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May 14, 2026
Mainline, a project management tool designed to counter 'dark-agile patterns.' It eliminates story points, replaces backlogs with Story Maps, tracks unreleased work as inventory, and makes collaboration patterns visible.
A project management tool that serves as a counterweight to traditional Agile tools, specifically designed to eliminate common dysfunctions like story points, backlogs, and surveillance-driven management. It focuses on data-backed cadence, explicit visibility of work-in-progre...
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May 14, 2026
Petri, a drop-in Postgres image with a Golang proxy.
A solution for parallelizing database-dependent tests by forking a fresh database instance per connection, eliminating in-band test runs and DB mocking issues.
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May 13, 2026
FixMyNPM – CLI tool to fix insecure npm configuration issues.
CLI to fix your insecure npm config, presented as an essential tool to address basic npm configuration issues.
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May 12, 2026
NodeDB – High Performance Multi-Model Database
A multi-model database with specialized engines for graph and vector features, offering superior performance compared to KV wrapper databases like SurrealDB, Neo4j, Pinecone, Clickhouse. Targets IoT/edge projects with offline sync.
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May 12, 2026
Fair-price checker App for home repairs
Provides fair pricing for home repairs using BLS wage data.
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May 9, 2026
tltv – a federation protocol for 24/7 TV channels, utilizing ed25519 key pairs for channel identity and metadata signing, serving HLS video, with relay nodes verifying signatures and peer exchange for discovery.
A federation protocol for 24/7 TV channels; channel identity is tied to a cryptographic key, not a hostname; no central registry for channel discovery.
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May 8, 2026
Ced – a C REPL (Read-Eval-Print Loop).
A solution for quickly testing C code without creating temporary files, addressing the lack of existing "good and tested solutions." Implied as a developer utility for C programmers.
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May 8, 2026
Kill-The-Backlog – a self-hosted background agent runner.
A tool to "close the loop between prompting, testing, and deploying" by using agents to make and test code changes, ultimately generating PRs. Inspired by Ramp Inspect.
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May 8, 2026
Armorer – a secure local control plane for AI agents.
A solution to "dependency hell" and "security risk" associated with setting up and running local AI agents. It manages agent lifecycle with "true process isolation" using Docker.
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May 8, 2026
jj diff review integrated with agents (implied: plannotator).
A tool for reviewing `jj diff` output, enhanced by agent integration.
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May 8, 2026
Local-first long-term memory engine for AI agents.
A "100% local, no cloud" solution for providing long-term memory to AI agents, emphasizing local-first design and data control.
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May 8, 2026
Open-source authentication for AI agents (Go, single binary).
A foundational security component for AI agents, emphasizing the need for "better security" in agent interactions.
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May 8, 2026
DiffCAD – a FreeCAD workbench to review model changes.
A solution for "properly diff[ing] CAD model changes," addressing a pain point for users with a software engineering background who are accustomed to code diffing tools.
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May 7, 2026
Naval Strike, a simultaneous turn-based fleet combat game playable in the browser.
A finished combat idea, leveraging AI for implementation while focusing on UX, style, gameplay, and UI. No accounts or signups needed.
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May 7, 2026
Gpu.fund, a live price board for GPU rentals, tracking cloud inventory and hourly prices across providers.
Quickly sanity check what H100s, 4090s, 3090s, and smaller cards cost right now. Solves the pain of opening multiple tabs to find the cheapest GPU.
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May 5, 2026
NoReporter – AI-only newsroom
A completely automated news agency designed to eliminate human selection bias.
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May 5, 2026
SongShift, an advanced, AI-powered song conversion service
An AI-powered web app for converting songs quickly and in high quality from various sources (YouTube, Spotify, Tidal, local files).
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May 4, 2026
Cuqueclicker, an idle clicker game inspired by Cookie Clicker.
A "Show HN" of a new idle clicker game, with a twist on the traditional cookie theme.
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May 3, 2026
Enoch, a control plane for autonomous AI research and agentic coding systems.
Automates the setup and management of agentic coding systems, eliminating manual intervention and accelerating AI research workflows, built on LangGraph and FastAPI.
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May 3, 2026
A website displaying "Hello, World" examples in numerous programming languages.
A comprehensive resource for "Hello, World" examples, surpassing sites with limited language coverage.