Gisela Guajardo

Aligning Your Projects with Your Core Purpose: A Guide for Indie Hackers ## My Story My journey in the tech world has been filled with highs and lows, marked by a fervent drive to create and innovate. However, like many of yo...

'why'?

Aligning Your Projects with Your Core Purpose

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Finding the Inspiration to Build Hey, I'm Vince... I’m a self-taught developer that changed careers during the Covid...

Be Playful ❤️
Finding the Inspiration to Build
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#webdev #saas

How we ran a Unix-like OS (Xv6) on our home-built CPU with our home-built C compiler [Thanks for many comments and votes on Hacker News! ] It’s been two years since I started working as a software engineer. I sometimes tell my colleagues about a student project I did in my junior year...

Running Unix-like OS Xv6 on custom CPU & compiler

fuel.edby.coffee/posts/how-we...

#OS #SystemsProgramming #DIY

Writing documentation for AI: best practices | kapa.ai docs Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems like Kapa rely on your

Writing Docs for AI – Best Practices

Good documentation is even more critical in the age of LLMs.
docs.kapa.ai/improving/wr...
#TechnicalWriting #AI

Poline — Esoteric Color Palette Generation Library poline is lightweight, dependency free and fast JavaScript function written in TypeScript. It draws lines between anchors over polar coordinates to generate pleasing color palettes.

Poline – An amazing Polar Color Palette Generator

Unexpected, beautiful palettes generated with math.
#CreativeCoding #DesignTools
meodai.github.io/poline/

GitHub - lunchbox-computer/bento: a computer in a keyboard a computer in a keyboard. Contribute to lunchbox-computer/bento development by creating an account on GitHub.

Bento – A Steam Deck Inside a Keyboard

Wild hardware project merging gaming and form factor.
github.com/lunchbox-com...
#Gaming #Hardware

My iPhone 8 Refuses to Die: Now It's a Solar-Powered Vision OCR Server How I transformed my old iPhone 8 into a solar-powered Vision OCR server using Apple's native framework and an EcoFlow River 2 Pro. Running 24/7 for months, processing thousands of images while…

My iPhone 8 Refuses to Die

Now it’s a solar-powered OCR server.

terminalbytes.com/iphone-8-sol...
#Hardware #MobileHacks #HN

The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Fuzzing for Porting Programs A simple strategy of having LLMs write fuzz tests and build up a port in topological order seems effective at automating porting from C to Rust.

The Power of Fuzzing for Porting Code

Why fuzz testing is unexpectedly effective when rewriting software.
rjp.io/blog/2025-06...
#SoftwareTesting #Fuzzing

GitHub - Snouzy/workout-cool: 🏋 Modern open-source fitness coaching platform. Create workout plans, track progress, and access a comprehensive exercise database. 🏋 Modern open-source fitness coaching platform. Create workout plans, track progress, and access a comprehensive exercise database. - Snouzy/workout-cool

Workout.cool- Open-source fitness coaching platform — workouts + AI integration.

github.com/Snouzy/worko...
#OpenSource #FitnessTech

Websites Are Tracking You Via Browser Fingerprinting New research provides first evidence of the use of browser fingerprints for online tracking.

Websites Are Tracking You via Browser Fingerprinting

A reminder that incognito mode isn’t invisibility.

engineering.tamu.edu/news/2025/06...
#Privacy #WebSecurity

GitHub - charmbracelet/fang: The CLI starter kit The CLI starter kit. Contribute to charmbracelet/fang development by creating an account on GitHub.

Fang – The CLI Starter Kit

Minimal setup with great DX. Built by the folks at Charmbracelet.

#CLI #DeveloperTools
github.com/charmbracele...

GitHub - psviderski/unregistry: Push docker images directly to remote servers without an external registry Push docker images directly to remote servers without an external registry - psviderski/unregistry

Unregistry

Push Docker images directly to servers — no registry required.

#DevOps #Docker
github.com/psviderski/u...

The Screen Time Network Screen Time Network. Powered by Clearspace.

iOS Screen Time via REST API

Access iOS Screen Time data through a REST API with this open-source tool — perfect for developers and digital wellbeing apps.
www.thescreentimenetwork.com/about
#iOSDev #ScreenTime #API #OpenSource

3D SVG Renderer Without Rasterization

Check out this 3D SVG renderer that projects textures without rasterization — a unique approach to rendering graphics in the browser.
seve.blog/p/i-made-a-3...
#WebDev #SVG #Graphics #OpenSource

LLMs & Elixir: Windfall or Deathblow? How the Elixir community can survive — and thrive — in an age of LLMs.

LLMs & Elixir: Windfall or Deathblow?

Zach Daniel explores whether LLMs are a threat or a boon for the Elixir community, highlighting how AI can enhance functional programming workflows.
www.zachdaniel.dev/p/llms-and-e...
#Elixir #FunctionalProgramming #AI #LLM

From Tokens to Thoughts: How LLMs and Humans Trade Compression for Meaning Humans organize knowledge into compact categories through semantic compression by mapping diverse instances to abstract representations while preserving meaning (e.g., robin and blue jay are both…

From Tokens to Thoughts: LLMs vs. Human Cognition

A new study compares how LLMs and humans trade compression for meaning, revealing key differences in conceptual representation.
arxiv.org/abs/2505.17117
#LLM #AIResearch #CognitiveScience #MachineLearning

Gemini 2.5 Pro Gemini 2.5 Pro is our most advanced model for complex tasks. With thinking built in, it showcases strong reasoning and coding capabilities.

Gemini 2.5 Pro: Google’s Most Advanced AI Model

Google’s Gemini 2.5 Pro is here — their most advanced AI model yet, excelling at coding and complex prompts with enhanced reasoning capabilities.
deepmind.google/models/gemin...
#AI #Gemini #GoogleDeepMind #MachineLearning

Understanding the PURL Specification (Package URL) Learn about PURL — the Package URL Specification — including its utility for SBOM management and how it compares to other unique identifiers.

Understanding the PURL Specification

Learn about the Package URL (PURL) specification — an open standard for uniquely identifying software packages across ecosystems.
fossa.com/blog/underst...
#PURL #SoftwareSupplyChain #OpenSource #DevTools

GitHub - dino-lang/dino: The programming language DINO The programming language DINO. Contribute to dino-lang/dino development by creating an account on GitHub.

Dino: A Simple, Expressive Programming Language

Dino is a high-level, dynamically typed scripting language designed for simplicity and expressiveness. Think Python meets C.
github.com/dino-lang/dino
#Programming #ScriptingLanguage #OpenSource #DinoLang

ClickStack, Open-Source Observability Stack

Meet ClickStack: an open-source alternative to Datadog, combining logs, metrics, traces, and session replays — all powered by ClickHouse and HyperDX.
github.com/hyperdxio/hy...
#Observability #OpenSource #DevOps #ClickHouse

APL Interpreter in Haskell

Ever tried APL? Lucas Scharenbroch built a full APL interpreter in Haskell — compact, expressive, and a great way to explore functional programming.
scharenbroch.dev/projects/apl...
#APL #Haskell #FunctionalProgramming #OpenSource

Tokasaurus: An LLM Inference Engine for High-Throughput Workloads TL;DR

Tokasaurus: Stanford’s Ultra-Fast LLM Engine

Stanford just dropped Tokasaurus — a blazing-fast LLM inference engine optimized for high-throughput workloads. It outperforms vLLM and SGLang by up to 3x in benchmarks.
scalingintelligence.stanford.edu/blogs/tokasa...
#LLM #AI #Stanford #Inference

GitHub - clawsoftware/clawPDF: Open Source Virtual (Network) Printer for Windows that allows you to create PDFs, OCR text, and print images, with advanced features usually available only in enterprise solutions. Open Source Virtual (Network) Printer for Windows that allows you to create PDFs, OCR text, and print images, with advanced features usually available only in enterprise solutions. - clawsoftware/c...

ClawPDF – Open-Source PDF Printer with OCR

Open-source virtual printer that supports OCR, images, and network printing. Lightweight and privacy-friendly.
github.com/clawsoftware...
#OpenSource #PDF #OCR #Tools

Diffusion Models Explained Simply

A crystal-clear visual explanation of how diffusion models work — the tech behind tools like DALL·E and Stable Diffusion.
www.seangoedecke.com/diffusion-mo...
#AI #ML #DiffusionModels #ExplainedSimply

GitHub - antirez/kilo: A text editor in less than 1000 LOC with syntax highlight and search. A text editor in less than 1000 LOC with syntax highlight and search. - antirez/kilo

Kilo: A Text Editor in <1000 LOC

A full terminal-based text editor with syntax highlighting and search, all under 1,000 lines of C. Great for learning systems programming.
github.com/antirez/kilo
#CProgramming #TextEditor #Terminal

Better Auth (YC X25): Auth Framework for TypeScript

A new YC-backed framework focused on strong, flexible authentication flows written entirely in TypeScript.
www.better-auth.com
#Authentication #Security #TypeScript

Intro | Zod Zod 4

Zod 4 is out – TypeScript-first schema validation

Zod 4 brings major improvements in type-safe schema validation for TypeScript devs. Cleaner syntax, better inference.

zod.dev/v4
#TypeScript #Validation #Zod

GitHub - nektos/act: Run your GitHub Actions locally 🚀 Run your GitHub Actions locally 🚀. Contribute to nektos/act development by creating an account on GitHub.

Run GitHub Actions Locally with Nektos Act

Tired of waiting for CI pipelines? You can now run GitHub Actions locally with Act. Lightning-fast feedback for GitHub workflows.
github.com/nektos/act
#CI #GitHubActions #DevTools

Jules - An Asynchronous Coding Agent Jules is an asynchronous agent that gets out of your way. It lets you focus on the coding you want to do, meawnwhile picking up all the other random tasks that you rather not do.

Jules: An Asynchronous Coding Agent by Google

Google introduces Jules, a new type of async coding agent — still experimental but hints at next-gen dev workflows.
jules.google
#AI #Agents #Google

Home - Anthropic Learn how to get started with the Anthropic API and Claude.

Claude Code SDK by Anthropic

Anthropic releases Claude's Code SDK — letting devs use powerful natural language coding capabilities directly in their apps.
docs.anthropic.com/en/docs/clau...
#Anthropic #Claude #AI #SDK