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Show HN: BunkerWeb – The Open-Source Web Application Firewall (WAF)
Show HN: BunkerWeb – The Open-Source Web Application Firewall (WAF)
Show HN: BunkerWeb – The Open-Source Web Application Firewall (WAF)
Show HN: Hacker Herald – like HN but with crowdsourced pics and subtitles
Hi folks this is a project I worked on with some of my students when I was running an online JS programming course. Although the online course is no more, I finally got around to releasing Hacker Herald with a former instructor and student - thanks Arnav and Archis!<p>To those wondering if there is a need for such a Hacker News front end, I would just point out that most newspaper websites are laid out like this - clearly some people like this kind of layout!<p>Also for some stories a picture really does help - currently there is a HN story titled, "Portland airport grows with expansive mass timber roof canopy". But IMO it's better to actually see a picture of the timber roof while scrolling rather than having to click through to the article.
Show HN: Hacker Herald – like HN but with crowdsourced pics and subtitles
Hi folks this is a project I worked on with some of my students when I was running an online JS programming course. Although the online course is no more, I finally got around to releasing Hacker Herald with a former instructor and student - thanks Arnav and Archis!<p>To those wondering if there is a need for such a Hacker News front end, I would just point out that most newspaper websites are laid out like this - clearly some people like this kind of layout!<p>Also for some stories a picture really does help - currently there is a HN story titled, "Portland airport grows with expansive mass timber roof canopy". But IMO it's better to actually see a picture of the timber roof while scrolling rather than having to click through to the article.
Show HN: Hacker Herald – like HN but with crowdsourced pics and subtitles
Hi folks this is a project I worked on with some of my students when I was running an online JS programming course. Although the online course is no more, I finally got around to releasing Hacker Herald with a former instructor and student - thanks Arnav and Archis!<p>To those wondering if there is a need for such a Hacker News front end, I would just point out that most newspaper websites are laid out like this - clearly some people like this kind of layout!<p>Also for some stories a picture really does help - currently there is a HN story titled, "Portland airport grows with expansive mass timber roof canopy". But IMO it's better to actually see a picture of the timber roof while scrolling rather than having to click through to the article.
Show HN: Hacker Herald – like HN but with crowdsourced pics and subtitles
Hi folks this is a project I worked on with some of my students when I was running an online JS programming course. Although the online course is no more, I finally got around to releasing Hacker Herald with a former instructor and student - thanks Arnav and Archis!<p>To those wondering if there is a need for such a Hacker News front end, I would just point out that most newspaper websites are laid out like this - clearly some people like this kind of layout!<p>Also for some stories a picture really does help - currently there is a HN story titled, "Portland airport grows with expansive mass timber roof canopy". But IMO it's better to actually see a picture of the timber roof while scrolling rather than having to click through to the article.
Show HN: Hacker Herald – like HN but with crowdsourced pics and subtitles
Hi folks this is a project I worked on with some of my students when I was running an online JS programming course. Although the online course is no more, I finally got around to releasing Hacker Herald with a former instructor and student - thanks Arnav and Archis!<p>To those wondering if there is a need for such a Hacker News front end, I would just point out that most newspaper websites are laid out like this - clearly some people like this kind of layout!<p>Also for some stories a picture really does help - currently there is a HN story titled, "Portland airport grows with expansive mass timber roof canopy". But IMO it's better to actually see a picture of the timber roof while scrolling rather than having to click through to the article.
Show HN: Vekos – a Rust OS with Built-In Cryptographic Verification
VEKOS(Verified Experimental Kernel OS) is a Rust-based experimental kernel that focuses on runtime verification and security. Every filesystem operation and memory allocation generates cryptographic proofs that can be verified in real-time, ensuring system integrity. Think of it like a blockchain for OS operations rather than just storage verification.<p>Key features:
- Merkle tree-backed filesystem with operation verification
- Memory manager with CoW and proof generation
- Buddy allocator with zone-based memory management
- Shell with VT100 support
- Verified boot sequence with stage attestation<p>The kernel is still in alpha, but it demonstrates a novel approach to OS security by making verification a first-class citizen. All critical operations (memory allocations, filesystem writes, process creation) generate proofs that are stored in an append-only chain, similar to a blockchain but for system operations.<p>GitHub: <a href="https://github.com/JGiraldo29/vekos">https://github.com/JGiraldo29/vekos</a><p>I would be excited to get feedback on this project, especially on the verification approach and potential use cases. If you have any question the innerworkings of the development, just ask and I will gladly answer all questions. The code is under the Apache 2.0 license and welcomes contributors.
Show HN: Replace "hub" by "ingest" in GitHub URLs for a prompt-friendly extract
Gitingest is a open-source micro dev-tool that I made over the last week.<p>It turns any public Github repository into a text
extract that you can give to your favourite LLM easily.<p>Today I added this url trick to make it even easier to use!<p>How I use it myself:
- Quickly generate a README.md boilerplate for a project
- Ask LLMs questions about an undocumented codebase<p>It is still very much work in progress and I plan to add many more options (file size limits, exclude patterns..) and a public API<p>I hope this tool can help you
Your feedback is very valuable to help me prioritize
And contributions are welcome!
Show HN: Replace "hub" by "ingest" in GitHub URLs for a prompt-friendly extract
Gitingest is a open-source micro dev-tool that I made over the last week.<p>It turns any public Github repository into a text
extract that you can give to your favourite LLM easily.<p>Today I added this url trick to make it even easier to use!<p>How I use it myself:
- Quickly generate a README.md boilerplate for a project
- Ask LLMs questions about an undocumented codebase<p>It is still very much work in progress and I plan to add many more options (file size limits, exclude patterns..) and a public API<p>I hope this tool can help you
Your feedback is very valuable to help me prioritize
And contributions are welcome!
Show HN: Replace "hub" by "ingest" in GitHub URLs for a prompt-friendly extract
Gitingest is a open-source micro dev-tool that I made over the last week.<p>It turns any public Github repository into a text
extract that you can give to your favourite LLM easily.<p>Today I added this url trick to make it even easier to use!<p>How I use it myself:
- Quickly generate a README.md boilerplate for a project
- Ask LLMs questions about an undocumented codebase<p>It is still very much work in progress and I plan to add many more options (file size limits, exclude patterns..) and a public API<p>I hope this tool can help you
Your feedback is very valuable to help me prioritize
And contributions are welcome!
Show HN: Banan-OS, an Unix-like operating system written from scratch
This is my operating system that I've been working for the past 2 years. All of the code is written exclusively by me except from ported software. banan-os has a monolithic kernel targeting x86 (i686) and x86_64 architectures. The project consists of bootloader, kernel and userspace libraries (libc, libGUI, libFont, ...). It also uses my custom C++ standard library partly based on stdc++.<p>Currently I have basic TTY and GUI environment with some of the basic UNIX utilities like cp, ls and stat. I have basic support for USB (keyboard/mouse/storage), disks (NVMe, AHCI), custom networking stack with TCP and UDP support, and a UNIX-like filesystem with /dev /tmp /proc filesystems.<p>The whole project is written in C++ except for my BIOS bootloader that is written in 16-bit real mode assembly. I have been testing the OS mainly on virtual machines but also frequently on real hardware.
Show HN: Banan-OS, an Unix-like operating system written from scratch
This is my operating system that I've been working for the past 2 years. All of the code is written exclusively by me except from ported software. banan-os has a monolithic kernel targeting x86 (i686) and x86_64 architectures. The project consists of bootloader, kernel and userspace libraries (libc, libGUI, libFont, ...). It also uses my custom C++ standard library partly based on stdc++.<p>Currently I have basic TTY and GUI environment with some of the basic UNIX utilities like cp, ls and stat. I have basic support for USB (keyboard/mouse/storage), disks (NVMe, AHCI), custom networking stack with TCP and UDP support, and a UNIX-like filesystem with /dev /tmp /proc filesystems.<p>The whole project is written in C++ except for my BIOS bootloader that is written in 16-bit real mode assembly. I have been testing the OS mainly on virtual machines but also frequently on real hardware.
Show HN: Banan-OS, an Unix-like operating system written from scratch
This is my operating system that I've been working for the past 2 years. All of the code is written exclusively by me except from ported software. banan-os has a monolithic kernel targeting x86 (i686) and x86_64 architectures. The project consists of bootloader, kernel and userspace libraries (libc, libGUI, libFont, ...). It also uses my custom C++ standard library partly based on stdc++.<p>Currently I have basic TTY and GUI environment with some of the basic UNIX utilities like cp, ls and stat. I have basic support for USB (keyboard/mouse/storage), disks (NVMe, AHCI), custom networking stack with TCP and UDP support, and a UNIX-like filesystem with /dev /tmp /proc filesystems.<p>The whole project is written in C++ except for my BIOS bootloader that is written in 16-bit real mode assembly. I have been testing the OS mainly on virtual machines but also frequently on real hardware.
Show HN: A 5th order motion planner with PH spline blending, written in Ada
Show HN: A 5th order motion planner with PH spline blending, written in Ada
Show HN: A 5th order motion planner with PH spline blending, written in Ada
Show HN: I combined spaced repetition with emails so you can remember anything
Hey HN,<p>I am a student shipping apps in my free time. This is my 4th for the year!<p>Non-fic books and podcasts have been part of my life for years now but I always struggled with remembering what I’ve read or listened to. I wanted it to stick even after years.<p>My notes list grew large but I never really revisited them. That’s why I created GinkgoNotes.<p>You can enter notes you want to recall and leave it to the app to create a personalised (based on spaced repetition) email schedule. That means you’ll get your notes emailed to you a couple of times exactly when you should read them again (based on Ebbinghaus's Forgetting Curve) so it’s certain that you’ll remember them.<p>I hope this will be helpful as it was for me. Would love some feedback!<p>Iskren
Show HN: I combined spaced repetition with emails so you can remember anything
Hey HN,<p>I am a student shipping apps in my free time. This is my 4th for the year!<p>Non-fic books and podcasts have been part of my life for years now but I always struggled with remembering what I’ve read or listened to. I wanted it to stick even after years.<p>My notes list grew large but I never really revisited them. That’s why I created GinkgoNotes.<p>You can enter notes you want to recall and leave it to the app to create a personalised (based on spaced repetition) email schedule. That means you’ll get your notes emailed to you a couple of times exactly when you should read them again (based on Ebbinghaus's Forgetting Curve) so it’s certain that you’ll remember them.<p>I hope this will be helpful as it was for me. Would love some feedback!<p>Iskren