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Gary Owens

Thu, 02/19/2026 - 12:56am
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Knockd – Port-Knock Server

Thu, 02/19/2026 - 12:51am

Article URL: https://linux.die.net/man/1/knockd

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47070351

Points: 1

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Show HN: Learn about and play with HDR gain maps on the web

Thu, 02/19/2026 - 12:24am

I made this little web app for learning about HDR gain maps & doing creative things with them. Try it on your own images, or mine. Also includes a nifty "auto HDR" feature for any SDR images you put in.

One thing I enjoy doing is making a gain map from high frequencies (fine details) of an image to give it a little HDR sparkle.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47070238

Points: 1

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You Know It

Thu, 02/19/2026 - 12:21am
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Show HN: An English teaching game playable in browser (concept)

Thu, 02/19/2026 - 12:19am

This is my concept for a game that teaches English to (Japanese) children. It is made with Godot and is deployable to WASM.

Why WASM? My students all have IPads. I don't think they are able to download Apps without consent from IT.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47070210

Points: 1

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New Website, New Technology

Thu, 02/19/2026 - 12:02am
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Why don't entrepreneurs talk about starting businesses publicly anymore?

Wed, 02/18/2026 - 11:53pm

I grew up poor, started a business, and slowly built up wealth. This is the basic logic of America: you get rich by making things people want. If you solve problems for others or make things cheaper, you create riches. It is a simple, honest machine that works for anyone. The only way to break it is to let socialist or fascist central planners take over. When that has happened in the past, everyone became poor. The opportunity to help people and get rich is still there for the taking, at least as long as we defend freedom and choice.

Why don't people talk about this anymore?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47070071

Points: 1

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Show HN: I built a pre-push safety net for AI-generated code

Wed, 02/18/2026 - 11:42pm

Hey HN,

I am sharing Ship Safe (https://github.com/asamassekou10/ship-safe), an open-source tool I created to help developers catch security risks locally before they end up in a public repository.

Like many of us, I have been leaning heavily on AI code generation lately. It is incredible for velocity, but it has a dangerous habit of hallucinating credentials, hardcoding sensitive configurations, or spitting out insecure boilerplate. My wake-up call was almost pushing a live Stripe key to a public repo. That moment of panic made me realize I needed a reliable local checkpoint.

I built Ship Safe so it is not just a simple key checker. It is meant to be a comprehensive safety net for your code. It scans for hardcoded secrets, misconfigured environment setups, and general insecure patterns. The goal is to give you total peace of mind when you hit push, knowing your environment is actually secure.

The biggest priority was making it completely frictionless. You do not need any complex setup or configuration files to get started. You can run it instantly in your current project:

npx ship-safe scan .

One feature I am particularly excited to share is the MCP integration. You can connect it so your AI code editors can call Ship Safe directly. This creates a really helpful feedback loop where the AI writes the code, and then immediately audits its own work for security flaws before you even start your review.

I genuinely hope this saves some of you from the stress of a compromised repository or a ruined weekend. I would love for you to try it out and let me know what other security checks would be helpful for your daily workflow!

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47070012

Points: 1

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FemtoClaw

Wed, 02/18/2026 - 11:41pm
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