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Sunday, 09 August 2026
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OpenClaw creator’s advice to AI builders is to be more playful and allow yourself time to improve
Peter Steinberger talks about the creation of his viral AI agent OpenClaw and how being more "playful" makes for a better way to learn AI coding.
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About 12% of US teens turn to AI for emotional support or advice
General-purpose tools like ChatGPT, Claude, and Grok are not designed for this use, making mental health professionals wary.
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Trump's MAHA influencer pick for surgeon general goes before Senate
Casey Means holds no active medical license and promotes alternative medicine.
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Sandboxes won't save you from OpenClaw
Article URL: https://tachyon.so/blog/sandboxes-wont-save-you Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47154803 Points: 12 # Comments: 3
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Bcachefs creator insists his custom LLM is female and 'fully conscious'
Article URL: https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/25/bcachefs_creator_ai/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47154523 Points: 39 # Comments: 18
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Trellis AI (YC W24) is hiring deployment lead to accelerate medication access
Article URL: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/trellis-ai/jobs/7ZlvQkN-lead-deployment-strategist Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47154246 Points: 0 # Comments: 0
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Racket v9.1
Article URL: https://blog.racket-lang.org/2026/02/racket-v9-1.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47154042 Points: 59 # Comments: 5
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Show HN: Sgai – Goal-driven multi-agent software dev (GOAL.md → working code)
Hey HN, We built Sgai to experiment with a different model of AI-assisted development. Instead of prompting step-by-step, you define an outcome in GOAL.md (what should be built, not how), and Sgai runs a coordinated set of AI agents to execute it. -
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The Misuses of the University
Article URL: https://www.publicbooks.org/the-misuses-of-the-university/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47153924 Points: 60 # Comments: 26
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Bus stop balancing is fast, cheap, and effective
Article URL: https://worksinprogress.co/issue/the-united-states-needs-fewer-bus-stops/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47153798 Points: 105 # Comments: 153
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GNU Texmacs
Article URL: https://www.texmacs.org/tmweb/home/welcome.en.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47152982 Points: 51 # Comments: 15
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New accounts on HN 10x more likely to use em-dashes
Article URL: https://www.marginalia.nu/weird-ai-crap/hn/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47152085 Points: 193 # Comments: 188
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Launch HN: TeamOut (YC W22) – AI agent for planning company retreats
Hi HN, I’m Vincent, CTO of TeamOut ( https://www.teamout.com/ ). We build an AI agent that plans company events from start to finish entirely through conversation. Similar to how Lovable helps build websites through chat, we apply that approach to ev
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Never buy a .online domain
Article URL: https://www.0xsid.com/blog/online-tld-is-pain Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47151233 Points: 496 # Comments: 277
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Have hard-won scaling lessons to share? Take the stage at TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026
Apply to speak at TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026 by April 17 for a chance to lead a roundtable or breakout session for 1,000 founders and investors. If you’ve built, backed, or operated inside high-growth startups, your experience could shape how the