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Show HN: Skillscript – A declarative, sandboxed language for tool orchestration

Hi HN — I'm Scott. Skillscript is a small language I built to write what I want my local agent to actually do, in a form I can read and version, instead of hoping the model gets it right each time....

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Technology Jul 12, 2026

AI Boosts Research Careers but Flattens Scientific Discovery

Article URL: https://spectrum.ieee.org/ai-science-research-flattens-discovery Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.co...

Technology Jul 12, 2026

Show HN: Only 1 of 4,356 reachable MCP servers is ready for the 2026-07-28 spec

Article URL: https://github.com/Roee-Tsur/mcp-spec-check Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48881009 Po...

Technology Jul 12, 2026

Making Crash Bandicoot (2011)

Article URL: https://all-things-andy-gavin.com/2011/02/02/making-crash-bandicoot-part-1/ Comments URL: https://news.yco...

Technology Jul 12, 2026

Gina Gallery of International Naive Art

Article URL: https://www.ginagallery.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48880985 Points: 6 # Comme...

Technology Jul 12, 2026

Blue Prince became a bonding — and learning — experience for my family

I've always been the gamer in the family. When my son was born nearly 11 years ago, gaming was one of the things I looke...

Technology Jul 12, 2026

Mystery behind Moana: After 1,700 years, why did Polynesians suddenly sail east?

Article URL: https://theconversation.com/the-real-mystery-behind-moana-after-1-700-years-why-did-polynesians-suddenly-s...

Technology Jul 12, 2026

Understanding the Odin Programming Language

Article URL: https://odinbook.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48880499 Points: 7 # Comments: 0

Technology Jul 12, 2026

The fight against AI data centers is just beginning

This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on the data ce...

Technology Jul 12, 2026

Unauthenticated RCE in Motorola's MR2600 Router

Article URL: https://mrbruh.com/motorola/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48880406 Points: 13 # Comm...

Technology Jul 12, 2026

Yt-Dlp Sequence Diagrams

Article URL: https://app.ilograph.com/demo.ilograph.yt-dlp/Download%2520a%2520YouTube%2520Video Comments URL: https://n...

Technology Jul 12, 2026

IT administrators are "fed up" with Microsoft's "useless" apps and Windows 11

Article URL: https://www.neowin.net/news/it-admins-feel-overwhelmingly-sick-of-microsoft-and-windows-11-garbage-apps-pr...

Technology Jul 12, 2026

Woman in Brazil enslaved for 55 years by 3 generations of the same family

Article URL: https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-07-10/woman-rescued-in-brazil-after-being-enslaved-for-55-ye...

Technology Jul 12, 2026

The real mystery behind Moana: After 1,700 years, why did Polynesians suddenly sail east?

New climate evidence adds context to these long voyages.

Technology Jul 12, 2026

Old and new apps, via modern coding agents by Terry Tao

Article URL: https://terrytao.wordpress.com/2026/07/11/old-and-new-apps-via-modern-coding-agents/ Comments URL: https:/...

Technology Jul 12, 2026

28 Best STEM Toys for Kids (2026): Learning Made Fun

We found lots of math-filled and science-rich toys for tiny nerds to assemble, bake, squish—or even tear apart and reb...

Technology Jul 12, 2026

Here’s How Apple Is Updating Its Child Safety Features in iOS 27

Apple has announced several new Child Safety features coming soon to iPhones and other devices. Here’s what’s changi...

Technology Jul 12, 2026

Datacentres drive up big tech's carbon emissions to a third of those of France

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/11/microsoft-amazon-google-datacentre-carbon-emissions-france...

Technology Jul 12, 2026

Oh dear, did someone steal something from Apple?

Article URL: https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-openai-trade-secrets-masimo-a123-jony-ive-2026-7 Comments URL: https...

Technology Jul 12, 2026

Death of the Status Update: Why 55% of Americans Stopped Posting on Social Media

Article URL: https://ca.pcmag.com/social-media/16790/the-death-of-the-status-update-why-55-of-americans-stopped-posting...

Technology Jul 12, 2026

Scientists’ Side Hustle? Using AI and Quantum Computing to Generate New Peptides

Researchers cobbled together funding and time to show how quantum computing could aid in the development of drugs to hel...

Technology Jul 12, 2026

Ghostel.el: Terminal emulator powered by libghostty

Article URL: https://dakra.github.io/ghostel/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48879504 Points: 3 # C...

Technology Jul 12, 2026

Show HN: Mindwalk – Replay coding-agent sessions on a 3D map of your codebase

Article URL: https://github.com/cosmtrek/mindwalk Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48878682 Points: 5...

Technology Jul 12, 2026

Vinod Khosla to Buy Seattle Seahawks for $9.6B

Article URL: https://www.sportico.com/business/team-sales/2026/seattle-seahawks-sale-vinod-khosla-owner-billions-123493...

Technology Jul 12, 2026

Why Write Code in 2026

Article URL: https://softwaredoug.com/blog/2026/07/09/write-code.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?i...

Technology Jul 12, 2026

Under federal rule, colleges must leave grads better off or lose financial aid

Article URL: https://www.npr.org/2026/06/30/nx-s1-5835631/turner-camhi-do-no-harm-college-loans Comments URL: https://n...

Technology Jul 12, 2026

Why are US consumers so angry? It's not just high prices

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jun/04/us-consumer-rage-prices-economy Comments UR...

Technology Jul 12, 2026

Small Inventors Are Being Squeezed by a Convoluted Patent Process

Article URL: https://www.nationalreview.com/news/small-inventors-are-being-squeezed-by-a-convoluted-patent-process/ Com...

Technology Jul 12, 2026

Show HN: Quantum-Qec / Matrix-Free Quantum Homeostatic Engine(Blueprint)

Article URL: https://github.com/PJHkorea/quantum-mesh-qec Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48877672 P...

Technology Jul 12, 2026

We Know Simple Fluids Can Flow. Turns Out, Some Can Fracture

Article URL: https://www.quantamagazine.org/we-know-simple-fluids-can-flow-turns-out-some-can-fracture-20260710/ Commen...