Morning Briefing

Saturday, July 4, 2026

Hacker News

Astrophysicists Puzzle over Webb’s New Universe · 67 · 27 comments
The Vespa at 80: Why the Italian scooter remains the coolest thing on 2 wheels · 33 · 24 comments
The bottleneck might be the air in the room · 469 · 292 comments
Maybe you should learn something · 186 · 83 comments
Postgres data stored in Parquet on S3: LTAP architecture explained · 66 · 21 comments
Performance per dollar is getting faster and cheaper · 283 · 101 comments
Night Witches – all-female Soviet aviator regiment WW2 · 10 · 0 comments
Leanstral 1.5: Proof abundance for all · 283 · 83 comments
Mir Books – Books from the Soviet Era · 112 · 49 comments
Costco is the anti-Amazon · 448 · 411 comments

GitHub Trending

openai/codex-plugin-cc · JavaScript · ★ 23704
Use Codex from Claude Code to review code or delegate tasks.
JuliusBrussee/caveman · JavaScript · ★ 83492
🪨 why use many token when few token do trick — Claude Code skill that cuts 65% of tokens by talking like caveman
alibaba/page-agent · TypeScript · ★ 22754
JavaScript in-page GUI agent. Control web interfaces with natural language.
usestrix/strix · Python · ★ 35542
Open-source AI penetration testing tool to find and fix your app’s vulnerabilities.
ChromeDevTools/chrome-devtools-mcp · TypeScript · ★ 45646
Chrome DevTools for coding agents
Zackriya-Solutions/meetily · Rust · ★ 14557
Privacy first, AI meeting assistant with 4x faster Parakeet/Whisper live transcription, speaker diarization, and Ollama summarization built on Rust. 100% local processing. no cloud required. Meetily (Meetly Ai - https://meetily.ai) is the #1 Self-hosted, Open-source Ai meeting note taker for macOS & Windows.
asgeirtj/system_prompts_leaks · JavaScript · ★ 48469
Extracted system prompts from Anthropic - Claude Fable 5, Opus 4.8, Claude Code, Claude Design. OpenAI - ChatGPT 5.5 Thinking, GPT 5.5 Instant, Codex. Google - Gemini 3.5 Flash, 3.1 Pro, Antigravity. xAI - Grok, Cursor, Copilot, VS Code, Perplexity, and more. Updated regularly.
harvard-edge/cs249r_book · Python · ★ 26412
Machine Learning Systems
rommapp/romm · Python · ★ 9987
A beautiful, powerful, self-hosted rom manager and player.
ogulcancelik/herdr · Rust · ★ 11129
agent multiplexer that lives in your terminal.
dotnet/skills · C# · ★ 3691
Repository for skills to assist AI coding agents with .NET and C#
agentskills/agentskills · Python · ★ 22185
Specification and documentation for Agent Skills
immich-app/immich · TypeScript · ★ 105412
High performance self-hosted photo and video management solution.
chthollyphile/folia-major · TypeScript · ★ 930
专注于绚丽的歌词动画效果的本地音乐/navidrome/第三方网易云播放器
mattpocock/skills · Shell · ★ 156142
Skills for Real Engineers. Straight from my .claude directory.
CoplayDev/unity-mcp · C# · ★ 11398
Unity MCP acts as a bridge between AI assistants and your Unity Editor. Give your LLM tools to manage assets, control scenes, edit scripts, and automate tasks within Unity.
alirezarezvani/claude-skills · Python · ★ 19958
337 Claude Code skills & agent skills & plugins (30+ Agents, 70+ custom commands, 330+ skills, customizable references, scripts)for Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, and 8 more coding agents — engineering, marketing, product, compliance, C-level advisory, research, business operations, commercial & finance, and your daily productivity skills.
crynta/terax-ai · TypeScript · ★ 7924
Lightweight (7MB) Terminal-first AI-native dev workspace

r/indieheads

Bob Vylan to sue BBC for "placing labels upon us that did not, do not and never will fit" after Glastonbury controversy · comments
[FRESH ALBUM] Four Tet's Wingding Bullshit Alias - Four Tet's Wingding Bullshit Alias's Unwriteable Album Title · comments
The Strokes' Julian Casablancas expand on his "white privilege" American Zionism comments in full Oxford Union speech · comments
Muse released 'Black Holes and Revelations' 20 years ago today · comments
In the spirit of 250 years of the United States, what are your favorite American protest songs? · comments
Oasis reportedly planning 12-night homecoming residency · comments
BrooklynVegan's Top 50 Albums of 2026 So Far · comments
Outbreak Fest x All Points East Lineup · comments
[FRESH] L'Rain - July 5th · comments
[Friday] Daily Music Discussion - 03 July 2026 · comments

MPU Forum

New moderators?! · Bmosbacker · Tech Support · 26 posts
iPhone Upgrade strategy in 2026? · svsmailus · Hardware · 38 posts
HomePods: no more "play everywhere", no AirPlay to multiple HomePods since 26.5 · Christian · Tech Support · 3 posts
Apple mail sent archive · rob · Cool Workflows · 8 posts
Claude users - useful menu bar app · Vincent_Ardern · AI · 3 posts
Automation to Change Default Browsers on macOS · Hozier567 · Software · 10 posts
Check your AppleCare renewals · LisaSpangenberg · Hardware · 3 posts
Mac Mini M4 webcam/Continuity Camera problems · devcybiko · Hardware · 6 posts
I just preordered the Clicks Power Keyboard · svsmailus · Hardware · 11 posts
854: Obscure (and Excellent) Mac Apps · KirkS · Episodes · 15 posts

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Today
Violet Grohl — Be Sweet to Me (2026) FLAC Lossless
rock, alternative, female.vocalist · 59 snatches · 71 seeders
Madonna — CONFESSIONS II (2026) FLAC Lossless
pop, electronic, female.vocalist · 65 snatches · 68 seeders
Neil Young & The Chrome Hearts — As Time Explodes (2026) FLAC Lossless
rock, classic.rock · 41 snatches · 45 seeders
Deep Purple — SPLAT! (2026) FLAC 24bit Lossless
rock, classic.rock, hard.rock · 32 snatches · 34 seeders
SKOK — SKAM (2026) FLAC Lossless
hip.hop, electronic, polish.hip.hop · 31 snatches · 32 seeders
Rikke Mach — Ensom Først (Lonely First) (2026) FLAC Lossless
jazz, vocal.jazz, contemporary.jazz · 30 snatches · 31 seeders
Deep Purple — SPLAT! (2026) FLAC 24bit Lossless
rock, classic.rock, hard.rock · 26 snatches · 29 seeders
Antonín Dvořák & Carlos Simon performed by Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra under Manfred Honeck — Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95, B. 178 "From the New World" - Simon: Four Black American Dances (2026) FLAC Lossless
classical, orchestral · 22 snatches · 23 seeders
Zoviet France — The Gate Is Open (2026) FLAC Lossless
experimental, electronic, ambient · 19 snatches · 18 seeders
Grateful Dead — 1966-07-03 Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, CA (2026) FLAC Lossless
rock · 17 snatches · 18 seeders
This Week
Madonna — CONFESSIONS II (2026) FLAC Lossless
pop, electronic, female.vocalist · 151 snatches · 172 seeders
Muse — The Wow! Signal (2026) FLAC Lossless
rock, progressive.rock, pop.rock · 135 snatches · 143 seeders
Madonna — CONFESSIONS II (2026) FLAC Lossless
pop, electronic, female.vocalist · 102 snatches · 125 seeders
Modest Mouse — An Eraser and a Maze (2026) FLAC Lossless
rock, alternative, alternative.rock · 107 snatches · 119 seeders
⣎⡇ꉺლ༽இ•̛)ྀ◞ ༎ຶ ༽ৣৢ؞ৢ؞ؖ ꉺლ — ʅ͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡(̸̢̛̼̞̭͋ͅ)̸͚̰͛̔̾̀̿͒͂:̴͓̞̑̌̂̆̊͋̀:̸͎̟̯̂̓̌ ҉ ͡ ͞ ͞ ͞ ҉● ࿀ ● ࿀ ● ҉⃝ ⃝͢ ͞ ͘ ͞⃝̕ ͢ ̛ ⃝ ̸ ̡ ͢⃝̧ ͡ ͡ ̀ ̧ ̢⃝͜ ҉ ͞ ͞ ⃝͞ ͘ ͞ ͡⃝ ⃝҉҈҉҈҉҈҉҈҉҈҉ :̶̢͙͙͕̠̩͆(̷̮͍͚̫͚͂̍)̵̳̗̊( ̟̞̝̜̙̘̗̖҉̵̴̨̧̢̡̼̻̺̹̳̲̱̰̯̮̭̬̫̪̩̦̥̤̣̠҈͈͇͉͍͎͓͔͕͖͙͚͜͢͢͢͢͢͢͢͢͢͢͢͢͢͢ͅ l̡̡̡ ̡͌ Ɵʅ͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡(̸̢̛̼̞̭͋ͅ)̸͚̰͛̔̾̀̿͒͂v̴̢͚͚͎ȯ̶̞̮͖̑̈́)̸̳̥̰̜̥̺̐ͅ)̴͎̜ (2026) FLAC Lossless
electronic, ambient · 94 snatches · 105 seeders
Yes — Aurora (2026) FLAC Lossless
rock, progressive.rock · 96 snatches · 98 seeders
Deep Purple — SPLAT! (2026) FLAC Lossless
rock, classic.rock, hard.rock · 90 snatches · 95 seeders
Batu & Donato Dozzy — Exhale (2026) FLAC Lossless
electronic, techno, leftfield · 95 snatches · 91 seeders
Gas — November 89 (2026) FLAC Lossless
experimental, ambient · 87 snatches · 83 seeders
Madonna — CONFESSIONS II (2026) FLAC 24bit Lossless
pop, electronic, female.vocalist · 70 snatches · 75 seeders

Sports

Chicago Cubs
L 1-17 vs St. Louis Cardinals Jul 3
W 23-3 vs San Diego Padres Jul 1
W 9-7 vs San Diego Padres Jul 1
↑ St. Louis Cardinals — Sat Jul 4 · 8:08 PM ET
New York Knicks
W 94-90 vs San Antonio Spurs Jun 14
W 107-106 vs San Antonio Spurs Jun 11
L 111-115 vs San Antonio Spurs Jun 9
Dallas Mavericks
W 149-128 vs Chicago Bulls Apr 13
L 120-139 vs San Antonio Spurs Apr 11
L 107-112 vs Phoenix Suns Apr 9
Boston Fleet
No scheduled games