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Article URL: https://medium.com/zar-engineering/it-might-be-time-to-say-goodbye-to-html-inputs-f37ccf434cc3

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Article URL: https://ericsilberstein1.github.io/how-they-think-book/index.html

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Article URL: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-02-blood-boosts-alzheimer-diagnosis-accuracy.html

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Article URL: https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/PWR-confluence-labs-an-ai-research-lab-focused-on-learning-efficiency

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Article URL: https://9to5google.com/2026/02/23/google-messages-encrypted-rcs-iphone/

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I’m building a chat-first community app that uses Bluesky’s AT Protocol for identity.

Current architecture: - Electron client - Spring Boot backend (monolith) - REST for servers/channels - Planning WebSocket-based messaging

As a solo builder, I’m trying to balance simplicity with future scalability.

At what point would you introduce: - a separate WebSocket gateway - pub/sub (Redis, etc.) - or keep everything in one Spring app until it breaks?

Curious how others approached real-time chat systems early on.

Project for context: https://github.com/JohannaWeb/ProjectFalcon

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Article URL: http://richg42.blogspot.com/2026/02/some-things-weve-learned.html

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Article URL: https://bipartisanpolicy.org/explainer/whats-in-the-housing-for-the-21st-century-act/

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I spent this weekend during the blizzard of 2026 ai vibe coding this website PostHotty.com Ask me anything, I will be happy to answer.

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Article URL: https://www.ft.com/content/0c0902f6-f6d8-421d-8767-fe3aaf9a3ce4

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47132305

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Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/02/panasonic-the-former-plasma-king-will-no-longer-make-its-own-tvs/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47132260

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Mouse Tester combines a visual button map (left/right/middle/side buttons) with targeted diagnostics for two of the most common real-world issues: unintended double-clicks and scroll wheel jumping/direction problems. It’s designed to be fast, simple, and instantly understandable—so users can confirm what’s happening within seconds.

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Article URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/16/2/294

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Article URL: https://www.wired.com/story/say-goodbye-to-the-undersea-cable-that-made-the-global-internet-possible/

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Article URL: https://github.com/ClickHouse/agentic-data-stack

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Article URL: https://lupyuen.org/articles/prtarget

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Article URL: https://research.exoticsilicon.com/design_studio1

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Article URL: https://twitter.com/summeryue0/status/2025774069124399363

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We've all done it — "hey can you DM me the staging .env?" Secrets end up in Slack history, email threads, shared notes — all searchable, all persistent. The secure path (1Password, GPG, etc.) always had more friction than the insecure one, so people took the shortcut. enseal makes the secure path faster than the insecure one: # sender $ enseal share .env Share code: 7-guitarist-revenge Expires: 5 minutes or first receive

# recipient $ enseal receive 7-guitarist-revenge ok: 14 secrets written to .env Zero setup, no accounts, no keys needed for basic use. Channels are single-use and time-limited. The relay never sees plaintext (age encryption + SPAKE2 key exchange). For teams that want more: identity mode with public key encryption, process injection (secrets never touch disk), schema validation, at-rest encryption for git, and a self-hostable relay. Written in Rust. MIT licensed. Available via cargo install, prebuilt binaries, or Docker. Looking for feedback on the UX and security model especially. What would make you actually reach for this instead of the Slack DM?

Detailed documentation here: https://enseal.docsyard.com/

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Hey HN, I'm building a service to solve a problem I've faced repeatedly as a developer: building features nobody wants. The problem Last year I spent 3 months building a SaaS feature. Beautiful UI, solid architecture, clean code. Launched it. Crickets. Zero paid conversions. Turns out I was solving a problem that didn't exist. I wished I had validated the demand before writing 10k lines of code. What I'm trying Instead of building MVPs, I now create 3-minute video prototypes that simulate the real product experience. Think: explainer video meets interactive mockup. Then I run targeted surveys with the video: "Would you pay for this? How much?" Results so far Cost: ~$500-1000 per validation (vs $20k+ for a failed MVP) Time: 3-5 days (vs 2-3 months) Feedback quality: Higher than static mockups (people respond to seeing the experience) Example: A client wanted to build an AI scheduling assistant. We made a video showing "Sarah's Monday morning with the assistant." Surveyed 50 target users. 70% said they'd pay, but only $5/month, not the $20 planned. Pivot saved them 2 months of dev time. My ask I'm looking for 3 indie hackers / small teams currently deciding what to build next. I'll validate one feature idea for free in exchange for: Detailed feedback on the process Permission to share the case study (anonymized if preferred) If you've got a feature you're unsure about, drop a comment or email me at [your@email.com]. Questions for HN How do you currently validate demand before building? Would you trust survey data from a "fake" video prototype? What would make you not use a service like this?

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