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OldVersion.com is a website that provides access to older versions of popular software, allowing users to download and use legacy software that is no longer available from the original source.

The article explores the concept of a 'zero-sum game' in which one person's gain is exactly balanced by another's loss. It examines the implications of this concept in various contexts, such as economics, politics, and game theory.

Karabiner-Elements is an open-source, powerful, and customizable keyboard remapping tool for macOS. It allows users to create complex keyboard modifications and automate various keyboard-related tasks to enhance their productivity and personalize their computing experience.

The article discusses a powerful iOS exploit kit called Coruna, which allows attackers to remotely execute code on compromised devices. It provides details on Coruna's features, the vulnerabilities it exploits, and the potential impact on iOS users.

The article profiles Vinay Prasad, a prominent oncologist and public health expert who has become known for his critical analysis of medical practices and policies. It details Prasad's background, his move to Washington D.C., and his efforts to challenge the status quo in the healthcare industry through his research and advocacy.

I’ve followed BetaList and similar directories for years, and I regularly read side-project posts here on Hacker News.

With the explosion of AI coding assistants, I expected a noticeable increase in useful small SaaS tools and practical software. But honestly, I’m not sure I see it.

HN users have always built impressive things. One example I remember: a developer who quickly built a simple website to help his family find COVID vaccine appointments, it cost about $50 to build. Stories like that show how many practical builders are here.

Yet even with AI making coding easier, the quantity (and quality) of useful tools doesn’t seem to have increased dramatically.

It reminds me of this line from Charles Bukowski:

"but as God said, crossing his legs, I see where I have made plenty of poets but not so very much poetry."

Sometimes it feels like a modern version might read:

"as VC-backed tech said, sitting on their laurels, I see we created a lot of AI hype and vibe-coding platforms but not so much useful software."

What do you think the real bottleneck is now? Ideas, distribution, taste, persistence; or something else?

I built Yumo.to because I wanted a map-first way to discover onsens in Japan without digging through booking sites.

It currently covers 19,652 onsens across all 47 prefectures, built by merging national datasets, prefecture and municipal open data, OSM, and water-chemistry sources into one searchable map.

You can filter by tattoo policy, prices, opening hours, access, and some water data, and each detail page links back to its sources. I’d especially appreciate feedback on search quality, missing data, and which filters or trip-planning features would make it more useful.

I'm a solo carpenter. I was paying $150+/month for field service software and hated it — too bloated, too expensive for a one-person operation. So I built FieldFlow. My rules:

$5/month flat. No per-user fees. Ever. Invoicing, scheduling, client management — the three things I actually need Every piece of feedback gets acted on fast. No ticket queue, no roadmap committee — just me

Jobber starts at $39. Tradify is $47/user. I want to build something that solo contractors can actually afford, and I'm willing to keep the price at $5 forever if that's what it takes. I use it myself daily. That's the only quality filter I trust. Brutal feedback welcome. https://fieldflow-nine.vercel.app/auth

The article discusses protests in Minneapolis over the Biden administration's plans to end pandemic-era border restrictions, known as Title 42. The Republican governor of South Dakota, Kristi Noem, has criticized the administration's immigration policies and plans to visit the Minnesota border to show her support for maintaining Title 42.

The article discusses the Hugging Face Bench, a comprehensive benchmark suite for evaluating the performance and capabilities of large language models. It covers the key features, structure, and applications of the Bench, providing insights into its role in advancing AI research and development.

The article presents a novel approach for high-performance video compression using deep learning techniques. It introduces a neural network-based codec that outperforms traditional video compression standards in terms of rate-distortion performance and computational efficiency.

Kalshi and Polymarket, two online prediction markets, are each seeking valuations of around $20 billion as they aim to capitalize on growing interest in speculative trading platforms and the potential for regulation changes that could boost their businesses.

The article discusses the current state of WASI (WebAssembly System Interface) support for CPython, the primary implementation of the Python programming language. It provides an overview of the progress and challenges in integrating WASI into CPython, which has the potential to improve the portability and security of Python applications.

Ethernity is an open-source blockchain platform focused on decentralized applications (dApps) and smart contracts. It aims to provide a scalable, secure, and user-friendly ecosystem for developers to build and deploy decentralized applications.

The article discusses the rise of 'codeless' software development, where tools and platforms allow users to build applications without writing traditional code. It explores the implications of this trend, including its potential to democratize software creation and the challenges it presents for professional developers.

I read here a lot about (maybe a mythical creature) called 10x engineer and today it occurred to me the above question.

The article discusses the challenges of implementing attested TLS, a security mechanism that verifies the identity of a server, in a real-world environment. It outlines the technical details and considerations involved in deploying attested TLS to protect sensitive data in a decentralized network.

AgentMarketPro is an AI-powered platform that helps real estate agents optimize their marketing and lead generation strategies, providing personalized recommendations and tools to improve their online presence and customer engagement.

NextDeploy is a DevOps tool that simplifies the deployment process by providing a centralized platform for managing and automating application deployments across multiple environments.

The article discusses the recent announcement by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) regarding the depletion of IPv4 address space and the transition to IPv6. It highlights the importance of this transition and the steps being taken by internet service providers and network operators to prepare for the future of internet connectivity.

The article discusses the potential risks of AI language models like Claude, which can be used to generate convincing text that could be used to spread disinformation or impersonate real people. It explores the need for responsible development and deployment of these powerful AI systems to mitigate their potential for misuse.

The article discusses the concept of 'agential email', where emails are treated as autonomous agents that can perform actions on the user's behalf, such as scheduling tasks, sending reminders, or even responding to messages. The author explores the potential benefits and challenges of this approach to email management.

The only missing part of using cluade code is control the broswer in case that need login,like linkedin, twitter etc, current solution using broswer might still be risky. is there any service that feels like a perplexity comet or gpt atlas broswer with a claude code control?

# Ask HN: We got inbound leads from Gemini before Google indexed our site — what's going on?

Two months after launching our site, two companies contacted us saying they found us through Gemini while searching for AI visibility services.

At the time: - Site not added to Google Search Console - Zero backlinks - Google had not indexed a single page - We share a name with an established company in a different industry — classic name collision

By every traditional SEO metric, we should have been invisible. On Google, we were. On Gemini, apparently not.

*What we think happened*

Our content was structured with LLM readability as an explicit goal — not SEO. Consistent terminology, clear entity definition, a named methodology, and topical depth over breadth.

LLMs seem to evaluate authority differently than search engines. Google proxies authority through external signals (links, engagement, domain age). LLMs appear to evaluate something closer to conceptual coherence — whether a source demonstrates genuine understanding of a subject in a way the model can parse and trust.

We weren't trying to rank. We were trying to be understood. And for at least one model, it worked.

*Why I'm sharing this*

There's a growing debate about whether "GEO" (Generative Engine Optimization) is a real discipline or just rebranded SEO. The SEO camp argues: good content + technical optimization = you appear in AI answers too.

This case suggests the mechanisms are at least partially independent. We had zero SEO signals and nonzero AI visibility. You can apparently achieve one without the other.

I don't have a controlled experiment — just two inbound emails and a hypothesis. But it's made us think differently about what "visibility" means when the retrieval system is a language model rather than an index.

Has anyone else observed similar patterns — AI-driven discovery happening independently of, or ahead of, traditional search visibility?

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The irony of a GEO consultancy with no SEO is not lost on us. We write about this at argeo.ai if anyone's curious.