Morning Briefing

Saturday, July 18, 2026

Hacker News

Speech Recognition and TTS in less than 500kb · 57 · 8 comments
GPT-5.6 used a prompt to close a 30-year gap in convex optimization · 451 · 289 comments
Typing Speed Test, but for Developers · 41 · 21 comments
If You Build It, They Will Come · 165 · 56 comments
Setting up your spare Mac for Claude Code to control, a step-by-step guide · 138 · 93 comments
I'm Making Strandfall, a Solarpunk Orienteering Larp · 42 · 8 comments
Gleam Is Now on Tangled · 159 · 104 comments
Is this the end of the once-mighty GoPro? · 162 · 314 comments
The Kimi K3 Moment · 192 · 187 comments
Elixir-lang.org has a new design · 129 · 83 comments

GitHub Trending

Robbyant/lingbot-map · Python · ★ 12840
A feed-forward 3D foundation model for reconstructing scenes from streaming data
apache/ossie · Python · ★ 1253
Apache Ossie, industry wide specification effort to standardize how we exchange semantic metadata across analytics, AI and BI platforms, providing a vendor neutral, single source of truth for semantic data
PostHog/posthog · Python · ★ 36551
🦔 PostHog is the leading platform for building self-driving products. Our developer tools – AI observability, analytics, session replay, flags, experiments, error tracking, logs, and more – capture all the context agents need to diagnose problems, uncover opportunities, and ship fixes. Steer it all from Slack, web, desktop, or the MCP.
ibelick/ui-skills · TypeScript · ★ 4953
Skills for Design Engineers
rohitg00/ai-engineering-from-scratch · Python · ★ 39056
Learn it. Build it. Ship it for others.
tirth8205/code-review-graph · Python · ★ 20122
Local-first code intelligence graph for MCP and CLI. Builds a persistent map of your codebase so AI coding tools read only what matters, with benchmarked context reductions on reviews and large-repo workflows.
elder-plinius/G0DM0D3 · TypeScript · ★ 9477
LIBERATED AI CHAT
lyogavin/airllm · Jupyter Notebook · ★ 23295
AirLLM 70B inference with single 4GB GPU
KnockOutEZ/wigolo · TypeScript · ★ 1173
The go-to web for your AI coding agent — local-first search, fetch, crawl & research over MCP. No API keys, no cloud, $0/query. Public beta.
codecrafters-io/build-your-own-x · Markdown · ★ 528172
Master programming by recreating your favorite technologies from scratch.
MoonshotAI/kimi-cli · Python · ★ 9437
Kimi Code CLI is your next CLI agent.

r/indieheads

[FRESH] Clairo - Losing Pride · comments
[FRESH PERFORMANCE] Father John Misty - In Twenty Years or So (live from the Capitol Theatre) · comments
The young Cork band tipped for greatness by Rolling Stone · comments
[FRESH PERFORMANCE] Militarie Gun (Live Performance) - Elevator Music · comments
[Saturday] Daily Music Discussion - 18 July 2026 · comments
[Saturday] General Discussion - 18 July 2026 · comments
[FRESH] Evil Island - King Death // new album "Terraform the Afterlife" out August 14th · comments
[FRESH VIDEO] Catherine Moan - Fabric · comments
[FRESH] Trash Heap - Hello Johnny! (Compilation mixtape of Ween covers raising money for Johnny Williams' fight against cancer) · comments
[FRESH] Center Mid - Twenty Dollar Bill · comments

MPU Forum

New app… can I mention it? · rob · Software · 10 posts
New Mac Recommendations · krocnyc · Hardware · 10 posts
FoldNotes is a worthy Mac and iOS native alternative to Obsidian and MojoPad · LisaSpangenberg · Software · 12 posts
What browser is your daily driver right now? · Gjaevert · Software · 69 posts
What features do you want most in an email app? · ciaran · Software · 18 posts
“We should be wary of frictionless freedom.” · hmurchison · AI · 7 posts
Macro Software Recommendations · Jason_John · Software · 15 posts
Big problems with the System Process Usernoted · bijaya_adhikari · Tech Support · 10 posts
Desktop folder locked · pascaltiemann · Tech Support · 3 posts
Being tracked by websites, how do I minimise this? · jcoates · Tech Support · 26 posts

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Today
Phish — 2026-07-17 Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek, Raleigh, NC (2026) FLAC Lossless
rock, jam.band · 58 snatches · 68 seeders
Loathe — A Stranger to You (2026) FLAC Lossless
rock, metal, ambient · 67 snatches · 65 seeders
Rick Ross — Set in Stone (2026) FLAC Lossless
hip.hop · 44 snatches · 48 seeders
August Burns Red — Season of Surrender (2026) FLAC Lossless
rock, heavy.metal, metal · 45 snatches · 46 seeders
Vreid — The Skies Turn Black (2026) FLAC Lossless
metal, black.metal, melodic.black.metal · 41 snatches · 43 seeders
Phish — 2026-07-17 Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek, Raleigh, NC (2026) MP3 V0 (VBR)
rock, jam.band · 29 snatches · 39 seeders
Various Artists — Ranjha (2026) FLAC Lossless
experimental, spiritual, qawwali · 37 snatches · 37 seeders
49 Winchester — Change Of Plans (2026) FLAC Lossless
blues, folk, country · 34 snatches · 36 seeders
Angelo Kelly — Alive (2026) FLAC Lossless
rock, pop · 36 snatches · 33 seeders
Subsonica — Terre Rare (2026) FLAC Lossless
pop, italian · 34 snatches · 32 seeders
This Week
Tricky — Different When It's Silent (2026) FLAC Lossless
electronic, alternative, lo.fi · 208 snatches · 216 seeders
Jack White — Frozen Charlotte (2026) FLAC Lossless
rock, alternative, alternative.rock · 190 snatches · 214 seeders
The Menzingers — Everything I Ever Saw (2026) FLAC Lossless
alternative, indie · 185 snatches · 197 seeders
Steve Lacy — Oh Yeah? (2026) FLAC Lossless
electronic, indie, rhythm.and.blues · 140 snatches · 159 seeders
Gracie Abrams — Daughter from Hell (2026) FLAC Lossless
pop, female.vocalist · 132 snatches · 144 seeders
Guided by Voices — Crawlspace of the Pantheon (2026) FLAC Lossless
rock, alternative, indie.rock · 131 snatches · 144 seeders
Yard Act — You're Gonna Need a Little Music (2026) FLAC Lossless
rock, alternative, post.punk · 114 snatches · 120 seeders
Motionless in White — Decades (2026) FLAC Lossless
rock, metal, metalcore · 113 snatches · 119 seeders
Rick Ross — Set in Stone (2026) FLAC Lossless
hip.hop · 102 snatches · 113 seeders
Show Me the Body — Alone Together (2026) FLAC Lossless
alternative.rock, noise.rock, hardcore.punk · 98 snatches · 108 seeders

Sports

Chicago Cubs
W 6-2 vs Minnesota Twins Jul 18
L 2-5 vs Minnesota Twins Jul 18
W 8-4 vs Cincinnati Reds Jul 12
↑ Minnesota Twins — Sun Jul 19 · 2:20 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