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Show HN: Terminalcore – The Rhythm Game for PC

Hacker News - Sat, 02/14/2026 - 9:39am

Hey all! Built a PC based rhythm game designed around a terminal and ascii aesthetic. All built with Claude Code. Unsurprisingly LLMs are terrible at 'hearing' music so I had to make the beat maps manually. I built a separate tool to create the maps using a timeline editor to make it easier.

Started with 3 tracks one difficulty each, wanted to share before I went any further. Let me know what you think!

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47014867

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Show HN: J-RAY – A privacy-first, client-side JSON visualizer

Hacker News - Sat, 02/14/2026 - 8:48am

I deal with massive JSON APIs daily and got tired of pasting sensitive payloads into random cloud formatters. So I built J-RAY. It runs 100% locally in your browser (0 trackers, data never leaves your machine) and transforms chaotic JSON into an interactive neural graph to make debugging easier. Built with React and ReactFlow. Would love your feedback!

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47014509

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Why scaling won't fix hallucination

Hacker News - Sat, 02/14/2026 - 8:48am

Article URL: https://echosphere.io

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47014502

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Show HN: Sameshi – a ~1200 Elo chess engine that fits within 2KB

Hacker News - Sat, 02/14/2026 - 8:47am

I made a chess engine today, and made it fit within 2KB. I used a variant of MinMax called Negamax, with alpha beta pruning. For the board representation I have used a 120-cell "mailbox". I managed to squeeze in checkmate/stalemate in there, after trimming out some edge cases.

I am a great fan of demoscene (computer art subculture) since middle school, and hence it was a ritual i had to perform.

For estimating the Elo, I measured 240 automated games against Stockfish Elo levels (1320 to 1600) under fixed depth-5 and some constrained rules, using equal color distribution.

Then converted pooled win/draw/loss scores to Elo through some standard logistic formula with binomial 95% confidence interval.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47014500

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Why High-Performers Restart Instead of Compound

Hacker News - Sat, 02/14/2026 - 8:42am

I’ve been studying a behavioral pattern I see in capable, ambitious people.

They don’t usually quit.

They restart.

They build a system, execute for several days, miss once, then redesign everything instead of continuing.

I call it the Continuity Collapse Pattern.

The core idea:

Most productivity systems are built for ideal conditions. Real life includes emotional variance and activation cost. When a miss is interpreted as identity failure, restart becomes the default response.

The solution isn’t more motivation. It’s designing systems around return speed instead of streak length.

Full breakdown here:

https://spryexecutiveos.com/continuity-collapse-pattern/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47014467

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Show HN: A small embeddable Datalog engine in Zig

Hacker News - Sat, 02/14/2026 - 8:36am

Hi everyone,

I've made an early version of a Datalog engine (called Zodd) in Zig. Datalog is a logic query language. It's not as well-known as SQL, but it has its own use cases. If you're interested to know more about the project, including its possible use cases and features, you can check projec's GitHub repo: https://github.com/CogitatorTech/zodd

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47014434

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Show HN: An AI Workstation Inspired by Computers

Hacker News - Sat, 02/14/2026 - 8:36am

For a clean main context, convenient application management, and potentially unlimited scalability, an AI workstation based on Claude Code skills was created, referencing computer architecture : { CPU ==> LLM }, { System Kernel ==> Claude Code + CLAUDE.md }, { System Processes ==> Sub-Agents }, { Apps ==> Skills }, { Appstore ==> github }, { System Drivers ==> MCP + Hooks }, { Monitor ==> Windows Terminal }, { Runtime Environment ==> Portable Environment }; The Code: https://github.com/canishowtime/ai-station-navigator/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47014428

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