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Hey HN! We've been building HomeDock OS, a platform to self-host Docker apps with a full desktop-like UI running entirely in the browser. Version 2.0 introduced exactly that, Prism…

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Sure! No formal writeup but here's the gist, base model was Qwen2.5-3B-Instruct, fast, reliable, low ram specs and most of the times fine on cpu. Dataset: ~620 Claude-crafted examp…

The workflow is quite simple, you type a question, the planchette moves across the Ouija board spelling the answer letter by letter. The board shakes, glows or flickers depending o…

In January someone hit us with ~2K malicious backlinks from AWS instances across 15+ regions, cheap TLD spam domains, and even Blogspot. We built a Python script to automate the di…

I'm atm working on a couple of things, first the biz, a self-hosted home server OS that simplifies Docker management and provides a unified dashboard for running services at home. …

Benchmarks optimize for fundraising, not users. The gap between "state of the art" and "previous gen" keeps shrinking in real-world use, but investors still write checks based on d…

Nice! We considered this exact approach but never shipped it in the end. The geolocation permission is probably unnecessary friction and probably an overkill imho... Timezone + rou…

Suffered that back in the day with an Electron desktop app. Not to mention that the notarization and signing integration itself is completely broken. The first time you submit a bi…

Google used to proudly say "Don't be evil"... But they just forgot to add "let us take that part". When tech giants start deciding what technical knowledge is too "dangerous" for u…

Yeah, somehow it went from don't micro optimize loops to 500MB Electron apps are just fine actually hahaha

The article is kind of right about legitimate bloat, but "premature optimization is evil" has become an excuse to stop thinking about efficiency entirely. When we choose Electron f…

About time... I guess

This really resonates. Sometimes the best reason to switch tech is just to feel that spark of learning again. I build self-hosting platforms and have spent years trying to make it …

Fascinating deep dive into OverlayFS CoW behavior. The 11GB btmp file getting copied 271 times is a perfect storm scenario. Did they consider mounting /var/log outside the image la…

About time! Nothing kills productivity like waiting 30s for the compiler to tell you it can't infer a type on line 27437 (who needs to refactor?). The diagnostic improvements alone…

The ICEBlock removal is absurd when you consider Waze has been warning drivers about police locations for... Years? The only difference is which government agency is being monitore…

The sophistication here (SVG > CHM > fileless execution > dual payload) suggests access to commercial malware toolkits rather than bespoke APT development.

/etc/hosts works until you need to change an IP across 10,000 servers in under a minute. Then you understand why DNS exists. DNS isn't just name resolution, I'd say it's kind of lo…