Morning Briefing

Friday, July 17, 2026

Hacker News

Blatant AI slop just won a 25k USD DeepMind Kaggle Grand Prize · 267 · 142 comments
Minikotlin · 14 · 3 comments
Kimi K3: Open Frontier Intelligence · 1797 · 1050 comments
EEG shows brain can simultaneous encode two speech streams · 165 · 96 comments
Apple targets dozens of OpenAI employees with legal letters · 71 · 43 comments
Manufact (YC S25) Is Hiring a Senior infra engineer to build the MCP cloud · 1 · 0 comments
Pebble Mega Update – July 2026 · 169 · 81 comments
Multi-Primary Color Display Emerges as Next-Gen Color Reproduction Technology · 3 · 0 comments
How Has Roman Concrete Lasted for Millennia? 1,900-Year-Old Latrine Offers Clues · 179 · 135 comments
Microsoft Comic Chat is now open source · 730 · 159 comments

GitHub Trending

codecrafters-io/build-your-own-x · Markdown · ★ 526884
Master programming by recreating your favorite technologies from scratch.
PostHog/posthog · Python · ★ 36053
🦔 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.
HenryNdubuaku/maths-cs-ai-compendium · TypeScript · ★ 6415
Become a cracked AI/ML Research Engineer
Nutlope/hallmark · CSS · ★ 11654
Anti-AI-slop design skill for Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex.
github/copilot-sdk · Java · ★ 9748
Multi-platform SDK for integrating GitHub Copilot Agent into apps and services
anthropics/cwc-workshops · TypeScript · ★ 1504
PrismML-Eng/Bonsai-demo · Shell · ★ 1658
Bonsai Demo
protocolbuffers/protobuf · C++ · ★ 71510
Protocol Buffers - Google's data interchange format
tirth8205/code-review-graph · Python · ★ 19617
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.
docusealco/docuseal · Ruby · ★ 17721
Open source DocuSign alternative. Create, fill, and sign digital documents ✍️
openinterpreter/openinterpreter · Rust · ★ 66213
A coding agent for open models like Kimi K3
RyanCodrai/turbovec · Python · ★ 13176
A vector index built on TurboQuant, written in Rust with Python bindings
HKUDS/DeepTutor · Python · ★ 27195
DeepTutor: Lifelong Personalized Tutoring. https://deeptutor.info/.
OpenCut-app/OpenCut · TypeScript · ★ 74577
The open-source CapCut alternative

r/indieheads

[FRESH ALBUM] Yard Act - You're Gonna Need A Little Music · comments
Built to Spill released 'Ancient Melodies of the Future' 25 years ago · comments
Ocean Way Festival Lineup · comments
[FRESH ALBUM] Nia Archives - Emotional Junglist · comments
[FRESH ALBUM] Swapmeet - Mount Zero · comments
mary in the junkyard, AMA ! · comments
[FRESH PERFORMANCE] Automatic - Full Performance (Live on KEXP) · comments
[FRESH ALBUM] Loathe - A Stranger To You · comments
The Olivia Tremor Control announce the release of their final album, The Same Place, available October 23, 2026 · comments
[FRESH ALBUM] The Menzingers - Everything I Ever Saw · comments

MPU Forum

Couple of scandalous thoughts about AI · svsmailus · AI · 10 posts
What features do you want most in an email app? · macsorcery · Software · 14 posts
Subscription Fatigue · Bmosbacker · Software · 60 posts
Looking for Non-Subscription Time tracking app · andrewlkho · Software · 2 posts
BTT launching a launcher! · zkarj · Software · 3 posts
To do / planning / habits app · ABC123 · Software · 16 posts
What browser is your daily driver right now? · Topre · Software · 68 posts
Google Workspaces “Security” · McTavish · Software · 12 posts
Substitute for ScanSnap Manager when Rosetta 2 discontinues · McTavish · Tech Support · 20 posts
“We should be wary of frictionless freedom.” · LisaSpangenberg · AI · 6 posts

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Today
Yard Act — You're Gonna Need a Little Music (2026) FLAC Lossless
rock, alternative, post.punk · 77 snatches · 82 seeders
Gracie Abrams — Daughter from Hell (2026) FLAC Lossless
pop, female.vocalist · 74 snatches · 75 seeders
Syd — Beard (2026) FLAC Lossless
alternative.rhythm.and.blues, trap.soul · 61 snatches · 66 seeders
Tricky — Different When It's Silent (2026) FLAC 24bit Lossless
electronic, alternative, lo.fi · 58 snatches · 60 seeders
Yard Act — You're Gonna Need a Little Music (2026) FLAC Lossless
rock, alternative, post.punk · 53 snatches · 59 seeders
Gracie Abrams — Daughter from Hell (2026) FLAC 24bit Lossless
pop, female.vocalist · 48 snatches · 55 seeders
Steve Lacy — Oh yeah? (2026) FLAC 24bit Lossless
electronic, indie, rhythm.and.blues · 47 snatches · 52 seeders
Nia Archives — Emotional Junglist (2026) FLAC Lossless
pop, electronic, electro · 41 snatches · 44 seeders
If These Trees Could Talk — The Hidden Hand (2026) FLAC Lossless
rock, alternative, metal · 40 snatches · 42 seeders
Nia Archives — Emotional Junglist (2026) FLAC Lossless
pop, electronic, electro · 42 snatches · 42 seeders
This Week
The Rolling Stones — Foreign Tongues (2026) FLAC Lossless
rock, pop.rock, blues.rock · 218 snatches · 237 seeders
Jack White — Frozen Charlotte (2026) FLAC Lossless
rock, alternative, alternative.rock · 172 snatches · 197 seeders
Tricky — Different When It's Silent (2026) FLAC Lossless
electronic, alternative, lo.fi · 172 snatches · 181 seeders
The Menzingers — Everything I Ever Saw (2026) FLAC Lossless
alternative, indie · 166 snatches · 171 seeders
Guided by Voices — Crawlspace of the Pantheon (2026) FLAC Lossless
rock, alternative, indie.rock · 120 snatches · 130 seeders
Steve Lacy — Oh yeah? (2026) FLAC Lossless
electronic, indie, rhythm.and.blues · 110 snatches · 126 seeders
Motionless in White — Decades (2026) FLAC Lossless
rock, metal, metalcore · 99 snatches · 104 seeders
Show Me the Body — Alone Together (2026) FLAC Lossless
alternative.rock, noise.rock, hardcore.punk · 94 snatches · 100 seeders
Jack White — Frozen Charlotte (2026) FLAC Lossless
rock, alternative, alternative.rock · 91 snatches · 100 seeders
Rick Ross — Set In Stone (2026) FLAC Lossless
hip.hop · 85 snatches · 95 seeders

Sports

Chicago Cubs
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L 0-4 vs Cincinnati Reds Jul 10
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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
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L 120-139 vs San Antonio Spurs Apr 11
L 107-112 vs Phoenix Suns Apr 9
Boston Fleet
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