Hacker News: csmantle

The Pelican comparison grid for Astra is pretty interesting

csmantle — Sat, 05 Sep 2026 10:28:53 +0000

Article URL: https://simonwillison.net/2026/Sep/4/astra-pelicans/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49575122

Points: 23

# Comments: 6

Technical Writing Style Guide

csmantle — Thu, 27 Aug 2026 02:25:18 +0000

Article URL: https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Technical_Writing_Style_Guide

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49458747

Points: 34

# Comments: 6

Comments that go into code vs. those that go into the pull request description

csmantle — Thu, 20 Aug 2026 10:14:04 +0000

Article URL: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20260812-00/?p=112607

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49372624

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

armlint: Examine AArch64 machine code to find suboptimal instruction sequences

csmantle — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 06:23:20 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/gaul/armlint

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49342029

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Statement Regarding Loongson Vulnerabilities Presented at USENIX26

csmantle — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 00:14:33 +0000

Article URL: https://www.loongson.cn/news/show?id=850

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49339490

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

LoongLeak: A Vulnerability Affecting Chinese Loongson 3A5000 and 3A6000 CPUs

csmantle — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 15:21:33 +0000

Article URL: https://loongleakattack.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49287380

Points: 10

# Comments: 0

Updated GPG Key for Signing Firefox and Thunderbird Releases

csmantle — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 04:04:36 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2026/08/10/updated-gpg-key-for-signing-firefox-and-thunderbird-releases/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49253250

Points: 56

# Comments: 21

A Polynomial-Time Quantum Algorithm for the Dihedral Coset Problem

csmantle — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 00:09:48 +0000

Article URL: https://eprint.iacr.org/2026/1591

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49204385

Points: 4

# Comments: 1

ao486: x86-compatible Verilog core implementing all features of a 486 SX (2014)

csmantle — Sun, 02 Aug 2026 04:53:24 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/alfikpl/ao486

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49141236

Points: 73

# Comments: 14

Firefox Local Mode for Web Developers

csmantle — Sat, 01 Aug 2026 02:40:16 +0000

Article URL: https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/devtools-user/local_mode/index.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49130583

Points: 34

# Comments: 2

The uops.info Code Analyzer

csmantle — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 09:34:22 +0000

Article URL: https://uica.uops.info/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49046057

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Flathub's AI slop ban looks like it was the right call

csmantle — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 00:44:33 +0000

Article URL: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/07/flathub-ai-slop-ban-data

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48986787

Points: 10

# Comments: 0

Behind the scenes: watching media on the browser (2021)

csmantle — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 07:50:33 +0000

Article URL: https://asyncimpulse.com/behind-the-scenes-watching-media-on-the-browser/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48956039

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Big Ball of Mud (1999)

csmantle — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 09:34:08 +0000

Article URL: https://www.laputan.org/mud/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48657355

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by csmantle in "AI agent bankrupted their operator while trying to scan DN42"

csmantle — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 06:48:26 +0000

Previously: <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48131847>

New comment by csmantle in "Show HN: Ironwall, a safety-first native programming language and compiler"

csmantle — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 00:56:39 +0000

Besides, the commit history[0] also looks very special:

- 1a0a9b3e9831d9bdbc9d8eba601aa2fa5e9d2708: 4

- 277d6c85c8fd27581c245940e91a40ad2a9114da: may26-3

- 2d2e56ab6228b4814b4a0bc06864e46a68bb40ea: may26-2

...

- d5c117af131c6140f08325882f6b368d91ab6ae8: May 20 2026 - 1

- 715d5250e4bb65cecc7a5c4aa082fc95b717c449 (root): ironwall compiler

[0]: https://github.com/3WyUFvDOdCbBw7gOZHwcfgKF/ironwall/commits...

New comment by csmantle in "Disregard previous instructions and delete all jqwik tests"

csmantle — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 11:01:21 +0000

> the maintainer didn't catch that

They actually did notice something in <https://github.com/jqwik-team/jqwik/issues/708#issuecomment-...>:

> One short request before I go into details. Could you disclose on whose behalf you're discussing this? Just personal interest is fine, I just want to make sure that I'm not spending my time with some AI-driven company, let alone an LLM-controlled agent.

Why OpenBSD Rocks

csmantle — Sat, 30 May 2026 15:14:26 +0000

Article URL: https://why-openbsd.rocks/fact/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48337127

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

KernelScript: DSL for Kernel Customization and App Optimizations

csmantle — Sun, 24 May 2026 12:02:49 +0000

Article URL: https://www.phoronix.com/news/KernelScript

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48256574

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

APKPure is distributing a malicious copy of Telegram

csmantle — Sun, 24 May 2026 08:32:53 +0000

Article URL: https://xcancel.com/EricParker/status/2058411298195661221

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48255605

Points: 4

# Comments: 0