April 2, 2024

👋 Today in HN - 2024-04-02

Good Morning, Hackers! Here are today's top stories:

1. Debian Git Monorepo
   
   
2. Low Cost Robot Arm
   
   
3. Blue Ball Machine
   
   
4. Wireproxy: WireGuard client that exposes itself as a HTTP/SOCKS5 proxy
   
   
5. From xz to ibus: more questionable tarballs
   
   
6. KraftCloud
   
   
7. Show HN: OneUptime – open-source Datadog Alternative
   
   
8. Refix: Fast, Debuggable, Reproducible Builds
   
   
9. Timeline of the xz open source attack
   
   
10. PaperBack: How to store arbitrary data on A4 sheets of paper (2007)
    
    
11. Microchess for the Kim-1 (2006)
    
    
12. Building GCC 1.27 (first GCC with x86 support) (2019)
    
    
13. Original Pirate Material
    
    
14. The Wi-Fi only works when it's raining
    
    
15. Xzbot: Notes, honeypot, and exploit demo for the xz backdoor
    
    
16. You won't find a technical co-founder
    
    
17. Documentation as code: Principles, workflow, and challenges
    
    
18. Property-based testing in practice [pdf]
    
    
19. Myscaledb: Open-source SQL vector database to build AI apps using SQL
    
    
20. Lumos: Learning Agents with Unified Data, Modular Design, and Open-Source LLMs
    
    
21. Ask HN: Is AngelList Legit?
    
    
22. LLaMA now goes faster on CPUs
    
    
23. Do be do be do (2017) [pdf]
    
    
24. Banning open weight models would be a disaster
    
    
25. Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2024)
    
    
26. Pilot study shows ketogenic diet improves mental illness
    
    
27. Mycenaean Warriors and the Sea-Peoples (2013)
    
    
28. XZ: Repo maintainer Lasse Collin responding on LKML
    
    
29. Show HN: Docfd: TUI multiline fuzzy document finder
    
    
30. Skio (YC S20) – Subscriptions for Shopify, ReCharge Migrations Is Hiring