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This article discusses the author's decision to add a messaging feature to their blog, which they claim was their best idea ever. It explores the benefits of implementing this feature, such as increased engagement and improved communication with readers.

I built a reference site that maps AI marketing buzzwords to the CS primitives underneath them. Every entry follows the same format: "X is just Y with extra steps."

MCP? JSON-RPC over stdio. Agents? A while loop with an LLM call. RAG? A search index + string concatenation. Prompt engineering? natural language + markdown

The site has an origins section for buzzwords that already graduated — Docker (cgroups + namespaces), Kubernetes (reconciliation loops watching YAML), Serverless (someone else's process on someone else's computer). And of course, BrandonM's 2007 comment on the Dropbox YC demo.

Each entry has expandable pseudocode on the index page, detailed breakdowns with citations on the detail pages.

The motivation: I keep having conversations at work where a product executive suggests that we "orchestrate APIs using MCP" or asks about implementing "agentic memory" in our web apps and the fastest path to a productive conversation is showing them the code underneath the buzzword. I wanted a community-based reference site like caniuse or mdn that I loved when learning to code. I couldn't find one, so I built one.

  14 entries so far. Static Astro site, open source, PRs welcome.

  https://extra-steps.dev

I've been building a production SaaS (AI-native nurturing platform) as a solo engineer for the past year. No team, no funding — 14 AI agent skills handling WhatsApp automation, payment processing, CRM, webinar funnels, lifecycle management.

  The biggest lesson: AI writing code is the easy part. The hard part is architecture that lets AI agents collaborate reliably. Without it, agents silently fail — no errors, no logs,
  just events disappearing into the void.

  I extracted the core patterns into OpenForgeAI:

  - EventBus: Singleton pub/sub with auto-wiring (PascalCase event → on_snake_case handler convention)
  - SagaCoordinator: Multi-step workflows with automatic compensation (rollback)
  - Skill Protocol: Composable, idempotent agent skills with typed results
  - ContractValidator: Catches broken agent wiring at deploy time, not runtime
  - HandlerContext: Async-safe per-invocation context via ContextVar (multi-tenant safe)

  The "17 Laws" came from production failures. Example: Law 4 says "no orphan events" — every emitted event must have a subscriber. I learned this when customer invoices silently stopped
   sending because a skill emitted InvoiceGenerated but nothing consumed it. Zero errors logged.

  Single dependency (pydantic). Python 3.10+.

      pip install openforgeai

  GitHub: https://github.com/openforgeai/openforgeai
  Docs: https://github.com/openforgeai/openforgeai/blob/main/docs/architecture.md
  The 17 Laws: https://github.com/openforgeai/openforgeai/blob/main/docs/17-laws.md

  Happy to answer questions about the architecture or the experience of building production systems this way.

The article discusses the development of a new AI assistant called Pre-AI, which aims to provide a more intuitive and user-friendly interface for interacting with AI systems. It highlights the goal of making AI more accessible and understandable to a wider audience.

Hi HN,

I’m an international student and community college grad, with 2 unpaid and 1 paid internship experiences from small companies. I sent ~300 applications and got 0 interviews, just silence. After mentors helped me rebuild my resume with an ATS-first approach, my results flipped, under 100 applications and interviews at Google, OpenAI, Stripe, TikTok, and IBM.

I built SignalResume to package the workflow into a tool, because most resume builders optimize for pretty templates and many AI resume tools hallucinate bullets, inventing metrics or responsibilities you cannot defend.

SignalResume focuses on a single ATS-friendly template and “grounded” writing. It has:

bullet improver, per entry or revise all, skips Education and Skills

job specific cover letter generator from resume plus job description, with checks

job fit evaluator that returns score, gaps, and improvements with evidence quotes, and it does not rewrite bullets

Link: https://signalresume.com

Would love feedback on ATS edge cases, what breaks parsing, and what you wish existed in resume tooling.

The article profiles Nick Land, a controversial British philosopher and theorist who is known for his work in accelerationism, a political theory that advocates for the acceleration of capitalism and technological change to bring about radical social transformation. It explores Land's intellectual journey and his influence on contemporary philosophical and political discourse.

Minecraft Java Edition is transitioning from OpenGL to the Vulkan graphics API, with the goal of improving performance, visuals, and overall stability as part of the upcoming Vibrant Visuals Update.

The article profiles Fei-Fei Li, a pioneer in artificial intelligence and a former chief scientist of AI/ML at Google. It highlights her efforts to promote the ethical development of AI and make it more inclusive and representative of diverse perspectives.

A new study has found that nearly half of the paved surfaces in Los Angeles County may be unnecessary, suggesting opportunities for reducing the county's extensive paved infrastructure and increasing green spaces to address climate and environmental challenges.

The article explores the concept of the 'Grandpa Loop', a programming technique that uses a recursive function to repeatedly call itself, simulating the behavior of an elderly person. The article discusses the potential benefits and drawbacks of this approach, as well as its applications in software development.

I'm really tired of the BS, AI, corporate environment and what not.

Looking for alternatives.

In case you're in the same boat:

What do you plan to work with?

The article explores the 'Golden Age of Web Design' from the late 1990s to the early 2000s, a period marked by the rise of innovative and creative web design that prioritized aesthetics, interactivity, and the exploration of the medium's capabilities.

The article explores the unique geology behind the renowned curling stones used in the Olympic Games, highlighting how the stones' properties, derived from a specific type of Scottish granite, contribute to the sport's distinctive gameplay and strategy.

ThresholdIQ is an AI-powered platform that helps businesses and individuals make more informed decisions by providing real-time market insights and forecasting. The platform leverages advanced data analysis and machine learning techniques to identify trends, predict market movements, and offer personalized recommendations.

PicoLM is a lightweight language model that can be deployed on edge devices like smartphones and embedded systems. It is designed to be fast, efficient, and accessible, making it suitable for a variety of applications that require on-device natural language processing.

The article discusses the development of OpenAPI to Skills, a tool that automatically generates chatbot skills from OpenAPI specifications. This tool aims to streamline the process of creating conversational interfaces for APIs, making it more accessible to developers.

The article discusses the Automatic Grading Framework (AGF), an open-source tool for automating the grading process in educational settings. AGF provides a standardized and efficient way to evaluate student submissions, allowing instructors to save time and ensure consistent assessment.

The article discusses the development of qubits, the fundamental building blocks of quantum computers. It highlights the research efforts by scientists to create stable and reliable qubits that can be used to build the core of a quantum computer.

The article reports on an investigation into potential Israeli government surveillance of Jeffrey Epstein's apartment on 66th Street in New York City, focusing on connections between Epstein and former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak.

China's rapidly advancing humanoid robot technology is capturing global attention, with their humanoid robots demonstrating impressive capabilities. However, the article explores the challenges of finding commercial applications and buyers for these advanced humanoid systems.

The article explores the author's personal transformation from being a victim to becoming a more assertive and confident individual, drawing inspiration from the wolf as a metaphor for strength and resilience.

The article explores the rise of reverse recruiters, professionals who help job seekers find employment, as a growing trend in the current challenging job market. It examines how reverse recruiters are thriving while traditional recruitment struggles, highlighting their unique approach and the benefits they offer to both job seekers and companies.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced an AI Agent Standards Initiative to develop interoperable and secure standards for artificial intelligence systems, addressing challenges in areas such as transparency, accountability, and safety.