't good enough, and the community wanted more! Why didn't I open source it in the first place? Linux has been by primary driver for more than a decade. I genuinely believe in the philosophy, and have always wanted to give back to the community. The primary reason, probably, was because I was ashamed that I had 90% vibe-coded the app. More than 2 decades of writing software, and my first contribution to FOSS would be AI-generated code? Would it withstand even the most minimal of scrutiny? Would by (unknown) name forever be tarnished? I exaggerate, but only slightly :) So, yesterday, after a fair bit of trepidation, I changed the github repo visibility to public and put up a announcement on the app's website [1]. I have also submitted the app to F-Droid [2]. As before, I welcome the community's feedback and suggestions! [0] https://ift.tt/kA3q7CV [1] https://ift.tt/GO2bXFg [2] https://ift.tt/uWHD0c4 -- Anuj Jain

New best story on Hacker News: AI fatigue is real and nobody talks about it

AI fatigue is real and nobody talks about it
349 by sidk24 | 257 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: AI fatigue is real and nobody talks about it

AI fatigue is real and nobody talks about it
343 by sidk24 | 255 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: I put a real-time 3D shader on the Game Boy Color

I put a real-time 3D shader on the Game Boy Color 326 by adunk | 56 comments on Hacker News.