Open Source stories

Open source powers most of modern software. This page tracks license changes, maintainer burnout, funding models, and the projects Hacker News considers worth contributing to or depending on.

From GitHub stars to foundation governance debates, these stories shape how the developer community thinks about shared infrastructure.

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Cordis – DeepSeek Harness Plugin Architecture [pdf]

github.com · 3 points · 0 comments

MCP-uplift – run legacy MCP servers behind the new stateless protocol

github.com · 2 points · 0 comments

I built a 500k-domain search engine for makers in a weekend for $10

alexmorleyfinch.github.io · 142 points · 86 comments

Shattered skeleton is first confirmed death from trebuchet

science.org · 91 points · 58 comments

I built an MCP that gives DeepSeek V4 Flash eyes (bad ones)

github.com · 3 points · 0 comments

Win-V combo from Windows on Ubuntu

leo98ml.github.io · 18 points · 24 comments

Relational-to-KV – AI maps relational models to ToplingDB/RocksDB

github.com · 5 points · 0 comments

Tech adds phone tracking to license plate readers, associating devices with cars

theconversation.com · 16 points · 5 comments

Production-ready detection and response queries for osquery

github.com · 20 points · 1 comments

McDonald's Built a 515-Page Dossier on Me. It Says I'll Never Stop Eating There

wired.com · 22 points · 4 comments

GreenTree – Cache test results by Git tree, not commit SHA

github.com · 5 points · 1 comments

World Model Architectures: A Survey (2018–2026)

github.com · 5 points · 2 comments

WindStrap – Bootstrap 5.3.8 to Tailwind CSS Using DeepSeek V4 Flash

github.com · 2 points · 1 comments

Archie G. Norcross' Maine Forest Fire Maps (1918–22)

publicdomainreview.org · 25 points · 3 comments

DLLM: Minimal, clean coding agent built directly on llama.cpp without overhead

github.com · 9 points · 3 comments

Decant – Understand how you spend tokens

github.com · 10 points · 0 comments

Mooneva Cycle – Offline period tracker with no servers and no accounts

github.com · 3 points · 0 comments

StarryKit – MCP for editable slides, posters and all visual designs

github.com · 3 points · 0 comments

Openhare: AI-powered desktop SQL client. Cross-platform. Built with Flutter

github.com · 4 points · 0 comments

Not sure where I am going with this garbage collection rabbit hole

ikouchiha47.github.io · 4 points · 0 comments

Tanchi – Open-source AI prospecting agent that only automates email

github.com · 2 points · 2 comments

Pane – An open-source browser that turns your work into living websites

github.com · 3 points · 1 comments

Incident with Pull Requests and Issues – Resolved

githubstatus.com · 57 points · 16 comments

Dynobox – A test runner for AI agent skills and workflows

github.com · 2 points · 0 comments

Footage Shows Dolphins Hunting with Shells Off the East Coast of Australia

sciencealert.com · 3 points · 1 comments

Aphorio – 3,250,000 WebSocket sends in 0.002 seconds (Ryzen 9 9900X)

github.com · 3 points · 1 comments

GitHub Actions self-hosted runners on Modal Sandboxes

github.com · 2 points · 1 comments

Learn to become a Rave Developer for the airline industry

olect.github.io · 3 points · 2 comments

I built this for other job seekers – local, your own API keys

github.com · 2 points · 0 comments

Survivorship bias in retention metrics, reproducible in 12 seconds

github.com · 2 points · 0 comments