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Cryptographic receipts for CMMC compliance evidence

Hacker News - Mon, 03/02/2026 - 1:59pm

The problem I kept seeing: defense contractors would spend months preparing for a CMMC assessment — policies, screenshots, control mappings, the whole thing — and then the C3PAO would ask who last modified a document and when. No audit trail. Assessment over. About 15–30% of first-time CMMC assessments fail. I'd guess a big chunk of those aren't failing because the security controls aren't in place. They're failing because there's no way to prove the evidence is authentic. So I built Solymus. Every artifact you upload gets SHA-256 hashed, signed with KMS (ECDSA_SHA_256 — signing the digest, not the payload, because of the 4KB limit), and sealed into a daily Merkle chain. Each artifact gets a public /verify/{id} endpoint — no auth required — so the assessor can check it themselves. One thing worth knowing: right after upload, merkle_status shows "pending". It upgrades to "linked" after midnight UTC when the attestation job runs. The KMS signature is valid immediately — Merkle is the additional daily seal. Took me a while to realize I needed to document that clearly or people assumed it was broken. Free tier at prolixotech.com. Happy to go into the crypto implementation if anyone's curious.

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I Saw Xiaomi's Wild Hypercar Up Close and It's Pure Video Game Bliss

CNET Feed - Mon, 03/02/2026 - 1:57pm
The car was designed for Gran Turismo, but the company built a real one. I got to see it in the flesh.
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Astro Bot's Latest PS5 Adventure Is Almost 50% Off at Walmart Right Now

CNET Feed - Mon, 03/02/2026 - 1:56pm
If you're looking for a new game to add to your collection, this one is down to just $33 -- a record-low price.
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Extinction Watch: Sub-$500 Computers in Danger, According to Report

CNET Feed - Mon, 03/02/2026 - 1:40pm
The exploding cost of RAM may contribute to a rise in PC prices, eliminating the category of computers under $500.
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Attacks on GPS Spike Amid US and Israeli War on Iran

Wired Security - Mon, 03/02/2026 - 1:34pm
New analysis shows that attacks on satellite navigation systems have impacted some 1,100 ships in the Middle East since the US and Israel attacked Iran on February 28.
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Bytedance's Upcoming Project Swan VR Headset Wants to Be the Computer Meta's Isn't Yet

CNET Feed - Mon, 03/02/2026 - 1:12pm
A higher-end mixed reality headset coming later this year wants to be a work device to rival Apple Vision Pro and Samsung Galaxy XR. It's got the power for it.
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Show HN: Product Model – A structured grammar for bridging PRDs and code

Hacker News - Mon, 03/02/2026 - 1:00pm

Hi HN,

I built Product Model, an open-source MDX-based grammar that gives product specs the same rigor as code — typed blocks, validation, version control, and a JSON AST output.

The problem: product intent lives in Google Docs and Notion. Implementation lives in code. Between them there's no structured layer, so requirements drift, edge cases disappear, and "that's not what I meant" becomes the most expensive sentence every sprint.

I wanted something more natural than code but more structured than a Google Doc — a format that both humans and AI agents can read, write, and reason about. That's what led me to build this.

Product Model lets PMs author .product.mdx files using blocks like Feature, Policy, Logic, Definition, and Constraint. Tooling validates the grammar, checks cross-references, and builds a machine-readable AST. Think of it as a type system for product requirements.

It comes with a CLI for validation and builds, and a visual Studio editor so you never have to touch raw MDX if you don't want to.

Repo: https://github.com/pmTouchedTheCode/product-model

Would love feedback on the grammar design and whether this matches real PM workflows you've seen.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47221585

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Best Laptops of 2026: Top Picks Tested by CNET

CNET Feed - Mon, 03/02/2026 - 1:00pm
These are the best laptops my colleagues and I have reviewed from basic models to high-powered gaming systems and everything in between.
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The Vegetarian Offset

Hacker News - Mon, 03/02/2026 - 12:59pm

Article URL: https://hydroindulgence.com/s

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47221556

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Euros

Hacker News - Mon, 03/02/2026 - 12:54pm
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