Hacker News: hackerbirdshttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=hackerbirdsHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Sun, 12 Apr 2026 14:53:43 +0000<![CDATA[Show HN: Fetch – A minimalistic and super fast macOS app launcher]]>Hello HN! I've been struggling using macOS in main part due to a lack of a fast app launcher. Personally, I found solutions like Alfred and Spotlight to be too slow or straight up unreliable with the searches, and wasn't satisfied with them. I just wanted something to swap between apps quickly! So I made one. Fetch is the result of my frustration.

I designed it to be simple and really fast. It only does one thing: search for apps. To try make things quick and load instantly, it uses the same native renderer as Zed, some operations are multi-threaded, apps are indexed, etc.

Despite the core of the app being minimalist, I did put effort into making sure Fetch looks and feels right to use. It's simple, doesn't get in the way, and ideally should work just as you'd expect.

It is currently not as easy to install as I'd like (I want people other than developers being able to use it), and has a few things left to implement (mainly non-macOS support), but I'm sharing this in hopes that it can help someone else as well, and am open to feedback or questions!

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]]>Mon, 12 Jan 2026 01:16:04 +0000https://github.com/hackerbirds/fetchhackerbirdshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46582532https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46582532<![CDATA[The most common birthdate passwords]]>Article URL: https://hackerbirds.neocities.org/birthdate-passwords/

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]]>Wed, 11 Sep 2024 23:35:00 +0000https://hackerbirds.neocities.org/birthdate-passwords/hackerbirdshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41516245https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41516245<![CDATA[New comment by hackerbirds in "Anyone can access deleted and private repository data on GitHub"]]>Users should never be expected to know these gotchas for a feature called "private", documented or not. It's disappointing to see GitHub calling it a feature instead of a bug, to me it just shows a complete lack of care about security. Privacy features should _always_ have a strict, safe default.

In the meantime I'll be calling "private" repos "unlisted", seems more appropriate

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