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Harvard University disclosed a data breach that affected alumni and donors, potentially exposing their personal information. The university is investigating the incident and has notified the affected individuals.

Hey HN!

I'm Jack, the maker of ExportTok.

I built this tool because I spent hours manually copy-pasting TikTok comments for market research and wanted an easier way. With ExportTok, you can quickly export all comments from any TikTok video to CSV or Excel for analysis.

You do need to sign up to use it, but you don't need a TikTok account or credentials. The data includes usernames, timestamps, and engagement metrics. So far, users have exported over 500,000 comments.

Would love feedback:

1. What other data fields would be helpful? 2. Any privacy concerns? 3. Suggestions for use cases or improvements?

Thanks for checking it out!

Mu is a lightweight, open-source microservices framework that provides a simple, yet powerful, approach to building and managing distributed systems. The framework offers features such as service discovery, load balancing, and distributed tracing, helping developers create and deploy microservices efficiently.

The article discusses the security model of Lumo, a new technology that aims to provide secure and privacy-focused cloud storage and communication services. It highlights Lumo's use of end-to-end encryption, secure multi-party computation, and self-sovereign identity to protect user data and preserve user privacy.

A groundbreaking gene therapy trial has opened at the University of Manchester for treating Hunter syndrome, a rare genetic disorder. The trial aims to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of a new gene therapy approach in addressing the underlying cause of the condition.

hey hn, i’ve been working on an api to make it easy to know who your customers are, i would love your feedback.

what it does

send an email address, the api returns a json profile built from public data, things like: name, country, age, occupation, company, social handles and interests.

It’s a single endpoint (you can hit this endpoint without auth to get a demo of what it looks like):

  curl https://api.yolodex.ai/api/v1/email-enrichment \
    --request POST \
    --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    --data '{"email": "john.smith@example.com"}'

why i built it / what’s different

i once built open source intelligence tooling to investigate financial crime but for a recent project i needed to find out more about some customers, i tried apollo, clearbit, lusha, clay, etc but i found:

1. outdated data - the data about was out-of-date and misleading, emails didn’t work, etc

2. dubious data - i found lots of data like personal mobile numbers that i’m pretty sure no-one shared publicly or knowingly opted into being sold on

3. aggressive pricing - monthly/annual commitments, large gaps between plans, pay the same for empty profiles

4. painful setup - hard to find the right api, set it up, test it out etc

i used knowledge from criminal investigations to build an api that uses some of the same research patterns and entity resolution to find standardized information about people that is:

1. real-time

2. public info only (osint)

3. transparent simple pricing

4. 1 min to setup

what i’d love feedback on

* speed: are responses fast enough? would you trade-off speed for better data coverage?

* coverage: which fields will you use (or others you need)?

* pricing: is the pricing model sane?

* use-cases: what you need this type data for (i.e. example use cases)?

* accuracy: any examples where i got it badly wrong?

happy to answer technical questions in the thread and give more free credits to help anyone test

Your analytics track clicks and page views. They don't track: - Which button/form triggered which API call - API call latency (users waited 45 seconds) - 3rd party timeouts (Stripe, DocuSign, Salesforce) - Client-side errors (request never completed) - Performance by cohort (enterprise accounts see 10x slower)

We track UI interactions and connect them to the network requests they trigger (yours and 3rd parties). Showing you the complete aggregate, client-side experience by user and cohort.

See what's actually causing users to abandon: "User clicks 'Connect Stripe' button -> 45s timeout -> gone."

Fix it, then message the affected users to recover them.

Built by former Klaviyo data & engineering leaders ($14M -> $1B+ ARR).

https://obris.io

30-second install, free tier, looking for 10 early users.

The article examines the mysterious death of Martha Nolan, a prominent fashion designer and socialite in the Hamptons. It explores the circumstances surrounding her passing, the impact on her family and community, and the ongoing investigation into the cause of her death.

Easy to use, portable app to play midi music files on all flavours of Microsoft Windows.

Brief Background - Used midi playback way back in the days of Windows 95 for some fun and entertaining apps, but as Windows progressed, it seemed their midi support (for Win32 anyway) regressed in both startup speed and reliability. Midi playback used to be near instant on Windows 95, but on later versions of Windows this was delayed to about 5-7 seconds. And reliability became somewhat patchy. This made working with midi a real headache.

Cynthia was built to test and enjoy midi music once again. It's taken over a year of solid coding, recoding, testing, re-testing, and a lot more testing, and some hair pulling along the way, but finally Cynthia works pretty solidly on Windows now.

Some of Cynthia's Key Features: * 25 built-in sample midis on a virtual disk - play right out-of-the box * Play Modes: Once, Repeat One, Repeat All, All Once, Random * Play ".mid", ".midi" and ".rmi" midi files in 0 and 1 formats * Realtime track data indicators, channel output volume indicators with peak hold, 128 note usage indicators * Volume Bars to display realtime average volume and bass volume levels * Use an Xbox Controller to control Cynthia's main functions * Large list capacity for handling thousands of midi files * Switch between up to 10 midi playback devices in realtime * Playback through a single midi device, or multiple simultaneous midi devices with lag and channel output support * Custom built midi playback engine for high playback stability * Custom built codebase for low-level work to GUI level * Also runs on Linux/Mac (including apple silicon) via Wine * Smart Source Code - compiles in Borland Delphi 3 and Lazarus 2 * MIT License

YouTube Video of Cynthia playing a midi: https://youtu.be/IDEOQUboTvQ

GitHub Repo: https://github.com/blaiz2023/Cynthia

Astra is a decentralized platform that allows users to build, deploy, and manage serverless applications on the blockchain. The platform combines the power of decentralization with the flexibility of serverless computing to provide a scalable and secure solution for developers.

Pocket8086 is a handheld x86 retro computer with a V30 (8086-compatible) CPU that can run DOS 6.22 or Windows 3.0, offering a compact and portable way to experience classic PC computing.

Formula AI is a technology company that specializes in developing and deploying artificial intelligence solutions to help businesses optimize their operations and decision-making processes.

The article discusses the DevSAT survey, a tool developed by GitHub to measure developer experience and satisfaction. It covers the survey's purpose, methodology, and key findings, providing insights into the factors that contribute to a positive developer experience in modern software development.

Hey HN,

I'm Karan, and I'm a frontend developer

I built ogblocks.dev because many developers I know want their sites to feel polished but don’t enjoy writing CSS animations. Hand-coding animations is harder than it looks, and most existing libraries are either static, pricey, or not very customizable.

ogBlocks provides copy-paste animated UI components built with React, Framer Motion, and Tailwind. No installation required. Everything is fully customizable, responsive, and works in both JSX and TSX. It also includes a private repo, Discord access, and a free 107-page ebook.

My goal was to make practical animations accessible, even if you don’t enjoy working with CSS.

Lemme know what you think

The article discusses the importance of completing a college degree, emphasizing the benefits it can provide in terms of career opportunities, earning potential, and personal growth. It encourages readers to overcome any obstacles and persist in their academic pursuits to achieve their educational goals.

The United States is the largest recipient of Chinese loans, according to a new study. The study shows that the U.S. received the most Chinese loans compared to other countries between 2008 and 2019.

This article explores an effective Reddit marketing strategy, highlighting the importance of building a strong community presence, creating valuable content, and engaging with users to drive traffic and conversions for a business.

The article discusses a high-profile cryptocurrency robbery that occurred in San Francisco, where two men were arrested for allegedly stealing over $20 million worth of digital assets from a cryptocurrency investor. The incident highlights the growing risks associated with the cryptocurrency market and the need for improved security measures to protect investors.

Guess the Accent is an interactive web application that allows users to listen to voice samples and try to identify the speaker's accent. The game tests users' ability to recognize different regional accents from around the world.

The article discusses the importance of hardware verification in the design and development of electronic devices. It explores the various techniques and tools used to ensure the correctness and reliability of hardware designs, including simulation, formal verification, and emulation.

Hey HN! I built this over a weekend after Gemini 3 and Nano Banana Pro dropped. Thought it would be fun to see if a simple pipeline could generate full slides from one prompt.

The setup is straightforward: Gemini 3 plans the deck, and Nano Banana Pro paints each slide as a single image: layout, text, visuals, everything. No templates, no manual tweaking.

It’s an weekend experiment, so plenty of rough edges: inconsistent styles, no fine-grained editing, and bugs probably running around freely. But it works, and it's free to try.

If you have feedback, ideas, or want to roast the approach, I’d love to hear it. Just exploring whether this is worth taking further.

Do you feel the same anger? Codespace is down that often, that it is impossible to do serious and professional work with it. I have to finish a project in 5h. Impossible.

I want my own dedicated machine back.